Phelan Place – Named after Sister Bibiana “Catherine” Phelan (1861- 1934). Sister Bibiana was one of four Sisters of the Good Shepherd Order to arrive in Christchurch from Ireland in September 1886. She was a younger sister of Mother Aidan Phelan. In stages 8 and 9 of the Aidanfield subdivision where all the names are those of former Sisters of the Good Shepherd Order and former residents of the Good Shepherd Sisters Home at Halswell. Named in 2011.
A reasonable amount of information from the library website. Mother Aidan Phelan had three sisters also join the order but I could only information about Mother Aidan Phelan and she is mentioned on the plaque in the cemetery. She died in 1958 aged 98 and she came to New Zealand in 1886. I would have expected the street to have been named after Mother Aidan Phelan. I couldn’t find any information about Sister Bibiana and only found information about Mother Aidan Phelan arriving in 1886.
This is a small narrow street with only 10 houses which were built in 2013 and 2014. Nothing stood out for me but there is a walkway through to Canice Reserve.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 