List of longest-living cardinals

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This article lists the 100 oldest known living or deceased Members of the College of Cardinals (post-1500),, and whose ages are documented in reliable sources. Those currently living are in bold on gold. The longest-lived Cardinal was Jorge da Costa, of Portugal who lived between the ages of 101 years 262 days to 102 years 261 days. The Second Longest-lived cardinal being Italian Cardinal Corrado Bafile lived to 101 years 214 days.

List

Rank Name Country Birth Death Age
1 Jorge da Costa Portugal 1408 18 September 1508 101 years, 262 days to 102 years, 261 days
2 Corrado Bafile Italy 4 July 1903 3 February 2005 101 years, 214 days
3 Loris Francesco Capovilla Italy 14 October 1915 26 May 2016 100 years 224 days
4 José de Jesús Pimiento Rodríguez Colombia 18 February 1919 3 September 2019 100 years 197 days
5 Luigi Ciacchi Italy 16 August 1765 17 December 1865 100 years, 123 days
6 Ersilio Tonini Italy 20 July 1914 28 July 2013 99 years 8 days
7 Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir Lebanon 15 May 1920 12 May 2019 98 years, 362 days
9 Paul Augustin Mayer Germany 23 May 1911 30 April 2010 98 years 342 days
10 Galeazzo Marescotti Italy 1 October 1627 3 July 1726 98 years, 275 days
11 Jean-Baptist de Belloy-Morangle France 9 October 1709 10 June 1808 98 years, 245 days
12 Ignatius Kung Pin-mei China 2 August 1901 12 March 2000 98 years, 223 days
Franz König Austria 3 August 1905 13 March 2004
14 Jozef Tomko Czechoslovakia 11 March 1924 8 August 2022 98 years 150 days
15 Fiorenzo Angelini Italy 1 August 1916 22 November 2014 98 years, 113 days
16 Alexandre do Nascimento Angola 1 March 1925 Alive 99 years, 267 days
17 Albert Vanhoye France 24 July 1923 29 July 2021 98 years 59 days
18 Paolo Dezza Italy 3 December 1901 17 December 1999 98 years, 14 days
19 Emmanuel Wamala Uganda 15 December 1926 Alive 97 years 166 days
20 Alfons Maria Stickler Austria 23 August 1910 12 December 2007 97 years, 111 days
23 Henryk Gulbinowicz Poland 17 October 1923 16 November 2020) 97 years 30 days
22 Ferdinando Giuseppe Antonelli Italy 14 July 1896 12 July 1993 96 years, 363 days
21 Roger Etchegaray France 25 September 1922 4 September 2019 96 years 344 days
24 Johannes Willebrands The Netherlands 4 September 1909 1 August 2008 96 years, 331 days
25 Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte Italy 10 April 1851 16 February 1948 96 years, 312 days
26 Edward Cassidy Australia 5 July 1924 10 April 2021 96 years 279 days
27 Kazimierz Świątek Belarus 21 October 1914 21 July 2011 96 years 273 days
28 José da Costa Nuñes Portugal 15 March 1880 29 November 1976 96 years, 259 days
29 Domenico Bartolucci Italy 7 May 1917 11 November 2013 96 years, 188 days
30 José Freire Falcão Brazil 23 October 1925 26 September 2021 95 years 338 days
31 Giovanni Canestri Italy 30 September 1918 29 April 2015 96 years, 211 days
32 Adam Kozłowiecki Poland 1 April 1911 28 September 2007 96 years, 180 days
33 Francisco Álvarez Martínez Spain 14 July 1925 5 January 2022 96 years, 175 days
34 Francesco Carafa della Spina di Traetto Italy 29 April 1722 20 September 1818 96 years, 144 days
35 Mikel Koliqi Albania 29 September 1900 28 January 1997 96 years, 121 days
36 Francesco Morano italy 8 June 1872 12 July 1968 96 years, 34 days
37 Luigi De Magistris Italy 23 February 1926 16 February 2022 95 years 358 days
38 Pietro Parente Italy 16 February 1891 29 December 1986 95 years, 316 days
39 Achille Silvestrini Italy 25 October 1923 29 August 2019 95 years, 310 days
40 Júlio Duarte Langa Mozambique 27 October 1927 Alive 97 years, 27 days
41 Agostino Cacciavillan Italy 14 August 1926 5 March 2022 95 years 204 days
42 Henri-Marie de Lubac France 20 February 1896 4 September 1991 95 years, 196 days
44 Friedrich Wetter Germany 20 February 1928 Alive 96 years, 277 days
44 Paulo Evaristo Arns Brazil 14 September 1921 14 December 2016 95 years, 91 days
45 Serafim Fernandes de Araújo Brazil 13 August 1924 8 October 2019 95 years, 56 days
46 Alberto Di Jorio Italy 18 July 1884 5 September 1979 95 years, 49 days
47 Corrado Ursi Italy 26 July 1908 29 August 2003 95 years, 34 days
48 Jorge Medina Estévez Chile 23 December 1926 3 October 2021 94 years 284 days
49 Julijans Vaivods Latvia 18 August 1895 24 May 1990 94 years, 279 days
50 Carlos María Javier de la Torre Ecuador 15 November 1873 31 July 1968 94 years, 259 days
51 Louis-Albert Vachon Canada 4 February 1912 29 September 2006 94 years, 237 days
52 Egano Righi-Lambertini Italy 22 February 1906 4 October 2000 94 years, 225 days
53 Ernest Simoni Albania 18 October 1928 Alive 96 years, 27 days
54 Angelo Sodano Italy 23 November 1927 27 May 2022 94 years 205 days
55 Walter Brandmüller Germany 5 January 1929 Alive 95 years, 323 days
56 Eduardo Martínez Somalo Spain 31 March 1927 10 August 2021 94 years 142 days
57 Michael Michai Kitbunchu Thailand 25 January 1929 Alive 95 years, 303 days
58 Giovanni Cheli Italy 4 October 1918 8 February 2013 94 years 122 days
59 Gilberto Agustoni italy 26 July 1922 13 January 2017 94 years, 171 days
60 Estanislao Esteban Karlic Argentina 7 February 1926 Alive 95 years, 290 days
61 Giuseppe Sensi Italy 27 May 1907 26 July 2001 94 years, 60 days
62 Marian Jaworski Poland 21 August 1926 5 September 2020 94 years 13 days
63 Carlo Furno Italy 2 December 1921 9 December 2015 94 years, 7 days
64 Prosper Grech Malta 24 December 1925 30 December 2019 94 years, 6 days
65 Teodolfo Mertel Italy 9 February 1806 11 July 1899 93 years 152 days
66 Roberto Tucci Italy 19 April 1921 14 April 2015 93 years, 360 days
67 Georges Cottier Switzerland 25 April 1922 31 March 2016 93 years, 341 days
68 John Joseph Carberry United States 31 July 1904 17 June 1998 93 years, 321 days
69 Paolo Bertoli Italy 1 February 1908 8 November 2001 93 years, 280 days
70 Opilio Rossi United States 14 May 1910 9 February 2004 93 years, 271 days
71 Henri Albert de la Grange d’Arquien France 8 September 1613 24 May 1707 93 years, 258 days
72 Vicenzo Vannutelli Italy 5 December 1836 9 July 1930 93 Years, 216 days
73 José Manuel Estepa Llaurens Spain 1 January 1926 21 July 2019 93 years, 201 days
74 Giuseppe Firrao Italy 20 July 1736 24 January 1830) 93 years, 188 days
75 Jean Margéot Mauritius 3 February 1916 17 July 2009 93 years, 164 days
76 Ignatius Pimenta Italy 1 March 1920 19 July 2013 93 years 140 days
77 Adam Joseph Maida United States 18 March 1930 Alive 94 years, 250 days
78 Thomas Stafford Williams United States 20 March 1930 Alive 94 years, 248 days
79 Julian Herranz Casado Spain 31 March 1930 Alive 94 years, 237 days
80 František Tomášek Czech Republic 30 June 1899 4 August 1992 93 years, 35 days
81 Alfredo Vicente Scherer Brazil 5 February 1903 9 March 1996 93 years, 33 days
82 Giuseppe Pizzardo Italy 13 July 1877 1 August 1970 93 years, 19 days
83 Antonio Innocenti Italy 23 August 1915 6 September 2008 93 years, 14 days
James Francis McIntyre United States 25 June 1886 16 July 1979
84 Carlo Confalonieri Italy 25 July 1893 1 August 1986 93 years, 7 days
86 Alessandro Verde Italiy 27 March 1865 29 March 1958 93 years, 2 days
87 Julien Ries Belgium 19 April 1920 23 February 2013 92 years 310 days
88 Juan Carlos Aramburu Argentina 11 February 1912 18 November 2004 92 years, 281 days
89 Paul Poupard France 30 August 1930 Alive 94 years, 85 days
90 Salvatore De Giorgi Italy 6 September 1930 Alive 94 years, 78 days
91 Paolo Giobbe Italy 10 January 1880 14 August 1972 92 years, 217 days
92 Léon-Étienne Duval France 9 November 1903 9 November 1903 92 years, 203 days
Josyf Ivanovyce Slipyj Ukraine 17 February 1892 7 September 1984
94 Janis Pujats Latvia 14 November 1930 Alive 94 years, 9 days
95 Joseph Asajiro Satowaki Japan 1 February 1904 8 August 1996 92 years, 189 days
96 José María Caro Rodríguez Chile 23 June 1866 4 December 1958 92 years, 164 days
97 Luigi Poggi Italy 25 November 1917 4 May 2010 92 years 160 days
98 Silvano Piovanelli Italy 21 February 1924 9 July 2016 92 years 139 days
99 Giuseppe Casoria Italy 1 October 1908 8 February 2001 92 years, 130 days
100 Augusto Álvaro da Silva Brazil 8 April 1976 14 August 1968 92 years, 128 days

Chronological list of Oldest living members of the College of Cardinals since 1500

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