Mother Teresa (26 August 1910 - 5 September 1997); born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu; was a Catholic nun of Albanian ethnicity and Indian citizenship; who founded the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta; India in 1950. For over 45 years she ministered to the poor; sick; orphaned; and dying; while guiding the Missionaries of Charity's expansion; first throughout India and then in other countries. Following her death she was beatified by Pope John Paul II and given the title Blessed Teresa of Calcutta.