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Mother Teresa

For other uses, see Maria Theresa (disambiguation).

Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, M.C.

Mother Teresa at a pro-life meeting in 1986 in Bonn,West Germany

ReligionRoman CatholicInstituteSisters of Loreto
(1928–1948)
Missionaries of Charity
(1950–1997)PersonalNationalityOttoman subject (1910–1912)
Serbian subject (1912–1915)
Bulgarian subject (1915–1918)
Yugoslavian subject (1918–1943)
Yugoslavian citizen (1943–1948)
Indian subject (1948–1950)
Indian citizen^[1][2] (1948–1997)BornAnjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu
26 August 1910
Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire
(modern Skopje, Macedonia)Died5 September 1997 (aged 87)
Calcutta, West Bengal, IndiaSenior postingTitleSuperior GeneralPeriod in office1950–1997SuccessorSister Nirmala Joshi, M.C.Blessed Teresa of Calcutta
M.C.

Bl. Mother Teresa Statue in St. Thomas Mount.

NunBorn26 August 1910
Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman EmpireDied5 September 1997 (aged 87)
Calcutta, West Bengal, IndiaVenerated inRoman Catholic Church (India)Beatified19 October 2003, Saint Peter's Square,Vatican City by Pope John Paul IIMajor shrineMother House of the Missionaries of Charity, Calcutta, West Bengal, IndiaFeast5 SeptemberAttributes

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World Youth DayMissionaries of Charity

Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, MC,commonly known as Mother Teresa (26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997), was a Roman Catholicreligious sister and missionary who lived most of her life in India. She was born in what is today Macedonia, with her family being ofAlbanian descent originating inKosovo.

Mother Teresa founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, which in 2012 consisted of over 4,500 sisters and is active in 133 countries. They run hospices and homes for people with HIV/AIDS, leprosy and tuberculosis; soup kitchens; dispensaries and mobile clinics; children's and family counselling programmes; orphanages; and schools. Members must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty and obedience as well as a fourth vow, to give "wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor".

Mother Teresa was the recipient of numerous honours including the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize. In 2003, she was beatified as "Blessed Teresa of Calcutta". A second miracle credited to her intercession is required before she can be recognised as a saint by the Catholic Church.

A controversial figure both during her life and after her death, Mother Teresa was widely admired by many for her charitable works, but also widely criticised, particularly for her efforts opposing contraception and for substandard conditions in the hospices for which she was responsible.