CHRISTUS Health is an international Catholic nonprofit health system based in Irving, Texas, United States.
History
The present company was formed on January 28, 1999 by the merger of Houston's Sisters of Charity Health Care System and San Antonio's Incarnate Word Health System;[1] however its history extends back to 1866, with the founding of St. Mary's Hospital in Galveston, Texas, by the Sisters of Charity religious institute.[2]
Another significant merger came in 2016 when CHRISTUS merged with Trinity Mother Frances Hospitals and Clinics (itself the product of a merger of two Catholic-based systems), giving it a major presence in East Texas.[3]
CHRISTUS Health services can be found in 60 cities in Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, and New Mexico in the U.S.; also, in the