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Provincial Council agreed to the sale and in January 1921 six Sisters of Divine Providence arrived at the hospital and assumed responsibility for it. They renamed it St. Elizabeth Hospital, which they operated until 2001 (now
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from the city. He wanted to convert the hospital to serve the
Catholic community of the region, which included a large German immigrant population, and he invited Bansbach to purchase it for that purpose.
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Sisters of Divine Providence began to serve in the Americas in 1876, now present in the United States, Puerto Rico, Santo Domingo and Peru. They also serve in Korea.
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Sisters of Divine Province serving in Peru, which is a semi-autonomous region. As of 2013, the congregation currently numbers 460
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Sisters of Divine Providence began to operate again in the late 19th century, after the loss of their institutions under the German policy of
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