Mother Teresa lived for 50 years in India.
Mother Teresa , known in the Catholic Church as Saint Teresa of Calcutta ( born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu ; [ aˈɲɛzə ˈɡɔndʒɛ bɔjaˈdʒiu ] ; 26 August 1910 -- 5 September 1997 ) , was an Albanian-Indian Roman Catholic nun and missionary . After living in Macedonia for eighteen years she moved to Ireland and then to India , where she lived for most of her life .