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Global Catholic Network founder Mother Angelica dies at 92

Mother Angelica, shown March 2, 1999, is both Mother Abbess of the Lady of Angels Monastery in Irondale, Ala., as well as chairman of the board or the Eternal Word Television Network. Angelica, a folksy Roman Catholic nun who used a monastery garage to begin a television ministry that grew into a global religious media empire, had died. She was 92. (Philip Holman/Birmingham Post-Herald via AP)
Mother Angelica, shown March 2, 1999, is both Mother Abbess of the Lady of Angels Monastery in Irondale, Ala., as well as chairman of the board or the Eternal Word Television Network. Angelica, a folksy Roman Catholic nun who used a monastery garage to begin a television ministry that grew into a global religious media empire, had died. She was 92. (Philip Holman/Birmingham Post-Herald via AP) Mother Angelica, shown March 2, 1999, is both Mother Abbess of the Lady of Angels Monastery in Irondale, Ala., as well as chairman of the board or the Eternal Word Television Network. Angelica, a folksy Roman Catholic nun who used a monastery garage to begin a television ministry that grew into a global religious media empire, had died. She was 92. (Philip Holman/Birmingham Post-Herald via AP)

By Associated Press 4 min read

HANCEVILLE, Alabama – Mother Mary Angelica, a folksy Roman Catholic nun who used a monastery garage to begin a television ministry that grew into a global religious media empire, has died. She was 92.

Known to millions of viewers simply as “Mother Angelica,” the founder of the Eternal Word Television Network died Easter Sunday at the rural monastery where she lived about 45 miles north of Birmingham, according to EWTN Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Michael P. Warsaw.

“Mother has always, and will always, personify EWTN, the Network which she founded. In the face of sickness and long-suffering trials, Mother’s example of joy and prayerful perseverance exemplified the Franciscan spirit she held so dear. We thank God for Mother Angelica and for the gift of her extraordinary life,” Warsaw said in a news release late Sunday.

Mother Angelica had been in declining health since suffering a severe cerebral hemorrhage on Christmas Eve 2001. She never regained her full speaking ability and had other, less-severe strokes through the years.

Bedridden for months, Mother Angelica was placed on a feeding tube this fall as her health slowly declined, fellow nuns at Our Lady of the Angels Monastery said in an announcement released in November.