List of longest-living cardinals
This article lists the 100 longest known living or deceased Members of the College of Cardinals (born post-1900), and whose ages are documented in reliable sources. Those currently living are in bold on gold. The longest-lived was Portuguese, The longest-lived Cardinal was Italian Corrado Bafile who lived to 101 years, 214 days.
Gallery
Oldest:
Italy
Corrado Bafile
2nd-Oldest ever:
Italy
Loris Francesco Capovilla
3rd-Oldest:
Colombia
José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez
4th-oldest ever:
Angola
Alexandre do Nascimiento
List
ages are up-to-date 09/29/2024
| Currently Living |
| No. | Cardinal | Country | Born | Died | Age at Death |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corrado Bafile | Italy | 1903.07.04 | 2005.02.03 | 101 years, 214 days |
| 2 | Loris Francesco Capovilla | Italy | 1915.10.14 | 2016.05.26 | 100 years, 224 days |
| 3 | José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez | Italy | 1919.02.18 | 2019.09.03 | 100 years, 197 days |
| 4 | Alexandre do Nascimento | Angola | 1925.03.01 | Alive | 99 years, 212 days |
| 5 | Ersilio Tonini | Italy | 1914.07.20 | 2013.07.28 | 99 years, 8 days |
| 6 | Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir | Lebanon | 1920.05.15 | 2019.05.12 | 98 years, 362 days |
| 7 | Paul Augustin Mayer | Germany | 1911.05.23 | 2010.04.30 | 98 years, 342 days |
| 8 | Ignatius Kung Pin-mei | China | 1901.08.02 | 2000.03.12 | 98 years, 223 days |
| Franz König | Austria | 1905.08.03 | 2004.03.13 | ||
| 10 | Jozef Tomko | Slovakia | 1924.03.11 | 2022.08.08 | 98 years 150 days |
| 11 | Estanislao Esteban Karlic | Argentina | 1926.02.07 | Alive | 98 years, 235 days |
| 12 | Fiorenzo Angelini | Italy | 1916.08.01 | 2014.11.22 | 98 years, 113 days |
| 13 | Albert Vanhoye, SJ | France | 1923.07.24 | 2021.07.29 | 98 years, 5 days |
| 14 | Paolo Dezza, S.J. | Italy | 1901.12.13 | 1999.12.17 | 98 years, 4 days |
| 15 | Alexandre José María dos Santos, O.F.M. | Mozambique | 1924.03.18 | 2021.09.29 | 97 years, 195 days |
| 16 | Emmanuel Wamala | Uganda | 1926.12.15 | Alive | 97 years, 289 days |
| 17 | Alfons Maria Stickler | Austria | 1910.08.23 | 2007.12.12 | 97 years, 111 days |
| 18 | Henryk Gulbinowicz | Poland | 1923.10.17 | 2020.11.16 | 97 years, 30 days |
| 19 | Luis Pascual Dri OFM Cap. | Argentina | 1927.04.17 | Alive | 97 years, 165 days |
| 20 | Roger Etchegaray | France | 1922.09.25 | 2019.09.04 | 96 years, 344 days |
| 21 | Johannes Willebrands | Netherlands | 1909.09.04 | 2008.08.02 | 96 years, 331 days |
| 22 | Edward Cassidy | Australia | 1924.07.05 | 2021.04.10 | 96 years, 279 days |
| 23 | Kazimierz Świątek | Belgium | 1914.10.21 | 2011.07.21 | 96 years, 273 days |
| 24 | Júlio Duarte Langa | Mozambique | 1927.10.27 | Alive | 96 years, 338 days |
| 25 | Giovanni Canestri | Italy | 1918.09.30 | 2006.04.29 | 96 years, 211 days |
| 26 | Domenico Bartolucci | Italy | 1917.05.17 | 2013.11.11 | 96 years, 188 days |
| 27 | Adam Kozłowiecki, S.J. | Zambia | 1911.04.01 | 2007.09.28 | 96 years, 180 days |
| 28 | Francisco Álvarez Martínez | Spain | 1925.07.14 | 2022.01.05 | 96 years, 175 days |
| 29 | Mikel Koliqi | Albania | 1900.09.29 | 1997.01.28 | 96 years, 121 days |
| 30 | Friedrich Wetter | Germany | 1928.02.20 | Alive | 96 years, 222 days |
| 31 | Luigi De Magistris | Italy | 1926.02.23 | 2022.02.16 | 95 years 358 days |
| 32 | José Freire Falcão | Brazil | 1925.10.23 | 2021.09.26 | 95 years, 338 days |
| 33 | Achille Silvestrini | Italy | 1923.10.25 | 2019.08.29 | 95 years, 308 days |
| 34 | Ernest Simoni | Albania | 1928.10.18 | Alive | 95 years, 347 days |
| 35 | Agostino Cacciavillan | Italy | 1926.08.14 | 2022.03.05 | 95 years, 204 days |
| 36 | Walter Brandmüller | Germany | 1929.01.05 | Alive | 95 years, 268 days |
| 37 | Michael Michai Kitbunchu | Thailand | 1929.01.25 | Alive | 95 years, 248 days |
| 38 | Paulo Evaristo Arns | Brazil | 1921.09.14 | 2016.12.14 | 95 years, 91 days |
| 39 | Serafim Fernandes de Araújo | Brazil | 1924.08.13 | 2019.10.08 | 95 years, 56 days |
| 40 | Corrado Ursi | Italy | 1908.07.26 | 2003.08.29 | 95 years, 34 days |
| 41 | Jorge Medina | Chile | 1926.12.23 | 2021.10.03 | 94 years, 284 days |
| 42 | Louis-Albert Vachon | Canada | 1912.02.04 | 2006.09.29 | 94 years, 237 days |
| 43 | Egano Righi-Lambertini | Italy | 1906.02.22 | 2000.10.04 | 94 years, 225 days |
| 44 | Angelo Sodano | Italy | 1927.11.23 | 2022.05.27 | 94 years, 205 days |
| 45 | Gilberto Agustoni | Italy | 1922.07.26 | 2017.01.22 | 94 years, 171 days |
| 46 | Eduardo Martínez Somalo | Spain | 1927.03.31 | 2021.08.10 | 94 years, 142 days |
| 47 | Giovanni Cheli | Italy | 1918.10.04 | 2013.02.08 | 94 years 122 days |
| 48 | Adam Maida | United States | 1930.03.18 | Alive | 94 years, 195 days |
| 49 | Julian Herranz Casado | Spain | 1930.03.31 | Alive | 94 years, 182 days |
| 50 | Giuseppe Sensi | Italy | 1907.05.27 | 2001.07.26 | 94 years, 60 days |
| 51 | Marian Jaworski | Poland | 1926.08.21 | 2020.09.05 | 94 years 13 days |
| 52 | Carlo Furno | Italy | 1921.12.02 | 2015.12.09 | 94 years, 7 days |
| 53 | Prosper Grech, O.S.A. | Malta | 1925.12.24 | 2019.12.30 | 94 years, 6 days |
| 54 | Roberto Tucci | Italy | 1921.04.19 | 2015.04.14 | 93 years, 360 days |
| 55 | Georges Cottier OP | Switzerland | 1922.04.25 | 2016.03.31 | 93 years, 341 days |
| 56 | John Carberry | United States | 1904.07.31 | 1998..06.17 | 93 years, 321 days |
| 57 | Paolo Bertoli | Italy | 1908.02.01 | 2001.11.08 | 93 years, 280 days |
| 58 | Paul Poupard | France | 1930.08.30 | Alive | 94 years, 30 days |
| 58 | Opilio Rossi | United States | 1910.05.14 | 2004.02.09 | 93 years, 271 days |
| 60 | Salvatore De Giorgi | Italy | 1930.09.06 | Alive | 94 years, 23 days |
| 61 | Janis Pujats | Latvia | 1930.11.14 | Alive | 93 years, 320 days |
| 62 | José Manuel Estepa Llaurens | Spain | 1926.01.01 | 2019.07.21 | 93 years, 201 days |
| 63 | Jean Margéot | Mauritius | 1916.02.03 | 2009.07.17 | 93 years, 164 days |
| 64 | Simon Pimenta | Italy | 1920.03.01 | 2013.02.19 | 93 years, 140 days |
| 65 | Camillo Ruini | Italy | 1931.02.19 | Alive | 93 years, 223 days |
| 66 | Alfredo Scherer | Brazil | 1903.02.05 | 1996.03.09 | 93 years, 33 days |
| 67 | Antonio Innocenti | Italy | 1915.08.23 | 2008.09.06 | 93 years, 14 days |
| 68 | Lucian Mureșan | Romania | 1931.05.23 | Alive | 93 years, 129 days |
| 69 | Julien Ries | Belgium | 1920.04.19 | 2013.02.23 | 92 years, 310 days |
| 70 | Juan Carlos Aramburu | Argentina | 1912.02.11 | 2004.11.18 | 92 years, 281 days |
| 71 | Sergio Sebastiani | Italy | 1931.04.11 | 2024.01.16 | 92 years, 280 days |
| 72 | Thomas Williams | United States | 1930.03.20 | 2023.12.22 | 93 years, 276 days |
| 73 | Léon-Étienne Duval | Algeria | 1903.11.09 | 1996.05.30 | 92 years, 203 days |
| 74 | Jean Honoré | France | 1920.08.13 | 2013.02.28 | 92 years, 199 days |
| 75 | Joseph Asajirō Satowaki | Japan | 1904.02.01 | 1996.05.08 | 92 years, 189 days |
| 76 | Luigi Poggi | Italy | 1917.11.25 | 2010.05.04 | 92 years, 160 days |
| 77 | José Saraiva Martins C.M.F. | Portugal | 1932.01.06 | Alive | 92 years, 267 days |
| 78 | Joseph Zen Ze-kiun S.D.B. | Portugal | 1932.01.13 | Alive | 92 years, 260 days |
| 79 | Silvano Piovanelli | Italy | 1924.02.21 | 2016.07.09 | 92 years, 139 days |
| 80 | Giuseppe Casoria | Italy | 1908.10.01 | 2001.02.08 | 92 years, 130 days |
| 81 | Miguel Obando Bravo, S.D.B. | Nicaragua | 1926.02.02 | 2018.06.03 | 92 years, 121 days |
| 82 | Gabriel-Marie Garrone | France | 1901.10.12 | 1994.11.15 | 92 years, 95 days |
| 83 | Cahal Brendan Daly | United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) |
1917.10.01 | 2009.12.31 | 92 years, 91 days |
| 84 | Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo | Italy | 1925.08.27 | 2017.11.19 | 92 years, 84 days |
| 85 | José Tomás Sánchez | Philippines | 1920.03.17 | 2012.03.09 | 91 years, 358 days |
| 86 | James Stafford | United States | 1932.07.26 | alive | 92 years, 65 days |
| 87 | Jorge María Mejía | Argentina | 1923.01.31 | 2014.12.09 | 91 years, 312 days |
| 88 | Gaudencio Rosales | Philippines | 1932.08.10 | alive | 92 years, 50 days |
| 89 | Leo Jozef Suenens | Belgium | 1904.07.16 | 1996.05.06 | 91 years, 295 days |
| 90 | Ján Chryzostom Korec, S.J. | Slovakia | 1924.01.22 | 2015.10.24 | 91 years, 275 days |
| 91 | Stanisław Nagy, S.C.I. | Poland | 1921.09.30 | 2013.06.05 | 91 years, 248 days |
| 92 | Eugênio Sales | Brazil | 1920.11.08 | 2012.07.09 | 91 years, 244 days |
| 93 | Sebastian Koto Khoarai | Lesotho | 1929.09.11 | 2021.04.17 | 91 years, 218 days |
| 94 | Pedro Rubiano Sáebz | Colombia | 1932.09.13 | 2024.04.15 | 91 years, 215 days |
| 94 | Francis Arinze | Nigeria | 1932.11.01 | Alive | 91 years, 333 days |
| 96 | Raúl Silva Henríquez SDB | Chile | 1907.09.27 | 1999.0.09 | 91 years, 194 days |
| 97 | Renato Martino | Italy | 1932.11.23 | Alive | 91 years, 311 days |
| 98 | Pietro Pavan | Italy | 1903.08.30 | 1994.12.26 | 91 years, 118 days |
| 99 | Kelvin Felix | Saint Lucia | 1933.02.15 | 2024.05.31 | 91 years, 106 days |
| 100 | Walter Kasper | Germany | 1933.03.05 | Alive | 91 years, 208 days |
| 1xx | Yves Congar, O.P. | France | 1904.04.16 | 1995.06.22 | 91 years, 70 days |
Next to Join
| No. | Cardinal | Country | Born | Died | Age at Death | Entry Date | Age by 12-31-24 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juan Sandoval Íñiguez | Mexico | 1933.03.28 | Alive | 91 years, 185 days | 2024-07-12
Felix |
91 years, 278 days |
| 2 | Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa Isch | Chile | 1933.09.05 | Alive | 91 years, 24 days | 2025-01-01
Pavan |
91 years, 117 days |
| 3 | Raffaele Farina SDB | Italy | 1933.09.24 | Alive | 91 years, 5 days | 2025-04-06
Silva Henríquez |
91 years, 98 days |
| 4 | Giovanni Battista Re | Italy | 1934.01.30 | Alive | 90 years, 243 days | 2025-09-02
Rubiano Sáebz |
90 years, 336 days |
| 5 | Jean-Baptiste Phạm Minh Mẫn | Vietnam | 1934.03.05 | Alive | 90 years, 208 days | 2025-12-07
Khoarai |
90 years, 301 days |
| 6 | Francesco Monterisi | Italy | 1934.05.28 | Alive | 90 years, 124 days | 2026-01-27
Sales |
91 years, 117 days |
| 7 | Raniero Cantalamessa OFM Cap | Italy | 1934.07.22 | Alive | 90 years, 69 days | 2026-03-27
Nagy |
90 years, 162 days |
| 8 | Franc Rodé CM | Slovenia | 1934.09.23 | Alive | 90 years, 6 days | 2026-06-25
Korec |
90 years, 99 days |
| 9 | Luis Héctor Villalba | Argentina | 1934.10.11 | Alive | 89 years, 354 days | 2025-09-02
Rubiano Sáebz |
91 years, 117 days |
| 10 | Adam Maida | United States | 1930.03.18 | Alive | 94 years, 195 days | 2025-12-07
Khoarai |
91 years, 117 days |
| 11 | Julian Herranz Casado | Spain | 1930.03.31 | Alive | 94 years, 182 days | 91 years, 117 days | |
| 12 | Paul Poupard | France | 1930.08.30 | Alive | 94 years, 30 days | 91 years, 117 days | |
| 13 | Salvatore De Giorgi | Italy | 1930.09.06 | Alive | 94 years, 23 days | 91 years, 117 days | |
| 14 | Janis Pujats | Latvia | 1930.11.14 | Alive | 93 years, 320 days | 91 years, 117 days | |
| 15 | Camillo Ruini | Italy | 1931.02.19 | Alive | 93 years, 223 days | 91 years, 117 days | |
| 16 | Lucian Mureșan | Romania | 1931.05.23 | Alive | 93 years, 129 days | 91 years, 117 days | |
| 17 | José Saraiva Martins C.M.F. | Portugal | 1932.01.06 | Alive | 92 years, 267 days | 91 years, 117 days | |
| 18 | Joseph Zen Ze-kiun S.D.B. | Portugal | 1932.01.13 | Alive | 92 years, 260 days | 91 years, 117 days | |
| 19 | James Stafford | United States | 1932.07.26 | alive | 92 years, 65 days | 91 years, 117 days | |
| 20 | Gaudencio Rosales | Philippines | 1932.08.10 | alive | 92 years, 50 days | 91 years, 117 days |
Chronological list of Oldest living members of the College of Cardinals
| Name | Country | Born | Time as 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 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 Pignatelli di 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 aged 97 years, 111 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 aged 99 years, 8 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 | 2021.07.29 | 2022.07.14 aged 98 years, 150 days | |
| Alexandre do Nascimento | Angola | 1925.03.01 | 2022.07.14 | Alive 99 years, 212 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
- Oldest and Longest-lived Cardinals by Country (born post-1800)