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 Cardinal born after 1 January 1922 who died beginning 1 January 1990 is still alive today. also including Cardinals who died prior to 1 January 1890.
List
Rank | Cardinal | Country | Born | Died | Age | Actual date date and age |
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1 | Umberto Betti | Italy | 1922.03.07 | Alive | 102 years, 206 days | 2009.04.01 87 years, 25 days |
2 | Virgilio Noè | Italy | 1922.03.30 | Alive | 102 years, 183 days | 2011.07.24 89 years, 116 days |
3 | Dino Monduzzi | Italy | 1922.04.02 | Alive | 102 years, 180 days | 2006.10.13 84 years, 194 days |
4 | Georges Cottier OP | Switzerland | 1922.04.25 | Alive | 102 years, 160 days | 2016.03.31
93 years, 341 days |
5 | Bernardin Gantin | Benin | 1922.05.08 | Alive | 102 years, 144 days | 2008.05.13 86 years, 5 days |
Stephen Kim Sou-hwan | South Korea | 2009.02.06 86 years, 284 days | ||||
7 | Pio Lahghi | Italy | 1922.05.21 | Alive | 102 years, 131 days | 2009.01.10 86 years, 234 days |
8 | Alberto Bovone | Italy | 1922.06.11 | Alive | 102 years, 110 days | 1998.04.17 75 years, 310 days |
9 | Gilberto Agustoni | Italy | 1922.07.26 | Alive | 102 years, 65 days | 2017.01.22 94 years, 171 days |
10 | Lorenzo Antonetti | Italy | 1922.03.31 | Alive | 102 years, 60 days | 2016.03.31 90 years, 253 days |
11 | Thomas Winning | United States | 1922.06.03 | Alive | 102 years, 118 days | 2001.06.17 79 years, 14 days |
12 | Luis Aponte Martínez | Puerto Rico | 1922.08.04 | Alive | 102 years, 56 days | 2012.04.10 89 years, 250 days |
13 | Rosalio José Castillo Lara | Venezuela | 1922.09.04 | Alive | 102 years, 25 days | 2007.08.16 84 years, 342 days |
14 | Roger Etchegaray | France | 1922.09.25 | Alive | 102 years, 4 days | 2019.09.04 96 years, 344 days |
1-15 | Jorge da Costa | Portugal | 1406 | 1508.09.18 | 101 years, 262 days to 102 years, 261 days | |
16 | Corrado Bafile | Italy | 1903.07.04 | 2005.02.03 | 101 years, 214 days | |
17 | Jorge María Mejía | Argentina | 1923.01.31 | Alive | 101 years, 242 days | 2014.12.09
91 years, 312 days |
17-18 | Maurice Michael Otunga | Kenya | 1923.01 | Alive | 101 years, 242 days to 101 years, 272 days | 2003.09.06 80 years, 218 days to 80 years, 248 days |
19 | George Basil Hume | England | 1923.03.02 | Alive | 101 years, 211 days | 1999.06.17 76 years, 107 days |
20 | Albert Decourtray | France | 1923.04.09 | Alive | 101 years, 173 days | 1994.09.16 71 years, 160 days |
21 | Luigi Ciacchi | Italy | 1765.08.16 | 1865.12.17 | 100 years, 123 days | |
22 | Anthony Bevilacqua | United States | 1923.06.17 | Alive | 101 years, 104 days | 2012.01.31 88 years, 228 days |
23 | Gustaaf Joos | Belgium | 1923.07.05 | Alive | 101 years, 86 days | 2004.11.02 81 years, 120 days |
24 | Albert Vanhoye, SJ | France | 1923.07.24 | Alive | 101 years, 67 days | 2021.07.29 98 years, 5 days |
25 | Antonio Quarracino | Argentina | 1923.08.08 | Alive | 101 years, 52 days | 1998.02.28 74 years, 204 days |
26 | Henryk Gulbinowicz | Poland | 1923.10.17 | Alive | 100 years, 348 days | 2020.11.16 97 years, 30 days |
27 | Achille Silvestrini | Italy | 1923.10.25 | Alive | 100 years, 340 days | 2019.08.29 95 years, 308 days |
28 | Tomás Ó Fiaich | Northern Ireland | 1923.11.03 | Alive | 100 years, 331 days | 1990.05.08 66 years, 183 days |
29 | Loris Francesco Capovilla | Italy | 1915.10.14 | 2016.05.26 | 100 years, 224 days | |
30 | Paul Shan Kuo-hsi | South Korea | 1923.12.02 | Alive | 100 years, 300 days | 2012.08.22
88 years, 263 days |
31 | Pio Taofinu’u | Samoa | 1923.12.08 | Alive | 100 years, 296 days | 2006.01.19 82 years, 42 days |
32 | José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez | Italy | 1919.02.18 | 2019.09.03 | 100 years, 197 days | |
33 | Edward Clancy | Australia | 1923.12.13 | Alive | 100 years, 291 days | 2014.08.03 90 years, 233 days |
34 | Ján Chryzostom Korec, S.J. | Slovakia | 1924.01.22 | Alive | 100 years, 251 days | 2015.10.24 91 years, 275 days |
35 | Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy | India | 1924.02.05 | Alive | 100 years, 237 days | 2014.06.02 90 years, 117 days |
36 | Silvano Piovanelli | Italy | 1924.02.21 | Alive | 100 years, 221 days | 2016.07.09 92 years, 139 days |
37 | Andrzej Maria Deskur | Poland | 1924.02.29 | Alive | 100 years, 213 days | 2011.09.03 87 years, 187 days |
38 | Jozef Tomko | Slovakia | 1924.03.11 | Alive | 100 years, 202 days | 2022.08.08 98 years 150 days |
39 | Alexandre José María dos Santos, O.F.M. | Mozambique | 1924.03.18 | Alive | 100 years, 195 days | 2021.09.29 97 years, 195 days |
40 | Edward Cassidy | Australia | 1924.07.05 | Alive | 100 years, 86 days | 2021.04.10
96 years, 279 days |
41 | Serafim Fernandes de Araújo | Brazil | 1924.08.13 | Alive | 100 years, 78 days | 2019.10.08 95 years, 56 days |
42 | Aloísio Lorscheider | Brazil | 1924.10.08 | Alive | 99 years, 357 days | |
43 | Giovanni Saldarini | Italy | 1924.12.11 | Alive | 99 years, 293 days | 2011.04.18 86 years, 128 days |
44 | Francesco Colasuonno | Italy | 1925.01.02 | Alive | 99 years, 271 days | 2003.05.31 78 years, 89 days |
45 | Alexandre do Nascimento | Angola | 1925.03.01 | Alive | 99 years, 212 days | Still living
(current oldest living Cardinal) |
46 | John Baptist Wu Cheng-chung | Hong Kong | 1925.03.26 | Alive | 99 years, 187 days | 2002.09.23 77 years, 181 days |
47 | Ersilio Tonini | Italy | 1914.07.20 | 2013.07.28 | 99 years, 8 days | |
48 | Marco Cé | Italy | 1925.07.08 | Alive | 99 years, 84 days | 2014.05.12 88 years, 308 days |
49 | Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir | Lebanon | 1920.05.15 | 2019.05.12 | 98 years, 362 days | |
50 | Francisco Álvarez Martínez | Spain | 1925.07.14 | Alive | 99 years, 77 days | 2022.01.05 96 years, 175 days |
51 | Paul Augustin Mayer | Germany | 1911.05.23 | 2010.04.30 | 98 years, 342 days | |
52 | Armand Razafindratandra | India | 1925.08.07 | Alive | 99 years, 53 days | 2010.01.09 84 years, 155 days |
53 | Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo | Italy | 1925.08.27 | Alive | 99 years, 33 days | 2017.11.19 92 years, 84 days |
54 | Lucas Moreira Neves | Brazil | 1925.09.16 | Alive | 99 years, 13 days | 2002.09.08 76 years, 357 days |
55 | Galeazzo Marescotti | Italy | 1627.10.01 | 1726.07.03 | 98 years, 275 days | |
56 | Jean-Baptist de Belloy | France | 1709.10.09 | 1808.06.10 | 98 years, 245 days | |
57 | José Freire Falcão | Brazil | 1925.10.23 | Alive | 98 years, 342 days | 2021.09.26 95 years, 338 days |
58 | Giovanni Coppa | Italy | 1925.11.09 | Alive | 98 years, 325 days | 2016.05.15 90 years, 189 days |
59 | Ignatius Kung Pin-mei | China | 1901.08.02 | 2000.03.12 | 98 years, 223 days | |
Franz König | Austria | 1905.08.03 | 2004.03.13 | |||
61 | Prosper Grech, O.S.A. | Malta | 1925.12.24 | Alive | 98 years, 280 days | 2019.12.30 94 years, 6 days |
62 | José Manuel Estepa Llaurens | Spain | 1926.01.01 | Alive | 98 years, 272 days | 2019.07.21 93 years, 201 days |
63 | Johannes Joachim Degenhardt | Italy | 1926.01.31 | Alive | 98 years, 242 days | 2002.07.25 76 years, 175 days |
64 | Estanislao Esteban Karlic | Argentina | 1926.02.07 | Alive | 98 years, 235 days | Actual age |
65 | Luigi De Magistris | Italy | 1926.02.23 | Alive | 98 years, 219 days | 2022.02.16 95 years 358 days |
66 | Bernard Agré | Coté d'Ivoire | 1926.03.02 | Alive | 98 years, 211 days | 2016.06.09 88 years, 99 days |
67 | Desmond Connell | Ireland | 1926.03.24 | Alive | 98 years, 189 days | 2017.02.21<68>90 years, 334 days |
68 | Fiorenzo Angelini | Italy | 1916.08.01 | 2014.11.22 | 98 years, 113 days | |
69 | Agostino Cacciavillan | Italy | 1926.08.14 | Alive | 98 years, 46 days | 2022.03.05 95 years, 204 days |
70 | Marian Jaworski | Poland | 1926.08.21 | Alive | 98 years, 39 days | 2020.09.05 94 years 13 days |
71 | Jean-Marie Lustiger | France | 1926.09.17 | Alive | 98 years, 12 days | 2006.08.05 87 years, 84 days |
72 | Ricardo María Carles Gordó | Spain | 1926.09.24 | Alive | 98 years, 5 days | 2013.12.17 87 years, 84 days |
73 | Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo | Mexico | 1926.11.10 | Alive | 97 years, 324 days | 1993.05.24 66 years, 195 days |
74 | William Wakefield Baum | United States | 1926.11.21 | Alive | 97 years, 313 days | 2015.07.23 88 years, 183 days |
75 | Emmanuel Wamala | Uganda | 1926.12.15 | Alive | 97 years, 288 days | Actual age (living) |
76 | Jorge Medina | Chile | 1926.12.23 | Alive | 97 years, 281 days | 2021.10.03
94 years, 284 days |
77 | Adolfo Antonio Suárez Rivera | Mexico | 1927.01.09 | Alive | 97 years, 264 days | 1998.12.07 71 years, 322 days |
78 | Carlos Oviedo Cavada | Chile | 1927.01.19 | Alive | 97 years, 254 days | 2008.03.22 81 years, 73 days |
79 | Paolo Dezza, S.J. | Italy | 1901.12.13 | 1999.12.17 | 98 years, 4 days | |
80 | Carlo Maria Martini | Italy | 1927.02.15 | Alive | 97 years, 227 days | 2012.08.31 85 years, 198 days |
81 | Alfons Maria Stickler | Austria | 1910.08.23 | 2007.12.12 | 97 years, 111 days | |
82 | Eduardo Martínez Somalo | Spain | 1927.03.31 | Alive | 97 years, 182 days | 2021.08.10
94 years, 142 days |
83 | Luis Pascual Dri OFM Cap. | Argentina | 1927.04.17 | Alive | 97 years, 165 days | Living |
84 | László Paskai | Hungary | 1927.05.08 | Alive | 97 years, 144 days | 2015.08.07 88 years, 91 days |
85 | Franciszek Macharski | Italy | 1927.05.20 | Alive | 97 years, 132 days | 2016.08.02 89 years, 74 days |
86 | Varkey Vithayathil | India | 1927.05.29 | Alive | 97 years, 123 days | 2011.04.01 83 years, 307 days |
87 | Ferdinando Giuseppe Antonelli, O.F.M. | Italy | 1896.07.14 | 1993.07.12 | 96 years, 363 days | |
88 | Johannes Willebrands | Netherlands | 1909.09.04 | 2008.08.02 | 96 years, 331 days | |
89 | Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte | Italy | 1851.04.10 | 1948.02.16 | 96 years, 312 days | |
90 | Edmund Casimir Szoka | United States | 1927.09.14 | Alive | 97 years, 15 days | 2014.08.20 86 years, 340 days |
91 | Kazimierz Świątek | Belgium | 1914.10.21 | 2011.07.21 | 96 years, 273 days | |
92 | Emmanuel III Delly | Iraq | 1927.09.27 | Alive | 97 years, 2 days | 2014.04.08 86 years, 193 days |
93 | José da Costa Nuñes | Portugal | 1880.03.15 | 1976.11.29 | 96 years, 259 days | |
94 | Angelo Sodano | Italy | 1927.11.23 | Alive | 96 years, 311 days | 2022.05.27 94 years, 205 days |
94 | Giovanni Canestri | Italy | 1918.09.30 | 2006.04.29 | 96 years, 211 days | |
95 | Domenico Bartolucci | Italy | 1917.05.17 | 2013.11.11 | 96 years, 188 days | |
96 | Adam Kozłowiecki, S.J. | Zambia | 1911.04.01 | 2007.09.28 | 96 years, 180 days | |
97 | Francesco Carafa di Trajetto | Italy | 1722.04.29 | 1818.09.20 | 96 years, 144 days | |
98 | Mikel Koliqi | Albania | 1900.09.29 | 1997.01.28 | 96 years, 121 days | |
99 | Friedrich Wetter | Germany | 1928.02.28 | Alive | 96 years, 214 days | |
100 | Joseph Louis Bernardin | United States | 1928.04.02 | Alive | 96 years, 180 days | 1996.11.14 68 years, 226 days |
Chronological list of Oldest living members of the College of Cardinals
Name | Country | Born | Time as Oldest |
---|---|---|---|
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) |
Virgilio Noè | Italy | born 30 Mar 1922 aged 102 years, 183 days |
3 September 2019 (aged 96)–
(5 years, 26 days) |