Past longest-living cardinals
Rank | Cardinal | Country | Born | Died | Age at Death | Replacing |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Corrado Bafile | Italy | 1903 | 2005 | 101 years, 214 days | Original |
2 | Loris Francesco Capovilla | Italy | 1915 | 2016 | 100 years, 224 days | Fresno Larraín |
3 | José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez | Colombia | 1919 | 2019 | 100 years, 197 days | Sabattani |
4 | Ersilio Tonini | Italy | 1914 | 2013 | 99 years, 8 days | Original |
5 | Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir | Lebanon | 1920 | 2019 | 98 years, 362 days | Cerejeira |
6 | Paul Augustin Mayer | Germany | 1911 | 2010 | 98 years, 342 days | Original |
7 | Ignatius Kung Pin-mei (龔品梅) | China | 1901 | 2000 | 98 years, 223 days | Original |
Franz König | Austria | 1905 | 2004 | |||
9 | Alexandre do Nascimento | Angola | 1925 | Alive | 99 years, 268 days | Oddi |
10 | Jozef Tomko | Slovakia | 1924 | 2022 | 98 years 150 days | Maurer |
11 | Fiorenzo Angelini | Italy | 1916 | 2014 | 98 years, 113 days | Original |
12 | Albert Vanhoye, SJ | France | 1923 | 2021 | 98 years, 59 days | Marty |
13 | Paolo Dezza, S.J. | Italy | 1901 | 1999 | 98 years, 4 days | Original |
14 | Estanislao Esteban Karlic | Argentina | 1926 | Alive | 98 years, 291 days | Di Canossa |
15 | Alfons Maria Stickler | Austria | 1910 | 2007 | 97 years, 111 days | Original |
16 | Alexandre José María dos Santos, O.F.M. | Mozambique | 1924 | 2021 | 97 years, 59 days | Lourdusamy |
17 | Henryk Roman Gulbinowicz | Poland | 1923 | 2020 | 97 years, 30 days | Goicoechea |
18 | Ferdinando Giuseppe Antonelli, O.F.M. | Italy | 1896 | 1993 | 96 years, 363 days | Original |
19 | Roger Etchegaray | France | 1922 | 2019 | 96 years, 344 days | Phạm Ðình Tụng |
20 | Johannes Willebrands | Netherlands | 1909 | 2008 | 96 years, 331 days | Original |
21 | Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte | Italy | 1851 | 1948 | 96 years, 312 days | Original |
22 | Edward Cassidy | Australia | 1924 | 2021 | 96 years, 279 days | Špidlík |
23 | Kazimierz Świątek | Belarus | 1914 | 2011 | 96 years, 273 days | Original |
24 | José da Costa Nuñes | Portugal | 1880 | 1976 | 96 years, 259 days | Original |
25 | Giovanni Canestri | Italy | 1918 | 2015 | 96 years, 211 days | Original |
26 | Domenico Bartolucci | Italy | 1917 | 2013 | 96 years, 188 days | Cento |
27 | Adam Kozłowiecki, S.J. | Zambia | 1911 | 2007 | 96 years, 180 days | Original |
28 | Mikel Koliqi | Albania | 1900 | 1997 | 96 years, 121 days | Original |
29 | José Freire Falcão | Brazil | 1925 | 2021 | 95 years 338 days | Sánchez |
30 | Pietro Parente | Italy | 1891 | 1986 | 95 years, 316 days | Original |
31 | Achille Silvestrini | Italy | 1923 | 2019 | 95 years, 308 days | Dery |
32 | Henri de Lubac, S.J. | France | 1896 | 1991 | 95 years, 196 days | Original |
33 | Francisco Álvarez Martínez | Spain | 1925 | 2022 | 96 years, 175 days | Mercati |
34 | Francesco Morano | Italy | 1872 | 1968 | 96 years, 34 days | Original |
35 | Paulo Evaristo Arns | Brazil | 1921 | 2016 | 95 years, 91 days | Colombo |
36 | Serafim Fernandes de Araújo | Brazil | 1924 | 2019 | 95 years, 56 days | Navarrete Cortés |
37 | Alberto Di Jorio | Italy | 1884 | 1979 | 95 years, 49 days | Original |
38 | Corrado Ursi | Italy | 1908 | 2003 | 95 years, 34 days | Original |
39 | Julijans Vaivods | Latvia | 1895 | 1990 | 94 years, 279 days | Original |
40 | Carlos María de la Torre | Ecuador | 1873 | 1968 | 94 years, 259 days | Original |
41 | Louis-Albert Vachon | Canada | 1912 | 2006 | 94 years, 237 days | Original |
42 | Egano Righi-Lambertini | Italy | 1906 | 2000 | 94 years, 225 days | Original |
43 | Gilberto Agustoni | Italy | 1922 | 2017 | 94 years, 171 days | - |
44 | Giovanni Cheli | Italy | 1918 | 2013 | 94 years 122 days | Original |
45 | Giuseppe Sensi | Italy | 1907 | 2001 | 94 years, 60 days | Original |
46 | Carlo Furno | Italy | 1921 | 2015 | 94 years, 7 days | Heard |
47 | Prosper Grech, O.S.A. | Malta | 1925 | 2019 | 94 years, 6 days | Caggiano |
48 | Roberto Tucci | Italy | 1921 | 2015 | 93 years, 360 days | Prisco |
49 | Georges Cottier | Switzerland | 1922 | 2016 | 93 years, 341 days | Saigh |
50 | John Joseph Carberry | United States | 1904 | 1998 | 93 years, 321 days | Original |
51 | José Manuel Estepa Llaurens | Spain | 1926 | 2019 | 93 years, 201 days | Gruscha |
52 | Opilio Rossi | United States | 1910 | 2004 | 93 years, 271 days | Original |
53 | Paolo Bertoli | Italy | 1908 | 2001 | 93 years, 280 days | Original |
54 | Vicenzo Vannutelli | Italy | 1836 | 1930 | 93 years, 216 days | Original |
55 | Jean Margéot | Mauritius | 1916 | 2009 | 93 years, 164 days | Original |
56 | Teodolfo Mertel | Italy | 1806 | 1899 | 93 years, 152 days | Original |
57 | Simon Pimenta | Italy | 1920 | 2013 | 93 years, 140 days | Original |
58 | František Tomášek | Czech Republic | 1899 | 1992 | 93 years, 35 days | Original |
59 | Giuseppe Pizzardo | Italy | 1877 | 1970 | 93 years, 19 days | Original |
60 | Alfredo Vicente Scherer | Brazil | 1903 | 1996 | 93 years, 33 days | Original |
James Francis McIntyre | United States | 1886 | 1979 | 93 years, 14 days | Original | |
62 | Antonio Innocenti | Italy | 1915 | 2008 | ||
63 | Carlo Confalonieri | Italy | 1893 | 1986 | 93 years, 7 days | Original |
64 | Alessandro Verde | Italy | 1865 | 1958 | 93 years, 2 days | Original |
65 | Julien Ries | Belgium | 1920 | 2013 | 92 years, 310 days | Ricard |
66 | Juan Carlos Aramburu | Argentina | 1912 | 2004 | 92 years, 281 days | Original |
Paolo Giobbe | Italy | 1880 | 1972 | 92 years, 217 days | Original | |
69 | Josyf Slipyj | Ukraine | 1892 | 1984 | 92 years, 203 days | Original |
69 | Léon-Étienne Duval | Algeria | 1903 | 1996 | ||
70 | Jean Honoré | France | 1920 | 2013 | 92 years, 199 days | Liénart |
71 | Joseph Asajirō Satowaki | Japan | 1904 | 1996 | 92 years, 189 days | Original |
72 | José María Caro Rodríguez | Chile | 1866 | 1958 | 92 years, 164 days | Original |
73 | Luigi Poggi | Italy | 1917 | 2010 | 92 years, 160 days | Original |
74 | Maurice Feltin | France | 1883 | 1975 | 92 years, 145 days | Original |
76 | Giuseppe Casoria | Italy | 1908 | 2001 | 92 years, 130 days | Original |
77 | Augusto Álvaro da Silva | Brazil | 1876 | 1968 | 92 years, 128 days | Original |
78 | Carlos Vasconcellos | Brazil | 1890 | 1982 | 92 years, 264 days | Original |
79 | Silvano Piovanelli | Italy | 1924 | 2016 | 92 years, 139 days | Celesia |
80 | Miguel Obando Bravo, S.D.B. | Nicaragua | 1926 | 2018 | 92 years, 121 days | Cicognani |
81 | Gabriel-Marie Garrone | France | 1901 | 1994 | 92 years, 95 days | Original |
82 | Carlos Carmelo Vascocellos Motta | Brazil | 1890 | 1982 | 92 years, 92 days | Original |
83 | Cahal Brendan Daly | United Kingdom
(Northern Ireland) |
1917 | 2009 | 92 years, 91 days | Original |
84 | Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo | Italy | 1925 | 2017 | 92 years, 84 days | Antonetti |
85 | Josef Frings | Germany | 1887 | 1978 | 91 years, 314 days | Original |
86 | Jorge María Mejía | Argentina | 1923 | 2014 | 91 years, 312 days | Marella |
87 | Leo Jozef Suenens | Belgium | 1904 | 1996 | 91 years, 295 days | Original |
88 | Ján Chryzostom Korec, S.J. | Slovakia | 1924 | 2015 | 91 years, 275 days | Todea |
89 | Stanisław Nagy, S.C.I. | Poland | 1921 | 2013 | 91 years, 248 days | Newman |
90 | Eugênio de Araújo Sales | Brazil | 1920 | 2012 | 91 years, 244 days | Dulles |
91 | Edward Bede Clancy | Australia | 1923 | 2014 | 90 years, 233 days | Gouyon |
92 | Enrique Pla y Deniel | Spain | 1876 | 1968 | 91 years, 199 days | Original |
93 | Pietro Pavan | Italy | 1903 | 1994 | 91 years, 118 days | Original |
94 | François de Rovérié de Cabrières | France | 1830 | 1921 | 91 years, 113 days | Original |
95 | Benedetto Aloisi Masella | Italy | 1879 | 1970 | 91 years, 93 days | Original |
96 | Yves Congar, O.P. | France | 1904 | 1995 | 91 years, 70 days | Original |
97 | Gerald Emmett Carter | Canada | 1912 | 2003 | 91 years, 28 days | Original |
98 | Patrick Aloysius O’Boyle | United States | 1896 | 1987 | 91 years, 23 days | Original |
99 | Pablo Muñoz Vega, S.J. | Ecuador | 1903 | 1994 | 91 years, 11 days | Original |
100 | Giuseppe Caprio (高理耀) | Italy | 1914 | 2005 | 90 years, 334 days | Original |
1xx | Luigi Di Canossa | Italy | 1809 | 1900 | 90 years, 326 days | Original |
Amleto Giovanni Cicognani | Italy | 1883 | 1973 | 90 years, 296 days | Original | |
Anton Josef Gruscha | Austria | 1820 | 1911 | 90 years, 275 days | Original | |
Antonio Caggiano | Italy | 1889 | 1979 | 90 years, 266 days | Original | |
José Tomás Sánchez | Philippines | 1920 | 2012 | 90 years, 358 days | Original | |
Lorenzo Antonetti | Italy | 1922 | 2013 | 90 years, 253 days | dala Costa | |
Giovanni Mercati | Italy | 1866 | 1957 | 90 years, 249 days | Original | |
Silvio Angelo Pio Oddi | Italy | 1910 | 2001 | 90 years, 227 days | Original | |
Aurelio Sabattani | Italy | 1912 | 2003 | 90 years, 183 days | Original | |
Urbano Navarrete Cortés, S.J. | Spain | 1920 | 2010 | 90 years, 181 days | Ghattas | |
Tomáš Špidlík, S.J. | Czech Republic | 1919 | 2010 | 90 years, 120 days | Original | |
Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy | India | 1924 | 2014 | 90 years, 117 days | Miranda y Gómez | |
José Clemente Maurer, C.SS.R. | Bolivia | 1900 | 1990 | 90 years, 106 days | Original | |
Michelangelo Celesia | Italy | 1814 | 1904 | 90 years, 92 days | Original | |
Miguel Darío Miranda y Gómez | Mexico | 1895 | 1986 | 90 years, 86 days | Original | |
Juan Francisco Fresno Larraín | Chile | 1914 | 2004 | 90 years, 80 days | Original | |
Alexandru Todea (Romanian Rite) | Rominia | 1912 | 2002 | 89 years, 351 days | Original | |
Paul Gouyon | France | 1910 | 2000 | 89 years, 338 days | Original | |
Peter Proekuu Dery | Ghana | 1918 | 2008 | 89 years, 301 days | Original | |
Ángel Suquía Goicoechea | Spain | 1916 | 2006 | 89 years, 284 days | Original | |
François Marty | France | 1904 | 1994 | 89 years, 274 days | Original |
Deceased Cardinals | Death | Age by 15 December 2008 | ||||
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Luigi De Magistris | Italy | 23 February 1926 | 2022 | 95 years 358 days | Carpio | 88 years, 276 days |
Desmond Connell | Ireland | 24 March 1926 | 2017 | 90 years, 334 days | Muñoz Vega | 88 years, 276 days |
Agostino Cacciavillan | Italy | 14 August 1926 | 2022 | 95 years 204 days | O’Boyle | 88 years, 276 days |
Emmanuel Wamala | Uganda | 1926 | Alive | 97 years, 345 days | Carter | 88 years, 276 days |
Jorge Arturo Medina Estévez | Chile | 23 December 1926 | 2021 | 94 years, 142 days | Congar | 88 years, 276 days |
Luis Pascual Dri | Argentina | 1927 | Alive | 97 years, 221 days | 88 years, 276 days | |
Eduardo Martínez Somalo | Spain | 31 March 1927 | 2021 | 94 years, 142 days | Aloisi Masella | 88 years, 276 days |
László Paskai, O.F.M. | Hungary | 8 May 1927 | 2015 | 88 years, 101 days | 88 years, 276 days | |
Angelo Sodano | Italy | 23 November 1927 | 2022 | 94 years, 205 days | 88 years, 276 days | |
Júlio Duarte Langa | Mozambique | 1927 | Alive | 97 years, 28 days | 88 years, 276 days | |
Friedrich Wetter | Germany | 1928 | Alive | 96 years, 278 days | 88 years, 276 days | |
Elio Sgreccia | Italy | 6 June 1928 | 2019 | 90 years, 364 days | 88 years, 276 days | |
Ernest Simoni | Albania | 1928 | Alive | 96 years, 28 days | 88 years, 276 days | |
Walter Brandmüller | Germany | 1929 | Alive | 95 years, 324 days | 88 years, 276 days | |
Michael Michai Kitbunchu | Thailand | 1929 | Alive | 95 years, 304 days | 88 years, 276 days | |
Darío Castrillón Hoyos | Colombia | 4 July 1929 | 2018 | 88 years, 318 days | 88 years, 276 days | |
Sebastian Koto Khoarai, O.M.I. | Lesotho | 11 September 1929 | 2021 | 91 years, 218 days | 88 years, 276 days | |
Adam Maida | United States | 1930 | Alive | 94 years, 251 days | 88 years, 276 days | |
Thomas Stafford Williams | United States | 1930 | Alive | 94 years, 249 days | 88 years, 276 days | |
Julian Herranz Casado | Spain | 1930 | Alive | 94 years, 238 days | 88 years, 276 days | |
Paul Poupard | France | 1930 | Alive | 94 years, 86 days | 88 years, 276 days | |
Salvatore De Giorgi | Italy | 1930 | Alive | 94 years, 79 days | 88 years, 276 days | |
Janis Pujats | Latvia | 1930 | Alive | 94 years, 10 days | 88 years, 276 days | |
Camillo Ruini | Italy | 1931 | Alive | 93 years, 279 days | 88 years, 276 days | |
Sergio Sebastiani | Italy | 1931 | Alive | 93 years, 227 days | 88 years, 276 days | |
Lucian Mureșan | Romania | 1931 | Alive | 93 years, 185 days | 88 years, 276 days |
Paolo Marella | Italy | 1895 | 1984 | 89 years, 264 days | Original |
Paul-Joseph Phạm Ðình Tụng | Vietnam | 1919 | 2009 | 89 years, 252 days | Original |
Luis Aponte Martínez | Puerto Rico | 1922 | 2012 | 89 years, 250 days | |
Elia dala Costa | Italy | 1872 | 1959 | 89 years, 222 days | Original |
Édouard Gagnon, P.S.S. | Canada | 1918 | 2007 | ||
Maximos IV Sayegh (Greek-Melkite Rite) | Syria | 1878 | 1967 | 89 years, 209 days | Original |
William Theodore Heard | United Kingdom
(Scotland) |
1884 | 1973 | 89 years, 204 days | Original |
John Henry Newman, C.O. | United Kingdom
(England) |
1801 | 1890 | 89 years, 171 days | Original |
Giovanni Colombo | Italy | 1902 | 1992 | 89 years, 166 days | Original |
Fernando Cento | Italy | 1889 | 1973 | 89 years, 156 days | Original |
Giuseppe Antonio Ermenegildo Prisco | Italy | 1833 | 1923 | 89 years, 149 days | Original |
Avery Dulles, S.J. | United States | 1919 | 2008 | 89 years, 110 days | Original |
Achille Liénart | France | 1884 | 1973 | 89 years, 7 days | Original |
Stéphanos II Ghattas (Coptic Rite) | Egypt | 1920 | 2009 | 89 years, 4 days | Original |
Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira | Portugal | 1888 | 1977 | 88 years, 346 days | Original |
François-Marie-Benjamin Richard | France | 1819 | 1908 | 88 years, 332 days | Original |