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Obituary: Maryknoll Sister Leonila Bermisa, formerly of Hawaii, was a lawyer, author, women’s rights advocate

03/15/2013 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

Maryknoll Sister Leonila Bermisa, the Hawaii lawyer who joined the missionary order in 1982 from Our Lady of the Mount Parish in Kalihi Valley to serve for many years in the Philippines, died in Manila on Feb. 28 at age 64. She was a Maryknoll Sister for 30 years. She had been battling cancer. Sister […]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: HCH, Maryknoll Sisters, Obituary

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