Religious Communities

Parish’s Name

• St Joseph’s and St Mary’s, Bingara

Religious Communities throughout the Parish’s history

• Sisters of Mercy – 1889
• Sisters of St Joseph – 1902-1979   

Between 1907-1932 

• Sr M Gaetano (c 1909)
• Sr M Gwendoline (Tobin)
• Sr M Vincentia (Flynn)
• Sr M Patrick
• Sr M Christina
• Sr M Camillus (Cullen)
• Sr M Catherine

Sisters either baptized or who lived in Delungra:

• Sr M Genevieve (Gallagher) – Gunnedah Mercy
• Sr M Cyril (Lennon) – Gunnedah Mercy
• Sr M Josephine (Kent) – Gunnedah Mercy
• Sr M Winifred (Kidd) – Lochinvar Josephite
• Sr M Cecilia (McGrath) – Little Sisters of the Poor
• Sr M Patricia (Bartley) – Sisters of St Joseph

Sisters either baptized or who lived in Bingara:

• Sr Rosalie (Lucy McCosker) – Lochinvar Sisters of St Joseph

Between 1957-1982:

• Sr Leo (1955-1959)
• Sr Therese (1959, 1979)
• Sr Genevieve (1960)
• Sr Imelda (1960-1962)
• Sr Tarcissius (1962)
• Sr Fidelis (1963-1964)
• Sr Antionette (1963-1964, 1969-1974)
• Sr Aloysius (1970s)
• Sr Jerome (1971)
• Sr Jan (1975-1976)
• Sr Michael (1976-1979)
• Sr Julie (1977)
• Sr Raymond (1978)
• Sr Mel (1979)

Sisters of Mercy stationed at Delungra 1956-1968:

1956-1958:    Sisters M Martina, M Pius, M Agnes, M Gabrielle (Foley)

1958-1960:    Sisters M Clement, M Agnes

1961-1963:    Sisters M Ita, M Alphonsa, Benedicta

1964-1965:    Sisters M Raphael, M St Phillip

1966: 1967    Sisters M Elizabeth, M St Phillip

1967-1968:    Sisters M Gabrielle (Bloomfield), M St Phillip

Also:               Sisters M Jude, M Gerard and Mary de Chantal