Mother Teresa lived in India.
Kalighat , the Home of the Pure Heart ( Nirmal Hriday ) ( formerly Mother Teresa 's Kalighat Home for the Dying Destitutes ) is a hospice for the sick , destitute and the dying established by St. Mother Teresa in Kalighat , Kolkata , 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 .