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 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:
   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

Color	Age Range
Columbia Blue	Living

No.	Cardinal	Country	Post	Birth	Death	Age
1	Jorge da Costa	Portugal	Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina (1503–1508)	1408	1508	101 years, 262 days to 102 years, 261 days
2	Corrado Bafile	Italy	Priest of Santa Maria in Portico pro hac vice Title (1987–2005)	1903	2005	101 years, 214 days
3	Loris Francesco Capovilla	Italy	Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere (2014–2016)	1915	2016	100 years, 224 days
4	José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez	Colombia	Priest of San Giovanni Crisostomo a Monte Sacro Alto (2015–2019)	1919	2019	100 years, 197 days
5	Luigi Ciacchi	Papal States	Deacon of Sant'Angelo in Pescheria (1838–\1865)	1765	1865	100 years, 123 days
6	Alexandre do Nascimento	Angola	Priest of San Marco in Agro Laurentino (1983-2024)	1925	2024	99 years, 212 days
7	Ersilio Tonini	Italy	Priest of Santi Redentore a Valmelaina (1994–2013)	1914	2013	99 years, 8 days
8	Galeazzo Marescotti	Papal States	Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina (1708–1726)	1627	1726	98 years, 275 days
9	Jean-Baptiste de Belloy	France	Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina (1805–1808)	1709	1808	98 years, 245 days
10	Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir	Lebanon	Cardinal-Patriarch (1994 – 2019)	1920	2019	98 years, 362 days
11	Paul Augustin Mayer	Germany	Priest of San Anselmo all’Aventino pro hac vice Title (1996–2010)	1911	2010	98 years, 342 days
12	Estanislao Esteban Karlic	Argentina	Priest of Beata Maria Vergine Addolorata a piazza Buenos Aires (2007-present)	1926	Alive	98 years, 290 days
13	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
15	Jozef Tomko	Slovakia	Priest of S. Sabina (1996–2022)	1924	2022	98 years 151 days
16	Fiorenzo Angelini	Italy	Priest of Santo Spirito in Sassia pro hac vice Title (2002–2014)	1916	2014	98 years, 113 days
17	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
18	Paolo Dezza, S.J.	Italy	Deacon of San Ignazio di Loyola a Campo Marzio (1991 – 1999)	1901	1999	98 years, 4 days
19	Emmanuel Wamala	Uganda	Priest of Sant'Ugo (1994-present)	1926	Alive	97 years, 358 days
20	Luis Pascual Dri OFM Cap.	Argentina	Deacon of Sant'Angelo in Pescheria (2023-present)	1927	Alive	97 years, 220 days
21	Alexandre José María dos Santos, O.F.M.	Mozambique	Priest of San Frumenzio ai Prati Fiscali (1988–2021)	1924	2021	97 years, 195 days
22	Alfons Maria Stickler	Austria	Priest of San Giorgio in Velabro pro hac vice Title (1996–2007)	1910	2007	97 years, 111 days
23	Henryk Gulbinowicz	Poland	Priest of Immacolata Concezione di Maria a Grottarossa (1985–2020)	1923	2020	97 years, 30 days
24	Júlio Duarte Langa	Mozambique	Priest of San Gabriele dell'Addolorata (2015-present)	1927	Alive	97 years, 36 days
25	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
26	Roger Etchegaray	France	Bishop of Porto–Santa Rufina (1998–2019)	1922	2019	96 years, 344 days
27	Johannes Willebrands	Netherlands	Priest of San Sebastiano alle Catacombe (1975–2006)	1909	2008	96 years, 331 days
28	Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte	Italy	Bishop of Albano (1915 – 1948) Bishop of Ostia (1930–1948)	1851	1948	96 years, 312 days
29	Edward Cassidy	Australia	Priest of Santa Maria in Via Lata pro hac vice Title (2002–2021)	1924	2021	96 years, 279 days
30	Kazimierz Świątek	Belgium	Priest of San Gerardo Maiella (1994–2011)	1914	2011	96 years, 273 days
31	José da Costa Nunes	Portugal	Priest of Santa Prisca (1962–1976)	1880	1976	96 years, 259 days
32	Friedrich Wetter	Germany	Priest of Santo Stephano in Coelio Monte (1985–present)	1928	Alive	96 years, 269 days	96 years, 312 days
33	Giovanni Canestri	Italy	Priest of San Andrea della Valle (1988–2015)	1918	2015	96 years, 211 days
34	Domenico Bartolucci	Italy	Deacon Santissimi Nomi di Gesù e Maria in Via Lata (2010–2013)	1917	2013	96 years, 188 days
35	Francesco Carafa di Traetto	Naples	Priest of San Lorenzo in Damaso (1807–1818)	1722	1818	96 years, 144 days
36	Adam Kozłowiecki, S.J.	Zambia	Priest of Sant'Andrea al Quirinale (1998–2008)	1911	2007	96 years, 180 days
37	Francisco Álvarez Martínez	Spain	Priest of Santa Maria «Regina Pacis» a Monte Verde (2001–2022)	1925	2022	96 years, 177 days
38	Francesco Morano	Italy	Deacon of Santi Cosma e Damiano (1959 – 1968)	1872	1968	96 years, 34 days
39	Ernest Simoni	Albania	Deacon of Santa Maria della Scala (2018-present)	1928	Alive	96 years, 36 days
40	Luigi De Magistris	Italy	Deacon Santissimi Nomi di Gesù e Maria in Via Lata (2015–2022)	1926	2022	95 years 358 days
41	José Freire Falcão	Brazil	Priest of San Luca a Via Prenestina (1988–2021)	1925	2021	95 years, 338 days
42	Pietro Parente	Italy	Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina (1967–1986)	1891	1986	95 years, 316 days
43	Walter Brandmüller	Germany	Priest of San Giuliano dei Fiamminghi, pro hac vice (2021-present)	1929	Alive	95 years, 323 days
44	Achille Silvestrini	Italy	Priest of San Benedetto fuori Porta San Paolo pro hac vice Title (1999–2019)	1923	2019	95 years, 308 days
45	Joseph Ratzinger (later Pope Benedict XVI)	Italy	Bishop of Velletri-Segni (1993–2005) Bishop of Ostia (2002-2005) Pope (2005–2013)	1927	2022	95 years, 279 days
46	Michael Michai Kitbunchu	Thailand	Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna (1983-present) Proto-priest (2016-present)	1929	Alive	95 years, 303 days
47	Agostino Cacciavillan	Italy	Priest of Ss. Angeli Custodi a Città Giardino pro hac vice Title (2011–2022)	1926	2022	95 years, 204 days
48	Henri de Lubac S.J.	France	Deacon of Santa Maria in Domnica (1983–1991)	1896	1991	95 years, 196 days
49	Paulo Evaristo Arns	Brazil	Priest of San Antonio da Padova in Via Tuscolana (1973 –2016)	1921	2016	95 years, 91 days
50	Serafim Fernandes de Araújo	Brazil	Priest of San Luigi Maria Grignion de Montfort (1998–2019)	1924	2019	95 years, 56 days
51	Alberto Di Jorio	Italy	Priest of Santa Pudenziana (1967 – 1979)	1884	1979	95 years, 47 days
52	Corrado Ursi	Italy	Priest of San Callisto (1967–2003)	1908	2003	95 years, 34 days
53	Jorge Medina	Chile	Priest of San Saba pro hac vice Title (2008–2021)	1926	2021	94 years, 284 days
54	Julijans Vaivods	–Latvia	Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati (1983–1990)	1895	1990	94 years, 279 days
55	Carlos María de la Torre	Ecuador	Priest of Santa Maria in Aquiro pro hac vice Title (1953–1968)	1873	1968	94 years, 261 days
56	Louis-Albert Vachon	Canada	Priest of San Paolo della Croce a Corviale (1985–2006)	1912	2006	94 years, 237 days
57	Adam Maida	United States	Priest of San Vitale (1994–present)	1930	Alive	94 years, 250 days
58	Egano Righi-Lambertini	Italy	Priest of Santa Maria in Via (1990 – 2000)	1906	2000	94 years, 225 days
59	Julian Herranz Casado	Spain	Priest of Sant'Eugenio (basilica), pro hac vice (2014-present)	1930	Alive	94 years, 237 days
60	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
61	Gilberto Agustoni	Italy	Priest of Santi Urbano e Lorenzo a Prima Porta pro hac vice Title (2005–2017)	1922	2017	94 years, 171 days
62	Eduardo Martínez Somalo	Spain	Priest of Santissima Nome di Gesù pro hac vice Title (1999–2021)	1927	2021	94 years, 142 days
63	Theodore McCarrick	United States	Priest of Santi Nereo ad Achilleo (2001–2018)	1930	alive	94 years, 139 days
64	Giovanni Cheli	Italy	Priest of Santi Cosma e Damiano pro hac vice Title Title (2008–2013)	1918	2013	94 years 122 days
65	Mikel Koliqi	Albania	Deacon of Ognissanti in Via Appia Nuova (1994–1997)	1902	1997	94 years, 121 days
66	Paul Poupard	France	Priest of Santa Prassede (1996–)	1930	Alive	94 years, 85 days
67	Salvatore De Giorgi	Italy	Priest of Santa Maria in Aracoeli (1998–present)	1930	Alive	94 years, 78 days
68	Giuseppe Sensi	Italy	Priest of Regina Apostolorum (1987 – 2001)	1907	2001	94 years, 60 days
69	Marian Jaworski	Poland	Priest of San Sisto (2001–2020)	1926	2020	94 years 13 days
70	Carlo Furno	Italy	Priest of Sant'Onofrio (2006– 2015)	1921	2015	94 years, 7 days
71	Prosper Grech, O.S.A.	Malta	Deacon of Santa Maria Goretti (2012–2019)	1925	2019	94 years, 6 days
'72	Janis Pujats	Latvia	Priest of Santa Silvia (2001–)	1930	Alive	94 years, 9 days
73	Roberto Tucci	Italy	Priest of Sant'Ignazio di Loyola a Campo Marzio pro hac vice Title (2011–2015)	1921	2015	93 years, 360 days
74	Georges Cottier OP	Switzerland	Priest of Santi Domenico e Sisto pro hac vice Title (2014–2016)	1922	2016	93 years, 341 days
75	John Carberry	United States	Priest of San Giovanni Battista de’ Rossi (1969–1998)	1904	1998	93 years, 321 days
76	Paolo Bertoli	Italy	Bishop of Frascati (1979–2001)	1908	2001	93 years, 280 days
77	Thomas Williams	United States	Priest of Gesù Divin Maestro alla Pineta Sacchetti (1983–2023)	1930	2023	93 years. 276 days
78	Opilio Rossi	United States	Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina (1987–2004)	1910	2004	93 years, 271 days
79	Camillo Ruini	Italy	Priest of Sant'Agnese fuori le mura (1991-present)	1931	Alive	93 years, 278 days
80	Vincenzo Vannutelli	Italy	Bishop of Palestrina (1900–1930) Bishop of Ostia (1915–1930)	1836	1930	93 years, 216 days
81	José Manuel Estepa Llaurens	Spain	Priest of San Gabriele Arcangelo all’Acqua Traversa (2010–2019)	1926	2019	93 years, 201 days
82	Giuseppe Firrao	Papal States	Priest of San Eusebio (1801–1830)	1736	1830	93 years, 188 days
83	Lucian Mureșan	Romania	Priest of Sant'Anastasio (2012-present)	1931	Alive	93 years, 184 days
84	Jean Margéot	Mauritius	Priest of San Gabriele Arcangelo all’Acqua Traversa (1988–2009)	1916	2009	93 years, 164 days
85	Teodolfo Mertel	Papal States	Priest of San Lorenzo in Damaso (1884 – 1899)	1806	1899	93 years, 152 days
86	Gioacchino Pecci	French Empire	Priest of San Crisogono (1853–1878)	1810	1903	93 years, 140 days
	Simon Pimenta	India	Priest of Santa Maria Regina Mundi a Torre Spaccata (1988–2013)	1920	2013
88	František Tomášek	Czechoslovakia	Priest of San Vitale (1977–\1992)	1899	1992	93 years, 36 days
89	Alfredo Scherer	Brazil	Priest of Nostra Signora de La Salette (1969–1996)	1903	1996	93 years, 34 days
90	Antonio Innocenti	Italy	Priest of Santa Maria in Aquiro pro hac vice Title (1996–2008)	1915	2008	93 years, 21 days
91	Giuseppe Pizzardo	Italy	Bishop of Albano (1948–1970)	1877	1970	93 years, 19 days
92	James Francis McIntyre	United States	Priest of Sant'Anastasia (1953 – 1979)	1886	1979	93 years, 14 days
93	Carlo Confalonieri	Italy	Bishop of Palestrina (1972–1986) Bishop of Ostia (1977–1986)	1893	1986	93 years, 7 days
94	Alessandro Verde	Italy	Priest of Santa Maria in Cosmedin pro hac vice Title (1935 – 1958)	1865	1958	93 years, 2 days
95	Branda da Castiglione	25px Milan	Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina (1431–1440)	1350	1443	92 years, 365 days
96	Julien Ries	Belgium	Deacon of San Antonio di Padova a Circonvallazione Appia (2012–2013)	1920	2013	92 years, 310 days
97	José Saraiva Martins C.M.F.	Portugal	Bishop of Palestrina (2009-present)	1932	Alive	92 years, 322 days
98	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, 315 days
99	Juan Carlos Aramburu	Argentina	Priest of San Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini (1976–2004)	1912	2004	92 years, 281 days
100	Sergio Sebastiani	Italy	Priest of Sant'Eustachio (basilica), pro hac vice (2011-2024)	1931	2024	92 years, 280 days
93	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
	Léon-Étienne Duval	Algeria	Priest of Santa Balbina (1965 – 1996)	1903	1996
95	Jean Honoré	France	Priest of Santa Maria della Salute a Primavalle (2001–2013)	1920	2013	92 years, 199 days
96	Joseph Asahirō Satowaki	Japan	Priest of Santa Maria della Pace (1979-1996)	1904	1996	92 years, 189 days
97	José María Caro Rodríguez	Chile	Priest of Santa Maria della Scala (1946-1958)	1866	1958	92 years, 164 days

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No.	Cardinal	Co.	Post	Birth	Death	Age	Age by 12-31-24
1	James Stafford	United States	Priest of San Pietro in Montorio (1998-present)	1932	Alive	92 years, 120 days	92 years, 158 days
2	Gaudencio Rosales	Philippines	Priest of Santissimo Nome di Maria in Via Latina (2006-Present)	1932	Alive	92 years, 105 days	92 years, 143 days
3	Francis Arinze	Nigeria	Bishop of Velletri-Segni (2005-present)	1932	Alive	92 years, 22 days	92 years, 60 days
4	Walter Kasper	Germany	Priest of Ognissanti in Via Appia Nuova, title pro hac vice (2011-present)	1933	Alive	91 years, 263 days	91 years, 301 days
5	Juan Sandoval Íñiguez	Mexico	Priest of Nostra Signora di Guadalupe e San Filippo Martire (1994-present)	1933	Alive	91 years, 240 days	91 years, 278 days
6	Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa Isch	Chile	Priest of Santa Maria della Pace (2001–present)	1933	Alive	91 years, 79 days	91 years, 117 days
7	Raffaele Farina SDB	Italy	Priest of San Giovanni della Pigna "pro hac vice" (2018-present)	1933	Alive	91 years, 60 days	91 years, 98 days
8	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	90 years, 298 days	90 years, 336 days
9	Jean-Baptiste Phạm Minh Mẫn	Vietman	Priest of San Giustino (2003–present)	1934	Alive	90 years, 263 days	90 years, 301 days
10	Francesco Monterisi	Italy	Priest 'pro hac vice' of San Paolo alla Regola (2021-present)	1934	Alive	90 years, 179 days	90 years, 217 days

Chronological list of Oldest living members of the College of Cardinals

From	Until	Name	Born	Nationality
??	11 August 1890	John Henry Newman	21 February 1801	England ( United Kingdom)
11 August 1890	11 July 1899	Teodolfo Mertel	9 February 1806	Italy
11 July 1899	12 March 1900	Luigi Di Canossa	20 April 1809
12 March 1900	14 April 1904	Michelangelo Celesia	13 January 1814
14 April 1900	27 January 1908	François-Marie-Benjamin Richard	1 March 1819	France
27 January 1908	5 August 1911	Anton Josef Gruscha	3 November 1820	Italy
5 August 1911	14 November 1912	Alfonso Capecelatro	5 February 1824
14 November 1912	5 December 1914	Angelo di Pierto	22 May 1828
5 December 1914	21 December 1921	François de Rovérié de Cabrières	30 August 1830	France
21 December 1921	4 February 1923	Giuseppe Antonio Ermenegildo Prisco	8 September 1833	Italy
4 February 1923	9 July 1930	Vincenzo Vannutelli	5 December 1836
9 July 1930	9 February 1933	Andreas Frühwirth	21 August 1845	Austria-Hungary
9 February 1933	31 March 1834	Franz Ehrle	17 October 1845	Germany
31 March 1934	15 February 1935	Pierre Andrieu	7 December 1849	France
15 February 1935	16 February 1948	Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte	10 April 1851	Italy
16 February 1948	4 August 1948	Enrico Sibilia	17 March 1861
4 August 1948	29 March 1958	Alessandro Verde	27 March 1865
29 March 1958	4 December 1959	José María Caro Rodríguez	23 June 1866	Chile
4 December 1958	5 May 1959	Georges Grente	5 May 1872	France
5 May 1959	22 December 1961	Elia dala Costa	14 May 1872	Italy
22 December 1961	12 July 1968	Francesco Morano	8 June 1872	Italy
12 July 1968	31 July 1968	Carlos María de la Torre	15 November 1873	Ecuador
31 July 1968	14 August 1968	Augusto da Silva	8 April 1876	Brazil
14 August 1968	1 August 1970	Giuseppe Pizzardo	13 July 1877	Italy
1 August 1970	30 September 1970	Benedetto Aloisi Masella	29 June 1879
30 September 1970	14 August 1972	Paolo Giobbe	10 January 1880
14 August 1972	29 November 1976	José da Costa Nunes	15 March 1880	Portugal
29 November 1976	5 September 1979	Alberto di Jorio	18 July 1884	Italy
5 September 1979	23 October 1979	Antonio Caggiano	30 January 1889	Argentina
23 October 1979	14 September 1982	Carlos Carmelo Vasconcellos Motta	16 July 1890	Brazil
18 September 1982	29 December 1986	Pietro Parente	16 February 1891	Italy
29 December 1986	24 May 1990	Julijans Vaivods	18 August 1895	Latvia
24 May 1990	4 September 1991	Henri de Lubac	20 February 1896	France
4 September 1991	12 July 1993	Ferdinando Giuseppe Antonelli	14 July 1896	Italy
4 September 1991	12 July 1993	Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei	2 August 1901	China
12 March 2000	3 February 2005	Corrado Bafile	4 July 1903	Italy
3 February 2005	2 August 2006	Johannes Willebrands	4 September 1909	Netherlands
1 August 2006	12 December 2007	Alfons Maria Stickler	23 August 1910	Austria
12 December 2007	30 April 2010	Paul Augustin Mayer	23 May 1911	Germany
30 April 2010	28 July 2013	Ersilio Tonini	20 July 1914	Italy
28 July 2013	22 February 2014	Fiorenzo Angelini	1 August 1916
22 February 2014	26 May 2016	Loris Francesco Capovilla	14 October 1915
26 May 2016	3 September 2019	José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez	18 February 1919	Colombia
3 September 2019	4 September 2019	Roger Etchegaray	25 September 1922	France
4 September 2019	29 July 2021	Albert Vanhoye	24 July 1923
29 July 2021	8 August 2022	Jozef Tomko	11 March 1924	Chechoslovakia
8 August 2022	28 September 2024	Alexandre do Nascimento	1 March 1925	Angola
28 September 2024	Present	Estanislao Esteban Karlic	7 February 1926	Argentina

See Also

• List of longest-living state leaders