Anna Dengel
Anna Dengel (born March 16, 1892 in Steeg , † April 17, 1980 in Rome ) was an Austrian doctor and religious. She was the founder of the Medical Missionary Sisters , a religious congregation with sisters from all continents (with the exception of Australia) with whom she built 48 hospitals worldwide. When she finished her studies in 1919, she was one of the first doctors in Tyrol.
Life
Anna Dengel attended elementary school in Steeg and Hall, the boarding school in Thurnfeld and received her Matura in 1914 . She then studied medicine in Austria, France and Ireland ( Cork ). In 1919 she passed the medical state examination and worked as a doctor in England for a year. In 1920 she received her doctorate and began her medical practice at St. Catherin's Hospital in Rawalpindi / India, especially in the field of obstetrics , as women there were not allowed to accept medical help from men for religious reasons. She traveled several times to England and the USA and founded her own medically oriented order in Washington on September 30, 1925 , the Society of Catholic Medical Missionaries (SCMMS). In 1927 she opened the Holy Family Hospital in Rawalpindi and in 1939 the new motherhouse in Fox Chase / Philadelphia was inaugurated. After her death in 1980, she was buried at her own request in the tomb of the Congregatio Jesu Institute on Campo Santo Teutonico in Rome, although she was not a member of it.
Awards and honors
- 1958 Honorary doctorate from the University of Nijmegen
- 1959 honorary membership of the International Association of Surgeons
- In 1967 she received the Grand Decoration of Honor in Gold for services to the Republic of Austria .
- In 1992 the Austrian Post issued a special postage stamp to celebrate its 100th birthday.
literature
- Pia Maria Plechl : Cross and Askulap. Dr. med. Anna Dengel and the Medical Mission Sisters. Herold, Vienna / Munich 1967.
- Pia Maria Plechl: The nun with the stethoscope. Anna Dengel. Verlag St. Gabriel, Mödling 1981, ISBN 3-85264-173-8 .
- Pia Maria Plechl: The doctor in habit. Anna Dengel. St. Benno Verlag, Leipzig 1988, ISBN 3-7462-0207-8 .
- Albrecht Weiland: The Campo Santo Teutonico in Rome and its grave monuments. Volume 1, Herder, Rome 1988, ISBN 3-451-20882-2 , pp. 185 f.
- Hans-Peter Rhomberg: Anna Dengel. Doctor and founder of the order. With a foreword by Mother Teresa . Tyrolia, Innsbruck 1993, ISBN 3-7022-1835-1 .
- Ingeborg Schödl: Anna Dengel. Doctor, missionary, founder of the order. Dare to do the impossible. Tyrolia, Innsbruck 2014, ISBN 978-3-7022-3327-3 .
- Ingeborg Schödl: Anna Dengel. Doctor, missionary, founder of the order. Dare to do the impossible. Tyrolia, Innsbruck 2019, ISBN 978-3-7022-3795-0 .
Web links
- Thomas Stahl: DENGEL, Anna. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 30, Bautz, Nordhausen 2009, ISBN 978-3-88309-478-6 , Sp. 219-222.
- Short biography of Anna Dengel on AEIOU
- Short portrait on the website of the Friends of Anna Dengel
- ORF report on Anna Dengel
- Play Anna - Mother of Mothers by Claudia Lang-Forcher about Anna Dengel, performance on the Geierwally open-air stage in Elbigenalp 2019
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Andreas Mettenleiter : Testimonials, memories, diaries and letters from German-speaking doctors. Supplements and supplements II (A – H). In: Würzburg medical history reports. 21, 2002, pp. 490-518, here p. 499
- ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dengel, Anna |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian doctor and founder of the order |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 16, 1892 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Steeg (Tyrol) |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 17, 1980 |
| Place of death | Rome |