List of oldest living catholic prelates
Revision as of 21:15, 31 December 2022 by Chilean way (talk | contribs) (John Quinn Weitzel deceased)
This is a list of the 100 oldest living Catholic bishops and cardinals (in gold those who are Cardinals). The current breakdown of the 100 persons are 8 cardinals and 92 bishops.
| Rank | Bishop or Cardinal | Date of birth and age | Ordained Priest | Consecrated Bishop | Country of origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | José de Jesús Sahagún de la Parra | January 1, 1922 | May 28, 1946 | September 8, 1961 | Mexico |
| 2 | René Henry Gracida | June 9, 1923 | May 23, 1959 | January 25, 1972 | United States |
| 3 | Giuseppe Casale | September 28, 1923 | February 3, 1946 | December 8, 1974 | Italy |
| 4 | Luigi Bettazzi | November 26, 1923 | August 4, 1946 | October 4, 1963 | Italy |
| 5 | Augusto Lauro | November 29, 1923 | June 29, 1947 | October 28, 1975 | Italy |
| 6 | Thomas Zhao Duomo | 1924 (age 97–98) | 1951 | February 17, 2004 | China |
| 7 | Stanisław Szymecki | January 26, 1924 | July 3, 1947 | April 12, 1981 | Poland |
| 8 | Peter Takaaki Hirayama | March 31, 1924 | March 19, 1957 | January 25, 1970 | Japan |
| 9 | Settimio Todisco | May 10, 1924 | July 27, 1947 | February 15, 1970 | Italy |
| 10 | Daniel Verstraete | July 31, 1924 | February 19, 1950 | May 14, 1978 | South Africa |
| 11 | Manuel Edmilson da Cruz | October 3, 1924 | December 5, 1948 | November 6, 1966 | Brazil |
| 12 | Albert Houssiau | November 2, 1924 | February 6, 1949 | May 18, 1986 | Belgium |
| 13 | Serafín Luis Alberto Cartagena Ocaña | November 7, 1924 | April 1, 1951 | February 2, 1983 | Spain |
| 14 | Victorinus Youn Kong-hi | November 8, 1924 | March 20, 1950 | October 20, 1963 | South Korea |
| 15 | Gaetano Bonicelli | December 13, 1924 | May 22, 1948 | August 26, 1975 | Italy |
| 16 | Alexandre do Nascimento | March 1, 1925 | December 20, 1952 | August 31, 1975 | Angola |
| 17 | James Hector MacDonald | April 28, 1925 | June 29, 1953 | April 17, 1978 | Canada |
| 18 | Ignatius Paul Pinto | May 18, 1925 | August 24, 1952 | January 31, 1989 | India |
| 19 | Ernest Bertrand Boland | July 10, 1925 | June 9, 1955 | July 25, 1966 | United States |
| 20 | Joseph Gabriel Fernandez | September 16, 1925 | March 19, 1949 | May 14, 1978 | India |
| 21 | Angelo Acerbi | September 23, 1925 | March 27, 1948 | June 30, 1974 | Italy |
| 22 | Jacques de Saint-Blanquat | November 21, 1925 | March 29, 1952 | October 5, 1975 | France |
| 23 | John R. Gorman | December 11, 1925 | May 1, 1956 | April 11, 1988 | United States |
| 24 | John Huo Cheng | February 1, 1926 | May 14, 1954 | September 4, 1991 | China |
| 25 | Estanislao Esteban Karlic | February 7, 1926 | December 8, 1954 | August 15, 1977 | Argentina |
| 26 | Maurice Taylor | May 5, 1926 | July 2, 1950 | June 9, 1981 | United Kingdom |
| 27 | Walter Ivan de Azevedo | May 8, 1926 | December 8, 1953 | July 27, 1986 | Brazil |
| 28 | Hildebrando Mendes Costa | June 16, 1926 | December 2, 1951 | May 24, 1981 | Brazil |
| 29 | Emanuele Catarinicchia | July 12, 1926 | April 2, 1949 | December 17, 1978 | Italy |
| 30 | James Chan Soon Cheong | July 26, 1926 | August 6, 1959 | June 8, 1973 | Malaysia |
| 31 | Heitor de Araújo Sales | July 29, 1926 | December 3, 1950 | June 16, 1978 | Brazil |
| 32 | Pedro Antônio Marchetti Fedalto | August 11, 1926 | December 6, 1950 | August 28, 1966 | Brazil |
| 33 | Raúl Holguer López Mayorga | August 24, 1926 | June 29, 1951 | April 29, 1973 | Ecuador |
| 34 | Gilbert Sheldon | September 20, 1926 | February 28, 1953 | June 11, 1976 | United States |
| 35 | Domenico Crescentino Marinozzi | November 21, 1926 | December 17, 1950 | December 10, 1982 | Italy |
| 36 | Emmanuel Wamala | December 15, 1926 | December 21, 1957 | November 22, 1981 | Uganda |
| 37 | Michael Pak Jeong-il | December 18, 1926 | November 23, 1958 | May 31, 1977 | South Korea |
| 38 | Paolo Magnani | December 31, 1926 | June 29, 1951 | September 10, 1977 | Italy |
| 39 | Paul Kim Tchang-ryeol | January 25, 1927 | August 22, 1953 | January 6, 1984 | South Korea |
| 40 | Julian Wojtkowski | January 31, 1927 | June 25, 1950 | August 22, 1969 | Poland |
| 41 / 42 | Victor Manuel Maldonado Barreno | February 14, 1927 | June 29, 1953 | March 3, 1990 | Ecuador |
| Gilberto Pereira Lopes | February 14, 1927 | December 14, 1949 | December 18, 1969 | Brazil | |
| 43 | Senan Louis O'Donnell | February 24, 1927 | July 17, 1955 | November 28, 1993 | Ireland |
| 44 | Dominic Anthony Marconi | March 13, 1927 | May 30, 1953 | June 25, 1976 | United States |
| 45 | Joseph Pallikaparampil | April 10, 1927 | November 23, 1958 | August 15, 1973 | India |
| 46 | José Agustín Valbuena Jáuregui | May 20, 1927 | November 20, 1949 | October 25, 1977 | Colombia |
| 47 | Edvaldo Gonçalves Amaral | May 25, 1927 | December 8, 1954 | April 20, 1975 | Brazil |
| 48 | Joseph Martin Sartoris | July 1, 1927 | May 30, 1953 | March 19, 1994 | United States |
| 49 | James Timlin | August 5, 1927 | July 16, 1951 | September 21, 1976 | United States |
| 50 | Alberto Tricarico | August 10, 1927 | January 6, 1950 | April 27, 1987 | Italy |
| 51 | Kazimierz Romaniuk | August 21, 1927 | December 16, 1951 | March 4, 1982 | Poland |
| 52 | Edoardo Rovida | August 26, 1927 | June 29, 1950 | October 10, 1971 | Italy |
| 53 | Abraham Than | September 21, 1927 | September 22, 1957 | May 11, 1969 | Myanmar |
| 54 | Raymond E. Goedert | October 15, 1927 | May 1, 1952 | August 29, 1991 | United States |
| 55 | Júlio Duarte Langa | October 27, 1927 | June 9, 1957 | October 24, 1976 | Mozambique |
| 56 | Pierre Trân Thanh Chung | November 10, 1927 | May 25, 1955 | November 22, 1981 | Vietnam |
| 57 | Daniel Cronin | November 14, 1927 | December 20, 1952 | September 12, 1968 | United States |
| 58 | Raymond Razakarinvony | November 19, 1927 | July 27, 1956 | May 17, 1998 | Madagascar |
| 59 | Bernhard Kühnel | December 4, 1927 | August 6, 1955 | April 27, 1983 | Germany |
| 60 | Vincenzo Rimedio | December 5, 1927 | July 22, 1951 | October 28, 1982 | Italy |
| 61 | Giovanni Zerbini | December 29, 1927 | June 29, 1956 | February 19, 1995 | Italy |
| 62 | Friedrich Wetter | February 20, 1928 | October 10, 1953 | June 29, 1968 | Germany |
| 63 | Robert Joseph Banks | February 26, 1928 | December 20, 1952 | September 19, 1985 | United States |
| 64 | Klaus Dick | February 27, 1928 | February 24, 1953 | May 19, 1975 | Germany |
| 65 | John Stephen Cummins | March 3, 1928 | January 24, 1953 | May 16, 1974 | United States |
| 66 | Gerd Dicke | March 28, 1928 | July 25, 1952 | February 16, 1970 | Germany |
| 67 | Alfred Kleinermeilert | March 30, 1928 | October 10, 1953 | May 3, 1968 | Germany |
| 68 | Peter Henrici | March 31, 1928 | July 23, 1958 | May 31, 1993 | Switzerland |
| 69 | Allan Chamgwera | April 30, 1928 | September 7, 1957 | May 31, 1981 | Malawi |
| 70 | Louis Edward Gelineau | May 3, 1928 | June 5, 1953 | January 26, 1972 | United States |
| 71 | Jacques Despierre | May 6, 1928 | June 24, 1952 | October 10, 1982 | France |
| 72 | Pierre Mouallem | May 10, 1928 | November 21, 1955 | June 29, 1990 | Israel |
| 73 | Daniel Patrick Reilly | May 12, 1928 | May 30, 1953 | August 6, 1975 | United States |
| 74 | Charles Louis Joseph Vandame | June 4, 1928 | September 7, 1960 | January 6, 1982 | Chad |
| 75 | Alphonsus Mathias | June 22, 1928 | August 24, 1954 | February 5, 1964 | India |
| 76 | Jean-Baptiste Bui Tuân | June 24, 1928 | September 2, 1955 | April 30, 1975 | Vietnam |
| 77 | Maurice Fréchard | July 3, 1928 | July 3, 1955 | October 27, 1996 | France |
| 78 | Benedito Francisco de Albuquerque | July 24, 1928 | December 8, 1953 | May 5, 1985 | Brazil |
| 79 | Philippe Bär | July 29, 1928 | July 26, 1959 | March 20, 1982 | Netherlands |
| 80 | Ignacio Trejos Picado | July 31, 1928 | March 8, 1952 | March 8, 1968 | Costa Rica |
| 81 | Peter Chung Hoan Ting | September 10, 1928 | September 26, 1954 | November 15, 1970 | Malaysia |
| 82 | Joseph John Gerry | September 12, 1928 | June 12, 1954 | April 21, 1986 | United States |
| 83 | Giuseppe Germano Bernardini | September 27, 1928 | March 21, 1953 | April 9, 1983 | Türkiye |
| 84 | Owen Dolan | September 30, 1928 | July 21, 1954 | December 10, 1995 | New Zealand |
| 85 | István Katona | October 3, 1928 | June 7, 1953 | December 9, 1989 | Hungary |
| 86 | Francisco Barroso Filho | October 8, 1928 | December 1, 1957 | March 19, 1984 | Brazil |
| 87 | José Francisco Moreira dos Santos | October 12, 1928 | January 20, 1952 | April 30, 1967 | Portugal |
| 88 | Ernest Simoni | October 18, 1928 | April 7, 1956 | Albania | |
| 89 | Lucas Liu Hsien-tang | December 21, 1928 | November 30, 1956 | January 1, 1981 | Taiwan |
| 90 | Adam Exner | December 24, 1928 | July 7, 1957 | March 12, 1974 | Canada |
| 91 | Vito Schlickmann | December 28, 1928 | November 28, 1954 | March 25, 1995 | Brazil |
| 92 | Anton Pain Ratu | January 2, 1929 | August 17, 1958 | September 21, 1982 | Indonesia |
| 93 | Walter Brandmüller | January 5, 1929 | July 26, 1953 | November 13, 2010 | Germany |
| 94 | Melchior Shi Hongzhen | January 7, 1929 | July 4, 1954 | June 15, 1982 | China |
| 95 | Fritz Lobinger | January 22, 1929 | June 29, 1955 | February 27, 1988 | Germany |
| 96 / 97 | Adalberto Paulo da Silva | January 25, 1929 | December 8, 1956 | August 3, 1975 | Brazil |
| Michael Michai Kitbunchu | January 25, 1929 | December 20, 1959 | June 3, 1973 | Thailand | |
| 98 | Edgerton Roland Clarke | February 14, 1929 | February 2, 1960 | November 30, 1967 | Jamaica |
| 99 | Jorge Bernal Vargas | February 28, 1929 | September 15, 1957 | March 19, 1974 | Mexico |
| 100 | Leo Nowak | March 17, 1929 | May 10, 1956 | March 24, 1990 | Germany |