List of oldest living cardinals

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This lists The 100 oldest currently serving cardinals.

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Rank Name Country Born Titlular Church Age
1 Angelo Acerbi Flag of Italy.svg Italy Deacon of Santissimi Angeli Custodi q Cittá Giardino (2024-) 23 September 1925 99 years, 79 days
2 Estanislao Esteban Karlic Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Priest of Beata Maria Addolorata a piazza Buenos Aires (2007-present) 7 February 1926 98 years, 308 days
3 Emmanuel Wamala Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda Priest of Sant'Ugo (1994-present) 15 December 1926 97 years, 362 days
4 Luis Pascual Dri Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Deacon of Sant'Angelo in Peacheria (2023-present) 17 April 1927 97 years, 238 days
5 Júlio Duarte Langa Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique Priest of San Gabriele dell'Addolorata (2015-present) 18 October 1927 97 years, 45 days
6 Friedrich Wetter Flag of Germany.svg Germany Priest of Santo Stephano in Coelio Monte (1985–present) 20 February 1928 96 years, 287 days
7 Ernest Simoni Flag of Albania.svg Albania Deacon of Santa Maria della Scala (2018-present) 18 October 1928 96 years, 54 days
8 Walter Brandmüller Flag of Germany.svg Germany Priest of San Giuliano dei Fiamminghi, pro hac vice (2021-present) 5 January 1929 95 years, 341 days
9 Michael Michai Kitbunchu Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna (1983-present)
Proto-priest (2016-present)
25 January 1929 95 years, 321 days
10 Adam Maida Flag of the United States.svg United States Priest of San Vitale (1994–present) 18 March 1930 94 years, 268 days
11 Julian Herranz Casado Flag of Spain.svg Spain Priest of Sant'Eugenio (basilica), pro hac vice (2014-present) 31 March 1930 94 years, 255 days
12 Theodore McCarrick Flag of the United States.svg United States Priest of Santi Nereo ad Achilleo (2001-2018) 7 July 1930 94 years, 157 days
13 Paul Poupard Flag of France.svg France Priest of Santa Prassede (1996–) 30 August 1930 94 years, 103 days
14 Salvatore De Giorgi Flag of Italy.svg Italy Priest of Santa Maria in Aracoeli (1998–present) 6 September 1930 94 years, 96 days
15 Janis Pujats Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia Priest of Santa Silvia (2001–) 14 November 1930 94 years, 27 days
16 Camillo Ruini Flag of Italy.svg Italy Priest of Sant'Agnese fuori le mura (1991-present) 19 February 1931 93 years, 296 days
17 Lucian Mureșan Flag of Romania.svg Romania Priest of Sant'Anastasio (2012-present) 23 May 1931 93 years, 202 days
18 José Saraiva Martins C.M.F. Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal Bishop of Palestrina (2009-present) 6 January 1932 92 years, 340 days
19 Joseph Zen S.D.B. Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
(Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong)
Priest of Santa Maria Madre del Redentore a Tor Bella Monaca (2006–present) 13 January 1932 92 years, 333 days
20 James Stafford Flag of the United States.svg United States Priest of San Pietro in Montorio (1998-present) 26 July 1932 92 years, 138 days
21 Gaudencio Rosales Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines Priest of Santissimo Nome di Maria in Via Latina (2006-Present) 10 August 1932 92 years, 123 days
22 Francis Arinze Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria Bishop of Velletri-Segni (2005-present) 1 November 1932 92 years, 40 days
23 Walter Kasper Flag of Germany.svg Germany Priest of Ognissanti in Via Appia Nuova, title pro hac vice (2011-present) 5 March 1933 91 years, 281 days
24 Juan Sandoval Íñiguez Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico Priest of Nostra Signora di Guadalupe e San Filippo Martire (1994-present) 28 March 1933 91 years, 258 days
25 Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa Isch Flag of Chile.svg Chile Priest of Santa Maria della Pace (2001–present) 5 September 1933 91 years, 97 days
26 Raffaele Farina SDB Flag of Italy.svg Italy Priest of San Giovanni della Pigna "pro hac vice" (2018-present) 24 September 1933 91 years, 78 days
27 Giovanni Battista Re Flag of Italy.svg Italy Bishop of Sabina-Poggio Mirteto (2002–present)
Dean of the College of Cardinals (2020–present)
Bishop of Ostia (2020–present)
30 January 1934 90 years, 316 days
28 Jean-Baptiste Phạm Minh Mẫn Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietman Priest of San Giustino (2003–present) 5 March 1934 90 years, 281 days
29 Francesco Monterisi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Priest 'pro hac vice' of San Paolo alla Regola (2021-present) 28 May 1934 90 years, 197 days
30 Raniero Cantalamessa OFMCap Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Deacon of Sant'Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine (2020-present) 22 July 1934 90 years, 142 days
31 Franc Rodé CM Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 23 September 1934 Template:AgeYD
32 Luis Héctor Villalba Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Priest of San Girolamo a Corviale (2015-present) 11 October 1934 Template:AgeYD
33 Tarcisio Bertone SDB Flag of Italy.svg Italy Bishop of Frascati (2008-present) 2 December 1934 Template:AgeYD
34 Julius Riyadi Darmaatmadja SJ Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia 20 December 1934 89 years, 357 days
'35 Template:WP Flag of Italy.svg Italy 3 January 1935 89 years, 343 days
36 Justin Rigali Flag of the United States.svg United States 19 April 1935 89 years, 236 days
37 Santos Abril y Castelló Flag of Spain.svg Spain 21 September 1935 89 years, 81 days
39 Template:WP Flag of the United States.svg Spain 27 February 1936 Template:AgeYD
40 Template:WP Template:NGA 16 June 1936 Template:AgeYD
41 Template:WP Template:ESP 20 August 1936 Template:AgeYD
42 Template:WP Template:DOM 31 October 1936 Template:AgeYD
43 Template:WP Template:ITA 18 November 1936 Template:AgeYD
44 Template:WP Template:SEN 28 November 1936 Template:AgeYD
45 Jorge Mario Bergolio Flag of Argentina.svg&nbsp:Argentina Priest of San Roberto Bellarmino (2001-13)
43 Template:WP Template:LTU 1 February 1937 Template:AgeYD
44 Template:WP Template:BRA 15 February 1937 Template:AgeYD
45 Template:WP Template:BOL 25 April 1937 Template:AgeYD
46 Template:WP Template:ESP 29 April 1937 Template:AgeYD
47 Template:WP MAfr Template:UK 17 August 1937 Template:AgeYD
48 Template:WP Template:ITA 3 February 1938 Template:AgeYD
49 Template:WP Template:ITA 20 February 1938 Template:AgeYD
50 Template:WP Template:ITA 6 March 1938 Template:AgeYD
51 Manuel Monteiro de Castro Template:POR 29 March 1938 Template:AgeYD
52 Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nhơn Template:VIE 1 April 1938 Template:AgeYD
53 Aquilino Bocos Merino CMF Flag of Spain.svg Spain Deacon of Santa Lucia del Gonfalone (2018-present) 17 May 1938 86 years, 208 days
54 Angelo Amato SDB Flag of Italy.svg Italy Priest of Santa Maria in Aquiro (2010-present)' 8 June 1938 86 years, 34 days
55 Sigitas Tamkevičius SJ Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania Priest of Santa Angela Merici (2015-present) 7 November 1938 86 years, 34 days
56 Alberto Suárez Inda Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico Priest of San Policarpo (2015-present) 30 January 1939 85 years, 316 days
57 Orlando Quevedo OMI Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines 11 March 1939 Priest of Santa Maria <<Regina Mundi>> a Torre Spaccata (2015-present) 85 years, 275 days
58 Edwin Frederick O'Brien Flag of the United States.svg United States Priest of San Sebastiano al Palatino (2012-present) 8 April 1939 85 years, 247 days
59 Stanisław Dziwisz Flag of Poland.svg Poland Priest of Santa Maria del Poppolo (2006-present) 27 April 1939 85 years, 228 days
60 Diego Rafael Padrón Sánchez Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela Priest of San Gaetano (2023-present) 17 May 1939 85 years, 208 days
61 John Tong Hon Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
(Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong)
Priest of Regina Apostolorum (2012-present) 31 July 1939 85 years, 133 days
62 Template:WP Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Priest of Santissimi Gesú e Maria a Tor Fiorenza (since 2015) 16 August 1939 85 years, 117 days
63 Edoardo Menichelli Flag of Italy.svg Italy 14 October 1939 Template:Age in years and fays
64 Béchara Boutros al-Raï OMM Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites (since 2011, cardinal from 2012) 25 February 1940 84 years, 290 days
65 Agostino Vallini Flag of Italy.svg Italy Priest of San Pier Damiani ai Monti di San Paolo (since 2006) 17 April 1940 Template:Age age in years and days
66 Template:WP Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico Priest of San Luigi Maria Grignion de Montfort (since 2020) 1 May 1940 84 years, 224 days
67 Enrico Feroci Flag of Italy.svg Italy Deacon of Santa Maria del Divino Amore a Castle di Leva (since 2020) 27 August 1940 84 years, 106 days
68 Agostino Marchetto Flag of Italy.svg Italy Deacon of Santa Maria Goretti (since 2023) 28 August 1940 84 years, 105 days
69 Lorenzo Baldisseri Flag of Italy.svg Italy Priest pro hac vice of San Anselmo all'Aventino (2024-present) 29 September 1940 84 years, 73 days
70 Silvano Maria Tomasi CS Flag of Italy.svg Italy Deacon of San Nicola in Carcere (2020-present) 12 October 1940 84 years, 60 days
71 Donald William Wuerl Flag of the United States.svg United States Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli (2010-present) 12 November 1940 84 years, 27 days
72 Gabriel Zubeir Wako Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan Priest of Sant'Atanasio a Via Tiburtina (20023-present) 27 February 1941 83 years, 319 days
73 Wilfrid Fox Napier OFM Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa Priest of San Francisco d'Asissi ad Acilla (2001-present) 8 March 1941 83 years, 278 days
74 Maurice Piat CSSp Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius Priest of Santa Teresa al Corso d'Italia (2016-present) 19 July 1941 83 years, 145 days
75 Beniamino Stella Flag of Italy.svg Italy 18 August 1941 Bishop of Porto-Santa Rufina (2020-present) 83 years, 115 days
76 Angelo Scola Flag of Italy.svg Italy Priest of Santi XII Apostoli (2003–present) 7 November 1941 83 years, 34 days
77 Ricardo Ezzati SDB Flag of Chile.svg Chile Priest of Santissimo Redentore a Valmelaina (2014–present) 7 January 1942 82 years, 339 days
78 Fortunato Frezza Flag of Italy.svg Italy Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata (2022-) 6 February 1942 82 years, 309 days
79 Jorge Enrique Jiménez Carvajal CJM Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia Priest of Santa Dorotea (2022–) 29 March 1942 82 years, 257 days
80 Gualtiero Bassetti Flag of Italy.svg Italy Priest of Santa Cecilia (2014–) 7 April 1942 82 years, 248 days
81 Ricardo Blázquez Flag of Spain.svg Spain Priest of Santa Maria in Vallicella (2015–present) 13 April 1942 82 years, 242 days
82 Norberto Rivera Carrera Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico Priest of San Francesco d'Assisi a Ripa Grande (1998-present) 6 June 1942 82 years, 188 days
83 Gianfranco Ghirlanda SJ Flag of Italy.svg Italy 5 July 1942 82 years, 159 days
84 Arrigo Miglio 25px Italy Priest of San Clemente al Laterano (2022-present) 18 July 1942 82 years, 146 days
85 Gregorio Rosa Chávez Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador Priest of Santissimo Sacramento a Tor de' Schiavi (2017–present) 3 September 1942 82 years, 99 days
86 Rubén Salazar Gómez Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia Priest of San Gerardo Maiella (2012-present) 22 September 1942 82 years, 80 days
87 Giuseppe Bertello Flag of Italy.svg Italy Priest of Santi Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia (2022–present) 1 October 1942 82 years, 71 days
88 Gianfranco Ravasi Flag of Italy.svg Italy Priest of San Giorgio in Velabro (since 2021) 18 October 1942 82 years, 54 days
89 André Vingt-Trois Flag of France.svg France 'Priest of San Luigi dei Francesi (2007-present) 7 November 1942 82 years, 4 days
90 Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga SDB Flag of Honduras.svg  Honduras Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Speranza (2001-present) 29 December 1942 81 years, 348 days
91 Angelo Bagnasco Flag of Italy.svg Italy Cardinal-Priest of Gran Madre di Dio (2007-present) 14 January 1943 81 years, 332 days
92 Domenico Calcagno Flag of Italy.svg Italy Priest of Annunciazione della Beata Vergine Maria a Via Ardeatina (2012-present) 3 February 1943 81 years, 312 days
93 Template:WP OP Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic Priest of Santi Marcellino e Pietro (2012-present) 26 April 1943 81 years, 229 days
94 Crescenzio Sepe Flag of Italy.svg Italy Priest of Dio Padre misericordioso (2001-present) 2 June 1943 81 years, 192 days
95 [[wikipedia:Giuseppe Versaldi|]] Flag of Italy.svg Italy Priest of Sacro Cuore di Gesù a Castro Pretorio pro hac vice (2022-present) 30 July 1943 81 years, 134 days
96 Angelo Comastri 25px Italy Priest of San Salvatore in Lauro (2007–present) 17 September 1943 81 years, 85 days
97 Patrick D'Rozario CSC Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh Priest of Nostra Signora del Santissimo Sacramento e Santi Martiri Canadesi (2016–present) 1 October98 1943 81 years, 71 days
98 Leonardo Sandri Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Bishop of Santi Biagio e Carlo ai Catinari suburbicarian rank pro hac vice (2018-present) 18 November 1943 81 years, 23 days
99 Andrew Yeom Soo-jung Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea Priest of San Crisogono (2014present) 5 December 1943 81 years, 6 days
100 Jean Zerbo Flag of Mali.svg Mali 27 December 1943 Priest of Sant'Antonio da Padova in Via Tuscolana (2017-present) 80 years, 350 days