Born: 26 August 1910 · Died: 5 September 1997 · Age at death: 87
How old was Mother Teresa when she died?
Mother Teresa died aged 87. She was born on 26 August 1910 and died on 5 September 1997.
Albanian-born Catholic nun who founded the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata, won the Nobel Peace Prize and was declared a saint
Did you know?She was born in modern-day North Macedonia and taught at a school in Kolkata before serving the poor.
Quick facts
Date of birth26 August 1910
Date of death5 September 1997
Age at death87
Cause of deathHeart failure
NationalityIndian
BirthplaceSkopje, North Macedonia
Occupationreligious sister, missionary, nun
Editor's Take:
Mother Teresa became a worldwide symbol of compassion for the poorest of the poor. Her religious order, the Missionaries of Charity, began in Calcutta in 1950, now Kolkata, caring for the sick, the dying and those whom society had abandoned. Her order grew to run hospices, orphanages and clinics in many countries. She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 and was declared a saint by the Catholic Church in 2016. She also faced criticism over conditions in some of her homes and her opposition to contraception, which keeps her legacy under discussion.
Key Milestones
1929: Arrives in India as a Loreto sister
1950: Founds the Missionaries of Charity
1979: Wins the Nobel Peace Prize
2016: Canonised as Saint Teresa of Calcutta
Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu (Albanian:; 26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997), better known as Mother Teresa or Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian-Indian Catholic nun, founder of the Missionaries of Charity and a Catholic saint.
Mother Teresa's birthday is August 26. She was born on August 26, 1910 in Skopje, North Macedonia.
How old was Mother Teresa when she died?
Mother Teresa died on September 5, 1997, aged 87.
Who shares a birthday with Mother Teresa?
Famous people who share Mother Teresa's August 26 birthday include Antoine Lavoisier, Chris Pine, Guillaume Apollinaire, James Franck and Julio Cortázar.
