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Loreto Convent School, Pretoria

1878 establishments in the South African RepublicEducational institutions established in 1878Girls' schools in South AfricaPrivate schools in Gauteng

Loreto Convent School is a private high school in Pretoria, South Africa, founded in 1878. Loreto Convent School was founded on 7 June 1878 by Mother Margaret Mary Jolivet, Mother Joseph Colahan and Mother Teresa Colahan, at Loreto Convent, Skinner Street, with 20 pupils in the high school and 6 in the parochial school.

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Loreto Convent School, Pretoria
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