Past longest-living cardinals
Rank | Cardinal | Country | Born | Died | Age at Death | Replacing |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Corrado Bafile | Italy | 1903 | 2005 | 101 years, 214 days | None |
2 | Ignatius Kung Pin-mei (龔品梅) | China | 1901 | 2000 | 98 years, 223 days | None |
Franz König | Austria | 1905 | 2004 | Oreglia di Santo Stefano | ||
4 | Paolo Dezza, S.J. | Italy | 1901 | 1999 | 98 years, 4 days | None |
5 | Ferdinando Giuseppe Antonelli, O.F.M. | Italy | 1896 | 1993 | 96 years, 363 days | None |
6 | Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte | Italy | 1851 | 1948 | 96 years, 312 days | None |
7 | José da Costa Nuñes | Portugal | 1880 | 1976 | 96 years, 259 days | None |
8 | Mikel Koliqi | Albania | 1900 | 1997 | 96 years, 121 days | None |
9 | Pietro Parente | Italy | 1891 | 1986 | 95 years, 316 days | None |
10 | Henri de Lubac, S.J. | France | 1896 | 1991 | 95 years, 196 days | None |
11 | Francesco Morano | Italy | 1872 | 1968 | 96 years, 34 days | None |
12 | Alberto Di Jorio | Italy | 1884 | 1979 | 95 years, 49 days | None |
13 | John Joseph Carberry | United States | 1904 | 1998 | 93 years, 321 days | Rocca di Corneliano |
14 | Julijans Vaivods | Latvia | 1895 | 1990 | 94 years, 279 days | None |
15 | Carlos María de la Torre | Ecuador | 1873 | 1968 | 94 years, 259 days | None |
16 | Vicenzo Vannutelli | Italy | 1836 | 1930 | 93 years, 216 days | None |
17 | Teodolfo Mertel | Italy | 1806 | 1899 | 93 years, 152 days | None |
18 | Gabriel-Marie Garrone | France | 1901 | 1994 | 92 years, 95 days | None |
19 | František Tomášek | Czech Republic | 1899 | 1992 | 93 years, 35 days | None |
20 | Giuseppe Pizzardo | Italy | 1877 | 1970 | 93 years, 19 days | None |
21 | Alfredo Vicente Scherer | Brazil | 1903 | 1996 | 93 years, 33 days | None |
22 | James Francis McIntyre | United States | 1886 | 1979 | 93 years, 14 days | None |
23 | Carlo Confalonieri | Italy | 1893 | 1986 | 93 years, 7 days | None |
24 | Alessandro Verde | Italy | 1865 | 1958 | 93 years, 2 days | None |
25 | Paolo Giobbe | Italy | 1880 | 1972 | 92 years, 217 days | None |
26 | Josyf Slipyj | Ukraine | 1892 | 1984 | 92 years, 203 days | None |
Léon-Étienne Duval | Algeria | 1903 | 1996 | None | ||
28 | Joseph Asajirō Satowaki | Japan | 1904 | 1996 | 92 years, 189 days | None |
29 | José María Caro Rodríguez | Chile | 1866 | 1958 | 92 years, 164 days | None |
30 | Maurice Feltin | France | 1883 | 1975 | 92 years, 145 days | None |
31 | Augusto Álvaro da Silva | Brazil | 1876 | 1968 | 92 years, 128 days | None |
32 | Carlos Vasconcellos | Brazil | 1890 | 1982 | 92 years, 264 days | None |
33 | Josef Frings | Germany | 1887 | 1978 | 91 years, 314 days | None |
34 | Leo Jozef Suenens | Belgium | 1904 | 1996 | 91 years, 295 days | Micara |
35 | Enrique Pla y Deniel | Spain | 1876 | 1968 | 91 years, 199 days | None |
36 | Pietro Pavan | Italy | 1903 | 1994 | 91 years, 118 days | None |
37 | François de Rovérié de Cabrières | France | 1830 | 1921 | 91 years, 113 days | None |
38 | Benedetto Aloisi Masella | Italy | 1879 | 1970 | 91 years, 93 days | None |
39 | Yves Congar, O.P. | France | 1904 | 1995 | 91 years, 70 days | None |
40 | Patrick Aloysius O’Boyle | United States | 1896 | 1987 | 91 years, 23 days | None |
41 | Pablo Muñoz Vega, S.J. | Ecuador | 1903 | 1994 | 91 years, 11 days | None |
42 | Luigi Di Canossa | Italy | 1809 | 1900 | 90 years, 326 days | None |
43 | Amleto Giovanni Cicognani | Italy | 1883 | 1973 | 90 years, 296 days | None |
44 | Anton Josef Gruscha | Austria | 1820 | 1911 | 90 years, 275 days | None |
45 | Antonio Caggiano | Italy | 1889 | 1979 | 90 years, 266 days | None |
46 | Giovanni Mercati | Italy | 1866 | 1957 | 90 years, 249 days | None |
47 | José Clemente Maurer, C.SS.R. | Bolivia | 1900 | 1990 | 90 years, 106 days | None |
48 | Michelangelo Celesia | Italy | 1814 | 1904 | 90 years, 92 days | None |
49 | Miguel Darío Miranda y Gómez | Mexico | 1895 | 1986 | 90 years, 86 days | None |
50 | Paolo Marella | Italy | 1895 | 1984 | 89 years, 264 days | None |
51 | Elia dala Costa | Italy | 1872 | 1959 | 89 years, 222 days | None |
52 | Maximos IV Sayegh (Greek-Melkite Rite) | Syria | 1878 | 1967 | 89 years, 209 days | None |
53 | William Theodore Heard | United Kingdom
(Scotland) |
1884 | 1973 | 89 years, 204 days | None |
54 | François Marty | France | 1904 | 1994 | 89 years, 274 days | Andrieu |
56 | John Henry Newman, C.O. | United Kingdom
(England) |
1801 | 1890 | 89 years, 171 days | None |
57 | Giovanni Colombo | Italy | 1902 | 1992 | 89 years, 166 days | None |
58 | Fernando Cento | Italy | 1889 | 1973 | 89 years, 156 days | None |
59 | Giuseppe Antonio Ermenegildo Prisco | Italy | 1833 | 1923 | 89 years, 149 days | None |
60 | Achille Liénart | France | 1884 | 1973 | 89 years, 7 days | None |
61 | Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira | Portugal | 1888 | 1977 | 88 years, 346 days | None |
62 | François-Marie-Benjamin Richard | France | 1819 | 1908 | 88 years, 332 days | None |
63 | Alfonso Capecelatro, C.O. | Italy | 1824 | 1912 | 88 years, 283 days | None |
64 | Alfredo Ottaviani | Italy | 1890 | \1979 | 88 years, 278 days | None |
65 | Carlo Grano | Italy | 1887 | 1976 | 88 years, 171 days | None |
66 | Franz Ehrle, S.J. | Germany | 1845 | 1934 | 88 years, 165 days | None |
67 | Francesco Carpino | Italy | 1905 | 1993 | 88 years, 140 days | Bacci |
69 | Ignatius Gabriel I Tappouni (Syriac Rite) | Lebanon | 1879 | 1968 | 88 years, 89 days | None |
69 | Giovanni Cagliero, S.D.B. | Argentina | 1838 | 1926 | 88 years, 48 days | None |
70 | Francesco Roberti | Italy | 1889 | 1977 | 88 years, 9 days | None |
71 | Eugène Tisserant | France | 1884 | 1972 | 87 years, 334 days | None |
72 | Pietro Fumasoni Biondi | Italy | 1872 | 1960 | 87 years, 312 days | None |
73 | Florian Desprez | France | 1807 | 1895 | 87 years, 282 days | None |
74 | Louis-Henri-Joseph Luçon | France | 1842 | 1930 | 87 years, 212 days | None |
76 | Jozef-Ernest van Roey | Belgium | 1874 | 1961 | 87 years, 205 days | None |
77 | Paul-Émile Léger | Canada | 1904 | 1991 | 87 years, 201 days | Gerlier |
78 | Andreas Franz Frühwirth, O.P. | Austria | 1845 | 1933 | 87 years, 172 days | None |
Augustin Bea, S.J. | Germany | 1881 | 1968 | None | ||
79 | Bernardus Johannes Alfrink | Netherlands | 1900 | 1987 | 87 years, 165 days | None |
80 | Enrico Sibilia | Italy | 1861 | 1948 | 87 years, 140 days | None |
81 | Francesco Bracci | Italy | 1879 | 1967 | 87 years, 139 days | None |
82 | José de Herrera y de la Iglesia | Spain | 1835 | 1922 | 87 years, 104 days | None |
83 | Nicola Canali | Italy | 1874 | 1961 | 87 years, 58 days | None |
84 | António Mendes Bello | Portugal | 1842 | 1929 | 87 years, 48 days | None |
85 | Efrem Forni | Italy | 1889 | 1976 | 87 years, 47 days | None |
86 | Santiago Copello | Argentina | 1880 | 1967 | 87 years, 33 days | None |
87 | Domenico Jorio | Italy | 1867 | 1954 | 87 years, 14 days | None |
88 | Georges Grente | France | 1872 | 1959 | 87 years, 0 days | None |
89 | Federico Cattani Amadori | Italy | 1856 | 1943 | 86 years, 359 days | None |
90 | Benjamin de Arriba y Castro | Spain | 1886 | 1973 | 86 years, 334 days | None |
91 | Thomas Benjamin Cooray | Sri Lanks | 1901 | 1988 | 86 years, 306 days | None |
92 | Antonio María Barbieri, O.F.M. Cap. | Uruguay | 1892 | 1979 | 86 years, 267 days | None |
93 | Jules-Géraud Saliège | France | 1870 | 1956 | 86 years, 255 days | None |
94 | James Gibbons | Italy | 1834 | 1921 | 86 years, 244 days | None |
95 | Angelo Di Pietro | Italy | 1828 | 1914 | 86 years, 197 days | None |
96 | Lawrence Joseph Shehan | United States | 1898 | 1984 | 86 years, 161 days | None |
97 | Adolf Bertram | Poland | 1859 | 1945 | 86 years, 114 days | None |
98 | Sergio Guerri | Italy | 1905 | 1992 | 86 years, 81 days | Larraona Saralegui |
99 | Federico Tedeschini | Italy | 1873 | 1959 | 86 years, 31 days | None |
100 | Dennis Joseph Dougherty | United States | 1865 | 1951 | 85 years, 288 days | None |
1xx | Louis-Nazaire Bégin | Canada | 1840 | 1925 | 85 years, 189 days | None |
Arcadio María Larraona | Spain | 1887 | 1973 | 85 years, 175 dayus | None | |
Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano | Italy | 1828 | 1913 | 85 years, 151 days | None | |
Antonio Bacci | Italy | 1885 | 1971 | 85 years, 138 days | None | |
Mario Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano | Italy | 1903 | 1988 | 85 years, 89 days | None | |
Clemente Micara | italy | 1879 | 1965 | 85 years, 77 days | None | |
Pierre-Paulin Andrieu | France | 1849 | 1935 | 85 years, 70 days | None |
1906 to 1919
Deceased Cardinals | Date of Death | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Egano Righi-Lambertini | Italy | 22 February 1906 | 2000 | 94 years, 225 days |
Giuseppe Sensi | Italy | 27 May 1907 | 2001 | 94 years, 60 days |
Paolo Bertoli | Italy | 1 February 1908 | 2001 | 93 years, 280 days |
Corrado Ursi | Italy | 26 July 1908 | 2003 | 95 years, 34 days |
Giuseppe Casoria | Italy | 1 October 1908 | 2001 | 92 years, 130 days |
Opilio Rossi | United States | 14 May 1910 | 2004 | 93 years, 271 days |
Paul Gouyon | France | 24 October 1910 | 2000 | 89 years, 338 days |
Silvio Angelo Pio Oddi | Italy | 14 November 1910 | 2001 | 90 years, 227 days |
Juan Carlos Aramburu | Argentina | 11 February 1912 | 2004 | 92 years, 281 days |
Gerald Emmett Carter | Canada | 1 March 1912 | 2003 | 91 years, 28 days |
Pietro Palazzini | Italy | 19 May 1912 | 2000 | 88 years, 145 days |
Alexandru Todea (Romanian Rite) | Rominia | 5 June 1912 | 2002 | 89 years, 351 days |
Aurelio Sabattani | Italy | 18 October 1912 | 2003 | 90 years, 183 days |
Bernardino Echeverría Ruiz, O.F.M | Ecuador | 12 November 1912 | 2000 | 87 years, 146 days |
Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky (Ukrainian Rite) | Ukraine | 24 June 1914 | 2000 | 86 years, 173 days |
Juan Francisco Fresno Larraín | Chile | 26 July 1914 | 2004 | 90 years, 80 days |
Giuseppe Caprio (高理耀) | Italy | 15 November 1914 | 2005 | 90 years, 334 days |
Ángel Suquía Goicoechea | Spain | 2 October 1916 | 2006 | 89 years, 284 days |
Marcelo González Martín | Spain | 16 January 1918 | 2004 | 86 years, 222 days |
Deceased Cardinals (81) | Date of Death | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Leo Scheffczyk | German | 21 February 1920 | 2005 | 85 years, 290 days |
Raúl Francisco Primatesta | Argentina | 14 April 1919 | 2006 | 87 years, 17 days |
Cardinal Johannes Willebrands († 96)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Sebastiano alle Catacombe (1975.12.06 – 2006.08.02) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Utrecht (Netherlands) (1975.12.06 – 1983.12.03) Camerlengo emeritus of College of Cardinals (1988.05.02 – 1995) |
2006.08.02 | 90 years, 334 days | ||
Cardinal Louis-Albert Vachon († 94)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Paolo della Croce a «Corviale» (1985.05.25 – 2006.09.29) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Québec (Canada) (1981.03.20 – 1990.03.17) |
2006.09.29 | 90 years, 334 days | ||
Cardinal Salvatore Pappalardo († 88)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Odigitria dei Siciliani pro hac vice Title (1973.03.05 – 2006.12.10) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Palermo (Italy) (1970.10.17 – 1996.04.04) |
2006.12.10 | 90 years, 334 days | ||
Cardinal Frédéric Etsou-Nzabi-Bamungwabi, C.I.C.M. († 76)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Lucia a Piazza d’Armi (1991.06.28 – 2007.01.06) Metropolitan Archbishop of Kinshasa (Congo-Kinshasa) (1990.07.07 – 2007.01.06) |
2007.01.06 | 90 years, 334 days | ||
Cardinal Antonio María Javierre Ortas, S.D.B. († 85)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Liberatrice a Monte Testaccio pro hac vice Title (1999.01.09 [1999.04.24] – 2007.02.01) Prefect emeritus of Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments (1992.01.24 – 1996.06.21) |
2007.02.01 | 90 years, 334 days | ||
Cardinal Angelo Felici († 87)
Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Biagio e Carlo ai Catinari pro hac vice Title (1999.01.09 – 2007.06.17) President emeritus of Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei” (1995.12.16 – 2000.04.14) |
Italy | 2007.06.17 | 90 years, 334 days | |
Cardinal Édouard Gagnon, P.S.S. († 89)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Marcello (1996.01.29 – 2007.08.25) Bishop emeritus of Saint-Paul (Canada) (1969.02.19 – 1972.05.03) President emeritus of Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses (1991.01.03 – 2001.03) |
2007.08.25 | 90 years, 334 days | ||
Cardinal Adam Kozłowiecki, S.J. († 96)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Andrea al Quirinale (1998.02.21 [1998.02.28] – 2007.09.28) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Lusaka (Zambia) (1959.04.25 – 1969.05.29) |
2007.09.28 | 90 years, 334 days | ||
Cardinal Rosalio José Castillo Lara, S.D.B. († 85)
Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora di Coromoto in S. Giovanni di Dio pro hac vice Title (1996.01.29 – 2007.10.16) President emeritus of Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State (1990.10.31 – 1997.10.14) |
2007.10.16 | 90 years, 334 days | ||
Cardinal Alfons Maria Stickler, S.D.B. († 97)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Giorgio in Velabro pro hac vice Title (1996.01.29 – 2007.12.12) Librarian emeritus of Vatican Apostolic Library (1985.05.27 – 1988.07.01) Archivist emeritus of Vatican Secret Archives (1985.05.27 – 1988.07.01) |
2007.12.12 | 90 years, 334 days | ||
Cardinal Peter Proeku Dery († 89)
Cardinal-Deacon of S. Elena fuori Porta Prenestina (2006.03.24 [2006.03.28] – 2008.03.06) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Tamale (Ghana) (1977.05.30 – 1994.03.26) |
2008.03.06 | 90 years, 334 days | ||
Cardinal Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada († 88)
Cardinal-Priest of Immacolata al Tiburtino (1979.06.30 – 2008.04.10) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of México (Mexico) (1977.07.19 – 1994.09.29) |
2008.04.10 | 90 years, 334 days | ||
Cardinal Bernardin Gantin († 86)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina (1986.09.29 – 2008.05.13) Prefect emeritus of Congregation for Bishops (1984.04.08 – 1998.06.25) President emeritus of Pontifical Commission for Latin America (1984.04.08 – 1998.06.25) |
2008.05.13 | 90 years, 334 days | ||
Cardinal Antonio Innocenti († 93)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Aquiro pro hac vice Title (1996.01.29 – 2008.09.06) President emeritus of Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei” (1991.07.01 – 1995.12.16) |
2008.09.06 | 90 years, 334 days | ||
Cardinal Avery Dulles, S.J. († 90)
Cardinal-Deacon of SS. Nomi di Gesù e Maria in Via Lata (2001.02.21 [2001.02.23] – 2008.12.12) |
2008.12.12 | 90 years, 334 days | ||
Cardinal Pio Laghi († 86)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Vincoli (2002.02.26 [2002.05.31] – 2009.01.10) Patron of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Knights of Malta) (1993.05.08 – 2009.01.10) |
2009.01.10 | 90 years, 334 days | ||
Cardinal Stéphanos II Ghattas (Coptic Rite) († 89)
Cardinal-Patriarch (2001.02.21 – 2009.01.20) Patriarch emeritus of Alexandria of the Copts (Egypt) ([1986.06.09] 1986.06.23 – 2006.03.30) |
2009.01.20 | 90 years, 334 days | ||
Cardinal Stephen Kim Sou-hwan (김수환 스테파노 / 金壽宦) († 86)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Felice da Cantalice a Centocelle (1969.04.30 – 2009.02.16) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Seoul 서울 (South Korea) (1968.04.09 – 1998.04.03) |
2009.02.16 | 90 years, 334 days | ||
Cardinal Paul-Joseph Phạm Ðình Tụng († 89)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria «Regina Pacis» in Ostia mare (1994.11.26 – 2009.02.22) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Hà Nôi (Vietnam) (1994.03.23 – 2005.02.19) |
2009.02.22 | 90 years, 334 days | ||
Cardinal Umberto Betti, O.F.M. († 87)
Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia (2007.11.24 – 2009.04.01) Rector Magnificus emeritus of Pontifical Lateran University (1991 – 1995) |
2009.04.01 | 90 years, 334 days | ||
Cardinal Jean Margéot († 93)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Gabriele Arcangelo all’Acqua Traversa (1988.06.28 – 2009.07.17) Bishop emeritus of Port-Louis (Mauritius) (1969.02.06 – 1993.02.15) |
2009.07.17 | 90 years, 334 days | ||
Cardinal Cahal Brendan Daly († 92)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Patrizio (1991.06.28 – 2009.12.31) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Armagh (Northern Ireland) (1990.11.06 – 1996.10.01) |
2009.12.31 | 90 years, 334 days |