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|'''{{Wp|Lucian Mureșan}}'''||'''Romania'''||'''1931'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1931|5|23}}'''||'''2023-08-22''' <br/>(hidden, Daly)||2023-08-23 <br/> main, #100, Motta)||{{age in years and days|1931|5|23|2023|9|30}}
|'''{{Wp|Lucian Mureșan}}'''||'''Romania'''||'''1931'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1931|5|23}}'''||'''2023-08-22''' <br/>(hidden, Daly)||'''2023-08-23''' <br/> main, #100, Motta)||{{age in years and days|1931|5|23|2023|9|30}}
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|'''{{Wp|José Saraiva Martins}}''', '''CMF'''
|'''{{Wp|José Saraiva Martins}}''', '''CMF'''
|'''Portugal'''
|'''Portugal'''||'''1932'''||'''Alive'''
|'''1932'''||'''Alive'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1932|1|6}}'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1931|1|6}}'''
|'''2024-04-07'''<br>(hidden, Motta)||'''2024-04-10'''<br>main Garrone||{{age in years and days|1932|1|6|2023|9|30}}
|'''2024-04-07'''<br>(hidden, Motta)||2024-04-10<br>main Garrone||{{age in years and days|1931|1|6|2023|9|30}}
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|- bgcolor="gold" |
| '''{{Wp|Joseph Zen Ze-kiun}} SDB'''||'''China'''<br>(Hong Kong)'''
| '''{{Wp|Joseph Zen Ze-kiun}} SDB'''||'''China'''<br>(Hong Kong)'''||'''1932'''||'''Alive'''•|'''{{Age in years and days|1932|1|13}}'''||'''2024-04-17'''<br>hidden Garrone||'''2024-05-14<br>main Obando y Bravo||{{age in years and days|1932|1|13|2023|9|30}}
|'''13 January 1932'''||'''Alive'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1932|1|13}}'''
|'''2024-04-17'''<br>hidden Garrone||'''2024-05-14<br>main Obando y Bravo||{{age in years and days|1932|1|13|2023|9|30}}
|- bgcolor="gold" |
|- bgcolor="gold" |
|'''{{Wp|James Francis Stafford}}'''||'''United States'''||'''26 July 1932'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1932|7|29}}'''<br>hidden,  
|'''{{Wp|James Francis Stafford}}'''||'''United States'''||'''1932'''||'''Alive'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1932|7|29}}'''||'''2024-11-27'''<br>hidden, Obando y Bravo||'''2024-12-04'''<br/>da Silva||{{age in years and days|1932|7|29|2023|9|30}}
|'''3 May 2025'''
|- bgcolor="gold" |
|- bgcolor="gold" |
|'''{{Sortname|Gaudencio|Rosales}}'''
|'''{{Wp|Gaudencio Rosales}}'''||'''Philippines'''||'''1932'''||'''Alive'''|'''{{Age in years and days|1932|8|10}}'''||'''2024-12-16'''<br>da Silva||'''2024-12-18||<br>Casoria||{{age in years and days|1932|8|10|2023|9|30}}
|'''{{PHL}}'''
|'''10 August 1932'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1932|8|10}}'''
|'''16 June 2025'''
|- bgcolor="gold" |
|- bgcolor="gold" |
|'''{{Sortname|Pedro|Rubiano Sáenz}}'''
|'''{{Wp|Pedro Rubiano Sáenz}}'''
| '''{{COL}}'''
|'''Colombia'''
|'''13 September 1932'''
|'''1932'''||'''Alive'''•|'''{{Age in years and days|1932|9|13}}'''||'''2025-01-21'''<br>Casoria||'''2025-01-30'''<br>Piovanelli||{{age in years and days|1932|9|13|2023|9|30}}
|'''{{Age in years and days|1932|9|13}}'''
|'''21 June 2025'''
|- bgcolor="gold" |
|- bgcolor="gold" |
|'''{{Sortname|Francis|Arinze}}'''
|'''{{Wp|Francis Arinze}}'''||'''Nigeria'''||'''1932'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1932|11|1}}'''||'''2025-03-20'''<br>Piovanelli||'''2025-03-26'''<br>Feltin||{{age in years and days|1932|11|1|2023|9|30}}
|'''{{Flag|Nigeria}}'''
|'''1 November 1932'''
| '''{{Age in years and days|1932|11|1}}'''
|'''1 November 2025'''
|- bgcolor="gold" |
|- bgcolor="gold" |
|'''{{Sortname|Renato|Martino}}'''  
|'''{{Wp|Renato Martino|Renato Raffael Martino}}''' ||'''Italy'''||'''1932'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1932|11|23}}'''||'''2025-04-17'''<br>Feltin||'''2025-05-02'''<br>Poggi||'''{{age in years and days|1932|11|23|2023|9|30}}'''
|'''{{ITA}}'''
|'''23 November 1932'''  
|'''{{Age in years and days|1932|11|23}}'''
|'''30 November 2025'''
|- bgcolor="gold" |
|- bgcolor="gold" |
|'''{{Sortname|Kelvin Edward|Felix}}'''
|'''{{Wp|Kelvin Edward Felix}}'''||'''Saint Lucia'''||'''1933'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1933|2|15}}'''||'''2025-07-25''<br>Poggi||'''2025-07-29'''<br>Caro Rodriguez||{{age in years and days|1933|2|15|2023|9|30}}
|'''{{flag|Saint Lucia}}'''
|- bgcolor="gold" |
|'''15 February 1933'''
|'''{{Wp|Walter Kasper}}'''||'''Germany'''||'''1933'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1933|3|5}}'''||'''2025-08-16'''<br>Caro Rodriguez||'''2025-09-10'''<br>Satowaki||{{age in years and days|1933|3|5|2023|9|30}}
|'''{{Age in years and days|1933|2|15}}'''
|'''17 February 2026''
|}
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Revision as of 12:22, 16 August 2023

This article lists the 100 oldest known living or deceased Members of the College of Cardinals (after 1800),, and whose ages are documented in reliable sources. Those currently living are in bold on gold. The longest-lived Cardinal was Jorge da Costa, of Portugal who lived to ages of 101 years, 261 days to 102 years, 260 days.

List

Rank Cardinal Country Born Died Age
1 Corrado Bafile Italy 1903 2005 101 years, 214 days
2 Loris Francesco Capovilla Italy 1915 2016 100 years, 224 days
3 José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez Colombia 1919 2019 100 years, 197 days
4 Ersilio Tonini Italy 1914 2013 99 years, 8 days
5 Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir Lebanon 1920 2019 98 years, 362 days
6 Paul Augustin Mayer Germany 1911 2010 98 years, 342 days
7 Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei China 1901 2000 98 years, 223 days
Franz König Austria 1905 2004
9 Alexandre do Nascimento Angola 1925 Alive 99 years, 261 days
10 Jozef Tomko Slovakia 1924 2022 98 years 150 days
11 Fiorenzo Angelini Italy 11916 2014 98 years, 113 days
12 Albert Vanhoye, France 1923 2021 98 years 59 days
13 Paolo Dezza Italy 1901 1999 98 years, 14 days
14 Alexandre José María dos Santos, O.F.M. Mozambique 1924 2021 98 years, 59 days
15 Estanislao Esteban Karlic Argentina 1926 Alive 98 years, 284 days
16 Alfons Maria Stickler Austria 1910 2007 97 years, 111 days
17 Henryk Gulbinowicz Poland 1923 2020 97 years 30 days
18 Ferdinando Giuseppe Antonelli, O.F.M. Italy 1896 1993 96 years, 363 days
19 Roger Etchegaray France 1922 2019 96 years, 344 days
20 Johannes Willebrands Netherlands 1909 2008 96 years, 331 days
21 Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte Italy 1851 1948 96 years, 312 days
22 Edward Cassidy Australia 1924 2021 96 years 279 days
23 Kazimierz Świątek Belarus 1914 2011 96 years 273 days
24 José da Costa Nuñes Portugal 1880 1976 96 years, 259 days
25 Emmanuel Wamala Uganda 1926 Alive 97 years, 338 days
26 Giovanni Canestri Italy 1918 2015 96 years, 211 days
27 Domenico Bartolucci Italy 1911 2007 96 years, 188 days
28 Adam Kozłowiecki, S.J. Poland 1911 2007 96 years, 180 days
29 Francisco Álvarez Martínez Spain 1925 2022 96 years, 175 days
30 Mikel Koliqi Albania 1900 1997 96 years, 121 days
31 Francesco Morano Italy 1872 1968 96 years, 34 days
32 Luigi De Magistris Italy 1926 2022 95 years 358 days
33 José Freire Falcão Brazil 1925 2021 95 years 338 days
34 Pietro Parente Italy 1891 1986 95 years, 316 days
35 Achille Silvestrini Italy 1923 2019 95 years, 308 days
36 Júlio Duarte Langa Mozambique 1927 Alive 97 years, 21 days
37 Agostino Cacciavillan Italy 1926 2022 95 years 204 days
38 Henri de Lubac, S.J. France 1896 1991 95 years, 196 days
39 Friedrich Wetter Germany 1928 Alive 96 years, 271 days
40 Paulo Evaristo Arns Brazil 1921 2016 95 years, 91 days
41 Serafim Fernandes de Araújo Brazil 1924 2019 95 years, 56 days
42 Alberto Di Jorio Italy 1884 1979 95 years, 49 days
43 Corrado Ursi Italy 1908 2003 95 years, 34 days
44 Ernest Simoni Albania 1928 Alive 96 years, 21 days
45 Jorge Medina Estévez Chile 1926 2021 94 years, 284 days
46 Julijans Vaivods Latvia 1895 1990 94 years, 279 days
47 Carlos María de la Torre Ecuador 1873 1968 94 years, 259 days
48 Louis-Albert Vachon Canada 1912 2006 94 years, 237 days
49 Egano Righi-Lambertini Italy 1906 2000 94 years, 225 days
50 Walter Brandmüller Germany 1929 Alive 95 years, 317 days
51 Angelo Sodano Italy 1927 2022 94 years, 205 days
52 Michael Michai Kitbunchu Thailand 1929 Alive 95 years, 297 days
53 Gilberto Agustoni italy 1922 2017 94 years, 171 days
54 Eduardo Martínez Somalo Spain 1927 2021 94 years, 142 days
55 Giovanni Cheli Italy 1918 2013 94 years 122 days
56 Giuseppe Sensi Italy 1907 2001 94 years, 60 days
57 Marian Jaworski Poland 1926 2020 94 years 13 days
58 Carlo Furno Italy 1921 2015 94 years, 7 days
59 Prosper Grech Malta 1925 2019 94 years, 6 days
60 Roberto Tucci Italy 1921 2015 93 years, 360 days
61 Georges Cottier Switzerland 1922 2016 93 years, 341 days
62 John Carberry United States 1904 1998 93 years, 321 days
63 Paolo Bertoli Italy 1908 2001 93 years, 280 days
64 Opilio Rossi United States 1910 2004 93 years, 271 days
65 Vincenzo Vannutelli Italy 1836 1930 93 years, 216 days
66 José Manuel Estepa Llaurens Spain 1926 2019 93 years, 201 days
67 Jean Margéot Mauritius 1916 2009 93 years, 164 days
68 Teodolfo Mertel Italy 1806 1899 93 years, 152 days
69 Adam Maida United States 1930 Alive 94 years, 244 days
70 Thomas Stafford Williams United States 1930 Alive 94 years, 242 days
71 Simon Pimenta Italy 1920 2013 93 years 140 days
72 Julian Herranz Casado Spain 1930 Alive 94 years, 231 days
73 František Tomášek Czech Republic 1899 1992 93 years, 35 days
74 Alfredo Scherer Brazil 1903 1996 93 years, 33 days
75 Giuseppe Pizzardo Italy 1877 1970 93 years, 19 days
76 James Francis McIntyre United States 1886 1979 93 years, 14 days
Antonio Innocenti Italy 1915 2008
78 Carlo Confalonieri Italy 1893 1986 93 years, 7 days
79 Alessandro Verde Italy 1865 1958 93 years, 2 days
80 Paul Poupard France 1930 Alive 94 years, 79 days
81 Salvatore De Giorgi Italy 1930 Alive 94 years, 72 days
82 Julien Ries Belgium 1920 2013 92 years 310 days
83 Juan Carlos Aramburu Argentina 1912 2004 92 years, 281 days
84 Janis Pujats Latvia 1930 Alive 94 years, 3 days
85 Paolo Giobbe Italy 1880 1972 92 years, 217 days
86 Josyf Slipyj Ukraine 1892 1984 92 years, 203 days
87 Léon-Étienne Duval France 1903 1996 92 years, 202 days
88 Jean Honoré France 1920 2013 92 years, 199 days
89 Joseph Asajiro Satowaki Japan 1904 1996 92 years, 189 days
90 Camillo Ruini Italy 1931 Alive 93 years, 272 days
91 José María Caro Rodríguez Chile 1866 1958 92 years, 164 days
92 Luigi Poggi Italy 1917 2010 92 years, 160 days
93 Maurice Feltin France 1883 1975 92 years, 145 days
94 Silvano Piovanelli Italy 1924 2016 92 years, 139 days
95 Giuseppe Casoria Italy 1908 2001 92 years, 130 days
96 Augusto Álvaro da Silva Brazil 1876 1968 92 years, 128 days
97 Sergio Sebastiani Italy 1931 Alive 93 years, 220 days
98 Miguel Obando y Bravo Nicaragua 1926 2018 92 years,121 days
99 Gabriel-Marie Garrone France 1901 1994 92 years, 95 days
100 Carlos Carmelo Vascocellos Motta Brazil 1890 1982 92 years, 92 days

Next 10 Longest-living cardinals

Name Country Birth Death Current age Entry Date Age by 30 September 2023
Lucian Mureșan Romania 1931 Alive 93 years, 178 days 2023-08-22
(hidden, Daly)		 2023-08-23
main, #100, Motta)		 92 years, 130 days
José Saraiva Martins, CMF Portugal 1932 Alive 92 years, 316 days 2024-04-07
(hidden, Motta)		 2024-04-10
main Garrone		 91 years, 267 days
Joseph Zen Ze-kiun SDB China
(Hong Kong)		 1932 92 years, 309 days 2024-04-17
hidden Garrone		 2024-05-14
main Obando y Bravo		 91 years, 260 days
James Francis Stafford United States 1932 Alive 92 years, 111 days 2024-11-27
hidden, Obando y Bravo		 2024-12-04
da Silva		 91 years, 63 days
Gaudencio Rosales Philippines 1932 92 years, 99 days 2024-12-16
da Silva		 2024-12-18
Casoria		 91 years, 51 days
Pedro Rubiano Sáenz Colombia 1932 92 years, 65 days 2025-01-21
Casoria		 2025-01-30
Piovanelli		 91 years, 17 days
Francis Arinze Nigeria 1932 92 years, 16 days 2025-03-20
Piovanelli		 2025-03-26
Feltin		 90 years, 333 days
Renato Raffael Martino Italy 1932 91 years, 360 days 2025-04-17
Feltin		 2025-05-02
Poggi		 90 years, 311 days
Kelvin Edward Felix Saint Lucia 1933 91 years, 276 days '2025-07-25
Poggi		 2025-07-29
Caro Rodriguez		 90 years, 227 days
Walter Kasper Germany 1933 91 years, 257 days 2025-08-16
Caro Rodriguez		 2025-09-10
Satowaki		 90 years, 209 days

Chronological list of Oldest living members of the College of Cardinals

Name Nationality Born Became Oldest Died (Time as oldest)

Age

John Henry Newman English

(United Kingdom)

21 February 1801 11 August 1890 11 August 1890 (??)

89 years, 171 days

Teodolfo Mertel Italy 9 February 1806 11 August 1890 11 July 1899 (8 years, 334 days)

93 years, 152 days

Luigi Di Canossa 20 April 1809 11 July 1899 2 March 1900 (244 days)

90 years, 326 days

Michelangelo Celesia 13 January 1814 12 March 1900 14 April 1904 (314 days)

90 years, 92 days

François-Marie-Benjamin Richard France 1 March 1819 14 April 1900 27 January 1908 (3 years, 288 days)

88 years, 332 days

Anton Josef Gruscha Italy 3 November 1820 27 January 1908 5 August 1911 (3 years, 190 days)

90 years, 275 days

Alfonso Capecelatro 5 February 1824 5 August 1911 14 November 1912 (1 year, 101 days)

88 years, 283 days

Angelo di Pierto 22 May 1828 14 November 1912 5 December 1914 (2 years, 21 days)

86 years, 197 days

François de Rovérié de Cabrières France 30 August 1830 5 December 1914 21 December 1921 (7 years, 16 days)

91 years, 113 days

Giuseppe Prisco Italy 8 September 1833 21 December 1921 4 February 1923 (1 year, 45 days)

89 years, 149 days

Vincenzo Vannutelli 8 September 1833 4 February 1923 4 February 1923 (7 years, 155 days)

89 years, 149 days

Andreas Frühwirth Austria 21 August 1845 9 July 1930 9 February 1933 (2 years, 215 days)

87 years, 172 days

Franz Ehrle Germany 17 October 1845 9 February 1933 31 March 1934 (1 year, 50 days)

88 years, 165 days

Pierre Andrieu France 7 December 1849 31 March 1934 15 February 1935 (321 days)

85 years, 70 days

Gennaro Pignatelli di Belmonte Italy 10 April 1851 15 February 1935 16 February 1948 (13 years, 1 day)

96 years, 312 days

Enrico Sibilia 17 March 1861 16 February 1948 4 August 1948 (170 days)

87 years, 140 days

Alessandro Verde 27 March 1865 4 August 1948 29 March 1958 (9 years, 237 days)

93 years, 2 days

José María Caro Rodríguez Chile 23 June 1866 29 March 1958 4 December 1958 (1 year, 250 days)

92 years, 164 days

Georges Grente France 5 May 1872 4 December 1958 5 May 1959 (152 days)

87 years, 0 days

Elia dala Costa Italy 14 May 1872 5 May 1959 22 December 1961 (2 years, 231 days)

89 years, 222 days

Francesco Morano 8 June 1872 22 December 1961 12 July 1968 (6 years, 203 days)

96 years, 34 days

Carlos María de la Torre Ecuador 15 November 1873 12 July 1968 31 July 1968 (19 days)

94 years, 259 days

Augusto da Silva Brazil 8 April 1876 31 July 1968 14 August 1968 (14 days)

92 years, 128 days

Giuseppe Pizzardo Italy 13 July 1877 14 August 1968 1 August 1970 (1 year, 352 days)

93 years, 19 days

Benedetto Aloisi Masella 29 June 1879 1 August 1970 30 September 1970 (60 days)

91 years, 93 days

Paolo Giobbe 10 January 1880 30 September 1970 14 August 1972 (1 year, 319 days)

92 years, 217 days

José da Costa Nunes Portugal 15 March 1880 14 August 1972 29 November 1976 (4 years, 107 days)

96 years, 259 days

Alberto di Jorio Italy 18 July 1884 29 November 1976 5 September 1979 (2 years, 280 days)

95 years, 49 days

Antonio Caggiano Argentina 30 January 1889 5 September 1979 23 October 1979 (48 days)

90 years, 266 days

Carlos Vasconcellos Brazil 16 July 1890 23 October 1979 18 September 1982 (2 years, 326 days)

92 years, 64 days

Pietro Parente Italy 16 February 1891 18 September 1982 29 December 1986 (4 years, 102 days)

95 years, 316 days

Julijans Vaivods Latvia 18 August 1895 29 December 1986 24 May 1990 (3 years, 146 days)

94 years, 279 days

Henri de Lubac France 20 February 1896 24 May 1990 4 September 1991 (1 year, 103 days)

95 years, 196 days

Ferdinando Giuseppe Antonelli Italy 14 July 1896 4 September 1991 12 July 1993 (1 year, 311 days)

96 years, 363 days

Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei China 2 August 1901 4 September 1991 26 November 1994 12 March 2000 (3 years, 44 days)

98 years, 223 days

Mikel Koliqi Albania 29 September 1900 26 November 1994 28 January 1997

96 years, 121 days

Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei China 2 August 1901 28 January 1997 12 March 2000 (3 years, 44 days)

98 years, 223 days

Corrado Bafile Italy 4 July 1903 12 March 2000 3 February 2005 (4 years, 328 days)

101 years, 214 days

Johannes Willebrands Natherlands 4 September 1909 3 February 2005 1 August 2008 (1 year, 180 days)

96 years, 331 days

Alfons Maria Stickler Austria 23 August 1910 1 August 2006 12 December 2007 (1 year, 133 days)

97 years, 311 days

Paul Augustin Mayer Germany 23 May 1911 12 December 2007 30 April 2010 (2 years, 139 days)

98 years, 312 days

Ersilio Tonini Italy 20 July 1914 30 April 2010 28 July 2013 (3 years, 89 days)

99 years, 8 days

Fiorenzo Angelini 1 August 1916 28 July 2013 22 November 2014 (209 days)

98 years, 113 days

Loris Francesco Capovilla 14 October 1915 22 February 2014 26 May 2016 (2 years, 94 days)

100 years, 224 days

José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez Colombia 18 February 1919 26 May 2016 3 September 2019 (3 years, 100 days)

100 years, 197 days

Roger Etchegaray France 25 September 1922 3 September 2019 4 September 2019 (1 day)

96 years, 344 days

Albert Vanhoye 24 July 1923 4 September 2019 29 July 2021 (1 year, 328 days)

98 years, 5 days

Jozef Tomko Slovakia 11 March 1924 29 July 2021 14 July 2022 (1 year, 10 days)

100 years, 283 days

Alexandre do Nascimento Angola 1 March 1925 8 August 2022 Alive (2 years, 101 days)

age 99 years, 261 days

See Also

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