Clare Emma Whitty

Mother Superior

Mother Mary Clare, CSP
Mother Superior of the Society of the Holy Cross
ChurchChurch of Ireland
Installed1925
Rt Revd Mark Trollope, 3rd Bishop in Korea[1]
Predecessornewly created position
Personal details
Born30 May 1883
Fenloe, County Clare, Ireland[2]
Died6 November 1950(1950-11-06) (aged 67)
Chunggangjin, North Korea[3]

Mother Mary Clare (born Clare Emma Whitty; 30 May 1883 – 6 November 1950) was an Irish Anglican nun, missionary and botanist who died during a nine-day death march led by retreating North Korean soldiers during the Korean War.[1][3]

She arrived in Korea in 1923, one of eighteen missionaries sent to the Korean peninsula by her nursing order, the Community of St Peter between 1892 and 1950. In 1925, following the founding of the Society of the Holy Cross by the Rt Revd Mark Trollope, the third Bishop in Korea, she was appointed Mother Superior of the order.[1][3][4]

  1. ^ a b c "Member Church Links – The Anglican Church of Korea – Religious Communities SHC – Society of the Holy Cross – Seoul". Anglican Communion. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  2. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference IAK was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Ireland, Government of. "Korean-Irish Relations – Irish in the Korean War". Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 5 June 2017.