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


== Gallery ==
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File:Konrad Adenauer - Feier zum 88. Geburtstag in der Redoute-kasf0009.JPG|Oldest:<br />[[File:Flag of Italy.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Italy<br />{{Wp|Corrado Bafile}}
File:Capovilla.cardinal2014.jpg|2nd-Oldest ever:<br />[[File:Flag of Italy.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Italy<br />{{Wp|Loris Francesco Capovilla}}
File:Pimiento Rodríguez.jpg|3rd-Oldest:<br />[[File:Flag of Colombia.svg|25px]]&nbsp;Colombia<br />{{Wp|José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez}}
File:IMG 6581 - Angelo Acerbi.jpg|4th-Oldest ever:<br />[[File:Flag of Italy.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|Italy}}<br />{{Wp|Angelo Acerbi}}
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This article lists the 100 oldest known living or deceased Members of the College of Cardinals, born no earlier than 1800, and whose ages are documented in reliable sources. Those currently living are in bold on gold. The longest-lived Cardinal (who was born after 1800 was |[[Loris Francesco Capovilla|L]]{{Wp|Loris Francesco Capovilla}}, who lived to 100 years 224 days.
== List ==
UPDATED {{CURRENTMONTH}}/{{CURRENTDAY}}/{{CURRENTYEAR}}


=== List ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Rank
|-
!Name
| style="background-color:#99ff99" |
!Country
| Living
!Birth
|}
!Death
 
!Age
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!style="width: 25px; text-align:left"| No.!!style="width: 175px; text-align:left"| lName!!style="text-align:left"|Country!!style="width: 75px; text-align:left"|Rank!!style="width: 125px; text-align:left"|Titulus!!style="text-align:left"|Birth!!style="text-align:left"|Death!!style="width: 125px"|Age
|-
|1||data-sort-value="Bafile, Corrado"|{{wp|Corrado Bafile}}||[[File:Flag of Italy.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|Italy}}||Deacon (1976-1987)<br />Priest (1987-2005)||{{wp|Santa Maria in Portico}} (1976–2005)||1903||2005||101 years, 214 days
|-
|2||data-sort-value="Capovilla, Loris Francesco" | {{wp|Loris Francesco Capovilla}}||[[File:Flag of Italy.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|Italy}}||Priest ||{{wp|Santa Maria in Trastevere}} (2014–2016)||1915||2016||100 years, 224 days
|-
|3||data-sort-value="Pimiento Rodriguez, José de Jesús" | {{wp|José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez}}||[[File:Flag of Colombia.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|Colombia}}||Priest||{{wp|San Giovanni Crisostomo a Monte Sacro Alto}} (2015–2019)||1919||2019||100 years, 197 days
|- style="background-color:#99ff99" |
|'''4'''||data-sort-value="Acerbi, Angelo" | '''{{wp|Angelo Acerbi}}'''||[[File:Flag of Italy.svg|25px]]&nbsp;'''{{wp|Italy}}'''||'''Deacon'''||'''{{wp|Santi Angeli Custodi a Città Giardino}} (2024-''present'')'''||1925||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1925|9|23}}'''
|-
|5||data-sort-value="Nascimento, Alexandre do" |{{wp|Alexandre do Nascimento}}||[[File:Flag of Angola.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|Angola}}||Priest||{{wp|San Marco in Agro Laurentino}} (1983-2024)||1925||2024||99 years, 212 days
|-
|6||data-sort-value="Karlic, Esteban Estanislao"|{{wp|Estanislao Esteban Karlic}}||[[File:Flag of Argentina.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|Argentina}}||Priest||{{wp|Santa Maria Addolorata a piazza Buenos Aires|Beata Maria Vergine Addolorata a piazza Buenos Aires}} (2007-2025)||1926||2025||99 years, 182 days
|-
|7||data-sort-value="Tonini, Ersillo" |{{wp|Ersilio Tonini}}||[[File:Flag of Italy.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|Italy}}||Priest||{{wp|Santi Redentore a Valmelaina}} (1994–2013)||1914||2013||99 years, 8 days
|-
|8||data-sort-value="Sfeir, Nasrallah Boutros"|{{wp|Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir}}||[[File:Flag of Lebanon.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|Lebanon}}||Bishop||{{wp|List of Maronite patriarchs of Antioch|Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites}} (Oriental-rite) (Patriarch: 1986-2011; Cardinal: 1994–2019)||1920||2019||98 years, 362 days
|- style="background-color:#99ff99" |
|'''9'''||data-sort-value="Wamala, Emmanuel"|'''{{wp|Emmanuel Wamala}}'''||[[File:Flag of Uganda.svg|25px]]&nbsp;'''{{wp|Uganda}}'''||'''Priest'''||'''{{wp|Sant'Ugo}} (1994-''present'')'''||1926||'''Alive'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1926|12|15}}'''
|-
|10||data-sort-value="Mayer, Paul Agustin"|{{wp|Paul Augustin Mayer}}||[[File:Flag of Germany.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|West Germany}}||Deacon (1985-1996)<br />Priest (1996-2010)||{{wp|Sant'Anselmo all’Aventino}} (1985–2010)||1911||2010||98 years, 342 days
|-
|rowspan="2"|11||data-sort-value="Kung Pin-mei, Ignatius"|{{wp|Ignatius Kung Pin-mei}}||[[File:Flag of China.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|China}} ||Priest||{{wp|San Sisto}} (1991–2000)||1901||2000||rowspan="2"|98 years, 223 days
|-
|data-sort-value="König, Franz" | {{wp|Franz König}}||[[File:Flag of Austria.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|Austria}}||Priest||{{wp|Sant'Eusebio}} (1958–2004)||1905||2004
|-
|13||data-sort-value="Tomko, Jozef"|{{wp|Jozef Tomko}}||[[File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|Czechoslovakia}}||Deacon (1985-1996)<br />Priest (1996-2022)||{{wp|Gesù Buon Pastore alla Montagnola}} (1985-1996)<br />{{wp|Santa Sabina}} (1996-2022)||1924||2022||98 years 151 days
|-
|14||data-sort-value="Angelini, Fiorenzo"|{{wp|Fiorenzo Angelini}}||[[File:Flag of Italy.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|Italy}}||Deacon (1991-2002}<br />Priest (2002-2014)||{{wp|Santo Spirito in Sassia}} (1991–2014)||1916||2014||98 years, 113 days
|-
|15||data-sort-value="Dri, Luis Pascual"|{{wp|Luis Pascual Dri}} {{wp|Order of Friars Minor Capuchin|OFM Cap.}}||[[File:Flag of Argentina.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|Argentina}}||Deacon||{{wp|Sant'Angelo in Pescheria}} (2023-2025)||1927||Alive||98 years, 73 days
|- style="background-color:#99ff99" |
|'''16'''||data-sort-value="Langa, Júlio Duarte"|'''{{wp|Júlio Duarte Langa}}'''||[[File:Flag of Mozambique.svg|25px]]&nbsp;'''{{wp|Mozambique}}'''||'''Priest'''||'''{{wp|San Gabriele dell'Addolorata}} (2015-''present'')'''||1927||'''Alive'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1927|10|27}}'''
|-
|17||data-sort-value="Vanhoye, Alfred"|{{wp|Albert Vanhoye}} {{wp|Jesuits|S.J.}}||[[File:Flag of France.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|France}}||Deacon (2006-2016)<br />Priest (2016-2021)||{{wp|Santa Maria della Mercede e Sant'Adriano a Villa Albani}} (2006–2021)||1923||2021||98 years, 5 days
|-
|18||data-sort-value="Dezza, Paolo"|{{wp|Paolo Dezza}} {{wp|Jesuits|S.J.}}||[[File:Flag of Italy.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|Italy}}||Deacon||{{wp|San Ignazio di Loyola a Campo Marzio}} (1991–1999)||1901||1999||98 years, 4 days
|- style="background-color:#99ff99" |
|'''19'''||data-sort-value="Wetter, Friedrich"|'''{{wp|Friedrich Wetter}}'''||[[File:Flag of Germany.svg|25px]]&nbsp;'''{{wp|West Germany}}'''||'''Priest'''||'''{{wp|Santo Stefano in Monte Celio}} (1985–''present'')'''||1928||'''Alive'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1928|2|28}}'''
|-
|20||data-sort-value="dos Santos, Alexandre José María"|{{wp|Alexandre José María dos Santos}} {{wp|Order of Friars Minor|O.F.M.}}||[[File:Flag of Mozambique.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|Mozambique}}||Priest||{{wp|San Frumenzio ai Prati Fiscali}} (1988–2021)||1924||2021||97 years, 195 days
|-
|21||data-sort-value="Stickler, Alfons Maria" |{{wp|Alfons Maria Stickler}} {{wp|Salesians of Don Bosco|SDB}}||[[File:Flag of Austria.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|Austria}}||Deacon (1985-1996)<br />Priest (1996-2007)||{{wp|San Giorgio in Velabro}} (1985–2007)||1910||2007||97 years, 111 days
|- style="background-color:#99ff99" |
|'''22'''||data-sort-value="Simoni, Ernest" | '''{{wp|Ernest Simoni}}'''||[[File:Flag of Albania.svg|25px]]&nbsp;'''{{wp|Albania}}'''||'''Deacon'''||'''{{wp|Santa Maria della Scala}} (2018-''present'')'''||1928||'''Alive'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1928|10|18}}'''
|-
|23||data-sort-value="Gulbinowicz, Henryk"|{{wp|Henryk Gulbinowicz}}||[[File:Flag of Poland (1928–1980).svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|Poland}}||Priest||{{wp|Immacolata Concezione di Maria a Grottarossa}} (1985–2020)||1923||2020||97 years, 30 days
|-
|24||data-sort-value="Antonelli, Ferdinando Giuseppe"|{{wp|Ferdinando Giuseppe Antonelli}} {{wp|Order of Friars Minor|O.F.M.}}||[[File:Flag of Italy.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|Italy}}||Deacon (1973-1983)<br />Priest (1983-1993)||{{wp|San Sebastiano al Palatino}} (1973–1983)||1896||1993||96 years, 363 days
|-
|25||data-sort-value="Etchegaray, Roger" | {{wp|Roger Etchegaray}}||[[File:Flag of France (1976–2020).svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|France}}||Priest (1979-1998)<br />Bishop (1998-2019)||{{wp|San Leone I}} (1979-1998)<br />{{wp|Roman Catholic Suburbicarian Diocese of Porto-Santa Rufina|Porto–Santa Rufina}} (1998–2019)||1922||2019||96 years, 344 days
|-
|26||data-sort-value="Willerbrands, Johannes"|{{wp|Johannes Willebrands}}||[[File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|Netherlands}}||Deacon (1969-1975)<br />Priest (1975-2006)||{{wp|Santi Cosma e Damiano}} (1969-1975)<br />{{wp|San Sebastiano alle Catacombe}} (1975–2006)||1909||2008||96 years, 331 days
|- style="background-color:#99ff99" |
|'''27'''||data-sort-value="Brandmüller, Walter"|'''{{wp|Walter Brandmüller}}'''||[[File:Flag of West Germany.svg|25px]]&nbsp;'''{{wp|West Germany}}'''||Deacon (2010-2021)<br />'''Priest''' '''(2021-''present'')'''||'''{{wp|San Giuliano dei Fiamminghi}} (2010-''present'')'''||1929||'''Alive'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1929|1|5}}'''
|-
|28||data-sort-value="Pignatelli di Belmonte, Gennaro Granito" | {{wp|Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte|Granito Pignatelli}}||[[File:Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|Kingdom of Italy|Italy}}||Priest(1911-1915)<br />Bishop (1915-1948)||{{wp|Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri|Santa Maria degli Angeli}} (1911-1915)<br />{{wp|Roman Catholic Suburbicarian Diocese of Albano|Albano}} (1915–1948)<br />{{wp|Roman Catholic Suburbicarian Diocese of Ostia|Ostia}} (1930–1948)||1851||1948||96 years, 312 days
|- style="background-color:#99ff99" |
|'''29'''||data-sort-value="Kitbunchu, Michael Michai" | '''{{wp|Michael Michai Kitbunchu}}'''||[[File:Flag of Thailand.svg|25px]]&nbsp;'''{{wp|Thailand}}'''||'''Priest''' ||'''{{wp|San Lorenzo in Panisperna}} (1983-''present'')'''<br />'''{{wp|Proto-priest}} (2016-''present'')'''||1929||'''Alive'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1929|1|25}}'''
|-
|30||data-sort-value="Cassidy, Edward"|{{wp|Edward Cassidy}}||[[File:Flag of Australia.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|Australia}}||Deacon (1991-2002)<br />Priest (2002-2021)||{{wp|Santa Maria in Via Lata}} (1991-2021)||1924||2021||96 years, 279 days
|- 
|31||data-sort-value="Świątek, Kazimierz"|{{wp|Kazimierz Świątek}}||[[File:Flag of Belgium.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|Belgium}}||Priest||{{wp|San Gerardo Maiella}} (1994–2011)||1914||2011||96 years, 273 days
|-
|32||data-sort-value="Costa Nunes, José da"|{{wp|José da Costa Nunes}}||[[File:Flag of Portugal.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|Portugal}}||Priest||{{wp|Santa Prisca}} (1962–1976)||1880||1976||96 years, 259 days
|- 
|33||data-sort-value="Canestri, Giovanni"|{{wp|Giovanni Canestri}}||[[File:Flag of Italy.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|Italy}}||Priest||{{wp|San Andrea della Valle}} (1988–2015)||1918||2015||96 years, 211 days
|-
|34||data-sort-value="Bartolucci, Domenico"|{{wp|Domenico Bartolucci}}||[[File:Flag of Italy.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|Italy}}||Deacon||{{wp|Santissimi Nomi di Gesù e Maria in Via Lata}} (2010–2013)||1917||2013||96 years, 188 days
|-
|35||data-sort-value="Kozłowiecki, Adam"|{{wp|Adam Kozłowiecki}} {{wp|Jesuits|S.J.}}||[[File:Flag of Zambia.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|Zambia}}||Priest||{{wp|Sant'Andrea al Quirinale}} (1998–2008)||1911||2007||96 years, 180 days
|-
|36||data-sort-value="Álvarez Martinez, Francisco"|{{wp|Francisco Álvarez Martínez}}||[[File:Flag of Spain.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|Spain}}||Priest||{{wp|Santa Maria «Regina Pacis» a Monte Verde}} (2001–2022)||1925||2022||96 years, 177 days
|-
|37||data-sort-value="Morano, Francesco"|{{wp|Francesco Morano}}||[[File:Flag of Italy.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|Italy}}||Deacon||{{wp|Santi Cosma e Damiano}} (1959–1968)||1872||1968||96 years, 34 days
|-
|38||data-sort-value="De Magistris, Luigi"|{{wp|Luigi De Magistris (cardinal)|Luigi De Magistris}}||[[File:Flag of Italy.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|Italy}}||Deacon||{{wp|Santissimi Nomi di Gesù e Maria in Via Lata}} (2015–2022)||1926||2022||95 years 358 days
|-
|39||data-sort-value="Freire Falcão, José"|{{wp|José Freire Falcão}}||[[File:Flag of Brazil.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|Brazil}}||Priest||{{wp|San Luca a Via Prenestina}} (1988–2021)||1925||2021||95 years, 338 days
|-
|40||data-sort-value="Parente, Pietro" | {{wp|Pietro Parente}}||[[File:Flag of Italy.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|Italy}}||Priest||{{wp|San Lorenzo in Lucina}} (1967–1986)||1891||1986||95 years, 316 days
|-
|-
|1
|41||data-sort-value="Silvestrini, Achille"|{{wp|Achille Silvestrini}}||[[File:Flag of Italy.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|Italy}}||Deacon (1988-1999)<br />Priest (1999-2019)||{{wp|San Benedetto fuori Porta San Paolo}} (1988–2019)||1923||2019||95 years, 308 days
|{{Wp|Loris Francesco Capovilla}}
|- style="background-color:#99ff99" |
|Italy
|'''42'''||data-sort-value="Maida, Adam"|'''{{wp|Adam Maida}}'''||[[File:Flag of the United States.svg|25px]]&nbsp;'''{{wp|United States}}'''||'''Priest'''||'''{{wp|San Vitale}} (1994–''present'')'''||1930||'''Alive'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1930|3|18}}'''
|14 October 1915
|- style="background-color:#99ff99" |
|26 May 2016
|'''43'''||data-sort-value="Herranz Casado, Julian"|'''{{wp|Julian Herranz Casado}}'''||[[File:Flag of Spain.svg|25px]]&nbsp;'''{{wp|Spain}}'''||Deacon (2002-2014)<br />'''Priest (2014-''present'')''' ||'''{{wp|Sant'Eugenio}} (2003–''present'')'''||1930||'''Alive'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1930|3|31}}'''
|100 years 224 days
|-
|44||data-sort-value="Cacciabillan, Agostino"|{{wp|Agostino Cacciavillan}}||[[File:Flag of Italy.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|Italy}}||Deacon (2001-2011)<br />Priest (2011-2022)||{{wp|Santi Angeli Custodi a Città Giardino}} (2001-2022)||1926||2022||95 years, 204 days
|-
|45||data-sort-value="Lubac, Henri de"|{{wp|Henri de Lubac}} {{wp|Jesuits|S.J.}}||[[File:Flag of France (1976–2020).svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|France}}||Deacon||{{wp|Santa Maria in Domnica}} (1983–1991)||1896||1991||95 years, 196 days
|-
|46||data-sort-value="Arns, Paulo Evaristo"|{{wp|Paulo Evaristo Arns}} {{wp|Order of Friars Minor|O.F.M}}||[[File:Flag of Brazil.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|Brazil}}||Priest||{{wp|San Antonio da Padova in Via Tuscolana}} (1973–2016)||1921||2016||95 years, 91 days
|- style="background-color:#99ff99" |
|'''47'''||data-sort-value="Poupard, Paul"|'''{{wp|Paul Poupard}}'''||[[File:Flag of France (1976–2020).svg|25px]]&nbsp;'''{{wp|France}}'''||Priest||'''{{wp|Santa Prassede}} (1996–''present'')'''||1930||'''Alive'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1930|8|30}}'''
|- style="background-color:#99ff99" |
|'''48'''||data-sort-value="De Giorgi, Salvatorre"|'''{{wp|Salvatore De Giorgi}}'''||[[File:Flag of Italy.svg|25px]]&nbsp;'''{{wp|Italy}}'''||'''Priest'''||'''{{wp|Santa Maria in Ara Coeli}} (1998–present)'''||1930||'''Alive'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1930|9|6}}'''
|- 
|49||data-sort-value="Fernandes de Araújo, Serafim"|{{wp|Serafim Fernandes de Araújo}}||[[File:Flag of Brazil.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|Brazil}}||Priest||{{wp|San Luigi Maria Grignion de Montfort}} (1998–2019)||1924||2019||95 years, 56 days
|-
|50||data-sort-value="Di Jorio, Alberto" | {{wp|Alberto Di Jorio}}||[[File:Flag of Italy.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|Italy}}||Priest||{{wp|Santa Pudenziana}} (1967&ndash;1979)||1884||1979||95 years, 47 days
|- 
|51||data-sort-value="Ursi, Corrado"|{{wp|Corrado Ursi}}||[[File:Flag of Italy.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|Italy}}||Priest||{{wp|San Callisto}} (1967–2003)||1908||2003||95 years, 34 days
|- style="background-color:#99ff99" |
|'''52'''||data-sort-value="Pujats, Janis"|'''{{wp|Janis Pujats}}'''||[[File:Flag of Latvia.svg|25px]]&nbsp;'''{{wp|Latvia}}'''||'''Priest'''||'''{{wp|Santa Silvia}} (2001–''present'')'''||1930||'''Alive'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1930|11|14}}'''
|- 
|53||data-sort-value="Medina, Jorge"|{{wp|Jorge Medina (cardinal)|Jorge Medina}}||[[File:Flag of Chile.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|Chile}}||Deacon (1999-2008)<br />Priest (2008-2021)||{{wp|San Saba}} (1998–2021)||1926||2021||94 years, 284 days
|-
|54||data-sort-value="Vaivods, Julijans"|{{wp|Julijans Vaivods}}||[[File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|Soviet Union}}||Priest||{{wp|Santi Quattro Coronati}} (1983–1990)||1895||1990||94 years, 279 days
|- style="background-color:#99ff99" |
|'''54'''||data-sort-value="Ruini, Camillo"|'''{{wp|Camillo Ruini}}'''||'''[[File:Flag of Italy.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|Italy}}'''||'''Priest'''||'''{{wp|Sant'Agnese fuori le mura}} (1991-''present'')'''||1931||'''Alive'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1931|2|19}}'''
|-
|56||data-sort-value="McCarrick, Theodore"|{{wp|Theodore McCarrick}}||[[File:Flag of the United States.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|United States}}||Priest||{{wp|Santi Nereo ad Achilleo}} (2001&ndash;2018)||1930||2025||94 years, 270 days
|-
|57||data-sort-value="de la Torre, Carlos Maria"|{{wp|Carlos María de la Torre}}||[[File:Flag of Ecuador (1900-2009).svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|Ecuador}}||Deacon (1946-1953)<br>Priest (1953-1968)||{{wp|Santa Maria in Aquiro}} (1946–1968)||1873||1968||94 years, 261 days
|-
|58||data-sort-value="Vachon, Louis-Albert"|{{wp|Louis-Albert Vachon}}||[[File:Flag of Canada.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|Canada}}||Priest||{{wp|San Paolo della Croce a Corviale}} (1985–2006)||1912||2006||94 years, 237 days
|-
|59||data-sort-value="Righi-Lambertini, Egano"|{{wp|Egano Righi-Lambertini}}||[[File:Flag of Italy.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|Italy}} ||Deacon<br />Priest||{{wp|San Giovanni Bosco in Via Tuscolana}} (1979–1990)<br />{{wp|Santa Maria in Via}} (1990-2000)||1906||2000||94 years, 225 days
|-
|60||data-sort-value="Sodano, Angelo"|{{wp|Angelo Sodano}}||[[File:Flag of Italy.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|Italy}}||Priest (1991-1994)<br />Bishop (1994-2022)||{{wp|Santa Maria Nuova}} (1991-1994)<small>(in commenda: 1994-2022)</small><br />{{wp|Roman Catholic Suburbicarian Diocese of Albano|Albano}} (1994–2022)<br />{{wp|Roman Catholic Suburbicarian Diocese of Ostia|Ostia}} (2005&ndash;2019)||1927||2022||94 years, 205 days
|-
|61||data-sort-value="Agustoni, Gilberto" |{{wp|Gilberto Agustoni}}||[[File:Flag of Switzerland.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|Switzerland}}||Deacon (1994-2005)<br />Priest (2005-2017)||{{wp|Santi Urbano e Lorenzo a Prima Porta}} (1994–2017)||1922||2017||94 years, 171 days
|-
|62||data-sort-value="Martínez Somalo, Eduardo" |{{wp|Eduardo Martínez Somalo}}||[[File:Flag of Spain.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|Spain}}||Deacon (1988-1999)<br />Priest (1999-2021)||{{wp|Santissima Nominde Gesú}} (1988–2021)||1927||2021||94 years, 142 days
|-
|63||data-sort-value="Mureșan, Lucian"|{{wp|Lucian Mureșan}}||[[File:Flag of Romania.svg|25px]]&nbsp;'''{{wp|Romania}}||Priest||{{wp|Sant'Atanasio (2012&ndash;2025)||1931||2025||94 years, 125 days
|-
|64||data-sort-value="Cheli, Giovanni" | {{wp|Giovanni Cheli}}||[[File:Flag of Italy.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|Italy}}||Deacon (1998-2008)<br />Priest (2008-2013)||{{wp|Santi Cosma e Damiano}} (1998-2013)||1918||2013||94 years 122 days
|-
|65||data-sort-value="Koliqi, Mikel"|{{wp|Mikel Koliqi}}||[[File:Flag of Albania.svg|25px]]'''&nbsp;'''{{wp|Albania}}||Deacon||{{wp|Ognissanti in Via Appia Nuova}} (1994–1997)||1902||1997||94 years, 121 days
|-
|66||data-sort-value="Sensi, Giuseppe"|{{wp|Giuseppe Sensi}}||[[File:Flag of Italy.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|Italy}}||Deacon (1976-1987)<br />Priest (1987-2001)||{{wp|Santi Biagio e Carlo ai Catinari}} (1976–1987)<br />{{wp|Regina Apostolorum}} (1987–2001)||1907||2001||94 years, 60 days
|-
|67||data-sort-value="Jaworski, Marian" | {{wp|Marian Jaworski}}||[[File:Flag of Ukraine.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|Ukraine}}<br /><small>[[File:Flag of Poland.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|Poland}}</small>||Priest||{{wp|San Sisto}} ([1998] 2001–2020)||1926||2020||94 years 13 days
|- 
|68||data-sort-value="Furno, Carlo" | {{wp|Carlo Furno}}||[[File:Flag of Italy.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|Italy}}||Deacon (1994-2005)<br />Priest (2005-2015)||{{wp|Sacro Cuore di Cristo Re}} (1994–2006)<br />{{wp|Sant'Onofrio}} (2006–2015)||1921||2015||94 years, 7 days
|-
|-
|2
|69||data-sort-value="Grech, Prosper"|{{wp|Prosper Grech}}, {{wp|Order of Saint Augustine|O.S.A.}}||[[File:Flag of Malta.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|Malta}}||Deacon||{{wp|Santa Maria Goretti}} (2012–2019)||1925||2019||94 years, 6 days
|{{Wp|José de Jesús Pimiento Rodríguez}}
|-
|Colombia
|70||data-sort-value="Tucci, Roberto"|{{wp|Roberto Tucci}}||[[File:Flag of Italy.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|Italy}}||Deacon (2001-2011)<br />Priest (2011-2015)||{{wp|Sant'Ignazio di Loyola a Campo Marzio}} (2001–2015)||1921||2015||93 years, 360 days
|18 February 1919
|3 September 2019
|100 years 197 days
|-
|-
|3
|71||data-sort-value="Cottier, Georges"|{{wp|Georges Cottier}} {{Wp|Order of Preachers|O.P.}}||[[File:Flag of Switzerland.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|Switzerland}}||Deacon (2003-2014)<br />Priest (2014-2016)||{{wp|Santi Domenico e Sisto}} (2003–2016)||1922||2016||93 years, 341 days
|{{Wp|Ersilio Tonini}}
|- style="background-color:#99ff99" |
|Italy
|'''72'''||data-sort-value="Saraiva Martins, José" |'''{{Wp|José Saraiva Martins}}''' '''{{wp|Claretians|C.M.F.}}'''||[[File:Flag of Portugal.svg|25px]]&nbsp;'''{{wp|Portugal}}'''||Deacon (2003-2009)<br />'''Bishop (since 2009)'''||{{wp|Nostra Signora del Sacro Cuore}} (2001–2009)<br />'''{{wp|Roman Catholic Suburbicarian Diocese of Palestrina|Palestrina}} (2009-''present'')'''||1932||'''Alive'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1932|1|6}}'''
|20 July 1914
|-
|28 July 2013
|73||data-sort-value="Carberry, John"|{{wp|John Carberry}}||[[File:Flag of the United States.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|United States}}||Priest||{{wp|San Giovanni Battista de’ Rossi}} (1969–1998)||1904||1998||93 years, 321 days
|99 years 8 days
|- style="background-color:#99ff99" |
|'''74'''||data-sort-value="Zen, Joseph"|'''{{wp|Joseph Zen}} {{wp|Salesians of Don Bosco|S.D.B.}}'''||[[File:Flag of China.svg|25px]]&nbsp;'''{{wp|China}}'''<small /><br />'''<small>([[File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|Hong Kong}})</small>'''||Priest||'''{{wp|Santa Maria Madre del Redentore a Tor Bella Monaca}} (2006–''present'')'''||1932||'''Alive''' ||'''{{Age in years and days|1932|1|13}}'''
|-
|75||data-sort-value="Bertoli, Paolo" | {{wp|Paolo Bertoli}}||[[File:Flag of Italy.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|Italy}}||Deacon<br />Priest<br />Bishop||{{wp|San Girolamo dalla Carità}} (1969-1973)<br />{{wp|San Girolamo dei Croati}} (1973–1979)<br />{{wp|Roman Catholic Suburbicarian Diocese of Frascati|Frascati}} (1979–2001)||1908||2001||93 years, 280 days
|-
|76||data-sort-value="Williams, Thomas" | {{wp|Thomas Williams (cardinal)|Thomas Williams}}||[[File:Flag of New Zealand.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|New Zealand}}||Priest ||{{wp|Gesù Divin Maestro alla Pineta Sacchetti}} (1983–2023)||1930||2023||93 years. 276 days
|-
|77||data-sort-value="Rossi, Opilio" | {{wp|Opilio Rossi}}||[[File:Flag of the United States.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|United States}}||Priest||{{wp|San Lorenzo in Lucina}} (1987–2004)||1910||2004||93 years, 271 days
|-
|78||data-sort-value="Vannutelli, Vincenzo"|{{wp|Vincenzo Vannutelli}}||[[File:Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|Kingdom of Italy|Italy}}||Priest (1891-1900)<br />Bishop (1900-1930)||{{wp|San Silvestro in Capite}} (1891–1900)<br />{{wp|Roman Catholic Suburbicarian Diocese of Palestrina|Palestrina}} (1900–1930)<br />{{wp|Roman Catholic Suburbicarian Diocese of Ostia|Ostia}} (1915–1930)||1836||1930||93 years, 216 days
|-
|79||data-sort-value="Estapa Llaurens, José Manuel"|{{wp|José Manuel Estepa Llaurens}}||[[File:Flag of Spain.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|Spain}}||Priest||{{wp|San Gabriele Arcangelo all’Acqua Traversa}} (2010–2019)||1926||2019||93 years, 201 days
|-
|80||data-sort-value="Margéot, Jean" | {{wp|Jean Margéot}}
||[[File:Flag of Mauritius.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|Mauritius}}||Priest||{{wp|San Gabriele Arcangelo all’Acqua Traversa}} (1988–2009)||1916||2009||93 years, 164 days  
|-
|-
|4
|81||data-sort-value="Mertel, Teodolfo"|{{wp|Teodolfo Mertel}}||[[File:Flag of the Papal States (1825-1870).svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|Papal States}}||Deacon (1858-1884)<br />Priest (1884-1899)||{{wp|Sant'Eustachio}} (1858-1881)<br />{{wp|Santa Maria in Via Lata}} (1881-1884)<br />{{wp|San Lorenzo in Damaso}} ''pro illia vice'' (1884–1899)||1806||1899||93 years, 152 days
|{{Wp|Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir}}
|-
|Lebanon
|82||data-sort-value="Pimenta, Simon"|{{wp|Simon Pimenta}}||[[File:Flag of India.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|India}}||Priest||{{wp|Santa Maria Regina Mundi a Torre Spaccata}} (1988–2013)||1920||2013||93 years, 140 days
|15 May 1920
|- style="background-color:#99ff99" |
|12 May 2019
|'''83'''||data-sort-value="Stafford, James"|'''{{wp|James Stafford}}'''||[[File:Flag of the United States.svg|25px]]&nbsp;'''{{wp|United States}}'''||'''Priest'''||'''{{wp|San Pietro in Montorio}} (1998-present)'''||1932||'''Alive'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1932|7|26}}'''
|{{Age in years and days|15 May 1920|12 May 2019}}
|- style="background-color:#99ff99" |
|'''84'''||data-sort-value="Rosales, Gaudencio"|'''{{wp|Gaudencio Rosales}}'''||[[File:Flag of the Philippines.svg|25px]]&nbsp;'''{{wp|Philippines}}'''||'''Priest'''||'''{{wp|Santissimo Nome di Maria in Via Latina}} (2006-''Present'')'''||1932||'''Alive'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1932|8|10}}'''
|-
|85||data-sort-value="Tomášek, František" |{{Wp|František Tomášek}}||[[File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|Czechoslovakia}}||Priest||{{wp|San Vitale, Rome|San Vitale}} (1977–1992)||1899||1992||93 years, 35 days
|-
|86||data-sort-value="Scherer, Alfredo"|{{wp|Alfredo Scherer}}||[[File:Flag of Brazil.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|Brazil}}||Priest ||{{wp|Nostra Signora de La Salette}} (1969–1996)||1903||1996||93 years, 33 days
|- style="background-color:#99ff99" |
|'''87'''||data-sort-value="Arinze, Francis"|'''{{wp|Francis Arinze}}'''||[[File:Flag of Nigeria.svg|25px]]&nbsp;'''{{wp|Nigeria}}'''||Deacon (1985-1996)<br />Priest (1996-2005)<br />'''Bishop (2005-''present'')'''||{{wp|San Giovanni della Pigna}} (1985–2005)<br />'''{{wp|Roman Catholic Suburbicarian Diocese of Velletri-Segni|Velletri-Segni}} (2005-''present'')'''||1932||'''Alive'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1932|11|1}}'''
|-
|88||data-sort-value="Pizzardo, Guiseppe"|{{wp|Giuseppe Pizzardo}}||[[File:Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|Italy}} ||Priest (1937-1948)<br/>Bishop (1948-1970)||{{wp|Santa Maria in Via Lata}} pro hac vice Title (1937–1948)<br />{{wp|Roman Catholic Suburbicarian Diocese of Albano|Albano}} (1948–1970)||1877||1970||93 years, 19 days
|-
|rowspan=2|89||data-sort-value="McIntyre, James Francis"|{{wp|James Francis McIntyre}}||[[File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|United States}} ||Priest||{{wp|Sant'Anastasia}} (1953–1979)||1886||1979||rowspan="2"|93 years, 14 days
|- 
|data-sort-value="Innocenti, Antonio"|{{wp|Antonio Innocenti}}||[[File:Flag of Italy.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|Italy}}||Deacon (1985-1996)<br />Priest (1996-2008)||{{wp|Santa Maria in Aquiro}} (1985–2008)||1915||2008
|-
|91||data-sort-value="Confalonieri, Carlo" | {{wp|Carlo Confalonieri}}||[[File:Flag of Italy.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|Italy}}||Priest (1958-1972)<br />Bishop (1972-1986)||{{wp|Sant'Agnese fuori le mura}} (1958–1972)<br />{{wp|Roman Catholic Suburbicarian Diocese of Palestrina|Palestrina}} (1972–1986)<br />Ostia (1977–1986)||1893||1986||93 years, 7 days
|-
|92||data-sort-value="Verde, Alessandro" |{{wp|Alessandro Verde}}||[[File:Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|Kingdom of Italy|Italy}}||Deacon (1925-1935)<br />Priest (1937-1958)||{{wp|Santa Maria in Cosmedin}} (1925–1958)||1865||1958||93 years, 2 days
|-
|93||data-sort-value="Ries, Julien"|{{wp|Julien Ries}}||[[File:Flag of Belgium.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|Belgium}}||Deacon||{{wp|San Antonio di Padova a Circonvallazione Appia}} (2012–2013)||1920||2013||92 years, 310 days
|-
|-
|5
|94||data-sort-value="Aramburu, Juan Carlos"|{{wp|Juan Carlos Aramburu}}||[[File:Flag of Argentina.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|Argentina}}||Priest||{{wp|San Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini}} (1976–2004)||1912||2004||92 years, 281 days
|{{Wp|Paul Augustin Mayer}}
|-
|Germany
|95||data-sort-value="Sebastiani, Sergio"|{{wp|Sergio Sebastiani}}||[[File:Flag of Italy.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|Italy}}||Deacon (2001-2011)<br />Priest (2011-2024)||{{wp|Sant'Eustachio}} (2001-2024)||1931||2024||92 years, 280 days
|23 May 1911
|- style="background-color:#99ff99" |
|30 April 2010
|'''96'''||data-sort-value="Kasper, Walter"|'''{{Wp|Walter Kasper}}'''||[[File:Flag of Germany.svg|25px]]&nbsp;'''{{wp|Germany}}'''||Deacon (2001-2011)<br />'''Priest (2011-''present'')'''||'''{{wp|Ognissanti in Via Appia Nuova}} (2001-''present'')'''||1933||'''Alive'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1933|3|5}}'''
|98 years 342 days
|- style="background-color:#99ff99" |
|'''97'''||data-sort-value="Sandoval Íñiguez, Juan"|'''{{wp|Juan Sandoval Íñiguez}}'''||[[File:Flag of Mexico.svg|25px]]&nbsp;'''{{wp|Mexico}}'''||'''Priest'''||'''{{wp|Nostra Signora di Guadalupe e San Filippo Martire}}''' (1994-''present'')'''||1933||'''Alive'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1933|3|28}}'''
|-
|98||data-sort-value="Giobbe, Paolo" | {{wp|Paolo Giobbe}}||[[File:Flag of Italy.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|Italy}}||Priest||{{wp|Santa Maria in Vallicella}} (1958–1972)||1880||1972||92 years, 217 days
|-
|rowspan=2|99||data-sort-value="Slipyj, Josyf"|{{wp|Josyf Slipyj}}||[[File:Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1949–1991).svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic|Ukrainian SSR}}||Priest||{{wp|Sant’Atanasio}} (1965–1984)||1892||1984||rowspan="2"|92 years, 203 days
|-
|data-sort-value="Duval, Léon-Étienne"|{{Wp|Léon-Étienne Duval}}||[[File:Flag of Algeria.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|Algeria}}<br /><small/>(born in [[File:Flag of France.svg|15px]]&nbsp;{{wp|France}})</small>||Priest||{{wp|Santa Balbina}} (1965–1996)||1903||1996
<!--|-
|1xx||data-sort-value="Honoré, Jean"|{{wp|Jean Honoré}}||[[File:Flag of France (1976–2020).svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|France}}||Priest ||{{wp|Santa Maria della Salute a Primavalle}} (2001–2013)||1920||2013||92 years, 199 days-->
|}
 
=== If every Living cardinals are still alive by 30 Nov 2025 ===
{|Class="wikitable sortable"
|-
|-
|6
!style="text-align:center" colspan="2"|Rank!!style="text-align:left" rowspan="2"|Cardinal!!style="text-align:left" rowspan=2|Country!!style="text-align:left" rowspan=2|Rank!!style="text-align:left" rowspan="2"|Titulus!!style="text-align:left" rowspan=2|Birth!!style="text-align:left" rowspan=2|Death!!style="text-align:center" colspan="2"|Age
|{{Wp|Ignatius Kung Pin-mei}}
|China
|2 August 1901
|12 March 2000
|{{Age in years and days|2 August 1901|12 March 2000}}
|-
|-
|7
!style="text-align:left"|Current!!style="text-align:left"|By<br />30/11/25</br>!!style="text-align:left"|Current!!style="text-align:left"|By<br />30/11/25</br>
|{{Wp|Jozef Tomko}}
|- style="background-color:#99ff99" |
|Czechoslovakia
|'''4'''||'''4'''||data-sort-value="Acerbi, Angelo" | '''{{wp|Angelo Acerbi}}'''||[[File:Flag of Italy.svg|25px]]&nbsp;'''{{wp|Italy}}'''||'''Deacon'''||'''{{wp|Santi Angeli Custodi a Città Giardino}} (2024-''present'')'''||1925||'''Alive'''||'''{{age in years and days|1925|9|23}}'''||'''{{age in years and days|1925|9|23|2025|11|30}}'''
|11 March 1924
|- style="background-color:#99ff99" |
|8 August 2022
|'''9'''||'''9'''||data-sort-value="Wamala, Emmanuel"|'''{{wp|Emmanuel Wamala}}'''||[[File:Flag of Uganda.svg|25px]]&nbsp;'''{{wp|Uganda}}'''||'''Priest'''||'''{{wp|Sant'Ugo}} (1994-''present'')'''||1926||'''Alive'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1926|12|15}}'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1926|12|15|2025|11|30}}'''
|98 years 150 days
|- style="background-color:#99ff99" |
|-
|'''16'''||'''16'''||data-sort-value="Langa, Júlio Duarte"|'''{{wp|Júlio Duarte Langa}}'''||[[File:Flag of Mozambique.svg|25px]]&nbsp;'''{{wp|Mozambique}}'''||'''Priest'''||'''{{wp|San Gabriele dell'Addolorata}} (2015-''present'')'''||1927||'''Alive'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1927|10|27}}'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1927|10|27|2025|11|30}}'''
|8
|- style="background-color:#99ff99" |
|{{Wp|Fiorenzo Angelini}}
|'''19'''||'''19'''||data-sort-value="Wetter, Friedrich"|'''{{wp|Friedrich Wetter}}'''||[[File:Flag of Germany.svg|25px]]&nbsp;'''{{wp|West Germany}}'''||'''Priest'''||'''{{wp|Santo Stefano in Monte Celio}} (1985–''present'')'''||1928||'''Alive'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1928|2|28}}'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1928|2|28|2025|11|30}}'''
|Italy
|- style="background-color:#99ff99" |
|1 August 1916
|'''22'''||'''22''''||data-sort-value="Simoni, Ernest" | '''{{wp|Ernest Simoni}}'''||[[File:Flag of Albania.svg|25px]]&nbsp;'''{{wp|Albania}}'''||'''Deacon'''||'''{{wp|Santa Maria della Scala}} (2018-''present'')'''||1928||'''Alive'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1928|10|18}}'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1928|10|18|2025|11|30}}'''
|22 November 2014
|- style="background-color:#99ff99" |
|{{Age in years and days|1 August 1916|22 November 2014}}
|'''27'''||'''27'''||data-sort-value="Brandmüller, Walter"|'''{{wp|Walter Brandmüller}}'''||[[File:Flag of West Germany.svg|25px]]&nbsp;'''{{wp|West Germany}}'''||Deacon (2010-2021)<br />'''Priest''' '''(2021-''present'')'''||'''{{wp|San Giuliano dei Fiamminghi}} (2010-''present'')'''||1929||'''Alive'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1929|1|5}}'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1929|1|5|2025|11|30}}'''
|-
|- style="background-color:#99ff99" |
|9
|'''29'''||'''29'''||data-sort-value="Kitbunchu, Michael Michai" | '''{{wp|Michael Michai Kitbunchu}}'''||[[File:Flag of Thailand.svg|25px]]&nbsp;'''{{wp|Thailand}}'''||'''Priest''' ||'''{{wp|San Lorenzo in Panisperna}} (1983-''present'')'''<br />'''{{wp|Proto-priest}} (2016-''present'')'''||1929||'''Alive'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1929|1|25}}'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1929|1|25|2025|11|30}}'''
|'''{{Wp|Alexandre do Nascimento}}'''
|- style="background-color:#99ff99" |
| '''Angola'''
|'''42'''||'''42'''||data-sort-value="Maida, Adam"|'''{{wp|Adam Maida}}'''||[[File:Flag of the United States.svg|25px]]&nbsp;'''{{wp|United States}}'''||'''Priest'''||'''{{wp|San Vitale}} (1994–''present'')'''||1930||'''Alive'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1930|3|18}}'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1930|3|18|2025|11|30}}'''
|'''1 March 1925'''
|- style="background-color:#99ff99" |
|'''Alive'''
|'''43'''||'''42'''||data-sort-value="Herranz Casado, Julian"|'''{{wp|Julian Herranz Casado}}'''||[[File:Flag of Spain.svg|25px]]&nbsp;'''{{wp|Spain}}'''||Deacon (2002-2014)<br />'''Priest (2014-''present'')''' ||'''{{wp|Sant'Eugenio}} (2003–''present'')'''||1930||'''Alive'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1930|3|31}}'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1930|3|31|2025|11|30}}'''
|'''98 years 90 days'''
|- style="background-color:#99ff99" |
|-
|'''47'''||'''46'''||data-sort-value="Poupard, Paul"|'''{{wp|Paul Poupard}}'''||[[File:Flag of France (1976–2020).svg|25px]]&nbsp;'''{{wp|France}}'''||Priest||'''{{wp|Santa Prassede}} (1996–''present'')'''||1930||'''Alive'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1930|8|30}}'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1930|8|30|2025|11|30}}'''
|10
|- style="background-color:#99ff99" |
|{{Wp|Albert Vanhoye}}
|'''48'''||'''48'''
|France
||data-sort-value="De Giorgi, Salvatorre"|'''{{wp|Salvatore De Giorgi}}'''||[[File:Flag of Italy.svg|25px]]&nbsp;'''{{wp|Italy}}'''||'''Priest'''||'''{{wp|Santa Maria in Ara Coeli}} (1998–present)'''||1930||'''Alive'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1930|9|6}}'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1930|9|6|2025|11|30}}'''
|24 July 1923
|- style="background-color:#99ff99" |
|29 July 2021
|'''52'''||'''52'''||data-sort-value="Pujats, Janis"|'''{{wp|Janis Pujats}}'''||[[File:Flag of Latvia.svg|25px]]&nbsp;'''{{wp|Latvia}}'''||'''Priest'''||'''{{wp|Santa Silvia}} (2001–''present'')'''||1930||'''Alive'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1930|11|14}}'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1930|11|14|2025|11|30}}'''
|98 years 59 days
|- style="background-color:#99ff99" |
|-
|'''55'''||'''53'''||data-sort-value="Ruini, Camillo"|'''{{wp|Camillo Ruini}}'''||'''[[File:Flag of Italy.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|Italy}}'''||'''Priest'''||'''{{wp|Sant'Agnese fuori le mura}} (1991-''present'')'''||1931||'''Alive'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1931|2|19}}'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1931|2|19|2025|11|30}}'''
|11
|- style="background-color:#99ff99" |
|'''Estanislao Esteban Karlic'''
|'''72'''||'''72'''||data-sort-value="Saraiva Martins, José" |'''{{Wp|José Saraiva Martins}}''' '''{{wp|Claretians|C.M.F.}}'''||[[File:Flag of Portugal.svg|25px]]&nbsp;'''{{wp|Portugal}}'''||Deacon (2003-2009)<br />'''Bishop (since 2009)'''||{{wp|Nostra Signora del Sacro Cuore}} (2001–2009)<br />'''{{wp|Roman Catholic Suburbicarian Diocese of Palestrina|Palestrina}} (2009-''present'')'''||1932||'''Alive'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1932|1|6}}'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1932|1|6|2025|11|30}}'''
| '''Argentina'''
|- style="background-color:#99ff99" |
|'''7 February 1926'''
|'''74'''||'''73'''||data-sort-value="Zen, Joseph"|'''{{wp|Joseph Zen}} {{wp|Salesians of Don Bosco|S.D.B.}}'''||[[File:Flag of China.svg|25px]]&nbsp;'''{{wp|China}}'''<small /><br />'''<small>([[File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|Hong Kong}})</small>'''||Priest||'''{{wp|Santa Maria Madre del Redentore a Tor Bella Monaca}} (2006–''present'')'''||1932||'''Alive''' ||'''{{Age in years and days|1932|1|13}}'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1932|1|13|2025|11|30}}'''
|'''Alive'''
|- style="background-color:#99ff99" |
|'''97 years 112 days'''
|style="text-align:cemter" colspan="2"|'''83'''||data-sort-value="Stafford, James"|'''{{wp|James Stafford}}'''||[[File:Flag of the United States.svg|25px]]&nbsp;'''{{wp|United States}}'''||'''Priest'''||'''{{wp|San Pietro in Montorio}} (1998-present)'''||1932||'''Alive'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1932|7|26}}'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1932|7|26|2025|11|30}}'''
|-
|- style="background-color:#99ff99" |
|12
|style="text-align:center" colspan="2"|'''84'''||data-sort-value="Rosales, Gaudencio"|'''{{wp|Gaudencio Rosales}}'''||[[File:Flag of the Philippines.svg|25px]]&nbsp;'''{{wp|Philippines}}'''||'''Priest'''||'''{{wp|Santissimo Nome di Maria in Via Latina}} (2006-''Present'')'''||1932||'''Alive'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1932|8|10}}'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1932|8|10|2025|11|30}}'''
|'''Emmanuel Wamala'''
|- style="background-color:#99ff99" |
| '''Uganda'''
|style="text-align:center" colspan="2"|'''87'''||data-sort-value="Arinze, Francis"|'''{{wp|Francis Arinze}}'''||[[File:Flag of Nigeria.svg|25px]]&nbsp;'''{{wp|Nigeria}}'''||Deacon (1985-1996)<br />Priest (1996-2005)<br />'''Bishop (2005-''present'')'''||{{wp|San Giovanni della Pigna}} (1985–2005)<br />'''{{wp|Roman Catholic Suburbicarian Diocese of Velletri-Segni|Velletri-Segni}} (2005-''present'')'''||1932||'''Alive'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1932|11|1}}'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1932|11|1|2025|11|30}}'''
|'''15 December 1926'''
|- style="background-color:#99ff99" |
|'''Alive'''
|'''96'''||'''96'''||data-sort-value="Kasper, Walter"|'''{{Wp|Walter Kasper}}'''||[[File:Flag of Germany.svg|25px]]&nbsp;'''{{wp|Germany}}'''||Deacon (2001-2011)<br />'''Priest (2011-''present'')'''||'''{{wp|Ognissanti in Via Appia Nuova}} (2001-''present'')'''||1933||'''Alive'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1933|3|5}}'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1933|3|5|2025|11|30}}'''
|'''97 years 166 days'''
|- style="background-color:#99ff99" |
|-
|'''97'''||'''97'''||data-sort-value="Sandoval Íñiguez, Juan"|'''{{wp|Juan Sandoval Íñiguez}}'''||[[File:Flag of Mexico.svg|25px]]&nbsp;'''{{wp|Mexico}}'''||'''Priest'''||'''{{wp|Nostra Signora di Guadalupe e San Filippo Martire}}''' (1994-''present'')'''||1933||'''Alive'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1933|3|28}}'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1933|3|28|2025|11|30}}'''
|13
|}
|Henryk Gulbinowicz
 
|Poland
=== Next to Join ===
|17 October 1923
{| class="wikitable sortable" font-size:95%;
|16 November 2020)
!No.!!Cardinal!!Country!!Rank!!Titulus!!Birth!!Death!!Age!!Age by 30 Nov 2025!!Entry Date<br /><small>After</small>
|97 years 30 days
|- style="background-color:#99ff99" |
|-
| '''1'''||data-sort-value="Errázuriz Ossa, Francisco Javier"|'''{{wp|Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa}} {{wp|Schoenstatt Apostolic Movement|ISch}}'''||[[File:Flag of Chile.svg|25px]]&nbsp;'''{{wp|Chile}}'''||'''Priest'''||'''{{wp|Santa Maria della Pace}} (2001–''present'')'''||1933||'''Alive'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1933|9|5}}'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1933|9|5|2025|11|30}}'''||'''27 Mar 2026'''
|14
|- style="background-color:#99ff99" |
|Roger Etchegaray
|'''2'''||data-sort-value="Farina, Raffaele" | '''{{wp|Raffaele Farina}} {{wp|Salesians of Don Bosco|S.D.B.}}'''||[[File:Flag of Italy.svg|25px]]&nbsp;'''{{wp|Italy}}'''||Deacon (2007-2018)<br />'''Priest (2018-''present'')'''||'''{{wp|San Giovanni della Pigna}} (2007–''present'')'''||1933||'''Alive'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1933|9|24}}''' ||'''{{Age in years and days|1933|9|24|2025|11|30}}'''||'''15 Apr 2026'''<br /><small>{{wp|Josyf Slipyj|Slipyj}}&nbsp;and&nbsp;{{wp|Léon-Étienne Duval|Duval}}<br />92 years, 203 days<br />1892-1984 (Slipyj)&nbsp;and&nbsp;1903-1996 (Duval)</small>
|France
|- style="background-color:#99ff99" |
|25 September 1922
|'''3'''||data-sort-value="Re, Giovanni Battista"|'''{{wp|Giovanni Battista Re}}'''||[[File:Flag of Italy.svg|25px]]&nbsp;'''{{wp|Italy}}'''||Priest (2001-2002)<br />'''Bishop (2002-''present'')'''||{{wp|Santi Apostoli}} (2001-2002)<br />'''{{wp|Roman Catholic Suburbicarian Diocese of Sabina-Poggio Mirteto|Sabina-Poggio Mirteto}} (2002–''present'')'''<br />'''{{wp|Dean of the College of Cardinals}} (2020–''present'')'''<br />'''{{wp|Roman Catholic Suburbicarian Diocese of Ostia|Ostia}} (2020–''present'')'''||1934||'''Alive'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1934|1|30}}'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1934|1|30|2025|11|30}}'''||'''4 Sept 2026'''<br /><small>{{wp|Paolo Giobbe|Giobbe}}<br />92 years, 217 days<br />1880&ndash;1972</small>
|4 September 2019
|- style="background-color:#99ff99" |
|96 years 344 days
|'''4'''||data-sort-value="Phạm Minh Mẫn, Jean-Baptiste"|'''{{wp|Phạm Minh Mẫn|Jean-Baptiste Phạm Minh Mẫn}}'''||[[File:Flag of Vietnam.svg|25px]]&nbsp;'''{{wp|Vietnam}}'''||'''Priest'''||'''{{wp|San Giustino}} (2003&ndash;''present'')'''||1934||'''Alive'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1934|3|5}}'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1934|3|5|2025|10|31}}'''||'''10 Dec 2027'''<br /><small>{{wp|Sergio Sebastiani|Sebastiani}}<br />1931&ndash;2024<br />92 years, 280 days</small>
|-
|- style="background-color:#99ff99" |
|15
|'''5'''||data-sort-value="Monterisi, Francesco" | '''{{wp|Francesco Monterisi}}'''||[[File:Flag of Italy.svg|25px]]&nbsp;'''{{wp|Italy}}'''||Deacon (2011-2021)<br />'''Priest (2021-''present'')'''||''''{{wp|San Paolo alla Regola}} (2010–''present'')'''||1934||'''Alive'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1934|5|28}}'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1934|5|28|2025|10|31}}'''||'''5 Mar 2027'''<br /><small>{{wp|Juan Carlos Aramburu|Aramburu}}<br />92 years, 281 days<br />1912&ndash;2004</small>
|Edward Cassidy
|- style="background-color:#99ff99" |
|Australia
|'''6'''||data-sort-value="Cantalamessa, Raniero"|'''{{wp|Raniero Cantalamessa}}''' '''{{wp|Order of Friars Minor Capuchin|O.F.M. Cap}}'''||[[File:Flag of Italy.svg|25px]]&nbsp;'''{{wp|Italy}}'''||'''Deacon'''||'''{{wp|Sant'Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine}} (2020-''present'')'''||1934||'''Alive'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1934|7|22}}'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1934|7|22|2025|11|30}}'''||'''28 May 2027'''<br /><small>{{wp|Julien Ries|Ries}}<br />92 years, 310 days<br />1920&ndash;2013</small>
|5 July 1924
|- style="background-color:#99ff99" |
|10 April 2021
|'''7'''||data-sort-value="Rodé, Franc" | '''{{Wp|Franc Rodé}}''' '''{{wp|Congregation of the Mission|CM}}'''||[[File:Flag of Slovenia.svg|25px]]'''&nbsp; {{wp|Slovenia}}'''||Deacon (2006-2016)<br />'''Priest (2016-''present'')'''||'''{{wp|San Francesco Saverio alla Garbatella}}''' (2006-''present'')'''||1934||'''Alive'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1934|9|23}}'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1934|9|23|2025|11|30}}'''||''''14 Oct 2027'''<br /><small>{{wp|Alessandro Verde|Verde}}<br />93 years, 2 days<br />1865&ndash;1958</small>
|96 years 279 days
|- style="background-color:#99ff99" |
|-
|'''8'''||data-sort-value="Villalba, Luis Héctor"|'''{{wp|Luis Héctor Villalba}}'''||[[File:Flag of Argentina.svg|25px]]'''&nbsp;{{wp|Argentina}}'''||'''Priest (2015-''present'')'''||'''{{wp|San Girolamo a Corviale}}''' (2015-''present'')'''||1934||'''Alive'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1934|10|11}}'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1934|10|11|2025|11|30}}'''||'''18 Oct 2027'''<br /><small>{{wp|Carlo Confalonieri|Confalonieri}}<br />93 years, 7 days<br />1893&ndash;1986</small>
|16
|- style="background-color:#99ff99" |
|Kazimierz Świątek
|'''9'''||data-sort-value="Bertone, Tarcisio" | '''{{wp|Tarcisio Bertone}} {{wp|Salesians of Don Bosco|S.D.B.}}'''||[[File:Flag of Italy.svg|25px]]'''&nbsp;{{wp|Italy}}'''||Priest (2003-2008)<br />'''Bishop'''||{{wp|Santa Maria Ausiliatrice, Rome|Santa Maria Ausiliatrice in Via Tuscaloosa}} (2003&ndash;2008)<br/>'''{{wp|Roman Catholic Suburbicarian Diocese of Frascati|Frascati}}''' '''(2008-''present'')'''||1934||'''Alive'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1934|12|2}}'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1934|12|2|2025|11|30}}'''||'''16 Dec 2027'''
|Belarus
|- style="background-color:#99ff99" |
|21 October 1914
|'''10'''||data-sort-value="Darmaatmadja, Julius"|'''{{wp|Julius Darmaatmadja}} {{wp|Jesuits|SJ}}'''||[[File:Flag of Indonesia.svg|25px]]'''&nbsp;{{wp|Indonesia}}'''||'''Priest'''||'''{{wp|Sacro Cuore di Maria}}''' '''(2008-''present'')'''||1934||'''Alive'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1934|12|20}}'''||'''{{Age in years and days|1934|12|20|2025|11|30}}'''||'''4 Jan 2028'''<br /><small>{{wp|James Francis McIntyre|McIntyre}} & {{wp|Antonio Innocenti|Innocenti}}<br />93 years, 14 days<br />1886&ndash;1979 (McIntyre) and 1915-2008 (Innocenti)</small>
|21 July 2011
|}
|96 years 273 days
 
|-
== Chronological list of longest-lived Cardinals (from 21 Feb 1886) ==
|17
; Key
|{{Wp|Domenico Bartolucci}}
{| class="wikitable"
|Italy
| style="background-color:#99ff99" | '''Longest-living'''
|7 May 1917
|}
|11 November 2013
 
|{{Age in years and days|7 May 1917|11 November 2013}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!style="width: 125px" style="text-align:left" | Name!!style="width: 100px"  style="text-align:left" | Country !!style="text-align:left" | Rank and Titulus!!style="text-align:left" | Birth!!style="width: 95px; text-align:left" | Became<br />Longest<br />lived!!style="width: 95px; text-align:left" | Death!!style="width: 95px; text-align:left" | Age!!style="width: 95px; text-align:left" | Ceased to be<br />Longest<br />lived<br /><small>Duration</small>
|18
|José Freire Falcão
|Brazil
|23 October 1925
|26 September 2021
|95 years 338 days
|-
|-
|19
|data-sort-value="Newman, John Henry" | {{wp|John Henry Newman}} {{wp|Oratory of Saint Philip Neri|C.O.}}||[[File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|United Kingdom}}<br /><small>[[File:Flag of England.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|England}}</small>||{{wp|San Giorgio in Velabro|Deacon of San Giorgio in Velabro}} (1879&ndash;1890)||21 Feb 1801||??||11 Aug 1890||89 years, 171 days||29 Jul 1895<br /><small>??</small>
|{{Wp|Giovanni Canestri}}
|Italy
|30 September 1918
|29 April 2015
|{{Age in years and days|30 September 1918|29 April 2015}}
|-
|-
|20
|data-sort-value="Mertel, Teodolfo"|{{wp|Teodolfo Mertel}}||[[File:Papal proto-national flag.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|Papal States}}||{{wp|Sant'Eustachio|Deacon of Sant'Eustachio}} (1858&ndash;1881)<br />{{wp|Santa Maria in Via Lata|Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata}} (1881&ndash;1884)<br />{{wp|San Lorenzo in Damasoa|Priest of San Lorenzo in Damaso}} (1884-1899)||6 Feb 1806||29 Jul 1895||11 Jul 1899||93 years, 152 days||7 May 1930<br /><small>34 years, 282 days</small>
|Francisco Álvarez Martínez
|-  
|Spain
|data-sort-value="Vannutelli, Vincenzo" | {{wp|Vincenzo Vannutelli}}||rowspan="2"|[[File:Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|Kingdom of Italy|Italy}}||{{wp|San Silvestro in Capite|Priest of San Silvestro in Capite}} (1891&ndash;1900)<br />{{wp|Roman Catholic Subirbicarian Diocese of Palestrina|Bishop of Palestrina}} (1900&ndash;1930)<br />{{wp|Roman Catholic Subirbicarian Diocese of Ostia|Bishop of Ostia}} (1915&ndash;1930)||5 Dec 1836||7 May 1930||9 Jul 1930||93 years, 216 days||3 Nov 1944<br /><small>14 years, 180 days</small>
|14 July 1925
|-  
|5 January 2022
|data-sort-value="Granito Pignatelli" | {{wp|Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte|Granito Pignatelli}}||{{wp|Santa Maria in Degli Angeli|Priest of Santa Maria in Degli Angeli}} (1911–1915)<br />{{wp|Roman Catholic Subirbicarian Diocese of Albano|Bishop of Albano}} (1915–1948)<br />{{wp|Roman Catholic Subirbicarian Diocese of Ostia|Bishop of Ostia}} (1930&ndash;1948)||10 Apr 1851||3 Nov 1944||16 Feb 1948||96 years, 312 days||13 May 2000<br /><small>55 years, 192 days</small>
|96 years 175 days
|- style="background-color:#99ff99" |  
|-
|data-sort-value="Bafile, Corrado"|{{wp|Corrado Bafile}} ||[[File:Flag of Italy.svg|25px]]&nbsp;{{wp|Italy}} ||{{wp|Santa Maria in Portico|Deacon of Santa Maria in Portico}} (1976-1987)<br />{{wp|Santa Maria in Portico|Priest <small>''(pro hac vice)''</small> of Santa Maria in Portico}} (1987-2005)||4 Jul 1903||'''13 May 2000'''||3 Feb 2005||101 years, 214 days||'''''present'''''<br /><small>'''''{{age in years and days|2000|5|13}}'''''</small>
|23
|Luigi De Magistris
|Italy
|23 February 1926
|16 February 2022
|95 years 358 days
|-
|22
|{{Wp|Achille Silvestrini}}
|Italy
|25 October 1923
|29 August 2019
|{{Age in years and days|23 October 1923|29 August 2019}}
|-
|21
|Agostino Cacciavillan
|Italy
|14 August 1926
|5 March 2022
|95 years 204 days
|-
|24
|'''Júlio Duarte Langa'''
| '''Mozambique'''
|'''27 October 1927'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''95 years 155 days'''
|-
|25
|'''Friedrich Wetter'''
| '''Germany'''
|'''20 February 1928'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''95 years 99 days'''
|-
|26
|{{Wp|Paulo Evaristo Arns}}
|Brazil
|14 September 1921
|14 December 2016
|{{Age in years and days|14 September 1921|14 December 2016}}
|-
|27
|{{Wp|Serafim Fernandes de Araújo}}
|Brazil
|13 August 1924
|8 October 2019
|{{Age in years and days|13 August 1924|8 October 2019}}
|-
|28
|{{Wp|Jorge Medina Estévez}}
|Chile
|23 December 1926
|3 October 2021
|94 years 284 days
|-
|29
|'''{{Wp|Ernest Simoni}}'''
| '''Albania'''
|'''18 October 1928'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''94 years 224 days'''
|-
|30
|{{Wp|Angelo Sodano}}
|Italy
|23 November 1927
|27 May 2022
|94 years 205 days
|-
|31
|'''{{Wp|Walter Brandmüller}}'''
| '''Germany'''
|'''5 January 1929'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''94 years 145 days'''
|-
|32
|'''{{Wp|Michael Michai Kitbunchu}}'''
| '''Thailand'''
|'''25 January 1929'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''94 years 125 days'''
|-
|33
|{{Wp|Eduardo Martínez Somalo}}
|Spain
|31 March 1927
|10 August 2021
|94 years 142 days
|-
|34
|{{Wp|Giovanni Cheli}}
|Italy
|4 October 1918
|8 February 2013
|94 years 122 days
|-
|35
|{{Wp|Gilberto Agustoni}}
|italy
|26 July 1922
|13 January 2017
|{{Age in years and days|26 July 1922|13 January 2017}}
|-
|36
|{{Wp|Marian Jaworski}}
|Poland
|21 August 1926
|5 September 2020
|94 years 13 days
|-
|37
|{{Wp|Carlo Furno}}
|Italy
|2 December 1921
|9 December 2015
|94 years, 7 days
|-
|38
|{{Wp|Prosper Grech}}
|Malta
|24 December 1925
|30 December 2019
|{{Age in years and days|24 December 1925|30 December 2019}}
|-
|39
|{{Wp|Egano Righi-Lambertini}}
|Italy
|22 February 1906
|4 October 2000
|{{Age in years and days|22 February 1906|4 October 2000}}
|-
|40
|{{Wp|Teodolfo Mertel}}
|Italy
|9 February 1806
|11 July 1899
|93 years 152 days
|-
|41
|{{Wp|Roberto Tucci}}
|Italy
|19 April 1921
|14 April 2015
|{{Age in years and days|19 April 1921|14 April 2015}}
|-
|42
|{{Wp|Georges Cottier}}
|Switzerland
|25 April 1922
|31 March 2016
|{{Age in years and days|25 April 1922|31 March 2016}}
|-
|44
|{{Wp|José Manuel Estepa Llaurens}}
|Spain
|1 January 1926
|21 July 2019
|{{Age in years and days|1 January 1926|21 July 2019}}
|-
|44
|{{Wp|Simon Pimenta|Ignatius Pimenta}}
|Italy
|1 March 1920
|19 July 2013
|93 years 140 days
|-
|45
|{{Wp|Adam Joseph Maida}}
| '''United States'''
|'''18 March 1938'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''93 years 73 days'''
|-
|46
|{{Wp|Thomas Stafford Williams}}
| '''United States'''
|'''20 March 1930'''
|'''Alive'''
|'''93 years 61 days'''
|-
|47
|{{Wp|Julien Ries}}
|Belgium
|19 April 1920
|23 February 2013
|92 years 310 days
|-
|48
|{{Wp|Luigi Poggi}}
|Italy
|25 November 1917
|4 May 2010
|92 years 160 days
|-
|49
|{{Wp|Silvano Piovanelli}}
|Italy
|21 February 1924
|9 July 2016
|92 years 139 days
|-
|50
|{{Wp|Miguel Obando y Bravo}}
|Nicaraguan
|2 February 1926
|3 June 2018
|{{Age in years and days|2 February 1926|3 June 2018}}
|-
|51
|{{Wp|Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo}}
|Italy
|27 August 1925
|19 November 2017
|{{Age in years and days|27 August 1925|19 November 2017}}
|-
|52
|{{Wp|José Tomás Sánchez}}
|Philippines
|17 March 1920
|9 March 2012
|91 years 358 days
|-
|53
|{{Wp|Eugenio Sales|Eugenio de Araujo Sales}}
|Brazil
|8 November 1920
|9 July 2012
|91 years 244 days
|-
|54
|{{Wp|Sebastian Koto Khoarai}}
|Lesotho
|11 September 1929
|17 April 2021
|91 years 219 days
|}
|}
== See Also ==
* [[List of oldest living cardinals]]
* [[Hypothetical List of longest-living cardinals]]
* [[Past longest-living cardinals]]
* [[Hypothetical List of longest-living cardinals (What if, 31 December 2025)]]
* [[Hypothetical List of longest-living cardinals (What if, 25 April 2027)]]
* [[List of longest-living state leaders]]
[[Category:Lists]]
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Latest revision as of 00:05, 25 November 2025

This article lists the 100 longest known living or deceased Members of the College of Cardinals. 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

List

UPDATED 12/10/2025

Living
No. lName Country Rank Titulus Birth Death Age
1 Corrado Bafile Flag of Italy.svg Italy Deacon (1976-1987)
Priest (1987-2005)		 Santa Maria in Portico (1976–2005) 1903 2005 101 years, 214 days
2 Loris Francesco Capovilla Flag of Italy.svg Italy Priest Santa Maria in Trastevere (2014–2016) 1915 2016 100 years, 224 days
3 José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia Priest San Giovanni Crisostomo a Monte Sacro Alto (2015–2019) 1919 2019 100 years, 197 days
4 Angelo Acerbi Flag of Italy.svg Italy Deacon Santi Angeli Custodi a Città Giardino (2024-present) 1925 Alive 100 years, 78 days
5 Alexandre do Nascimento Flag of Angola.svg Angola Priest San Marco in Agro Laurentino (1983-2024) 1925 2024 99 years, 212 days
6 Estanislao Esteban Karlic Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Priest Beata Maria Vergine Addolorata a piazza Buenos Aires (2007-2025) 1926 2025 99 years, 182 days
7 Ersilio Tonini Flag of Italy.svg Italy Priest Santi Redentore a Valmelaina (1994–2013) 1914 2013 99 years, 8 days
8 Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon Bishop Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites (Oriental-rite) (Patriarch: 1986-2011; Cardinal: 1994–2019) 1920 2019 98 years, 362 days
9 Emmanuel Wamala Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda Priest Sant'Ugo (1994-present) 1926 Alive 98 years, 360 days
10 Paul Augustin Mayer Flag of Germany.svg West Germany Deacon (1985-1996)
Priest (1996-2010)		 Sant'Anselmo all’Aventino (1985–2010) 1911 2010 98 years, 342 days
11 Ignatius Kung Pin-mei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China Priest San Sisto (1991–2000) 1901 2000 98 years, 223 days
Franz König Flag of Austria.svg Austria Priest Sant'Eusebio (1958–2004) 1905 2004
13 Jozef Tomko Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia Deacon (1985-1996)
Priest (1996-2022)		 Gesù Buon Pastore alla Montagnola (1985-1996)
Santa Sabina (1996-2022)		 1924 2022 98 years 151 days
14 Fiorenzo Angelini Flag of Italy.svg Italy Deacon (1991-2002}
Priest (2002-2014)		 Santo Spirito in Sassia (1991–2014) 1916 2014 98 years, 113 days
15 Luis Pascual Dri OFM Cap. Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Deacon Sant'Angelo in Pescheria (2023-2025) 1927 Alive 98 years, 73 days
16 Júlio Duarte Langa Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique Priest San Gabriele dell'Addolorata (2015-present) 1927 Alive 98 years, 44 days
17 Albert Vanhoye S.J. Flag of France.svg France Deacon (2006-2016)
Priest (2016-2021)		 Santa Maria della Mercede e Sant'Adriano a Villa Albani (2006–2021) 1923 2021 98 years, 5 days
18 Paolo Dezza S.J. Flag of Italy.svg Italy Deacon San Ignazio di Loyola a Campo Marzio (1991–1999) 1901 1999 98 years, 4 days
19 Friedrich Wetter Flag of Germany.svg West Germany Priest Santo Stefano in Monte Celio (1985–present) 1928 Alive 97 years, 285 days
20 Alexandre José María dos Santos O.F.M. Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique Priest San Frumenzio ai Prati Fiscali (1988–2021) 1924 2021 97 years, 195 days
21 Alfons Maria Stickler SDB Flag of Austria.svg Austria Deacon (1985-1996)
Priest (1996-2007)		 San Giorgio in Velabro (1985–2007) 1910 2007 97 years, 111 days
22 Ernest Simoni Flag of Albania.svg Albania Deacon Santa Maria della Scala (2018-present) 1928 Alive 97 years, 53 days
23 Henryk Gulbinowicz Flag of Poland (1928–1980).svg Poland Priest Immacolata Concezione di Maria a Grottarossa (1985–2020) 1923 2020 97 years, 30 days
24 Ferdinando Giuseppe Antonelli O.F.M. Flag of Italy.svg Italy Deacon (1973-1983)
Priest (1983-1993)		 San Sebastiano al Palatino (1973–1983) 1896 1993 96 years, 363 days
25 Roger Etchegaray Flag of France (1976–2020).svg France Priest (1979-1998)
Bishop (1998-2019)		 San Leone I (1979-1998)
Porto–Santa Rufina (1998–2019)		 1922 2019 96 years, 344 days
26 Johannes Willebrands Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Deacon (1969-1975)
Priest (1975-2006)		 Santi Cosma e Damiano (1969-1975)
San Sebastiano alle Catacombe (1975–2006)		 1909 2008 96 years, 331 days
27 Walter Brandmüller Flag of Germany.svg West Germany Deacon (2010-2021)
Priest (2021-present)		 San Giuliano dei Fiamminghi (2010-present) 1929 Alive 96 years, 339 days
28 Granito Pignatelli Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg Italy Priest(1911-1915)
Bishop (1915-1948)		 Santa Maria degli Angeli (1911-1915)
Albano (1915–1948)
Ostia (1930–1948)		 1851 1948 96 years, 312 days
29 Michael Michai Kitbunchu Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand Priest San Lorenzo in Panisperna (1983-present)
Proto-priest (2016-present)		 1929 Alive 96 years, 319 days
30 Edward Cassidy Flag of Australia.svg Australia Deacon (1991-2002)
Priest (2002-2021)		 Santa Maria in Via Lata (1991-2021) 1924 2021 96 years, 279 days
31 Kazimierz Świątek Flag of Belgium.svg Belgium Priest San Gerardo Maiella (1994–2011) 1914 2011 96 years, 273 days
32 José da Costa Nunes Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal Priest Santa Prisca (1962–1976) 1880 1976 96 years, 259 days
33 Giovanni Canestri Flag of Italy.svg Italy Priest San Andrea della Valle (1988–2015) 1918 2015 96 years, 211 days
34 Domenico Bartolucci Flag of Italy.svg Italy Deacon Santissimi Nomi di Gesù e Maria in Via Lata (2010–2013) 1917 2013 96 years, 188 days
35 Adam Kozłowiecki S.J. Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia Priest Sant'Andrea al Quirinale (1998–2008) 1911 2007 96 years, 180 days
36 Francisco Álvarez Martínez Flag of Spain.svg Spain Priest Santa Maria «Regina Pacis» a Monte Verde (2001–2022) 1925 2022 96 years, 177 days
37 Francesco Morano Flag of Italy.svg Italy Deacon Santi Cosma e Damiano (1959–1968) 1872 1968 96 years, 34 days
38 Luigi De Magistris Flag of Italy.svg Italy Deacon Santissimi Nomi di Gesù e Maria in Via Lata (2015–2022) 1926 2022 95 years 358 days
39 José Freire Falcão Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Priest San Luca a Via Prenestina (1988–2021) 1925 2021 95 years, 338 days
40 Pietro Parente Flag of Italy.svg Italy Priest San Lorenzo in Lucina (1967–1986) 1891 1986 95 years, 316 days
41 Achille Silvestrini Flag of Italy.svg Italy Deacon (1988-1999)
Priest (1999-2019)		 San Benedetto fuori Porta San Paolo (1988–2019) 1923 2019 95 years, 308 days
42 Adam Maida Flag of the United States.svg United States Priest San Vitale (1994–present) 1930 Alive 95 years, 267 days
43 Julian Herranz Casado Flag of Spain.svg Spain Deacon (2002-2014)
Priest (2014-present)		 Sant'Eugenio (2003–present) 1930 Alive 95 years, 254 days
44 Agostino Cacciavillan Flag of Italy.svg Italy Deacon (2001-2011)
Priest (2011-2022)		 Santi Angeli Custodi a Città Giardino (2001-2022) 1926 2022 95 years, 204 days
45 Henri de Lubac S.J. Flag of France (1976–2020).svg France Deacon Santa Maria in Domnica (1983–1991) 1896 1991 95 years, 196 days
46 Paulo Evaristo Arns O.F.M Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Priest San Antonio da Padova in Via Tuscolana (1973–2016) 1921 2016 95 years, 91 days
47 Paul Poupard Flag of France (1976–2020).svg France Priest Santa Prassede (1996–present) 1930 Alive 95 years, 102 days
48 Salvatore De Giorgi Flag of Italy.svg Italy Priest Santa Maria in Ara Coeli (1998–present) 1930 Alive 95 years, 95 days
49 Serafim Fernandes de Araújo Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Priest San Luigi Maria Grignion de Montfort (1998–2019) 1924 2019 95 years, 56 days
50 Alberto Di Jorio Flag of Italy.svg Italy Priest Santa Pudenziana (1967–1979) 1884 1979 95 years, 47 days
51 Corrado Ursi Flag of Italy.svg Italy Priest San Callisto (1967–2003) 1908 2003 95 years, 34 days
52 Janis Pujats Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia Priest Santa Silvia (2001–present) 1930 Alive 95 years, 26 days
53 Jorge Medina Flag of Chile.svg Chile Deacon (1999-2008)
Priest (2008-2021)		 San Saba (1998–2021) 1926 2021 94 years, 284 days
54 Julijans Vaivods Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union Priest Santi Quattro Coronati (1983–1990) 1895 1990 94 years, 279 days
54 Camillo Ruini Flag of Italy.svg Italy Priest Sant'Agnese fuori le mura (1991-present) 1931 Alive 94 years, 294 days
56 Theodore McCarrick Flag of the United States.svg United States Priest Santi Nereo ad Achilleo (2001–2018) 1930 2025 94 years, 270 days
57 Carlos María de la Torre Flag of Ecuador (1900–2009).svg Ecuador Deacon (1946-1953)
Priest (1953-1968)		 Santa Maria in Aquiro (1946–1968) 1873 1968 94 years, 261 days
58 Louis-Albert Vachon Flag of Canada.svg Canada Priest San Paolo della Croce a Corviale (1985–2006) 1912 2006 94 years, 237 days
59 Egano Righi-Lambertini Flag of Italy.svg Italy Deacon
Priest		 San Giovanni Bosco in Via Tuscolana (1979–1990)
Santa Maria in Via (1990-2000)		 1906 2000 94 years, 225 days
60 Angelo Sodano Flag of Italy.svg Italy Priest (1991-1994)
Bishop (1994-2022)		 Santa Maria Nuova (1991-1994)(in commenda: 1994-2022)
Albano (1994–2022)
Ostia (2005–2019)		 1927 2022 94 years, 205 days
61 Gilberto Agustoni Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland Deacon (1994-2005)
Priest (2005-2017)		 Santi Urbano e Lorenzo a Prima Porta (1994–2017) 1922 2017 94 years, 171 days
62 Eduardo Martínez Somalo Flag of Spain.svg Spain Deacon (1988-1999)
Priest (1999-2021)		 Santissima Nominde Gesú (1988–2021) 1927 2021 94 years, 142 days
63 Lucian Mureșan Flag of Romania.svg Romania Priest Sant'Atanasio (2012–2025) 1931 2025 94 years, 125 days
64 Giovanni Cheli Flag of Italy.svg Italy Deacon (1998-2008)
Priest (2008-2013)		 Santi Cosma e Damiano (1998-2013) 1918 2013 94 years 122 days
65 Mikel Koliqi Flag of Albania.svg Albania Deacon Ognissanti in Via Appia Nuova (1994–1997) 1902 1997 94 years, 121 days
66 Giuseppe Sensi Flag of Italy.svg Italy Deacon (1976-1987)
Priest (1987-2001)		 Santi Biagio e Carlo ai Catinari (1976–1987)
Regina Apostolorum (1987–2001)		 1907 2001 94 years, 60 days
67 Marian Jaworski Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine
Flag of Poland.svg Poland		 Priest San Sisto ([1998] 2001–2020) 1926 2020 94 years 13 days
68 Carlo Furno Flag of Italy.svg Italy Deacon (1994-2005)
Priest (2005-2015)		 Sacro Cuore di Cristo Re (1994–2006)
Sant'Onofrio (2006–2015)		 1921 2015 94 years, 7 days
69 Prosper Grech, O.S.A. Flag of Malta.svg Malta Deacon Santa Maria Goretti (2012–2019) 1925 2019 94 years, 6 days
70 Roberto Tucci Flag of Italy.svg Italy Deacon (2001-2011)
Priest (2011-2015)		 Sant'Ignazio di Loyola a Campo Marzio (2001–2015) 1921 2015 93 years, 360 days
71 Georges Cottier O.P. Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland Deacon (2003-2014)
Priest (2014-2016)		 Santi Domenico e Sisto (2003–2016) 1922 2016 93 years, 341 days
72 José Saraiva Martins C.M.F. Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal Deacon (2003-2009)
Bishop (since 2009)		 Nostra Signora del Sacro Cuore (2001–2009)
Palestrina (2009-present)		 1932 Alive 93 years, 338 days
73 John Carberry Flag of the United States.svg United States Priest San Giovanni Battista de’ Rossi (1969–1998) 1904 1998 93 years, 321 days
74 Joseph Zen S.D.B. Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
(Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong)		 Priest Santa Maria Madre del Redentore a Tor Bella Monaca (2006–present) 1932 Alive 93 years, 331 days
75 Paolo Bertoli Flag of Italy.svg Italy Deacon
Priest
Bishop		 San Girolamo dalla Carità (1969-1973)
San Girolamo dei Croati (1973–1979)
Frascati (1979–2001)		 1908 2001 93 years, 280 days
76 Thomas Williams Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Priest Gesù Divin Maestro alla Pineta Sacchetti (1983–2023) 1930 2023 93 years. 276 days
77 Opilio Rossi Flag of the United States.svg United States Priest San Lorenzo in Lucina (1987–2004) 1910 2004 93 years, 271 days
78 Vincenzo Vannutelli Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg Italy Priest (1891-1900)
Bishop (1900-1930)		 San Silvestro in Capite (1891–1900)
Palestrina (1900–1930)
Ostia (1915–1930)		 1836 1930 93 years, 216 days
79 José Manuel Estepa Llaurens Flag of Spain.svg Spain Priest San Gabriele Arcangelo all’Acqua Traversa (2010–2019) 1926 2019 93 years, 201 days
80 Jean Margéot Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius Priest San Gabriele Arcangelo all’Acqua Traversa (1988–2009) 1916 2009 93 years, 164 days
81 Teodolfo Mertel Flag of the Papal States (1825-1870).svg Papal States Deacon (1858-1884)
Priest (1884-1899)		 Sant'Eustachio (1858-1881)
Santa Maria in Via Lata (1881-1884)
San Lorenzo in Damaso pro illia vice (1884–1899)		 1806 1899 93 years, 152 days
82 Simon Pimenta Flag of India.svg India Priest Santa Maria Regina Mundi a Torre Spaccata (1988–2013) 1920 2013 93 years, 140 days
83 James Stafford Flag of the United States.svg United States Priest San Pietro in Montorio (1998-present) 1932 Alive 93 years, 137 days
84 Gaudencio Rosales Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines Priest Santissimo Nome di Maria in Via Latina (2006-Present) 1932 Alive 93 years, 122 days
85 František Tomášek Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia Priest San Vitale (1977–1992) 1899 1992 93 years, 35 days
86 Alfredo Scherer Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Priest Nostra Signora de La Salette (1969–1996) 1903 1996 93 years, 33 days
87 Francis Arinze Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria Deacon (1985-1996)
Priest (1996-2005)
Bishop (2005-present)		 San Giovanni della Pigna (1985–2005)
Velletri-Segni (2005-present)		 1932 Alive 93 years, 39 days
88 Giuseppe Pizzardo Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg Italy Priest (1937-1948)
Bishop (1948-1970)		 Santa Maria in Via Lata pro hac vice Title (1937–1948)
Albano (1948–1970)		 1877 1970 93 years, 19 days
89 James Francis McIntyre Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States Priest Sant'Anastasia (1953–1979) 1886 1979 93 years, 14 days
Antonio Innocenti Flag of Italy.svg Italy Deacon (1985-1996)
Priest (1996-2008)		 Santa Maria in Aquiro (1985–2008) 1915 2008
91 Carlo Confalonieri Flag of Italy.svg Italy Priest (1958-1972)
Bishop (1972-1986)		 Sant'Agnese fuori le mura (1958–1972)
Palestrina (1972–1986)
Ostia (1977–1986)		 1893 1986 93 years, 7 days
92 Alessandro Verde Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg Italy Deacon (1925-1935)
Priest (1937-1958)		 Santa Maria in Cosmedin (1925–1958) 1865 1958 93 years, 2 days
93 Julien Ries Flag of Belgium.svg Belgium Deacon San Antonio di Padova a Circonvallazione Appia (2012–2013) 1920 2013 92 years, 310 days
94 Juan Carlos Aramburu Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Priest San Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini (1976–2004) 1912 2004 92 years, 281 days
95 Sergio Sebastiani Flag of Italy.svg Italy Deacon (2001-2011)
Priest (2011-2024)		 Sant'Eustachio (2001-2024) 1931 2024 92 years, 280 days
96 Walter Kasper Flag of Germany.svg Germany Deacon (2001-2011)
Priest (2011-present)		 Ognissanti in Via Appia Nuova (2001-present) 1933 Alive 92 years, 280 days
97 Juan Sandoval Íñiguez Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico Priest Nostra Signora di Guadalupe e San Filippo Martire (1994-present) 1933 Alive 92 years, 257 days
98 Paolo Giobbe Flag of Italy.svg Italy Priest Santa Maria in Vallicella (1958–1972) 1880 1972 92 years, 217 days
99 Josyf Slipyj Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1949–1991).svg Ukrainian SSR Priest Sant’Atanasio (1965–1984) 1892 1984 92 years, 203 days
Léon-Étienne Duval Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria
(born in Flag of France.svg France)		 Priest Santa Balbina (1965–1996) 1903 1996

If every Living cardinals are still alive by 30 Nov 2025

Rank Cardinal Country Rank Titulus Birth Death Age
Current By
30/11/25
 Current By
30/11/25
4 4 Angelo Acerbi Flag of Italy.svg Italy Deacon Santi Angeli Custodi a Città Giardino (2024-present) 1925 Alive 100 years, 78 days 100 years, 68 days
9 9 Emmanuel Wamala Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda Priest Sant'Ugo (1994-present) 1926 Alive 98 years, 360 days 98 years, 350 days
16 16 Júlio Duarte Langa Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique Priest San Gabriele dell'Addolorata (2015-present) 1927 Alive 98 years, 44 days 98 years, 34 days
19 19 Friedrich Wetter Flag of Germany.svg West Germany Priest Santo Stefano in Monte Celio (1985–present) 1928 Alive 97 years, 285 days 97 years, 275 days
22 22' Ernest Simoni Flag of Albania.svg Albania Deacon Santa Maria della Scala (2018-present) 1928 Alive 97 years, 53 days 97 years, 43 days
27 27 Walter Brandmüller Flag of Germany.svg West Germany Deacon (2010-2021)
Priest (2021-present)		 San Giuliano dei Fiamminghi (2010-present) 1929 Alive 96 years, 339 days 96 years, 329 days
29 29 Michael Michai Kitbunchu Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand Priest San Lorenzo in Panisperna (1983-present)
Proto-priest (2016-present)		 1929 Alive 96 years, 319 days 96 years, 309 days
42 42 Adam Maida Flag of the United States.svg United States Priest San Vitale (1994–present) 1930 Alive 95 years, 267 days 95 years, 257 days
43 42 Julian Herranz Casado Flag of Spain.svg Spain Deacon (2002-2014)
Priest (2014-present)		 Sant'Eugenio (2003–present) 1930 Alive 95 years, 254 days 95 years, 244 days
47 46 Paul Poupard Flag of France (1976–2020).svg France Priest Santa Prassede (1996–present) 1930 Alive 95 years, 102 days 95 years, 92 days
48 48 data-sort-value="De Giorgi, Salvatorre"|Salvatore De Giorgi Flag of Italy.svg Italy Priest Santa Maria in Ara Coeli (1998–present) 1930 Alive 95 years, 95 days 95 years, 85 days
52 52 Janis Pujats Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia Priest Santa Silvia (2001–present) 1930 Alive 95 years, 26 days 95 years, 16 days
55 53 Camillo Ruini Flag of Italy.svg Italy Priest Sant'Agnese fuori le mura (1991-present) 1931 Alive 94 years, 294 days 94 years, 284 days
72 72 José Saraiva Martins C.M.F. Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal Deacon (2003-2009)
Bishop (since 2009)		 Nostra Signora del Sacro Cuore (2001–2009)
Palestrina (2009-present)		 1932 Alive 93 years, 338 days 93 years, 328 days
74 73 Joseph Zen S.D.B. Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
(Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong)		 Priest Santa Maria Madre del Redentore a Tor Bella Monaca (2006–present) 1932 Alive 93 years, 331 days 93 years, 321 days
83 James Stafford Flag of the United States.svg United States Priest San Pietro in Montorio (1998-present) 1932 Alive 93 years, 137 days 93 years, 127 days
84 Gaudencio Rosales Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines Priest Santissimo Nome di Maria in Via Latina (2006-Present) 1932 Alive 93 years, 122 days 93 years, 112 days
87 Francis Arinze Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria Deacon (1985-1996)
Priest (1996-2005)
Bishop (2005-present)		 San Giovanni della Pigna (1985–2005)
Velletri-Segni (2005-present)		 1932 Alive 93 years, 39 days 93 years, 29 days
96 96 Walter Kasper Flag of Germany.svg Germany Deacon (2001-2011)
Priest (2011-present)		 Ognissanti in Via Appia Nuova (2001-present) 1933 Alive 92 years, 280 days 92 years, 270 days
97 97 Juan Sandoval Íñiguez Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico Priest Nostra Signora di Guadalupe e San Filippo Martire (1994-present) 1933 Alive 92 years, 257 days 92 years, 247 days

Next to Join

No. Cardinal Country Rank Titulus Birth Death Age Age by 30 Nov 2025 Entry Date
After
1 Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa ISch Flag of Chile.svg Chile Priest Santa Maria della Pace (2001–present) 1933 Alive 92 years, 96 days 92 years, 86 days 27 Mar 2026
2 Raffaele Farina S.D.B. Flag of Italy.svg Italy Deacon (2007-2018)
Priest (2018-present)		 San Giovanni della Pigna (2007–present) 1933 Alive 92 years, 77 days 92 years, 67 days 15 Apr 2026
Slipyj and Duval
92 years, 203 days
1892-1984 (Slipyj) and 1903-1996 (Duval)
3 Giovanni Battista Re Flag of Italy.svg Italy Priest (2001-2002)
Bishop (2002-present)		 Santi Apostoli (2001-2002)
Sabina-Poggio Mirteto (2002–present)
Dean of the College of Cardinals (2020–present)
Ostia (2020–present)		 1934 Alive 91 years, 314 days 91 years, 304 days 4 Sept 2026
Giobbe
92 years, 217 days
1880–1972
4 Jean-Baptiste Phạm Minh Mẫn Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam Priest San Giustino (2003–present) 1934 Alive 91 years, 280 days 91 years, 240 days 10 Dec 2027
Sebastiani
1931–2024
92 years, 280 days
5 Francesco Monterisi Flag of Italy.svg Italy Deacon (2011-2021)
Priest (2021-present)		 'San Paolo alla Regola (2010–present) 1934 Alive 91 years, 196 days 91 years, 156 days 5 Mar 2027
Aramburu
92 years, 281 days
1912–2004
6 Raniero Cantalamessa O.F.M. Cap Flag of Italy.svg Italy Deacon Sant'Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine (2020-present) 1934 Alive 91 years, 141 days 91 years, 131 days 28 May 2027
Ries
92 years, 310 days
1920–2013
7 Franc Rodé CM Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Deacon (2006-2016)
Priest (2016-present)		 San Francesco Saverio alla Garbatella (2006-present) 1934 Alive 91 years, 78 days 91 years, 68 days '14 Oct 2027
Verde
93 years, 2 days
1865–1958
8 Luis Héctor Villalba Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Priest (2015-present) San Girolamo a Corviale (2015-present) 1934 Alive 91 years, 60 days 91 years, 50 days 18 Oct 2027
Confalonieri
93 years, 7 days
1893–1986
9 Tarcisio Bertone S.D.B. Flag of Italy.svg Italy Priest (2003-2008)
Bishop		 Santa Maria Ausiliatrice in Via Tuscaloosa (2003–2008)
Frascati (2008-present)		 1934 Alive 91 years, 8 days 90 years, 363 days 16 Dec 2027
10 Julius Darmaatmadja SJ Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia Priest Sacro Cuore di Maria (2008-present) 1934 Alive 90 years, 355 days 90 years, 345 days 4 Jan 2028
McIntyre & Innocenti
93 years, 14 days
1886–1979 (McIntyre) and 1915-2008 (Innocenti)

Chronological list of longest-lived Cardinals (from 21 Feb 1886)

Key
Longest-living
Name Country Rank and Titulus Birth Became
Longest
lived		 Death Age Ceased to be
Longest
lived
Duration
John Henry Newman C.O. Flag of the United Kingdom (3-5).svg United Kingdom
Flag of England.svg England		 Deacon of San Giorgio in Velabro (1879–1890) 21 Feb 1801 ?? 11 Aug 1890 89 years, 171 days 29 Jul 1895
??
Teodolfo Mertel Papal proto-national flag.svg Papal States Deacon of Sant'Eustachio (1858–1881)
Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata (1881–1884)
Priest of San Lorenzo in Damaso (1884-1899)		 6 Feb 1806 29 Jul 1895 11 Jul 1899 93 years, 152 days 7 May 1930
34 years, 282 days
Vincenzo Vannutelli Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg Italy Priest of San Silvestro in Capite (1891–1900)
Bishop of Palestrina (1900–1930)
Bishop of Ostia (1915–1930)		 5 Dec 1836 7 May 1930 9 Jul 1930 93 years, 216 days 3 Nov 1944
14 years, 180 days
Granito Pignatelli Priest of Santa Maria in Degli Angeli (1911–1915)
Bishop of Albano (1915–1948)
Bishop of Ostia (1930–1948)		 10 Apr 1851 3 Nov 1944 16 Feb 1948 96 years, 312 days 13 May 2000
55 years, 192 days
Corrado Bafile Flag of Italy.svg Italy Deacon of Santa Maria in Portico (1976-1987)
Priest (pro hac vice) of Santa Maria in Portico (1987-2005)		 4 Jul 1903 13 May 2000 3 Feb 2005 101 years, 214 days present
25 years, 211 days

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