Blessed María Dolores Rodríguez Sopeña (December 30, 1848 – January 10, 1918) was a Spanish Catholic nun. She founded the Sisters of the Catechetical Institute and established an institute now known as the Sopeña Catechetical Institute. Sopeña died in Madrid at the age of 69. The institutions that she established remain active in Spain, Mexico, Italy, Cuba, Columbia, Chile, Ecuador and the Dominican Republic. In 2003, she was beatified by Pope John Paul II.