List of longest-living cardinals

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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.

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ages are up-to-date 11/28/2024

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, 272 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, 295 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, 349 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, 225 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, 274 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 96 years, 41 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, 328 days
43 Michael Michai Kitbunchu THA 1929 Alive 95 years, 308 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, 255 days
58 Julian Herranz Casado ESP 1930 Alive 94 years, 242 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, 90 days
67 Salvatore De Giorgi ITA 1930 Alive 94 years, 83 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 94 years, 14 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, 283 days
79 Lucian Mureșan ROU 1931 Alive 93 years, 189 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, 327 days
94 Joseph Zen S.D.B. CHN
(HKG)' 		1932 Alive 92 years, 320 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, 125 days 92 years, 158 days
2 Gaudencio Rosales PHL 1932 alive 92 years, 110 days 92 years, 143 days
3 Francis Arinze NGA 1932 Alive 92 years, 27 days 92 years, 60 days
4 Renato Martino ITA 1932 Alive 92 years, 5 days 92 years, 38 days
5 Walter Kasper GER 1933 Alive 91 years, 268 days 91 years, 301 days
6 Juan Sandoval Íñiguez MEX 1933 Alive 91 years, 245 days 91 years, 278 days
7 Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa Isch CHL 1933 Alive 91 years, 84 days 91 years, 117 days
8 Raffaele Farina SDB ITA 1933 Alive 91 years, 65 days 91 years, 98 days
9 Giovanni Battista Re ITA 1934 Alive 90 years, 303 days 90 years, 336 days
10 Jean-Baptiste Phạm Minh Mẫn VIE 1934 Alive 90 years, 268 days 90 years, 301 days

Chronological list of Oldest living members of the College of Cardinals

Name Country Born Time as longest-lived cardinal
John Henry Newman U.K.
ENG 		21 Feb 1801 1 Jan 1890–30 Jul 1895
5 years, 210 days
Teodolfo Mertel ITA 9 Feb 1806 31 Jul 1895–6 May 1930
34 years, 279 days
Vincenzo Vannutelli 5 Dec 1836 7 May 1930–12 Nov 1944
14 years, 189 days
Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte 10 Apr 1851 13 Nov 1944–10 June 1998
53 years, 209 days
Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei CHN 2 Aug 1901 11 Jun 1998–12 Feb 2002
3 years, 246 days
Corrado Bafile ITA 4 Jul 1903 13 Feb 2002–present
22 years, 290 days

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