Mother Teresa Mother Teresa in 1988 Born August 26, 1910(1910-08-26) Skopje, Ottoman Empire Died September 5, 199(aged 87) Calcutta, India Occupation Roman Catholic nun, humanitarian Mother Teresa (Albanian: Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu (August 26, 1910 – September 5, 1997) was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun who founded the Missionaries of Charity and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for he..