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 Italy who lived to ages of 101 years, 214 days.

Gallery

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  Oldest ever:
  Portuhgal
  Jorge da Costae (1406–1405, aged 101 years 262 days to 102 years, 261 days)

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  2nd-Oldest ever:
  Italy
  Corrado Baffile (1903–2005, aged 101 years, 214 days)

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  3rd-oldest ever:
  Italy
  Loris Francesco Capovilla (1915–2016, aged 100 years, 224 days)

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  15th-oldest ever:
  Angola
  Alexandre do Nascimento (1925–, 99 years, 269 days)

List

Rank	Cardinal	Country	Born	Died	Age
1	Jorge da Costa	Portugal	1406	1508	101 years 262 days to 102 years, 261 days
2	Corrado Bafile	Italy	1903	2005	101 years, 214 days
3	Loris Francesco Capovilla	Italy	1915	2016	100 years, 224 days
4	José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez	Colombia	1919	2019	100 years, 197 days
5	Luigi Ciacchi	Italy	1765	1865	100 years, 118 days
6	Domingo Ram y Lanaja	Spain	1345	1445	99 years 115 days to 100 years, 114 days
7	Ersilio Tonini	Italy	1914	2013	99 years, 8 days
8	Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir	Lebanon	1920	2019	98 years, 362 days
9	Paul Augustin Mayer	Germany	1911	2010	98 years, 342 days
10	Galeazzo Marescotti	Italy	1627	1726	98 years 275 days
11	Jean-Baptist de Belloy	France	1709	1808	98 years, 245 days
12	Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei	China	1901	2000	98 Years, 223 days
	Franz König	Austria	1905	2004
14	Jozef Tomko	Czechoslovakia	1924	2022	98 years 150 days
15	Alexandre do Nascimento	Angola	1925	Alive	99 years, 269 days
16	Fiorenzo Angelini	Italy	11916	2014	98 years, 113 days
17	Albert Vanhoye	France	1923	2021	98 years 59 days
18	Paolo Dezza	Italy	1901	1999	98 years, 14 days
19	Alexandre José María dos Santos, O.F.M.	Mozambique	1924	2021	97 years, 195 days
20	Estanislao Esteban Karlic	Argentina	1926	Alive	98 years, 292 days
21	Alfons Maria Stickler	Austria	1910	2007	97 years, 111 days
22	Henryk Gulbinowicz	Poland	1923	2020	97 years 30 days
23	Ferdinando Giuseppe Antonelli, O.F.M.	Italy	1896	1993	96 years, 363 days
24	Roger Etchegaray	France	1922	2019	96 years, 344 days
25	Johannes Willebrands	The Netherlands	1909	2008	96 years, 331 days
26	Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte	Italy	1851	1948	96 years, 312 days
27	Edward Cassidy	Australia	1924	2021	96 years 279 days
28	Kazimierz Świątek	Belarus	1914	2011	96 years 273 days
29	José da Costa Nuñes	Portugal	1880	1976	96 years, 259 days
30	Giovanni Canestri	Italy	1918	2015	96 years, 211 days
31	Emmanuel Wamala	Uganda	1926	Alive	97 years, 346 days
32	Francesco Carafa della Spina di Traetto	Italy	1722	1818	96 years, 188 days
33	Domenico Bartolucci	Italy	1911	2007	96 years, 180 days
34	Adam Kozłowiecki, S.J.	Poland	1911	2007	96 years, 180 days
35	Francisco Álvarez Martínez	Spain	1925	2022	96 years, 175 days
36	Francesco Morano	italy	1872	1968	96 years, 34 days
37	Luigi De Magistris	Italy	1926	2022	95 years 358 days
38	José Freire Falcão	Brazil	1925	2021	95 years 338 days
39	Pietro Parente	Italy	1891	1986	95 years, 316 days
40	Achille Silvestrini	Italy	1923	2019	95 years, 308 days
41	Júlio Duarte Langa	Mozambique	1927	Alive	97 years, 29 days
42	Agostino Cacciavillan	Italy	1926	2022	95 years 204 days
43	Henri de Lubac, S.J.	France	1896	1991	95 years, 196 days
44	Friedrich Wetter	Germany	1928	Alive	96 years, 279 days
45	Paulo Evaristo Arns	Brazil	1921	2016	95 years, 91 days
46	Serafim Fernandes de Araújo	Brazil	1924	2019	95 years, 56 days
47	Alberto Di Jorio	Italy	1884	1979	95 years, 49 days
48	Corrado Ursi	Italy	1908	2003	95 years, 34 days
49	Julijans Vaivods	Latvia	1895	1990	94 years, 279 days
50	Carlos María de la Torre	Ecuador	1873	1968	94 years, 259 days
51	Louis-Albert Vachon	Canada	1912	2006	94 years, 237 days
52	Jorge Medina Estévez	Chile	1926	2021	94 years, 284 days
53	Ernest Simoni	Albania	1928	Alive	96 years, 29 days
54	Egano Righi-Lambertini	Italy	1906	2000	94 years, 225 days
55	Angelo Sodano	Italy	1927	2022	94 years, 205 days
56	Walter Brandmüller	Germany	1929	Alive	95 years, 325 days
57	Gilberto Agustoni	italy	1922	2017	94 years, 171 days
58	Michael Michai Kitbunchu	Thailand	1929	Alive	95 years, 305 days
59	Eduardo Martínez Somalo	Spain	1927	2021	94 years, 142 days
60	Giovanni Cheli	Italy	1918	2013	94 years 122 days
61	Mikel Koliqi	Albania	1902	1997	94 years, 121 days
62	Giuseppe Sensi	Italy	1907	2001	94 years, 60 days
63	Marian Jaworski	Poland	1926	2020	94 years 13 days
64	Carlo Furno	Italy		2015	94 years, 7 days
65	Prosper Grech	Malta	1925	2019	94 years, 6 days
66	Roberto Tucci	Italy	1921	2015	93 years, 360 days
67	Georges Cottier	Switzerland	1922	2016	93 years, 341 days
68	John Joseph Carberry	United States	1904	1998	93 years, 321 days
69	Paolo Bertoli	Italy	1908	2001	93 years, 280 days
70	Opilio Rossi	United States	1910	2004	93 years, 271 days
71	Henri Albert de la Grange d’Arquien	France	1613	1707	93 years, 258 days
72	Vincenzo Vannutelli	Italy	1836	1930	93 years, 216 days
73	José Manuel Estepa Llaurens	Spain	1926	2019	93 years, 201 days
74	Jean Margéot	Mauritius	1916	2009	93 years, 164 days
75	Giuseppe Firrao Jr.	Italy	1736	1830	93 years, 188 days
76	Teodolfo Mertel	Italy	1806	1899	93 years, 152 days
77	Simon Pimenta	Italy	1920	2013	93 years 140 days
78	Adam Joseph Maida	United States	1930	Alive	94 years, 252 days
79	Thomas Stafford Williams	United States	1930	Alive	94 years, 250 days
80	Julian Herranz Casado	Spain	1930	Alive	94 years, 239 days
81	František Tomášek	Czech Republic	1899	1992	93 years, 35 days
82	Alfredo Scherer	Brazil	1903	1996	93 years, 33 days
83	Giuseppe Pizzardo	Italy	1877	1970	93 years, 19 days
84	James Francis McIntyre	United States	1886	1979	93 years, 14 days
	Antonio Innocenti	Italy	1915	2008
86	Carlo Confalonieri	Italy	1893	1986	93 years, 7 days
87	Alessandro Verde	Italy	1865	1958	93 years, 2 days
88	Branda da Castiglione	Italy	1350	1443	93 years, 0 days
88	Julien Ries	Belgium	1920	2013	92 years 310 days
90	Paul Poupard	France	1930	Alive	94 years, 87 days
91	Salvatore De Giorgi	Italy	1930	Alive	94 years, 80 days
92	Juan Carlos Aramburu	Argentina	1912	2004	92 years, 281 days
93	Janis Pujats	Latvia	1930	Alive	94 years, 11 days
94	Paolo Giobbe	Italy	1880	1972	92 years, 217 days
95	Josyf Slipyj	Ukraine	1892	1984	92 years, 203 days
	Léon-Étienne Duval	France	1903	1996
97	Jean Honoré	France	1920	2013	92 years, 199 days
98	Joseph Asajiro Satowaki	Japan	1904	1996	92 years, 189 days
99	José María Caro Rodríguez	Chile	1866	1958	92 years, 164 days
100	Luigi Poggi	Italy	1917	2010	92 years 160 days

Next 10 Longest-living cardinals

Name	Country	Birth	Current age	If he lives by
Camillo Ruini	Italy	19 February 1931	93 years, 280 days	29 July 2023
Sergio Sebastiani	Italy	11 April 1931	93 years, 228 days	22 September 2023
Lucian Mureșan	Romania	23 May 1931	93 years, 186 days	28 November 2023
José Saraiva Martins CMF	Portugal	6 January 1932	92 years, 324 days	23 July 2024
Joseph Zen Ze-kiun SDB	Hong Kong( China)	13 January 1932	92 years, 317 days	3 August 2024
James Francis Stafford	United States	26 July 1932	92 years, 122 days	14 February 2025
Gaudencio Borbon Rosales	Philippines	10 August 1932	92 years, 107 days	15 March 2025
Pedro Rubiano Sáenz	Colombia	13 September 1932	92 years, 73 days	21 June 2025
Francis Arinze	Nigeria	1 November 1932	92 years, 24 days	7 September 2025
Renato Martino	Italy	23 November 1932	92 years, 2 days	23 November 2025

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		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, 109 days			age 99 years, 269 days

See Also

• List of Cardinals by Age (current)
• Cardinals by Death Date (who died at least 85 years old)
• Lists of Cardinals by death date
• Oldest living cardinals