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 1000), 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 Portuguese Dom Jorge da Costa who lived between 101 years, 262 days to 102 years, 261 days.
Gallery
Oldest:
Italy
Corrado Bafile
2nd-Oldest ever:
Italy
Loris Francesco Capovilla
3rd-Oldest:
Colombia
José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez
4th-oldest ever:
Angola
Alexandre do Nascimiento
List
ages are up-to-date 11/15/2024
| Currently Living |
| No. | Cardinal | Country | Born | Died | Age at Death |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jorge da Costa | Portugal | 1406 | 1508.09.18 | 101 years, 262 days to 102 years, 261 days |
| 2 | Corrado Bafile | Italy | 1903.07.04 | 2005.02.03 | 101 years, 214 days |
| 3 | Loris Francesco Capovilla | Italy | 1915.10.14 | 2016.05.26 | 100 years, 224 days |
| 4 | José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez | Italy | 1919.02.18 | 2019.09.03 | 100 years, 197 days |
| 5 | Luigi Ciacchi | Italy | 1765.08.16 | 1865.12.17 | 100 years, 123 days |
| 6 | Domingo Ram I Lanaja | Spain | 1345 | 1445.04.25 | 99 years, 116 days to 100 years, 115 days |
| 7 | Alexandre do Nascimento | Angola | 1925.03.01 | Alive | 99 years, 259 days |
| 8 | Ersilio Tonini | Italy | 1914.07.20 | 2013.07.28 | 99 years, 8 days |
| 9 | Galeazzo Marescotti | Italy | 1627.10.01 | 1726.07.03 | 98 years, 275 days |
| 10 | Jean-Baptist de Belloy | France | 1709.10.09 | 1808.06.10 | 98 years, 245 days |
| 11 | Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir | Lebanon | 1920.05.15 | 2019.05.12 | 98 years, 362 days |
| 12 | Paul Augustin Mayer | Germany | 1911.05.23 | 2010.04.30 | 98 years, 342 days |
| 13 | Ignatius Kung Pin-mei | China | 1901.08.02 | 2000.03.12 | 98 years, 223 days |
| Franz König | Austria | 1905.08.03 | 2004.03.13 | ||
| 15 | Jozef Tomko | Slovakia | 1924.03.11 | 2022.08.08 | 98 years 150 days |
| 16 | Estanislao Esteban Karlic | Argentina | 1926.02.07 | Alive | 98 years, 282 days |
| 17 | Fiorenzo Angelini | Italy | 1916.08.01 | 2014.11.22 | 98 years, 113 days |
| 18 | Albert Vanhoye, SJ | France | 1923.07.24 | 2021.07.29 | 98 years, 5 days |
| 19 | Paolo Dezza, S.J. | Italy | 1901.12.13 | 1999.12.17 | 98 years, 4 days |
| 20 | Alexandre José María dos Santos, O.F.M. | Mozambique | 1924.03.18 | 2021.09.29 | 97 years, 195 days |
| 21 | Emmanuel Wamala | Uganda | 1926.12.15 | Alive | 97 years, 336 days |
| 22 | Alfons Maria Stickler | Austria | 1910.08.23 | 2007.12.12 | 97 years, 111 days |
| 23 | Luis Pascual Dri OFM Cap. | Argentina | 1927.04.17 | Alive | 97 years, 212 days |
| 24 | Henryk Gulbinowicz | Poland | 1923.10.17 | 2020.11.16 | 97 years, 30 days |
| 25 | Ferdinando Giuseppe Antonelli, O.F.M. | Italy | 1896.07.14 | 1993.07.12 | 96 years, 363 days |
| 26 | Roger Etchegaray | France | 1922.09.25 | 2019.09.04 | 96 years, 344 days |
| 27 | Johannes Willebrands | Netherlands | 1909.09.04 | 2008.08.02 | 96 years, 331 days |
| 28 | Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte | Italy | 1851.04.10 | 1948.02.16 | 96 years, 312 days |
| 29 | Edward Cassidy | Australia | 1924.07.05 | 2021.04.10 | 96 years, 279 days |
| 30 | Kazimierz Świątek | Belgium | 1914.10.21 | 2011.07.21 | 96 years, 273 days |
| 31 | José da Costa Nuñes | Portugal | 1880.03.15 | 1976.11.29 | 96 years, 259 days |
| 32 | Júlio Duarte Langa | Mozambique | 1927.10.27 | Alive | 97 years, 19 days |
| 33 | Giovanni Canestri | Italy | 1918.09.30 | 2006.04.29 | 96 years, 211 days |
| 34 | Domenico Bartolucci | Italy | 1917.05.17 | 2013.11.11 | 96 years, 188 days |
| 35 | Adam Kozłowiecki, S.J. | Zambia | 1911.04.01 | 2007.09.28 | 96 years, 180 days |
| 36 | Francisco Álvarez Martínez | Spain | 1925.07.14 | 2022.01.05 | 96 years, 175 days |
| 37 | Francesco Carafa di Trajetto | Italy | 1722.04.29 | 1818.09.20 | 96 years, 144 days |
| 38 | Mikel Koliqi | Albania | 1900.09.29 | 1997.01.28 | 96 years, 121 days |
| 39 | Friedrich Wetter | Germany | 1928.02.20 | Alive | 96 years, 269 days |
| 40 | Francesco Morano | Italy | 1872.06.08 | 1968.07.12 | 96 years, 34 days |
| 41 | Luigi De Magistris | Italy | 1926.02.23 | 2022.02.16 | 95 years 358 days |
| 42 | José Freire Falcão | Brazil | 1925.10.23 | 2021.09.26 | 95 years, 338 days |
| 43 | Pietro Parente | Italy | 1891.02.16 | 1986.12.29 | 95 years, 316 days |
| 44 | Achille Silvestrini | Italy | 1923.10.25 | 2019.08.29 | 95 years, 308 days |
| 45 | Joseph Ratzinger (later Pope Benedict XVI) |
Germany | 1927.04.16 | 2022.12.31 | 95 years, 279 days |
| 46 | Ernest Simoni | Albania | 1928.10.18 | Alive | 96 years, 28 days |
| 33‐47 | Ugolino dei Conti di Segni (later Pope Gregory IX) |
Italy | 1145 | 1241.08.22 | 95 years, 235 days to 96 years, 234 days |
| 48 | Agostino Cacciavillan | Italy | 1926.08.14 | 2022.03.05 | 95 years, 204 days |
| 49 | Henri de Lubac S.J. | France | 1896.02.20 | 1991.09.04 | 95 years, 196 days |
| 50 | Pedro Martinez de Luna y Pérez de Gotor (later Antipope Benedict XIII) |
France | 1428.11.28 | 1523.05.23 | 95 years, 176 days |
| 51 | Walter Brandmüller | Germany | 1929.01.05 | Alive | 95 years, 315 days |
| 52 | Michael Michai Kitbunchu | Thailand | 1929.01.25 | Alive | 95 years, 295 days |
| 53 | Paulo Evaristo Arns | Brazil | 1921.09.14 | 2016.12.14 | 95 years, 91 days |
| 54 | Serafim Fernandes de Araújo | Brazil | 1924.08.13 | 2019.10.08 | 95 years, 56 days |
| 55 | Alberto Di Jorio | Italy | 1884.07.18 | 1979.09.05 | 95 years, 49 days |
| 56 | Corrado Ursi | Italy | 1908.07.26 | 2003.08.29 | 95 years, 34 days |
| 57 | Julijans Vaivods | Latvia | 1895.08.18 | 1990.05.24 | 94 years, 279 days |
| 58 | Jorge Medina | Chile | 1926.12.23 | 2021.10.03 | 94 years, 284 days |
| 59 | Carlos María de la Torre | Ecuador | 1873.11.15 | 1968.07.31 | 94 years, 259 days |
| 60 | Louis-Albert Vachon | Canada | 1912.02.04 | 2006.09.29 | 94 years, 237 days |
| 61 | Egano Righi-Lambertini | Italy | 1906.02.22 | 2000.10.04 | 94 years, 225 days |
| 62 | Angelo Sodano | Italy | 1927.11.23 | 2022.05.27 | 94 years, 205 days |
| 63 | Gilberto Agustoni | Italy | 1922.07.26 | 2017.01.22 | 94 years, 171 days |
| 64 | Eduardo Martínez Somalo | Spain | 1927.03.31 | 2021.08.10 | 94 years, 142 days |
| 65 | Giovanni Cheli | Italy | 1918.10.04 | 2013.02.08 | 94 years 122 days |
| 66 | Adam Maida | United States | 1930.03.18 | Alive | 94 years, 242 days |
| 67 | Julian Herranz Casado | Spain | 1930.03.31 | Alive | 94 years, 229 days |
| 68 | Giuseppe Sensi | Italy | 1907.05.27 | 2001.07.26 | 94 years, 60 days |
| 69 | Marian Jaworski | Poland | 1926.08.21 | 2020.09.05 | 94 years 13 days |
| 70 | Carlo Furno | Italy | 1921.12.02 | 2015.12.09 | 94 years, 7 days |
| 71 | Prosper Grech, O.S.A. | Malta | 1925.12.24 | 2019.12.30 | 94 years, 6 days |
| 72 | Roberto Tucci | Italy | 1921.04.19 | 2015.04.14 | 93 years, 360 days |
| 73 | Georges Cottier OP | Switzerland | 1922.04.25 | 2016.03.31 | 93 years, 341 days |
| 74 | John Carberry | United States | 1904.07.31 | 1998..06.17 | 93 years, 321 days |
| 75 | Paul Poupard | France | 1930.08.30 | Alive | 94 years, 77 days |
| 76 | Paolo Bertoli | Italy | 1908.02.01 | 2001.11.08 | 93 years, 280 days |
| 77 | Salvatore De Giorgi | Italy | 1930.09.06 | Alive | 94 years, 70 days |
| 78 | Thomas Williams | United States | 1930.03.20 | 2023.12.22 | 93 years. 276 days |
| 79 | Opilio Rossi | United States | 1910.05.14 | 2004.02.09 | 93 years, 271 days |
| 80 | Vincenzo Vannutelli | Italy | 1836.12.09 | 1930.07.05 | 93 years, 216 days |
| 81 | Janis Pujats | Latvia | 1930.11.14 | Alive | 94 years, 1 day |
| 82 | José Manuel Estepa Llaurens | Spain | 1926.01.01 | 2019.07.21 | 93 years, 201 days |
| 83 | Jean Margéot | Mauritius | 1916.02.03 | 2009.07.17 | 93 years, 164 days |
| 84 | Teodolfo Mertel | Italy | 1806.02.09 | 1899.07.11 | 93 years, 152 days |
| 85 | Simon Pimenta | Italy | 1810.03.02 | 1903.07.20 | 93 years, 140 days |
| Simon Pimenta | Italy | 1920.03.01 | 2013.02.19 | ||
| 87 | Camillo Ruini | Italy | 1931.02.19 | Alive | 93 years, 270 days |
| 88 | František Tomášek | Czechoslovakia | 1899.06.30 | 1992.08.04 | 93 years, 35 days |
| 89 | Alfredo Scherer | Brazil | 1903.02.05 | 1996.03.09 | 93 years, 33 days |
| 90 | James Francis McIntyre | United States | 1886.06.25 | 1979.07.18 | 93 years, 21 days |
| 91 | Giuseppe Pizzardo | Italy | 1877.07.13 | 1970.08.01 | 93 years, 19 days |
| 92 | Lucian Mureșan | Romania | 1931.05.23 | Alive | 93 years, 176 days |
| 93 | Antonio Innocenti | Italy | 1915.08.23 | 2008.09.06 | 93 years, 14 days |
| 94 | Carlo Confalonieri | Italy | 1893.07.25 | 1986.08.01 | 93 years, 7 days |
| 95 | Alessandro Verde | Italy | 1865.03.25 | 1958.03.29 | 93 years, 2 days |
| 96 | Branda da Castiglione | Italy | 1350.02.04 | 1443.02.03 | 92 years, 364 days |
| 97 | Julien Ries | Belgium | 1920.04.19 | 2013.02.23 | 92 years, 310 days |
| 98 | Juan Carlos Aramburu | Argentina | 1912.02.11 | 2004.11.18 | 92 years, 281 days |
| 99 | Sergio Sebastiani | Italy | 1931.04.11 | 2024.01.16 | 92 years, 280 days |
| 100 | Henri Albert de la Grange d'Arquien | France | 1613.09.08 | 1707.05.24 | 93 years, 258 days |
Next to Join
| No. | Cardinal | Country | Born | Died | Age at Death | Age by 12-31-24 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | José Saraiva Martins C.M.F. | Portugal | 1932.01.06 | Alive | 92 years, 314 days | 92 years, 360 days |
| 2 | Joseph Zen Ze-kiun S.D.B. | Portugal | 1932.01.13 | Alive | 92 years, 307 days | 92 years, 353 days |
| 3 | James Stafford | United States | 1932.07.26 | alive | 92 years, 112 days | 92 years, 158 days |
| 4 | Gaudencio Rosales | Philippines | 1932.08.10 | alive | 92 years, 97 days | 92 years, 143 days |
| 5 | Francis Arinze | Nigeria | 1932.11.01 | Alive | 92 years, 14 days | 92 years, 60 days |
| 6 | Renato Martino | Italy | 1932.11.23 | Alive | 91 years, 358 days | 92 years, 38 days |
| 7 | Walter Kasper | Germany | 1933.03.05 | Alive | 91 years, 255 days | 91 years, 301 days |
| 8 | Juan Sandoval Íñiguez | Mexico | 1933.03.28 | Alive | 91 years, 232 days | 91 years, 278 days |
| 9 | Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa Isch | Chile | 1933.09.05 | Alive | 91 years, 71 days | 91 years, 117 days |
| 10 | Raffaele Farina SDB | Chile | 1933.09.24 | Alive | 91 years, 52 days | 91 years, 98 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. England |
1801.02.21 | ?? | 1890.08.11 89 years, 171 days | |
| Teodolfo Mertel | Italy | 1806.02.06 | 1899.08.11 | 1899.07.11 aged 93 years, 152 days | |
| Luigi Di Canossa | Italy | 04/20/1809 | 1899.07.11 | 1900.03.12 aged 90 years, 358 days | |
| Michelangelo Celesia | Italy | 1814.01.13 | 1900.03.12 | 1904.04.14 aged 90 years, 92 days | |
| François-Marie-Benjamin Richard | France | 1819.03.01 | 1904.04.14 | 1904.01.27 aged 88 years, 332 days | |
| Anton Josef Gruscha | Italy | 1820.11.03 | 1908.12.27 | 1911.08.05 aged 90 years, 275 daya | |
| Alfonso Capecelatro | Italy | 1824.02.05 | 1911.08.05 | 1912.11.14 aged 88 years, 283 days | |
| Angelo di Pierto | Italy | 1828.05.22 | 1912.11.14 | 1914.12.05 aged 86 years, 197 days | |
| François de Cabrières |
France |
1830.08.30 | 1914.12.05 | 1921.12.21 aged 91 years, 113 days | |
| Giuseppe Prisco | Italy |
1833.09.08 |
1921.12.21 | 1923.02.04 aged 89 years, 149 days | |
| Vincenzo Vannutelli | Italy | 1836.12.05 | 1923.02.04 | 1930.07.09 aged 93 years, 216 days | |
| Andreas Frühwirth | Austria | 1845.08.21 | 1930.07.09 | 1933.02.09 aged 87 years, 172 days | |
| Franz Ehrle | Germany | 1845.10.17 | 1933.02.09 | 1934.03.31 aged 88 years, 165 days | |
| Pierre Andrieu | France | 1849.12.07 | 1934.03.31 | 1935.02.15 aged 85 years, 70 days | |
| Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte | Italy | 1851.04.10 | 1935.02.15 | 1948.02.16 aged 96 years, 312 days | |
| Enrico Sibilia | Italy | 1861.03.17 | 1948.02.16 | 1948.08.04 aged 87 years, 140 days | |
| Alessandro Verde | Italy | 1865.03.27 | 1948.08.04 | 1958.03.29 aged 93 years, 2 days | |
| Jose Maria Caro | Chile | 1866.06.23 | 1958.03.29 | 1958.12.04 aged 92 years, 164 days | |
| Georges Grente | France | 1872.05.05 | 1958.12.04 | 1959.05.05 aged 87 years, 0 days | |
| Elia dala Costa | Italy | 1872.05.14 | 1959.05.05 | 1961.12.22 aged 89 years, 222 days | |
| Francesco Morano | Italy | 1872.06.08 | 1961.12.22 | 1968.07.12 aged 96 years, 34 days | |
| Carlos María de la Torre | Ecuador | 1873.11.15 | 1968.07.12 | 1968.07.31
aged 94 years, 259 days | |
| Augusto da Silva | Brazil | 1876.04.08 | 1968.07.31 | 1968.08.14 aged 92 years, 128 days | |
| Giuseppe Pizzardo | Italy | 1877.07.13 | 1968.08.14 | 1970.08.01 aged 93 years, 19 days | |
| Benedetto Aloisi Masella | Italy | 1879.06.29 | 1970.08.01 | 1970.09.30 aged 91 years, 93 days | |
| Paolo Giobbe | Italy |
1880.01.10 |
1970.09.30 | 1970.09.30 aged 92 years, 217 days | |
| José da Costa Nunes | Portugal | 1880.03.15 | 1972.08.14 |
1976.11.29 aged 96 years, 259 days | |
| Alberto di Jorio | Italy | 1884.07.18 | 1976.11.29 | 1979.09.05 aged 95 years, 49 days | |
| Antonio Caggiano | Argentina | 1889.01.30 | 1979.09.05 | 1979.10.23 aged 90 years, 266 days | |
| Carlos Carmelo Vasconcellos Motta | Brazil | 1890.07.16 | 1979.10.23 | 1982.09.18 aged 92 years, 64 days | |
| Pietro Parente | Italy | 1891.02.16 | 1982.09.18 | 1986.12.29 aged 95 years, 356 days | |
| Julijans Vaivods | Latvia | 1895.08.08 | 1986.12.29 | 1990.05.24 aged 94 years, 279 days | |
| Henri de Lubac | France | 1896.02.20 | 1990.05.24 | 1991.09.04 aged 95 years, 196 days | |
| Ferdinando Giuseppe Antonelli | Italy | 1896.07.14 | 1991.09.04 | 1993.07.12 aged 95 years, 196 days | |
| Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei | China | 1901.01.01 | 1993.07.12 | 1994.11.26 | 2000.03.12 aged 98 years, 223 days |
| Mikel Koliqi | Albania | 1900.09.29 | 1994.11.26 | 1997.01.28 aged 96 years, 121 days | |
| Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei | China | 1901.08.02 | 1997.01.28 | 2000.03.12 aged 98 years, 223 days | |
| Corrado Bafile | Italy | 1903.07.04 | 2000.03.12 | 2005.02.03 aged 101 years, 214 days | |
| Johannes Willebrands | Natherlands | 1909.09.04 | 2005.03.02 | 2008.08.01 aged 96 years, 331 days | |
| Alfons Maria Stickler | Austria | 1910.08.23 | 2006.08.01 | 2007.12.12 aged 97 years, 111 days | |
| Paul Augustin Mayer | Germany | 1911.05.23 | 2007.12.12 | 2010.04.30 aged 98 years, 312 days | |
| Ersilio Tonini | Italy | 1914.07.20 | 2010.04.30 | 2013.07.28 | 2013.07.28 aged 99 years, 8 days |
| Fiorenzo Angelini | Italy | 1916.01.08 | 2013.07.28 | 2014.02.22 | 2014.11.22 aged 98 years, 113 days |
| Loris Francesco Capovilla | Italy | 1915.10.14 | 2014.02.22 | 2016.05.26 aged 100 years, 224 days | |
| José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez | Colombia | 1919.02.18 | 2016.05.26 | 2019.09.03 aged 100 years, 197 days | |
| Roger Etchegaray | France | 1922.09.05 | 2019.09.03 | 2019.09.04 aged 96 years, 344 days | |
| Albert Vanhoye | France | 1923.07.24 | 2019.09.04 | 2021.07.29 aged 98 years, 5 days | |
| Jozef Tomko | Slovakia | 1924.03.11 | 2021.07.29 | 2022.07.14 aged 98 years, 150 days | |
| Alexandre do Nascimento | Angola | 1925.03.01 | 2022.07.14 | Alive 99 years, 259 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)