The world's oldest person, Brazilian nun Inah Canabarro Lucas, died Wednesday at the age of 116, said the Congregation of Teresian Sisters with which she resided in the city of Porto Alegre, AFP reports.

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