Past longest-living cardinals
| Cardinal | Country | Born | Died | Age at Death | Replacing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cahal Brendan Daly | United Kingdom
(Northern Ireland) |
1917 | 2009 | 92 years, 91 days | Original |
| Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo | Italy | 1925 | 2017 | 92 years, 84 days | 10 April 2016 |
| Carlos Carmelo Vascocellos Motta | Brazil | 1890 | 1982 | 92 years, 62 days | Original |
| Josef Frings | Germany | 1887 | 1978 | 91 years, 314 days | Original |
| Jorge María Mejía | Argentina | 1923 | 2014 | 91 years, 312 days | 1 September 2013 |
| Leo Jozef Suenens | Belgium | 1904 | 1996 | 91 years, 295 days | Original |
| Ján Chryzostom Korec, S.J. | Slovakia | 1924 | 2015 | 91 years, 275 days | 19 November 2013 |
| Stanisław Nagy, S.C.I. | Poland | 1921 | 2013 | 91 years, 248 days | 15 March 2011 |
| Eugênio de Araújo Sales | Brazil | 1920 | 2012 | 91 years, 244 days | 26 February 2010 |
| Edward Clancy | Australia | 1923 | 2014 | 90 years, 233 days | 23 September 2013 |
| Enrique Pla y Deniel | Spain | 1876 | 1968 | 91 years, 199 days | Original |
| Pietro Pavan | Italy | 1903 | 1994 | 91 years, 118 days | Original |
| François de Rovérié de Cabrières | France | 1830 | 1921 | 91 years, 113 days | Original |
| Benedetto Aloisi Masella | Italy | 1879 | 1970 | 91 years, 93 days | Original |
| Yves Congar, O.P. | France | 1904 | 1995 | 91 years, 70 days | Original |
| Gerald Emmett Carter | Canada | 1912 | 2003 | 91 years, 28 days | Original |
| Patrick Aloysius O’Boyle | United States | 1896 | 1987 | 91 years, 23 days | Original |
| Pablo Muñoz Vega, S.J. | Ecuador | 1903 | 1994 | 91 years, 11 days | Original |
| José Tomás Sánchez | Philippines | 1920 | 2012 | 90 years, 358 days | 21 January 2009 |
| Giuseppe Caprio (高理耀) | Italy | 1914 | 2005 | 90 years, 334 days | Original |
| 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 |
| Lorenzo Antonetti | Italy | 1922 | 2013 | 90 years, 253 days | 9 March 2012
dala Costa & Gagnon (tied age) |
| Giovanni Mercati | Italy | 1866 | 1957 | 90 years, 249 days | Original |
| Silvio Angelo Pio Oddi | Italy | 1910 | 2001 | 90 years, 227 days | Original |
| Giovanni Coppa | Italy | 1925 | 2016 | 90 years, 189 days | |
| Aurelio Sabattani | Italy | 1912 | 2003 | 90 years, 183 days | Original |
| Urbano Navarrete Cortés, S.J. | Spain | 1920 | 2010 | 90 years, 181 days | 29 May 2009 |
| Tomáš Špidlík, S.J. | Czech Republic | 1919 | 2010 | 90 years, 120 days | Original |
| Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy | India | 1924 | 2014 | 90 years, 117 days | 9 January 2014 |
| 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 | 22 October 2006 |
| Ángel Suquía Goicoechea | Spain | 1916 | 2006 | 89 years, 284 days | Original |
| François Marty | France | 1904 | 1994 | 89 years, 274 days | Original |
| Paolo Marella | Italy | 1895 | 1984 | 89 years, 264 days | Original |
| Paul-Joseph Phạm Ðình Tụng | Vietnam | 1919 | 2009 | 89 years, 252 days | 25 February 2008 |
| Luis Aponte Martínez | Puerto Rico | 1922 | 2012 | 89 years, 250 days | 13 March 2012 |
| Elia dala Costa | Italy | 1872 | 1959 | 89 years, 222 days | Original |
| Édouard Gagnon, P.S.S. | Canada | 1918 | 2007 | 7 October 2006 | |
| Maximos IV Sayegh | 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 | 27 October 2008 |
| Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira | Portugal | 1888 | 1977 | 88 years, 346 days | Original |
| François-Marie-Benjamin Richard | France | 1819 | 1908 | 88 years, 332 days | Original |
| Maurilio Fossati, O.Ss.G.C.N. | Italy | 1878 | 1965 | 88 years, 310 days | |
| Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada, C.O. | Italy | 1919 | 2008 | 88 years, 286 days | 2 April 2008 |
| Alfonso Capecelatro, C.O. | Italy | 1824 | 1912 | 88 years, 283 days | |
| Alfredo Ottaviani | Italy | 1890 | 1979 | 88 years, 278 days | |
| Alois Grillmeier, S.J. | Germany | 1910 | 1998 | 88 years, 255 days | |
| Carlo Grano | Italy | 1887 | 1978 | 88 years, 171 days | |
| Franz Ehrle, S.J. | Austria | 1845 | 1934 | 88 years, 165 days | |
| Pietro Pallazini | Italy | 1912 | 2000 | 88 years, 145 days | |
| Francesco Carpino | Italy | 1905 | 1993 | 88 years, 140 days | |
| Ignatius Gabriel I Tappouni (Syriac Rite) | Lebanon | 1879 | 1968 | 88 years, 87 days | |
| Salvatore Pappalardo | Italy | 1918 | 2006 | 88 years, 78 days | |
| Giovanni Cagliero, S.D.B | Italy | 1836 | 1926 | 88 years, 48 days | |
| Francesco Roberti | Italy | 1889 | 1977 | 88 years, 9 days |
| Domenico Bartolucci | Italy | 1917 | 2013 | 96 years, 188 days | 28 November 2010 | Giuseppe Antonio Ermenegildo Prisco |
| Paul-Joseph Phạm Ðình Tụng | Vietnam | 15 June 1919 | 2009 | 89 years, 252 days | Alfredo Ottaviani | |
| Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada, C.O. | Italy | 29 June 1919 | 2008 | 88 years, 286 days | Alfonso Capecelatro, C.O. | |
| Avery Dulles, S.J. | United States | 24 August 1919 | 2008 | 89 years, 110 days | Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada, C.O. | |
| Tomáš Špidlík, S.J. | Czech Republic | 17 December 1919 | 2010 | 90 years, 120 days | Maurilio Fossati, O.Ss.G.C.N. | |
| Stéphanos II Ghattas (Coptic Rite) | Egypt | 18 January 1920 | 2009 | 89 years, 4 days | François-Marie-Benjamin Richard | |
| José Tomás Sánchez | Philippines | 17 March 1920 | 2012 | 90 years, 358 days | Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira | |
| Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir | Lebanon | 15 May 1920 | 2019 | 98 years, 362 days | Stéphanos II Ghattas (Coptic Rite) | |
| Urbano Navarrete Cortés, S.J. | Spain | 25 May 1920 | 2010 | 90 years, 181 days | Achille Liénart | |
| Eugênio de Araújo Sales | Brazil | 8 November 1920 | 2012 | 91 years, 244 days | Avery Dulles, S.J. |
| Roberto Tucci | Italy | 19 April 1921 | 2015 | 93 years, 360 days | 7 August 2010 |
| Paulo Evaristo Arns | Brazil | 14 September 1921 | 2016 | 95 years, 91 days | 17 February 2011 |
| Stanisław Nagy, S.C.I. | Poland | 30 September 1921 | 2013 | 91 years, 248 days | 15 March 2011 |
| Carlo Furno | Italy | 2 December 1921 | 2015 | 94 years, 7 days | 22 May 2011 |
| Date of Death | Deceased Cardinals (81) | ||||
| 2000.04.06 | Cardinal Bernardino Echeverría Ruiz, O.F.M. († 87) (12 November 1912 - 6 April 2000)
Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo (1994.11.26 – 2000.04.06) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Guayaquil (Ecuador) (1969.04.10 – 1989.12.07) |
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| 2000.09.26 | Cardinal Paul Gouyon († 89) (24 October 1910 – 26 September 2000)
Cardinal-Priest of Natività di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo a Via Gallia (1969.04.30 – 2000.09.26) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Rennes (France) (1964.09.04 – 1985.10.15) |
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| 2006.07.13 | Cardinal Angel Suquía Goicoechea († 89) (2 October 1916 – 13 July 2006)
Cardinal-Priest of Gran Madre di Dio (1985.05.25 – 2006.07.13) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Madrid (Spain) (1991.07.23 – 1994.07.28) |
| Date of Death | Deceased Cardinals (81) |
| 2000.03.12 | Cardinal Ignatius Kung Pin-mei (龔品梅) († 98)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Sisto (1991.06.30 – 2000.03.12) Bishop of Shanghai 上海 (China) (1950.07.15 – 2000.03.12) |
| 2000.03.23 | Cardinal Antony Padiyara (Syro-Malabar Rite) († 79)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria «Regina Pacis» a Monte Verde (1988.06.28 – 2000.03.23) Major Archbishop emeritus of Ernakulam–Angamaly of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1992.12.16 – 1996.11.11) |
| 2000.04.06 | Cardinal Bernardino Echeverría Ruiz, O.F.M. († 87)
Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo (1994.11.26 – 2000.04.06) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Guayaquil (Ecuador) (1969.04.10 – 1989.12.07) |
| 2000.05.03 | Cardinal John Joseph O’Connor († 80)
Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo (1985.05.25 – 2000.05.03) Metropolitan Archbishop of New York (USA) (1984.01.25 – 2000.05.03) |
| 2000.05.28 | Cardinal Vincentas Sladkevičius, M.I.C. († 79)
Cardinal-Priest of Spirito Santo alla Ferratella (1988.06.28 – 2000.05.28) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Kaunas (Lithuania) (1989.03.10 – 1996.05.04) |
| 2000.06.04 | Cardinal Paul Zoungrana, M. Afr. († 82)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Camillo de Lellis (1965.02.25 – 2000.06.04) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) (1960.04.08 – 1995.06.10) |
| 2000.09.04 | Cardinal Augusto Vargas Alzamora, S.J. († 77)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Roberto Bellarmino (1994.11.26 – 2000.09.04) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Lima (Peru) (1989.12.30 – 1999.01.09) |
| 2000.09.22 | Cardinal Vincenzo Fagiolo († 82)
Cardinal-Deacon of S. Teodoro (1994.11.26 – 2000.09.22) Bishop emeritus of Vasto (Italy) (1982.08.24 – 1984.07.15) President emeritus of Disciplinary Commission of the Roman Curia (1990.12.29 – 1997) |
| 2000.09.26 | Cardinal Paul Gouyon († 89)
Cardinal-Priest of Natività di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo a Via Gallia (1969.04.30 – 2000.09.26) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Rennes (France) (1964.09.04 – 1985.10.15) |
| 2000.10.04 | Cardinal Egano Righi-Lambertini († 94)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Via (1990.11.26 – 2000.10.04) |
| 2000.10.11 | Cardinal Pietro Palazzini († 88) 88 years, 145 days
Cardinal-Priest of S. Girolamo della Carità pro hac vice Title (1983.02.02 – 2000.10.11) Prefect emeritus of Congregation for the Causes of Saints (1980.06.27 – 1988.07.01) |
| 2000.12.14 | Cardinal Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky (Ukrainian Rite) († 86)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Sofia a Via Boccea (1985.05.25 – 2000.12.14) Major Archbishop of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1984.09.07 – 2000.12.14) |
| 2001.02.08 | Cardinal Giuseppe Casoria († 92)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Giuseppe in Via Trionfale pro hac vice Title (1993.04.05 – 2001.02.08) Prefect emeritus of Congregation for Divine Worship (1983.02.03 – 1984.04.08) |
| 2001.02.21 | Cardinal José Alí Lebrún Moratinos († 81)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Pancrazio (1983.02.02 – 2001.02.21) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Caracas (Venezuela) (1980.05.24 – 1995.05.27) |
| 2001.06.11 | Cardinal Pierre Étienne Louis Eyt († 67)
Cardinal-Priest of SS. Trinità al Monte Pincio (1994.11.26 – 2001.06.11) Metropolitan Archbishop of Bordeaux (France) (1989.05.31 – 2001.06.11) |
| 2001.06.17 | Cardinal Thomas Joseph Winning († 76)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Andrea delle Fratte (1994.11.26 – 2001.06.17) Metropolitan Archbishop of Glasgow (Scotland) (1974.04.23 – 2001.06.17) |
| 2001.06.29 | Cardinal Silvio Angelo Pio Oddi († 90)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Agata de’ Goti pro hac vice Title (1979.06.30 – 2001.06.29) Pontifical Legate emeritus for the Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi (1969.06.13 – 1996.05.23) |
| 2001.07.26 | Cardinal Giuseppe Maria Sensi († 94)
Cardinal-Priest of «Regina Apostolorum» (1987.06.22 – 2001.07.26) |
| 2001.11.08 | Cardinal Paolo Bertoli († 93)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati (1979.06.30 – 2001.11.08) Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church emeritus of Apostolic Camera (1979.05.05 – 1985.03.25) |
| 2002.03.11 | Cardinal Franjo Kuharić († 82)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Girolamo dei Croati (1983.02.02 – 2002.03.11) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Zagreb (Croatia) (1970.06.16 – 1997.07.05) |
| 2002.03.12 | Cardinal Louis-Marie Billé († 64)
Cardinal-Priest of SS. Trinità al Monte Pincio (2001.07.22 [2002.01.05] – 2002.03.12) Metropolitan Archbishop of Lyon (France) (1998.07.10 – 2002.03.12) |
| 2002.05.22 | Cardinal Alexandru Todea (Romanian Rite) († 89)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Atanasio a Via Tiburtina (1991.06.28 – 2002.05.22) Metropolitan emeritus of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia of the Romanians (Romania) (1990.03.14 – 1994.07.04) |
| 2002.07.25 | Cardinal Johannes Joachim Degenhardt († 76)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Liborio (2001.02.21 [2001.10.14] – 2002.07.25) Metropolitan Archbishop of Paderborn (Germany) (1974.04.04 – 2002.07.25) |
| 2002.09.08 | Cardinal Lucas Moreira Neves, O.P. († 76)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina–Poggio Mirteto (1998.06.25 [1998.10.24] – 2002.09.08) Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Bonifacio ed Alessio in commendum (1998.06.25 – 2002.09.08) Prefect emeritus of Congregation for Bishops (1998.06.25 – 2000.09.16) President emeritus of Pontifical Commission for Latin America (1998.06.25 – 2000.09.16) |
| 2002.09.16 | Venerable Cardinal François Xavier Nguyễn Văn Thuận († 74)
Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria della Scala (2001.02.21 [2001.10.14] – 2002.09.16) Bishop emeritus of Nha Trang (Vietnam) (1967.04.13 – 1975.04.24) President of Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace (1998.06.24 – 2002.09.16) |
| 2002.09.23 | Cardinal John Baptist Wu Cheng-chung (胡振中) († 77)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria del Monte Carmelo a Mostacciano (1988.06.28 – 2002.09.23) Bishop of Hong Kong 香港 (Hong Kong) (1975.04.05 – 2002.09.23) |
| 2003.03.24 | Cardinal Hans Hermann Groër, O.S.B. († 83)
Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Gioacchino ed Anna al Tuscolano (1988.06.28 – 2003.03.24) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Wien (Austria) (1986.07.15 – 1995.09.14) Ordinary emeritus of Austria of the Eastern Rite (Austria) (1986.10.30 – 1995.09.14) |
| 2003.04.06 | Cardinal Gerald Emmett Carter († 91)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Traspontina (1979.06.30 – 2003.04.06) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Toronto (Canada) (1978.04.27 – 1990.03.17) |
| 2003.04.19 | Cardinal Aurelio Sabattani († 90)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine pro hac vice Title (1993.04.05 – 2003.04.19) Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Loreto (Italy) (1965.06.24 – 1971.09.25) President emeritus of Fabric of Saint Peter (1983.02.08 – 1991.07.01) Archpriest emeritus of Papal Basilica of Saint Peter (1983.02.08 – 1991.07.01) Vicar General for the Vatican City State emeritus of Roma (Italy) (1991.01.14 – 1991.07.01) |
| 2003.05.31 | Cardinal Francesco Colasuonno (高樂天) († 78)
Cardinal-Deacon of S. Eugenio (1998.02.21 [1998.11.29] – 2003.05.31) |
| 2003.07.06 | Cardinal Ignacio Antonio Velasco García, S.D.B. († 74)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Domenica Mazzarello (2001.02.21 [2001.05.24] – 2003.07.06) Metropolitan Archbishop of Caracas (Venezuela) (1995.05.27 – 2003.07.06) |
| 2003.08.29 | Cardinal Corrado Ursi († 95)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Callisto (1967.06.29 – 2003.08.29) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Napoli (Italy) (1966.05.23 – 1987.05.09) |
| 2003.09.06 | Cardinal Maurice Michael Otunga († 80)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Gregorio Barbarigo alle Tre Fontane (1973.03.05 – 2003.09.06) Military Ordinary emeritus of Kenya (Kenya) (1986.07.21 – 1997.08.29) |
| 2003.12.11 | Cardinal Paulos Tzadua (Ethiopic Rite) († 82)
Cardinal-Priest of SS. Nome di Maria in Via Latina (1985.05.25 – 2003.12.11) Metropolitan emeritus of Addis Abeba of the Ethiopics (Ethiopia) (1977.02.24 – 1998.09.11) |
| 2004.02.09 | Cardinal Opilio Rossi († 93)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina (1987.06.22 – 2004.02.09) President emeritus of Commission of Cardinals for the Pontifical Shrines of Pompeii, Loreto and Bari (1984 – 1993) |
| 2004.03.13 | Cardinal Franz König († 98)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Eusebio (1958.12.18 – 2004.03.13) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Wien (Austria) (1956.05.10 – 1985.09.16) |
| 2004.05.18 | Cardinal Hyacinthe Thiandoum († 83)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria del Popolo (1976.05.24 – 2004.05.18) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Dakar (Senegal) (1962.02.24 – 2000.06.02) |
| 2004.08.25 | Cardinal Marcelo González Martín († 86)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Agostino (1973.03.05 – 2004.08.25) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Toledo (Spain) (1971.12.03 – 1995.06.23) |
| 2004.10.14 | Cardinal Juan Francisco Fresno Larraín († 90)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Immacolata di Lourdes a Boccea (1985.05.25 – 2004.10.14) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Santiago (Chile) (1983.05.03 – 1990.03.30) |
| 2004.10.24 | Cardinal James Aloysius Hickey († 84)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Madre del Redentore a Tor Bella Monaca (1988.06.28 – 2004.10.24) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Washington (USA) (1980.06.17 – 2000.11.21) |
| 2004.11.02 | Cardinal Gustaaf Joos († 81)
Cardinal-Deacon of S. Pier Damiani ai Monti di S. Paolo (2003.10.21 [2004.02.22] – 2004.11.02) |
| 2004.11.18 | Cardinal Juan Carlos Aramburu († 92)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini (1976.05.24 – 2004.11.18) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Buenos Aires (Argentina) (1975.04.22 – 1990.07.10) |
| Deceased Cardinals | Death | Age by 15 December 2008 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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, 349 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, 225 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, 32 days | 88 years, 276 days | |
| Friedrich Wetter | Germany | 1928 | Alive | 96 years, 282 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, 32 days | 88 years, 276 days | |
| Walter Brandmüller | Germany | 1929 | Alive | 95 years, 328 days | 88 years, 276 days | |
| Michael Michai Kitbunchu | Thailand | 1929 | Alive | 95 years, 308 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, 255 days | 88 years, 276 days | |
| Thomas Stafford Williams | United States | 1930 | Alive | 94 years, 253 days | 88 years, 276 days | |
| Julian Herranz Casado | Spain | 1930 | Alive | 94 years, 242 days | 88 years, 276 days | |
| Paul Poupard | France | 1930 | Alive | 94 years, 90 days | 88 years, 276 days | |
| Salvatore De Giorgi | Italy | 1930 | Alive | 94 years, 83 days | 88 years, 276 days | |
| Janis Pujats | Latvia | 1930 | Alive | 94 years, 14 days | 88 years, 276 days | |
| Camillo Ruini | Italy | 1931 | Alive | 93 years, 283 days | 88 years, 276 days | |
| Sergio Sebastiani | Italy | 1931 | Alive | 93 years, 231 days | 88 years, 276 days | |
| Lucian Mureșan | Romania | 1931 | Alive | 93 years, 189 days | 88 years, 276 days |
| Florian Desprez | France | 1807 | 1895 | 87 years, 292 days | |
| José María Martín de Herrera y de la Iglesia | Spain | ||||
| António Mendes Bello | Portugal | ||||
| Angelo Di Pietro | Italy | 1828 | 1914 | 86 years, 197 days | |
| Antolín Monescillo y Viso | Spain | 1811 | 1897 | 85 years, 343 days | |
| Luigi Serafini | Italy | 1808 | 1894 | 85 years, 240 days | |
| Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano | Italy | 1828 | 1913 | 85 years, 151 days | |
| Louis-Nazaire Bégin | Canada | ||||
| Deceased Cardinals (43) |
|---|
| Cardinal Louis-Henri-Joseph Luçon († 87) |
| Cardinal Andreas Franz Frühwirth, O.P. († 87) |
| Cardinal Pierre-Paulin Andrieu († 85) |
| Deceased Cardinals (35) |
|---|
| Cardinal Federico Cattani Amadori († 86)
Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Aquiro (1935.12.19 – 1943.04.11) Secretary emeritus of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura (1924.02.14 – 1935.12.19) |
| Cardinal Adolf Bertram († 86)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Agnese fuori le mura (1919.12.18 – 1945.07.06) Metropolitan Archbishop of Wrocław (Poland) (1930.08.13 – 1945.07.06) |
| Cardinal Enrico Sibilia († 86)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto (1939.12.11 – 1948.08.04) |
| Deceased Cardinals |
|---|
| Cardinal Dennis Joseph Dougherty († 85)
Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo (1921.03.10 – 1951.05.31) Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia (USA) (1918.05.01 – 1951.05.31) |
| Cardinal Domenico Jorio († 87)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine pro hac vice Title (1946.02.18 – 1954.10.21) Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Sacramental Discipline (1935.12.20 – 1954.10.21) |
| Cardinal Jules-Géraud Saliège († 86)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Pudenziana (1946.05.17 – 1956.11.05) Metropolitan Archbishop of Toulouse (France) (1928.12.17 – 1956.11.05) |
| Cardinal Georges-François-Xavier-Marie Grente († 87 years, 0 days)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Bernardo alle Terme (1953.01.15 – 1959.05.05) Archbishop-Bishop of Le Mans (France) (1943.03 – 1959.05.05) |
| Cardinal Federico Tedeschini († 86)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati (1951.04.28 – 1959.11.02) Datary of His Holiness of Apostolic Dataria (1938.02.25 – 1959.11.02) Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Peter (1939.03.14 – 1959.11.02) |
| Deceased Cardinals (55) |
|---|
| Cardinal Pietro Fumasoni Biondi († 87) (Italy) |
| Cardinal Nicola Canali († 87) (Italy) |
| Cardinal Jozef-Ernest van Roey († 87) (Belgium) |
| Cardinal Pierre-Marie Gerlier († 85) (France) |
| Cardinal Clemente Micara († 85) (Italy) |
| Cardinal Santiago Luis Copello († 87) (Argentina) |
| Cardinal Francesco Bracci († 87) (Italy) |
| Cardinal Augustin Bea, S.J. († 87) (German) |
| Death | Deceased Cardinals |
|---|---|
| 1971.01.20 | Cardinal Antonio Bacci († 85)
Cardinal-Deacon of S. Eugenio (1960.03.31 – 1971.01.20) Secretary emeritus of Secretariat of Briefs to Princes (1931 – 1960.03.28) |
| 1972.02.21 | Cardinal Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Tisserant († 87)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (1951.01.13 – 1972.02.21) Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina (1946.02.18 – 1972.02.21) Grand Master of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (Knights of the Holy Sepulchre) (1960.08.19 – 1972.02.21) |
| 1973.03.08 | Cardinal Benjamin de Arriba y Castro († 86)
Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Vitale, Valeria, Gervasio e Protasio (1953.10.29 – 1973.03.08) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Tarragona (Spain) (1949.01.22 – 1970.11.19) |
| 1973.05.07 | Cardinal Arcadio María Larraona, C.M.F. († 85)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Cuore di Maria (1969.04.28 – 1973.05.07) Superior General emeritus of Congregation of Saint John the Baptist Precursor (1959 – 1973?) |
| 1976.02.26 | Cardinal Efrem Forni († 87)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Croce in Gerusalemme (1962.03.22 – 1976.02.26) |
| 1976.04.02 | Cardinal Carlo Grano († 88)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Marcello (1967.06.29 – 1976.04.02) Head of Protocol emeritus of Secretariat of State (1945 – 1952) |
| 1977.07.16 | Cardinal Francesco Roberti († 88)
Cardinal-Priest of Ss. XII Apostoli (1967.06.26 – 1977.07.16) Prefect emeritus of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura (1959.11.14 – 1969.03.24) |
| 1977.08.02 | Cardinal Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira († 88)
Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Marcellino e Pietro (1929.12.19 – 1977.08.02) Military Vicar emeritus of Portugal (Portugal) (1966 – 1972) |
| 1979.07.06 | Cardinal Antonio María Barbieri, O.F.M. Cap. († 86)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Crisogono (1958.12.18 – 1979.07.06) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Montevideo (Uruguay) (1940.11.20 – 1976.11.17) |
| 1979.08.03 | Cardinal Alfredo Ottaviani († 88)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Domnica pro hac vice Title (1967.06.26 – 1979.08.03) Pro-Prefect emeritus of Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (1965 – 1968.01.06) |
| Date of Death | Deceased Cardinals (49) |
| 1984.08.26 | Cardinal Lawrence Joseph Shehan († 86)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Clemente (1965.02.25 – 1984.08.26) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Baltimore (USA) (1961.12.08 – 1974.03.25) |
| 1987.12.16 | Cardinal Bernardus Johannes Alfrink († 87)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Gioacchino ai Prati di Castello (1960.03.31 – 1987.12.16) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Utrecht (Netherlands) (1955.10.31 – 1975.12.06) Military Vicar emeritus of Netherlands (Netherlands) (1957.04.16 – 1975.12.06) |
| 1988.10.29 | Cardinal Thomas Benjamin Cooray, O.M.I. († 86)
Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo (1965.02.25 – 1988.10.29) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Colombo (Sri Lanka) (1972.05.22 – 1976.09.02) |
| 1988.11.09 | Cardinal Mario Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano († 85)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Battista Decollato pro hac vice Title (1979.06.30 – 1988.11.09) Prefect emeritus of Prefecture of the Apostolic Palaces (1967.04.01 – 1969.04.09) |
| Date of Death | Deceased Cardinals (69) |
| 1991.11.13 | Cardinal Paul-Émile Léger, P.S.S. († 87)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria degli Angeli (1953.01.15 – 1991.11.13) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Montréal (Canada) (1950.03.25 – 1968.04.20) |
| 1992.03.15 | Cardinal Sergio Guerri († 86)
Cardinal-Priest of SS. Nome di Maria al Foro Traiano pro hac vice Title (1979.06.30 – 1992.03.15) Pro-President emeritus of Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State (1969 – 1981.09.26) |
| 1992.07.18 | Cardinal Giuseppe Paupini († 85)
Cardinal-Priest of Ognissanti in Via Appia Nuova pro hac vice Title (1979.06.30 – 1992.07.18) Camerlengo emeritus of College of Cardinals (1987.06.22 – 1988.05.02) |
| 1993.05.24 | Cardinal Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo († 66)
Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora di Guadalupe e S. Filippo Martire (1991.06.28 – 1993.05.24) Metropolitan Archbishop of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1987.05.15 – 1993.05.24) |
| 1993.10.05 | Cardinal Francesco Carpino († 88)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano (1978.01.27 – 1993.10.05) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Palermo (Italy) (1967.06.26 – 1970.10.17) |
| 1994.03.26 | Cardinal Owen McCann († 86)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Prassede (1965.02.25 – 1994.03.26) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cape Town (South Africa) (1951.01.11 – 1984.10.20) |
| 1994.08.19 | Cardinal Antoine Pierre Khoraiche (Maronite Rite) († 86)
Cardinal-Patriarch (1983.02.02 – 1994.08.19) Patriarch emeritus of Antioch of the Maronites (Lebanon) ([1975.02.03] 1975.02.15 – 1986.04.03) |
| 1994.11.28 | Cardinal Vicente Enrique y Tarancón († 87)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Crisostomo a Monte Sacro Alto (1969.04.30 – 1994.11.28) Archbishop emeritus of Madrid (Spain) (1971.12.03 – 1983.04.12) |
| 1995.05.21 | Cardinal Agnelo Rossi († 85)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina–Poggio Mirteto (1984.06.25 – 1995.05.21) President emeritus of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See (1984.04.08 – 1989.12.06) |
| 1996.03.03 | Cardinal John Joseph Krol († 85)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Mercede e S. Adriano a Villa Albani pro hac vice Title (1967.06.29 – 1996.03.03) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Philadelphia (USA) (1961.02.11 – 1988.02.11) |
| 1996.04.23 | Cardinal Mario Luigi Ciappi, O.P. († 86)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Cuore di Gesù agonizzante a Vitinia (1987.06.22 – 1996.04.23) President emeritus of Pontifical Academy of Saint Thomas Aquinas (1979 – 1994) |
| 1997.12.08 | Cardinal Laurean Rugambwa († 85)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Francesco d’Assisi a Ripa Grande (1960.03.31 – 1997.12.08) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania) (1968.12.19 – 1992.07.22) |
| 1998.09.13 | Cardinal Alois Grillmeier, S.J. († 88)
Cardinal-Deacon of S. Nicola in Carcere (1994.11.26 – 1998.09.13) |