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 01 January 1800), and whose ages are documented in reliable sources. Those currently living are in bold on gold. The longest-lived was Portuguese, 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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  4th-oldest ever:
  Angola
  Alexandre do Nascimiento

List

ages are up-to-date 08/30/2024

No.	Cardinal	Country	YOB	YOD	Age
1	Corrado Bafile	ITA	1903	2005	101 years, 214 days
2	Loris Francesco Capovilla	ITA	1915	2016	100 years, 224 days
3	José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez	COL	1919	2019	100 years, 197 days
4	Alexandre do Nascimento	AGO	1925	Alive	99 years, 182 days
5	Ersilio Tonini	ITA	1914	2013	99 years, 8 days
6	Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir	LBN	1920	2019	98 years, 362 days
7	Paul Augustin Mayer	GER	1911	2010	98 years, 342 days
8	Ignatius Kung Pin-mei	CHN	1901	2000	98 years, 223 days
	Franz König	AUS	1905	2004
10	Jozef Tomko	SVK	1924	2022	98 years 150 days
10	Estanislao Esteban Karlic	ARG	1926	Alive	98 years, 205 days
12	Fiorenzo Angelini	ITA	1916	2014	98 years, 113 days
13	Albert Vanhoye, SJ	FRA	1923	2021	98 years, 5 days
14	Paolo Dezza, S.J.	ITA	1901	1999	98 years, 4 days
15	Emmanuel Wamala	UGA	1926	Alive	97 years, 259 days
16	Alexandre José María dos Santos, O.F.M.	MOZ	1924	2021	97 years, 195 days
17	Alfons Maria Stickler	AUT	1910	2007	97 years, 111 days
19	Luis Pascual Dri OFM Cap.	ARG	1927	Alive	97 years, 135 days
20	Henryk Gulbinowicz	POL	1923	2020	97 years, 30 days
21	Ferdinando Giuseppe Antonelli, O.F.M.	ITA	1896	1993	96 years, 363 days
22	Roger Etchegaray	FRA	1922	2019	96 years, 344 days
23	Johannes Willebrands	NED	1909	2008	96 years, 331 days
24	Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte	ITA	1851	1948	96 years, 312 days
25	Edward Cassidy	AUS	1924	2021	96 years, 279 days
26	Kazimierz Świątek	BEL	1914	2011	96 years, 273 days
27	José da Costa Nuñes	POR	1880	1976	96 years, 259 days
28	Giovanni Canestri	ITA	1918	2006	96 years, 211 days
29	Domenico Bartolucci	ITA	1917	2013	96 years, 188 days
30	Adam Kozłowiecki, S.J.	ZAM	1911	2007	96 years, 180 days
31	Francisco Álvarez Martínez	ESP	1925	2022	96 years, 175 days
32	Friedrich Wetter	GER	1928	Alive	96 years, 184 days
33	Mikel Koliqi	ALB	1900	1997	96 years, 121 days
34	Francesco Morano	ITA	1872	1968	96 years, 34 days
35	Luigi De Magistris	ITA	1926	2022	95 years 358 days
36	José Freire Falcão	BRA	1925	2021	95 years, 338 days
37	Pietro Parente	ITA	1891	1986	95 years, 316 days
38	Achille Silvestrini	ITA	1923	2019	95 years, 308 days
39	Ernest Simoni	ALB	1928	Alive	95 years, 317 days
40	Agostino Cacciavillan	ITA	1926	2022	95 years, 204 days
41	Henri de Lubac S.J.	ITA	1896	1991	95 years, 196 days
42	Walter Brandmüller	GER	1929	Alive	95 years, 238 days
43	Michael Michai Kitbunchu	THA	1929	Alive	95 years, 218 days
44	Paulo Evaristo Arns	BRA	1921	2016	95 years, 91 days
45	Serafim Fernandes de Araújo	BRA	1924	2019	95 years, 56 days
46	Alberto Di Jorio	ITA	1884	1979	95 years, 49 days
47	Corrado Ursi	ITA	1908	2003	95 years, 34 days
48	Jorge Medina	CHL	1926	2021	94 years, 284 days
49	Julijans Vaivods	LAT	1895	1990	94 years, 279 days
50	Carlos María de la Torre	ECU	1873	1968	94 years, 259 days
51	Louis-Albert Vachon	CAN	1912	2006	94 years, 237 days
52	Egano Righi-Lambertini	ITA	1906	2000	94 years, 225 days
53	Angelo Sodano	ITA	1927	2022	94 years, 205 days
54	Gilberto Agustoni	ITA	1922	2017	94 years, 171 days
55	Eduardo Martínez Somalo	ESP	1927	2021	94 years, 142 days
56	Giovanni Cheli	ITA	1918	2013	94 years 122 days
57	Adam Maida	USA	1930	Alive	94 years, 165 days
58	Julian Herranz Casado	ESP	1930	Alive	94 years, 152 days
59	Giuseppe Sensi	ITA	1907	2001	94 years, 60 days
60	Marian Jaworski	POL	1926	2020	94 years 13 days
61	Carlo Furno	ITA	1921	2015	94 years, 7 days
62	Prosper Grech, O.S.A.	MLT	1925	2019	94 years, 6 days
63	Roberto Tucci	ITA	1921	2015	93 years, 360 days
64	Georges Cottier OP	SUI	1922	2016	93 years, 341 days
65	John Carberry	USA	1904	1998	93 years, 321 days
66	Paul Poupard	FRA	1930	Alive	94 years, 0 days
67	Salvatore De Giorgi	ITA	1930	Alive	93 years, 359 days
68	Paolo Bertoli	ITA	1908	2001	93 years, 280 days
69	Thomas Williams	USA	1930	2023	93 years. 276 days
70	Opilio Rossi	USA	1910	2004	93 years, 271 days
71	Janis Pujats	LAT	1930.11.14	Alive	93 years, 290 days
72	Vincenzo Vannutelli	ITA	1836	1930	93 years, 216 days
73	José Manuel Estepa Llaurens	ESP	1926	2019	93 years, 201 days
74	Jean Margéot	MUS	1916	2009	93 years, 164 days
75	Teodolfo Mertel	ITA (PPS)	1806	1899	93 years, 152 days
76	Simon Pimenta	ITA	1920	2013	93 years, 140 days
77	Camillo Ruini	ITA	1931	Alive	93 years, 193 days
79	Lucian Mureșan	ROU	1931	Alive	93 years, 99 days
80	František Tomášek	CZE	1899	1992	93 years, 35 days
81	Alfredo Scherer	BRA	1903	1996	93 years, 33 days
81	Giuseppe Pizzardo	ITA	1877	1970	93 years, 19 days
82	James Francis McIntyre	USA	1886	1979	93 years, 14 days
83	Carlo Confalonieri	ITA	1893	1986	93 years, 7 days
84	Alessandro Verde	ITA	1865	1958	93 years, 2 days
85	Julien Ries	BEL	1920	2013	92 years, 310 days
86	Juan Carlos Aramburu	ARG	1912	2004	92 years, 281 days
87	Sergio Sebastiani	ITA	1931	2024	92 years, 280 days
88	Paolo Giobbe	ITA	1880	1972	92 years, 217 days
89	Josyf Slipyj	UKR	1892	1984	92 years, 203 days
	Léon-Étienne Duval	ALG	1903	1996
91	Jean Honoré	FRA	1920	2013	92 years, 199 days
92	Joseph Asajirō Satowaki	JPN	1904	1996	92 years, 189 days
93	José Saraiva Martins C.M.F.	POR	1932	Alive	92 years, 237 days
94	Joseph Zen S.D.B.	CHN (HKG)'	1932	Alive	92 years, 230 days
95	José María Caro Rodríguez	CHL	1866	1958	92 years, 164 days
96	Luigi Poggi	ITA	1917	2010	92 years, 160 days
97	Silvano Piovanelli	ITA	1924	2016	92 years, 139 days
98	Maurice Feltin	FRA	1883	1975	92 years, 135 days
99	Giuseppe Casoria	ITA	1908	2001	92 years, 130 days
100	Augusto da Silva	BRA	1876	1958	92 years, 128 days

Next to Join

No.	Cardinal	Co.	YOB	YOD	Age	Age by 12-31-24
1	James Stafford	USA	1932	alive	92 years, 35 days	92 years, 158 days
2	Gaudencio Rosales	PHL	1932	alive	92 years, 20 days	92 years, 143 days
3	Francis Arinze	NGA	1932	Alive	91 years, 303 days	92 years, 60 days
4	Renato Martino	ITA	1932	Alive	91 years, 281 days	92 years, 38 days
5	Walter Kasper	GER	1933	Alive	91 years, 178 days	91 years, 301 days
6	Juan Sandoval Íñiguez	MEX	1933	Alive	91 years, 155 days	91 years, 278 days
7	Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa Isch	CHL	1933	Alive	90 years, 360 days	91 years, 117 days
8	Raffaele Farina SDB	ITA	1933	Alive	90 years, 341 days	91 years, 98 days
9	Giovanni Battista Re	ITA	1934	Alive	90 years, 213 days	90 years, 336 days
10	Jean-Baptiste Phạm Minh Mẫn	VIE	1934	Alive	90 years, 178 days	90 years, 301 days

Chronological list of Oldest living members of the College of Cardinals

Name	Country	Born	Time as oldest		Death and age
John Henry Newman	U.K. ENG	1801	??	1890 89 years, 171 days
Teodolfo Mertel	ITA	1806	1899	1899 93 years, 152 days
Luigi Di Canossa		1809	1899	1900 90 years, 358 days
Michelangelo Celesia		1814	1900	1904 90 years, 92 days
François-Marie-Benjamin Richard	FRA	1819	1904	1904 88 years, 332 days
Anton Josef Gruscha	ITA	1820	1908	1911 90 years, 275 days
Alfonso Capecelatro		1824	1911	1912 88 years, 283 days
Angelo di Pierto		1828	1912	1914 86 years, 197 days
François de Rovérié de Cabrières	FRA	1830	1914	1921 91 years, 113 days
Giuseppe Antonio Ermenegildo Prisco	ITA	1833	1921	1923 89 years, 149 days
Vincenzo Vannutelli		1836	1923	1930 93 years, 216 days
Andreas Frühwirth	AUT	1845	1930	1933 87 years, 172 days
Franz Ehrle	GER	1845	1933	1934 88 years, 165 days
Pierre Andrieu	FRA	1849	1934	1935 85 years, 70 days
Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte	ITA	1851	1935	1948 96 years, 312 days
Enrico Sibilia		1861	1948	1948 87 years, 140 days
Alessandro Verde		1865	1948	1958 93 years, 2 days
José María Caro Rodríguez	CHL	1866	1958	1958 92 years, 164 days
Georges Grente	FRA	1872	1958	1959 87 years, 0 day
Elia dalla Costa	ITA	1872	1959	1961 89 years, 222 days
Francesco Morano		1872	1961	1968 96 years, 34 days
Carlos María de la Torre	ECU	1873	1968	1968 94 years, 259 days
Augusto da Silva	BRA	1876	1968	1968 92 years, 128 days
Giuseppe Pizzardo	ITA	1877	1968	1970 93 years, 19 days
Benedetto Aloisi Masella		1879	1970	1970 91 years, 93 days
Paolo Giobbe		1880	1970	1970 92 years, 217 days
José da Costa Nunes	POR	1880	1972	1976 96 years, 259 days
Alberto di Jorio	ITA	1884	1976	1979 95 years, 49 days
Antonio Caggiano	ARG	1889	1979	1979 90 years, 266 days
Carlos Carmelo Vasconcellos Motta	BRA	1890	1979	1982 92 years, 64 days
Pietro Parente	ITA	1891	1982	1986 95 years, 356 days
Julijans Vaivods	LAT	1895	1986	1990 94 years, 279 days
Henri de Lubac	FRA	1896	1990	1991 95 years, 196 days
Ferdinando Giuseppe Antonelli	ITA	1896	1991	1993 95 years, 196 days
Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei	CHN	1901	1993	1994	2000 98 years, 223 days
Mikel Koliqi	ALB	1900	1994	1997 96 years, 121 days
Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei	CHN	1901	1997	2000 98 years, 223 days
Corrado Bafile	ITA	1903	2000	2005 101 years, 214 days
Johannes Willebrands	NED	1909	2005	2008 96 years, 331 days
Alfons Maria Stickler	AUT	1910	2006	2007 97 years, 111 days
Paul Augustin Mayer	GER	1911	2007	2010 98 years, 312 days
Ersilio Tonini	ITA	1914	2010	2013 99 years, 8 days
Fiorenzo Angelini		1916	2013	2014	2014 98 years, 113 days
Loris Francesco Capovilla		1915	2014	2016 100 years, 224 days
José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez	COL	1919	2016	2019 100 years, 197 days
Roger Etchegaray	FRA	1922	2019	2019 96 years, 344 days
Albert Vanhoye		1923	2019	2021 98 years, 5 days
Jozef Tomko	SVK	1924	2021	2022 98 years, 150 days
Alexandre do Nascimento	AGO	1925	2022	Alive 99 years, 182 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
• List of current cardinals
• Hypothetical List of longest-living Cardinals
• List of longest-living state leaders
• Past longest-living cardinals
• Oldest and Longest-lived Cardinals by Country (born post-1800)