Nirmala Joshi

Sister Maria Nirmala Joshi MC
Sister Nirmala in Witness, the Salt + Light Television programme
Title	Superior General of the Missionaries of Charity
Personal
Born	(1934-07-23)23 July 1934 Ranchi, Bihar and Orissa Province, British India
Died	23 June 2015(2015-06-23) (aged 80) Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Religion	Christianity (Catholicism)
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	University of Calcutta (Doctor Juris)
Organization
Institute	Missionaries of Charity
Senior posting
Predecessor	Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu
Successor	Mary Prema Pierick MC

Maria Nirmala Joshi (23 July 1934 – 23 June 2015) was an Indian religious sister who succeeded Nobel laureate Mother Teresa as the head of the Missionaries of Charity and expanded the movement overseas.^[1][2] After taking over the charity following Mother Teresa's death in 1997, Nirmala expanded the organisation's reach to 134 countries by opening centres in nations such as Afghanistan and Thailand.