List of longest-living cardinals

This article lists the all-time 100 longest known living or deceased Members of the College of Cardinals, and whose ages are documented in reliable sources. Those currently living are in bold on gold. The longest-lived was Portuguese, Dom Jorge da Costa who lived to ages of 101 years 262 days to 102 years, 261 days. The Second longest-lived another Italian Cardinal Corrado Bafile who lived to 101 years, 214 days.

List

Key

Bold on gold are Cardinals currently living

Rank	Cardinal	Country	Born	Died	Age at Death	Date Entered After
1	Jorge da Costa	Portugal	1406	1508	101 years, 262 days to 102 years, 261 days
2	Corrado Bafile	Italy	1903	2005	101 years, 214 days
3	Loris Francesco Capovilla	Italy	1915	2016	100 years, 224 days	22 February 2014 Aurelio Sasbattani
4	José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez	Colombia	1919	2019	100 years, 197 days	14 February 2015 Luigi Di Camossa
5	Luigi Ciacchi	Italy	1765	1865	100 years, 123 days
6	Ersilio Tonini	Italy	1914	2013	99 years, 8 days
7	Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir	Lebanon	1920	2019	98 years, 362 days
8	Paul Augustin Mayer	Germany	1911	2010	98 years, 342 days
9	Galeazzo Marescotti	Italy	1627	1726	98 years, 275 days
10	Jean-Baptist de Belloy	France	1709	1808	98 years, 245 days
11	Alexandre do Nascimento	Angola	1925	Alive	99 years, 245 days	22 February 2016 José Tomás Sánchez
12	Ignatius Kung Pin-mei	China	1901	2000	98 years, 223 days
	Franz König	Austria	1905	2004
14	Jozef Tomko	Slovakia	1924	2022	98 years 150 days	11 December 2014 Anton Jozef Gruscha
15	Fiorenzo Angelini	Italy	1916	2014	98 years, 113 days
16	Albert Vanhoye, SJ	France	1923	2021	98 years, 59 days
17	Paolo Dezza, S.J.	Italy	1901	1999	98 years, 4 days
18	Estanislao Esteban Karlic	Argentina	1926	Alive	98 years, 268 days	25 May 2017 Rainiero d'Elci
19	Alexandre José María dos Santos, O.F.M.	Mozambique	1924	2021	97 years, 195 days	8 January 2015 Amleto Giovanni Cicongani
20	Alfons Maria Stickler	Austria	1910	2007	97 years, 111 days
21	Henryk Gulbinowicz	Poland	1923	2020	97 years, 30 days	29 May 2014 Carlo Alberto Guidobono Cavalchini
22	Ferdinando Giuseppe Antonelli, O.F.M.	Italy	1896	1993	96 years, 363 days
23	Roger Etchegaray	France	1922	2019	96 years, 344 days	17 March 2013 Giacomo Oddi
24	Johannes Willebrands	Netherlands	1909	2008	96 years, 331 days
25	Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte	Italy	1851	1948	96 years, 312 days
26	Emmanuel Wamala	Uganda	1926	Alive	97 years, 322 days	5 August 2018 Edward Clancy
27	Edward Cassidy	Australia	1924	2021	96 years, 279 days	4 June 2015 Giuseppe Carpio
28	Kazimierz Świątek	Belarus	1914	2011	96 years, 273 days
29	José da Costa Nuñes	1880	1976	96 years, 259 days
30	Giovanni Canestri	Italy	1918	2006	96 years, 211 days
31	Domenico Bartolucci	Italy	1917	2013	96 years, 188 days
32	Adam Kozłowiecki, S.J.	Zambia	1911	2007	96 years, 180 days
33	Luis Pascual Dri	Argentina	1927	Alive	97 years, 198 days	30 September 2023 Luigi Poggi
34	Francisco Álvarez Martínez	Spain	1925	2022	96 years, 175 days	26 July 2015 Francesco Albizzi
35	Francesco Carafa di Trajetto	Italy	1722	1818	96 years, 144 days
36	Mikel Koliqi	Albania	1900	1997	96 years, 121 days
37	Francesco Morano	Italy	1872	1968	96 years, 34 days
38	Luigi De Magistris	Italy	1926	2022	95 years 358 days	14 July 2017 François de Rovérié de Cabrières
39	Júlio Duarte Langa	Mozambique	1927	Alive	97 years, 5 days	29 July 2019 Ján Chryzostom Korec S.J.
40	José Freire Falcão	Brazil	1925	2021	95 years, 338 days	15 November 2016 Patrick O'Boyle
41	Pietro Parente	Italy	1891	1986	95 years, 316 days
42	Achille Silvestrini	Italy	1923	2019	95 years, 308 days	9 June 2014 Silvio Oddi
43	Friedrich Wetter	Germany	1928	Alive	96 years, 255 days	28 July 2020 Jorge María Mejía
44	Agostino Cacciavillan	Italy	1926	2022	95 years, 204 days	10 December 2017 Pietro Pavan
45	Henri de Lubac, S.J.	France	1896	1991	95 years, 196 days
46	Paulo Evaristo Arns	Brazil	1920	2016	95 years, 91 days	3 December 2011 Juan Francisco Frenso
47	Serafim Fernandes de Araújo	Brazil	1924	2019	95 years, 56 days	26 July 2015 Francesco Albizzi
48	Alberto Di Jorio	Italy	1884	1979	95 years, 49 days
49	Corrado Ursi	Italy	1908	2003	95 years, 34 days
50	Ernest Simoni	Albania	1928	Alive	96 years, 5 days	5 September 2020 Jozef Frings
51	Jorge Medina Estévez	Chile	1926	2021	94 years, 284 days	24 August 2018 Eugenio Sales
52	Julijans Vaivods	Latvia	1895	1990	94 years, 279 days
52	Walter Brandmüller	Germany	1929	Alive	95 years, 301 days	8 March 2021 Carlos Carmelo Vasconcellos Motta
54	Carlos María de la Torre	Ecuador	1873	1968	94 years, 259 days
54	Michael Michai Kitbunchu	Thailand	1929	Alive	95 years, 281 days	19 April 2021 Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montemoozlo
56	Louis-Albert Vachon	Canada	1912	2006	94 years, 237 days
57	Egano Righi-Lambertini	Italy	1906	2000	94 years, 225 days
58	Angelo Sodano	Italy	1927	2022	94 years, 205 days	14 September 2019 Leo Jozef Suenens
59	Gilberto Agustoni	Italy	1922	2017	94 years, 171 days	13 November 2012 Marcello Lante Della Rovere
60	Eduardo Martínez Somalo	Spain	1927	2021	94 years, 142 days	4 December 2018 Stanisław Nagy S.C.I.
61	Giovanni Cheli	Italy	1918	2013	94 years 122 days
62	Giuseppe Sensi	Italy	1907	2001	94 years, 60 days
63	Marian Jaworski	Poland	1926	2020	94 years 13 days	8 March 2018 Enrique Pla y Deniel
64	Carlo Furno	Italy	1921	2015	94 years, 7 days	3 March 2012 Michelangelo Celesia
65	Prosper Grech, O.S.A.	Malta	1925	2019	94 years, 6 days	21 January 2017 Gerald Emmett Carter
67	Roberto Tucci	Italy	1921	2015	93 years, 360 days
67	Georges Cottier	Switzerland	1922	2016	93 years, 341 days	9 August 2012 José Clemente Maurer, C.Ss.R.
68	John Carberry	United States	1904	1998	93 years, 321 days
69	Paolo Bertoli	Italy	1908	2001	93 years, 280 days
70	Opilio Rossi	United States	1910	2004	93 years, 271 days
71	Henri Albert de la Grange d'Arquien	France	1613	1707	93 years, 258 days
72	Vincenzo Vannutelli	Italy	1836	1930	93 years, 216 days
73	Adam Maida	United States	1930	Alive	94 years, 228 days	17 June 2022 Cahal Daly
74	Thomas Williams	United States	1930	Alive	94 years, 226 days	23 June 2022 Gabriel-Marie Garrone
75	José Manuel Estepa Llaurens	Spain	1926	2019	93 years, 201 days	12 March 2017 Yves Congar, O.P.
76	Julian Herranz Casado	Spain	1930	Alive	94 years, 215 days	30 July 2022 Miguel Obando y Bravo
77	Giuseppe Firrao	Italy	1736	1830	93 years, 188 days
78	Jean Margéot	Mauritius	1916	2009	93 years, 164 days
79	Teodolfo Mertel	Italy	1806	1899	93 years, 152 days
80	Simon Pimenta	Italy	1920	2013	93 years, 140 days
81	Paul Poupard	France	1930	Alive	94 years, 63 days	5 January 2023 Augusto da Silva
82	František Tomášek	Czech Republic	1899	1992	93 years, 35 days
82	Salvatore De Giorgi	Italy	1930	Alive	94 years, 56 days	17 January 2023 Giuseppe Casoiria
84	Giuseppe Pizzardo	Italy	1877	1970	93 years, 19 days
85	Alfredo Scherer	Brazil	1903	1996	93 years, 33 days
86	James Francis McIntyre	United States	1886	1979	93 years, 14 days
	Antonio Innocenti	Italy	1915	2008
88	Carlo Confalonieri	Italy	1893	1986	93 years, 7 days
89	Alessandro Verde	Italy	1865	1958	93 years, 2 days
90	Janis Pujats	Latvia	1930	Alive	93 years, 353 days	2 April 2023 Silvano Piovanelli
91	Julien Ries	Belgium	1920	2013	92 years, 310 days
92	Juan Carlos Aramburu	Argentina	1912	2004	92 years, 281 days
93	Camillo Ruini	Italy	1931	Alive	93 years, 256 days	3 September 2023 Maurice Feltin
94	Paolo Giobbe	Italy	1880	1972	92 years, 217 days
95	Josyf Slipyj	Ukraine	1892	1984	92 years, 203 days
	Léon-Étienne Duval	Algeria	1903	1996
97	Jean Honoré	France	1920	2013	92 years, 199 days
98	Joseph Asajirō Satowaki	Japan	1904	1996	92 years, 189 days
99	Sergio Sebastiani	Italy	1931	Alive	93 years, 204 days	18 September 2023 Luigi Poggi
100	José María Caro Rodríguez	Chile	1866	1958	92 years, 164 days

Next 10 Longest-living cardinals

Name	Country	Birth	Death	Current age	Date endred After		Age by 2023-12-31
Lucian Mureșan	Romania	1931	Alive	93 years, 162 days			92 years, 221 days
José Saraiva Martins, CMF	Portugal	1932	Alive	92 years, 300 days			91 years, 359 days
Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, SDB	China (Hong Kong)	1932	Alive	92 years, 293 days			91 years, 352 days
James Francis Stafford	United States	1932	Alive	92 years, 95 days			91 years, 155 days
Gaudencio Rosales	Philippines	1932	Alive	92 years, 83 days			91 years, 143 days
Pedro Rubiano Sáenz	Colombia	1932	Alive	92 years, 49 days			91 years, 109 days
Francis Arinze	Nigeria	1932	Alive	92 years, 0 days			91 years, 60 days
Renato Martino	Italy	1932	Alive	91 years, 344 days			91 years, 38 days
Kelvin Edward Felix	Saint Lucia	1933	Alive	91 years, 260 days			90 years, 319 days
Walter Kasper	Germany	1933	Alive	91 years, 241 days			90 years, 301 days
Juan Sandoval Iñiguez	Mexico	1933	Alive	91 years, 218 days			90 years, 278 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, 85 days) age 99 years, 245 days

See Also

• List of Cardinals by Age (current)
• Cardinals by Death Date (who died at least 85 years old)
• Lists of Cardinals by death date
• List of current cardinals
• Hypothetical List of longest-living Cardinals
• List of longest-living state leaders
• Past longest-living cardinals