How tall is Mother Teresa?
Mother Teresa's listed height was 152 cm (5'0").
About Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa, born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu and also known as Saint Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian-Indian Catholic nun and the founder of the Missionaries of Charity. She was born on 26 August 1910 in Skopje, then part of the Ottoman Empire, and raised in a devoutly Catholic family. At 18 she moved to Ireland to join the Sisters of Loreto and later went to India, where she lived most of her life.
In 1950 she established the Missionaries of Charity, a religious congregation initially dedicated to serving the poorest of the poor in the slums of Calcutta. By 2012 it operated in over 133 countries with more than 4,500 nuns, managing homes for people dying from HIV/AIDS, leprosy and tuberculosis, and running soup kitchens, dispensaries, mobile clinics, orphanages and schools. She received the 1962 Ramon Magsaysay Peace Prize and the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize.
Mother Teresa stood a listed 152 cm (5'0"). She died on 5 September 1997, and the Catholic Church canonised her on 4 September 2016. Her feast day is observed on 5 September.
Frequently asked
How tall is Mother Teresa in feet and inches? Mother Teresa was 5'0" tall, which is 152 cm, 59.8 inches or 1.52 m.
Sources
- Mother Teresa on Wikipedia — biography and career.
- Mother Teresa on Wikidata — nationality and dates.
- Mother Teresa on TMDB — filmography and co-stars.
Heights are as publicly listed, rounded to the nearest centimetre; listed heights for public figures are often self-reported. Biographical details adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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