A native of Boston, Sister Diane Olmstead has been a Missionary Sister of the Sacred Heart of Jesus since 1980. During her years as a Missionary Sister, she has been missioned to New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Guatemala.
Sr. Diane was elected Provincial of the newly formed Guadalupe Province of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, effective March 2018.
Her ministries have included nursing, administration, family casework, vocation ministry, and youth and parish ministry. Sr. Diane earned a Bachelor of Science in nursing from the University of Pennsylvania, and a master's in psychiatric mental health nursing from Texas Woman's University in Houston. Sr. Diane has a Certificate in Cross-Cultural Ministry.