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Elizabeth Ann Seton was the foundress and first superior of the Sisters of Charity in the United States. She was born in New York City on August 28, 1774, of non-Catholic parents of high position. She died at Emmitsburg, Maryland, on January 4, 1821. Her father, Dr. Richard Bayley, was the first professor of anatomy at Columbia College and eminent for his work as health officer of the Port of New York. Her mother, Catherine Charlton, daughter of an …

…Halifax offshoots of the New York community and the Greenburg foundation from Cincinnati, the sisters originating from Mother Seton's foundation number (1911) about 6000. The original Emittsburg community now wearing the cornette and observing the rule just as St. Vincent gave it, naturally surpasses any of the others in number. It is found in about 30 dioceses in the United States, and forms a part of the worldwide sisterhood, whilst the others are rather diocesan communities. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**