List of longest-living cardinals

This article lists the 100 oldest known living or deceased Members of the College of Cardinals (post-1500),, and whose ages are documented in reliable sources. Those currently living are in bold on gold. The longest-lived Cardinal was Jorge da Costa, of Portugal who lived between the ages of 101 years 262 days to 102 years 261 days. The Second Longest-lived cardinal being Italian Cardinal Corrado Bafile lived to 101 years 214 days.

List

Rank	Name	Country	Birth	Death	Age
1	Jorge da Costa	Portugal	1406	18 September 1508	101 years, 262 days to 102 years, 261 days
2	Corrado Bafile	Italy	4 July 1903	3 February 2005	101 years, 214 days
3	Loris Francesco Capovilla	Italy	14 October 1915	26 May 2016	100 years 224 days
4	José de Jesús Pimiento Rodríguez	Colombia	18 February 1919	3 September 2019	100 years 197 days
5	Luigi Ciacchi	Italy	16 August 1765	17 December 1865	100 years, 123 days
6	Ersilio Tonini	Italy	20 July 1914	28 July 2013	99 years 8 days
7	Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir	Lebanon	15 May 1920	12 May 2019	98 years, 362 days
9	Paul Augustin Mayer	Germany	23 May 1911	30 April 2010	98 years 342 days
10	Galeazzo Marescotti	Italy	1 October 1627	3 July 1726	98 years, 275 days
11	Jean-Baptist de Belloy-Morangle	France	9 October 1709	10 June 1808	98 years, 245 days
12	Ignatius Kung Pin-mei	China	2 August 1901	12 March 2000	98 years, 223 days
	Franz König	Austria	3 August 1905	13 March 2004
14	Jozef Tomko	Czechoslovakia	11 March 1924	8 August 2022	98 years 150 days
15	Fiorenzo Angelini	Italy	1 August 1916	22 November 2014	98 years, 113 days
16	Alexandre do Nascimento	Angola	1 March 1925	Alive	99 years, 214 days
17	Albert Vanhoye	France	24 July 1923	29 July 2021	98 years 59 days
18	Paolo Dezza	Italy	3 December 1901	17 December 1999	98 years, 14 days
19	Emmanuel Wamala	Uganda	15 December 1926	Alive	97 years 166 days
20	Alfons Maria Stickler	Austria	23 August 1910	12 December 2007	97 years, 111 days
23	Henryk Gulbinowicz	Poland	17 October 1923	16 November 2020)	97 years 30 days
22	Ferdinando Giuseppe Antonelli	Italy	14 July 1896	12 July 1993	96 years, 363 days
21	Roger Etchegaray	France	25 September 1922	4 September 2019	96 years 344 days
24	Johannes Willebrands	The Netherlands	4 September 1909	1 August 2008	96 years, 331 days
25	Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte	Italy	10 April 1851	16 February 1948	96 years, 312 days
26	Edward Cassidy	Australia	5 July 1924	10 April 2021	96 years 279 days
27	Kazimierz Świątek	Belarus	21 October 1914	21 July 2011	96 years 273 days
28	José da Costa Nuñes	Portugal	15 March 1880	29 November 1976	96 years, 259 days
29	Domenico Bartolucci	Italy	7 May 1917	11 November 2013	96 years, 188 days
30	José Freire Falcão	Brazil	23 October 1925	26 September 2021	95 years 338 days
31	Giovanni Canestri	Italy	30 September 1918	29 April 2015	96 years, 211 days
32	Adam Kozłowiecki	Poland	1 April 1911	28 September 2007	96 years, 180 days
33	Francisco Álvarez Martínez	Spain	14 July 1925	5 January 2022	96 years, 175 days
34	Francesco Carafa della Spina di Traetto	Italy	29 April 1722	20 September 1818	96 years, 144 days
35	Mikel Koliqi	Albania	29 September 1900	28 January 1997	96 years, 121 days
36	Francesco Morano	italy	8 June 1872	12 July 1968	96 years, 34 days
37	Luigi De Magistris	Italy	23 February 1926	16 February 2022	95 years 358 days
38	Pietro Parente	Italy	16 February 1891	29 December 1986	95 years, 316 days
39	Achille Silvestrini	Italy	25 October 1923	29 August 2019	95 years, 310 days
40	Júlio Duarte Langa	Mozambique	27 October 1927	Alive	96 years, 340 days
41	Agostino Cacciavillan	Italy	14 August 1926	5 March 2022	95 years 204 days
42	Henri-Marie de Lubac	France	20 February 1896	4 September 1991	95 years, 196 days
44	Friedrich Wetter	Germany	20 February 1928	Alive	96 years, 224 days
44	Paulo Evaristo Arns	Brazil	14 September 1921	14 December 2016	95 years, 91 days
45	Serafim Fernandes de Araújo	Brazil	13 August 1924	8 October 2019	95 years, 56 days
46	Alberto Di Jorio	Italy	18 July 1884	5 September 1979	95 years, 49 days
47	Corrado Ursi	Italy	26 July 1908	29 August 2003	95 years, 34 days
48	Jorge Medina Estévez	Chile	23 December 1926	3 October 2021	94 years 284 days
49	Julijans Vaivods	Latvia	18 August 1895	24 May 1990	94 years, 279 days
50	Carlos María Javier de la Torre	Ecuador	15 November 1873	31 July 1968	94 years, 259 days
51	Louis-Albert Vachon	Canada	4 February 1912	29 September 2006	94 years, 237 days
52	Egano Righi-Lambertini	Italy	22 February 1906	4 October 2000	94 years, 225 days
53	Ernest Simoni	Albania	18 October 1928	Alive	95 years, 340 days
54	Angelo Sodano	Italy	23 November 1927	27 May 2022	94 years 205 days
55	Walter Brandmüller	Germany	5 January 1929	Alive	95 years, 270 days
56	Eduardo Martínez Somalo	Spain	31 March 1927	10 August 2021	94 years 142 days
57	Michael Michai Kitbunchu	Thailand	25 January 1929	Alive	95 years, 250 days
58	Giovanni Cheli	Italy	4 October 1918	8 February 2013	94 years 122 days
59	Gilberto Agustoni	italy	26 July 1922	13 January 2017	94 years, 171 days
60	Estanislao Esteban Karlic	Argentina	7 February 1926	Alive	95 years, 237 days
61	Giuseppe Sensi	Italy	27 May 1907	26 July 2001	94 years, 60 days
62	Marian Jaworski	Poland	21 August 1926	5 September 2020	94 years 13 days
63	Carlo Furno	Italy	2 December 1921	9 December 2015	94 years, 7 days
64	Prosper Grech	Malta	24 December 1925	30 December 2019	94 years, 6 days
65	Teodolfo Mertel	Italy	9 February 1806	11 July 1899	93 years 152 days
66	Roberto Tucci	Italy	19 April 1921	14 April 2015	93 years, 360 days
67	Georges Cottier	Switzerland	25 April 1922	31 March 2016	93 years, 341 days
68	John Joseph Carberry	United States	31 July 1904	17 June 1998	93 years, 321 days
69	Paolo Bertoli	Italy	1 February 1908	8 November 2001	93 years, 280 days
70	Opilio Rossi	United States	14 May 1910	9 February 2004	93 years, 271 days
71	Henri Albert de la Grange d’Arquien	France	8 September 1613	24 May 1707	93 years, 258 days
72	Vicenzo Vannutelli	Italy	5 December 1836	9 July 1930	93 Years, 216 days
73	José Manuel Estepa Llaurens	Spain	1 January 1926	21 July 2019	93 years, 201 days
74	Giuseppe Firrao	Italy	20 July 1736	24 January 1830)	93 years, 188 days
75	Jean Margéot	Mauritius	3 February 1916	17 July 2009	93 years, 164 days
76	Ignatius Pimenta	Italy	1 March 1920	19 July 2013	93 years 140 days
77	Adam Joseph Maida	United States	18 March 1930	Alive	94 years, 197 days
78	Thomas Stafford Williams	United States	20 March 1930	Alive	94 years, 195 days
79	Julian Herranz Casado	Spain	31 March 1930	Alive	94 years, 184 days
80	František Tomášek	Czech Republic	30 June 1899	4 August 1992	93 years, 35 days
81	Alfredo Vicente Scherer	Brazil	5 February 1903	9 March 1996	93 years, 33 days
82	Giuseppe Pizzardo	Italy	13 July 1877	1 August 1970	93 years, 19 days
83	Antonio Innocenti	Italy	23 August 1915	6 September 2008	93 years, 14 days
	James Francis McIntyre	United States	25 June 1886	16 July 1979
84	Carlo Confalonieri	Italy	25 July 1893	1 August 1986	93 years, 7 days
86	Alessandro Verde	Italiy	27 March 1865	29 March 1958	93 years, 2 days
87	Julien Ries	Belgium	19 April 1920	23 February 2013	92 years 310 days
88	Juan Carlos Aramburu	Argentina	11 February 1912	18 November 2004	92 years, 281 days
89	Paul Poupard	France	30 August 1930	Alive	94 years, 32 days
90	Salvatore De Giorgi	Italy	6 September 1930	Alive	94 years, 25 days
91	Paolo Giobbe	Italy	10 January 1880	14 August 1972	92 years, 217 days
92	Léon-Étienne Duval	France	9 November 1903	9 November 1903	92 years, 203 days
	Josyf Ivanovyce Slipyj	Ukraine	17 February 1892	7 September 1984
94	Janis Pujats	Latvia	14 November 1930	Alive	93 years, 322 days
95	Joseph Asajiro Satowaki	Japan	1 February 1904	8 August 1996	92 years, 189 days
96	José María Caro Rodríguez	Chile	23 June 1866	4 December 1958	92 years, 164 days
97	Luigi Poggi	Italy	25 November 1917	4 May 2010	92 years 160 days
98	Silvano Piovanelli	Italy	21 February 1924	9 July 2016	92 years 139 days
99	Giuseppe Casoria	Italy	1 October 1908	8 February 2001	92 years, 130 days
100	Augusto Álvaro da Silva	Brazil	8 April 1976	14 August 1968	92 years, 128 days

Chronological list of Oldest living members of the College of Cardinals since 1500

Living From	To	Name	Lifespan		Country
Age	Age		Birth	Death
Time as Longest lived state Leader
1 January 1500	18 September 1508	Jorge da Costa (Longest-lived Cardinal in History)	1406	18 September 1408	Portugal
8 years, 261 days			101 years 262 days to 102 years 261 days
18 September 1508	15 March 1517	Jaume Serra i Cau	1427	15 March 1517	Italy
2 years, 124 days			89 years, 74 days to 90 years, 73 days
15 March 1517	8 November 1517	Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros	1436	11August 1517	Spain
238 days			80 years, 312 days to 61 years, 311 days
8 November 1517	17 September 1518	Niccolò Pandolfini	1440	17 September 1518	Italy
313 days			77 years, 260 days to 78 years, 269 days
17 September 1517	11 June 1521	Tamás Bakócz	1442	15 June 1521	Hungary
3 years, 267 days			78 years, 166 days to 79 years, 165 days
11 June 1521	9 September 1527	Ferdinando Ponzetti	1444	9 September 1527	Italy
6 years, 90 days			82 years, 162 days to 83 years, 161 days
9 September 1527	1528	Domenico Giacobazzi	1444	1528
115 days to 1 year, 51 days			84 years 0 to 364 days
1528	11 December 1532	Pietro Accolti	15 March 1455	11 December 1532
3 years, 346 days to 4 years, 345 days			77 years, 271 days
11 December 1532	3 November 1536	Sigismundo Pappacods	3 March 1456	3 November 1536
3 years, 328 days			80 years, 225 days
3 November 1536	17 January 1547	Roberto Pucci	29 May 1464	17 January 1547
11 years, 44 days			82 years, 233 days
17 December 1547	19 December 1549	Ennio Filonardi	1466	19 December 1549
2 years, 4 days			82 years, 353 days to 83 years, 352 days
19 December 1549	11 December 1568	Gianbernardino Scotti	1478	11 December 1568
8 years, 357 days			89 years, 354 days to 90 years, 353 days
11 December 1568	28 June 1570	Francesco Pisani	1494	9 August 1570	France
11 years, 199 days			75 years, 179 days to 76 years, 178 days
28 June 1570	3 May 1574	Giovanni Ricci	1 November 1498	3 May 1574	France
3 years, 309 days			75 years, 183 days
3 May 1574	23 July 1577	Scipione Rebiba	3 February 1504	23 July 1577	Italy
3 years, 81 days			73 years, 170 days
23 July 1577	5 August 1579	Stanislaw Hozjusz	5 May 1504	5 August 1579	Polish
2 years, 13 days			75 years, 92 days
5 August 1579	24 November 1583	René de Birague	1506-1507	24 November 1583	Italy
4 years, 111 days			75 years, 328 days to 76 years, 327 days or 76 years, 328 days to 77 years, 327 days
24 November 1583	July 1585	Georges d'Armagnac	1501	July 1585	France
1 year, 219 days to 1 year, 249 days			83 years, 182 days to 84 years, 181 days or 83 years, 212 days to 84 years, 211 days
July 1585	25 April 1591	Gian Girolamo Albani	3 January 1509	25 April 1591	Italy
5 years, 268 days to 5 years, 298 days			87 years, 112 days
25 April 1591	20 November 1594	Gaspar Quiroga y Vela	13 January 1512	20 November 1594	Spain
3 years, 209 days			82 years, 311 days
20 November 1594	27 August 1600	Paolo de Deza	26 March 1520	27 August 1600	Italy
5 years, 281 days			80 years, 154 days
27 August 1600	29 February 1604	Lucio Sassi	21 October 1521	29 February 1604
3 years, 186 days			82 years, 130 days
29 February 1604	24 February 1605	Girolamo Simoncelli	1522	24 February 1605	Spain
359 dsys			82 years, 55 days to 83 years, 54 days
24 February 1604	11 June 1608	Francesco Maria Tarugi	1525	11 June 1608	Italy
4 years, 108 days			82 years, 163 days to 83 years, 162 days
11 June 1608	17 February 1616	Pierre de Gondi	1533	17 February 1616
7 years, 251 days			82 years, 48 days to 83 years, 47 days
17 February 1616	26 March 1620	Domenico Toschi	11 June 1535	26 March 1620
4 years, 38 days			84 years, 289 days
26 March 1620	24 August 1623	Antonio Maria Sauli	1541	24 August 1623
3 years, 151 days			81 years, 236 days to 82 years, 235 days
24 August 1623	27 August 1627	Francesco Maria Bourbon del Monte Santa Maria	14 November 1549	27 August 1627
4 years, 3 days			78 years, 53 days
27 August 1627	12 March 1639	Domenico Ginnasi	19 June 1550	12 March 1639
11 years, 197 days			88 years, 266 days
12 March 1639	6 September 1639	Agostino Galamini	1553	6 September 1639
178 days			85 years, 249 days to 86 years, 248 days
6 September 1639	4 February 1643	Pietro Campori	1553	4 February 1643
3 years, 151 days			89 years, 35 days to 90 years, 34 days
4 February 1643	14 February 1645	François de La Rochefoucauld	8 December 1558	14 February 1645	France
2 years, 10 days			86 years, 68 days
14 February 1645	19 April 1652	Marcello Lante della Rovere	1561	19 April 1652	Italy
7 years, 65 days			90 years, 110 days to 91 years, 109 days
19 April 1652	10 August 1655	Alfonso de la Cueva Benavides y Mendoza-Carillo	25 July 1574	10 August 1655	Spain
3 years, 113 days			81 years, 16 days
10 August 1655	16 February 1667	Vincenzo Maculani	11 September 1578	16 February 1667	Italy
11 years, 190 days			88 years, 158 days
16 February 1667	1 March 1671	Marzio Ginetti	6 April 1585	1 March 1671
4 years, 13 days			85 years, 329 days
1 March 1671	5 October 1684	Francesco Albizzi	24 October 1593	5 October 1684
13 years, 218 days			90 years, 347 days
5 October 1684	4 November 1685	Girolamo Grimaldi-Cavalleroni	20 August 1597	4 November 1685
1 year, 30 days			88 years, 76 days
4 November 1685	8 May 1688	Niccolò Albergati Ludovisi	12 September 1607	8 May 1688
2 years, 186 days			80 years, 239 days
8 May 1688	14 May 1690	Carlo Cerri	14 September 1610	14 May 1690
2 years, 6 days			79 years, 242 days
14 May 1690	15 September 1695	Giacomo de Angelis	13 October 1610	15 September 1695
5 years, 124 days			84 years, 337 days
15 September 1695	19 October 1696	Johannes von Goes	10 February 1612	19 October 1696	Belgium
1 year, 34 days			84 years, 252 days
19 October 1696	19 Decembers 1697	Giacomo Franzoni	5 December 1612	19 December 1697	Italy
1 year, 61 days			85 years, 14 days
19 October 1697	22 July 1700	Alderano Cibo-Malaspina	16 July 1613	22 July 1700
2 years, 280 days			87 years, 6 days
22 July 1700	24 May 1707	Henri Albert de la Grange d'Arquien	8 September 1613	24 May 1707	France
6 years, 306 days			93 years, 258 days
24 May 1707	6 May 1714	Gaspare Carpegna	8 April 1625	6 May 1914	Italy
6 years, 347 days			89 years, 28 days
6 May 1714	3 July 1726	Galeazzo Marescotti	1 October 1627	3 July 1726
12 years, 58 days			98 years, 275 days
3 July 1726	4 January 1727	Giuseppe Sacripante	19 March 1642	4 January 1727
185 days			84 years, 291 days
4 January 1727	6 September 1730	Innico Caracciolo	9 July 1642	6 September 1730
3 years, 245 days			88 years, 59 days
6 September 1730	18 February 1737	Giuseppe Renato Imperiali	1 May 1651	18 February 1737
6 years, 165 days			85 years, 293 days
18 February 1737	29 January 1743	André-Hercule de Fleury	22 June or 26 June 1653	29 January 1743	France
5 years, 345 days			89 years, 221 days or 89 years, 217 days
28 January 1743	12 November 1744	Léon Potier de Gesvres	16 August 1656	12 November 1744
1 year, 289 days			88 years, 88 days
12 November 1744	16 February 1753	Tommaso Ruffo	15 September 1663	16 February 1753	Italy
8 years, 96 days			89 years, 154 days
16 February 1753	22 June 1761	Rainiero d'Elci	7 March 1670	22 June 1761
8 years, 126 days			91 years, 107 days
22 June 1761	2 May 1770	Giacomoi Oddi	11 November 1679	2 May 1770
8 years, 314 days			90 years, 172 days
2 May 1770	7 March 1774	Carlo Alberto Guidobono Cavalchini	26 July 1683	7 March 1774
3 years, 309 days			90 years, 224 days
7 March 1774	11 December 1779	Alessandro Albani	15 October 1692	11 December 1779
5 years, 279 days			87 years, 57 days
11 December 1779	9 December 1782	Ludovico Calini	9 January 1696	9 December 1782
2 years, 363 days			86 years, 334 days
9 December 1782	27 April 1783	Giuseppe Pozzobonelli	11 August 1696	27 April 1783
139 days			86 years, 259 days
27 April 1783	21 January 1788	Paul d'Albert de Luynes	5 January 1703	21 January 1788	Faance
4 years, 269 days			85 years, 16 days
21 January 1788	26 May 1796	Francesco Maria Banditi	9 September 1706	26 May 1796	Italy
8 years, 126 days			89 years, 260 days
26 May 1796	31 December 1801	Giuseppe Capece Zurlo	3 January 1711	31 December 1801
5 years, 219 days			90 years, 362 days
31 December 1801	17 January 1803	Christoph Anton von Migazzi von Waal und Sonnenthurn	20 October 1714	14 April 1803
1 year, 17 days			88 years, 176 days
17 January 1803	10 June 1808	Jean-Baptist de Belloy-Morangle	(9 October 1709	10 June 1808	France
5 years, 145 days			98 years, 245 days
10 June 1808	20 September 1818	Francesco Carafa della Spina di Trajetto	29 April 1722	20 September 1818	Italy
10 years, 102 days			96 years, 144 days
20 September 1818	15 September 1820	Giovanni Battista Quarantotti	27 September 1733	15 September 1820	Greece
3 years, 360 days			86 years, 354 days
15 September 1820	24 January 1830	Giuseppe Firrao Jr.	20 July 1736	24 January 1830	Romania
9 years, 131 days			93 years, 188 days
24 January 1830	6 October 1832	Benedetto Naro	29 July 1744	6 October 1832	Italy
2 years, 256 days			88 years, 72 days
6 October 1832	24 July 1833	Lorenzo Girolamo Mattei	29 May 1748	24 July 1833
1 year, 292 days			85 years, 56 days
24 July 1833	3 December 1834	Giuseppe Albani	13 September 1750	3 December 1834
1 year, 132 days			84 years, 81 days
3 December 1834	14 September 1836	Luigi Bottiglia Savoulx	16 February 1852	14 September 1836
1 year, 286 days			84 years, 211 days
14 September 1836	31 January 1844	Giovanni Battista Bussi	23 Jnuary 1755	29 January 1844
7 years, 139 days			89 years, 8 days
31 January 1844	19 April 1844	Bartolomeo Pacca	27 December 1756	19 April 1844
79 days			87 years, 114 days
19 April 1844	22 November 1847	Placido Maria Tadini	11 October 1759	22 November 1822
3 years, 217 days			88 years, 42 days
22 November 1847	17 December 1865	Luigi Ciacchi	16 August 1765	17 December 1765
18 years, 25 days			100 years, 123 days
17 December 1865	20 March 1866	Antonio Tosti	4 October 1776	20 March 1866
230 days			89 years, 167 days
20 March 1866	30 April 1873	Alexis Billiet	28 February 1783	30 April 1873	France
7 years, 41 days			90 years, 61 days
11 May 1869	6 July 1877	Filippo de Angelis	16 April 1792	8 July 1877	Italy
8 years, 56 days			85 years, 83 days
6 July 1877	3 January 1881	René-François Régnier	17 July 1794	3 January 1881	France
2 years, 66 days			86 years, 170 days
3 January 1881	28 October 1881	Prospero Caterini	15 October 1795	28 October 1881	Italy
298 days			86 years, 13 days
28 October 1881	23 December 1882	Ferdinand-François-Auguste Donnet	16 November 1795	23 December 1882	France
1 year, 56 days			87 years, 37 days
23 December 1882	11 August 1890	John Henry Newman	21 February 1801	11 August 1890	Great Britain (England)
7 years, 231 days			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	20 April 1809 – 12 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	French
3 years, 288 days			88 years, 332 days
29 Nov 2019 (age 100)	25 May 2020 (aged 101)	Hyun Soong-jong	26 February 1919	25 May 2021	South Korea
3 years, 183 days			101 years, 89 days
25 May 2020 (age 100)	07 December 2021 (aged 100)	Mustafa Ben Halim	29 January 192	7 December 2021	Libya
1 year, 196 days			100 years, 312 days
07 December 2021 (age 100)	14 July 2022 (aged 100)	Francisco Morales Bermúdez	4 October 1921	14 July 2022	Peru
(219 days)			100 years, 283 days
8 August 2022	Present	Alexandre do Nascimento	1 March 1925	Alive	Laos
2 years, 54 days			age 99 years, 214 days

See Also

• List of Cardinals by Age