List of longest-living cardinals

This article lists the 100 oldest known living or deceased Members of the College of Cardinals (post-1800),, and whose ages are documented in reliable sources. Those currently living are in bold on gold. The longest-lived Cardinal was Corrado Bafile, of Portugal who lived between the ages of 101 years, 214 days.

List

Rank	Name	Country	Birth	Death	Age
1	Corrado Bafile	Italy	4 July 1903	3 February 2005	101 years, 214 days
2	Loris Francesco Capovilla	Italy	14 October 1915	26 May 2016	100 years 224 days
3	José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez	Colombia	18 February 1919	3 September 2019	100 years 197 days
4	Ersilio Tonini	Italy	20 July 1914	28 July 2013	99 years 8 days
5	Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir	Lebanon	15 May 1920	12 May 2019	98 years, 362 days
6	Paul Augustin Mayer	Germany	23 May 1911	30 April 2010	98 years 342 days
7	Ignatius Kung Pin-mei	China	2 August 1901	12 March 2000	98 years, 223 days
	Franz König	Austria	3 August 1905	13 March 2004
9	Jozef Tomko	Czechoslovakia	11 March 1924	8 August 2022	98 years 150 days
10	Fiorenzo Angelini	Italy	1 August 1916	22 November 2014	98 years, 113 days
11	Alexandre do Nascimento	Angola	1 March 1925	Alive	99 years, 214 days
12	Albert Vanhoye	France	24 July 1923	29 July 2021	98 years 59 days
13	Paolo Dezza	Italy	3 December 1901	17 December 1999	98 years, 14 days
'14	Emmanuel Wamala	Uganda	15 December 1926	Alive	97 years 166 days
15	Alfons Maria Stickler	Austria	23 August 1910	12 December 2007	97 years, 111 days
16	Henryk Gulbinowicz	Poland	17 October 1923	16 November 2020)	97 years 30 days
17	Ferdinando Giuseppe Antonelli	Italy	14 July 1896	12 July 1993	96 years, 363 days
18	Roger Etchegaray	France	25 September 1922	4 September 2019	96 years 344 days
19	Johannes Willebrands	The Netherlands	4 September 1909	1 August 2008	96 years, 331 days
20	Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte	Italy	10 April 1851	16 February 1948	96 years, 312 days
21	Edward Cassidy	Australia	5 July 1924	10 April 2021	96 years 279 days
22	Kazimierz Świątek	Belarus	21 October 1914	21 July 2011	96 years 273 days
23	José da Costa Nuñes	Portugal	15 March 1880	29 November 1976	96 years, 259 days
24	Domenico Bartolucci	Italy	7 May 1917	11 November 2013	96 years, 188 days
25	José Freire Falcão	Brazil	23 October 1925	26 September 2021	95 years 338 days
26	Giovanni Canestri	Italy	30 September 1918	29 April 2015	96 years, 211 days
27	Adam Kozłowiecki	Poland	1 April 1911	28 September 2007	96 years, 180 days
28	Francisco Álvarez Martínez	Spain	14 July 1925	5 January 2022	96 years, 175 days
29	Mikel Koliqi	Albania	29 September 1900	28 January 1997	96 years, 121 days
30	Francesco Morano	italy	8 June 1872	12 July 1968	96 years, 34 days
31	Luigi De Magistris	Italy	23 February 1926	16 February 2022	95 years 358 days
32	Pietro Parente	Italy	16 February 1891	29 December 1986	95 years, 316 days
33	Achille Silvestrini	Italy	25 October 1923	29 August 2019	95 years, 310 days
34	Júlio Duarte Langa	Mozambique	27 October 1927	Alive	96 years, 340 days
35	Agostino Cacciavillan	Italy	14 August 1926	5 March 2022	95 years 204 days
36	Henri-Marie de Lubac	France	20 February 1896	4 September 1991	95 years, 196 days
37	Friedrich Wetter	Germany	20 February 1928	Alive	96 years, 224 days
38	Paulo Evaristo Arns	Brazil	14 September 1921	14 December 2016	95 years, 91 days
39	Serafim Fernandes de Araújo	Brazil	13 August 1924	8 October 2019	95 years, 56 days
40	Alberto Di Jorio	Italy	18 July 1884	5 September 1979	95 years, 49 days
41	Corrado Ursi	Italy	26 July 1908	29 August 2003	95 years, 34 days
42	Jorge Medina Estévez	Chile	23 December 1926	3 October 2021	94 years 284 days
43	Julijans Vaivods	Latvia	18 August 1895	24 May 1990	94 years, 279 days
44	Carlos María Javier de la Torre	Ecuador	15 November 1873	31 July 1968	94 years, 259 days
45	Louis-Albert Vachon	Canada	4 February 1912	29 September 2006	94 years, 237 days
46	Egano Righi-Lambertini	Italy	22 February 1906	4 October 2000	94 years, 225 days
47	Ernest Simoni	Albania	18 October 1928	Alive	95 years, 340 days
48	Angelo Sodano	Italy	23 November 1927	27 May 2022	94 years 205 days
49	Walter Brandmüller	Germany	5 January 1929	Alive	95 years, 270 days
50	Eduardo Martínez Somalo	Spain	31 March 1927	10 August 2021	94 years 142 days
51	Michael Michai Kitbunchu	Thailand	25 January 1929	Alive	95 years, 250 days
52	Giovanni Cheli	Italy	4 October 1918	8 February 2013	94 years 122 days
53	Gilberto Agustoni	italy	26 July 1922	13 January 2017	94 years, 171 days
54	Estanislao Esteban Karlic	Argentina	7 February 1926	Alive	95 years, 237 days
55	Giuseppe Sensi	Italy	27 May 1907	26 July 2001	94 years, 60 days
56	Marian Jaworski	Poland	21 August 1926	5 September 2020	94 years 13 days
57	Carlo Furno	Italy	2 December 1921	9 December 2015	94 years, 7 days
58	Prosper Grech	Malta	24 December 1925	30 December 2019	94 years, 6 days
59	Teodolfo Mertel	Italy	9 February 1806	11 July 1899	93 years 152 days
60	Roberto Tucci	Italy	19 April 1921	14 April 2015	93 years, 360 days
61	Georges Cottier	Switzerland	25 April 1922	31 March 2016	93 years, 341 days
62	John Joseph Carberry	United States	31 July 1904	17 June 1998	93 years, 321 days
63	Paolo Bertoli	Italy	1 February 1908	8 November 2001	93 years, 280 days
64	Opilio Rossi	United States	14 May 1910	9 February 2004	93 years, 271 days
65	Vicenzo Vannutelli	Italy	5 December 1836	9 July 1930	93 Years, 216 days
66	José Manuel Estepa Llaurens	Spain	1 January 1926	21 July 2019	93 years, 201 days
67	Giuseppe Firrao	Italy	20 July 1736	24 January 1830)	93 years, 188 days
68	Jean Margéot	Mauritius	3 February 1916	17 July 2009	93 years, 164 days
69	Ignatius Pimenta	Italy	1 March 1920	19 July 2013	93 years 140 days
70	Adam Joseph Maida	United States	18 March 1930	Alive	94 years, 197 days
71	Thomas Stafford Williams	United States	20 March 1930	Alive	94 years, 195 days
72	Julian Herranz Casado	Spain	31 March 1930	Alive	94 years, 184 days
73	František Tomášek	Czech Republic	30 June 1899	4 August 1992	93 years, 35 days
74	Alfredo Vicente Scherer	Brazil	5 February 1903	9 March 1996	93 years, 33 days
75	Giuseppe Pizzardo	Italy	13 July 1877	1 August 1970	93 years, 19 days
76	Antonio Innocenti	Italy	23 August 1915	6 September 2008	93 years, 14 days
	James Francis McIntyre	United States	25 June 1886	16 July 1979
78	Carlo Confalonieri	Italy	25 July 1893	1 August 1986	93 years, 7 days
79	Alessandro Verde	Italiy	27 March 1865	29 March 1958	93 years, 2 days
80	Julien Ries	Belgium	19 April 1920	23 February 2013	92 years 310 days
81	Juan Carlos Aramburu	Argentina	11 February 1912	18 November 2004	92 years, 281 days
81	Paul Poupard	France	30 August 1930	Alive	94 years, 32 days
83	Salvatore De Giorgi	Italy	6 September 1930	Alive	94 years, 25 days
84	Paolo Giobbe	Italy	10 January 1880	14 August 1972	92 years, 217 days
85	Janis Pujats	Latvia	14 November 1930	Alive	93 years, 322 days
86	Léon-Étienne Duval	France	9 November 1903	9 November 1903	92 years, 203 days
	Josyf Slipyj	Ukraine	17 February 1892	7 September 1984
88	Jean Honoré	France	13 August 1928	28 February 2013	92 years, 199 days
89	Joseph Asajiro Satowaki	Japan	1 February 1904	8 August 1996	92 years, 189 days
90	José María Caro Rodríguez	Chile	23 June 1866	4 December 1958	92 years, 164 days
91	Luigi Poggi	Italy	25 November 1917	4 May 2010	92 years 160 days
92	Maurice Feltin	France	5 May 1883	27 September 1975	92 years, 145 days
93	Silvano Piovanelli	Italy	21 February 1924	9 July 2016	92 years 139 days
94	Giuseppe Casoria	Italy	1 October 1908	8 February 2001	92 years, 130 days
95	Augusto da Silva	Brazil	13 April 1876	14 August 1958	92 years, 128 days
96	Miguel Obando y Bravo	Nicaragua	2 February 1926	3 June 2018	92 years, 121 days
97	Camilo Ruini	Italy	19 February 1931	Alive	93 years, 226 days
98	Cahal Daly	Northern Ireland (United Kingdom)	12 October 1901	15 January 1994	92 years, 95 days
99	Gabriel-Marie Garrone	France	12 October 1901	15 January 1994	92 years, 95 days
100	Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montemozolo	Italy	27 August 1925	19 July 2017	92 years, 84 days

Chronological list of Oldest living members of the College of Cardinals

Living From	To	Name	Lifespan		Nationality
Age	Age		Birth	Death
Time as Longest lived state Leader
??	11 August 1890	John Henry Newman	21 February 1801	11 August 1890	English (United Kingdom)
??			89 years, 171 days
11 August 1890	11 July 1899	Teodolfo Mertel	9 February 1806	11 July 1899	Italy
8 years , 334 days			93 years, 152 days
11 July 1899	12 March 1900	Luigi Di Canossa	20 April 1809	2 March 1900
244 days			90 years, 326 days
12 March 1900	14 April 1904	Michelangelo Celesia	13 January 1814	14 April 1904
314 days			90 years, 92 days
14 April 1900	27 January 1908	François-Marie-Benjamin Richard	1 March 1819	27 January 1908	France
3 years, 288 days			88 years, 332 days
27 January 1908	5 August 1911	Anton Josef Gruscha	3 November 1820	5 August 1911	Italy
3 years, 190 days			90 years, 275 days
5 August 1911	14 November 1912	Alfonso Capecelatro	5 February 1824	14 November 1912
1 year, 101 days			88 years, 283 days
14 November 1912	5 December 1914	Angelo di Pierto	22 May 1828	5 December 1914
2 years, 21 days			86 years, 197 days
5 December 1914	21 December 1921	François de Rovérié de Cabrières	30 August 1830	21 December 1921	France
7 years, 16 days			91 years, 113 days
21 December 1921	4 February 1923	Giuseppe Antonio Ermenegildo Prisco	8 September 1833	4 February 1923	Italy
1 year, 45 days			89 years, 149 days
4 February 1923	9 July 1930	Vincenzo Vannutelli	8 September 1833	4 February 1923
7 years, 155 days			89 years, 149 days
9 July 1930	9 February 1933	Andreas Frühwirth	21 August 1845	9 February 1933	Austria
2 years, 215 days			87 years, 172 days
9 February 1933	31 March 1834	Franz Ehrle	17 October 1845	31 March 1934	Germany
1 year, 50 days			88 years, 165 days
31 March 1934	15 February 1935	Pierre Andrieu	7 December 1849	15 February 1935	France
321 days			85 years, 70 days
15 February 1935	16 February 1948	Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte	10 April 1851	16 February 1948	Italy
13 years, 1 day			96 years, 312 days
16 February 1948	4 August 1948	Enrico Sibilia	17 March 1861	4 August 1948
170 days			87 years, 140 days
4 August 1948	29 March 1958	Alessandro Verde	27 March 1865	29 March 1958
9 years, 237 days			93 years, 2 days
29 March 1958	4 December 1959	José María Caro Rodríguez	23 June 1866	4 December 1958	Chile
1 year, 250 days			92 years, 164 days
4 December 1958	5 May 1959	Georges Grente	5 May 1872	5 May 1959	France
152 days			87 years, 0 days
5 May 1959	22 December 1961	Elia dala Costa	14 May 1872	22 December 1961	Italy
2 years, 231 days			89 years, 222 days
22 December 1961	12 July 1968	Francesco Morano	8 June 1872	12 July 1968
6 years, 203 days			96 years, 34 days
12 July 1968	31 July 1968	Carlos María de la Torre	15 November 1873	31 July 1968	Ecuador
19 days			94 years, 259 days
31 July 1968	14 August 1968	Augusto da Silva	8 April 1876	14 August 1968	Brazil
14 days			92 years, 128 days
14 August 1968	1 August 1970	Giuseppe Pizzardo	13 July 1877	1 August 1970	Italy
1 year, 352 days			93 years, 19 days
1 August 1970	30 September 1970	Benedetto Aloisi Masella	29 June 1879	30 September 1970
60 days			91 years, 93 days
30 September 1970	14 August 1972	Paolo Giobbe	10 January 1880	14 August 1972
1 year, 319 days			92 years, 217 days
14 August 1972	29 November 1976	José da Costa Nunes	15 March 1880	29 November 1976	Portugal
4 years, 107 days			96 years, 259 days
29 November 1976	5 September 1979	Alberto di Jorio	18 July 1884	5 September 1979	Italy
2 years, 280 days			95 years, 49 days
5 September 1979	23 October 1979	Antonio Caggiano	30 January 1889	23 October 1979	Argentina
48 days			90 years, 266 days
23 October 1979	14 September 1982	Carlos Carmelo Vasconcellos Motta	16 July 1890	18 September 1982	Brazil
2 years, 326 days			92 years, 64 days
18 September 1982	29 December 1986	Pietro Parente	16 February 1891	29 December 1986	Italy
4 years, 102 days			95 years, 316 days
29 December 1986	24 May 1990	Julijans Vaivods	18 August 1895	24 May 1990	Latvia
3 years, 146 days			94 years, 279 days
24 May 1990	4 September 1991	Henri de Lubac	20 February 1896	4 September 1991	France
1 year, 103 days			95 years, 196 days
4 September 1991	12 July 1993	Ferdinando Giuseppe Antonelli	14 July 1896	12 July 1993	Italy
1 year, 311 days			96 years, 363 days
4 September 1991	12 July 1993	Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei	2 August 1901	12 March 2000	China
1 year, 311 days			98 years, 223 days
12 July 1993	28 January 1997	Mikel Koliqi	29 September 1900	28 January 1997	Albania
3 years, 200 days			96 years, 121 days
28 January 1997	12 March 2000	Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei	2 August 1901	12 March 2000	China
3 years, 44 days			98 years, 223 days
12 March 2000	3 February 2005	Corrado Bafile	4 July 1903	3 February 2005	Italy
4 years, 328 days			101 years, 214 days
3 February 2005	2 August 2006	Johannes Willebrands	4 September 1909	1 August 2008	Natherlands
1 year, 180 days			96 years, 331 days
1 August 2006	12 December 2007	Alfons Maria Stickler	23 August 1910	12 December 2007	Austria
1 year, 133 days			97 years, 311 days
12 December 2007	30 April 2010	Paul Augustin Mayer	23 May 1911	30 April 2010	Germany
2 years, 139 days			98 years, 312 days
30 April 2010	28 July 2013	Ersilio Tonini	20 July 1914	28 July 2013	Italy
3 years, 89 days			99 years, 8 days
28 July 2013	22 February 2014	Fiorenzo Angelini	1 August 1916	22 November 2014
209 days			98 years, 113 days
22 February 2014	26 May 2016	Loris Francesco Capovilla	14 October 1915	26 May 2016
2 years, 94 days			100 years 224 days
26 May 2016	3 September 2019	José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez	18 February 1919	3 September 2019	Colombia
3 years, 100 days			100 years 197 days
3 September 2019	4 September 2019	Roger Etchegaray	25 September 1922	4 September 2019	France
1 day			96 years, 344 days
4 September 2019	29 July 2021	Albert Vanhoye	24 July 1923	29 July 2021
1 year, 328 days			98 years, 5 days
29 July 2021	8 August 2022	Jozef Tomko	4 October 1921	14 July 2022	Slovakia
1 year, 10 days			100 years, 283 days
8 August 2022	Present	Alexandre do Nascimento	1 March 1925	Alive	Angola
2 years, 54 days			age 99 years, 214 days

See Also

• List of Cardinals by Age