Hypothetical List of longest-living Cardinals

This article Hypothetically lists the 100 oldest known living or deceased Members of the College of Cardinals (after 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.

If Every Living Cardinal is Still Living By 31 December 2025.

Gallery

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  Oldest:
   Portugal
  Jorge da Costa

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  2nd-Oldest:
   Italy
  Corrado Bafile

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  3rd-oldest ever:
   Angola
  Alexandre do Nascimiento

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  4th-Oldest ever:
   Italy
  Loris Francesco Capovilla

List

ages are up-to-date 12/18/2024

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	Alexandre do Nascimento	Angola	Priest of San Marco in Agro Laurentino (1983-present)	1925	Alive	100 years, 305 days
4	Loris Francesco Capovilla	Italy	Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere (2014–2016)	1915	2016	100 years, 224 days
5	José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez	Colombia	Priest of San Giovanni Crisostomo a Monte Sacro Alto (2015–2019)	1919	2019	100 years, 197 days
6	Luigi Ciacchi	Papal States	Deacon of Sant'Angelo in Pescheria (1838–\1865)	1765	1865	100 years, 123 days
7	Domingo Ram y Lanaja	Aragon	Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina (1444–1445)	1345	1445	99 years, 115 days to 100 years, 114 days
8	Estanislao Esteban Karlic	Argentina	Priest of Beata Maria Vergine Addolorata a piazza Buenos Aires (2007-present)	1926	Alive	99 years, 327 days
9	Emmanuel Wamala	Uganda	Priest of Sant'Ugo (1994-present)	1926	Alive	99 years, 30 days
10	Ersilio Tonini	Italy	Priest of Santi Redentore a Valmelaina (1994–2013)	1914	2013	99 years, 8 days
11	Galeazzo Marescotti	Papal States	Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina (1708–1726)	1627	1726	98 years, 275 days
12	Jean-Baptist de Belloy	France	Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina (1805–1808)	1709	1808	98 years, 245 days
13	Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir	Lebanon	Cardinal-Patriarch (1994 – 2019)	1920	2019	98 years, 362 days
14	Paul Augustin Mayer	Germany	Priest of San Anselmo all’Aventino pro hac vice Title (1996–2010)	1911	2010	98 years, 342 days
15	Luis Pascual Dri OFM Cap.	Argentina	Deacon of Sant'Angelo in Pescheria (2023-present)	1927	Alive	98 years, 258 days
16	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
18	Jozef Tomko	Slovakia	Priest of S. Sabina (1996–2022)	1924	2022	98 years 151 days
19	Fiorenzo Angelini	Italy	Priest of Santo Spirito in Sassia pro hac vice Title (2002–2014)	1916	2014	98 years, 113 days
20	Júlio Duarte Langa	Mozambique	Priest of San Gabriele dell'Addolorata (2015-present)	1927	Alive	98 years, 74 days
21	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
22	Paolo Dezza, S.J.	Italy	Deacon of San Ignazio di Loyola a Campo Marzio (1991 – 1999)	1901	1999	98 years, 4 days
23	Friedrich Wetter	Germany	Priest of Santo Stephano in Coelio Monte (1985–present)	1928	Alive	97 years, 306 days
24	Alexandre José María dos Santos, O.F.M.	Mozambique	Priest of San Frumenzio ai Prati Fiscali (1988–2021)	1924	2021	97 years, 195 days
25	Alfons Maria Stickler	Austria	Priest of San Giorgio in Velabro pro hac vice Title (1996–2007)	1910	2007	97 years, 111 days
26	Ernest Simoni	Albania	Deacon of Santa Maria della Scala (2018-present)	1928	Alive	97 years, 74 days
27	Henryk Gulbinowicz	Poland	Priest of Immacolata Concezione di Maria a Grottarossa (1985–2020)	1923	2020	97 years, 30 days
28	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
29	Walter Brandmüller	Germany	Priest of San Giuliano dei Fiamminghi, pro hac vice (2021-present)	1929	Alive	96 years, 360 days
30	Roger Etchegaray	France	Bishop of Porto–Santa Rufina (1998–2019)	1922	2019	96 years, 344 days
31	Michael Michai Kitbunchu	Thailand	Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna (1983-present) Proto-priest (2016-present)	1929	Alive	96 years, 340 days
32	Johannes Willebrands	Netherlands	Priest of San Sebastiano alle Catacombe (1975–2006)	1909	2008	96 years, 331 days
33	Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte	Italy	Bishop of Albano (1915 – 1948) Bishop of Ostia (1930 – 1948)	1851	1948	96 years, 312 days
34	Edward Cassidy	Australia	Priest of Santa Maria in Via Lata pro hac vice Title (2002–2021)	1924	2021	96 years, 279 days
35	Kazimierz Świątek	Belgium	Priest of San Gerardo Maiella (1994–2011)	1914	2011	96 years, 273 days
36	José da Costa Nunes	Portugal	Priest of Santa Prisca (1962–1976)	1880	1976	96 years, 259 days
37	Giovanni Canestri	Italy	Priest of San Andrea della Valle (1988–2015)	1918	2015	96 years, 211 days
38	Domenico Bartolucci	Italy	Deacon Santissimi Nomi di Gesù e Maria in Via Lata (2010–2013)	1917	2013	96 years, 188 days
39	Adam Kozłowiecki, S.J.	Zambia	Priest of Sant'Andrea al Quirinale (1998–2008)	1911	2007	96 years, 180 days
40	Francisco Álvarez Martínez	Spain	Priest of Santa Maria «Regina Pacis» a Monte Verde (2001–2022)	1925	2022	96 years, 177 days
41	Francesco Carafa di Traetto	Naples	Priest of San Lorenzo in Damaso (1807–1818)	1722	1818	96 years, 144 days
42	Francesco Morano	Italy	Deacon of Santi Cosma e Damiano (1959 – 1968)	1872	1968	96 years, 34 days
43	Luigi De Magistris	Italy	Deacon Santissimi Nomi di Gesù e Maria in Via Lata (2015–2022)	1926	2022	95 years 358 days
44	José Freire Falcão	Brazil	Priest of San Luca a Via Prenestina (1988–2021)	1925	2021	95 years, 338 days
45	Pietro Parente	Italy	Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina (1967–1986)	1891	1986	95 years, 316 days
46	Achille Silvestrini	Italy	Priest of San Benedetto fuori Porta San Paolo pro hac vice Title (1999–2019)	1923	2019	95 years, 308 days
47	Adam Maida	United States	Priest of San Vitale (1994–present)	1930	Alive	95 years, 288 days
48	Julian Herranz Casado	Spain	Priest of Sant'Eugenio (basilica), pro hac vice (2014-present)	1930	Alive	95 years, 275 days
49	Agostino Cacciavillan	Italy	Priest of Ss. Angeli Custodi a Città Giardino pro hac vice Title (2011–2022)	1926	2022	95 years, 204 days
50	Henri de Lubac S.J.	France	Deacon of Santa Maria in Domnica (1983–1991)	1896	1991	95 years, 196 days
51	Theodore McCarrick	United States	Priest of Santi Nereo ad Achilleo (2001–2018)	1930	alive	95 years, 177 days
52	Paul Poupard	France	Priest of Santa Prassede (1996–)	1930	Alive	95 years, 123 days
53	Salvatore De Giorgi	Italy	Priest of Santa Maria in Aracoeli (1998–)	1930	Alive	95 years, 116 days
54	Paulo Evaristo Arns	Brazil	Priest of San Antonio da Padova in Via Tuscolana (1973 –2016)	1921	2016	95 years, 91 days
55	Serafim Fernandes de Araújo	Brazil	Priest of San Luigi Maria Grignion de Montfort (1998–2019)	1924	2019	95 years, 56 days
56	Alberto Di Jorio	Italy	Priest of Santa Pudenziana (1967 – 1979)	1884	1979	95 years, 47 days
56	Janis Pujats	Latvia	Priest of Santa Silvia (2001–)	1930	Alive	95 years, 47 days
58	Corrado Ursi	Italy	Priest of San Callisto (1967–2003)	1908	2003	95 years, 34 days
59	Camillo Ruini	Italy	Priest of Sant'Agnese fuori le mura (1991-present)	1931	Alive	94 years, 315 days
60	Jorge Medina	Chile	Priest of San Saba pro hac vice Title (2008–2021)	1926	2021	94 years, 284 days
61	Julijans Vaivods	–Latvia	Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati (1983–1990)	1895	1990	94 years, 279 days
62	Carlos María de la Torre	Ecuador	Priest of Santa Maria in Aquiro pro hac vice Title (1953–1968)	1873	1968	94 years, 261 days
63	Louis-Albert Vachon	Canada	Priest of San Paolo della Croce a Corviale (1985– 2006)	1912	2006	94 years, 237 days
64	Egano Righi-Lambertini	Italy	Priest of Santa Maria in Via (1990 – 2000)	1906	2000	94 years, 225 days
65	Lucian Mureșan	Romania	Priest of Sant'Anastasio (2012-present)	1931	Alive	94 years, 222 days
66	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
67	Gilberto Agustoni	Italy	Priest of Santi Urbano e Lorenzo a Prima Porta pro hac vice Title (2005–2017)	1922	2017	94 years, 171 days
68	Eduardo Martínez Somalo	Spain	Priest of Santissima Nome di Gesù pro hac vice Title (1999–2021)	1927	2021	94 years, 142 days
69	Giovanni Cheli	Italy	Priest of Santi Cosma e Damiano pro hac vice Title Title (2008–2013)	1918	2013	94 years 122 days
70	Mikel Koliqi	Albania	Deacon of Ognissanti in Via Appia Nuova (1994–1997)	1902	1997	94 years, 121 days
71	Giuseppe Sensi	Italy	Priest of Regina Apostolorum (1987 – 2001)	1907	2001	94 years, 60 days
72	Marian Jaworski	Poland	Priest of San Sisto (2001–2020)	1926	2020	94 years 13 days
73	Carlo Furno	Italy	Priest of Sant'Onofrio (2006– 2015)	1921	2015	94 years, 7 days
74	Prosper Grech, O.S.A.	Malta	Deacon of Santa Maria Goretti (2012–2019)	1925	2019	94 years, 6 days
75	Roberto Tucci	Italy	Priest of Sant'Ignazio di Loyola a Campo Marzio pro hac vice Title (2011–2015)	1921	2015	93 years, 360 days
76	José Saraiva Martins C.M.F.	Portugal	Bishop of Palestrina (2009-present)	1932	Alive	93 years, 359 days
77	Joseph Zen S.D.B.	China ( Hong Kong)	Priest of Santa Maria Madre del Redentore a Tor Bella Monaca (2006–present)	1932	Alive	93 years, 352 days
78	Georges Cottier OP	Switzerland	Priest of Santi Domenico e Sisto pro hac vice Title (2014–2016)	1922	2016	93 years, 341 days
79	John Carberry	United States	Priest of San Giovanni Battista de’ Rossi (1969–1998)	1904	1998	93 years, 321 days
80	Paolo Bertoli	Italy	Bishop of Frascati (1979–2001)	1908	2001	93 years, 280 days
81	Henri Albert de la Grange d’Arquien	France	Deacon of San Nicola in Carcere (1699–1707)	1613	1707	93 years, 278 days
82	Thomas Williams	United States	Priest of Gesù Divin Maestro alla Pineta Sacchetti (1983–2023)	1930	2023	93 years. 276 days
83	Opilio Rossi	United States	Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina (1987–2004)	1910	2004	93 years, 271 days
84	Vincenzo Vannutelli	Italy	Bishop of Palestrina (1900–1930) Bishop of Ostia (1915–1930)	1836	1930	93 years, 216 days
85	José Manuel Estepa Llaurens	Spain	Priest of San Gabriele Arcangelo all’Acqua Traversa (2010–2019)	1926	2019	93 years, 201 days
86	Giuseppe Firrao	Papal States	Priest of San Eusebio (1801–1830)	1736	1830	93 years, 188 days
87	Jean Margéot	Mauritius	Priest of San Gabriele Arcangelo all’Acqua Traversa (1988–2009)	1916	2009	93 years, 164 days
88	James Stafford	United States	Priest of San Pietro in Montorio (1998-present)	1932	Alive	93 years, 158 days
89	Teodolfo Mertel	Papal States	Priest of San Lorenzo in Damaso (1884 – 1899)	1806	1899	93 years, 152 days
90	Gaudencio Rosales	Philippines	Priest of Santissimo Nome di Maria in Via Latina (2006-Present)	1932	Alive	93 years, 143 days
91	Simon Pimenta	India	Priest of Santa Maria Regina Mundi a Torre Spaccata (1988–2013)	1920	2013	93 years, 140 days
92	Francis Arinze	Nigeria	Bishop of Velletri-Segni (2005-present)	1932	Alive	93 years, 60 days
93	Renato Martino	Italy	Deacon of San Francesco di Paola ai Monti (2012-present) Protodeacon (2014-present)	1932	Alive	93 years, 38 days
94	František Tomášek	Czechoslovakia	Priest of San Vitale (1977–\1992)	1899	1992	93 years, 36 days
95	Alfredo Scherer	Brazil	Priest of Nostra Signora de La Salette (1969–1996)	1903	1996	93 years, 34 days
96	Antonio Innocenti	Italy	Priest of Santa Maria in Aquiro pro hac vice Title (1996–2008)	1915	2008	93 years, 21 days
97	Giuseppe Pizzardo	Italy	Bishop of Albano (1948–1970)	1877	1970	93 years, 19 days
98	James Francis McIntyre	United States	Priest of Sant'Anastasia (1953 – 1979)	1886	1979	93 years, 14 days
99	Carlo Confalonieri	Italy	Bishop of Palestrina (1972–1986) Bishop of Ostia (1977–1986)	1893	1986	93 years, 7 days
100	Alessandro Verde	Italy	Priest of Santa Maria in Cosmedin pro hac vice Title (1935 – 1958)	1865	1958	93 years, 2 days

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No.	Cardinal	Co.	Post	Birth	Death	Age by 12-31-25
1	Walter Kasper	Germany	Priest of Ognissanti in Via Appia Nuova, title pro hac vice (2011-present)	1933	Alive	92 years, 301 days
2	Juan Sandoval Íñiguez	Mexico	Priest of Nostra Signora di Guadalupe e San Filippo Martire (1994-present)	1933	Alive	92 years, 278 days
3	Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa Isch	Chile	Priest of Santa Maria della Pace (2001–present)	1933	Alive	92 years, 117 days
4'	Raffaele Farina SDB	Italy	Priest of San Giovanni della Pigna "pro hac vice" (2018-present)	1933	Alive	92 years, 98 days
5	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	91 years, 335 days
6	Jean-Baptiste Phạm Minh Mẫn	Vietman	Priest of San Giustino (2003-present)	1934	Alive	91 years, 301 days
7	Francesco Monterisi	Italy	Priest of San Paolo alla Regola pro hac vice Title (2021-present)	1934	Alive	91 years, 217 days
8	Raniero Cantalamessa	Italy	Deacon of San Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine (2020-present)	1934	Alive	91 years, 162 days
9	Franc Rode CM	Slovenia	Priest of S. Francesco Saverio alla Garbatella pro hac vice Title (2016-present)	1934	Alive	91 years, 99 days
10	Luis Héctor Villalba	Argentina	Priest of San Girolamo a Corviale (2015-present)	1934	Alive	91 years, 81 days

Chronological list of Oldest living members of the College of Cardinals

Name	Country	Post	Born	Time as oldest		Death and age
John Henry Newman	U.K. England	Deacon of San Giorgio in Velabro (1879– 1890)	1801	??	1890 89 years, 171 days
Teodolfo Mertel	Italy	Priest of San Lorenzo in Damaso (1884 – 1899)	1806	1899	1899 93 years, 152 days
Luigi Di Canossa	Italy	Priest of San Marcello (1877–1900)	1809	1899	1900 90 years, 358 days
Michelangelo Celesia	Italy	Priest of San Marco (1887–1904)	1814	1900	1904 90 years, 92 days
François-Marie-Benjamin Richard	France	Priest of Santa Maria in Via (1889–1908)	1819	1904	1904 88 years, 332 days
Anton Josef Gruscha	Italy	Priest of S. Maria degli Angeli (1891– 1911)	1820	1908	1911 90 years, 275 days
Alfonso Capecelatro	Italy	Priest of S. Maria del Popolo (1886 – 1912)	1824	1911	1912 88 years, 283 days
Angelo di Pierto	Italy	Priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina (1903 – 1914)	1828	1912	1914 86 years, 197 days
François de Rovérié de Cabrières	France	Priest of S. Maria della Vittoria (1911 – 1921)	1830	1914	1921 91 years, 113 days
Giuseppe Antonio Ermenegildo Prisco	Italy	Priest of San Sisto (1898 –1923)	1833	1921	1923 89 years, 149 days
Vincenzo Vannutelli	Italy	Bishop of Palestrina (1900 – 1930) Bishop of Ostia (1915 – 1930)	1836	1923	1930 93 years, 216 days
Andreas Frühwirth	Austria	Priest of San Lorenzo in Damaso (1927 –1933)	1845	1930	1933 87 years, 172 days
Franz Ehrle	Germany	Deacon of San Cesareo in Palatio (1922–1934)	1845	1933	1934 88 years, 165 days
Pierre Andrieu	France	Priest of Sant'Onofrio (1907–1935)	1849	1934	1935 85 years, 70 days
Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte	Italy	Bishop of Albano (1915 – 1948) Bishop of Ostia (1930 – 1948)	1851	1935	1948 96 years, 312 days
Enrico Sibilia	Italy	Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto (1939–1948)	1861	1948	1948 aged 87 years, 140 days
Alessandro Verde	Italy	Priest of Santa Maria in Cosmedin pro hac vice Title (1935 – 1958)	1865	1948	1958 93 years, 2 days
José María Caro Rodríguez	Chile	Priest of Santa. Maria della Scala pro hac vice Title (1946 – 1958)	1866	1958	1958 92 years, 164 days
Georges Grente	France	Priest of San Bernardo alle Terme (1953– 1959)	1872	1958	1959 87 years, 0 day
Elia Dalla Costa	Italy	Priest of San Marco (1933–1961)	1872	1959	1961 89 years, 222 days
Francesco Morano	Italy	Deacon of Santi Cosma e Damiano (1959–1968)	1872	1961	1968 96 years, 34 days
Carlos María de la Torre	Ecuador	Priest of Santa Maria in Aquiro pro hac vice Title (1953–1968)	1873	1968	1968 94 years, 259 days
Augusto da Silva	Brazil	Priest of Sant'Angelo in Pescheria pro hac vice Title (1953–1968)	1876	1968	1968 92 years, 128 days
Giuseppe Pizzardo	Italy	Bishop of Albano (1948–1970)	1877	1968	1970 93 years, 19 days
Benedetto Aloisi Masella	Italy	Bishop of Palestrina (1948–1970)	1879	1970	1970 91 years, 93 days
Paolo Giobbe	Italy	Priest of Santa Maria in Vallicella (1958–1972)	1880	1970	1970 92 years, 217 days
José da Costa Nunes	Portugal	Priest of Santa Prisca (1962–1976)	1880	1972	1976 96 years, 259 days
Alberto di Jorio	Italy	Priest of Santa Pudenziana (1967 – 1979)	1884	1976	1979 95 years, 49 days
Antonio Caggiano	Argentina	Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna (1946– 1979)	1889	1979	1979 90 years, 266 days
Carlos Carmelo Vasconcellos Motta	Brazil	Priest of San Pancrazio (1946–1982)	1890	1979	1982 92 years, 64 days
Pietro Parente	Italy	Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina (1967–1986)	1891	1982	1986 95 years, 356 days
Julijans Vaivods	Latvia	Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati (1983–1990)	1895	1986	1990 94 years, 279 days
Henri de Lubac	France	Deacon of Santa Maria in Domnica (1983–1991)	1896	1990	1991 95 years, 196 days
Ferdinando Giuseppe Antonelli	Italy	Priest of S. Sebastiano al Palatino pro hac vice Title (1983–1993)	1896	1991	1993 95 years, 196 days
Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei	China	Priest of SanSisto (1991–2000)	1901	1993	2000 98 years, 223 days
Corrado Bafile	Italy	Priest of Santa Maria in Portico pro hac vice Title (1987–2005)	1903	2000	2005 101 years, 214 days
Johannes Willebrands	Netherlands	Priest of San Sebastiano alle Catacombe (1975–2006)	1909	2005	2008 96 years, 331 days
Alfons Maria Stickler	Austria	Priest of San Giorgio in Velabro pro hac vice Title (1996–2007)	1910	2006	2007 97 years, 111 days
Paul Augustin Mayer	Germany	Priest of San Anselmo all’Aventino pro hac vice Title (1996–2010)	1911	2007	2010 aged 98 years, 312 days
Ersilio Tonini	Italy	Priest of Santissima Redentore a Valmelaina (1994–2013)	1914	2010	2013 99 years, 8 days
Fiorenzo Angelini	Italy	Priest of Santissimo Spirito in Sassia pro hac vice Title (2002–2014)	1916	2013	2014	2014 98 years, 113 days
Loris Francesco Capovilla	Italy	Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere (2014–2016)	1915	2014	2016 100 years, 224 days
José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez	Colombia	Priest of San Giovanni Crisostomo a Monte Sacro Alto (2015–2016)	1919	2016	2019 100 years, 197 days
Roger Etchegaray	France	Bishop of Porto–Santa Rufina (1998– 2019)	1922	2019	2019 96 years, 344 days
Albert Vanhoye	France	Priest of Santa Maria della Mercede e San Adriano a Villa Albani pro hac vice Title (2016–2021)	1923	2019	2021 98 years, 5 days
Jozef Tomko	Slovakia	Priest of Santa Sabina (1996–2022)	1924	2021	2022 98 years, 150 days
Alexandre do Nascimento	Angola	Priest of San Marco in Agro Laurentino (1983-present)	1925	2022	Alive99 years, 305 days

See Also

• List of longest living Cardinals
• List of current cardinals
• Hypothetical List of longest-living Cardinals