Past longest-living cardinals
| Rank | Cardinal | Country | Born | Died | Age at Death | Replacing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corrado Bafile | Italy | 1903 | 2005 | 101 years, 214 days | Original |
| 2 | Loris Francesco Capovilla | Italy | 1915 | 2016 | 100 years, 224 days | Fresno Larraín |
| 3 | José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez | Colombia | 1919 | 2019 | 100 years, 197 days | Sabattani |
| 4 | Ersilio Tonini | Italy | 1914 | 2013 | 99 years, 8 days | Original |
| 5 | Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir | Lebanon | 1920 | 2019 | 98 years, 362 days | Cerejeira |
| 6 | Paul Augustin Mayer | Germany | 1911 | 2010 | 98 years, 342 days | Original |
| 7 | Ignatius Kung Pin-mei (龔品梅) | China | 1901 | 2000 | 98 years, 223 days | Original |
| Franz König | Austria | 1905 | 2004 | |||
| 9 | Alexandre do Nascimento | Angola | 1925 | Alive | 100 years, 286 days | Oddi |
| 10 | Jozef Tomko | Slovakia | 1924 | 2022 | 98 years 150 days | Maurer |
| 11 | Fiorenzo Angelini | Italy | 1916 | 2014 | 98 years, 113 days | Original |
| 12 | Albert Vanhoye, SJ | France | 1923 | 2021 | 98 years, 59 days | Marty |
| 13 | Paolo Dezza, S.J. | Italy | 1901 | 1999 | 98 years, 4 days | Original |
| 14 | Estanislao Esteban Karlic | Argentina | 1926 | Alive | 99 years, 308 days | Di Canossa |
| 15 | Alfons Maria Stickler | Austria | 1910 | 2007 | 97 years, 111 days | Original |
| 16 | Alexandre José María dos Santos, O.F.M. | Mozambique | 1924 | 2021 | 97 years, 59 days | Lourdusamy |
| 17 | Henryk Roman Gulbinowicz | Poland | 1923 | 2020 | 97 years, 30 days | Goicoechea |
| 18 | Ferdinando Giuseppe Antonelli, O.F.M. | Italy | 1896 | 1993 | 96 years, 363 days | Original |
| 19 | Roger Etchegaray | France | 1922 | 2019 | 96 years, 344 days | Phạm Ðình Tụng |
| 20 | Johannes Willebrands | Netherlands | 1909 | 2008 | 96 years, 331 days | Original |
| 21 | Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte | Italy | 1851 | 1948 | 96 years, 312 days | Original |
| 22 | Edward Cassidy | Australia | 1924 | 2021 | 96 years, 279 days | Špidlík |
| 23 | Kazimierz Świątek | Belarus | 1914 | 2011 | 96 years, 273 days | Original |
| 24 | José da Costa Nuñes | Portugal | 1880 | 1976 | 96 years, 259 days | Original |
| 25 | Giovanni Canestri | Italy | 1918 | 2015 | 96 years, 211 days | Original |
| 26 | Domenico Bartolucci | Italy | 1917 | 2013 | 96 years, 188 days | Cento |
| 27 | Adam Kozłowiecki, S.J. | Zambia | 1911 | 2007 | 96 years, 180 days | Original |
| 28 | Mikel Koliqi | Albania | 1900 | 1997 | 96 years, 121 days | Original |
| 29 | José Freire Falcão | Brazil | 1925 | 2021 | 95 years 338 days | Sánchez |
| 30 | Pietro Parente | Italy | 1891 | 1986 | 95 years, 316 days | Original |
| 31 | Achille Silvestrini | Italy | 1923 | 2019 | 95 years, 308 days | Dery |
| 32 | Henri de Lubac, S.J. | France | 1896 | 1991 | 95 years, 196 days | Original |
| 33 | Francisco Álvarez Martínez | Spain | 1925 | 2022 | 96 years, 175 days | Mercati |
| 34 | Francesco Morano | Italy | 1872 | 1968 | 96 years, 34 days | Original |
| 35 | Paulo Evaristo Arns | Brazil | 1921 | 2016 | 95 years, 91 days | Colombo |
| 36 | Serafim Fernandes de Araújo | Brazil | 1924 | 2019 | 95 years, 56 days | Navarrete Cortés |
| 37 | Alberto Di Jorio | Italy | 1884 | 1979 | 95 years, 49 days | Original |
| 38 | Corrado Ursi | Italy | 1908 | 2003 | 95 years, 34 days | Original |
| 39 | Julijans Vaivods | Latvia | 1895 | 1990 | 94 years, 279 days | Original |
| 40 | Carlos María de la Torre | Ecuador | 1873 | 1968 | 94 years, 259 days | Original |
| 41 | Louis-Albert Vachon | Canada | 1912 | 2006 | 94 years, 237 days | Original |
| 42 | Egano Righi-Lambertini | Italy | 1906 | 2000 | 94 years, 225 days | Original |
| 43 | Gilberto Agustoni | Italy | 1922 | 2017 | 94 years, 171 days | - |
| 44 | Giovanni Cheli | Italy | 1918 | 2013 | 94 years 122 days | Original |
| 45 | Giuseppe Sensi | Italy | 1907 | 2001 | 94 years, 60 days | Original |
| 46 | Carlo Furno | Italy | 1921 | 2015 | 94 years, 7 days | Heard |
| 47 | Prosper Grech, O.S.A. | Malta | 1925 | 2019 | 94 years, 6 days | Caggiano |
| 48 | Roberto Tucci | Italy | 1921 | 2015 | 93 years, 360 days | Prisco |
| 49 | Georges Cottier | Switzerland | 1922 | 2016 | 93 years, 341 days | Saigh |
| 50 | John Joseph Carberry | United States | 1904 | 1998 | 93 years, 321 days | Original |
| 51 | José Manuel Estepa Llaurens | Spain | 1926 | 2019 | 93 years, 201 days | Gruscha |
| 52 | Opilio Rossi | United States | 1910 | 2004 | 93 years, 271 days | Original |
| 53 | Paolo Bertoli | Italy | 1908 | 2001 | 93 years, 280 days | Original |
| 54 | Vicenzo Vannutelli | Italy | 1836 | 1930 | 93 years, 216 days | Original |
| 55 | Jean Margéot | Mauritius | 1916 | 2009 | 93 years, 164 days | Original |
| 56 | Teodolfo Mertel | Italy | 1806 | 1899 | 93 years, 152 days | Original |
| 57 | Simon Pimenta | Italy | 1920 | 2013 | 93 years, 140 days | Original |
| 58 | František Tomášek | Czech Republic | 1899 | 1992 | 93 years, 35 days | Original |
| 59 | Giuseppe Pizzardo | Italy | 1877 | 1970 | 93 years, 19 days | Original |
| 60 | Alfredo Vicente Scherer | Brazil | 1903 | 1996 | 93 years, 33 days | Original |
| James Francis McIntyre | United States | 1886 | 1979 | 93 years, 14 days | Original | |
| 62 | Antonio Innocenti | Italy | 1915 | 2008 | ||
| 63 | Carlo Confalonieri | Italy | 1893 | 1986 | 93 years, 7 days | Original |
| 64 | Alessandro Verde | Italy | 1865 | 1958 | 93 years, 2 days | Original |
| 65 | Julien Ries | Belgium | 1920 | 2013 | 92 years, 310 days | Ricard |
| 66 | Juan Carlos Aramburu | Argentina | 1912 | 2004 | 92 years, 281 days | Original |
| Paolo Giobbe | Italy | 1880 | 1972 | 92 years, 217 days | Original | |
| 69 | Josyf Slipyj | Ukraine | 1892 | 1984 | 92 years, 203 days | Original |
| 69 | Léon-Étienne Duval | Algeria | 1903 | 1996 | ||
| 70 | Jean Honoré | France | 1920 | 2013 | 92 years, 199 days | Liénart |
| 71 | Joseph Asajirō Satowaki | Japan | 1904 | 1996 | 92 years, 189 days | Original |
| 72 | José María Caro Rodríguez | Chile | 1866 | 1958 | 92 years, 164 days | Original |
| 73 | Luigi Poggi | Italy | 1917 | 2010 | 92 years, 160 days | Original |
| 74 | Maurice Feltin | France | 1883 | 1975 | 92 years, 145 days | Original |
| 76 | Giuseppe Casoria | Italy | 1908 | 2001 | 92 years, 130 days | Original |
| 77 | Augusto Álvaro da Silva | Brazil | 1876 | 1968 | 92 years, 128 days | Original |
| 78 | Carlos Vasconcellos | Brazil | 1890 | 1982 | 92 years, 264 days | Original |
| 79 | Silvano Piovanelli | Italy | 1924 | 2016 | 92 years, 139 days | Celesia |
| 80 | Miguel Obando Bravo, S.D.B. | Nicaragua | 1926 | 2018 | 92 years, 121 days | Cicognani |
| 81 | Gabriel-Marie Garrone | France | 1901 | 1994 | 92 years, 95 days | Original |
| 82 | Carlos Carmelo Vascocellos Motta | Brazil | 1890 | 1982 | 92 years, 92 days | Original |
| 83 | Cahal Brendan Daly | United Kingdom
(Northern Ireland) |
1917 | 2009 | 92 years, 91 days | Original |
| 84 | Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo | Italy | 1925 | 2017 | 92 years, 84 days | Antonetti |
| 85 | Josef Frings | Germany | 1887 | 1978 | 91 years, 314 days | Original |
| 86 | Jorge María Mejía | Argentina | 1923 | 2014 | 91 years, 312 days | Marella |
| 87 | Leo Jozef Suenens | Belgium | 1904 | 1996 | 91 years, 295 days | Original |
| 88 | Ján Chryzostom Korec, S.J. | Slovakia | 1924 | 2015 | 91 years, 275 days | Todea |
| 89 | Stanisław Nagy, S.C.I. | Poland | 1921 | 2013 | 91 years, 248 days | Newman |
| 90 | Eugênio de Araújo Sales | Brazil | 1920 | 2012 | 91 years, 244 days | Dulles |
| 91 | Edward Bede Clancy | Australia | 1923 | 2014 | 90 years, 233 days | Gouyon |
| 92 | Enrique Pla y Deniel | Spain | 1876 | 1968 | 91 years, 199 days | Original |
| 93 | Pietro Pavan | Italy | 1903 | 1994 | 91 years, 118 days | Original |
| 94 | François de Rovérié de Cabrières | France | 1830 | 1921 | 91 years, 113 days | Original |
| 95 | Benedetto Aloisi Masella | Italy | 1879 | 1970 | 91 years, 93 days | Original |
| 96 | Yves Congar, O.P. | France | 1904 | 1995 | 91 years, 70 days | Original |
| 97 | Gerald Emmett Carter | Canada | 1912 | 2003 | 91 years, 28 days | Original |
| 98 | Patrick Aloysius O’Boyle | United States | 1896 | 1987 | 91 years, 23 days | Original |
| 99 | Pablo Muñoz Vega, S.J. | Ecuador | 1903 | 1994 | 91 years, 11 days | Original |
| 100 | Giuseppe Caprio (高理耀) | Italy | 1914 | 2005 | 90 years, 334 days | Original |
| 1xx | Luigi Di Canossa | Italy | 1809 | 1900 | 90 years, 326 days | Original |
| Amleto Giovanni Cicognani | Italy | 1883 | 1973 | 90 years, 296 days | Original | |
| Anton Josef Gruscha | Austria | 1820 | 1911 | 90 years, 275 days | Original | |
| Antonio Caggiano | Italy | 1889 | 1979 | 90 years, 266 days | Original | |
| José Tomás Sánchez | Philippines | 1920 | 2012 | 90 years, 358 days | Original | |
| Lorenzo Antonetti | Italy | 1922 | 2013 | 90 years, 253 days | dala Costa | |
| Giovanni Mercati | Italy | 1866 | 1957 | 90 years, 249 days | Original | |
| Silvio Angelo Pio Oddi | Italy | 1910 | 2001 | 90 years, 227 days | Original | |
| Aurelio Sabattani | Italy | 1912 | 2003 | 90 years, 183 days | Original | |
| Urbano Navarrete Cortés, S.J. | Spain | 1920 | 2010 | 90 years, 181 days | Ghattas | |
| Tomáš Špidlík, S.J. | Czech Republic | 1919 | 2010 | 90 years, 120 days | Original | |
| Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy | India | 1924 | 2014 | 90 years, 117 days | Miranda y Gómez | |
| José Clemente Maurer, C.SS.R. | Bolivia | 1900 | 1990 | 90 years, 106 days | Original | |
| Michelangelo Celesia | Italy | 1814 | 1904 | 90 years, 92 days | Original | |
| Miguel Darío Miranda y Gómez | Mexico | 1895 | 1986 | 90 years, 86 days | Original | |
| Juan Francisco Fresno Larraín | Chile | 1914 | 2004 | 90 years, 80 days | Original | |
| Alexandru Todea (Romanian Rite) | Rominia | 1912 | 2002 | 89 years, 351 days | Original | |
| Paul Gouyon | France | 1910 | 2000 | 89 years, 338 days | Original | |
| Peter Proekuu Dery | Ghana | 1918 | 2008 | 89 years, 301 days | Original | |
| Ángel Suquía Goicoechea | Spain | 1916 | 2006 | 89 years, 284 days | Original | |
| François Marty | France | 1904 | 1994 | 89 years, 274 days | Original |
| Deceased Cardinals | Death | Age by 15 December 2008 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luigi De Magistris | Italy | 23 February 1926 | 2022 | 95 years 358 days | Carpio | 88 years, 276 days |
| Desmond Connell | Ireland | 24 March 1926 | 2017 | 90 years, 334 days | Muñoz Vega | 88 years, 276 days |
| Agostino Cacciavillan | Italy | 14 August 1926 | 2022 | 95 years 204 days | O’Boyle | 88 years, 276 days |
| Emmanuel Wamala | Uganda | 1926 | Alive | 98 years, 362 days | Carter | 88 years, 276 days |
| Jorge Arturo Medina Estévez | Chile | 23 December 1926 | 2021 | 94 years, 142 days | Congar | 88 years, 276 days |
| Luis Pascual Dri | Argentina | 1927 | Alive | 98 years, 239 days | 88 years, 276 days | |
| Eduardo Martínez Somalo | Spain | 31 March 1927 | 2021 | 94 years, 142 days | Aloisi Masella | 88 years, 276 days |
| László Paskai, O.F.M. | Hungary | 8 May 1927 | 2015 | 88 years, 101 days | 88 years, 276 days | |
| Angelo Sodano | Italy | 23 November 1927 | 2022 | 94 years, 205 days | 88 years, 276 days | |
| Júlio Duarte Langa | Mozambique | 1927 | Alive | 98 years, 46 days | 88 years, 276 days | |
| Friedrich Wetter | Germany | 1928 | Alive | 97 years, 295 days | 88 years, 276 days | |
| Elio Sgreccia | Italy | 6 June 1928 | 2019 | 90 years, 364 days | 88 years, 276 days | |
| Ernest Simoni | Albania | 1928 | Alive | 97 years, 46 days | 88 years, 276 days | |
| Walter Brandmüller | Germany | 1929 | Alive | 96 years, 341 days | 88 years, 276 days | |
| Michael Michai Kitbunchu | Thailand | 1929 | Alive | 96 years, 321 days | 88 years, 276 days | |
| Darío Castrillón Hoyos | Colombia | 4 July 1929 | 2018 | 88 years, 318 days | 88 years, 276 days | |
| Sebastian Koto Khoarai, O.M.I. | Lesotho | 11 September 1929 | 2021 | 91 years, 218 days | 88 years, 276 days | |
| Adam Maida | United States | 1930 | Alive | 95 years, 269 days | 88 years, 276 days | |
| Thomas Stafford Williams | United States | 1930 | Alive | 95 years, 267 days | 88 years, 276 days | |
| Julian Herranz Casado | Spain | 1930 | Alive | 95 years, 256 days | 88 years, 276 days | |
| Paul Poupard | France | 1930 | Alive | 95 years, 104 days | 88 years, 276 days | |
| Salvatore De Giorgi | Italy | 1930 | Alive | 95 years, 97 days | 88 years, 276 days | |
| Janis Pujats | Latvia | 1930 | Alive | 95 years, 28 days | 88 years, 276 days | |
| Camillo Ruini | Italy | 1931 | Alive | 94 years, 296 days | 88 years, 276 days | |
| Sergio Sebastiani | Italy | 1931 | Alive | 94 years, 245 days | 88 years, 276 days | |
| Lucian Mureșan | Romania | 1931 | Alive | 94 years, 203 days | 88 years, 276 days |
| Paolo Marella | Italy | 1895 | 1984 | 89 years, 264 days | Original |
| Paul-Joseph Phạm Ðình Tụng | Vietnam | 1919 | 2009 | 89 years, 252 days | Original |
| Luis Aponte Martínez | Puerto Rico | 1922 | 2012 | 89 years, 250 days | |
| Elia dala Costa | Italy | 1872 | 1959 | 89 years, 222 days | Original |
| Édouard Gagnon, P.S.S. | Canada | 1918 | 2007 | ||
| Maximos IV Sayegh (Greek-Melkite Rite) | Syria | 1878 | 1967 | 89 years, 209 days | Original |
| William Theodore Heard | United Kingdom
(Scotland) |
1884 | 1973 | 89 years, 204 days | Original |
| John Henry Newman, C.O. | United Kingdom
(England) |
1801 | 1890 | 89 years, 171 days | Original |
| Giovanni Colombo | Italy | 1902 | 1992 | 89 years, 166 days | Original |
| Fernando Cento | Italy | 1889 | 1973 | 89 years, 156 days | Original |
| Giuseppe Antonio Ermenegildo Prisco | Italy | 1833 | 1923 | 89 years, 149 days | Original |
| Avery Dulles, S.J. | United States | 1919 | 2008 | 89 years, 110 days | Original |
| Achille Liénart | France | 1884 | 1973 | 89 years, 7 days | Original |
| Stéphanos II Ghattas (Coptic Rite) | Egypt | 1920 | 2009 | 89 years, 4 days | Original |
| Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira | Portugal | 1888 | 1977 | 88 years, 346 days | Original |
| François-Marie-Benjamin Richard | France | 1819 | 1908 | 88 years, 332 days | Original |