Hypothetical List of longest-living Cardinals
This article lists the 100 oldest known living or deceased Members of the College of Cardinals (after 1800),, and whose ages are documented in reliable sources. Those currently living are in bold on gold. The longest-lived Cardinal was Corrado Bafile, of Italy who lived to ages of 101 years, 214 days.
If Every Current Living Cardinals are still alive by 2024-12-31.
List
Rank | Cardinal | Country | Born | Died | Age |
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1 | Jorge da Costa | Portugal | 1406 | 1508.09.18 | 101 years, 262 days to 102 years, 261 days |
2 | Corrado Bafile | Italy | 1903.07.04 | 2005.02.03 | 101 years, 214 days |
3 | Loris Francesco Capovilla | Italy | 1915.10.14 | 2016.05.26 | 100 years, 224 days |
4 | José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez | Colombia | 1919.02.18 | 2019.09.03 | 100 years, 197 days |
5 | Luigi Ciacchi | Italy | 1765.08.16 | 1865.12.17 | 100 years, 123 days |
6 | Alexandre do Nascimento | Angola | 1925 | Alive | 99 years, 305 days |
6–7 | Domingo Ram I Lanaja | Spain | 1345 | 1445.04.25 | 99 years, 116 days to 100 years, 115 days |
8 | Ersilio Tonini | Italy | 1914.07.20 | 2013.07.28 | 99 years, 8 days |
9 | Galeazzo Marescotti | Italy | 1627.10.01 | 1726.07.03 | 98 years, 275 days |
10 | Jean-Baptist de Belloy | France | 1709.10.09 | 1808.06.10 | 98 years, 245 days |
11 | Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir | Lebanon | 1920.05.15 | 2019.05.12 | 98 years, 362 days |
12 | Paul Augustin Mayer OSA | Germany | 1911.05.23 | 2010.04.30 | 98 years, 342 days |
'13 | Estanislao Esteban Karlic | Argentina | 1926.02.07 | Alive | 98 years, 328 days |
14 | Ignatius Kung Pin-mei | China | 1901.08.02 | 2000.03.12 | 98 years, 223 days |
Franz König | Austria | 1905.08.03 | 2004.03.13 | ||
16 | Jozef Tomko | Slovakia | 1924.03.11 | 2022.08.08 | 98 years 150 days |
17 | Fiorenzo Angelini | Italy | 1916.08.01 | 2014.11.22 | 98 years, 113 days |
18 | Emmanuel Wamala | Uganda | 1926.12.15 | Alive | 98 years, 16 days |
19 | Albert Vanhoye, SJ | France | 1923.07.24 | 2021.07.29 | 98 years, 5 days |
20 | Paolo Dezza, S.J. | Italy | 1901.12.13 | 1999.12.17 | 98 years, 4 days |
21 | Luis Pascual Dri OFMCap | Argentina | 1927.04.17 | Alive | 97 years, 258 days |
22 | Alexandre dos Santos, O.F.M. | Mozambique | 1924.03.18 | 2021.09.29 | 97 years, 195 days |
23 | Alfons Maria Stickler SDB | Austria | 1910.08.23 | 2007.12.12 | 97 years, 111 days |
24 | Júlio Duarte Langa | Mozambique | 1927.10.27 | Alive | 97 years, 65 days |
25 | Henryk Gulbinowicz | Poland | 1923.10.17 | 2020.11.16 | 97 years, 30 days |
26 | Ferdinando Giuseppe Antonelli, O.F.M. | Italy | 1896.07.14 | 1993.07.12 | 96 years, 363 days |
27 | Roger Etchegaray | France | 1922.09.25 | 2019.09.04 | 96 years, 344 days |
28 | Johannes Willebrands | Netherlands | 1909.09.04 | 2008.08.02 | 96 years, 331 days |
29 | Friedrich Wetter | Germany | 1928 | Alive | 96 years, 315 days |
30 | Gennaro Pignatelli di Belmonte | Italy | 1851.04.10 | 1948.02.16 | 96 years, 312 days |
31 | Edward Cassidy | Australia | 1924.07.05 | 2021.04.10 | 96 years, 279 days |
32 | Kazimierz Świątek | Belarus | 1914.10.21 | 2011.07.21 | 96 years, 273 days |
33 | José da Costa Nuñes | Portugal | 1880.03.15 | 1976.11.29 | 96 years, 259 days |
34 | Giovanni Canestri | Italy | 1918.09.30 | 2006.04.29 | 96 years, 211 days |
35 | Domenico Bartolucci | Italy | 1917.05.17 | 2013.11.11 | 96 years, 188 days |
36 | Adam Kozłowiecki, S.J. | Zambia | 1911.04.01 | 2007.09.28 | 96 years, 180 days |
37 | Francisco Álvarez Martínez | Spain | 1925.07.14 | 2022.01.05 | 96 years, 175 days |
38 | Francesco Carafa di Trajetto | Italy | 1722.04.29 | 1818.09.20 | 96 years, 144 days |
39 | Mikel Koliqi | Albania | 1900.09.29 | 1997.01.28 | 96 years, 121 days |
40 | Ernest Simoni | Albania | 1928.02.20 | Alive | 96 years, 74 days |
41 | Francesco Morano | Italy | 1872.06.08 | 1968.07.12 | 96 years, 34 days |
42 | Walter Brandmüller | Germany | 1929.01.05 | Alive | 95 years, 361 days |
43 | Luigi De Magistris | Italy | 1926.02.23 | 2022.02.16 | 95 years 358 days |
44 | Michael Michai Kitbunchu | Thailand | 1929.01.25 | Alive | 95 years, 341 days |
45 | José Freire Falcão | Brazil | 1925.10.23 | 2021.09.26 | 95 years, 338 days |
46 | Pietro Parente | Italy | 1891.02.16 | 1986.12.29 | 95 years, 316 days |
47 | Achille Silvestrini | Italy | 1923.10.25 | 2019.08.29 | 95 years, 308 days |
48 | Joseph Ratzinger (later Pope Benedict XVI) |
Italy | 1927.04.16 | 2022.12.31 | 95 years, 279 days |
34‐49 | Ugolino dei Conti di Segni (later Pope Gregory IX) |
Italy | 1145 | 1241.08.22 | 95 years, 235 days to 96 years, 234 days |
50 | Agostino Cacciavillan | Italy | 1926.08.14 | 2022.03.05 | 95 years, 204 days |
51 | Henri de Lubac, S.J. | France | 1896.02.20 | 1991.09.04 | 95 years, 196 days |
52 | Pedro Martinez de Luna y Pérez de Gotor (later Antipope Benedict XIII) |
France | 1428.11.28 | 1523.05.23 | 95 years, 176 days |
53 | Paulo Evaristo Arns | Brazil | 1921.09.14 | 2016.12.14 | 95 years, 91 days |
54 | Serafim Fernandes de Araújo | Brazil | 1924.08.13 | 2019.10.08 | 95 years, 56 days |
55 | Alberto Di Jorio | Italy | 1884.07.18 | 1979.09.05 | 95 years, 49 days |
56 | Corrado Ursi | Italy | 1908.07.26 | 2003.08.29 | 95 years, 34 days |
57 | Adam Maida | United States | 1930.03.20 | Alive | 94 years, 288 days |
58 | Jorge Medina Estévez | Chile | 1895.08.18 | 1990.05.24 | 94 years, 284 days |
59 | Julijans Vaivods | Latvia | 1926.12.23 | 2021.10.03 | 94 years, 279 days |
60 | Julian Herranz Casado | Spain | 1930.03.31 | Alive | 94 years, 275 days |
61 | Carlos María de la Torre | Ecuador | 1873.11.15 | 1968.07.31 | 94 years, 259 days |
62 | Louis-Albert Vachon | Canada | 1912.02.04 | 2006.09.29 | 94 years, 237 days |
63 | Egano Righi-Lambertini | Italy | 1906.02.22 | 2000.10.04 | 94 years, 225 days |
64 | Angelo Sodano | Italy | 1927.11.23 | 2022.05.27 | 94 years, 205 days |
65 | Gilberto Agustoni | Italy | 1922.07.26 | 2017.01.22 | 94 years, 171 days |
66 | Eduardo Martínez Somalo | Spain | 1927.03.31 | 2021.08.10 | 94 years, 142 days |
67 | Paul Poupard | France | 1930.08.30 | Alive | 94 years, 123 days |
68 | Giovanni Cheli | Italy | 1918.10.04 | 2013.02.08 | 94 years 122 days |
69 | Salvatore De Giorgi | Italy | 1930.09.06 | Alive | 94 years, 116 days |
70 | Giuseppe Sensi | Italy | 1907.05.27 | 2001.07.26 | 94 years, 60 days |
71 | Janis Pujats | Latvia | 1930.11.14 | Alive | 94 years, 47 days |
72 | Marian Jaworski | Poland | 1926.08.21 | 2020.09.05 | 94 years 13 days |
73 | Carlo Furno | Italy | 1921.12.02 | 2015.12.09 | 94 years, 7 days |
74 | Prosper Grech, O.S.A. | Malta | 1925.12.24 | 2019.12.30 | 94 years, 6 days |
75 | Roberto Tucci | Italy | 1921.04.19 | 2015.04.14 | 93 years, 360 days |
76 | Georges Cottier | Switzerland | 1922.04.25 | 2016.03.31 | 93 years, 341 days |
77 | John Carberry | United States | 1904.07.31 | 1998..06.17 | 93 years, 321 days |
78 | Camillo Ruini | Italy | 1931.02.19 | Alive | 93 years, 316 days |
79 | Paolo Bertoli | Italy | 1908.02.01 | 2001.11.08 | 93 years, 280 days |
80 | Thomas Williams | United States | 1930.03.20 | 2023.12.22 | 93 years. 276 days |
81 | Opilio Rossi | United States | 1910.05.14 | 2004.02.09 | 93 years, 271 days |
82 | Lucian Mureșan | Romania | 1931.05.23 | Alive | 93 years, 222 days |
83 | Vincenzo Vannutelli | Italy | 1836.12.09 | 1930.07.05 | 93 years, 216 days |
84 | José Manuel Estepa Llaurens | Spain | 1926.01.01 | 2019.07.21 | 93 years, 201 days |
85 | Jean Margéot | Mauritius | 1916.02.03 | 2009.07.17 | 93 years, 164 days |
86 | Teodolfo Mertel | Italy | 1806.02.09 | 1899.07.11 | 93 years, 152 days |
87 | Simon Pimenta | Italy | 1920.03.01 | 2013.02.19 | 93 years, 140 days |
88 | František Tomášek | Czech Republic | 1899.06.30 | 1992.08.04 | 93 years, 35 days |
89 | Alfredo Scherer | Brazil | 1903.02.05 | 1996.03.09 | 93 years, 33 days |
90 | James Francis McIntyre | United States | 1886.06.25 | 1979.07.18 | 93 years, 21 days |
91 | Giuseppe Pizzardo | Italy | 1877.07.13 | 1970.08.01 | 93 years, 19 days |
92 | Antonio Innocenti | Italy | 1915.08.23 | 2008.09.06 | 93 years, 14 days |
93 | Carlo Confalonieri | Italy | 1893.07.25 | 1986.08.01 | 93 years, 7 days |
94 | Alessandro Verde | Italy | 1865.03.25 | 1958.03.29 | 93 years, 2 days |
95 | Branda da Castiglione | Italy | 1350.02.04 | 1443.02.03 | 92 years, 364 days |
96 | José Saraiva Martins | Portugal | 1932.01.06 | Alive | 92 years, 360 days |
97 | Joseph Zen | China | 1932.01.13 | Alive | 92 years, 353 days |
98 | Julien Ries | Belgium | 1920 | 2013 | 92 years, 310 days |
99 | Juan Carlos Aramburu | Argentina | 1912 | 2004 | 92 years, 281 days |
100 | Sergio Sebastiani | Italy | 1931 | 2023 | 92 years, 280 days |
Next to Join
Cardinal | Country | Born | Died | Age |
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James Stafford | United States | 1932 | Alive | 92 years, 158 days |
Gaudencio Rosales | Philippines | 1932 | Alive | 92 years, 143 days |
Francis Arinze | Nigeria | 1932 | Alive | 92 years, 60 days |
Renato Martino | Italy | 1932 | Alive | 92 years, 38 days |
Walter Kasper | Gernany | 1933 | Alive | 91 years, 301 days |
Juan Sandoval Íñiguez | Mexico | 1933 | Alive | 91 years, 278 days |
Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa, ISch | Chile | 1933 | Alive | 91 years, 117 days |
Raffaele Farina, SDB | Italy | 1933 | Alive | 91 years, 98 days |
Chronological list of Oldest living members of the College of Cardinals
Name | Country | Born | Time as Oldest |
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John Henry Newman | United Kingdom England |
21 February 1801–11 August 1890 89 years, 171 days |
–11 August 1890 (aged 89) ?? |
Teodolfo Mertel |
Italy |
9 February 1806–11 July 1899 aged 93 years, 152 days |
11 August 1890 (aged 84)–11 July 1899 (aged 93) 8 years, 334 days |
Luigi Di Canossa | 20 April 1809–2 March 1900 aged 90 |
11 July 1899 (aged 89)–2 March 1900 (aged 90) 244 days | |
Michelangelo Celesia | 13 January 1814&ndssh;14 April 1904 aged 90 years, 92 days |
12 March 1900 (aged 86)-14 April 1904 (aged 90) 314 days | |
François-Marie-Benjamin Richard | France | 1 March 1819–27 January 1904 aged 88 years, 332 days |
14 April 1904 (aged 84)–27 January 1908 (aged 88) 3 years, 288 days |
Anton Josef Gruscha | Italy | 3 November 1820–5 August 1911 aged 90 years, 275 daya |
27 January 1908 (aged 87)–5 August 1911 (aged 90) 3 years, 190 days |
Alfonso Capecelatro | 5 February 1824–14 November 1912 aged 88 years, 283 days |
5 August 1911 (aged 87)–14 November 1912 (aged 88) 1 year, 101 days | |
Angelo di Pierto | 22 May 1828–14 November 1912 aged 86 years, 197 days |
14 November 1912 (aged 83)–5 December 1914 (aged 86) 2 years, 21 days | |
François de Cabrières | France | 30 August 1830–21 December 1921 aged 91 years, 113 days |
5 December 1914 (aged 84)–21 December 1921 (aged 91) 7 years, 16 days |
Giuseppe Prisco | Italy | 8 September 1833–4 February 1923 aged 89 years, 149 days |
21 December 1921 (aged 87)–4 February 1923 (aged 89) 1 year, 45 days |
Vincenzo Vannutelli | 5 December 1836–9 July 1930 aged 93 years, 216 days |
4 February 1923 (aged 86)–9 July 1930 (aged 93) 7 years, 155 days | |
Andreas Frühwirth | Austria | 21 August 1845–9 February 1933 aged 87 years, 172 days |
9 July 1930(aged 84)–9 February 1933 (aged 87) 2 years, 215 days |
Franz Ehrle | Germany | 17 October 1845–31 March 1934 aged 88 years, 165 days |
9 February 1933 (aged 87)–31 March 1933 (aged 88) 1 year, 54 days |
Pierre Andrieu | France | 7 December 1849–15 February 1935 aged 85 years, 70 days |
31 March 1934(aged 84)–15 February 1935 (aged 85) 321 days |
Gennaro Granito out Belmonte | Italy | 10 April 1851–16 February 1948 aged 96 years, 312 days |
15 February 1935(aged 83)–16 February 1951(aged 96) 13 years, 1 day |
Enrico Sibilia | 17 March 1861–4 August 1948 aged 87 years, 140 days |
16 February 1948 (aged 86)–4 August 1948 (aged 87) 170 days | |
Alessandro Verde | 27 March 1865–29 March 1958 aged 93 years, 2 days |
4 August 1948 (aged 83)–29 March 1958 (aged 93) 9 years, 237 days | |
Jose Maria Caro | Chile | 23 June 1866–4 December 1958 aged 92 years, 164 days |
29 March 1958 (aged 91)–4 December 1958 (aged 92) 1 year, 250 days |
Georges Grente | France | 5 May 1872–5 May 1959 aged 87 years, 0 days |
4 December 1958 (aged 86)–5 May 1959 (ages 87) 152 days |
Elia dala Costa | Italy | 14 May 1872–22 December 1961 aged 89 years, 222 days |
5 May 1959 (aged 86)–22 December 1961 (aged 89) 2 years, 231 daya |
Francesco Morano | 8 June 1872–12 July 1968 aged 96 years, 34 days |
22 December 1961 (aged 89)–12 July 1968 (aged 96) 6 years, 203 days | |
Carlos María de la Torre | Ecuador | 15 November 1873–31 July 1968 aged 94 years, 259 days |
12 July 1968 (aged 92)–31 July 1968 (aged 92) 19 days |
Augusto da Silva | Brazil | 8 April 1876–14 August 1968 aged 92 years, 128 days |
31 July 1968 (aged 92)–14 August 1968 (aged 92) 14 days |
Giuseppe Pizzardo | Italy | 13 July 1877–1 August 1973 aged 93 years, 19 days |
14 August 1968 (aged 91)–1 August 1973 (aged 93) 1 year, 352 days |
Benedetto Aloisi Masella | 29 June 1879–30 September 1970 aged 91 years, 93 days |
1 August 1970–30 September 1970 60 days | |
Paolo Giobbe | 10 January 1880–30 September 1970 aged 92 years, 217 days |
30 September 1970 (aged 90)–14 August 1972 (aged 92) 1 year, 319 days | |
José da Costa Nunes | Portugal | 15 March 1880–29 November 1976 (4 years, 107 days)
aged 96 years, 259 days |
14 August 1972 (aged 92) –29 November 1976(aged 96) 4 years, 107 days |
Alberto di Jorio | Italy | 18 July 1884–5 September 1979 aged 95 years, 49 days |
29 November 1976-5 September 1979 4 years, 107 days |
Antonio Caggiano | Argentina | 30 January 1889–23 October 1979 aged 90 years, 266 days |
5 September 1979 (aged 90)–23 October 1979 (aged 90) 48 days |
Carlos Carmelo Vasconcellos Motta | Brazil | 16 July 1890–18 September 1982 aged 92 years, 64 days |
23 October 1979 (aged 89)–18 September 1982 (aged 92) 2years, 326 days |
Pietro Parente | Italy | 16 February 1891–29 December 1986 aged 95 years, 356 days |
18 September 1982 (aged 91)–29 December 1986 (aged 95) 4 years, 102 days |
Julijans Vaivods | Latvia | 18 August 1895–24 May 1990 aged 94 years, 279 days |
29 December 1986 (aged 91)–24 May 1990 (aged 95) 3 years, 146 days |
Henri de Lubac | France | 20 February 1896–4 September 1991 aged 95 years, 196 days |
24 May 1990 (aged 94)–4 September 1991(aged 95) 1 year, 103 days |
Ferdinando Giuseppe Antonelli | Italy | 14 July 1896 - 4 September 1991 aged 95 years, 196 days |
4 September 1991–4 September 1991 (1 year, 103 days) |
Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei | China | 2 August 1901–12 March 2000 aged 98 years, 223 days |
4 September 1991–12 March 2000 3 years, 83 days |
Mikel Koliqi | Albania | 29 September 1900–28 January 1997 aged 96 years, 121 days |
26 November 1994–28 January 1997 2 years, 63 days |
Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei | China | 2 August 1901‐12 March 2000 aged 98 years, 223 days |
28 January 1997‐12 March 2000 3 years, 44 days |
Italy | 4 July 1903‐3 February 2005 aged 101 years, 214 days |
12 March 2000‐3 February 2005 (4 years, 328 days) | |
Johannes Willebrands | Natherlands | 4 September 1909‐1 August 2008 aged 96 years, 331 days |
3 February 2005‐1 August 2008 (1 year, 180 days) |
Alfons Maria Stickler | Austria | 23 August 1910‐12 December 2007 (1 year, 133 days) |
1 August 2006‐12 December 2007 97 years, 311 days |
Paul Augustin Mayer | Germany | 23 May 1911‐30 April 2010 aged 98 years, 312 days |
12 December 2007‐30 April 2010 (2 years, 139 days) |
Ersilio Tonini | Italy | 20 July 1914‐28 July 2013 (3 years, 89 days) |
30 April 2010‐28 July 2013 aged 99 years, 8 days |
Fiorenzo Angelini | 1 August 1916‐22 November 2014 aged 98 years, 113 days |
28 July 2013‐22 February 2014 (209 days) | |
Loris Francesco Capovilla | 14 October 1915‐6 May 2016 100 years, 224 days |
22 February 2014‐26 May 2016 (2 years, 94 days) | |
José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez | Colombia | 18 February 1919‐3 September 2019 aged 100 years, 197 days |
26 May 2016‐3 September 2019 (3 years, 100 days) |
Roger Etchegaray | France | 25 September 1922‐4 September 2019 aged 96 years, 344 days |
3 September 2019 (aged 96)–4 September 2019 (aged 96)(1 day) |
Albert Vanhoye | 24 July 1923–29 July 2021 98 years, 5 days |
4 September 2019–29 July 2021 (1 year, 328 days) | |
Jozef Tomko | Slovakia | 11 March 1924–14 July 2022 aged 98 years, 150 days |
29 July 2021 (aged 97)–14 July 2022 (1 year, 10 days) |
Alexandre do Nascimento | Angola | born 1 March 1925 99 years, 214 days |
8 August 2022 (aged 97) 2 years, 40 days |