List of oldest living cardinals
This lists The 100 oldest currently serving cardinals.
Gallery
Oldest living:
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((born 7 February 1926, 99 years, 24 days)2nd-oldest living:
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(born 15 December 1926, 98 years, 78 days)3rd-oldest living:
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(born 17 April 1927, 97 years, 320 days)
List
Rank | Name | Country | Born | Titlular Church | Age | |
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1 | Angelo Acerbi | ![]() |
Deacon of Santissimi Angeli Custodi q Cittá Giardino (2024-) | 23 September 1925 | 99 years, 161 days | |
2 | Estanislao Esteban Karlic | ![]() |
Priest of Beata Maria Addolorata a piazza Buenos Aires (2007-present) | 7 February 1926 | 99 years, 24 days | |
3 | Emmanuel Wamala | ![]() |
Priest of Sant'Ugo (1994-present) | 15 December 1926 | 98 years, 78 days | |
4 | Luis Pascual Dri | ![]() |
Deacon of Sant'Angelo in Peacheria (2023-present) | 17 April 1927 | 97 years, 320 days | |
5 | Júlio Duarte Langa | ![]() |
Priest of San Gabriele dell'Addolorata (2015-present) | 18 October 1927 | 97 years, 127 days | |
6 | Friedrich Wetter | ![]() |
Priest of Santo Stephano in Coelio Monte (1985–present) | 20 February 1928 | 97 years, 3 days | |
7 | Ernest Simoni | ![]() |
Deacon of Santa Maria della Scala (2018-present) | 18 October 1928 | 96 years, 136 days | |
8 | Walter Brandmüller | ![]() |
Priest of San Giuliano dei Fiamminghi, pro hac vice (2021-present) | 5 January 1929 | 96 years, 57 days | |
9 | Michael Michai Kitbunchu | ![]() |
Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna (1983-present) Proto-priest (2016-present) |
25 January 1929 | 96 years, 37 days | |
10 | Adam Maida | ![]() |
Priest of San Vitale (1994–present) | 18 March 1930 | 94 years, 350 days | |
11 | Julian Herranz Casado | ![]() |
Priest of Sant'Eugenio (basilica), pro hac vice (2014-present) | 31 March 1930 | 94 years, 337 days | |
12 | Theodore McCarrick | ![]() |
Priest of Santi Nereo ad Achilleo (2001-2018) | 7 July 1930 | 94 years, 239 days | |
13 | Paul Poupard | ![]() |
Priest of Santa Prassede (1996–) | 30 August 1930 | 94 years, 185 days | |
14 | Salvatore De Giorgi | ![]() |
Priest of Santa Maria in Aracoeli (1998–present) | 6 September 1930 | 94 years, 178 days | |
15 | Janis Pujats | ![]() |
Priest of Santa Silvia (2001–) | 14 November 1930 | 94 years, 109 days | |
16 | Camillo Ruini | ![]() |
Priest of Sant'Agnese fuori le mura (1991-present) | 19 February 1931 | 94 years, 12 days | |
17 | Lucian Mureșan | ![]() |
Priest of Sant'Anastasio (2012-present) | 23 May 1931 | 93 years, 284 days | |
18 | José Saraiva Martins C.M.F. | ![]() |
Bishop of Palestrina (2009-present) | 6 January 1932 | 93 years, 56 days | |
19 | Joseph Zen S.D.B. | ![]() ( ![]() |
Priest of Santa Maria Madre del Redentore a Tor Bella Monaca (2006–present) | 13 January 1932 | 93 years, 49 days | |
20 | James Stafford | ![]() |
Priest of San Pietro in Montorio (1998-present) | 26 July 1932 | 92 years, 220 days | |
21 | Gaudencio Rosales | ![]() |
Priest of Santissimo Nome di Maria in Via Latina (2006-Present) | 10 August 1932 | 92 years, 205 days | |
22 | Francis Arinze | ![]() |
Bishop of Velletri-Segni (2005-present) | 1 November 1932 | 92 years, 122 days | |
23 | Walter Kasper | ![]() |
Priest of Ognissanti in Via Appia Nuova, title pro hac vice (2011-present) | 5 March 1933 | 91 years, 363 days | |
24 | Juan Sandoval Íñiguez | ![]() |
Priest of Nostra Signora di Guadalupe e San Filippo Martire (1994-present) | 28 March 1933 | 91 years, 340 days | |
25 | Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa Isch | ![]() |
Priest of Santa Maria della Pace (2001–present) | 5 September 1933 | 91 years, 179 days | |
26 | Raffaele Farina SDB | ![]() |
Priest of San Giovanni della Pigna "pro hac vice" (2018-present) | 24 September 1933 | 91 years, 160 days | |
27 | Giovanni Battista Re | ![]() |
Bishop of Sabina-Poggio Mirteto (2002–present) Dean of the College of Cardinals (2020–present) Bishop of Ostia (2020–present) |
30 January 1934 | 91 years, 32 days | |
28 | Jean-Baptiste Phạm Minh Mẫn | ![]() |
Priest of San Giustino (2003–present) | 5 March 1934 | 90 years, 363 days | |
29 | Francesco Monterisi | ![]() |
Priest 'pro hac vice' of San Paolo alla Regola (2021-present) | 28 May 1934 | 90 years, 279 days | |
30 | Raniero Cantalamessa OFMCap | ![]() |
Deacon of Sant'Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine (2020-present) | 22 July 1934 | 90 years, 224 days | |
31 | Franc Rodé CM | ![]() |
23 September 1934 | 90 years, 161 days | ||
32 | Luis Héctor Villalba | ![]() |
Priest of San Girolamo a Corviale (2015-present) | 11 October 1934 | 90 years, 143 days | |
33 | Tarcisio Bertone SDB | ![]() |
Bishop of Frascati (2008-present) | 2 December 1934 | 90 years, 91 days | |
34 | Julius Darmaatmadja SJ | ![]() |
Priest of Sacro Cuore di Maria (1994-present) | 20 December 1934 | 90 years, 73 days | |
'35 | Giovanni Lajolo | ![]() |
Priest of Santa Maria Liberatrice a Monte Testaccio "pro hac vice" (2018-present) | 3 January 1935 | 90 years, 59 days | |
36 | Justin Rigali | ![]() |
Priest of Santa Prisca (2003-present) | 19 April 1935 | 89 years, 318 days | |
37 | Santos Abril y Castelló | ![]() |
Priest pro hac vice of San Ponziano (2022-peesent) | 21 September 1935 | 89 years, 163 days | |
38 | Roger Mahony | ![]() |
Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati (1991-present) | 27 February 1936 | 89 years, 11 days | |
39 | Anthony Olubunmi Okogie | ![]() |
Priest of Beat Vergine Maria del Monte (2003-present) | 16 June 1936 | 88 years, 260 days | |
40 | Antonio María Rouco Varela | ![]() |
Bold text | 20 August 1936 | 88 years, 195 days | |
41 | Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez | ![]() |
Priest of San Lorenzo in Damaso (1998-present) | 31 October 1936 | 88 years, 123 days | |
42 | Ennio Antonelli | ![]() |
Priest of Sant'Andrea delle Fratte (2003–present) | 18 November 1936 | 88 years, 105 days | |
43 | Théodore-Adrien Sarr | ![]() |
Priest of Santa Lucia a Piazza d’Armi (2003-present) | 28 November 1936 | 88 years, 95 days | |
44 | Jorge Mario Bergolio | ![]() |
Priest of San Roberto Bellarmino (2001-2013) | 17 December 1937 | 87 years, 76 days | |
45 | Audrys Bačkis | ![]() |
Priest of Natività di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo a Via Gallia (2001-present) | 1 February 1937 | 88 years, 30 days | |
46 | Raymundo Damasceno Assis | ![]() |
Priest of Immacolata al Tiburtino (2010present) | 15 February 1937 | 88 years, 16 days | |
47 | Toribio Ticona Porco | Bold text | ![]() |
Priest of Santi Gioacchino e Anna al Tuscolano (2018–presrnt) | 25 April 1937 | 87 years, 312 days |
48 | Lluís Martínez Sistach | ![]() |
Priest of San Sebastiano alle Catacombe (2007-present) | 29 April 1937 | 87 years, 308 days | |
49 | Michael Louis Fitzgerald MAfr | ![]() |
Deacon of Santa Maria in Portico (2019–present) | 17 August 1937 | 87 years, 198 days | |
50 | Antonio Maria Vegliò | ![]() |
Priest of San Cesareo in Palatio (2012-present) | 3 February 1938 | 87 years, 28 days | |
51 | Paolo Romeo | ![]() |
Priest of Santa Maria Odigitria dei Siciliani (2010–present) | 20 February 1938 | 87 years, 11 days | |
52 | Francesco Coccopalmerio | ![]() |
Priest of San Giuseppe dei Falegnami (2022–present) | 6 March 1938 | 86 years, 362 days | |
53 | Manuel Monteiro de Castro | ![]() |
Priest pro hac vice of San Domenico di Guzman (2022-present) | 29 March 1938 | 86 years, 339 days | |
54 | Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nhơn | ![]() |
Priest of San Tommaso Apostolo (2015-present) | 1 April 1938 | 86 years, 336 days | |
55 | Aquilino Bocos Merino CMF | ![]() |
Deacon of Santa Lucia del Gonfalone (2018-present) | 17 May 1938 | 86 years, 290 days | |
56 | Angelo Amato SDB | ![]() |
Priest of Santa Maria in Aquiro (2010-present)' | 8 June 1938 | 86 years, 116 days | |
57 | Sigitas Tamkevičius SJ | ![]() |
Priest of Santa Angela Merici (2015-present) | 7 November 1938 | 86 years, 116 days | |
58 | Alberto Suárez Inda | ![]() |
Priest of San Policarpo (2015-present) | 30 January 1939 | 86 years, 32 days | |
59 | Orlando Quevedo OMI | ![]() |
Priest of Santa Maria <<Regina Mundi>> a Torre Spaccata (2015-present) | 11 March 1939 | 85 years, 357 days | |
60 | Edwin Frederick O'Brien | ![]() |
Priest of San Sebastiano al Palatino (2012-present) | 8 April 1939 | 85 years, 329 days | |
61 | Stanisław Dziwisz | ![]() |
Priest of Santa Maria del Poppolo (2006-present) | 27 April 1939 | 85 years, 310 days | |
62 | Diego Rafael Padrón Sánchez | ![]() |
Priest of San Gaetano (2023-present) | 17 May 1939 | 85 years, 290 days | |
63 | John Tong Hon | ![]() ( ![]() |
Priest of Regina Apostolorum (2012-present) | 31 July 1939 | 85 years, 215 days | |
64 | Seán Baptist Brady | ![]() |
Priest of Santissimi Gesú e Maria a Tor Fiorenza (since 2015) | 16 August 1939 | 85 years, 199 days | |
65 | Edoardo Menichelli | ![]() |
14 October 1939 | Template:Age in years and fays | ||
'66 | Béchara Boutros al-Raï OMM | ![]() |
Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites (since 2011, cardinal from 2012) | 25 February 1940 | 85 years, 6 days | |
67 | Agostino Vallini | ![]() |
Priest of San Pier Damiani ai Monti di San Paolo (since 2006) | 17 April 1940 | Template:Age age in years and days | |
68 | Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel | ![]() |
Priest of San Luigi Maria Grignion de Montfort (since 2020) | 1 May 1940 | 84 years, 306 days | |
69 | Enrico Feroci | ![]() |
Deacon of Santa Maria del Divino Amore a Castle di Leva (since 2020) | 27 August 1940 | 84 years, 188 days | |
70 | Agostino Marchetto | ![]() |
Deacon of Santa Maria Goretti (since 2023) | 28 August 1940 | 84 years, 187 days | |
71 | Lorenzo Baldisseri | ![]() |
Priest pro hac vice of San Anselmo all'Aventino (2024-present) | 29 September 1940 | 84 years, 155 days | |
72 | Silvano Maria Tomasi CS | ![]() |
Deacon of San Nicola in Carcere (2020-present) | 12 October 1940 | 84 years, 142 days | |
73 | Donald William Wuerl | ![]() |
Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli (2010-present) | 12 November 1940 | 84 years, 109 days | |
74 | Gabriel Zubeir Wako | ![]() |
Priest of Sant'Atanasio a Via Tiburtina (20023-present) | 27 February 1941 | 84 years, 35 days | |
75 | Wilfrid Fox Napier OFM | ![]() |
Priest of San Francisco d'Asissi ad Acilla (2001-present) | 8 March 1941 | 83 years, 360 days | |
76 | Maurice Piat CSSp | ![]() |
Priest of Santa Teresa al Corso d'Italia (2016-present) | 19 July 1941 | 83 years, 227 days | |
77 | Beniamino Stella | ![]() |
Bishop of Porto-Santa Rufina (2020-present) | 18 August 1941 | 83 years, 197 days | |
78 | Angelo Scola | ![]() |
Priest of Santi XII Apostoli (2003–present) | 7 November 1941 | 83 years, 116 days | |
79 | Ricardo Ezzati SDB | ![]() |
Priest of Santissimo Redentore a Valmelaina (2014–present) | 7 January 1942 | 83 years, 55 days | |
80 | Fortunato Frezza | ![]() |
Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata (2022-present) | 6 February 1942 | 83 years, 25 days | |
81 | Jorge Enrique Jiménez Carvajal CJM | ![]() |
Priest of Santa Dorotea (2022–) | 29 March 1942 | 82 years, 339 days | |
82 | Gualtiero Bassetti | ![]() |
Priest of Santa Cecilia (2014–) | 7 April 1942 | 82 years, 330 days | |
83 | Ricardo Blázquez | ![]() |
Priest of Santa Maria in Vallicella (2015–present) | 13 April 1942 | 82 years, 324 days | |
84 | Norberto Rivera Carrera | ![]() |
Priest of San Francesco d'Assisi a Ripa Grande (1998-present) | 6 June 1942 | 82 years, 270 days | |
85 | Gianfranco Ghirlanda SJ | ![]() |
5 July 1942 | 82 years, 241 days | ||
86 | Arrigo Miglio | ![]() |
Priest of San Clemente al Laterano (2022-present) | 18 July 1942 | 82 years, 228 days | |
87 | Gregorio Rosa Chávez | ![]() |
Priest of Santissimo Sacramento a Tor de' Schiavi (2017–present) | 3 September 1942 | 82 years, 181 days | |
88 | Rubén Salazar Gómez | ![]() |
Priest of San Gerardo Maiella (2012-present) | 22 September 1942 | 82 years, 162 days | |
89 | Giuseppe Bertello | ![]() |
Priest of Santi Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia (2022–present) | 1 October 1942 | 82 years, 153 days | |
90 | Gianfranco Ravasi | ![]() |
Priest of San Giorgio in Velabro (since 2021) | 18 October 1942 | 82 years, 136 days | |
91 | André Vingt-Trois | ![]() |
'Priest of San Luigi dei Francesi (2007-present) | 7 November 1942 | 82 years, 86 days | |
92 | Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga SDB | ![]() |
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Speranza (2001-present) | 29 December 1942 | 82 years, 64 days | |
93 | Angelo Bagnasco | ![]() |
Cardinal-Priest of Gran Madre di Dio (2007-present) | 14 January 1943 | 82 years, 48 days | |
94 | Domenico Calcagno | ![]() |
Priest of Annunciazione della Beata Vergine Maria a Via Ardeatina (2012-present) | 3 February 1943 | 82 years, 28 days | |
95 | Dominik Duka OP | ![]() |
Priest of Santi Marcellino e Pietro (2012-present) | 26 April 1943 | 81 years, 311 days | |
96 | Crescenzio Sepe | ![]() |
Priest of Dio Padre misericordioso (2001-present) | 2 June 1943 | 81 years, 274 days | |
97 | Giuseppe Versaldi | ![]() |
Priest of Sacro Cuore di Gesù a Castro Pretorio pro hac vice (2022-present) | 30 July 1943 | 81 years, 216 days | |
98 | Angelo Comastri | ![]() |
Priest of San Salvatore in Lauro (2007–present) | 17 September 1943 | 81 years, 167 days | |
99 | Patrick D'Rozario CSC | ![]() |
Priest of Nostra Signora del Santissimo Sacramento e Santi Martiri Canadesi (2016–present) | 1 October98 1943 | 81 years, 153 days | |
100 | Leonardo Sandri | ![]() |
Bishop of Santi Biagio e Carlo ai Catinari suburbicarian rank pro hac vice (2018-present) | 18 November 1943 | 81 years, 105 days |