Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious

They asked to be authorized to form a parallel association clearly loyal to the Magisterium, and the Holy See finally granted their request in 1992.

[5] CMSWR members differ from those of the LCWR in having "major superiors" rather than "leaders" and in wearing recognizable religious habits.

The congregation under the leadership of Cardinal Franc Rode, appointed Superior General Mother Mary Clare Millea to oversee the visitation.

[12] As of 2020[update], the CMSWR Chairperson is Mother Mary McGreevy, RSM, (Superior General, Religious Sisters of Mercy); the Assistant Chairperson is Mother Anna Grace Neean, OP (Prioress General, Dominican Sisters of St.

[14][15] Various individual members of religious congregations presently belonging to the council have been canonized or beatified by the Catholic Church, among which are the following:[12]