Sister Nancy Nolan, S.P. (May 13, 1936 - December 20, 2020) was the Superior General of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, from 1986-1996. During her term, she completed renovation of the Church of the Immaculate Conception (Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana). Nolan also oversaw the 150th anniversary of the Congregation, founded by Saint Mother Theodore Guerin in 1840, and completed the construction of Providence Center at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods.

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Sister Nancy Nolan, S.P.
Born	(1936-05-13)May 13, 1936 Galesburg, Illinois
Died	December 20, 2020(2020-12-20) (aged 84) Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana
Nationality	United States
Title	General Superior of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods
Predecessor	Sister Anne Doherty, S.P.
Successor	Sister Diane Ris, S.P.

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During her term she was actively involved in the process of promoting the Cause for the Canonization of Mother Theodore Guerin, who was canonized a Roman Catholic saint in 2006.

After serving as Superior General, Nolan spent time as president of Guerin College Preparatory High School in Chicago until February 2007. A scholarship program there, Nolan Scholars, was named in her honor.

On December 20, 2020, at the age of 84, Nolan died at the motherhouse in Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana.

• Logan, Eugenia (1978). History of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods: Volume II. Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana: Sisters of Providence.

• Sisters of Providence. "Sister Nancy Nolan". Retrieved December 22, 2009.

• "Wireless learning, renovations part of new school year". Catholic New World. Archdiocese of Chicago. September 13, 2009. Retrieved December 22, 2009.