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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|No.||Name||State||Position||Birth || Death|| Age |- |1 |Template:Sortname |Template:Flag |1903 |2005 |101 years, 214 days |- |2 |Template:Sortname |Template:Flag |1915 |2016 |100 years 224 days |- |3 |Template:Sortname |Template:Flag |1919 |2019 | 100 years, 197 days |- bgcolor="gold" | |4 |Template:Sortname |Template:Flag |1925 |Alive |99 years, 269 days |- |5 |Template:Sortname |Template:Flag | 1914 |2013 |99 years, 8 days |- |6 |Template:Sortname |Template:LBN |1920 | 2019 |98 years, 362 days |- |7 |Template:Sortname OSB |Template:DEU |1911 |2010 |98 years 342 days |- | rowspan="2" |8 |Template:Sortname |Template:Flag |1901 |2000 | rowspan="2" |98 years, 223 days |- |Template:Sortname |Template:AUT |1905 |2004 |- |10 |Template:Sortname |Template:Flag |1924 |2022 |98 years 150 days |- |11 |Template:Sortname |Template:Flag |1916 |2014 |98 years, 113 days |- bgcolor="gold" | |12 |Template:Sortname |Template:Flag |1926 |Alive |98 years, 293 days |- |13 |Template:Sortname SJ |Template:Flag |1923 |2021 |98 years 59 days |- |14 |Template:Sortname SJ |Template:ITA |1901 |1999 |98 years, 14 days |- |15 |Template:Sortname, O.F.M. |Template:Flag |1924 |2021 |95 years, 195 days |- bgcolor="gold" | |16 |Template:Sortname |Template:Flag |1926 |Alive |97 years, 346 days |- |17 |Template:Sortname OSB |Template:Flag |1910 |2007 |97 years, 111 days |- |18 |Template:Sortname |Template:Flag |1923 |2020 |97 years 30 days |- bgcolor="gold" | | 19 |Template:Sortname OFMCap |Template:Flag |1927 |Alive |97 years, 222 days |- |20 |Template:Sortname |Template:Flag |1896 |1993 |96 years, 363 days |- |21 |Template:Sortname |Template:Flag |1922 |2019 |96 years 344 days |- |22 |Template:Sortname |Template:Flag |1909 |2008 |96 years, 331 days |- |23 |Template:Sortname | Template:ITA |1851 |1948 |96 years, 312 days |- |24 |Template:Sortname |Template:Flag |1924 |2021 |96 years 279 days |- |25 |Template:Sortname |Template:Flag |1914 |2011 |96 years 273 days |- |26 |Template:Sortname |Template:Flag |1880 |1976 |96 years, 259 days |- |27 |Template:Sortname |Template:Flag |1918 |2015 |96 years, 211 days |- |28 |Template:Sortname |Template:Flag |1917 |2013 |96 years, 188 days |- |29 |Template:Sortname SJ |Template:Flag |1911 |2007 |96 years, 180 days |- bgcolor="gold" | |30 |Template:Sortname |Template:Flag |1927 | Alive |97 years, 29 days |- |31 |Template:Sortname |Template:Flag |1925 |2022 |96 years, 175 days |- |32 |Template:Sortname |Template:Flag |1900 |1997 |96 years, 121 days |- bgcolor="gold" | |33 |Template:Sortname |Template:Flag |1928 |Alive |96 years, 279 days |- |34 |Template:Sortname |Template:Flag |1872 |1968 |96 years, 34 days |- |35 |Template:Sortname |Template:Flag |1926 |2022 |95 years 358 days |- |36 |Template:Sortname |Template:Flag |1925 |2021 |95 years 338 days |- | 37 |Template:Sortname |Template:Flag |1891 |1986 |95 years, 316 days |- |38 |Template:Sortname |Template:Flag |1923 |2019 |95 years, 310 days |- |39 |Template:Sortname |Template:Flag |1926 |2022 |95 years 204 days |- |40 |Template:Sortname SJ | Template:Flag |1896 |1991 |95 years, 196 days |- bgcolor="gold" | |41 |Template:Sortname |Template:Flag |1928 |Alive |96 years, 38 days |- bgcolor="gold" | |42 |Template:Sortname |Template:Flag |1929 |Alive |95 years, 325 days |- |43 |Template:Sortname |Template:Flag |1921 |2016 |95 years, 91 days |- bgcolor="gold" | |44 |Template:Sortname |Template:Flag |1929 |Alive |95 years, 305 days |- |45 |Template:Sortname | Template:Flag |1924 |2019 |95 years, 56 days |- |46 |Template:Sortname |Template:Flag |1884 |1979 |95 years, 49 days |- |47 |Template:Sortname |Template:Flag |1908 |2003 |95 years, 34 days |- |48 |Template:Sortname |Template:Flag |1926 |2021 |94 years 284 days |- |49 |Template:Sortname |Template:Flag |1895 |1990 |94 years, 279 days |- |50 |Template:Sortname |Template:Flag |1873 |1968 |94 years, 259 days |- |51 |Template:Sortname |Template:Flag |1912 |2006 |94 years, 237 days |- |52 |Template:Sortname |Template:Flag |1906 |2000 |94 years, 225 days |- |53 |Template:Sortname |Template:Flag |1927 |2022 |94 years 205 days |- |54 |Template:Sortname |Template:Flag |1922 |2017 |94 years, 171 days |- |55 |Template:Sortname |Template:Flag |1927 |2021 |94 years 142 days |- |56 |Template:Sortname |Template:Flag |1918 |2013 |94 years 122 days |- |57 |Template:Sortname |Template:Flag |1907 |2001 |94 years, 60 days |- bgcolor="gold" | |58 |Template:Sortname||Template:Flag||1930||Alive |94 years, 252 days |- bgcolor="gold" | |59 |Template:Sortname |Template:Flag | 1930 |Alive |94 years, 239 days |- |60 |Template:Sortname |Template:Flag |1926 |2020 |94 years 13 days |- |61 |Template:Sortname |Template:Flag |1921 |2015 |94 years, 7 days |- |62 |Template:Sortname OSA |Template:Flag |1925 |2019 |94 years, 6 days |- |63 |Template:Sortname |Template:ITA |1921 |2015 |93 years, 360 days |- |64 |Template:Sortname |Template:Flag |1922 |2016 | 93 years, 341 days |- |65 |Template:Sortname |Template:Flag |1904 |1998 |93 years, 321 days |- |66 |Template:Sortname |Template:ITA |1908 |2001 |93 years, 280 days |- |67 |Thomas Stafford William |United States |1930 |Alive |93 years, 277 days |- |68 |Rossi |United States |1910 |2004 |93 years, 271 days |- bgcolor="#fcc" | |69 |Paul Poupard |France |1930 |Alive |94 years, 87 days |- bgcolor="#fcc" | |70 |Salvatore De Giorgi |Italy |1930 |Alive |94 years, 80 days |- |71 |Vicenzo Vannutelli |Italy |1836 |1930 |93 Years, 216 days |- |72 |José Manuel Estepa Llaurens |Spain |1926 |2019 |93 years, 201 days |- |73 |Jean Margéot |Mauritius |1916 |2009 |93 years, 164 days |- bgcolor="#fcc" | |74 |Janis Pujats |Latvia |1930 |Alive |94 years, 11 days |- |75 |Teodolfo Mertel |Italy |1806 |1899 |93 years, 152 days |- bgcolor="#fcc" | |76||Camillo Ruini |Italy |1931 |Alive |93 years, 280 days |- |77 |Simon Pimenta |Italy |1920 |2013 |93 years 140 days |- |78 |František Tomášek |Czech Republic |1899 |11992 |93 years, 35 days |- |79 |Alfredo Scherer |Brazil |1903 |1996 |93 years, 33 days |- |80 |James Francis McIntyre |United States |1886 |1979 |93 years, 21 days |- |81 |Giuseppe Pizzardo |Italy |1877 |1970 |93 years, 19 days |- |82 |Antonio Innocenti |Italy |1915 |2008 |93 years, 14 days |- | 83 |Carlo Confalonieri |Italy |1893 |1986 |93 years, 7 days |- |84 |Alessandro Verde |Italy |1865 |1958 |93 years, 2 days |- bgcolor="#fcc" | |85||Lucian Mureșan||Romania||1931||Alive||93 years, 186 days |- |86 |Julien Ries |Belgium |1920 |2013 |92 years 310 days |- |87 |José María Caro Rodríguez |Chile |1866 |1958 |92 years, 285 days |- |88 |Juan Carlos Aramburu |Argentina |1912 |2004 |92 years, 281 days |- |89 |Sergio Sebasatiani |Italy |1931 |2024 |92 years, 280 days |- |90 |Paolo Giobbe |Italy |1880 |1972 |92 years, 217 days |- | rowspan="2" |91||Josyf Slipyj|| Ukraine} ||1892||1984|| rowspan="2" |92 years, 203 days |- |Léon-Étienne Duval||France||1903||1996 |- |93 |Jean Honoré |France |1928 | 2013 |92 years, 199 days |- |94 |Joseph Asajiro Satowaki |Japan |1904 |1996 |92 years, 189 days |- |95 |Luigi Poggi |Italy |1917 |2010 |92 years, 160 days |- |96 |Silvano Piovanelli |Italy |1924 |2016 |92 years, 139 days |- |97 |Feltin |France |1883 |1975 |92 years, 135 days |- |98 |Giuseppe Casoria |Italy |1908 |2001 |92 years, 130 days |- |99 |Augusto da Silva |Brazil |1876 |1968 |92 years, 128 days |- |100 |Template:Sortname, S.D.B. |Template:Flag |1926 |2018 |92 years, 121 days |- bgcolor="#fcc" | |1xx |José Saraiva Martins |Portugal |1932 |Alive |92 years, 324 days |- bgcolor="#fcc" | |1xx |Joseph Zen | China |1932 |Alive |92 years, 317 days |}
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| Rank | Cardinal | Country | Born | Died | Age | Date of Entry
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| 1 | Francis Arinze | Nigeria | 1932 | Alive | 92 years, 24 days | 2025-03-16 Maurice Feltin |
| 2 | Renato Martino | Italy | 1932 | Alive | 92 years, 2 days | 2025-04-11 Silvano Piovanelli |
| 3 | Kelvin Edward Felix | Saint Lucia | 1933 | Alive | 91 years, 284 days | 2025-08-04 Maurice Feltin |
| 4 | Walter Kasper | Germany | 1933 | Alive | 91 years, 265 days | 2025-09-08 Luigi Poggi |
| 5 | Juan Sandoval Íñiguez | Mexxico | 1933 | Alive | 91 years, 242 days | 2025-10-13 Joseph Asajiro Satowaki |
| 6 | Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa, Isch | Chile | 1933 | Alive | 91 years, 81 days | 2026-03-27 Josyf Slipyj Léon-Étienne Duval |
| 7 | Raffaele Farina, S.D.B. | Italy | 1933 | Alive | 91 years, 62 days | 2026-04-29 Josyf Slipyj Léon-Étienne Duval (tied age) |
| 8 | Giovanni Battista Re | Italy | 1934 | Alive | 90 years, 300 days | 2026-08-25 Josyf Slipyj Léon-Étienne Duval (tied age) |
| 9 | Jean-Baptiste Phạm Minh Mẫn | Vietnam | 1934 | Alive | 90 years, 265 days | 2026-10-08 Paolo Giobbe |
| 10 | Francesco Monterisi | Italy | 1934 | Alive | 90 years, 181 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, 269 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