Ammon News - The world's oldest person, Brazilian nun Inah Canabarro Lucas, died on Wednesday, April 30, at the age of 116.

The title of "world's oldest person" now passes to Ethel Caterham, a resident of Surrey, England, who is 115 years old, according to the US Gerontological Research Group (GRG) and the LongeviQuest database.

Born on June 8, 1908, Canabarro Lucas became the world's oldest person following the death in January of Japanese woman Tomiko Itooka, who was also aged 116.

The Congregation of Teresian Sisters of Brazil in Porto Alegre announced Canabarro Lucas' passing on Wednesday in a statement in which it gave thanks "for the dedication and devotion" she had shown in life. Le Monde