The Little Sisters of the Poor have announced they will be leaving Dundee in 2015 due to a lack of new nuns joining the order.
The existing members feel “unable to continue their mission” at the Wellburn Care Home, which they operate.
Negotiations to find a new operator for the care home are ongoing.
The Little Sisters of the Poor order has seen a 50% drop in worldwide members – from 4,000 to 2,000 – in the last 10 years.
There are only about eight nuns remaining in Dundee, of whom only two are under 70 years of age.
If an alternative operator for the Wellburn Care Home is not found by the beginning of 2015, the residents will be rehoused.
The provincial of the order said the decision had been made with “great sadness and regret”.
Sister Joseph added: “The Little Sisters have been in Dundee since 1863 and last year celebrated 150 years of service to the elderly in the city, in the footsteps of their foundress St Jeanne Jugan.”
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