Elizabeth Ferard

Elizabeth Catherine Ferard
Elizabeth Catherine Ferard, first deaconess of the Church of England
Deaconess, 1862
Born22 February 1825
Bloomsbury, London
Died18 April 1883
St Pancras, London
Venerated inAnglican Communion
Feast18 July

Elizabeth Catherine Ferard (22 February 1825 – 18 April 1883) was a deaconess credited with revitalising the deaconess order in the Anglican Communion. She is now remembered in the Calendar of saints in some parts of the Anglican Communion on either 3 or 18 July.

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