Mother Teresa

PRIZES

During her life, Mother Teresa receives more than 700 prizes for her charity work and she is the most awarded person in the XXth century.

Most important prizes and awards:

  1. 11th of August 1962 – Padma Shri Award, from the President of India

  2. 31st of August 1962 – Ramon Magsaysay Award, in the Philippines

  3. 1969 – Jawaharlal Nehru Award

  4. 6th of January 1971 – Pope Paul VI presents her with the Pope John XXIII Peace Prize

  5. 16th of October 1971 – John f. Kennedy International Award

  6. 25th of April 1973 – Templeton prize for her extraordinary efforts to help the homeless and neglected children of Calcutta

  7. 1977 – Honorary PhD in Theology, University of Cambridge, England

  8. 1978 – Award from the Balzan Foundation for humanity and peace among peoples

  9. 10th of December 1979 – Nobel Peace Prize

  10. 22nd of March 1980 – Award Bharat Ratna (Jewel of India)

  11. 27th of June 1980 – Presented with the Medal of Merits of the town of Skopje

  12. 24th of October 1983 – Queen Elizabeth II presents her with the Order of Merit

  13. 1985 – President of USA Ronald Reagan presents her with the Presidential medal of Freedom

  14. 1996 – Honorary citizen of the USA

  15. 5th of June 1997 – United States Congressional Gold Medal