List of longest-living European Cardinals

This article lists the 100 longest known living or deceased Members of the College of Cardinals (born non earlier than 1500). Those currently living are in bold on gold. The longest-lived Cardinal was Italian Corrado Bafile (1903-2005) who lived to 101 years, 214 days.

Gallery

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  Oldest European Cardinal ever:
   Italy
  Corrado Bafile

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  2nd-Oldest European cardinal ever:
   Italy
  Angelo Acerbi

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  3rd-Oldest European Cardinal:
   Italy
  Ersilio Tonini

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  13th-Oldest European ever:
   Germany
  Friedrich Wetter

List

Color	Age Range
	Living

No.	Cardinal	Country	Post	Birth	Death	Age
1	Corrado Bafile	Italy	Priest of Santa Maria in Portico pro hac vice Title (1987–2005)	1903	2005	101 years, 214 days
2	Angelo Acerbi	Italy	Deacon of Santissimi Angeli Custodi a Città Giardino (2024-present)	1925	Alive	100 years, 82 days
3	Ersilio Tonini	Italy	Priest of Santi Redentore a Valmelaina (1994–2013)	1914	2013	99 years, 8 days
4	Paul Augustin Mayer	Germany	Priest of San Anselmo all’Aventino pro hac vice Title (1996–2010)	1911	2010	98 years, 342 days
5	Franz König	Austria	Priest of San Eusebio (1958 – 2004))	1905	2004	98 years, 223 days
6	Jozef Tomko	Slovakia	Priest of S. Sabina (1996–2022)	1924	2022	98 years 151 days
7	Fiorenzo Angelini	Italy	Priest of Santo Spirito in Sassia pro hac vice Title (2002–2014)	1916	2014	98 years, 113 days
8	Albert Vanhoye, SJ	France	Priest of Santa Maria della Mercede e San Adriano a Villa Albani pro hac vice Title (2016–2021)	1923	2021	98 years, 5 days
9	Paolo Dezza, S.J.	Italy	Deacon of San Ignazio di Loyola a Campo Marzio (1991 – 1999)	1901	1999	98 years, 4 days
10	Alfons Maria Stickler	Austria	Priest of San Giorgio in Velabro pro hac vice Title (1996–2007)	1910	2007	97 years, 111 days
11	Henryk Gulbinowicz	Poland	Priest of Immacolata Concezione di Maria a Grottarossa (1985–2020)	1923	2020	97 years, 30 days
12	Ferdinando Giuseppe Antonelli, O.F.M.	Italy	Priest of San Sebastiano al Palatino pro hac vice Title (1983–1993)	1896	1993	96 years, 363 days
13	Friedrich Wetter	Germany	Priest of Santo Stephano in Coelio Monte (1985–present)	1928	Alive	97 years, 289 days
14	Roger Etchegaray	France	Bishop of Porto–Santa Rufina (1998–2019)	1922	2019	96 years, 344 days
15	Johannes Willebrands	Netherlands	Priest of San Sebastiano alle Catacombe (1975–2006)	1909	2008	96 years, 331 days
16	Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte	Italy	Bishop of Albano (1915 – 1948) Bishop of Ostia (1930–1948)	1851	1948	96 years, 312 days
17	Kazimierz Świątek	Belgium	Priest of San Gerardo Maiella (1994–2011)	1914	2011	96 years, 273 days
18	Giovanni Canestri	Italy	Priest of San Andrea della Valle (1988–2015)	1918	2015	96 years, 211 days
19	José da Costa Nunes	Portugal	Priest of Santa Prisca (1962–1976)	1880	1976	96 years, 259 days
20	Domenico Bartolucci	Italy	Deacon Santissimi Nomi di Gesù e Maria in Via Lata (2010–2013)	1917	2013	96 years, 188 days
21	Francisco Álvarez Martínez	Spain	Priest of Santa Maria «Regina Pacis» a Monte Verde (2001–2022)	1925	2022	96 years, 177 days
22	Ernest Simoni	Albania	Deacon of Santa Maria della Scala (2018-present)	1928	Alive	97 years, 57 days
23	Walter Brandmüller	Germany	Priest of San Giuliano dei Fiamminghi, pro hac vice (2021-present)	1929	Alive	96 years, 343 days
24	Francesco Morano	Italy	Deacon of Santi Cosma e Damiano (1959 – 1968)	1872	1968	96 years, 34 days
25	Luigi De Magistris	Italy	Deacon Santissimi Nomi di Gesù e Maria in Via Lata (2015–2022)	1926	2022	95 years 358 days
26	Pietro Parente	Italy	Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina (1967–1986)	1891	1986	95 years, 316 days
27	Achille Silvestrini	Italy	Priest of San Benedetto fuori Porta San Paolo pro hac vice Title (1999–2019)	1923	2019	95 years, 308 days
28	Joseph Ratzinger	Germany	Priest of Santa Maria Consolatrice al Tiburtino (1977-1993) Bishop of Velletri-Segni (1993–2005) Bishop of Ostia (2002-2005)	1927	2022	95 years, 259 days
29	Agostino Cacciavillan	Italy	Priest of Santissimi Angeli Custodi a Città Giardino pro hac vice Title (2011–2022)	1926	2022	95 years, 204 days
30	Henri de Lubac S.J.	France	Deacon of Santa Maria in Domnica (1983–1991)	1896	1991	95 years, 196 days
31	Alberto Di Jorio	Italy	Priest of Santa Pudenziana (1967 – 1979)	1884	1979	95 years, 47 days
32	Corrado Ursi	Italy	Priest of San Callisto (1967–2003)	1908	2003	95 years, 34 days
33	Julian Herranz Casado	Spain	Priest of Sant'Eugenio (basilica), pro hac vice (2014-present)	1930	Alive	95 years, 258 days
34	Jorge Medina	Chile	Priest of San Saba pro hac vice Title (2008–2021)	1926	2021	94 years, 284 days
35	Julijans Vaivods	–Latvia	Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati (1983–1990)	1895	1990	94 years, 279 days
36	Egano Righi-Lambertini	Italy	Priest of Santa Maria in Via (1990 – 2000)	1906	2000	94 years, 225 days
37	Angelo Sodano	Italy	Bishop of Albano (1994–2022) Bishop of Ostia (2005–2019) Priest of Santa Maria Nuova in commendum (1994–2022)	1927	2022	94 years, 205 days
38	Paul Poupard	France	Priest of Santa Prassede (1996–)	1930	Alive	95 years, 106 days
39	Salvatore De Giorgi	Italy	Priest of Santa Maria in Aracoeli (1998–present)	1930	Alive	95 years, 99 days
40	Gilberto Agustoni	Italy	Priest of Santi Urbano e Lorenzo a Prima Porta pro hac vice Title (2005–2017)	1922	2017	94 years, 171 days
41	Eduardo Martínez Somalo	Spain	Priest of Santissima Nome di Gesù pro hac vice Title (1999–2021)	1927	2021	94 years, 142 days
42	Giovanni Cheli	Italy	Priest of Santi Cosma e Damiano pro hac vice Title Title (2008–2013)	1918	2013	94 years 122 days
43	Mikel Koliqi	Albania	Deacon of Ognissanti in Via Appia Nuova (1994–1997)	1902	1997	94 years, 121 days
44	Janis Pujats	Latvia	Priest of Santa Silvia (2001–)	1930	Alive	95 years, 30 days
45	Giuseppe Sensi	Italy	Priest of Regina Apostolorum (1987 – 2001)	1907	2001	94 years, 60 days
46	Marian Jaworski	Poland	Priest of San Sisto (2001–2020)	1926	2020	94 years 13 days
47	Carlo Furno	Italy	Priest of Sant'Onofrio (2006– 2015)	1921	2015	94 years, 7 days
48	Camillo Ruini	Italy	Priest of Sant'Agnese fuori le mura (1991-present)	1931	Alive	94 years, 298 days
49	Prosper Grech, O.S.A.	Malta	Deacon of Santa Maria Goretti (2012–2019)	1925	2019	94 years, 6 days
50	Roberto Tucci	Italy	Priest of Sant'Ignazio di Loyola a Campo Marzio pro hac vice Title (2011–2015)	1921	2015	93 years, 360 days
51	Georges Cottier OP	Switzerland	Priest of Santi Domenico e Sisto pro hac vice Title (2014–2016)	1922	2016	93 years, 341 days
52	Paolo Bertoli	Italy	Bishop of Frascati (1979–2001)	1908	2001	93 years, 280 days
53	Lucian Mureșan	Romania	Priest of itSant'Anastasio (2012-present)	1931	Alive	94 years, 205 days
54	Vincenzo Vannutelli	Italy	Bishop of Palestrina (1900–1930) Bishop of Ostia (1915–1930)	1836	1930	93 years, 216 days
55	José Manuel Estepa Llaurens	Spain	Priest of San Gabriele Arcangelo all’Acqua Traversa (2010–2019)	1926	2019	93 years, 201 days
56	Jean Margéot	Mauritius	Priest of San Gabriele Arcangelo all’Acqua Traversa (1988–2009)	1916	2009	93 years, 164 days
57	Teodolfo Mertel	Papal States	Priest of San Lorenzo in Damaso (1884 – 1899)	1806	1899	93 years, 152 days
58	Gioacchino Pecci	Papal States	Priest of San Crisogono (1853–1878)	1810	1903	93 years, 140 days
59	José Saraiva Martins C.M.F.	Portugal	Bishop of Palestrina (2009-present)	1932	Alive	93 years, 342 days
60	František Tomášek	Czechoslovakia	Priest of San Vitale (1977–\1992)	1899	1992	93 years, 35 days
61	Giuseppe Pizzardo	Italy	Bishop of Albano (1948–1970)	1877	1970	93 years, 19 days
62	Antonio Innocenti	Italy	Priest of Santa Maria in Aquiro pro hac vice Title (1996–2008)	1915	2008	93 years, 14 days
63	Carlo Confalonieri	Italy	Bishop of Palestrina (1972–1986) Bishop of Ostia (1977–1986)	1893	1986	93 years, 7 days
64	Alessandro Verde	Italy	Priest of Santa Maria in Cosmedin pro hac vice Title (1935 – 1958)	1865	1958	93 years, 2 days
65	Julien Ries	Belgium	Deacon of San Antonio di Padova a Circonvallazione Appia (2012–2013)	1920	2013	92 years, 310 days
66	Sergio Sebastiani	Italy	Priest of Sant'Eustachio (basilica), pro hac vice (2011-2024)	1931	2024	92 years, 280 days
67	Paolo Giobbe	Italy	Priest of Santa Maria in Vallicella (1958–1972)	1880	1972	92 years, 217 days
68	Josyf Slipyj	Ukraine	Priest of Sant’Atanasio (1965 – 1984) Major Archbishop of Lviv of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1963 – 1984)	1892	1984	92 years, 203 days
69	Jean Honoré	France	Priest of Santa Maria della Salute a Primavalle (2001–2013)	1920	2013	92 years, 199 days
70	Luigi Poggi	Italy	Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina (2005–2010)	1917	2010	92 years, 160 days
71	Maurice Feltin	France	Priest of Santa Maria della Pace (1953–1975)	1883	1975	92 years, 145 days
72	Silvano Piovanelli	Italy	Priest of Santa Maria delle Grazie a Via Trionfale (1985–2016)	1924	2016	92 years, 139 days
73	Giuseppe Casoria	Italy	Priest of San Giuseppe in via Trionfale pro illia vice Title (1993–2001)	1908	2001	92 years, 130 days
74	Miguel Obando Bravo, S.D.B.	Austria	Priest of San Giovanni Evangelista a Spinaceto (1985–2018)	1926	2018	92 years, 121 days
75	Gabriel-Marie Garrone	France	Priest of Santa Sabina (1967–1994)	1901	1994	92 years, 95 days
76	Cahal Daly	United Kingdom ( Northern Ireland)	Priest of San Patrizio (1991–2009)	1917	2009	92 years, 92 days
77	Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo	Italy	Priest (pro hac vice) of Santa Maria in Portico (2016–2017)	1925	2017	92 years, 84 days
78	Walter Kasper	Germany	Priest of Ognissanti in Via Appia Nuova, title pro hac vice (2011-present)	1933	Alive	92 years, 284 days
79	Juan Sandoval Íñiguez	Mexico	Priest of Nostra Signora di Guadalupe e San Filippo Martire (1994-present)	1933	Alive	92 years, 261 days
80	Josef Frings	Germany	Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina (1946–1978)	1887	1978	91 years, 314 days
81	Leo Jozef Suenens	Belgium	Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli (1962-1996)	1904	1996	91 years, 295 days
82	Ján Chryzostom Korec, S.J.	Slovakia	Priest of Santi Fabiano e Venanzio a Villa Fiorelli (1991-2015)	1924	2015	91 years, 275 days
83	Stanisław Nagy, S.C.I.	Poland	Deacon of Santa Maria in Scalia (2003–2013)	1921	2013	91 years, 248 days
84	Enrique Pla y Deniel	Spain	Priest of San Pietro in Montorio (1946–1968)	1876	1968	91 years, 199 days
85	Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa Isch	Chile	Priest of Santa Maria della Pace (2001–present)	1933	Alive	92 years, 100 days
86	Raffaele Farina SDB	Italy	Priest of San Giovanni della Pigna "pro hac vice" (2018-present)	1933	Alive	92 years, 81 days
87	Pietro Pavan	Italy	Deacon of San Francesco di Paola ai Monti (1985–1994)	1903	1994	91 years, 118 days
88	François de Rovérié de Cabrières	France	Priest of Santa Maria della Vittoria (1911-1921)	1830	1921	91 years, 113 days
89	Giovanni Battista Re	Italy	Bishop of Sabina-Poggio Mirteto (2002–present) Dean of the College of Cardinals (2020–present) Bishop of Ostia (2020–present)	1934	Alive	91 years, 318 days
90	Benedetto Aloisi Masella	Italy	Bishop of Palestrina (1948–1970)	1879	1970	91 years, 93 days
91	Yves Congar, O.P.	France	Deacon of San Sebastiano al Palatino (1994–1995)	1904	1995	91 years, 70 days
92	Pablo Muñoz Vega, S.J.	Ecuador	Priest of San Roberto Bellarmino (1969-1994)	1903	1994	91 years, 11 days
93	Ellio Sgreccia	Italy	Deacon of S. Angelo in Pescheria (2010–2019)	1929	2019	90 years, 364 days
94	Giuseppe Caprio	Italy	Priest of Santa Maria della Vittoria (1990–2005)	1914	2005	90 years, 334 days
	Desmond Connell	Ireland	Priest of San Silvestro in Capite (2001–2017)	1926	2017
96	Luigi Di Canossa	Italy	Priest of San. Marcello (1877–1900)	1809	1900	90 years, 326 days
97	Amleto Giovanni Cicognani	Italy	Bishop of Ostia (1972–1973)	1883	1973	90 years, 296 days
98	Anton Josef Gruscha	Austria	Priest of Santa Maria degli Angeli (1891–1911)	1820	1911	90 years, 275 days
100	Francesco Monterisi	Italy	Priest 'pro hac vice' of San Paolo alla Regola (2021-present)	1934	Alive	91 years, 200 days
1xx	Lorenzo Antonetti	Italy	Priest of Sant’Agnese in Agone (1998–2013)	1922	2013	90 years, 253 days

See Also

• List of oldest living cardinals
• List of longest-living state leaders
• List of longest-living African, Asian, North American, Oceanian and South American Cardinals