Mary Agnes Briand
Mother Mary Agnes | |
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Mother Mary Agnes of Makogai | |
| Religious, Missionary | |
| Born | Marie Briand March 22, 1870 La Prénessaye, Côtes-d'Armor, France |
| Died | March 17, 1955 (aged 84) Makogai, Fiji |
| Resting place | Makogai lepers colony cemetery Makogai, Fiji |
Marie Louise Françoise Briand, in religion Mother Mary Agnes (March 22, 1870, in La Prénessaye – March 17, 1955, on the island of Makogai in Fiji) was a French Catholic nun, Marist missionary in Fiji, . She was regional superior for the Fiji Islands of the Missionary Sisters of the Society of Mary from 1908 to 1946. Devoted to lepers in the Pacific, she was the director of the Makogai leper colony from 1916 to 1950, one of the largest in the world. She was awarded with the Order of the Legion of Honor and the Order of the British Empire.