List of longest-living cardinals
This article lists the 100 oldest known living or deceased Members of the College of Cardinals (post-1800),, and whose ages are documented in reliable sources. Those currently living are in bold on gold. The longest-lived Cardinal was Corrado Bafile, of Portugal who lived between the ages of 101 years, 214 days.
List
Rank | Name | Country | Birth | Death | Age |
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1 | Corrado Bafile | Italy | 4 July 1903 | 3 February 2005 | 101 years, 214 days |
2 | Loris Francesco Capovilla | Italy | 14 October 1915 | 26 May 2016 | 100 years 224 days |
3 | José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez | Colombia | 18 February 1919 | 3 September 2019 | 100 years 197 days |
4 | Ersilio Tonini | Italy | 20 July 1914 | 28 July 2013 | 99 years 8 days |
5 | Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir | Lebanon | 15 May 1920 | 12 May 2019 | 98 years, 362 days |
6 | Paul Augustin Mayer | Germany | 23 May 1911 | 30 April 2010 | 98 years 342 days |
7 | Ignatius Kung Pin-mei | China | 2 August 1901 | 12 March 2000 | 98 years, 223 days |
Franz König | Austria | 3 August 1905 | 13 March 2004 | ||
9 | Jozef Tomko | Czechoslovakia | 11 March 1924 | 8 August 2022 | 98 years 150 days |
10 | Fiorenzo Angelini | Italy | 1 August 1916 | 22 November 2014 | 98 years, 113 days |
11 | Alexandre do Nascimento | Angola | 1 March 1925 | Alive | 99 years, 271 days |
12 | Albert Vanhoye | France | 24 July 1923 | 29 July 2021 | 98 years 59 days |
13 | Paolo Dezza | Italy | 3 December 1901 | 17 December 1999 | 98 years, 14 days |
'14 | Emmanuel Wamala | Uganda | 15 December 1926 | Alive | 97 years 166 days |
15 | Alfons Maria Stickler | Austria | 23 August 1910 | 12 December 2007 | 97 years, 111 days |
16 | Henryk Gulbinowicz | Poland | 17 October 1923 | 16 November 2020) | 97 years 30 days |
17 | Ferdinando Giuseppe Antonelli | Italy | 14 July 1896 | 12 July 1993 | 96 years, 363 days |
18 | Roger Etchegaray | France | 25 September 1922 | 4 September 2019 | 96 years 344 days |
19 | Johannes Willebrands | The Netherlands | 4 September 1909 | 1 August 2008 | 96 years, 331 days |
20 | Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte | Italy | 10 April 1851 | 16 February 1948 | 96 years, 312 days |
21 | Edward Cassidy | Australia | 5 July 1924 | 10 April 2021 | 96 years 279 days |
22 | Kazimierz Świątek | Belarus | 21 October 1914 | 21 July 2011 | 96 years 273 days |
23 | José da Costa Nuñes | Portugal | 15 March 1880 | 29 November 1976 | 96 years, 259 days |
24 | Domenico Bartolucci | Italy | 7 May 1917 | 11 November 2013 | 96 years, 188 days |
25 | José Freire Falcão | Brazil | 23 October 1925 | 26 September 2021 | 95 years 338 days |
26 | Giovanni Canestri | Italy | 30 September 1918 | 29 April 2015 | 96 years, 211 days |
27 | Adam Kozłowiecki | Poland | 1 April 1911 | 28 September 2007 | 96 years, 180 days |
28 | Francisco Álvarez Martínez | Spain | 14 July 1925 | 5 January 2022 | 96 years, 175 days |
29 | Mikel Koliqi | Albania | 29 September 1900 | 28 January 1997 | 96 years, 121 days |
30 | Francesco Morano | italy | 8 June 1872 | 12 July 1968 | 96 years, 34 days |
31 | Luigi De Magistris | Italy | 23 February 1926 | 16 February 2022 | 95 years 358 days |
32 | Pietro Parente | Italy | 16 February 1891 | 29 December 1986 | 95 years, 316 days |
33 | Achille Silvestrini | Italy | 25 October 1923 | 29 August 2019 | 95 years, 310 days |
34 | Júlio Duarte Langa | Mozambique | 27 October 1927 | Alive | 97 years, 31 days |
35 | Agostino Cacciavillan | Italy | 14 August 1926 | 5 March 2022 | 95 years 204 days |
36 | Henri-Marie de Lubac | France | 20 February 1896 | 4 September 1991 | 95 years, 196 days |
37 | Friedrich Wetter | Germany | 20 February 1928 | Alive | 96 years, 281 days |
38 | Paulo Evaristo Arns | Brazil | 14 September 1921 | 14 December 2016 | 95 years, 91 days |
39 | Serafim Fernandes de Araújo | Brazil | 13 August 1924 | 8 October 2019 | 95 years, 56 days |
40 | Alberto Di Jorio | Italy | 18 July 1884 | 5 September 1979 | 95 years, 49 days |
41 | Corrado Ursi | Italy | 26 July 1908 | 29 August 2003 | 95 years, 34 days |
42 | Jorge Medina Estévez | Chile | 23 December 1926 | 3 October 2021 | 94 years 284 days |
43 | Julijans Vaivods | Latvia | 18 August 1895 | 24 May 1990 | 94 years, 279 days |
44 | Carlos María Javier de la Torre | Ecuador | 15 November 1873 | 31 July 1968 | 94 years, 259 days |
45 | Louis-Albert Vachon | Canada | 4 February 1912 | 29 September 2006 | 94 years, 237 days |
46 | Egano Righi-Lambertini | Italy | 22 February 1906 | 4 October 2000 | 94 years, 225 days |
47 | Ernest Simoni | Albania | 18 October 1928 | Alive | 96 years, 31 days |
48 | Angelo Sodano | Italy | 23 November 1927 | 27 May 2022 | 94 years 205 days |
49 | Walter Brandmüller | Germany | 5 January 1929 | Alive | 95 years, 327 days |
50 | Eduardo Martínez Somalo | Spain | 31 March 1927 | 10 August 2021 | 94 years 142 days |
51 | Michael Michai Kitbunchu | Thailand | 25 January 1929 | Alive | 95 years, 307 days |
52 | Giovanni Cheli | Italy | 4 October 1918 | 8 February 2013 | 94 years 122 days |
53 | Gilberto Agustoni | italy | 26 July 1922 | 13 January 2017 | 94 years, 171 days |
54 | Estanislao Esteban Karlic | Argentina | 7 February 1929 | Alive | 95 years, 294 days |
55 | Giuseppe Sensi | Italy | 27 May 1907 | 26 July 2001 | 94 years, 60 days |
56 | Marian Jaworski | Poland | 21 August 1926 | 5 September 2020 | 94 years 13 days |
57 | Carlo Furno | Italy | 2 December 1921 | 9 December 2015 | 94 years, 7 days |
58 | Prosper Grech | Malta | 24 December 1925 | 30 December 2019 | 94 years, 6 days |
59 | Teodolfo Mertel | Italy | 9 February 1806 | 11 July 1899 | 93 years 152 days |
60 | Roberto Tucci | Italy | 19 April 1921 | 14 April 2015 | 93 years, 360 days |
61 | Georges Cottier | Switzerland | 25 April 1922 | 31 March 2016 | 93 years, 341 days |
62 | John Joseph Carberry | United States | 31 July 1904 | 17 June 1998 | 93 years, 321 days |
63 | Paolo Bertoli | Italy | 1 February 1908 | 8 November 2001 | 93 years, 280 days |
64 | Opilio Rossi | United States | 14 May 1910 | 9 February 2004 | 93 years, 271 days |
65 | Vicenzo Vannutelli | Italy | 5 December 1836 | 9 July 1930 | 93 Years, 216 days |
66 | José Manuel Estepa Llaurens | Spain | 1 January 1926 | 21 July 2019 | 93 years, 201 days |
67 | Jean Margéot | Mauritius | 3 February 1916 | 17 July 2009 | 93 years, 164 days |
68 | Ignatius Pimenta | Italy | 1 March 1920 | 19 July 2013 | 93 years 140 days |
69 | Adam Joseph Maida | United States | 18 March 1930 | Alive | 94 years, 254 days |
70 | Thomas Stafford Williams | United States | 20 March 1930 | Alive | 94 years, 252 days |
71 | Julian Herranz Casado | Spain | 31 March 1930 | Alive | 94 years, 241 days |
72 | František Tomášek | Czech Republic | 30 June 1899 | 4 August 1992 | 93 years, 35 days |
73 | Alfredo Vicente Scherer | Brazil | 5 February 1903 | 9 March 1996 | 93 years, 33 days |
74 | Giuseppe Pizzardo | Italy | 13 July 1877 | 1 August 1970 | 93 years, 19 days |
75 | Antonio Innocenti | Italy | 23 August 1915 | 6 September 2008 | 93 years, 14 days |
James Francis McIntyre | United States | 25 June 1886 | 16 July 1979 | ||
77 | Carlo Confalonieri | Italy | 25 July 1893 | 1 August 1986 | 93 years, 7 days |
78 | Alessandro Verde | Italiy | 27 March 1865 | 29 March 1958 | 93 years, 2 days |
79 | Julien Ries | Belgium | 19 April 1920 | 23 February 2013 | 92 years 310 days |
80 | Juan Carlos Aramburu | Argentina | 11 February 1912 | 18 November 2004 | 92 years, 281 days |
81 | Paul Poupard | France | 30 August 1930 | Alive | 94 years, 89 days |
82 | Salvatore De Giorgi | Italy | 6 September 1930 | Alive | 94 years, 82 days |
83 | Paolo Giobbe | Italy | 10 January 1880 | 14 August 1972 | 92 years, 217 days |
84 | Janis Pujats | Latvia | 14 November 1930 | Alive | 94 years, 13 days |
85 | Léon-Étienne Duval | France | 9 November 1903 | 9 November 1903 | 92 years, 203 days |
Josyf Slipyj | Ukraine | 17 February 1892 | 7 September 1984 | ||
87 | Jean Honoré | France | 13 August 1928 | 28 February 2013 | 92 years, 199 days |
88 | Joseph Asajiro Satowaki | Japan | 1 February 1904 | 8 August 1996 | 92 years, 189 days |
89 | José María Caro Rodríguez | Chile | 23 June 1866 | 4 December 1958 | 92 years, 164 days |
90 | Luigi Poggi | Italy | 25 November 1917 | 4 May 2010 | 92 years 160 days |
91 | Maurice Feltin | France | 5 May 1883 | 27 September 1975 | 92 years, 145 days |
92 | Silvano Piovanelli | Italy | 21 February 1924 | 9 July 2016 | 92 years 139 days |
93 | Giuseppe Casoria | Italy | 1 October 1908 | 8 February 2001 | 92 years, 130 days |
94 | Augusto da Silva | Brazil | 13 April 1876 | 14 August 1958 | 92 years, 128 days |
95 | Miguel Obando y Bravo | Nicaragua | 2 February 1926 | 3 June 2018 | 92 years, 121 days |
96 | Camilo Ruini | Italy | 19 February 1931 | Alive | 93 years, 283 days |
97 | Cahal Daly | Northern Ireland
(United Kingdom) |
12 October 1901 | 15 January 1994 | 92 years, 95 days |
98 | Gabriel-Marie Garrone | France | 12 October 1901 | 15 January 1994 | 92 years, 95 days |
99 | Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montemozolo | Italy | 27 August 1925 | 19 July 2017 | 92 years, 84 days |
100 | Sergio Sebatiani | Italy | 11 April 1931 | Alive | 93 years, 230 days |
Chronological list of Oldest living members of the College of Cardinals
Living From | To | Name | Lifespan | Nationality | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | Age | Birth | Death | ||
Time as Longest lived state Leader | |||||
?? | 11 August 1890 | John Henry Newman | 21 February 1801 | 11 August 1890 | English
(United Kingdom) |
?? | 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 | 2 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 | France |
3 years, 288 days | 88 years, 332 days | ||||
27 January 1908 | 5 August 1911 | Anton Josef Gruscha | 3 November 1820 | 5 August 1911 | Italy |
3 years, 190 days | 90 years, 275 days | ||||
5 August 1911 | 14 November 1912 | Alfonso Capecelatro | 5 February 1824 | 14 November 1912 | |
1 year, 101 days | 88 years, 283 days | ||||
14 November 1912 | 5 December 1914 | Angelo di Pierto | 22 May 1828 | 5 December 1914 | |
2 years, 21 days | 86 years, 197 days | ||||
5 December 1914 | 21 December 1921 | François de Rovérié de Cabrières | 30 August 1830 | 21 December 1921 | France |
7 years, 16 days | 91 years, 113 days | ||||
21 December 1921 | 4 February 1923 | Giuseppe Antonio Ermenegildo Prisco | 8 September 1833 | 4 February 1923 | Italy |
1 year, 45 days | 89 years, 149 days | ||||
4 February 1923 | 9 July 1930 | Vincenzo Vannutelli | 8 September 1833 | 4 February 1923 | |
7 years, 155 days | 89 years, 149 days | ||||
9 July 1930 | 9 February 1933 | Andreas Frühwirth | 21 August 1845 | 9 February 1933 | Austria |
2 years, 215 days | 87 years, 172 days | ||||
9 February 1933 | 31 March 1834 | Franz Ehrle | 17 October 1845 | 31 March 1934 | Germany |
1 year, 50 days | 88 years, 165 days | ||||
31 March 1934 | 15 February 1935 | Pierre Andrieu | 7 December 1849 | 15 February 1935 | France |
321 days | 85 years, 70 days | ||||
15 February 1935 | 16 February 1948 | Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte | 10 April 1851 | 16 February 1948 | Italy |
13 years, 1 day | 96 years, 312 days | ||||
16 February 1948 | 4 August 1948 | Enrico Sibilia | 17 March 1861 | 4 August 1948 | |
170 days | 87 years, 140 days | ||||
4 August 1948 | 29 March 1958 | Alessandro Verde | 27 March 1865 | 29 March 1958 | |
9 years, 237 days | 93 years, 2 days | ||||
29 March 1958 | 4 December 1959 | José María Caro Rodríguez | 23 June 1866 | 4 December 1958 | Chile |
1 year, 250 days | 92 years, 164 days | ||||
4 December 1958 | 5 May 1959 | Georges Grente | 5 May 1872 | 5 May 1959 | France |
152 days | 87 years, 0 days | ||||
5 May 1959 | 22 December 1961 | Elia dala Costa | 14 May 1872 | 22 December 1961 | Italy |
2 years, 231 days | 89 years, 222 days | ||||
22 December 1961 | 12 July 1968 | Francesco Morano | 8 June 1872 | 12 July 1968 | |
6 years, 203 days | 96 years, 34 days | ||||
12 July 1968 | 31 July 1968 | Carlos María de la Torre | 15 November 1873 | 31 July 1968 | Ecuador |
19 days | 94 years, 259 days | ||||
31 July 1968 | 14 August 1968 | Augusto da Silva | 8 April 1876 | 14 August 1968 | Brazil |
14 days | 92 years, 128 days | ||||
14 August 1968 | 1 August 1970 | Giuseppe Pizzardo | 13 July 1877 | 1 August 1970 | Italy |
1 year, 352 days | 93 years, 19 days | ||||
1 August 1970 | 30 September 1970 | Benedetto Aloisi Masella | 29 June 1879 | 30 September 1970 | |
60 days | 91 years, 93 days | ||||
30 September 1970 | 14 August 1972 | Paolo Giobbe | 10 January 1880 | 14 August 1972 | |
1 year, 319 days | 92 years, 217 days | ||||
14 August 1972 | 29 November 1976 | José da Costa Nunes | 15 March 1880 | 29 November 1976 | Portugal |
4 years, 107 days | 96 years, 259 days | ||||
29 November 1976 | 5 September 1979 | Alberto di Jorio | 18 July 1884 | 5 September 1979 | Italy |
2 years, 280 days | 95 years, 49 days | ||||
5 September 1979 | 23 October 1979 | Antonio Caggiano | 30 January 1889 | 23 October 1979 | Argentina |
48 days | 90 years, 266 days | ||||
23 October 1979 | 14 September 1982 | Carlos Carmelo Vasconcellos Motta | 16 July 1890 | 18 September 1982 | Brazil |
2 years, 326 days | 92 years, 64 days | ||||
18 September 1982 | 29 December 1986 | Pietro Parente | 16 February 1891 | 29 December 1986 | Italy |
4 years, 102 days | 95 years, 316 days | ||||
29 December 1986 | 24 May 1990 | Julijans Vaivods | 18 August 1895 | 24 May 1990 | Latvia |
3 years, 146 days | 94 years, 279 days | ||||
24 May 1990 | 4 September 1991 | Henri de Lubac | 20 February 1896 | 4 September 1991 | France |
1 year, 103 days | 95 years, 196 days | ||||
4 September 1991 | 12 July 1993 | Ferdinando Giuseppe Antonelli | 14 July 1896 | 12 July 1993 | Italy |
1 year, 311 days | 96 years, 363 days | ||||
4 September 1991 | 12 July 1993 | Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei | 2 August 1901 | 12 March 2000 | China |
8 years, 190 days | 98 years, 223 days | ||||
12 March 2000 | 3 February 2005 | Corrado Bafile | 4 July 1903 | 3 February 2005 | Italy |
4 years, 328 days | 101 years, 214 days | ||||
3 February 2005 | 2 August 2006 | Johannes Willebrands | 4 September 1909 | 1 August 2008 | Natherlands |
1 year, 180 days | 96 years, 331 days | ||||
1 August 2006 | 12 December 2007 | Alfons Maria Stickler | 23 August 1910 | 12 December 2007 | Austria |
1 year, 133 days | 97 years, 311 days | ||||
12 December 2007 | 30 April 2010 | Paul Augustin Mayer | 23 May 1911 | 30 April 2010 | Germany |
2 years, 139 days | 98 years, 312 days | ||||
30 April 2010 | 28 July 2013 | Ersilio Tonini | 20 July 1914 | 28 July 2013 | Italy |
3 years, 89 days | 99 years, 8 days | ||||
28 July 2013 | 22 February 2014 | Fiorenzo Angelini | 1 August 1916 | 22 November 2014 | |
209 days | 98 years, 113 days | ||||
22 February 2014 | 26 May 2016 | Loris Francesco Capovilla | 14 October 1915 | 26 May 2016 | |
2 years, 94 days | 100 years 224 days | ||||
26 May 2016 | 3 September 2019 | José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez | 18 February 1919 | 3 September 2019 | Colombia |
3 years, 100 days | 100 years 197 days | ||||
3 September 2019 | 4 September 2019 | Roger Etchegaray | 25 September 1922 | 4 September 2019 | France |
1 day | 96 years, 344 days | ||||
4 September 2019 | 29 July 2021 | Albert Vanhoye | 24 July 1923 | 29 July 2021 | |
1 year, 328 days | 98 years, 5 days | ||||
29 July 2021 | 8 August 2022 | Jozef Tomko | 4 October 1921 | 14 July 2022 | Slovakia |
1 year, 10 days | 100 years, 283 days | ||||
8 August 2022 | Present | Alexandre do Nascimento | 1 March 1925 | Alive | Angola |
2 years, 111 days | age 99 years, 271 days |