List of longest-living cardinals
This article lists the 100 longest known living or deceased Members of the College of Cardinals (born post-1800), and whose ages are documented in reliable sources. Those currently living are in bold on gold. The longest-lived was Portuguese, Dom Jorge da Costa who lived to ages of 101 years 262 days to 102 years, 261 days. The Second longest-lived another Italian Cardinal Corrado Bafile who lived to 101 years, 214 days.
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Corrado Bafile, The Longest Lived-Cardinal with verifiable dates of birth and death
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Loris Franceso Capovilla, The Second Longest-lived Cardinal
José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez, The Third longest-lived cardinal
Alexandre do Nascimiento, the 4th-longest lived cardinal and the longest-lived Angolan Cardinal
| Currently Living |
| Rank | Cardinal | Country | Born | Died | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corrado Bafile | Italy | 1903 | 2005 | 101 years, 214 days |
| 2 | Loris Francesco Capovilla | Italy | 1915 | 2016 | 100 years, 224 days |
| 3 | José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez | Colombia | 1919 | 2019 | 100 years, 197 days |
| 4 | Alexandre do Nascimento | Angola | 1925 | Alive | 99 years, 305 days |
| 5 | Ersilio Tonini | Italy | 1914 | 2013 |
99 years, 8 days |
| 6 | Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir | Lebanon | 1920 |
2019 |
98 years, 362 days |
|
7 |
Paul Augustin Mayer OSA | Germany | 1911 | 2010 | 98 years, 342 days |
| 8 | Estanislao Esteban Karlic | Argentina | 1926 | Alive | 98 years, 328 days |
| 9 | Ignatius Kung Pin-mei | China |
1901 |
2000 | 98 years, 223 days |
| Franz König | Austria | 1905 | 2004 | ||
| 11 | Jozef Tomko | Slovakia | 1924 | 2022 | 98 years 150 days |
| 12 | Fiorenzo Angelini | Italy | 1916 | 2014 | 98 years, 113 days |
| 13 | Emmanuel Wamala | Uganda | 1926 | Alive | 98 years, 16 days |
| 14 | Albert Vanhoye, SJ | France | 1923 | 2021 | 98 years, 5 days |
| 15 | Paolo Dezza, S.J. |
Italy |
1901 | 1999 | 98 years, 4 days |
| 16 | Luis Pascual Dri OFMCap | Argentina | 1927 | Alive | 97 years, 258 days |
| 17 | Alexandre dos Santos, O.F.M. | Mozambique | 1924 | 2021 | 97 years, 195 days |
| 18 | Alfons Maria Stickler SDB | Austria | 1910 | 2007 | 97 years, 111 days |
| 19 | Júlio Duarte Langa | Mozambique | 1927 | Alive | 97 years, 65 days |
| 20 | Henryk Gulbinowicz | Poland | 1923 | 2020 | 97 years, 30 days |
| 21 | Ferdinando Giuseppe Antonelli, O.F.M. | Italy | 1896 | 1993 | 96 years, 363 days |
| 22 | Roger Etchegaray | France | 1922 | 2019 | 96 years, 344 days |
| 23 | Johannes Willebrands | Netherlands | 1909 | 2008 | 96 years, 331 days |
| 24 | Friedrich Wetter | Germany | 1928 | Alive | 96 years, 315 days |
| 25 | Gennaro Pignatelli di Belmonte | Italy | 1851 | 1948 | 96 years, 312 days |
| 26 | Edward Cassidy | Australia | 1924 | 2021 | 96 years, 279 days |
| 27 | Kazimierz Świątek | Belarus | 1914 | 2011 | 96 years, 273 days |
| 28 | José da Costa Nuñes | Portugal | 1880 | 1976 | 96 years, 259 days |
| 29 | Giovanni Canestri | Italy | 1918 | 2006 | 96 years, 211 days |
| 30 | Domenico Bartolucci | Italy | 1917 | 2013 | 96 years, 188 days |
| 31 |
Adam Kozłowiecki, S.J. |
Zambia | 1911 | 2007 | 96 years, 180 days |
| 32 | Francisco Álvarez Martínez | Spain | 1925 | 2022 | 96 years, 175 days |
| 33 | Mikel Koliqi | Albania | 1900 | 1997 | 96 years, 121 days |
| 34 | Ernest Simoni | Albania | 1928 | Alive |
96 years, 74 days |
| 35 | Francesco Morano | Italy | 1872 | 1968 | 96 years, 34 days |
| 36 | Walter Brandmüller | Germany | 1929 | Alive | 95 years, 361 days |
| 37 | Luigi De Magistris | Italy | 1926 | 2022 | 95 years 358 days |
| 38 | Michael Michai Kitbunchu | Thailand | 1929 | Alive | 95 years, 341 days |
| 39 | José Freire Falcão | Brazil | 1925 | 2021 | 95 years, 338 days |
| 40 | Pietro Parente | Italy | 1891 | 1986 | 95 years, 316 days |
| 41 | Achille Silvestrini | Italy | 1923 | 2019 | 95 years, 308 days |
| 42 | Agostino Cacciavillan | Italy | 1926 | 2022 | 95 years, 204 days |
| 43 | Henri de Lubac S.J. | France | 1896 | 1991 | 95 years, 196 days |
| 44 | Paulo Evaristo Arns | Brazil | 1921 | 2016 | 95 years, 91 days |
| 45 | Serafim Fernandes de Araújo | Brazil | 1924 | 2019 | 95 years, 56 days |
|
46 |
Alberto Di Jorio | Italy | 1884 | 1979 | 95 years, 49 days |
| 47 | Corrado Ursi | Italy | 1908 | 2003 | 95 years, 34 days |
| 48 | Adam Maida | United States | 1930 | Alive | 94 years, 288 days |
| 49 | Jorge Medina Estévez | Chile | 1926 | 2021 | 94 years, 284 days |
| 50 | Julijans Vaivods | Latvia | 1895 | 1990 | 94 years, 279 days |
| 51 | Julian Herranz Casado | Spain | 1930 | Alive | 94 years, 275 days |
| 52 | Carlos María de la Torre | Ecuador | 1873 | 1968 | 94 years, 259 days |
| 53 | Louis-Albert Vachon | Canada | 1912 | 2006 | 94 years, 237 days |
| 54 | Egano Righi-Lambertini | Italy | 1906 | 2000 | 94 years, 225 days |
| 55 | Angelo Sodano | Italy | 1927 | 2022 | 94 years, 205 days |
| 56 | Gilberto Agustoni | Italy | 1922 | 2017 | 94 years, 171 days |
| 57 | Eduardo Martínez Somalo | Spain | 1927 | 2021 | 94 years, 142 days |
| 58 | Paul Poupard | France | 1930 | Alive | 94 years, 123 days |
| 59 | Giovanni Cheli | Italy | 1918 | 2013 | 94 years 122 days |
| 60 | Salvatore De Giorgi | Italy | 1930 | Alive | 94 years, 116 days |
| 61 | Giuseppe Sensi | Italy | 1907 | 2001 | 94 years, 60 days |
| 62 | Janis Pujats |
Latvia |
1930 | Alive | 94 years, 47 days |
| 63 | Marian Jaworski | Poland | 1926 | 2020 | 94 years 13 days |
| 64 | Carlo Furno | Italy | 1921 | 2015 | 94 years, 7 days |
| 65 | Prosper Grech, O.S.A. | Malta | 1925 | 2019 | 94 years, 6 days |
| 66 | Roberto Tucci | Italy | 1921 | 2015 | 93 years, 360 days |
| 67 | Georges Cottier |
Switzerland |
1922 | 2016 | 93 years, 341 days |
| 68 | John Carberry | United States | 1904 | 1998 | 93 years, 321 days |
| 69 | Camillo Ruini | Italy | 1931 | Alive | 93 years, 316 days |
| 70 | Paolo Bertoli | Italy | 1908 | 2001 | 93 years, 280 days |
| 71 | Thomas Williams | United States | 1930 | 2023 | 93 years. 276 days |
| 72 | Opilio Rossi | United States | 1910 | 2004 | 93 years, 271 days |
| 73 | Lucian Mureșan | Romania | 1931 | Alive | 93 years, 222 days |
| 74 | Vincenzo Vannutelli | Italy | 1836 | 1930 | 93 years, 216 days |
| 75 | José Manuel Estepa Llaurens | Spain | 1926 | 2019 | 93 years, 201 days |
| 76 | Jean Margéot | Mauritius | 1916 | 2009 | 93 years, 164 days |
| 77 | Teodolfo Mertel | Italy | 1806 | 1899 | 93 years, 152 days |
| 78 | Simon Pimenta | Italy | 1920 | 2013 | 93 years, 140 days |
| 79 | František Tomášek | Czech Republic | 1899 | 1992 | 93 years, 35 days |
| 80 | Alfredo Scherer | Brazil | 1903 | 1996 | 93 years, 33 days |
| 81 | James Francis McIntyre | United States | 1886 | 1979 | 93 years, 21 days |
| 82 | Giuseppe Pizzardo | Italy | 1877 | 1970 | 93 years, 19 days |
| 83 | Antonio Innocenti | Italy | 1915 | 2008 |
93 years, 14 days |
| 84 | Carlo Confalonieri | Italy | 1893 | 1986 | 93 years, 7 days |
| 85 | Alessandro Verde | Italy | 1865 | 1958 | 93 years, 2 days |
| 86 | José Saraiva Martins, C.M.F. | Portugal | 1932 | Alive | 92 years, 360 days |
| 87 | Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, S.D.B. | China | 1932 | Alive | 92 years, 353 days |
| 88 | Julien Ries | Belgium | 1920 | 2013 | 92 years, 310 days |
| 89 | Juan Carlos Aramburu | Argentina | 1912 | 2004 | 92 years, 281 days |
|
90 |
Sergio Sebastiani | Italy | 1931 | 2023 | 92 years, 280 days |
| 91 | Paolo Giobbe | Italy | 1880 | 1972 | 92 years, 217 days |
| 92 | Josyf Slipyj | Ukraine | 1892 | 1984 | 92 years, 203 days |
| Léon-Étienne Duval | Algeria | 1903 | 1996 | ||
| 94 | Jean-Marcel Honoré | France | 1920 | 2013 | 92 years, 199 days |
| 95 | Joseph Asajiro Satowaki | Japan | 1904 | 1996 | 92 years, 189 days |
| 96 | Luigi Poggi | Italy | 1917 | 2010 | 92 years, 160 days |
| 98 | James Stafford | United States | 1932 | Alive | 92 years, 158 days |
| 99 | Gaudencio Rosales | Philippinees | 1932 | Alive | 92 years, 143 days |
| 100 | Silvano Piovanelli | Italy | 1924 | 2016 | 92 years, 139 days |
Next to Join
| Up-to-date 09/27/2024 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Cardinal | Country | Born | Died | Age | Date of Entry
After |
| 1 | Francis Arinze | Nigeria | 1932 | Alive | 91 years, 331 days | 2025-03-16 Maurice Feltin |
| 2 | Renato Martino | Italy | 1932 | Alive | 91 years, 309 days | 2025-04-11 Silvano Piovanelli |
| 3 | Kelvin Edward Felix | Saint Lucia | 1933 | Alive | 91 years, 225 days | 2025-08-04 Maurice Feltin |
| 4 | Walter Kasper | Germany | 1933 | Alive | 91 years, 206 days | 2025-09-08 Luigi Poggi |
| 5 | Juan Sandoval Íñiguez | Mexxico | 1933 | Alive | 91 years, 183 days | 2025-10-13 Joseph Asajiro Satowaki |
| 6 | Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa, Isch | Chile | 1933 | Alive | 91 years, 22 days | 2026-03-27 Josyf Slipyj Léon-Étienne Duval |
| 7 | Raffaele Farina, S.D.B. | Italy | 1933 | Alive | 91 years, 3 days | 2026-04-29 Josyf Slipyj Léon-Étienne Duval (tied age) |
| 8 | Giovanni Battista Re | Italy | 1934 | Alive | 90 years, 241 days | 2026-08-25 Josyf Slipyj Léon-Étienne Duval (tied age) |
| 9 | Jean-Baptiste Phạm Minh Mẫn | Vietnam | 1934 | Alive | 90 years, 206 days | 2026-10-08 Paolo Giobbe |
| 10 | Francesco Monterisi | Italy | 1934 | Alive | 90 years, 122 days | 2027-03-27 Sergio Sebastiani |
Chronological list of Oldest living members of the College of Cardinals
| Name | Country | Born | Became oldest | Ceased to be Oldest | Death and age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Henry Newman | U.K. England |
1801-02-21 | ?? | 1890-08-11 89 years, 171 days | |
| Teodolfo Mertel |
Italy |
1806.02.06 | 1899.08.11 | 1899.07.11 aged 93 years, 152 days | |
| Luigi Di Canossa | Italy | 04/20/1809 | 1899.07.11 | 1900.03.12 aged 90 years, 358 days | |
| Michelangelo Celesia | Italy | 1814.01.13 | 1900.03.12 -1904.04.14 314 days |
1904.04.14 aged 90 years, 92 days | |
| François-Marie-Benjamin Richard | France | 1819.03.01 | 1904.04.14 | 1904.01.27 aged 88 years, 332 days | |
| Anton Josef Gruscha | Italy | 1820.11.03 | 1908.12.27 | 1911.08.05 aged 90 years, 275 daya | |
| Alfonso Capecelatro | Italy | 1824.02.05 | 1911.08.05 | 1912.11.14 aged 88 years, 283 days | |
| Angelo di Pierto | Italy | 1828.05.22 | 1912.11.14 | 1914.12.05 aged 86 years, 197 days | |
| François de Cabrières | France | 1830.08.30 | 1914.12.05 | 1921.12.21 aged 91 years, 113 days | |
| Giuseppe Prisco | Italy | 1833.09.08 | 1921.12.21 | 1923.02.04 aged 89 years, 149 days | |
| Vincenzo Vannutelli | Italy | 1836.12.05 | 1923.02.04 | 1930.07.09 aged 93 years, 216 days | |
| Andreas Frühwirth | Austria | 1845.08.21 | 1930.07.09 | 1933.02.09 aged 87 years, 172 days | |
| Franz Ehrle | Germany | 1845.10.17 | 1933.02.09 | 1934.03.31 aged 88 years, 165 days | |
| Pierre Andrieu | France | 1849.12.07 | 1934.03.31 | 1935.02.15 aged 85 years, 70 days | |
| Gennaro Granito out Belmonte | Italy | 1851.04.10 | 1935.02.15 | 1948.02.16 aged 96 years, 312 days | |
| Enrico Sibilia | Italy | 1861.03.17 | 1948.02.16 | 1948.08.04 aged 87 years, 140 days | |
| Alessandro Verde | Italy | 1865.03.27 | 1948.08.04 | 1958.03.29 aged 93 years, 2 days | |
| Jose Maria Caro | Chile | 1866.06.23 | 1958.03.29 | 1958.12.04 aged 92 years, 164 days | |
| Georges Grente | France | 1872.05.05 | 1958.12.04 | 1959.05.05 aged 87 years, 0 days | |
| Elia dala Costa | Italy | 1872.05.14 | 1959.05.05 | 1961.12.22 aged 89 years, 222 days | |
| Francesco Morano | Italy | 1872.06.08 | 1961.12.22 | 1968.07.12 aged 96 years, 34 days | |
| Carlos María de la Torre | Ecuador | 1873.11.15 | 1968.07.12 | 1968.07.31
aged 94 years, 259 days | |
| Augusto da Silva | Brazil | 1876.04.08 | 1968.07.31 | 1968.08.14 aged 92 years, 128 days | |
| Giuseppe Pizzardo | Italy | 1877.07.13 | 1968.08.14 | 1970.08.01 aged 93 years, 19 days | |
| Benedetto Aloisi Masella | Italy | 1879.06.29 | 1970.08.01 | 1970.09.30 aged 91 years, 93 days | |
| Paolo Giobbe | Italy | 1880.01.10 | 1970.09.30 | 1970.09.30 aged 92 years, 217 days | |
| José da Costa Nunes | Portugal | 1880.03.15 | 1972.08.14 | 1976.11.29
aged 96 years, 259 days | |
| Alberto di Jorio | Italy | 1884.07.18 | 1976.11.29 | 1979.09.05 aged 95 years, 49 days | |
| Antonio Caggiano | Argentina | 1889.01.30 | 1979.09.05 | 1979.10.23 aged 90 years, 266 days | |
| Carlos Carmelo Vasconcellos Motta | Brazil | 1890.07.16 | 1979.10.23 | 1982.09.18 aged 92 years, 64 days | |
| Pietro Parente | Italy | 1891.02.16 | 1982.09.18 | 1986.12.29 aged 95 years, 356 days | |
| Julijans Vaivods | Latvia | 1895.08.08 | 1986.12.29 | 1990.05.24 aged 94 years, 279 days | |
| Henri de Lubac | France | 1896.02.20 | 1990.05.24 | 1991.09.04 aged 95 years, 196 days | |
| Ferdinando Giuseppe Antonelli | Italy | 1896.07.14 | 1991.09.04 | 1993.07.12 aged 95 years, 196 days | |
| Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei | China | 1901.01.01 | 1993.07.12 | 1994.11.26 | 2000.03.12 aged 98 years, 223 days |
| Mikel Koliqi | Albania | 1900.09.29 | 1994.11.26 | 1997.01.28 aged 96 years, 121 days | |
| Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei | China | 1901.08.02 | 1997.01.28 | 2000.03.12 aged 98 years, 223 days | |
| Corrado Bafile | Italy | 1903.07.04 | 2000.03.12 | 2005.02.03 aged 101 years, 214 days | |
| Johannes Willebrands | Natherlands | 1909.09.04 | 2005.03.02 | 2008.08.01 aged 96 years, 331 days | |
| Alfons Maria Stickler | Austria | 1910.08.23 | 2006.08.01 | 2007.12.12 (1 year, 133 days) | |
| Paul Augustin Mayer | Germany | 1911.05.23 | 2007.12.12 | 2010.04.30 aged 98 years, 312 days | |
| Ersilio Tonini | Italy | 1914.07.20 | 2010.04.30 | 2013.07.28 | 2013.07.28 (3 years, 89 days) |
| Fiorenzo Angelini | Italy | 1916.01.08 | 2013.07.28 | 2014.02.22 | 2014.11.22 aged 98 years, 113 days |
| Loris Francesco Capovilla | Italy | 1915.10.14 | 2014.02.22 | 2016.05.26 aged 100 years, 224 days | |
| José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez | Colombia | 1919.02.18 | 2016.05.26 | 2019.09.03 aged 100 years, 197 days | |
| Roger Etchegaray | France | 1922.09.05 | 2019.09.03 | 2019.09.04 aged 96 years, 344 days | |
| Albert Vanhoye | France | 1923.07.24 | 2019.09.04 | 2021.07.29 aged 98 years, 5 days | |
| Jozef Tomko | Slovakia | 1924.03.11 | 29 July 2021 | 2022.07.14 aged 98 years, 150 days | |
| Alexandre do Nascimento | Angola | born 1925.03.01 | 8 August 2022 | Alive 99 years, 210 days | |
See Also
- List of Cardinals by Age (current)
- Cardinals by Death Date (who died at least 85 years old)
- Lists of Cardinals by death date
- List of current cardinals
- Hypothetical List of longest-living Cardinals
- List of longest-living state leaders
- Past longest-living cardinals
- List of Piston Cup Racing Series Champions