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Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa , born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu , was a Roman Catholic nun of Albanian ethnicity and Indian citizenship, who founded the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, India, in 1950...

Timeline of Events

1929

1.6.1929

Mother Teresa arrives in Calcutta to begin her work among India's poorest and sick people.

1979

10.17.1979

Mother Teresa awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

1997

3.13.1997

India's Missionaries of Charity chooses Sister Nirmala to succeed Mother Teresa as its leader.

2003

10.19.2003

Mother Teresa is beatified by Pope John Paul II.