List of oldest living cardinals
This lists The 100 oldest currently serving cardinals.
Gallery
Oldest living:
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((born 7 February 1926, 98 years, 308 days)
2nd-oldest living:
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(born 15 December 1926, 97 years, 362 days)
3rd-oldest living:
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(born 17 April 1927, 97 years, 238 days)
List
| Rank | Name | Country | Born | Titlular Church | Age |
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| 1 | Angelo Acerbi |  Italy
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Deacon of Santissimi Angeli Custodi q Cittá Giardino (2024-) | 23 September 1925 | 99 years, 79 days |
| 2 | Estanislao Esteban Karlic |  Argentina
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Priest of Beata Maria Addolorata a piazza Buenos Aires (2007-present) | 7 February 1926 | 98 years, 308 days |
| 3 | Emmanuel Wamala |  Uganda
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Priest of Sant'Ugo (1994-present) | 15 December 1926 | 97 years, 362 days |
| 4 | Luis Pascual Dri | Argentina
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Deacon of Sant'Angelo in Peacheria (2023-present) | 17 April 1927 | 97 years, 238 days |
| 5 | Júlio Duarte Langa |  Mozambique
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Priest of San Gabriele dell'Addolorata (2015-present) | 18 October 1927 | 97 years, 45 days |
| 6 | Friedrich Wetter |  Germany
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Priest of Santo Stephano in Coelio Monte (1985–present) | 20 February 1928 | 96 years, 287 days |
| 7 | Ernest Simoni |  Albania
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Deacon of Santa Maria della Scala (2018-present) | 18 October 1928 | 96 years, 54 days |
| 8 | Walter Brandmüller | Germany
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Priest of San Giuliano dei Fiamminghi, pro hac vice (2021-present) | 5 January 1929 | 95 years, 341 days |
| 9 | Michael Michai Kitbunchu |  Thailand
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Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna (1983-present) Proto-priest (2016-present) |
25 January 1929 | 95 years, 321 days |
| 10 | Adam Maida |  United States
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Priest of San Vitale (1994–present) | 18 March 1930 | 94 years, 268 days |
| 11 | Julian Herranz Casado |  Spain
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Priest of Sant'Eugenio (basilica), pro hac vice (2014-present) | 31 March 1930 | 94 years, 255 days |
| 12 | Theodore McCarrick | United States
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Priest of Santi Nereo ad Achilleo (2001-2018) | 7 July 1930 | 94 years, 157 days |
| 13 | Paul Poupard |  France
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Priest of Santa Prassede (1996–) | 30 August 1930 | 94 years, 103 days |
| 14 | Salvatore De Giorgi | Italy
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Priest of Santa Maria in Aracoeli (1998–present) | 6 September 1930 | 94 years, 96 days |
| 15 | Janis Pujats |  Latvia
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Priest of Santa Silvia (2001–) | 14 November 1930 | 94 years, 27 days |
| 16 | Camillo Ruini | Italy
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Priest of Sant'Agnese fuori le mura (1991-present) | 19 February 1931 | 93 years, 296 days |
| 17 | Lucian Mureșan |  Romania
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Priest of Sant'Anastasio (2012-present) | 23 May 1931 | 93 years, 202 days |
| 18 | José Saraiva Martins C.M.F. |  Portugal
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Bishop of Palestrina (2009-present) | 6 January 1932 | 92 years, 340 days |
| 19 | Joseph Zen S.D.B. |  China(  Hong Kong)
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Priest of Santa Maria Madre del Redentore a Tor Bella Monaca (2006–present) | 13 January 1932 | 92 years, 333 days |
| 20 | James Stafford | United States
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Priest of San Pietro in Montorio (1998-present) | 26 July 1932 | 92 years, 138 days |
| 21 | Gaudencio Rosales |  Philippines
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Priest of Santissimo Nome di Maria in Via Latina (2006-Present) | 10 August 1932 | 92 years, 123 days |
| 22 | Francis Arinze |  Nigeria
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Bishop of Velletri-Segni (2005-present) | 1 November 1932 | 92 years, 40 days |
| 23 | Walter Kasper | Germany
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Priest of Ognissanti in Via Appia Nuova, title pro hac vice (2011-present) | 5 March 1933 | 91 years, 281 days |
| 24 | Juan Sandoval Íñiguez |  Mexico
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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 |  Chile
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Priest of Santa Maria della Pace (2001–present) | 5 September 1933 | 91 years, 97 days |
| 26 | Raffaele Farina SDB | Italy
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Priest of San Giovanni della Pigna "pro hac vice" (2018-present) | 24 September 1933 | 91 years, 78 days |
| 27 | Giovanni Battista Re | Italy
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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 |  Vietman
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Priest of San Giustino (2003–present) | 5 March 1934 | 90 years, 281 days |
| 29 | Francesco Monterisi | Italy
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Priest 'pro hac vice' of San Paolo alla Regola (2021-present) | 28 May 1934 | 90 years, 197 days |
| 30 | Raniero Cantalamessa OFMCap | Italy
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Deacon of Sant'Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine (2020-present) | 22 July 1934 | 90 years, 142 days |
| 31 | Franc Rodé CM |  Slovenia
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23 September 1934 | 90 years, 79 days | |
| 32 | Luis Héctor Villalba | Argentina
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Priest of San Girolamo a Corviale (2015-present) | 11 October 1934 | 90 years, 61 days |
| 33 | Tarcisio Bertone SDB | Italy
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Bishop of Frascati (2008-present) | 2 December 1934 | 90 years, 9 days |
| 34 | Julius Riyadi Darmaatmadja SJ |  Indonesia
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20 December 1934 | 89 years, 357 days | |
| '35 | Giovanni Lajolo | Italy
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3 January 1935 | 89 years, 343 days | |
| 36 | Justin Rigali | United States
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19 April 1935 | 89 years, 236 days | |
| 37 | Santos Abril y Castelló | Spain
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21 September 1935 | 89 years, 81 days | |
| 38 | Roger Mahony | Spain
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27 February 1936 | 88 years, 295 days | |
| 39 | Anthony Olubunmi Okogie | Template:NGA | 16 June 1936 | 88 years, 178 days | |
| 40 | Antonio María Rouco Varela | Template:ESP | 20 August 1936 | 88 years, 113 days | |
| 41 | Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez | Template:DOM | 31 October 1936 | 88 years, 41 days | |
| 42 | Ennio Antonelli | Template:ITA | 18 November 1936 | 88 years, 23 days | |
| 43 | Théodore-Adrien Sarr | Template:SEN | 28 November 1936 | 88 years, 13 days | |
| 44 | Jorge Mario Bergolio |  :Argentina
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Priest of San Roberto Bellarmino (2001-2013) | 17 December 1937 | 86 years, 360 days |
| 45 | Audrys Juozas Bačkis |  Lithuania
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1 February 1937 | 87 years, 314 days | |
| '46 | Raymundo Damasceno Assis | Template:BRA | 15 February 1937 | 87 years, 300 days | |
| 47 | Toribio Ticona Porco | Template:BOL | 25 April 1937 | 87 years, 230 days | |
| 48 | Lluís Martínez Sistach | Template:ESP | 29 April 1937 | 87 years, 226 days | |
| 49 | Michael Louis Fitzgerald MAfr | Template:UK | 17 August 1937 | 87 years, 116 days | |
| 50 | Antonio Maria Vegliò | Template:ITA | 3 February 1938 | 86 years, 312 days | |
| 51 | Paolo Romeo | Template:ITA | 20 February 1938 | 86 years, 295 days | |
| 52 | Francesco Coccopalmerio | Template:ITA | 6 March 1938 | 86 years, 280 days | |
| 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 | Spain
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Deacon of Santa Lucia del Gonfalone (2018-present) | 17 May 1938 | 86 years, 208 days |
| 54 | Angelo Amato SDB | Italy
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Priest of Santa Maria in Aquiro (2010-present)' | 8 June 1938 | 86 years, 34 days |
| 55 | Sigitas Tamkevičius SJ | Lithuania
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Priest of Santa Angela Merici (2015-present) | 7 November 1938 | 86 years, 34 days |
| 56 | Alberto Suárez Inda | Mexico
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Priest of San Policarpo (2015-present) | 30 January 1939 | 85 years, 316 days |
| 57 | Orlando Quevedo OMI | Philippines
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11 March 1939 | Priest of Santa Maria <<Regina Mundi>> a Torre Spaccata (2015-present) | 85 years, 275 days |
| 58 | Edwin Frederick O'Brien | United States
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Priest of San Sebastiano al Palatino (2012-present) | 8 April 1939 | 85 years, 247 days |
| 59 | Stanisław Dziwisz |  Poland
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Priest of Santa Maria del Poppolo (2006-present) | 27 April 1939 | 85 years, 228 days |
| 60 | Diego Rafael Padrón Sánchez |  Venezuela
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Priest of San Gaetano (2023-present) | 17 May 1939 | 85 years, 208 days |
| 61 | John Tong Hon | China ( Hong Kong)
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Priest of Regina Apostolorum (2012-present) | 31 July 1939 | 85 years, 133 days |
| 62 | Template:WP |  Ireland
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Priest of Santissimi Gesú e Maria a Tor Fiorenza (since 2015) | 16 August 1939 | 85 years, 117 days |
| 63 | Edoardo Menichelli | Italy
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14 October 1939 | Template:Age in years and fays | |
| 64 | Béchara Boutros al-Raï OMM |  Lebanon
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Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites (since 2011, cardinal from 2012) | 25 February 1940 | 84 years, 290 days |
| 65 | Agostino Vallini | Italy
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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 | Mexico
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Priest of San Luigi Maria Grignion de Montfort (since 2020) | 1 May 1940 | 84 years, 224 days |
| 67 | Enrico Feroci | Italy
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Deacon of Santa Maria del Divino Amore a Castle di Leva (since 2020) | 27 August 1940 | 84 years, 106 days |
| 68 | Agostino Marchetto | Italy
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Deacon of Santa Maria Goretti (since 2023) | 28 August 1940 | 84 years, 105 days |
| 69 | Lorenzo Baldisseri | Italy
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Priest pro hac vice of San Anselmo all'Aventino (2024-present) | 29 September 1940 | 84 years, 73 days |
| 70 | Silvano Maria Tomasi CS | Italy
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Deacon of San Nicola in Carcere (2020-present) | 12 October 1940 | 84 years, 60 days |
| 71 | Donald William Wuerl | United States
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Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli (2010-present) | 12 November 1940 | 84 years, 27 days |
| 72 | Gabriel Zubeir Wako |  Sudan
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Priest of Sant'Atanasio a Via Tiburtina (20023-present) | 27 February 1941 | 83 years, 319 days |
| 73 | Wilfrid Fox Napier OFM |  South Africa
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Priest of San Francisco d'Asissi ad Acilla (2001-present) | 8 March 1941 | 83 years, 278 days |
| 74 | Maurice Piat CSSp |  Mauritius
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Priest of Santa Teresa al Corso d'Italia (2016-present) | 19 July 1941 | 83 years, 145 days |
| 75 | Beniamino Stella | Italy
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18 August 1941 | Bishop of Porto-Santa Rufina (2020-present) | 83 years, 115 days |
| 76 | Angelo Scola | Italy
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Priest of Santi XII Apostoli (2003–present) | 7 November 1941 | 83 years, 34 days |
| 77 | Ricardo Ezzati SDB | Chile
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Priest of Santissimo Redentore a Valmelaina (2014–present) | 7 January 1942 | 82 years, 339 days |
| 78 | Fortunato Frezza | Italy
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Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata (2022-) | 6 February 1942 | 82 years, 309 days |
| 79 | Jorge Enrique Jiménez Carvajal CJM |  Colombia
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Priest of Santa Dorotea (2022–) | 29 March 1942 | 82 years, 257 days |
| 80 | Gualtiero Bassetti | Italy
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Priest of Santa Cecilia (2014–) | 7 April 1942 | 82 years, 248 days |
| 81 | Ricardo Blázquez | Spain
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Priest of Santa Maria in Vallicella (2015–present) | 13 April 1942 | 82 years, 242 days |
| 82 | Norberto Rivera Carrera | Mexico
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Priest of San Francesco d'Assisi a Ripa Grande (1998-present) | 6 June 1942 | 82 years, 188 days |
| 83 | Gianfranco Ghirlanda SJ | Italy
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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 |  El Salvador
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Priest of Santissimo Sacramento a Tor de' Schiavi (2017–present) | 3 September 1942 | 82 years, 99 days |
| 86 | Rubén Salazar Gómez | Colombia
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Priest of San Gerardo Maiella (2012-present) | 22 September 1942 | 82 years, 80 days |
| 87 | Giuseppe Bertello | Italy
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Priest of Santi Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia (2022–present) | 1 October 1942 | 82 years, 71 days |
| 88 | Gianfranco Ravasi | Italy
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Priest of San Giorgio in Velabro (since 2021) | 18 October 1942 | 82 years, 54 days |
| 89 | André Vingt-Trois | France
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'Priest of San Luigi dei Francesi (2007-present) | 7 November 1942 | 82 years, 4 days |
| 90 | Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga SDB |  Honduras
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Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Speranza (2001-present) | 29 December 1942 | 81 years, 348 days |
| 91 | Angelo Bagnasco | Italy
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Cardinal-Priest of Gran Madre di Dio (2007-present) | 14 January 1943 | 81 years, 332 days |
| 92 | Domenico Calcagno | Italy
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Priest of Annunciazione della Beata Vergine Maria a Via Ardeatina (2012-present) | 3 February 1943 | 81 years, 312 days |
| 93 | Template:WP OP |  Czech Republic
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Priest of Santi Marcellino e Pietro (2012-present) | 26 April 1943 | 81 years, 229 days |
| 94 | Crescenzio Sepe | Italy
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Priest of Dio Padre misericordioso (2001-present) | 2 June 1943 | 81 years, 192 days |
| 95 | [[wikipedia:Giuseppe Versaldi|]] | Italy
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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 |  Bangladesh
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Priest of Nostra Signora del Santissimo Sacramento e Santi Martiri Canadesi (2016–present) | 1 October98 1943 | 81 years, 71 days |
| 98 | Leonardo Sandri | Argentina
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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 |  South Korea
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Priest of San Crisogono (2014present) | 5 December 1943 | 81 years, 6 days |
| 100 | Jean Zerbo |  Mali
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27 December 1943 | Priest of Sant'Antonio da Padova in Via Tuscolana (2017-present) | 80 years, 350 days |
