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.

Gallery

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  Oldest ever:
  Portugal
  Jorge da Costa
  cardinalate: 1476&ndash1508

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  2nd-oldest:
  Italy
  Corrado Bafile
  Cardinalate:1976–2005

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  3rd-Oldest:
  France
  Loris Francesco Capovilla
  cardinalate: 2014&nash;2016

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  11th-oldest ever:
  Angola
  Alexandre do Nascimento
  cardinalate: 1983–present

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	1 January 2008 Original
2	Corrado Bafile	Italy	1903	2005	101 years, 214 days	1 January 2008 Original
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	1 January 2008 Original
6	Ersilio Tonini	Italy	1914	2013	99 years, 8 days	1 January 2008 Original
7	Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir	Lebanon	1920	2019	98 years, 362 days	23 December 2009 Elia Dalla Costa and Édouard Gagnon (tied age)
8	Paul Augustin Mayer	Germany	1911	2010	98 years, 342 days	1 January 2008 Original
9	Galeazzo Marescotti	Italy	1627	1726	98 years, 275 days	1 January 2008 Original
10	Jean-Baptist de Belloy	France	1709	1808	98 years, 245 days	1 January 2008 Original
11	Alexandre do Nascimento	Angola	1925	Alive	99 years, 261 days	22 February 2016 José Tomás Sánchez
12	Ignatius Kung Pin-mei	China	1901	2000	98 years, 223 days	1 January 2008 Original
	Franz König	Austria	1905	2004		1 January 2008 Original
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	1 January 2008 Original
16	Albert Vanhoye, SJ	France	1923	2021	98 years, 59 days	21 January 2014 Urbano Navarrete Cortés S.J.
17	Paolo Dezza, S.J.	Italy	1901	1999	98 years, 4 days	1 January 2008 Original
18	Estanislao Esteban Karlic	Argentina	1926	Alive	98 years, 284 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	1 January 2008 Original
21	Henryk Gulbinowicz	Poland	1923	2020	97 years, 30 days	29 May 2014 Carlo Albero Guidobono Cavalchini
22	Ferdinando Giuseppe Antonelli, O.F.M.	Italy	1896	1993	96 years, 363 days	1 January 2008 Original
23	Roger Etchegaray	France	1922	2019	96 years, 344 days	13 January 2013 Marcelo Lante della Rovere
24	Johannes Willebrands	Netherlands	1909	2008	96 years, 331 days	1 January 2008 Original
25	Emmanuel Wamala	Uganda	1926	Alive	97 years, 338 days	5 August 2018 Edward Clancy
26	Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte	Italy	1851	1948	96 years, 312 days	1 January 2008 Original
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	1 January 2008 Original
29	José da Costa Nuñes	Portugal	1880	1976	96 years, 259 days	1 January 2008 Original
30	Giovanni Canestri	Italy	1918	2006	96 years, 211 days	14 March 2008 Giovanni Colombo
31	Luis Pascual Dri	Argentina	1927	Alive	97 years, 214 days	30 September 2023 Luigi Poggi
32	Domenico Bartolucci	Italy	1917	2013	96 years, 188 days	28 November 2010 Ángel Suquía Goicoechea
33	Adam Kozłowiecki, S.J.	Zambia	1911	2007	96 years, 180 days	1 January 2008 Original
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	1 January 2008 Original
36	Mikel Koliqi	Albania	1900	1997	96 years, 121 days	1 January 2008 Original
37	Francesco Morano	Italy	1872	1968	96 years, 34 days	1 January 2008 Original
38	Júlio Duarte Langa	Mozambique	1927	Alive	97 years, 21 days	29 July 2019 Ján Chryzostom Korec S.J.
39	Luigi De Magistris	Italy	1926	2022	95 years 358 days	14 July 2017 François de Rovérié de Cabrières
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	1 January 2008 Original
42	Achille Silvestrini	Italy	1923	2019	95 years, 308 days	9 June 2014 Silvio Oddi
43	Friedrich Wetter	Germany	1928	Alive	96 years, 271 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	1 January 2008 Original
46	Paulo Evaristo Arns	Brazil	1921	2016	95 years, 91 days	18 August 2011 Paul Gouyon
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	1 January 2008 Original
49	Corrado Ursi	Italy	1908	2003	95 years, 34 days	1 January 2008 Original
50	Ernest Simoni	Albania	1928	Alive	96 years, 21 days	5 September 2020 Jozef Frings
51	Walter Brandmüller	Germany	1929	Alive	95 years, 317 days	8 March 2021 Carlos Carmelo Vasconcellos Motta
52	Jorge Medina Estévez	Chile	1926	2021	94 years, 284 days	24 August 2018 Eugenio Sales
53	Julijans Vaivods	Latvia	1895	1990	94 years, 279 days	1 January 2008 Original
54	Michael Michai Kitbunchu	Thailand	1929	Alive	95 years, 297 days	19 April 2021 Andrea Lanza di Montemoozlo
55	Carlos María de la Torre	Ecuador	1873	1968	94 years, 259 days	1 January 2008 Original
56	Louis-Albert Vachon	Canada	1912	2006	94 years, 237 days	1 January 2008 Original
57	Egano Righi-Lambertini	Italy	1906	2000	94 years, 225 days	1 January 2008 Original
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	26 October 2012 Michelangelo Celesia
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	19 March 2008 Antonio Tosti
62	Giuseppe Sensi	Italy	1907	2001	94 years, 60 days	1 January 2008 Original
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	20 February 2012 Juan Francisco Fresno
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	14 February 2011 Peter Porekuu Dery
67	Georges Cottier	Switzerland	1922	2016	93 years, 341 days	20 July 2012 Miguel Darío Miranda y Gómez
68	John Carberry	United States	1904	1998	93 years, 321 days	1 January 2008 Original
69	Paolo Bertoli	Italy	1908	2001	93 years, 280 days	1 January 2008 Original
70	Opilio Rossi	United States	1910	2004	93 years, 271 days	1 January 2008 Original
71	Henri Albert de la Grange d'Arquien	France	1613	1707	93 years, 258 days	1 January 2008 Original
72	Adam Maida	United States	1930	Alive	94 years, 244 days	17 June 2022 Cahal Daly
73	Thomas Williams	United States	1930	Alive	94 years, 242 days	23 June 2022 Gabriel-Marie Garrone
74	Vincenzo Vannutelli	Italy	1836	1930	93 years, 216 days	1 January 20081 January 2008 Original
75	Julian Herranz Casado	Spain	1930	Alive	94 years, 231 days	30 July 2022 Miguel Obando y Bravo
76	José Manuel Estepa Llaurens	Spain	1926	2019	93 years, 201 days	12 March 2017 Yves Congar, O.P.
77	Giuseppe Firrao	Italy	1736	1830	93 years, 188 days	1 January 2008 Original
78	Jean Margéot	Mauritius	1916	2009	93 years, 164 days	1 January 2008 Original
79	Teodolfo Mertel	Italy	1806	1899	93 years, 152 days	1 January 2008 Original
80	Simon Pimenta	Italy	1920	2013	93 years, 140 days	26 September 2009 Maximos IV Sayegh
81	Paul Poupard	France	1930	Alive	94 years, 79 days	5 January 2023 Augusto da Silva
82	Salvatore De Giorgi	Italy	1930	Alive	94 years, 72 days	17 January 2023 Giuseppe Casoiria
83	František Tomášek	Czech Republic	1899	1992	93 years, 35 days	1 January 2008 Original
84	Alfredo Scherer	Brazil	1903	1996	93 years, 33 days	1 January 2008 Original
85	Giuseppe Pizzardo	Italy	1877	1970	93 years, 19 days	1 January 2008 Original
86	James Francis McIntyre	United States	1886	1979	93 years, 14 days	1 January 2008 Original
	Antonio Innocenti	Italy	1915	2008
88	Carlo Confalonieri	Italy	1893	1986	93 years, 7 days	1 January 2008 Original
89	Alessandro Verde	Italy	1865	1958	93 years, 2 days	1 January 2008 Original
90	Janis Pujats	Latvia	1930	Alive	94 years, 3 days	2 April 2023 Silvano Piovanelli
91	Julien Ries	Belgium	1920	2013	92 years, 310 days	18 February 2012 Ángel Suquía Goicoechea
92	Juan Carlos Aramburu	Argentina	1912	2004	92 years, 281 days	1 January 2008 Original
93	Camillo Ruini	Italy	1931	Alive	93 years, 272 days	3 September 2023 Maurice Feltin
94	Paolo Giobbe	Italy	1880	1972	92 years, 217 days	1 January 2008 Original
95	Josyf Slipyj	Ukraine	1892	1984	92 years, 203 days	1 January 2008 Original
	Léon-Étienne Duval	Algeria	1903	1996
97	Jean Honoré	France	1920	2013	92 years, 199 days	4 May 2010 Paolo Marella
97	Sergio Sebastiani	Italy	1931	Alive	93 years, 220 days	18 September 2023 Luigi Poggi
99	Joseph Asajirō Satowaki	Japan	1904	1996	92 years, 189 days	1 January 2008 Original
100	José María Caro Rodríguez	Chile	1866	1958	92 years, 164 days	1 January 2008 Original

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, 178 days		92 years, 221 days
José Saraiva Martins, CMF	Portugal	1932	Alive	92 years, 316 days		91 years, 359 days
Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, SDB	China (Hong Kong)	1932	Alive	92 years, 309 days		91 years, 352 days
James Francis Stafford	United States	1932	Alive	92 years, 111 days		91 years, 155 days
Gaudencio Rosales	Philippines	1932	Alive	92 years, 99 days		91 years, 143 days
Pedro Rubiano Sáenz	Colombia	1932	Alive	92 years, 65 days		91 years, 109 days
Francis Arinze	Nigeria	1932	Alive	92 years, 16 days		91 years, 60 days
Renato Martino	Italy	1932	Alive	91 years, 360 days		91 years, 38 days
Kelvin Edward Felix	Saint Lucia	1933	Alive	91 years, 276 days		90 years, 319 days
Walter Kasper	Germany	1933	Alive	91 years, 257 days		90 years, 301 days
Juan Sandoval Iñiguez	Mexico	1933	Alive	91 years, 234 days		90 years, 278 days

Chronological list of Oldest living members of the College of Cardinals

Name	Country	Born	Time as Oldest
John Henry Newman	United Kingdom United Kingdom<	21 February 1801–11 August 1890 89 years, 171 days	–11 August 1890 (aged 89) ??
Teodolfo Mertel	Italy	9 February 1806–11 July 1899 aged 93 years, 152 days	11 August 1890 (aged 84)–11 July 1899 (aged 93) 8 years, 334 days
Luigi Di Canossa		20 April 1809–2 March 1900 aged 90	11 July 1899 (aged 89)–2 March 1900 (aged 90) 244 days
Michelangelo Celesia		13 January 1814&ndssh;14 April 1904 aged 90 years, 92 days	12 March 1900 (aged 86)&ndssh;14 April 1904 (aged 90) 314 days
François-Marie-Benjamin Richard	France	1 March 1819–27 January 1904 aged 88 years, 332 days	14 April 1904 (aged 84)–27 January 1908 (aged 88) 3 years, 288 days
Anton Josef Gruscha	Italy	3 November 1820–5 August 1911 aged 90 years, 275 daya	27 January 1908 (aged 87)–5 August 1911 (aged 90) 3 years, 190 days
Alfonso Capecelatro		5 February 1824–14 November 1912 aged 88 years, 283 days	5 August 1911 (aged 87)–14 November 1912 (aged 88) 1 year, 101 days
Angelo di Pierto		22 May 1828–14 November 1912 aged 86 years, 197 days	14 November 1912 (aged 83)–5 December 1914 (aged 86) 2 years, 21 days
François de Cabrières	France	30 August 1830–21 December 1921 aged 91 years, 113 days	5 December 1914 (aged 84)–21 December 1921 (aged 91) 7 years, 16 days
Giuseppe Prisco	Italy	8 September 1833–4 February 1923 aged 89 years, 149 days	21 December 1921 (aged 87)–4 February 1923 (aged 89) 1 year, 45 days
Vincenzo Vannutelli		5 December 1836–9 July 1930 aged 93 years, 216 days	4 February 1923 (aged 86)–9 July 1930 (aged 93) 7 years, 155 days
Andreas Frühwirth	Austria	21 August 1845–9 February 1933 aged 87 years, 172 days	9 July 1930(aged 84)–9 February 1933 (aged 87) 2 years, 215 days
Franz Ehrle	Germany	17 October 1845–31 March 1934 aged 88 years, 165 days	9 February 1933 (aged 87)–31 March 1933 (aged 88) 1 year, 54 days
Pierre Andrieu	France	7 December 1849–15 February 1935 aged 85 years, 70 days	31 March 1934(aged 84)–15 February 1935 (aged 85) 321 days
Gennaro Granito out Belmonte	Italy	10 April 1851–16 February 1948 aged 96 years, 312 days	15 February 1935(aged 83)–16 February 1951(aged 96) 13 years, 1 day
Enrico Sibilia		17 March 1861–4 August 1948 aged 87 years, 140 days	16 February 1948 (aged 86)–4 August 1948 (aged 87) 170 days
Alessandro Verde		27 March 1865–29 March 1958 aged 93 years, 2 days	4 August 1948 (aged 83)–29 March 1958 (aged 93) 9 years, 237 days
Jose Maria Caro	Chile	23 June 1866–4 December 1958 aged 92 years, 164 days	29 March 1958 (aged 91)–4 December 1958 (aged 92) 1 year, 250 days
Georges Grente	France	5 May 1872–5 May 1959 aged 87 years, 0 days	4 December 1958 (aged 86)–5 May 1959 (ages 87) 152 days
Elia dala Costa	Italy	14 May 1872–22 December 1961 aged 89 years, 222 days	5 May 1959 (aged 86)–22 December 1961 (aged 89) 2 years, 231 daya
Francesco Morano		8 June 1872–12 July 1968 aged 96 years, 34 days	22 December 1961 (aged 89)–12 July 1968 (aged 96) 6 years, 203 days
Carlos María de la Torre	Ecuador	15 November 1873–31 July 1968 aged 94 years, 259 days	12 July 1968 (aged 92)–31 July 1968 (aged 92) 19 days
Augusto da Silva	Brazil	8 April 1876–14 August 1968 aged 92 years, 128 days	31 July 1968 (aged 92)–14 August 1968 (aged 92) 14 days
Giuseppe Pizzardo	Italy	13 July 1877–1 August 1973 aged 93 years, 19 days	14 August 1968 (aged 91)–1 August 1973 (aged 93) 1 year, 352 days
Benedetto Aloisi Masella		29 June 1879–30 September 1970 aged 91 years, 93 days	1 August 1970–30 September 1970 60 days
Paolo Giobbe		10 January 1880–30 September 1970 aged 92 years, 217 days	30 September 1970 (aged 90)–14 August 1972 (aged 92) 1 year, 319 days
José da Costa Nunes	Portugal	15 March 1880–29 November 1976 (4 years, 107 days) aged 96 years, 259 days	14 August 1972 (aged 92) –29 November 1976(aged 96) 4 years, 107 days
Alberto di Jorio	Italy	18 July 1884–5 September 1979 aged 95 years, 49 days	29 November 1976&ndssh;5 September 1979 4 years, 107 days
Antonio Caggiano	Argentina	30 January 1889–23 October 1979 aged 90 years, 266 days<>	5 September 1979 (aged 90)–23 October 1979 48 days
Carlos Carmelo Vasconcellos Motta	Brazil	16 July 1890–18 September 1982 aged 92 years, 64 days	23 October 1979 (aged 89)–18 September 1982 (aged 92) 2years, 326 days
Pietro Parente	Italy	16 February 1891–29 December 1986 aged 95 years, 356 days	18 September 1982 (aged 91)–29 December 1986 (aged 95) 4 years, 102 days
Julijans Vaivods	Latvia	18 August 1895–24 May 1990 aged 94 years, 279 days	29 December 1986 (aged 91)–24 May 1990 (aged 95) 3 years, 146 days
Henri de Lubac	France	20 February 1896–4 September 1991 aged 95 years, 196 days	24 May 1990 (aged 94)–4 September 1991(aged 95) 1 year, 103 days
Ferdinando Giuseppe Antonelli	Italy	14 July 1896 - 4 September 1991 aged 95 years, 196 days	4 September 1991–4 September 1991 (1 year, 103 days)
Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei	China	2 August 1901–12 March 2000 aged 98 years, 223 days	4 September 1991–12 March 2000 3 years, 83 days
Mikel Koliqi	Albania	29 September 1900–28 January 1997 aged 96 years, 121 days	26 November 1994–28 January 1997 2 years, 63 days
Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei	China	2 August 1901‐12 March 2000 aged 98 years, 223 days	28 January 1997‐12 March 2000 3 years, 44 days
Corrado Bafile	Italy	4 July 1903‐3 February 2005 aged 101 years, 214 days	12 March 2000‐3 February 2005 (4 years, 328 days)
Johannes Willebrands	Natherlands	4 September 1909‐1 August 2008 aged 96 years, 331 days	3 February 2005‐1 August 2008 (1 year, 180 days)
Alfons Maria Stickler	Austria	23 August 1910‐12 December 2007 (1 year, 133 days)	1 August 2006‐12 December 2007 97 years, 311 days
Paul Augustin Mayer	Germany	23 May 1911‐30 April 2010 aged 98 years, 312 days	12 December 2007‐30 April 2010 (2 years, 139 days)
Ersilio Tonini	Italy	20 July 1914‐28 July 2013 (3 years, 89 days)	30 April 2010‐28 July 2013 aged 99 years, 8 days
Fiorenzo Angelini		1 August 1916‐22 November 2014 aged 98 years, 113 days	28 July 2013‐22 February 2014 (209 days)
Loris Francesco Capovilla		14 October 1915‐6 May 2016 100 years, 224 days	22 February 2014‐26 May 2016 (2 years, 94 days)
José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez	Colombia	18 February 1919‐3 September 2019 aged 100 years, 197 days	26 May 2016‐3 September 2019 (3 years, 100 days)
Roger Etchegaray	France	25 September 1922‐4 September 2019 aged 96 years, 344 days	3 September 2019 (aged 96)–4 September 2019 (aged 96)(1 day)
Albert Vanhoye		24 July 1923–29 July 2021 98 years, 5 days	4 September 2019–29 July 2021 (1 year, 328 days)
Jozef Tomko	Slovakia	11 March 1924–14 July 2022 aged 98 years, 150 days	29 July 2021 (aged 97)–14 July 2022 (1 year, 10 days)
Alexandre do Nascimento	Angola	born 1 March 1925 99 years, 261 days	8 August 2022(aged 97) 2 years, 87 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
• List of Piston Cup Racing Series Champions