World’s Oldest Person, Brazilian Nun Inah Canabarro Lucas, Passes Away at 116

Inah Canabarro Lucas, a Brazilian nun and the world’s oldest person, passed away on Wednesday at the impressive age of 116 years and 326 days. The news was shared by the Congregation of Teresian Sisters, where she lived in Porto Alegre.

Taking her place as the new record holder is Ethel Caterham, a 115-year-old from Surrey County in southeast England, as reported by the U.S. Gerontology Research Group (GRG) and LongeviQuest.

Inah Canabarro Lucas was born on June 8, 1908, in the city of Saint Francis of Assisi in southern Brazil. She became known as the world’s oldest person after the passing of Japanese woman Tomiko Itooka, who also lived to be 116, back in January, according to the GRG and LongeviQuest.