List of oldest living cardinals
This lists The 100 oldest currently serving cardinals.
Gallery
Oldest living:
Italy
Angelo Acerbi2nd-Oldest living:
Esteban Estanislao Karlic3rd-oldest living:
Emmanuel Wamala
List
Rank | Name | Country | Born | Titlular Church | Age |
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1 | Angelo Acerbi | Italy | Deacon of Santissimi Angeli Custodi q Cittá Giardino (2024-) | 23 September 1925 | 99 years, 79 days |
2 | Estanislao Esteban Karlic | Argentina | Priest of Beata Maria Addolorata a piazza Buenos Aires (2007-present) | 7 February 1926 | 98 years, 308 days |
3 | Emmanuel Wamala | Uganda | Priest of Sant'Ugo (1994-present) | 15 December 1926 | 97 years, 362 days |
4 | Luis Pascual Dri | Argentina | Deacon of Sant'Angelo in Peacheria (2023-present) | 17 April 1927 | 97 years, 238 days |
5 | Júlio Duarte Langa | Mozambique | Priest of San Gabriele dell'Addolorata (2015-present) | 18 October 1927 | 97 years, 45 days |
6 | Friedrich Wetter | Germany | Priest of Santo Stephano in Coelio Monte (1985–present) | 20 February 1928 | 96 years, 287 days |
7 | Ernest Simoni | Albania | Deacon of Santa Maria della Scala (2018-present) | 18 October 1928 | 96 years, 54 days |
8 | Walter Brandmüller | Germany | Priest of San Giuliano dei Fiamminghi, pro hac vice (2021-present) | 5 January 1929 | 95 years, 341 days |
9 | Michael Michai Kitbunchu | Thailand | Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna (1983-present) Proto-priest (2016-present) |
25 January 1929 | 95 years, 321 days |
10 | Adam Maida | United States | Priest of San Vitale (1994–present) | 18 March 1930 | 94 years, 268 days |
11 | Julian Herranz Casado | Spain | Priest of Sant'Eugenio (basilica), pro hac vice (2014-present) | 31 March 1930 | 94 years, 255 days |
12 | Theodore McCarrick | United States | Priest of Santi Nereo ad Achilleo (2001-2018) | 7 July 1930 | 94 years, 157 days |
13 | Paul Poupard | France | Priest of Santa Prassede (1996–) | 30 August 1930 | 94 years, 103 days |
14 | Salvatore De Giorgi | Italy | Priest of Santa Maria in Aracoeli (1998–present) | 6 September 1930 | 94 years, 96 days |
15 | Janis Pujats | Latvia | Priest of Santa Silvia (2001–) | 14 November 1930 | 94 years, 27 days |
16 | Camillo Ruini | Italy | Priest of Sant'Agnese fuori le mura (1991-present) | 19 February 1931 | 93 years, 296 days |
17 | Lucian Mureșan | Romania | Priest of Sant'Anastasio (2012-present) | 23 May 1931 | 93 years, 202 days |
18 | José Saraiva Martins C.M.F. | Portugal | Bishop of Palestrina (2009-present) | 6 January 1932 | 92 years, 340 days |
19 | Joseph Zen S.D.B. | China ( 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 | United States | Priest of San Pietro in Montorio (1998-present) | 26 July 1932 | 92 years, 138 days |
21 | Gaudencio Rosales | Philippines | Priest of Santissimo Nome di Maria in Via Latina (2006-Present) | 10 August 1932 | 92 years, 123 days |
22 | Francis Arinze | Nigeria | Bishop of Velletri-Segni (2005-present) | 1 November 1932 | 92 years, 40 days |
23 | Walter Kasper | 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 | 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 | Chile | Priest of Santa Maria della Pace (2001–present) | 5 September 1933 | 91 years, 97 days |
26 | Raffaele Farina SDB | Italy | Priest of San Giovanni della Pigna "pro hac vice" (2018-present) | 24 September 1933 | 91 years, 78 days |
27 | Giovanni Battista Re | 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 | Vietman | Priest of San Giustino (2003–present) | 5 March 1934 | 90 years, 281 days |
29 | Francesco Monterisi | Italy | Priest 'pro hac vice' of San Paolo alla Regola (2021-present) | 28 May 1934 | 90 years, 197 days |
30 | Raniero Cantalamessa OFMCap | Italy | Deacon of Sant'Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine (2020-present) | 22 July 1934 | 90 years, 142 days |
31 | Franc Rodé CM | Slovenia | Cardinal-Priest ("pro hac vice") of San Francesco Saverio alla Garbatella (2016-present) | 23 September 1934 | 90 years, 79 days |
32 | Luis Héctor Villalba | Argentina | Priest of San Girolamo a Corviale (2015-present) | 11 October 1934 | 90 years, 61 days |
33 | Tarcisio Bertone SDB | Italy | Bishop of Frascati (2008-present) | 2 December 1934 | 90 years, 9 days |
34 | Julius Darmaatmadja SJ | Indonesia | Priest of Sacro Cuore di Maria (1994-present) | 20 December 1934 | 89 years, 357 days |
'35 | Giovanni Lajolo | Italy | Priest of Santa Maria Liberatrice a Monte Testaccio "pro hac vice" (2018-present) | 3 January 1935 | 89 years, 343 days |
36 | Justin Rigali | United States | Priest of Santa Prisca (2003-present) | 19 April 1935 | 89 years, 236 days |
37 | Santos Abril y Castelló | Spain | Priest pro hac vice of San Ponziano (2022-peesent) | 21 September 1935 | 89 years, 81 days |
38 | Roger Mahony | Spain | Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati (1991-present) | 27 February 1936 | 88 years, 295 days |
39 | Anthony Olubunmi Okogie | Nigeria | Priest of Beat Vergine Maria del Monte (2003-present) | 16 June 1936 | 88 years, 178 days |
40 | Antonio María Rouco Varela | Spain | Priest of San Lorenzo in Damaso (1998-present) | 20 August 1936 | 88 years, 113 days |
41 | Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez | Dominican Republic | Priest of San Lorenzo in Damaso (1998-present) | 31 October 1936 | 88 years, 41 days |
42 | Ennio Antonelli | Italy | Priest of Sant'Andrea delle Fratte (2003–present) | 18 November 1936 | 88 years, 23 days |
43 | Théodore-Adrien Sarr | Senegal | Priest of Santa Lucia a Piazza d’Armi (2003-present) | 28 November 1936 | 88 years, 13 days |
44 | Jorge Mario Bergolio |  :Argentina | Priest of San Roberto Bellarmino (2001-2013) | 17 December 1937 | 86 years, 360 days |
45 | Audrys Bačkis | Lithuania | Priest of Natività di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo a Via Gallia (2001-present) | 1 February 1937 | 87 years, 314 days |
46 | Raymundo Damasceno Assis | Brazil | Priest of Immacolata al Tiburtino (2010present) | 15 February 1937 | 87 years, 300 days |
47 | Toribio Ticona Porco | Bolivia | Priest of Santi Gioacchino e Anna al Tuscolano (2018–presrnt) | 25 April 1937 | 87 years, 230 days |
48 | Lluís Martínez Sistach | Spain | Priest of San Sebastiano alle Catacombe (2007-present) | 29 April 1937 | 87 years, 226 days |
49 | Michael Louis Fitzgerald MAfr | United Kingdom | Deacon of Santa Maria in Portico (2019–present) | 17 August 1937 | 87 years, 116 days |
50 | Antonio Maria Vegliò | Italy | Priest of San Cesareo in Palatio (2012-present) | 3 February 1938 | 86 years, 312 days |
51 | Paolo Romeo | Italy | Priest of Santa Maria Odigitria dei Siciliani (2010–present) | 20 February 1938 | 86 years, 295 days |
52 | Francesco Coccopalmerio | Italy | Priest of San Giuseppe dei Falegnami (2022–present) | 6 March 1938 | 86 years, 280 days |
53 | Manuel Monteiro de Castro | Portugal | Priest pro hac vice of San Domenico di Guzman (2022-present) | 29 March 1938 | 86 years, 257 days |
54 | Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nhơn | Vietnam | Priest of San Tommaso Apostolo (2015-present) | 1 April 1938 | 86 years, 254 days |
55 | Aquilino Bocos Merino CMF | Spain | Deacon of Santa Lucia del Gonfalone (2018-present) | 17 May 1938 | 86 years, 208 days |
56 | Angelo Amato SDB | Italy | Priest of Santa Maria in Aquiro (2010-present)' | 8 June 1938 | 86 years, 34 days |
57 | Sigitas Tamkevičius SJ | Lithuania | Priest of Santa Angela Merici (2015-present) | 7 November 1938 | 86 years, 34 days |
58 | Alberto Suárez Inda | Mexico | Priest of San Policarpo (2015-present) | 30 January 1939 | 85 years, 316 days |
59 | Orlando Quevedo OMI | Philippines | Priest of Santa Maria <<Regina Mundi>> a Torre Spaccata (2015-present) | 11 March 1939 | 85 years, 275 days |
60 | Edwin Frederick O'Brien | United States | Priest of San Sebastiano al Palatino (2012-present) | 8 April 1939 | 85 years, 247 days |
61 | Stanisław Dziwisz | Poland | Priest of Santa Maria del Poppolo (2006-present) | 27 April 1939 | 85 years, 228 days |
62 | Diego Rafael Padrón Sánchez | Venezuela | Priest of San Gaetano (2023-present) | 17 May 1939 | 85 years, 208 days |
63 | John Tong Hon | China ( Hong Kong) |
Priest of Regina Apostolorum (2012-present) | 31 July 1939 | 85 years, 133 days |
64 | Seán Baptist Brady | Ireland | Priest of Santissimi Gesú e Maria a Tor Fiorenza (since 2015) | 16 August 1939 | 85 years, 117 days |
65 | Edoardo Menichelli | Italy | 14 October 1939 | Priest of Sacri Cuori di Gesù e Maria a Tor Fiorenza (2015–present) | Template:Age in years and fays |
66 | Béchara Boutros al-Raï OMM | Lebanon | Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites (since 2011, cardinal from 2012) | 25 February 1940 | 84 years, 290 days |
67 | Agostino Vallini | Italy | 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 | Mexico | Priest of San Luigi Maria Grignion de Montfort (since 2020) | 1 May 1940 | 84 years, 224 days |
69 | Enrico Feroci | Italy | Deacon of Santa Maria del Divino Amore a Castle di Leva (since 2020) | 27 August 1940 | 84 years, 106 days |
70 | Agostino Marchetto | Italy | Deacon of Santa Maria Goretti (since 2023) | 28 August 1940 | 84 years, 105 days |
71 | Lorenzo Baldisseri | Italy | Priest pro hac vice of San Anselmo all'Aventino (2024-present) | 29 September 1940 | 84 years, 73 days |
72 | Silvano Maria Tomasi CS | Italy | Deacon of San Nicola in Carcere (2020-present) | 12 October 1940 | 84 years, 60 days |
73 | Donald William Wuerl | United States | Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli (2010-present) | 12 November 1940 | 84 years, 27 days |
74 | Gabriel Zubeir Wako | Sudan | Priest of Sant'Atanasio a Via Tiburtina (20023-present) | 27 February 1941 | 83 years, 319 days |
75 | Wilfrid Fox Napier OFM | South Africa | Priest of San Francisco d'Asissi ad Acilla (2001-present) | 8 March 1941 | 83 years, 278 days |
76 | Maurice Piat CSSp | Mauritius | Priest of Santa Teresa al Corso d'Italia (2016-present) | 19 July 1941 | 83 years, 145 days |
77 | Beniamino Stella | Italy | Bishop of Porto-Santa Rufina (2020-present) | 18 August 1941 | 83 years, 115 days |
78 | Angelo Scola | Italy | Priest of Santi XII Apostoli (2003–present) | 7 November 1941 | 83 years, 34 days |
79 | Ricardo Ezzati SDB | Chile | Priest of Santissimo Redentore a Valmelaina (2014–present) | 7 January 1942 | 82 years, 339 days |
80 | Fortunato Frezza | Italy | Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata (2022-present) | 6 February 1942 | 82 years, 309 days |
81 | Jorge Enrique Jiménez Carvajal CJM | Colombia | Priest of Santa Dorotea (2022–) | 29 March 1942 | 82 years, 257 days |
82 | Gualtiero Bassetti | Italy | Priest of Santa Cecilia (2014–) | 7 April 1942 | 82 years, 248 days |
83 | Ricardo Blázquez | Spain | Priest of Santa Maria in Vallicella (2015–present) | 13 April 1942 | 82 years, 242 days |
84 | Norberto Rivera Carrera | Mexico | Priest of San Francesco d'Assisi a Ripa Grande (1998-present) | 6 June 1942 | 82 years, 188 days |
85 | Gianfranco Ghirlanda SJ | Italy | 5 July 1942 | 82 years, 159 days | |
86 | Arrigo Miglio | Italy | Priest of San Clemente al Laterano (2022-present) | 18 July 1942 | 82 years, 146 days |
87 | Gregorio Rosa Chávez | El Salvador | Priest of Santissimo Sacramento a Tor de' Schiavi (2017–present) | 3 September 1942 | 82 years, 99 days |
88 | Rubén Salazar Gómez | Colombia | Priest of San Gerardo Maiella (2012-present) | 22 September 1942 | 82 years, 80 days |
89 | Giuseppe Bertello | Italy | Priest of Santi Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia (2022–present) | 1 October 1942 | 82 years, 71 days |
90 | Gianfranco Ravasi | Italy | Priest of San Giorgio in Velabro (since 2021) | 18 October 1942 | 82 years, 54 days |
91 | André Vingt-Trois | France | Priest of San Luigi dei Francesi (2007-present) | 7 November 1942 | 82 years, 4 days |
92 | Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga SDB | Honduras | Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Speranza (2001-present) | 29 December 1942 | 81 years, 348 days |
93 | Angelo Bagnasco | Italy | Cardinal-Priest of Gran Madre di Dio (2007-present) | 14 January 1943 | 81 years, 332 days |
94 | Domenico Calcagno | Italy | Priest of Annunciazione della Beata Vergine Maria a Via Ardeatina (2012-present) | 3 February 1943 | 81 years, 312 days |
95 | Dominik Duka OP | Czech Republic | Priest of Santi Marcellino e Pietro (2012-present) | 26 April 1943 | 81 years, 229 days |
96 | Crescenzio Sepe | Italy | Priest of Dio Padre misericordioso (2001-present) | 2 June 1943 | 81 years, 192 days |
97 | Giuseppe Versaldi | Italy | Priest of Sacro Cuore di Gesù a Castro Pretorio pro hac vice (2022-present) | 30 July 1943 | 81 years, 134 days |
98 | Angelo Comastri | Italy | Priest of San Salvatore in Lauro (2007–present) | 17 September 1943 | 81 years, 85 days |
99 | Patrick D'Rozario CSC | Bangladesh | Priest of Nostra Signora del Santissimo Sacramento e Santi Martiri Canadesi (2016–present) | 1 October98 1943 | 81 years, 71 days |
100 | Leonardo Sandri | Argentina | Bishop of Santi Biagio e Carlo ai Catinari suburbicarian rank pro hac vice (2018-present) | 18 November 1943 | 81 years, 23 days |