Following the sad passing of Mrs. Sofia Rojas, Inah Canabarro Lucas became the 10th-oldest validated living person, the oldest validated living person in South America, the oldest validated living person in Latin America, the 4th-oldest validated living person residing in the Americas, and the 5th-oldest validated living person born in the Americas.

Following the sad passing of Mrs. Erna Zahn, Inah Canabarro Lucas became the 9th-oldest validated living person, the 3rd-oldest validated living person in the Americas, and the 4th-oldest validated living person born in the Americas.

Following the sad passing of Mrs. Juniewicz,  Inah Canabarro Lucas became the 8th-oldest validated living person.

Following the sad passing of Mrs. Furuya, Inah Canabarro Lucas became the 7th-oldest validated living person.

On 3 January 2023, following the sad passing of Ms. Hendricks, Inah Canabarro Lucas became the 6th-oldest validated living person.

On 17 January 2023, following the sad passing of Sister André, Inah Canabarro Lucas became the 5th-oldest validated living person and the new oldest living nun in the world.

New pictures:

Video of Inah Canabarro Lucas on December 24, 2022:

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To see videos of Inah Lucas and Edie Ceccarelli both well above 114.5, and both being so engaged and strong, is very heartening. 

As a young woman.

After surpassing the final age of Sofia Rojas (1907 - 2022, 114 years and 351 days), Inah Canabarro Lucas is the 5th validated Latin American ever, after Casilda Benegas Gallego, Antonia da Santa Cruz, María Capovilla and Francisca Celsa dos Santos.

Nice photo! (but it's taken in 2020)

More pictures of Inah on her 115th birthday

A recent article about Inah Canabarro Lucas:
https://www.pucrs.br/blog/idosa-115/

Inah Canabarro Lucas has now surpassed the age of Marie-Josephine Gaudette, making her the second-oldest nun ever after Lucile Randon (Sister Andre)

New photo of Inah Canabarro (December 1, 2023):             https://m.facebook.com/story.php/?id=1302691872&story_fbid=10227307094765452

Inah Canabarro Lucas is 4th OLP in the world, following the sad passing of Mrs. Tatsumi

Inah Canabarro Lucas on December 26, 2023:
 

LQ Visits Inah Canabarro Lucas

https://longeviquest.com/2024/02/longeviquest-visits-oldest-living-person-in-brazil-also-the-oldest-living-nun-at-115/#google_vignette

Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil – On 16 February 2024, the LongeviQuest team had the privilege of visiting Sister (Irmã) Inah Canabarro Lucas, recognizing her as Brazil’s oldest living person and the oldest living nun in the world, and celebrating her life as a nun and her longevity. Ms. Iara Souza, a researcher from Brazil at LongeviQuest, was present to conduct the interview. She began by congratulating Sister Inah, addressing topics and questions about her childhood and her youth as a music band coordinator. Sister Inah also expressed her deep faith in God, stating that praying every day makes her very happy. She emphasized that she prays for everyone.

She was happy to share her experiences of becoming a nun and serving as a music band coordinator. As a result, she had the opportunity to travel to Buenos Aires in Argentina and Montevideo in Uruguay, which clearly filled her with excitement as she reminisced, evoking feelings of nostalgia. Furthermore, when discussing her youth, she was always noted for her firmness, temperance, and rectitude in speech, demeanor, and memory, demonstrating that her memories endure despite nearly a century having passed since those events.

The President of LongeviQuest América, Mr. Fabrizio Villatoro, concluded the interview with questions about her feelings about living a long life and the secret of her longevity. On behalf of the organization, they presented her with two LongeviQuest awards, some flowers as tokens of gratitude, as well as some small religious gifts of Saint Teresa, who was her most cherished saint. She especially highlighted the wooden rosary, which brought her even greater joy during the visit and prompted her to immediately begin praying with it.

Irmã Inah Canabarro currently lives in a provincial house at the Irmãs Teresianas and is often visited by her great-nephews. Her health and vitality are strong, and she remains mentally and physically active despite experiencing sight and hearing problems. Despite these challenges, she is in very good health, enjoys receiving visitors, and used to draw frequently as well.

Irmã Inah Canabarro Lucas is currently the oldest living person in Latin America whose age is fully validated, concurrently holding the title of the oldest living person in Brazil. According to the LongeviQuest global list, Irmã Inah Canabarro is also the 4th-oldest living person in the world, behind María Branyas Morera (Spain), Edie Ceccarelli (USA) and Tomiko Itooka (Japan).

LongeviQuest would like to express our gratitude to Sister Inah Canabarro, her family and the Sisters Teresinas House for granting us permission and the privilege of meeting her. We wish her good health and much happiness, and we eagerly anticipate the opportunity to meet her again.

Biography

Inah Canabarro Lucas was born in Sao Francisco de Assis, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil on 8 June 1908, to parents Joao Antonio Lucas and Mariana Canabarro Lucas. While she has claimed to have been born on 27 May 1908, research found that she was likely born 11 days later. As a child, she was so skinny that many people didn’t think she would survive childhood. She is the great-granddaughter of General David Canabarro. Her father died in combat in 1923.

Canabarro Lucas studied at the Santa Teresa de Jesus boarding school in Santana do Livramento, Rio Grande do Sul. Around 1928, she moved to Montevideo, Uruguay, where she became a nun. In 1930, she returned to Brazil to teach Portuguese and mathematics at a school in Tijuca, a neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro. In the early 1940s, she moved back to Santana do Livramento where she worked as a teacher.

Canabarro Lucas currently lives in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, at the age of 115. At the age of 110, she began having some mobility difficulties and had to start using a walker. On 25 January 2021, at the age of 112, she received her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, making her one of the oldest people to receive the vaccine. She credits her longevity to God.

She looks great at 115 years old!

I am a sincere fan of Sister Inah. Whenever I look at her amiable, kind and gentle countenance I feel blessed. One can observe a piece of heavenliness.

It is not unlikely that she will play a long and important part in the list of the top ten. Not a stone will left standing in 2024.

Finally, I am worried about her cheek. I fear it is not only a verruca. Hopefully, she is receiving a good medical treatment.

On 22nd February 2024, following the sad passing of Ms. Ceccarelli, Inah Canabarro Lucas became the Worlds's 3rd-oldest validated living person and the oldest validated living person in the Western Hemisphere.

The LongeviQuest video is now available. Inah Canabarro Lucas remains impressively lucid for a 115-year-old.

Following the sad passing of Mr. Perez Mora, Irma Inah became the last South American born before 1911