September 5, 1997
Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Calcutta
Are you sure you have spelled the name correctly? I can find no referrence to a Catholic saint named Teresa of Carkoon. Did you mean Blessed Teresa of Calcutta? There are a number of saints named Teresa but none has a name even close to Carkoon.
Mother Theresa's funeral was held in St. Thomas Church in Calcutta. The funeral rites began with a military escort of 15 vehicles carrying her body on a gun carriage in a procession from St. Thomas to the stadium and then to a private burial at Mother House, the headquarters of the Missionaries of Charityreligious order founded by Mother Teresa.
She taught geography at St. Mary's School in Calcutta with the Sisters of Loreto.
Mother Teresa did not attend Saint Mary's as a student but was assigned to teach teher.
Mother Teresa of Calcutta.
There are a number of saints and blesseds named Teresa: Teresa Benedicta of the Cross Teresa Bracco Teresa de Gesu, Jornet y Ibars Teresa Eustochio Teresa Eustochio Verzeri Teresa Grillo Michel Teresa Margaret Redi Teresa Margaret of the Sacred Heart Teresa Maria de la Cruz Teresa Maria Mastena Teresa Maria of the Cross Teresa Michel Teresa of Avila Teresa of Calcutta Teresa of Portugal Terese of the Andes Teresa of the Child Jesus Saint John of the Cross Teresa Valse Pantellini Teresa Verzeri
DescriptionMary Teresa Bojaxhiu, commonly known as Mother Teresa and honoured in the Catholic Church as Saint Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian-Indian Roman Catholic nun and missionary
The last saint to die was Saint Teresa of Calcutta, also known as Mother Teresa. She passed away on September 5, 1997.
She died in Calcutta (Kolkata) in the Indian state of West Bengal.
She died of heart failure in Calcutta, India, on September 5, 1997.