Inah Canabarro Lucas | |
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 Inah Canabarro Lucas in 2023 | |
| Born | 8 June 1908 (age 116 years, 223 days) |
| Occupation | Nun |
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| Family | David Canabarro (great-grandfather) |
Inah Canabarro Lucas (born 8 June 1908) [1] is a Brazilian nun and supercentenarian who has been the world's oldest living person since the death of Tomiko Itooka on 29 December 2024, [2] as well as the world's oldest living nun since the death of Lucile Randon on 17 January 2023. [3] [4] [5]
Canabarro was born on 8 June 1908 [a] in São Francisco de Assis, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil to João Antonio Lucas and Mariana Canabarro. [6] As a child, she was very skinny, and many in her community didn't think she would survive into adulthood. [7] She worked as a kindergarten teacher at Santa Tereza de Jesus High School, having taught João Figueiredo, the 30th president of Brazil. [8] Additionally, she is the great-granddaughter of General David Canabarro, who fought in the Ragamuffin War. [9] Pope Francis sent a message of congratulations to her on her 110th birthday. [10]
She became the oldest living person in Brazil following the death of Antonia da Santa Cruz (1905–2022) on 23 January 2022. [11] In May 2023, the local archdiocese celebrated her 115th birthday. [a] [12]
She became the oldest living person in the world, as well as the last living person born in 1908, following the death of Tomiko Itooka on 29 December 2024. [13] [14]
She is the second-oldest nun in history, behind Lucile Randon, [6] and the oldest verified living person in the world. [15]
A supercentenarian, sometimes hyphenated as super-centenarian, is a person who is 110 years or older. This age is achieved by about one in 1,000 centenarians. Supercentenarians typically live a life free of significant age-related diseases until shortly before the maximum human lifespan is reached.
Longevity claims are unsubstantiated cases of asserted human longevity. Those asserting lifespans of 110 years or more are referred to as supercentenarians. Many have either no official verification or are backed only by partial evidence. Cases where longevity has been fully verified, according to modern standards of longevity research, are reflected in an established list of supercentenarians based on the work of organizations such as the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) or Guinness World Records. This article lists living claims greater than that of the oldest living person whose age has been independently verified, Brazilian woman Inah Canabarro Lucas, aged 116 years, 222 days, and deceased claims greater than that of the oldest person ever whose age has been verified, French woman Jeanne Calment, who died aged 122 years and 164 days. The upper limit for both lists is 130 years.
This is a list of tables of the oldest people in the world in ordinal ranks. To avoid including false or unconfirmed claims of old age, names here are restricted to those people whose ages have been validated by an international body dealing in longevity research, such as the Gerontology Research Group or Guinness World Records, and others who have otherwise been reliably sourced.
Lucile Randon, also known as Sister André, was a French supercentenarian who, until her death at the age of 118 years, 340 days, was the world's oldest verified living person following the death of Kane Tanaka on 19 April 2022. She is the fourth-oldest verified person ever, as well as the oldest confirmed survivor of the COVID-19 pandemic, having tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 a month before her 117th birthday.
Maria Branyas Morera was an American-Catalan supercentenarian who, until her death at the age of 117 years, 168 days, was the world's oldest verified living person, following the death of Lucile Randon on 17 January 2023.
Juan Vicente Pérez Mora was a Venezuelan supercentenarian who, until his death aged 114 years, 311 days, was the world's oldest verified living man following the death of Spain's Saturnino de la Fuente García on 18 January 2022. He is the fourth-oldest verified man ever, after Jiroemon Kimura, Christian Mortensen and Emiliano Mercado del Toro.
Tomiko Itooka was a Japanese supercentenarian who was recognized as the world's oldest verified living person in September 2024. She managed her family's textile business during World War II and lived to the age of 116 years and 220 days.