Mary Gonzaga Leahy
Mary Gonzaga Leahy  (born Ellen Leahy; 12 June 1870 – 17 January 1958), known as Mother Mary Gonzaga, was a New Zealand Catholic nun and hospital matron. She was born in Waimea West, Nelson, New Zealand, on 12 June 1870.

In the 1939 King's Birthday Honours, Leahy was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, in recognition of her service as matron of the Mater Misericordiae Hospital in Auckland. In 1953, she was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal.

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1870 births
1958 deaths
20th-century New Zealand Roman Catholic nuns
People from Nelson, New Zealand
19th-century New Zealand Roman Catholic nuns
New Zealand Officers of the Order of the British Empire
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