List of longest-living cardinals
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 |
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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, 249 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, 9 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, 259 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, 9 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, 305 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, 285 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, 272 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, 232 days |
78 | Thomas Stafford Williams | United States | 20 March 1930 | Alive | 94 years, 230 days |
79 | Julian Herranz Casado | Spain | 31 March 1930 | Alive | 94 years, 219 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, 67 days |
90 | Salvatore De Giorgi | Italy | 6 September 1930 | Alive | 94 years, 60 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 | 93 years, 357 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 |