Mary Xavier Dooley

Mother Mary Xavier Dooley
Mother Xavier Dooley, professed as Presentation Sister on Presentation Day, 21 November 1883.
Born
Eliza Dooley

June 19, 1858
DiedJuly 4, 1929(1929-07-04) (aged 71)

Mother Mary Xavier Dooley (19 June 1858 – 4 July 1929) was born Eliza Dooley in Forth, Tasmania, Australia.[1] She was professed as a Sister of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Tasmania in 1883.[2] In 1911, she became the first Superior of the amalgamated Hobart and Launceston Presentation Congregations.[2] She died in Launceston, Tasmania.[3]

  1. ^ "Dooley, Eliza". librariestas.ent.sirsidynix.net.au. RGD33/1/36 No. 1764. 19 June 1858. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  2. ^ a b Fox, Noela M. (2006). An acorn grows among the gums: the Presentation Sisters, Tasmania, 1866–2006. Hobart: Presentation Sisters Property Association, Tasmania. ISBN 0-9756829-8-9. OCLC 225201240.
  3. ^ "OBITUARY". The Examiner. 5 July 1929. p. 12. Retrieved 1 September 2020.