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Birth Name | Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu |
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Real Name | Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu |
Other Name | Blessed Teresa of Calcutta |
Physical Stats & More
Height | 5' (152 cm) |
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Eye Color | Grey |
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Venerated | Catholic Church |
Beatified | 19/10/2003 |
Colonized | 4/09/2016 |
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Major Shrine | Mother House of the Missionaries of Charity, Calcutta, West Bengal, India |
Feast | 5 September |
Successor | Sr. Nirmala Joshi, MC |
Educational Qualification(s)
School | Attended a government school |
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Learned | English at Loreto Abbey in Rathfarnham, Ireland |
Personal Life
Date of Death | 05/09/1997 |
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Place of Death | Calcutta (now Kolkata), West Bengal, India |
Death Cause | Cardia Arrest - Prolonged illness including heart issues, pneumonia, and malaria |
Zodiac sign | Virgo |
Religion | Christianity (Catholicism) |
Ethnicity | Albanian |
Food Habit | Non-Vegetarian |
Hometown | Skopje, Macedonia |
Relationships & More
Marital Status (at the time of death) | Unmarried | ||||||||||
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Career
Founding | Missionaries of Charity in 1950 |
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Some Lesser Known Facts
Mother Teresa was proficient in five languages: Albanian, English, Bengali, Hindi, and Serbian. | |
In 1989, she experienced a heart attack and contemplated resigning as the head of the Missionaries of Charity. | |
Despite her health scare, she continued in her position following a unanimous decision by the organization. | |
At the time of her passing, over 4,000 sisters and 300 brothers were engaged in 610 missions across 123 countries, spreading her humanitarian work globally. |