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Maria Bernadette Mbawala (Klara Mbawala)
Tanzanian Benedictine sister of Saint Agnes of Chipole
Servant of GodFull write-upTanzania
Born
27 October 1911
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Died
29 November 1950
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Beatified
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not yet
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
Born Klara Mbawala to one of the first Christian families at Peramiho, she became a Benedictine sister of Saint Agnes of Chipole.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Holy See gave the nihil obstat on 29 September 2007 and the diocesan inquiry was opened at Songea on 26 January 2012.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
Sources
Checked against the sources listed on 24 September 2026. Corrections welcome.