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	Cardinal	Country	Date of Birth	Date of Death	Age	Replacing
1	Corrado Bafile	Italy	1903	2005	101 years, 214 days	Original
2	Loris Francesco Capovilla	Italy	1915	2016	100 years, 214 days	Peter Proeku Dery
3	José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez	Colombia	1919	2019	100 years, 197 days	Juan Francisco Frenso
4	Ersilio Tonini	Italy	1914	2013	99 years, 8 days	Francesco Bracci
5	Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir	Lebanon	1920	2019	98 years, 362 days	Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira
6	Paul Augustin Mayer	Germany	1911	2010	98 years, 342 days	Anthony Peter Khoraish
7	Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei	China	1901	2000	98 Years, 223 days	Original
	Franz König	Austria	1905	2004		Pierre Andrieu}}
9	Jozef Tomko	Czechoslovakia	1924	2022	98 years 150 days	Paolo Marella
10	Fiorenzo Angelini	Italy	11916	2014	98 years, 113 days	Paul-Émile Léger, P.S.S.
11	Alexandre do Nascimento	Angola	1925	Alive	99 years, 271 days	Miguel Darío Miranda Gómez
12	Albert Vanhoye	France	1923	2021	98 years 59 days	Giovanni Colombo
13	Paolo Dezza	Italy	1901	1999	98 years, 14 days	Original
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71	Julian Herranz Casado	Spain	1930	Alive	94 years, 241 days	Benedetto Aloisi Masella
72	František Tomášek	Czech Republic	1899	1992	93 years, 35 days	Original
73	Alfredo Scherer	Brazil	1903 1996	93 years, 33 days	Original
74	Giuseppe Pizzardo	Italy	1877	1970	93 years, 19 days	Original
75	James Francis McIntyre	United States	1886	1979	93 years, 14 days	Original
	Antonio Innocenti	Italy 1915	2008	Bernardus Johannes Alfrink
77	Carlo Confalonieri	Italy	1893	1986	93 years, 7 days	Original
78	Alessandro Verde	Italy	1865	1958	93 years, 2 days	Original
79	Julien Ries	Belgium	1920	2013	92 years 310 days	Alfredo Ottaviani
80	Paul Poupard	France	1930	Alive	94 years, 89 days	François-Mariee de Rovérié de Cabrières
81	Juan Carlos Aramburu	Argentina	1912	2004	92 years, 281 days	Georges Grente
82	Salvatore De Giorgi	Italy	1930	Alive	94 years, 82 days	Pietro Pavan
83	Janis Pujats	Latvia	1930	Alive	94 years, 13 days	Sebastian Koto Khoarai, O.M.I.
84	Josyf Slipyj	Ukraine	1892	1984	92 years, 203 days	Original
	Léon-Étienne Duval	France	1903	1996
86	Jean Honoré	France	1920	2013	92 years, 199 days	Alfonso Capecelatro, C.O.
87	Joseph Asajiro Satowaki	Japan	1904	1996	92 years, 189 days	Original
88	José María Caro Rodríguez	Chile	1866	1958	92 years, 164 days	Original
89	Luigi Poggi	Italy	1917	2010	92 years 160 days	Luigi Serafini
90	Maurice Feltin	France	1883	1975	92 years, 145 days	Original
91	Silvano Piovanelli	Italy	1924	2016	92 years, 139 days	Paolo Marella
92	Giuseppe Casoria	Italy	1908	2001	92 years, 130 days	Sergio Guerri
93	Augusto da Silva	Brazil	1876	1958	92 years, 128 days	Original
94	Miguel Obando Bravo, S.D.B.	Nicaragua	1926	2018	92 years, 121 days	Anton Josef Gruscha
95	Camilo Ruini	Italy	1931	Alive	93 years, 283 days	Leo Jozef Suenens
96	Gabriel-Marie Garrone	France	1901	1994	92 years, 95 days	Original
97	Carlos Carmelo Vasconcellos Motta	Brazil	1890	1982	92 years, 92 days	Original
98	Cahal Brendan Daly	Northern Ireland (United Kingdom)	1917	2009	92 years, 91 days	Louis Luçon
99	Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo	Italy	1925	2017	92 years, 84 days	José Clemente Maurer, C.SS.R.
100	Sergio Sebatiani	Italy	1931	Alive	93 years, 230 days	Ján Chryzostom Korec, S.J.

See Also

• Cardinals born between 1900 and 1909

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
8 years, 190 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, 111 days			age 99 years, 271 days

See Also

• List of Cardinals by Age
• Lists of Cardinals by death date