Cardinals by Death Date (who died at least 85 years old)
List
| Rank | Cardinal | Country | Date of Birth | Date of Death | Age | Replacing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte | Italy | 10 April 1851 | 16 February 1948 | 96 years, 312 days | |
| 2 | José da Costa Nuñes | Portugal | 15 March 1880 | 29 November 1976 | 96 years, 259 days | |
| 3 | Francesco Morano | italy | 8 June 1872 | 12 July 1968 | 96 years, 34 days | |
| 4 | Carlos María Javier de la Torre | Ecuador | 15 November 1873 | 31 July 1968 | 94 years, 259 days | |
| 5 | Vincenzo Vannutelli | Italy | 5 December 1836 | 9 July 1930 | 93 years, 216 days | |
| 6 | Teodolfo Mertel | Italy | 9 February 1806 | 11 July 1899 | 93 years, 152 days | |
| 7 | Giuseppe Pizzardo | Italy | 13 July 1877 | 1 August 1970 | 93 years, 19 days | |
| 8 | James Francis McIntyre | United States | 25 June 1886 | 16 July 1979 | 93 years, 14 days | |
| 9 | Alessandro Verde | Italy | 27 March 1865 | 29 March 1958 | 93 years, 2 days | |
| 10 | José María Caro Rodríguez | Chile | 23 June 1866 | 4 December 1958 | 92 years, 164 days | |
| 11 | Augusto da Silva | Brazil | 13 April 1876 | 14 August 1958 | 92 years, 128 days | |
| 12 | Maurice Feltin | France | 5 May 1883 | 27 September 1975 | 92 years, 145 days | |
| 13 | Enrique Pla y Deniel | Spain | 19 December 1876 | 5 July 1968 | 91 years, 199 days | |
| 14 | François-Mariee de Rovérié de Cabrières | France | 30 August 1830 | 21 December 1921 | 91 years, 113 days | |
| 15 | Benedetto Aloisi Masella | Italy | 29 June 1879 | 30 September 1970 | 91 years, 93 days | |
| 16 | Luigi Di Canossa | Italy | 20 April 1809 | 2 March 1900 | 90 years, 326 days | |
| 17 | Anton Josef Gruscha | Austria | 3 November 1820 | 5 August 1911 | 90 years, 275 days | |
| 19 | Giovanni Mercati | Italy | 17 December 1866 | 23 August 1957 | 90 years, 249 days | |
| 20 | Maximos IV Sayegh (Greek-Melkite Rite) | Syria | 10 April 1878 | 5 November 1967 | 89 years, 209 days | |
| 21 | Michelangelo Celesia, O.S.B. Cas. | Italy | 13 January 1814 | 14 April 1904 | 90 years, 92 days | |
| 22 | Elia dala Costa | Italy | 14 May 1872 | 22 December 1961 | 89 years, 222 days | |
| 23 | John Henry Newman C.O. | England (UK) | 21 February 1801 | 11 August 1890 | 89 years, 171 days | |
| 24 | Giuseppe Antonio Ermenegildo Prisco | Italy | 8 September 1833 | 4 February 1923 | 89 years, 149 days | |
| 25 | François-Marie-Benjamin Richard | Grance | 1 March 1819 | 27 January 1908 | 88 years 332 days | |
| 26 | Maurilio Fossati, O.Ss.G.C.N. | Italy | 24 May 1876 | 30 March 1965 | 88 years, 310 days | |
| 27 | Alfonso Capecelatro di Castelpagano, C.O. | Italy | 5 February 1824 | 14 November 1912 | 88 years, 283 days | |
| 28 | Franz Ehrle | Germany | 17 October 1845 | 31 March 1934 | 88 years, 165 days | |
| 29 | Ignatius Gabriel I Tappouni | Lebanon | 3 November 1879 | 29 January 1968 | 88 years, 87 days | |
| 30 | Giovanni Cagliero, S.D.B. | Argentina | 11 January 1838 | 28 February 1926 | 88 years, 48 days | |
| 31 | Florian Desprez | France | 14 April 1807 | 21 January 1895 | 87 years, 282 days | |
| 32 | Luigi Serafini | Italy | 6 June 1808 | 1 February 1894 | 87 years, 240 days | |
| 33 | Louis-Henri-Joseph Luçon | France | 28 October 1842 | 28 May 1930 | 87 years, 212 days | |
| 34 | Jozef-Ernest van Roey | Belgium | 13 January 1874 | 6 August 1961 | 87 years, 205 days | |
| 35 | Andreas Franz Frühwirth, O.P. | Austria | 21 August 1845 | 9 February 1933 | 87 years, 172 days | |
| 36 | Enrico Sibilia | Italy | 17 March 1861 | 4 August 1948 | 87 years, 140 days | |
| 37 | Francesco Bracci | Italy | 5 November 1879 | 24 March 1967 | 87 years, 139 days | |
| 38 | José María Martín de Herrera y de la Iglesia | Spain | 26 August 1835 | 8 December 1922 | 87 years, 104 days | |
| 39 | Nicola Canali | Italy | 6 June 1874 | 3 August 1961 | 87 years, 58 days | |
| 40 | António Mendes Bello | Portugal | 18 June 1842 | 5 August 1929 | 87 years, 48 days | |
| 41 | Domenico Jorio | Italy | 7 October 1867 | 21 October 1954 | 87 years, 14 days | |
| 42 | Santiago Copello | Argentina | 7 January 1880 | 9 February 1967 | 87 years, 33 days | |
| 43 | Georges Grente | France | 5 May 1872 | 5 May 1959 | 87years, 0 days | |
| 44 | Federico Cattani Amadori | Italian | 17 April 1856 | 11 April 1943 | 86 years, 359 days | |
| 45 | Jules-Géraud Saliège | France | 24 February 1870 | 5 November 1956 | 86 years, 255 days | |
| 46 | James Gibbons | United States | 23 July 1834 | 24 March 1921 | 86 years, 244 days | |
| 47 | Angelo di Pierto | Italy | 22 May 1828 | 5 December 1914 | 86 years, 197 days | |
| 48 | Federico Tedeschini | Italy | 12 October 1873 | 2 November 1959 | 86 years, 21 days | |
| 49 | Dennis Joseph Dougherty | United States | 16 August 1865 | 31 May 1951 | 85 years, 288 days | |
| 50 | Louis-Nazaire Bégin | Canada | 10 January 1840 | 19 July 1925 | 85 years, 189 days | |
| 51 | Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano | Italy | 9 July 1828 | 7 December 1913 | 85 years, 151 days | |
| 52 | Adolf Bertram | Poland | 14 March 1859 | 6 July 1945 | 86 years, 114 days | |
| 53 | Clemente Micara | Italy | 24 December 1879 | 11 March 1965 | 85 years, 77 days | |
| 54 | Pierre Andrieu | France | 7 December 1849 | 15 February 1935 | 85 years, 70 days | |
| 55 | Pierre-Marie Gerlier | France | 14 January 1880 | 17 January 1965 | 85 years, 3 days |
| Date of Death | Deceased Cardinals (73) |
| 1971.01.20 | Cardinal Antonio Bacci († 85)
Cardinal-Deacon of S. Eugenio (1960.03.31 – 1971.01.20) Secretary emeritus of Secretariat of Briefs to Princes (1931 – 1960.03.28) |
| 1972.02.21 | Cardinal Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Tisserant († 87)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (1951.01.13 – 1972.02.21) Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina (1946.02.18 – 1972.02.21) Grand Master of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (Knights of the Holy Sepulchre) (1960.08.19 – 1972.02.21) |
| 1973.01.13 | Cardinal Fernando Cento († 89)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri (1965.04.23 – 1973.01.13) Major Penitentiary emeritus of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary (1962.02.12 – 1967.04.07) |
| 1973.02.15 | Cardinal Achille Liénart († 89)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Sisto (1930.07.03 – 1973.02.15) Bishop emeritus of Lille (France) (1928.10.06 – 1968.03.14) |
| 1973.05.07 | Cardinal Arcadio María Larraona, C.M.F. († 85)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Cuore di Maria (1969.04.28 – 1973.05.07) Superior General emeritus of Congregation of Saint John the Baptist Precursor (1959 – 1973?) |
| 1973.09.16 | Cardinal William Theodore Heard († 89)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Teodoro pro hac vice Title (1970.05.18 – 1973.09.16) Dean emeritus of Sacred Roman Rota (1958.12.15 – 1959.12.14) |
| 1973.12.17 | Cardinal Amleto Giovanni Cicognani († 90)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (1972.03.24 – 1973.12.17) Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati (1962.05.23 – 1973.12.17) Secretary of State emeritus of Secretariat of State (1961.08.12 – 1969.05.08) Prefect emeritus of Council for the Public Affairs of the Church (1961.08.12 – 1969.05.08) |
| 1976.02.26 | Cardinal Efrem Forni († 87)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Croce in Gerusalemme (1962.03.22 – 1976.02.26) |
| 1976.04.02 | Cardinal Carlo Grano († 88)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Marcello (1967.06.29 – 1976.04.02) Head of Protocol emeritus of Secretariat of State (1945 – 1952) |
| 1976.11.29 | Cardinal José da Costa Nuñes (高若瑟) († 96)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Prisca (1962.03.22 – 1976.11.29) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Goa and Daman (India) (1940.12.11 – 1953.12.16) Patriarch ad personam (1953.12.16 – 1976.11.29) |
| 1977.07.16 | Cardinal Francesco Roberti († 88)
Cardinal-Priest of Ss. XII Apostoli (1967.06.26 – 1977.07.16) Prefect emeritus of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura (1959.11.14 – 1969.03.24) |
| 1977.08.02 | Cardinal Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira († 88)
Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Marcellino e Pietro (1929.12.19 – 1977.08.02) Military Vicar emeritus of Portugal (Portugal) (1966 – 1972) |
| 1979.07.06 | Cardinal Antonio María Barbieri, O.F.M. Cap. († 86)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Crisogono (1958.12.18 – 1979.07.06) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Montevideo (Uruguay) (1940.11.20 – 1976.11.17) |
| 1979.08.03 | Cardinal Alfredo Ottaviani († 88)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Domnica pro hac vice Title (1967.06.26 – 1979.08.03) Pro-Prefect emeritus of Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (1965 – 1968.01.06) |
| 1979.09.05 | Cardinal Alberto Di Jorio († 95)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Pudenziana (1967.06.26 – 1979.09.05) Pro-President emeritus of Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State (1961.08.14 – 1968.11.04) |
| 1979.10.23 | Cardinal Antonio Caggiano († 90)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Panisperna (1946.02.22 – 1979.10.23) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Buenos Aires (Argentina) (1959.08.15 – 1975.04.22) Military Vicar emeritus of Argentina (Argentina) (1959.12.14 – 1975.04.22) |