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|'''{{Wp|Friedrich Wetter}}'''
|'''{{Wp|Friedrich Wetter}}'''
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|95 years, 308 days  
|95 years, 308 days  
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| '''{{Wp|Ernest Simoni}}'''
|'''{{Wp|Ernest Simoni}}'''
|'''Albania'''
|'''Albania'''
|'''1928.10.18'''
|'''1928.10.18'''
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|95 years, 196 days
|95 years, 196 days
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|'''42'''
|'''42'''
|'''{{Wp|Walter Brandmüller}}'''
|'''{{Wp|Walter Brandmüller}}'''
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|'''{{Age in years and days|1929|1|5}}'''
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|'''43'''
|'''43'''
|'''{{Wp|Michael Michai Kitbunchu}}'''
|'''{{Wp|Michael Michai Kitbunchu}}'''
|'''Thailand'''
|'''Thailand'''
|'''1929.01.25'''
|'''1929.01.25'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1929|1|25}}'''
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|94 years 122 days
|94 years 122 days
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|'''57'''
|'''57'''
|'''{{Wp|Adam Maida}}'''
|'''{{Wp|Adam Maida}}'''
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|'''Alive'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1930|3|18}}'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1930|3|18}}'''
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|'''58'''
|'''58'''
|'''{{Wp|Julian Herranz Casado}}'''
|'''{{Wp|Julian Herranz Casado}}'''
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|64
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|{{Wp|Georges Cottier}} OP
|{{Wp|Georges Cottier}} OP
|Switzerland
|Switzerland
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|2016.03.31  
|2016.03.31  
|93 years, 341 days
|93 years, 341 days
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|1998..06.17  
|93 years, 321 days
|93 years, 321 days
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|'''66'''
|'''66'''
|'''{{Wp|Paul Poupard}}'''
|'''{{Wp|Paul Poupard}}'''
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|'''Alive'''
|'''Alive'''
| '''{{Age in years and days|1930|8|30}}'''
| '''{{Age in years and days|1930|8|30}}'''
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|'''67'''
|'''67'''
|'''{{Wp|Salvatore De Giorgi}}'''
|'''{{Wp|Salvatore De Giorgi}}'''
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|2004.02.09
|2004.02.09
|93 years, 271 days
|93 years, 271 days
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|'''71'''
|'''71'''
|'''{{Wp|Janis Pujats}}'''
|'''{{Wp|Janis Pujats}}'''
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|2013.02.19
|93 years, 140 days
|93 years, 140 days
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|77
|'''77'''
|'''{{Wp|Camillo Ruini}}'''
|'''{{Wp|Camillo Ruini}}'''
|'''Italy'''
|'''Italy'''
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|1996.03.09
|93 years, 33 days
|93 years, 33 days
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|'''80'''
|'''80'''
|'''{{Wp|Lucian Mureșan}}'''
|'''{{Wp|Lucian Mureșan}}'''
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|Japan
|1904.02.01
|1904.02.01
|1996.05.08
|1996.05.08
|92 years, 189 days
|92 years, 189 days
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|'''94'''
|'''{{Wp|José Saraiva Martins}}''' '''C.M.F.'''
|'''{{Wp|José Saraiva Martins}}''' '''C.M.F.'''
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|'''Alive'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1932|1|6}}'''
|'''{{Age in years and days|1932|1|6}}'''
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|95
|95
|{{Wp|1=José María Caro Rodríguez}}
|{{Wp|1=José María Caro Rodríguez}}
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|2010.05.04
|92 years, 160 days
|92 years, 160 days
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|'''97'''
|'''97'''
|'''{{Wp|Joseph Zen}} S.D.B.'''
|'''{{Wp|Joseph Zen}} S.D.B.'''
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|2001.02.08
|92 years, 130 days
|92 years, 130 days
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|'''{{wp|Juan Sandoval Íñiguez}}'''
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=='''Addendum'''==
=='''Addendum'''==

Revision as of 05:16, 19 June 2024

This article lists the 100 longest known living or deceased Members of the College of Cardinals (born non earlier than 01 January 1800), and whose ages are documented in reliable sources. Those currently living are in bold on gold. The longest-lived was Portuguese, The longest-lived Cardinal was Portuguese Dom Jorge da Costa who lived between 101 years, 262 days to 102 years, 261 days.

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List

ages are up-to-date 11/16/2024

Rank Cardinal Country Born Died Age
1 Corrado Bafile Italy 1903.07.04 2005.02.03 101 years, 214 days
2 Loris Francesco Capovilla Italy 1915.10.14 2016.05.26 100 years, 224 days
3 José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez Italy 1919.02.18 2019.09.03 100 years, 197 days
4 Alexandre do Nascimento Angola 1925.03.01 Alive 99 years, 260 days
5 Ersilio Tonini Italy 1914.07.20 2013.07.28 99 years, 8 days
6 Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir Lebanon 1920.05.15 2019.05.12 98 years, 362 days
7 Paul Augustin Mayer Germany 1911.05.23 2010.04.30 98 years, 342 days
8 Ignatius Kung Pin-mei China 1901.08.02 2000.03.12 98 years, 223 days
9 Franz König Austria 1905.08.03 2004.03.13
10 Jozef Tomko Slovakia 1924.03.11 2022.08.08 98 years 150 days
11 Estanislao Esteban Karlic Argentina 1926.02.07 Alive 98 years, 283 days
12 Fiorenzo Angelini Italy 1916.08.01 2014.11.22 98 years, 113 days
13 Albert Vanhoye, SJ France 1923.07.24 2021.07.29 98 years, 5 days
14 Paolo Dezza, S.J. Italy 1901.12.13 1999.12.17 98 years, 4 days
15 Alexandre José María dos Santos, O.F.M. Mozambique 1924.03.18 2021.09.29 97 years, 195 days
16 Emmanuel Wamala Uganda 1926.12.15 Alive 97 years, 337 days
17 Alfons Maria Stickler Austria 1910.08.23 2007.12.12 97 years, 111 days
19 Luis Pascual Dri OFM Cap. Argentina 1927.04.17 Alive 97 years, 213 days
20 Henryk Gulbinowicz Poland 1923.10.17 2020.11.16 97 years, 30 days
21 Ferdinando Giuseppe Antonelli, O.F.M. Italy 1896.07.14 1993.07.12 96 years, 363 days
22 Roger Etchegaray France 1922.09.25 2019.09.04 96 years, 344 days
23 Johannes Willebrands Netherlands 1909.09.04 2008.08.02 96 years, 331 days
24 Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte Italy 1851.04.10 1948.02.16 96 years, 312 days
25 Edward Cassidy Australia 1924.07.05 2021.04.10 96 years, 279 days
26 Kazimierz Świątek Belgium 1914.10.21 2011.07.21 96 years, 273 days
27 José da Costa Nuñes Portugal 1880.03.15 1976.11.29 96 years, 259 days
28 Giovanni Canestri Italy 1918.09.30 2006.04.29 96 years, 211 days
29 Domenico Bartolucci Italy 1917.05.17 2013.11.11 96 years, 188 days
30 Adam Kozłowiecki, S.J. Zambia 1911.04.01 2007.09.28 96 years, 180 days
31 Francisco Álvarez Martínez Spain 1925.07.14 2022.01.05 96 years, 175 days
32 Mikel Koliqi Albania 1900.09.29 1997.01.28 96 years, 121 days
33 Friedrich Wetter Germany 1928.02.28 Alive 96 years, 262 days
34 Francesco Morano italy 1872.06.08 1968.07.12 96 years, 34 days
35 Luigi De Magistris Italy 1926.02.23 2022.02.16 95 years 358 days
36 José Freire Falcão Brazil 1925.10.23 2021.09.26 95 years, 338 days
37 Pietro Parente Italy 1891.02.16 1986.12.29 95 years, 316 days
38 Achille Silvestrini Italy 1923.10.25 2019.08.29 95 years, 308 days
39 Ernest Simoni Albania 1928.10.18 Alive 96 years, 29 days
40 Agostino Cacciavillan Italy 1926.08.14 2022.03.05 95 years, 204 days
41 Henri de Lubac S.J. France 1896.02.20 1991.09.04 95 years, 196 days
42 Walter Brandmüller Germany 1929.01.05 Alive 95 years, 316 days
43 Michael Michai Kitbunchu Thailand 1929.01.25 Alive 95 years, 296 days
44 Paulo Evaristo Arns Brazil 1921.09.14 2016.12.14 95 years, 91 days
45 Serafim Fernandes de Araújo Brazil 1924.08.13 2019.10.08 95 years, 56 days
46 Alberto Di Jorio Italy 1884.07.18 1979.09.05 95 years, 49 days
47 Corrado Ursi Italy 1908.07.26 2003.08.29 95 years, 34 days
48 Jorge Medina Chile 1926.12.23 2021.10.03 94 years, 284 days
49 Julijans Vaivods Latvia 1895.08.18 1990.05.24 94 years, 279 days
50 Carlos María de la Torre Ecuador 1873.11.15 1968.07.31 94 years, 259 days
51 Louis-Albert Vachon Canada 1912.02.04 2006.09.29 94 years, 237 days
52 Egano Righi-Lambertini Italy 1906.02.22 2000.10.04 94 years, 225 days
53 Angelo Sodano Italy 1927.11.23 2022.05.27 94 years, 205 days
54 Gilberto Agustoni Italy 1922.07.26 2017.01.22 94 years, 171 days
55 Eduardo Martínez Somalo Spain 1927.03.31 2021.08.10 94 years, 142 days
56 Giovanni Cheli Italy 1918.10.04 2013.02.08 94 years 122 days
57 Adam Maida United States 1930.03.18 Alive 94 years, 243 days
58 Julian Herranz Casado Spain 1930.03.31 Alive 94 years, 230 days
59 Giuseppe Sensi Italy 1907.05.27 2001.07.26 94 years, 60 days
60 Marian Jaworski Poland 1926.08.21 2020.09.05 94 years 13 days
61 Carlo Furno Italy 1921.12.02 2015.12.09 94 years, 7 days
62 Prosper Grech, O.S.A. Malta 1925.12.24 2019.12.30 94 years, 6 days
63 Roberto Tucci Italy 1921.04.19 2015.04.14 93 years, 360 days
64 Georges Cottier OP Switzerland 1922.04.25 2016.03.31 93 years, 341 days
65 John Carberry United States 1904.07.31 1998..06.17 93 years, 321 days
66 Paul Poupard France 1930.08.30 Alive 94 years, 78 days
67 Salvatore De Giorgi Italy 1930.09.06 Alive 94 years, 71 days
68 Paolo Bertoli Italy 1908.02.01 2001.11.08 93 years, 280 days
69 Thomas Williams United States 1930.03.20 2023.12.22 93 years. 276 days
70 Opilio Rossi United States 1910.05.14 2004.02.09 93 years, 271 days
71 Janis Pujats Latvia 1930.11.14 Alive 94 years, 2 days
72 Vincenzo Vannutelli Italy 1836.12.05 1930.07.09 93 years, 216 days
73 José Manuel Estepa Llaurens Spain 1926.01.01 2019.07.21 93 years, 201 days
74 Jean Margéot Mauritius 1916.02.03 2009.07.17 93 years, 164 days
75 Teodolfo Mertel Italy 1806.02.09 1899.17.11 93 years, 152 days
76 Simon Pimenta Italy 1920.03.01 2013.02.19 93 years, 140 days
77 Camillo Ruini Italy 1931.02.19 Alive 93 years, 271 days
78 František Tomášek Czechoslovakia 1899.06.30 1992.08.04 93 years, 35 days
79 Alfredo Scherer Brazil 1903.02.05 1996.03.09 93 years, 33 days
80 Lucian Mureșan Romania 1931.05.23 Alive 93 years, 177 days
81 Giuseppe Pizzardo Italy 1877.07.13 1970.08.01 93 years, 19 days
82 James Francis McIntyre United States 1886.06.25 1979.07.16 93 years, 14 days
83 Carlo Confalonieri Italy 1893.07.25 1986.08.01 93 years, 7 days
84 Alessandro Verde Italy 1865.03.27 1958.03.29 93 years, 2 days
85 Julien Ries Belgium 1920.04.19 2013.02.23 92 years, 310 days
86 Juan Carlos Aramburu Argentina 1912.02.11 2004.11.18 92 years, 281 days
87 Sergio Sebastiani Italy 1931.04.11 2024.01.16 92 years, 280 days
88 Paolo Giobbe Italy 1880.01.10 1972.08.14 92 years, 217 days
89 Josyf Slipyj Ukraine 1892.02.17 1984.09.07 92 years, 203 days
Léon-Étienne Duval Algeria 1903.11.09 1996.05.30
91 Jean Honoré France 1920.08.13 2013.02.28 92 years, 199 days
92 Joseph Asajirō Satowaki Japan 1904.02.01 1996.05.08 92 years, 189 days
93 Joseph Asajirō Satowaki Japan 1904.02.01 1996.05.08 92 years, 189 days
94 José Saraiva Martins C.M.F. Portugal 1932.01.06 Alive 92 years, 315 days
95 José María Caro Rodríguez Chile 1866.06.23 1958.12.04 92 years, 164 days
96 Luigi Poggi Italy 1917.11.25 2010.05.04 92 years, 160 days
97 Joseph Zen S.D.B. Portugal 1932.01.13 Alive 92 years, 308 days
98 Silvano Piovanelli Italy 1924.02.21 2016.07.09 92 years, 139 days
99 Maurice Feltin France 1883.05.05 1975.09.27 92 years, 135 days
100 Giuseppe Casoria Italy 1908.10.01 2001.02.08 92 years, 130 days

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No. Cardinal Country Born Died Age at Death Age by 12-31-24
1 James Stafford United States 1932.07.26 alive 92 years, 113 days 92 years, 158 days
2 Gaudencio Rosales Philippines 1932.08.10 alive 92 years, 98 days 92 years, 143 days
3 Francis Arinze Nigeria 1932.11.01 Alive 92 years, 15 days 92 years, 60 days
4 Renato Martino Italy 1932.11.23 Alive 91 years, 359 days 92 years, 38 days
5 Walter Kasper Germany 1933.03.05 Alive 91 years, 256 days 91 years, 301 days
6 Juan Sandoval Íñiguez Mexico 1933.03.28 Alive 91 years, 233 days 91 years, 278 days
7 Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa Isch Chile 1933.09.05 Alive 91 years, 72 days 91 years, 117 days
8 Raffaele Farina SDB Chile 1933.09.24 Alive 91 years, 53 days 91 years, 98 days
9 Giovanni Battista Re Italy 1934.01.30 Alive 90 years, 291 days 90 years, 336 days
10 Jean-Baptiste Phạm Minh Mẫn Vietnam 1934.03.05 Alive 90 years, 256 days 90 years, 301 days

Addendum

Cardinal Country Born Died Age at Death
The Following persons might be older than #100-1 on the list but their dates of Birth is uncertain.
Jorge da Costa Portugal 1406 1508.09.18 101 years, 262 days to 102 years, 261 days
Domingo Ram I Lanaja Spain 1345 1445.04.25 99 years, 116 days to 100 years, 115 days
Ugolino dei Conti di Segni
(later Pope Gregory IX)
Italy 1145 1241.08.22 95 years, 235 days to 96 years, 234 days
Giacinto Bobone Orsini
(later Pope Celestine III)
Italy 1105 1198.01.09 92 years, 8 days to 93 years, 7 days


Chronological list of Oldest living members of the College of Cardinals

Name Country Born Time as oldest Death and age
John Henry Newman U.K.
England
1801.02.21 ?? 1890.08.11
89 years, 171 days
Teodolfo Mertel Italy 1806.02.06 1899.08.11 1899.07.11
aged 93 years, 152 days
Luigi Di Canossa Italy 04/20/1809 1899.07.11 1900.03.12
aged 90 years, 358 days
Michelangelo Celesia Italy 1814.01.13 1900.03.12 1904.04.14
aged 90 years, 92 days
François-Marie-Benjamin Richard France 1819.03.01 1904.04.14 1904.01.27
aged 88 years, 332 days
Anton Josef Gruscha Italy 1820.11.03 1908.12.27 1911.08.05
aged 90 years, 275 daya
Alfonso Capecelatro Italy 1824.02.05 1911.08.05 1912.11.14
aged 88 years, 283 days
Angelo di Pierto Italy 1828.05.22 1912.11.14 1914.12.05
aged 86 years, 197 days
François de Cabrières

France

1830.08.30 1914.12.05 1921.12.21
aged 91 years, 113 days
Giuseppe Prisco Italy 1833.09.08 1921.12.21 1923.02.04
aged 89 years, 149 days
Vincenzo Vannutelli Italy 1836.12.05 1923.02.04 1930.07.09
aged 93 years, 216 days
Andreas Frühwirth Austria 1845.08.21 1930.07.09 1933.02.09
aged 87 years, 172 days
Franz Ehrle Germany 1845.10.17 1933.02.09 1934.03.31
aged 88 years, 165 days
Pierre Andrieu France 1849.12.07 1934.03.31 1935.02.15
aged 85 years, 70 days
Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte Italy 1851.04.10 1935.02.15 1948.02.16
aged 96 years, 312 days
Enrico Sibilia Italy 1861.03.17 1948.02.16 1948.08.04
aged 87 years, 140 days
Alessandro Verde Italy 1865.03.27 1948.08.04 1958.03.29
aged 93 years, 2 days
Jose Maria Caro Chile 1866.06.23 1958.03.29 1958.12.04
aged 92 years, 164 days
Georges Grente France 1872.05.05 1958.12.04 1959.05.05
aged 87 years, 0 days
Elia dala Costa Italy 1872.05.14 1959.05.05 1961.12.22
aged 89 years, 222 days
Francesco Morano Italy 1872.06.08 1961.12.22 1968.07.12
aged 96 years, 34 days
Carlos María de la Torre Ecuador 1873.11.15 1968.07.12 1968.07.31

aged 94 years, 259 days

Augusto da Silva Brazil 1876.04.08 1968.07.31 1968.08.14
aged 92 years, 128 days
Giuseppe Pizzardo Italy 1877.07.13 1968.08.14 1970.08.01
aged 93 years, 19 days
Benedetto Aloisi Masella Italy 1879.06.29 1970.08.01 1970.09.30
aged 91 years, 93 days
Paolo Giobbe Italy

1880.01.10

1970.09.30 1970.09.30
aged 92 years, 217 days
José da Costa Nunes Portugal 1880.03.15 1972.08.14

1976.11.29

aged 96 years, 259 days

Alberto di Jorio Italy 1884.07.18 1976.11.29 1979.09.05
aged 95 years, 49 days
Antonio Caggiano Argentina 1889.01.30 1979.09.05 1979.10.23
aged 90 years, 266 days
Carlos Carmelo Vasconcellos Motta Brazil 1890.07.16 1979.10.23 1982.09.18
aged 92 years, 64 days
Pietro Parente Italy 1891.02.16 1982.09.18 1986.12.29
aged 95 years, 356 days
Julijans Vaivods Latvia 1895.08.08 1986.12.29 1990.05.24
aged 94 years, 279 days
Henri de Lubac France 1896.02.20 1990.05.24 1991.09.04
aged 95 years, 196 days
Ferdinando Giuseppe Antonelli Italy 1896.07.14 1991.09.04 1993.07.12
aged 95 years, 196 days
Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei China 1901.01.01 1993.07.12 1994.11.26 2000.03.12
aged 98 years, 223 days
Mikel Koliqi Albania 1900.09.29 1994.11.26 1997.01.28
aged 96 years, 121 days
Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei China 1901.08.02 1997.01.28 2000.03.12
aged 98 years, 223 days
Corrado Bafile Italy 1903.07.04 2000.03.12 2005.02.03
aged 101 years, 214 days
Johannes Willebrands Natherlands 1909.09.04 2005.03.02 2008.08.01
aged 96 years, 331 days
Alfons Maria Stickler Austria 1910.08.23 2006.08.01 2007.12.12
aged 97 years, 111 days
Paul Augustin Mayer Germany 1911.05.23 2007.12.12 2010.04.30
aged 98 years, 312 days
Ersilio Tonini Italy 1914.07.20 2010.04.30 2013.07.28 2013.07.28
aged 99 years, 8 days
Fiorenzo Angelini Italy 1916.01.08 2013.07.28 2014.02.22 2014.11.22
aged 98 years, 113 days
Loris Francesco Capovilla Italy 1915.10.14 2014.02.22 2016.05.26
aged 100 years, 224 days
José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez Colombia 1919.02.18 2016.05.26 2019.09.03
aged 100 years, 197 days
Roger Etchegaray France 1922.09.05 2019.09.03 2019.09.04
aged 96 years, 344 days
Albert Vanhoye France 1923.07.24 2019.09.04 2021.07.29
aged 98 years, 5 days
Jozef Tomko Slovakia 1924.03.11 2021.07.29 2022.07.14
aged 98 years, 150 days
Alexandre do Nascimento Angola 1925.03.01 2022.07.14 Alive
99 years, 260 days

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