Blessed Teresa Demjanovich
Also known as: Sister Miriam Teresa
Blessed
Post-Congregation
Feast Day
May 8
Born
March 26, 1901
Died
May 8, 1927
Beatified
4 October 2014 by Pope Francis
Biography
Blessed Teresa Demjanovich, also known as Sister Miriam Teresa, was born on March 26, 1901, in Bayonne, New Jersey. She was one of five children of Alexander and Johanna Demjanovich, who had immigrated to the United States from an area of the Austro-Hungarian Empire that is now part of modern-day Slovakia.