A timeline of Loretto leaders
- Mother Ann Rhodes June 29, 1812 – December 11, 1812
- Mother Mary Rhodes December 1812-1822
- Mother Juliana Wathen February 8, 1822 – 1824
- Mother Isabella Clarke 1824 – 1826
- Mother Sabina O’Brien 1826 – 1832
- Mother Josephine Kelly 1832 – 1838
- Mother Isabella Clarke 1838 – 1842
- Mother Generose Mattingly 1842 -1844
- Mother Berlindes Downs 1844 – 1846, 1846 – 1852
- Mother Bridget Spalding 1852 – 1855, 1855 – 1858
- Mother Berlindes Downs 1858 – 1861, 1861 – 1864
- Mother Bertha Bowles 1864 – 1867, 1867 – 1870
- Mother Elizabeth Hayden 1870 – 1873, 1873 – 1876
- Mother DaFrosa Smythe 1876 – 1879, 1879 – 1882
- Mother Ann Joseph Mattingly 1882 – 1885, 1885 – 1888
- Mother DaFrosa Smythe 1888 – 1889, 1891 – 1893
- Mother Catherine Connor 1893 – 1894, 1894 – 1896
- Mother Praxedes Carty 1896 – 1898, 1901 – 1922
- Mother Clarasine Walsh 1922 – 1928
- Mother Olivette Norton 1928 – 1934, 1934 – 1940
- Mother Edwarda Ashe 1940 – 1946, 1946 – 1952
- Mother Felicitas Quinlivan 1952 – 1958
- Mother Mary Luke Tobin 1958 – 1964, 1964 – 1970
As of 1970, Loretto Major Superior referred to as “President”
- Sister Helen Sanders 1970-1974, 1974-1978
- Sister Marian McAvoy 1978-1982, 1982-1986
- Sister Maureen McCormack 1986-1990, 1990-1994
- Sister Mary Ann Coyle 1994-2000
- Sister Mary Catherine Rabbitt 2001-2006
- Sister Catherine Mueller 2007-2012
- Sister Pearl McGivney 2013-2018
- Sister Barbara Nicholas 2019-present