List of longest-living cardinals

‡This article lists the 100 longest known living or deceased Members of the College of Cardinals (born non earlier than 1900). 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:
   Italy
  Corrado Bafile

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  2nd-Oldest ever:
   Italy
  Loris Francesco Capovilla

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  3rd-Oldest:
   Colombia
  José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez

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  8th-Oldest ever:
   Argentina
  Estanislao Esteban Karlic

List

Ages are up to date 11/26/2024

Color	Age Range
Columbia Blue	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	Loris Francesco Capovilla	Italy	Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere (2014–2016)	1915	2016	100 years, 224 days
3	José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez	Colombia	Priest of San Giovanni Crisostomo a Monte Sacro Alto (2015–2019)	1919	2019	100 years, 197 days
4	Alexandre do Nascimento OP	Angola	Priest of San Marco in Agro Laurentino (1983-2024)	1925	2024	99 years, 212 days
5	Ersilio Tonini	Italy	Priest of Santi Redentore a Valmelaina (1994–2013)	1914	2013	99 years, 8 days
6	Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir	Lebanon	Cardinal-Patriarch (1994 – 2019)	1920	2019	98 years, 362 days
7	Paul Augustin Mayer	Germany	Priest of San Anselmo all’Aventino pro hac vice Title (1996–2010)	1911	2010	98 years, 342 days
8	Estanislao Esteban Karlic	Argentina	Priest of Beata Maria Vergine Addolorata a piazza Buenos Aires (2007-present)	1926	Alive	98 years, 293 days
9	Ignatius Kung Pin-mei	China	Priest of San Sisto (1991 – 2000)	1901	2000	98 years, 223 days
	Franz König	Austria	Priest of San Eusebio (1958 – 2004))	1905	2004
11	Jozef Tomko	Slovakia	Priest of S. Sabina (1996–2022)	1924	2022	98 years 151 days
12	Fiorenzo Angelini	Italy	Priest of Santo Spirito in Sassia pro hac vice Title (2002–2014)	1916	2014	98 years, 113 days
13	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
14	Paolo Dezza, S.J.	Italy	Deacon of San Ignazio di Loyola a Campo Marzio (1991 – 1999)	1901	1999	98 years, 4 days
15	Emmanuel Wamala	Uganda	Priest of Sant'Ugo (1994-present)	1926	Alive	97 years, 361 days
16	Luis Pascual Dri OFM Cap.	Argentina	Deacon of Sant'Angelo in Pescheria (2023-present)	1927	Alive	97 years, 223 days
17	Alexandre José María dos Santos, O.F.M.	Mozambique	Priest of San Frumenzio ai Prati Fiscali (1988–2021)	1924	2021	97 years, 195 days
18	Alfons Maria Stickler	Austria	Priest of San Giorgio in Velabro pro hac vice Title (1996–2007)	1910	2007	97 years, 111 days
19	Júlio Duarte Langa	Mozambique	Priest of San Gabriele dell'Addolorata (2015-present)	1927	Alive	97 years, 39 days
20	Henryk Gulbinowicz	Poland	Priest of Immacolata Concezione di Maria a Grottarossa (1985–2020)	1923	2020	97 years, 30 days
21	Roger Etchegaray	France	Bishop of Porto–Santa Rufina (1998–2019)	1922	2019	96 years, 344 days
22	Johannes Willebrands	Netherlands	Priest of San Sebastiano alle Catacombe (1975–2006)	1909	2008	96 years, 331 days
23	Edward Cassidy	Australia	Priest of Santa Maria in Via Lata pro hac vice Title (2002–2021)	1924	2021	96 years, 279 days
24	Kazimierz Świątek	Belgium	Priest of San Gerardo Maiella (1994–2011)	1914	2011	96 years, 273 days
25	Friedrich Wetter	Germany	Priest of Santo Stephano in Coelio Monte (1985–present)	1928	Alive	96 years, 272 days
26	Giovanni Canestri	Italy	Priest of San Andrea della Valle (1988–2015)	1918	2015	96 years, 211 days
27	Domenico Bartolucci	Italy	Deacon Santissimi Nomi di Gesù e Maria in Via Lata (2010–2013)	1917	2013	96 years, 188 days
28	Adam Kozłowiecki, S.J.	Zambia	Priest of Sant'Andrea al Quirinale (1998–2008)	1911	2007	96 years, 180 days
29	Francisco Álvarez Martínez	Spain	Priest of Santa Maria «Regina Pacis» a Monte Verde (2001–2022)	1925	2022	96 years, 177 days
30	Ernest Simoni	Albania	Deacon of Santa Maria della Scala (2018-present)	1928	Alive	96 years, 39 days
31	Luigi De Magistris	Italy	Deacon Santissimi Nomi di Gesù e Maria in Via Lata (2015–2022)	1926	2022	95 years 358 days
32	José Freire Falcão	Brazil	Priest of San Luca a Via Prenestina (1988–2021)	1925	2021	95 years, 338 days
33	Walter Brandmüller	Germany	Priest of San Giuliano dei Fiamminghi, pro hac vice (2021-present)	1929	Alive	95 years, 326 days
34	Achille Silvestrini	Italy	Priest of San Benedetto fuori Porta San Paolo pro hac vice Title (1999–2019)	1923	2019	95 years, 308 days
35	Michael Michai Kitbunchu	Thailand	Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna (1983-present) Proto-priest (2016-present)	1929	Alive	95 years, 306 days
36	Agostino Cacciavillan	Italy	Priest of Ss. Angeli Custodi a Città Giardino pro hac vice Title (2011–2022)	1926	2022	95 years, 204 days
37	Paulo Evaristo Arns	Brazil	Priest of San Antonio da Padova in Via Tuscolana (1973 –2016)	1921	2016	95 years, 91 days
38	Serafim Fernandes de Araújo	Brazil	Priest of San Luigi Maria Grignion de Montfort (1998–2019)	1924	2019	95 years, 56 days
39	Corrado Ursi	Italy	Priest of San Callisto (1967–2003)	1908	2003	95 years, 34 days
40	Jorge Medina	Chile	Priest of San Saba pro hac vice Title (2008–2021)	1926	2021	94 years, 284 days
41	Adam Maida	United States	Priest of San Vitale (1994–present)	1930	Alive	94 years, 253 days
42	Julian Herranz Casado	Spain	Priest of Sant'Eugenio (basilica), pro hac vice (2014-present)	1930	Alive	94 years, 240 days
43	Louis-Albert Vachon	Canada	Priest of San Paolo della Croce a Corviale (1985–2006)	1912	2006	94 years, 237 days
44	Egano Righi-Lambertini	Italy	Priest of Santa Maria in Via (1990 – 2000)	1906	2000	94 years, 225 days
45	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
46	Gilberto Agustoni	Italy	Priest of Santi Urbano e Lorenzo a Prima Porta pro hac vice Title (2005–2017)	1922	2017	94 years, 171 days
47	Eduardo Martínez Somalo	Spain	Priest of Santissima Nome di Gesù pro hac vice Title (1999–2021)	1927	2021	94 years, 142 days
48	Theodore McCarrick	United States	Priest of Santi Nereo ad Achilleo (2001-2018)	1930	alive	94 years, 142 days
49	Giovanni Cheli	Italy	Priest of Santi Cosma e Damiano pro hac vice Title Title (2008–2013)	1918	2013	94 years 122 days
50	Mikel Koliqi	Albania	Deacon of Ognissanti in Via Appia Nuova (1994–1997)	1902	1997	94 years, 121 days
51	Paul Poupard	France	Priest of Santa Prassede (1996–)	1930	Alive	94 years, 88 days
52	Salvatore De Giorgi	Italy	Priest of Santa Maria in Aracoeli (1998–present)	1930	Alive	94 years, 81 days
53	Giuseppe Sensi	Italy	Priest of Regina Apostolorum (1987 – 2001)	1907	2001	94 years, 60 days
54	Marian Jaworski	Poland	Priest of San Sisto (2001–2020)	1926	2020	94 years 13 days
55	Janis Pujats	Latvia	Priest of Santa Silvia (2001–)	1930	Alive	94 years, 12 days
56	Carlo Furno	Italy	Priest of Sant'Onofrio (2006– 2015)	1921	2015	94 years, 7 days
57	Prosper Grech, O.S.A.	Malta	Deacon of Santa Maria Goretti (2012–2019)	1925	2019	94 years, 6 days
58	Roberto Tucci	Italy	Priest of Sant'Ignazio di Loyola a Campo Marzio pro hac vice Title (2011–2015)	1921	2015	93 years, 360 days
59	Georges Cottier OP	Switzerland	Priest of Santi Domenico e Sisto pro hac vice Title (2014–2016)	1922	2016	93 years, 341 days
60	John Carberry	United States	Priest of San Giovanni Battista de’ Rossi (1969–1998)	1904	1998	93 years, 321 days
61	Paolo Bertoli	Italy	Bishop of Frascati (1979–2001)	1908	2001	93 years, 280 days
62	Camillo Ruini	Italy	Priest of Sant'Agnese fuori le mura (1991-present)	1931	Alive	93 years, 281 days
63	Thomas Williams	United States	Priest of Gesù Divin Maestro alla Pineta Sacchetti (1983–2023)	1930	2023	93 years. 276 days
64	Opilio Rossi	United States	Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina (1987–2004)	1910	2004	93 years, 271 days
65	José Manuel Estepa Llaurens	Spain	Priest of San Gabriele Arcangelo all’Acqua Traversa (2010–2019)	1926	2019	93 years, 201 days
66	Lucian Mureșan	Romania	Priest of Sant'Anastasio (2012-present)	1931	Alive	93 years, 187 days
67	Simon Pimenta	India	Priest of Santa Maria Regina Mundi a Torre Spaccata (1988–2013)	1920	2013	93 years, 140 days
68	Alfredo Scherer	Brazil	Priest of Nostra Signora de La Salette (1969–1996)	1903	1996	93 years, 34 days
69	Antonio Innocenti	Italy	Priest of Santa Maria in Aquiro pro hac vice Title (1996–2008)	1915	2008	93 years, 21 days
70	José Saraiva Martins C.M.F.	Portugal	Bishop of Palestrina (2009-present)	1932	Alive	92 years, 325 days
71	Joseph Zen S.D.B.	China ( Hong Kong)	Priest of Santa Maria Madre del Redentore a Tor Bella Monaca (2006–present)	1932	Alive	92 years, 318 days
72	Julien Ries	Belgium	Deacon of San Antonio di Padova a Circonvallazione Appia (2012–2013)	1920	2013	92 years, 310 days
73	Juan Carlos Aramburu	Argentina	Priest of San Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini (1976–2004)	1912	2004	92 years, 281 days
74	Sergio Sebastiani	Italy	Priest of Sant'Eustachio (basilica), pro hac vice (2011-2024)	1931	2024	92 years, 280 days
75	Léon-Étienne Duval	Algeria	Priest of Santa Balbina (1965 – 1996)	1903	1996	92 years, 203 days
76	Jean Honoré	France	Priest of Santa Maria della Salute a Primavalle (2001–2013)	1920	2013	92 years, 199 days
77	Joseph Asahirō Satowaki	Japan	Priest of Santa Maria della Pace (1979-1996)	1904	1996	92 years, 189 days
78	Luigi Poggi	Italy	Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina (2005–2010)	1917	2010	92 years, 160 days
79	Silvano Piovanelli	Italy	Priest of Santa Maria delle Grazie a Via Trionfale (1985–2016)	1924	2016	92 years, 139 days
80	Giuseppe Casoria	Italy	Priest pro illa vice of San Giuseppe in via Trionfale (1993-2001)	1908	2001	92 years, 130 days
81	James Stafford	United States	Priest of San Pietro in Montorio (2008–present)	1932	Alive	92 years, 123 days
82	Miguel Obando Bravo, S.D.B.	&nbsp Nicaragua	Priest of San Giovanni Evangelista a Spinaceto (1985–2018)	1926	2018	92 years, 121 days
83	Gaudencio Rosales	Philippines	Priest of Santissimo Nome di Maria in Via Latina (2008–present)	1932	Alive	92 years, 108 days
84	Cahal Daly	United Kingdom ( Northern Ireland)	Priest of San Patrizio (1991–2009)	1917	2009	92 years, 91 days
85	Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo	Italy	Priest (pro hac vice) of Santa Maria in Portico (2016–2017)	1925	2017	92 years, 84 days
86	Francis Arinze	Nigeria	Bishop of Velletri-Segni (2005–present)	1932	Alive	92 years, 25 days
87	Jose Tomás Sánchez	&nbsp Philippines	Priest of San Pio V a Villa Carpegna pro hac vice Title (2001–2012)	1920	2012	91 years, 358 days
88	Renato Martino	25px Italy	Priest of San Pio V a Villa Carpegna pro hac vice Title (2001–2012)	1933	2024	91 years, 340 days
89	Jorge María Mejía	Argentina	Deacon of San Girolamo della Carità (2001–2014)	1923	2014	91 years, 312 days
90	Leo Jozef Suenens	Belgium	Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli (1962-1996)	1904	1996	91 years, 295 days
91	Ján Chryzostom Korec, S.J.	Slovakia	Priest of Santi Fabiano e Venanzio a Villa Fiorelli (1991-2015)	1924	2015	91 years, 275 days
92	Walter Kasper	Germany	Priest pro hac vice of Ognissanti in Via Appia Nuova (2001–present)	1933	Alive	91 years, 266 days
93	Stanisław Nagy, S.C.I.	&nbspPoland	Deacon of Santa Maria in Scalia (2003–2013)	1921	2013	91 years, 248 days
94	Eugênio Sales	Brazil	Priest of San Gregorio VII (1969–2012)	1920	2012	91 years, 244 days
95	Juan Sandoval Íñiguez	Mexico	Priest Nostra Signiora di Guadalupe e San Filippo Martire (1994–present)	1933	Alive	91 years, 243 days
96	Sebastian Koto Khoarai	Lesotho	Priest of San Leonardo da Porto Maurizio (2016–2021}	1929	2021	91 years, 218 days
97	Pedro Rubiano Sáenz	Colombia	Priest of Trasfigurazione di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo (2001–2024)	1932	2024	91 years, 215 days
98	Pietro Pavan	Italy	Deacon of San Francesco di Paola ai Monti (1985-1994)	1903	1994	91 years, 118 days
99	Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa ISch	Chile	Priest of Santa Maria della Pace (2001–present)	1933	Alive	91 years, 82 days
100	Yves Congar, O.P.	25px France	Deacon of San Sebastiano al Palatino (1994–1995)	1904	1995	91 years, 70 days

See Also

• List of longest-living state leaders
• Past longest-living cardinals
• Hypothetical List of longest-living cardinals