List of longest-living cardinals
This article lists the 100 longest known living or deceased Members of the College of Cardinals (born non earlier than 1500). Those currently living are in bold on gold. The longest-lived Cardinal was Italian Corrado Bafile (1903-2005) 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
8th-Oldest ever:
Argentina
Estanislao Esteban Karlic
List
| Color | Age Range |
|---|---|
| Living |
| No. | Cardinal | Country | Ecclesiastical Posts Held | Birth | Death | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corrado Bafile |  Italy
|
Deacon of Santa Maria in Portico (1976–1987) Priest of Santa Maria in Portico pro hac vice Title (1987–2005) |
1903 | 2005 | 101 years, 214 days |
| 2 | Loris Francesco Capovilla | Italy
|
Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere (2014–2016) | 1915 | 2016 | 100 years, 224 days |
| 3 | José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez |  Colombia
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Priest of San Giovanni Crisostomo a Monte Sacro Alto (2015–2019) | 1919 | 2019 | 100 years, 197 days |
| 4 | Alexandre do Nascimento |  Angola
|
Priest of San Marco in Agro Laurentino (1983-2024) | 1925 | 2024 | 99 years, 212 days |
| 5 | Angelo Acerbi | Italy
|
Deacon of Santissimi Angeli Custodi a Città Giardino (2024-present) | 1925 | Alive | 100 years, 86 days |
| 6 | Estanislao Esteban Karlic |  Argentina
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Priest of Beata Maria Vergine Addolorata a piazza Buenos Aires (2007-present) | 1926 | Alive | 99 years, 314 days |
| 7 | Ersilio Tonini | Italy
|
Priest of Santi Redentore a Valmelaina (1994–2013) | 1914 | 2013 | 99 years, 8 days |
| 8 | Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir |  Lebanon
|
Cardinal-Patriarch (1994 – 2019) | 1920 | 2019 | 98 years, 362 days |
| 9 | Paul Augustin Mayer |  Germany
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Deacon of San Anselmo all’Aventino (1985–1996) Priest of San Anselmo all’Aventino pro hac vice Title (1996–2010) |
1911 | 2010 | 98 years, 342 days |
| 10 | Ignatius Kung Pin-mei |  China
|
Priest of San Sisto (1991–2000) | 1901 | 2000 | 98 years, 223 days |
| Franz König |  Austria
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Priest of San Eusebio (1958–2004) | 1905 | 2004 | ||
| 12 | Jozef Tomko | .svg){kind=small} Slovakia
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Deacon of Gesù Buon Pastore alla Montagnola (1985-1996) Priest of San Sabina (1996–2022) |
1924 | 2022 | 98 years 151 days |
| 13 | Fiorenzo Angelini | Italy
|
Deacon of Santo Spirito in Sassia (1991–2002) Priest of Santo Spirito in Sassia pro hac vice Title (2002–2014) |
1916 | 2014 | 98 years, 113 days |
| 14 | Emmanuel Wamala |  Uganda
|
Priest of Sant'Ugo (1994-present) | 1926 | Alive | 99 years, 17 days |
| 15 | Albert Vanhoye, SJ |  France
|
Deacon of Santa Maria della Mercede e Sant'Adriano a Villa Albani (2006–2016) Priest of Santa Maria della Mercede e San Adriano a Villa Albani pro hac vice Title (2016–2021) |
1923 | 2021 | 98 years, 5 days |
| 16 | Paolo Dezza, S.J. | Italy
|
Deacon of San Ignazio di Loyola a Campo Marzio (1991 – 1999) | 1901 | 1999 | 98 years, 4 days |
| 17 | Luis Pascual Dri OFM Cap. | Argentina
|
Deacon of Sant'Angelo in Pescheria (2023-present) | 1927 | Alive | 98 years, 245 days |
| 18 | Alexandre José María dos Santos, O.F.M. |  Mozambique
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Priest of San Frumenzio ai Prati Fiscali (1988–2021) | 1924 | 2021 | 97 years, 195 days |
| 19 | Júlio Duarte Langa | Mozambique
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Priest of San Gabriele dell'Addolorata (2015-present) | 1927 | Alive | 98 years, 61 days |
| 20 | Alfons Maria Stickler | Austria
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Deacon of San Giorgio in Velabro (1985–1996) Priest of San Giorgio in Velabro pro hac vice Title (1996–2007) |
1910 | 2007 | 97 years, 111 days |
| 21 | Henryk Gulbinowicz |  Poland
|
Priest of Immacolata Concezione di Maria a Grottarossa (1985–2020) | 1923 | 2020 | 97 years, 30 days |
| 22 | Ferdinando Giuseppe Antonelli, O.F.M. | Italy
|
Deacon of San Sebastiano al Palatino (1973–1983) Priest of San Sebastiano al Palatino pro hac vice Title (1983–1993) |
1896 | 1993 | 96 years, 363 days |
| 23 | Friedrich Wetter | Germany
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Priest of Santo Stephano in Coelio Monte (1985–present) | 1928 | Alive | 97 years, 293 days |
| 24 | Roger Etchegaray | France
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Priest of San Leone I (1979-1998) Bishop of Porto–Santa Rufina (1998–2019) |
1922 | 2019 | 96 years, 344 days |
| 25 | Johannes Willebrands |  Netherlands
|
Deacon of Santi Cosma e Damiano (1969-1975) Priest of San Sebastiano alle Catacombe (1975–2006) |
1909 | 2008 | 96 years, 331 days |
| 26 | Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte | Italy
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Priest of Santa Maria degli Angeli (1911-1915) Bishop of Albano (1915–1948) Bishop of Ostia (1930–1948) |
1851 | 1948 | 96 years, 312 days |
| 27 | Edward Cassidy |  Australia
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Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata (1991–2002) Priest of Santa Maria in Via Lata pro hac vice Title (2002–2021) |
1924 | 2021 | 96 years, 279 days |
| 28 | Kazimierz Świątek |  Belgium
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Priest of San Gerardo Maiella (1994–2011) | 1914 | 2011 | 96 years, 273 days |
| 29 | Giovanni Canestri | Italy
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Priest of San Andrea della Valle (1988–2015) | 1918 | 2015 | 96 years, 211 days |
| 30 | José da Costa Nunes |  Portugal
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Priest of Santa Prisca (1962–1976) | 1880 | 1976 | 96 years, 259 days |
| 31 | Domenico Bartolucci | Italy
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Deacon Santissimi Nomi di Gesù e Maria in Via Lata (2010–2013) | 1917 | 2013 | 96 years, 188 days |
| 32 | Adam Kozłowiecki, S.J. |  Zambia
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Priest of Sant'Andrea al Quirinale (1998–2008) | 1911 | 2007 | 96 years, 180 days |
| 33 | Francisco Álvarez Martínez |  Spain
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Priest of Santa Maria «Regina Pacis» a Monte Verde (2001–2022) | 1925 | 2022 | 96 years, 177 days |
| 34 | Ernest Simoni |  Albania
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Deacon of Santa Maria della Scala (2018-present) | 1928 | Alive | 97 years, 61 days |
| 35 | Walter Brandmüller | Germany
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Deacon of San Giuliano dei Fiamminghi (2010-2021) Priest of San Giuliano dei Fiamminghi, pro hac vice (2021-present) |
1929 | Alive | 96 years, 347 days |
| 36 | Francesco Morano | Italy
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Deacon of Santi Cosma e Damiano (1959 – 1968) | 1872 | 1968 | 96 years, 34 days |
| 37 | Michael Michai Kitbunchu |  Thailand
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Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna (1983-present) Proto-priest (2016-present) |
1929 | Alive | 96 years, 327 days |
| 38 | Luigi De Magistris | Italy
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Deacon Santissimi Nomi di Gesù e Maria in Via Lata (2015–2022) | 1926 | 2022 | 95 years 358 days |
| 39 | José Freire Falcão |  Brazil
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Priest of San Luca a Via Prenestina (1988–2021) | 1925 | 2021 | 95 years, 338 days |
| 40 | Pietro Parente | Italy
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Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina (1967–1986) | 1891 | 1986 | 95 years, 316 days |
| 41 | Achille Silvestrini | Italy
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Deacon of San Benedetto fuori Porta San Paolo ' (1988–1999) Priest of San Benedetto fuori Porta San Paolo pro hac vice Title (1999–2019) |
1923 | 2019 | 95 years, 308 days |
| 42 | Joseph Ratzinger | Germany
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Priest of Santa Maria Consolatrice al Tiburtino (1977-1993) Bishop of Velletri-Segni (1993–2005) Bishop of Ostia (2002-2005) |
1927 | 2022 | 95 years, 259 days |
| 43 | Agostino Cacciavillan | Italy
|
Deacon of Santi Angeli Custodi a Città Giardino (2001-2011) Priest of Santissimi Angeli Custodi a Città Giardino pro hac vice Title (2011–2022) |
1926 | 2022 | 95 years, 204 days |
| 44 | Henri de Lubac S.J. | France
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Deacon of Santa Maria in Domnica (1983–1991) | 1896 | 1991 | 95 years, 196 days |
| 45 | Paulo Evaristo Arns | Brazil
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Priest of San Antonio da Padova in Via Tuscolana (1973–2016) | 1921 | 2016 | 95 years, 91 days |
| 46 | Serafim Fernandes de Araújo | Brazil
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Priest of San Luigi Maria Grignion de Montfort (1998–2019) | 1924 | 2019 | 95 years, 56 days |
| 47 | Alberto Di Jorio | Italy
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Priest of Santa Pudenziana (1967 – 1979) | 1884 | 1979 | 95 years, 47 days |
| 48 | Corrado Ursi | Italy
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Priest of San Callisto (1967–2003) | 1908 | 2003 | 95 years, 34 days |
| 49 | Adam Maida |  United States
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Priest of San Vitale (1994–present) | 1930 | Alive | 95 years, 275 days |
| 50 | Julian Herranz Casado | Spain
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Deacon of Sant'Eugenio (2003–2014) Priest of Sant'Eugenio (basilica), pro hac vice (2014-present) |
1930 | Alive | 95 years, 262 days |
| 51 | Jorge Medina |  Chile
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Deacon of San Saba (1998–2008) Priest of San Saba pro hac vice Title (2008–2021) |
1926 | 2021 | 94 years, 284 days |
| 52 | Julijans Vaivods |  –Latvia
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Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati (1983–1990) | 1895 | 1990 | 94 years, 279 days |
| 53 | Carlos María de la Torre |  Ecuador
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Deacon of Santa Maria in Aquiro (1946–1968) Priest of Santa Maria in Aquiro pro hac vice Title (1953–1968) |
1873 | 1968 | 94 years, 261 days |
| 54 | Louis-Albert Vachon |  Canada
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Priest of San Paolo della Croce a Corviale (1985–2006) | 1912 | 2006 | 94 years, 237 days |
| 55 | Theodore McCarrick | United States
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Priest of Santi Nereo ad Achilleo (2001–2018) | 1930 | alive | 95 years, 164 days |
| 56 | Egano Righi-Lambertini | Italy
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Deacon of San Giovanni Bosco in Via Tuscolana (1979–1990) Priest of Santa Maria in Via (1990-2000) |
1906 | 2000 | 94 years, 225 days |
| 57 | Angelo Sodano | Italy
|
Priest of Santa Maria Nuova (1991-1994, in commendum from 1994)Bishop of Albano (1994–2022) Bishop of Ostia (2005–2019) |
1927 | 2022 | 94 years, 205 days |
| 58 | Paul Poupard | France
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Priest of Santa Prassede (1996–) | 1930 | Alive | 95 years, 110 days |
| 59 | Salvatore De Giorgi | Italy
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Priest of Santa Maria in Aracoeli (1998–present) | 1930 | Alive | 95 years, 103 days |
| 60 | Gilberto Agustoni | Italy
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Deacon of Santi Urbano e Lorenzo a Prima Porta (1994–2005) Priest of Santi Urbano e Lorenzo a Prima Porta pro hac vice Title (2005–2017) |
1922 | 2017 | 94 years, 171 days |
| 61 | Eduardo Martínez Somalo | Spain
|
Deacon of Santissima Nominde Gesú (1988-1999) Priest of Santissima Nome di Gesù pro hac vice Title (1999–2021) |
1927 | 2021 | 94 years, 142 days |
| 62 | Giovanni Cheli | Italy
|
Deacon of Santi Cosma e Damiano (1998–2008) Priest of Santi Cosma e Damiano pro hac vice Title Title (2008–2013) |
1918 | 2013 | 94 years 122 days |
| 63 | Mikel Koliqi | Albania
|
Deacon of Ognissanti in Via Appia Nuova (1994–1997) | 1902 | 1997 | 94 years, 121 days |
| 64 | Janis Pujats | Latvia
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Priest of Santa Silvia (2001–) | 1930 | Alive | 95 years, 34 days |
| 65 | Giuseppe Sensi | Italy
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Priest of Regina Apostolorum (1987–2001) | 1907 | 2001 | 94 years, 60 days |
| 66 | Marian Jaworski | Poland
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Priest of San Sisto ([1998] 2001–2020) | 1926 | 2020 | 94 years 13 days |
| 67 | Carlo Furno | Italy
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Priest of Sant'Onofrio (2006–2015) | 1921 | 2015 | 94 years, 7 days |
| 67 | Camillo Ruini | Italy
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Priest of Sant'Agnese fuori le mura (1991-present) | 1931 | Alive | 94 years, 302 days |
| 69 | Prosper Grech, O.S.A. |  Malta
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Deacon of Santa Maria Goretti (2012–2019) | 1925 | 2019 | 94 years, 6 days |
| 70 | Roberto Tucci | Italy
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Deacon of Sant'Ignazio di Loyola a Campo Marzio (2001–2011) Priest of Sant'Ignazio di Loyola a Campo Marzio pro hac vice Title (2011–2015) |
1921 | 2015 | 93 years, 360 days |
| 71 | Georges Cottier OP |  Switzerland
|
Deacon of Santi Domenico e Sisto (2003–2014) Priest of Santi Domenico e Sisto pro hac vice Title (2014–2016) |
1922 | 2016 | 93 years, 341 days |
| 72 | John Carberry | United States
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Priest of San Giovanni Battista de’ Rossi (1969–1998) | 1904 | 1998 | 93 years, 321 days |
| 73 | Paolo Bertoli | Italy
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Priest of San Girolamo dei Croati (1973–1979) Bishop of Frascati (1979–2001) |
1908 | 2001 | 93 years, 280 days |
| 74 | Lucian Mureșan |  Romania
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Priest of itSant'Anastasio (2012-present) | 1931 | Alive | 94 years, 209 days |
| 75 | Thomas Williams | 25px Australia | Priest of Gesù Divin Maestro alla Pineta Sacchetti (1983–2023) | 2023 | 93 years. 276 days | |
| 76 | Opilio Rossi | United States
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Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina (1987–2004) | 1910 | 2004 | 93 years, 271 days |
| 77 | Vincenzo Vannutelli | .svg){kind=small} Italy
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Priest of San Silvestro in Capite (1891–1900) Bishop of Palestrina (1900–1930) Bishop of Ostia (1915–1930) |
1836 | 1930 | 93 years, 216 days |
| 78 | José Manuel Estepa Llaurens | Spain
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Priest of San Gabriele Arcangelo all’Acqua Traversa (2010–2019) | 1926 | 2019 | 93 years, 201 days |
| 79 | Jean Margéot |  Mauritius
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Priest of San Gabriele Arcangelo all’Acqua Traversa (1988–2009) | 1916 | 2009 | 93 years, 164 days |
| 80 | Teodolfo Mertel | .svg){kind=small} Papal States
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Deacon of Sant'Eustachio (1858-1881) Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata (1881-1884) Priest of San Lorenzo in Damaso pro illia vice (1884–1899) |
1806 | 1899 | 93 years, 152 days |
| 81 | Gioacchino Pecci |  Papal States
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Priest of San Crisogono (1853–1878) | 1810 | 1903 | 93 years, 140 days |
| Simon Pimenta |  India
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Priest of Santa Maria Regina Mundi a Torre Spaccata (1988–2013) | 1920 | 2013 | ||
| 83 | José Saraiva Martins C.M.F. | Portugal
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Deacon of Nostra Signora del Sacro Cuore (2001–2009) Bishop of Palestrina (2009-present) |
1932 | Alive | 93 years, 346 days |
| 84 | Joseph Zen S.D.B. | China (  Hong Kong)
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Priest of Santa Maria Madre del Redentore a Tor Bella Monaca (2006–present) | 1932 | Alive | 93 years, 339 days |
| 85 | František Tomášek |  Czechoslovakia
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Priest of San Vitale (1977–1992) | 1899 | 1992 | 93 years, 35 days |
| 86 | Alfredo Scherer | Brazil
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Priest of Nostra Signora de La Salette (1969–1996) | 1903 | 1996 | 93 years, 33 days |
| 87 | Giuseppe Pizzardo | Italy
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Bishop of Albano (1948–1970) | 1877 | 1970 | 93 years, 19 days |
| 88 | James Francis McIntyre | United States
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Priest of Sant'Anastasia (1953–1979) | 1886 | 1979 | 93 years, 14 days |
| Antonio Innocenti | Italy
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Deacon of Santa Maria in Aquiro (1985–1996) Priest of Santa Maria in Aquiro pro hac vice Title (1996–2008) |
1915 | 2008 | ||
| 90 | Carlo Confalonieri | Italy
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Priest of Sant'Agnese fuori le mura (1958–1972) Bishop of Palestrina (1972–1986) Bishop of Ostia (1977–1986) |
1893 | 1986 | 93 years, 7 days |
| 91 | Alessandro Verde | Italy
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Deacon of Santa Maria in Cosmedin (1925–1935) Priest of Santa Maria in Cosmedin pro hac vice Title (1935–1958) |
1865 | 1958 | 93 years, 2 days |
| 92 | Julien Ries | Belgium
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Deacon of San Antonio di Padova a Circonvallazione Appia (2012–2013) | 1920 | 2013 | 92 years, 310 days |
| 93 | Juan Carlos Aramburu | Argentina
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Priest of San Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini (1976–2004) | 1912 | 2004 | 92 years, 281 days |
| 94 | Sergio Sebastiani | Italy
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Deacon of Sant'Eustachio (2001-2011) Priest of Sant'Eustachio (basilica), pro hac vice (2011-2024) |
1931 | 2024 | 92 years, 280 days |
| 95 | Paolo Giobbe | Italy
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Priest of Santa Maria in Vallicella (1958–1972) | 1880 | 1972 | 92 years, 217 days |
| 96 | James Stafford | United States
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Priest of San Pietro in Montorio (1998-present) | 1932 | Alive | 93 years, 145 days |
| 97 | Josyf Slipyj |  Ukraine
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Major Archbishop of Lviv of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1963–1984) Priest of Sant’Atanasio (1965–1984) |
1892 | 1984 | 92 years, 203 days |
| Léon-Étienne Duval |  Algeria
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Bishop of Constantine (1946-1954) Archbishop of Algiers (1954-1988) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Balbina (1965–1996) |
1903 | 1996 | ||
| 99 | Gaudencio Rosales |  Philippines
|
Bishop of Malaybalay (1984–1992) Archbishop of Lipa (1993–2003) Archbishop of Manila (2003-2011) Cardinal-Priest of Santissimo Nome di Maria in Via Latina (2006-Present) |
1932 | Alive | 93 years, 130 days |
| 100 | Jean Honoré | France
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Bishop of Évreux (France) (1972–1981) Archbishop of Tours (1981–1997) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Salute a Primavalle (2001–2013) |
1920 | 2013 | 92 years, 199 days |
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| No. | Cardinal | Country | Titulus | Birth | Death | Age | Age by 02.28.28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Francis Arinze |  Nigeria
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Bishop of Velletri-Segni (2005-present) | 1932 | Alive | 93 years, 47 days | 92 years, 119 days |
| 2 | Walter Kasper | Germany
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Priest of Ognissanti in Via Appia Nuova, title pro hac vice (2011-present) | 1933 | Alive | 92 years, 288 days | 91 years, 360 days |
| 3 | Juan Sandoval Íñiguez |  Mexico
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Priest of Nostra Signora di Guadalupe e San Filippo Martire (1994-present) | 1933 | Alive | 92 years, 265 days | 91 years, 337 days |
| 4 | Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa Isch | Chile
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Priest of Santa Maria della Pace (2001–present) | 1933 | Alive | 92 years, 104 days | 91 years, 176 days |
| 5 | Raffaele Farina SDB | Italy
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Priest of San Giovanni della Pigna "pro hac vice" (2018-present) | 1933 | Alive | 92 years, 85 days | 91 years, 157 days |
| 6 | Giovanni Battista Re | Italy
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Bishop of Sabina-Poggio Mirteto (2002–present) Dean of the College of Cardinals (2020–present) Bishop of Ostia (2020–present) |
1934 | Alive | 91 years, 322 days | 91 years, 29 days |
| 7 | Jean-Baptiste Phạm Minh Mẫn |  Vietman
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Priest of San Giustino (2003–present) | 1934 | Alive | 91 years, 288 days | 90 years, 360 days |
| 8 | Francesco Monterisi | Italy
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Priest 'pro hac vice' of San Paolo alla Regola (2021-present) | 1934 | Alive | 91 years, 204 days | 90 years, 276 days |
| 9 | Raniero Cantalamessa | Italy
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Deacon of Sant'Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine (2020-present) | 1934 | Alive | 91 years, 149 days | 90 years, 221 days |
| 10 | Franc Rodé |  Slovenia
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Priest ("pro hac vice") of San Francesco Saverio alla Garbatella (2006 [as Cardinal-Priest since 2016]-present) | 1934 | Alive | 91 years, 86 days | 90 years, 158 days |