Past longest-living cardinals
| Cardinal | Country | Born | Died | Age at Death | Entered
After |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luigi Poggi | Italy | 1917 | 2010 | 92 years, 160 days | |
| Maurice Feltin | France | 1883 | 1975 | 92 years, 145 days | |
| Silvano Piovanelli | Italy | 1924 | 2016 | 92 years, 139 days | 14 November 2014
Antonio Caggiano |
| Giuseppe Casoria | Italy | 1908 | 2001 | 92 years, 130 days | |
| Augusto da Silva | Brazil | 1876 | 1968 | 92 years, 128 days | |
| Miguel Obando Bravo, S.D.B. | Nicaragua | 1926 | 2018 | 92 years, 121 days | 6 May 2017
Benedetto Aloisi Masella |
| Gabriel-Marie Garrone | France | 1901 | 1994 | 92 years, 95 days | |
| Cahal Brendan Daly | United Kingdom
(Northern Ireland) |
1917 | 2009 | 92 years, 91 days | |
| Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo | Italy | 1925 | 2017 | 92 years, 84 days | 15 November 2016
Pablo Muñoz Vega, S.J. |
| Carlos Carmelo Vascocellos Motta | Brazil | 1890 | 1982 | 92 years, 62 days | |
| Josef Frings | Germany | 1887 | 1978 | 91 years, 314 days | |
| Jorge María Mejía | Argentina | 1923 | 2014 | 91 years, 312 days | 31 July 2013
Urbano Navarrete Cortés S.J. |
| Leo Jozef Suenens | Belgium | 1904 | 1996 | 91 years, 295 days | |
| Ján Chryzostom Korec, S.J. | Slovakia | 1924 | 2015 | 91 years, 275 days | 2 October 2014
Lorenzo Antonetti |
| Stanisław Nagy, S.C.I. | Poland | 1921 | 2013 | 91 years, 248 days | 25 December 2011
Miguel Darío Miranda y Gómez |
| Eugênio de Araújo Sales | Brazil | 1920 | 2012 | 91 years, 244 days | 18 August 2014
Giovanni Mercati |
| Edward Clancy | Australia | 1923 | 2014 | 90 years, 233 days | |
| Enrique Pla y Deniel | Spain | 1876 | 1968 | 91 years, 199 days | |
| Pietro Pavan | Italy | 1903 | 1994 | 91 years, 118 days | |
| François de Rovérié de Cabrières | France | 1830 | 1921 | 91 years, 113 days | |
| Rainiero d'Elci | Italy | 1670 | 1761 | 91 years, 107 days | |
| Benedetto Aloisi Masella | Italy | 1879 | 1970 | 91 years, 93 days | |
| Yves Congar, O.P. | France | 1904 | 1995 | 91 years, 70 days | |
| Gerald Emmett Carter | Canada | 1912 | 2003 | 91 years, 28 days | |
| Patrick Aloysius O’Boyle | United States | 1896 | 1987 | 91 years, 23 days | |
| Pablo Muñoz Vega, S.J. | Ecuador | 1903 | 1994 | 91 years, 11 days | |
| Giuseppe Capece Zurlo | Italy | 1711 | 1801 | 90 years, 362 days | |
| José Tomás Sánchez | Philippines | 1920 | 2012 | 90 years, 358 days | |
| Francesco Albizzi | Italy | 1593 | 1684 | 90 years, 347 days | |
| Giuseppe Caprio | Italy | 1914 | 2005 | 90 years, 334 days | |
| Luigi Di Canossa | Italy | 1809 | 1900 | 90 years, 326 days | |
| Amleto Giovanni Cicognani | Italy | 1883 | 1973 | 90 years, 296 days | |
| Anton Josef Gruscha | Austria | 1820 | 1911 | 90 years, 275 days | |
| Antonio Caggiano | Italy | 1889 | 1979 | 90 years, 266 days | |
| Lorenzo Antonetti | Italy | 1922 | 2013 | 90 years, 253 days | 28 November 2012
Tomáš Špidlík, S.J. |
| Giovanni Mercati | Italy | 1866 | 1957 | 90 years, 249 days | |
| Silvio Angelo Pio Oddi | Italy | 1910 | 2001 | 90 years, 227 days | |
| Carlo Alberto Guidobono Cavalchini | Italy | 1683 | 1774 | 90 years, 224 days | |
| Aurelio Sabattani | Italy | 1912 | 2003 | 90 years, 183 days | |
| Urbano Navarrete Cortés, S.J. | Spain | 1920 | 2010 | 90 years, 181 days | |
| Giacomo Oddi | italy | 1679 | 1770 | 90 years, 172 days | |
| Tomáš Špidlík, S.J. | Czech Republic | 1919 | 2010 | 90 years, 120 days | |
| Marcello Lante Della Rovere | Italy | 1561 | 1652 | 90 years, 110 days to 91 years 109 days | |
| José Clemente Maurer, C.SS.R. | Bolivia | 1900 | 1990 | 90 years, 106 days | |
| Michelangelo Celesia | Italy | 1814 | 1904 | 90 years, 92 days | |
| Miguel Darío Miranda y Gómez | Mexico | 1895 | 1986 | 90 years, 86 days | |
| Juan Francisco Fresno | Chile | 1914 | 2004 | 90 years, 80 days | |
| Vincenzo Macchi | Italy | 1770 | 1860 | 90 years, 31 days | |
| Alexandru Todea (Romanian Rite) | Rominia | 1912 | 2002 | 89 years, 351 days | |
| Gianbernardino Scotti | Italy | 1478 | 1568 | 89 years 345 days to 90 years, 344 days | |
| Paul Gouyon | France | 1910 | 2000 | 89 years, 338 days | |
| Peter Proekuu Dery | Ghana | 1918 | 2008 | 89 years, 301 days | |
| Ángel Suquía Goicoechea | Spain | 1916 | 2006 | 89 years, 284 days | |
| François Marty | France | 1904 | 1994 | 89 years, 274 days | |
| Paolo Marella | Italy | 1895 | 1984 | 89 years, 264 days | |
| Paul-Joseph Phạm Ðình Tụng | Vietnam | 1919 | 2009 | 89 years, 252 days | |
| Elia dala Costa | Italy | 1872 | 1959 | 89 years, 222 days | |
| Édouard Gagnon, P.S.S. | Canada | 1918 | 2007 | ||
| André-Hercule de Fleury | France | 1653 | 1743 | 89 years, 217 days or 89 years 221 days | |
| Maximos IV Sayegh | Syria | 1878 | 1967 | 89 years, 209 days | |
| William Theodore Heard | United Kingdom
(Scotland) |
1884 | 1973 | 89 years, 204 days | |
| John Henry Newman, C.O. | United Kingdom
(England) |
1801 | 1890 | 89 years, 171 days | |
| Antonio Tosti | Italy | 1776 | 1866 | 89 years, 167 days | |
| Giovanni Colombo | Italy | 1902 | 1992 | 89 years, 166 days | |
| Fernando Cento | Italy | 1889 | 1973 | 89 years, 156 days | |
| Tommaso Ruffo | Italy | 1663 | 1753 | 89 years, 154 days | |
| Giuseppe Antonio Ermenegildo Prisco | Italy | 1833 | 1923 | 89 years, 149 days | |
| Francesco Maria Banditi | Italy | 1706 | 1796 | 89 years, 141 days | |
| Avery Dulles, S.J. | United States | 1919 | 2008 | 89 years, 110 days | |
| Jaume Serra i Cau | Spain | 1427 | 1517 | 89 years 74 days to 90 years, 73 days | |
| Giovanni Battista Mesmer | Italy | 1671 | 1760 | 89 years, 60 days | |
| Pietro Campori | Italy | 1553 | 1643 | 89 years, 35 days to 90 years,
34 days |
|
| Gaspare Carpegna | Italy | 1625 | 1714 | 89 years, 28 days | |
| Giovanni Battista Bussi | italy | 1755 | 1844 | 89 years, 8 days | |
| Achille Liénart | France | 1884 | 1973 | 89 years, 7 days | |
| Stéphanos II Ghattas (Coptic Rite) | Egypt | 1920 | 2009 | 89 years, 4 days | |
| Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira | Portugal | 1888 | 1977 | 88 years, 346 days | |
| François-Marie-Benjamin Richard | France | 1819 | 1908 | 88 years, 332 days | |
| Maurilio Fossati, O.Ss.G.C.N. | Italy | 1878 | 1965 | 88 years, 310 days | |
| Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada, C.O. | Italy | 1919 | 2008 | 88 years, 286 days | |
| Bandino Panciatici | Italy | 1629 | 1718 | 88 years, 285 days | |
| Alfonso Capecelatro, C.O. | Italy | 1824 | 1912 | 88 years, 283 days | |
| Alfredo Ottaviani | Italy | 1890 | 1979 | 88 years, 278 days | |
| Domenico Ginnasi | Italy | 1550 | 1639 | 88 years, 270 days | |
| Alois Grillmeier, S.J. | Germany | 1910 | 1998 | 88 years, 255 days | |
| Nicolò Acciaiuoli | Italy | 1630 | 1719 | 88 years, 232 days | |
| Christoph Bartholomäus Anton Migazzi | Austria | 1714 | 1803 | 88 years, 176 days | |
| Carlo Grano | Italy | 1887 | 1978 | 88 years, 171 days | |
| Franz Ehrle, S.J. | Austria | 1845 | 1934 | 88 years, 165 days | |
| Vincenzo Maculani | Italy | 1578 | 1667 | 88 years, 158 days | |
| Pietro Pallazini | Italy | 1912 | 2000 | 88 years, 145 days | |
| Francesco Carpino | Italy | 1905 | 1993 | 88 years, 140 days | |
| Léon Potier de Gesvres | France | 1656 | 1744 | 88 years, 89 days | |
| Ignatius Gabriel I Tappouni (Syriac Rite) | Lebanon | 1879 | 1968 | 88 years, 87 days | |
| Salvatore Pappalardo | Italy | 1918 | 2006 | 88 years, 78 days | |
| Girolamo Grimaldi-Cavalleroni | Italy | 1597 | 1685 | 88 years, 76 days | |
| Innico Caracciolo | Italy | 1642 | 1730 | 88 years, 59 days | |
| Giovanni Cagliero, S.D.B | Italy | 1836 | 1926 | 88 years, 48 days | |
| Benedetto Naro | Italy | 1744 | 1832 | 88 years, 42 days | |
| Giulio Alberoni | Italy | 1664 | 1752 | 88 years, 27 days | |
| Francesco Roberti | Italy | 1889 | 1977 | 88 years, 9 days |
| Domenico Bartolucci | Italy | 1917 | 2013 | 96 years, 188 days | 28 November 2010 | |
| Paul-Joseph Phạm Ðình Tụng | Vietnam | 15 June 1919 | 2009 | 89 years, 252 days | ||
| Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada, C.O. | Italy | 29 June 1919 | 2008 | 88 years, 286 days | ||
| Avery Dulles, S.J. | United States | 24 August 1919 | 2008 | 89 years, 110 days | ||
| Tomáš Špidlík, S.J. | Czech Republic | 17 December 1919 | 2010 | 90 years, 120 days | ||
| Stéphanos II Ghattas (Coptic Rite) | Egypt | 18 January 1920 | 2009 | 89 years, 4 days | ||
| José Tomás Sánchez | Philippines | 17 March 1920 | 2012 | 90 years, 358 days | ||
| Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir | Lebanon | 15 May 1920 | 2019 | 98 years, 362 days | ||
| Urbano Navarrete Cortés, S.J. | Spain | 25 May 1920 | 2010 | 90 years, 181 days | ||
| Eugênio de Araújo Sales | Brazil | 8 November 1920 | 2012 | 91 years, 244 days | ||
| Roberto Tucci | Italy | 19 April 1921 | 2015 | 93 years, 360 days | ||
| Paulo Evaristo Arns | Brazil | 14 September 1921 | 2016 | 95 years, 91 days | ||
| Stanisław Nagy, S.C.I. | Poland | 30 September 1921 | 2013 | 91 years, 248 days | ||
| Carlo Furno | Italy | 2 December 1921 | 2015 | 94 years, 7 days |
| Florian Desprez | France | 1807 | 1895 | 87 years, 292 days | |
| José María Martín de Herrera y de la Iglesia | Spain | ||||
| António Mendes Bello | Portugal | ||||
| Angelo Di Pietro | Italy | 1828 | 1914 | 86 years, 197 days | |
| Antolín Monescillo y Viso | Spain | 1811 | 1897 | 85 years, 343 days | |
| Luigi Serafini | Italy | 1808 | 1894 | 85 years, 240 days | |
| Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano | Italy | 1828 | 1913 | 85 years, 151 days | |
| Louis-Nazaire Bégin | Canada | ||||
| Deceased Cardinals (43) |
|---|
| Cardinal Louis-Henri-Joseph Luçon († 87) |
| Cardinal Andreas Franz Frühwirth, O.P. († 87) |
| Cardinal Pierre-Paulin Andrieu († 85) |
| Deceased Cardinals (35) |
|---|
| Cardinal Federico Cattani Amadori († 86)
Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Aquiro (1935.12.19 – 1943.04.11) Secretary emeritus of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura (1924.02.14 – 1935.12.19) |
| Cardinal Adolf Bertram († 86)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Agnese fuori le mura (1919.12.18 – 1945.07.06) Metropolitan Archbishop of Wrocław (Poland) (1930.08.13 – 1945.07.06) |
| Cardinal Enrico Sibilia († 86)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto (1939.12.11 – 1948.08.04) |
| Deceased Cardinals |
|---|
| Cardinal Dennis Joseph Dougherty († 85)
Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo (1921.03.10 – 1951.05.31) Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia (USA) (1918.05.01 – 1951.05.31) |
| Cardinal Domenico Jorio († 87)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine pro hac vice Title (1946.02.18 – 1954.10.21) Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Sacramental Discipline (1935.12.20 – 1954.10.21) |
| Cardinal Jules-Géraud Saliège († 86)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Pudenziana (1946.05.17 – 1956.11.05) Metropolitan Archbishop of Toulouse (France) (1928.12.17 – 1956.11.05) |
| Cardinal Georges-François-Xavier-Marie Grente († 87 years, 0 days)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Bernardo alle Terme (1953.01.15 – 1959.05.05) Archbishop-Bishop of Le Mans (France) (1943.03 – 1959.05.05) |
| Cardinal Federico Tedeschini († 86)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati (1951.04.28 – 1959.11.02) Datary of His Holiness of Apostolic Dataria (1938.02.25 – 1959.11.02) Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Peter (1939.03.14 – 1959.11.02) |
| Deceased Cardinals (55) |
|---|
| Cardinal Pietro Fumasoni Biondi († 87) (Italy) |
| Cardinal Nicola Canali († 87) (Italy) |
| Cardinal Jozef-Ernest van Roey († 87) (Belgium) |
| Cardinal Pierre-Marie Gerlier († 85) (France) |
| Cardinal Clemente Micara († 85) (Italy) |
| Cardinal Santiago Luis Copello († 87) (Argentina) |
| Cardinal Francesco Bracci († 87) (Italy) |
| Cardinal Augustin Bea, S.J. († 87) (German) |
| Death | Deceased Cardinals |
|---|---|
| 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) |
| 1973.03.08 | Cardinal Benjamin de Arriba y Castro († 86)
Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Vitale, Valeria, Gervasio e Protasio (1953.10.29 – 1973.03.08) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Tarragona (Spain) (1949.01.22 – 1970.11.19) |
| 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?) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| Date of Death | Deceased Cardinals (49) |
| 1984.08.26 | Cardinal Lawrence Joseph Shehan († 86)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Clemente (1965.02.25 – 1984.08.26) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Baltimore (USA) (1961.12.08 – 1974.03.25) |
| 1987.12.16 | Cardinal Bernardus Johannes Alfrink († 87)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Gioacchino ai Prati di Castello (1960.03.31 – 1987.12.16) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Utrecht (Netherlands) (1955.10.31 – 1975.12.06) Military Vicar emeritus of Netherlands (Netherlands) (1957.04.16 – 1975.12.06) |
| 1988.10.29 | Cardinal Thomas Benjamin Cooray, O.M.I. († 86)
Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo (1965.02.25 – 1988.10.29) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Colombo (Sri Lanka) (1972.05.22 – 1976.09.02) |
| 1988.11.09 | Cardinal Mario Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano († 85)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Battista Decollato pro hac vice Title (1979.06.30 – 1988.11.09) Prefect emeritus of Prefecture of the Apostolic Palaces (1967.04.01 – 1969.04.09) |
| Date of Death | Deceased Cardinals (69) |
| 1991.11.13 | Cardinal Paul-Émile Léger, P.S.S. († 87)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria degli Angeli (1953.01.15 – 1991.11.13) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Montréal (Canada) (1950.03.25 – 1968.04.20) |
| 1992.03.15 | Cardinal Sergio Guerri († 86)
Cardinal-Priest of SS. Nome di Maria al Foro Traiano pro hac vice Title (1979.06.30 – 1992.03.15) Pro-President emeritus of Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State (1969 – 1981.09.26) |
| 1992.07.18 | Cardinal Giuseppe Paupini († 85)
Cardinal-Priest of Ognissanti in Via Appia Nuova pro hac vice Title (1979.06.30 – 1992.07.18) Camerlengo emeritus of College of Cardinals (1987.06.22 – 1988.05.02) |
| 1993.05.24 | Cardinal Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo († 66)
Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora di Guadalupe e S. Filippo Martire (1991.06.28 – 1993.05.24) Metropolitan Archbishop of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1987.05.15 – 1993.05.24) |
| 1993.10.05 | Cardinal Francesco Carpino († 88)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano (1978.01.27 – 1993.10.05) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Palermo (Italy) (1967.06.26 – 1970.10.17) |
| 1994.03.26 | Cardinal Owen McCann († 86)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Prassede (1965.02.25 – 1994.03.26) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cape Town (South Africa) (1951.01.11 – 1984.10.20) |
| 1994.08.19 | Cardinal Antoine Pierre Khoraiche (Maronite Rite) († 86)
Cardinal-Patriarch (1983.02.02 – 1994.08.19) Patriarch emeritus of Antioch of the Maronites (Lebanon) ([1975.02.03] 1975.02.15 – 1986.04.03) |
| 1994.11.28 | Cardinal Vicente Enrique y Tarancón († 87)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Crisostomo a Monte Sacro Alto (1969.04.30 – 1994.11.28) Archbishop emeritus of Madrid (Spain) (1971.12.03 – 1983.04.12) |
| 1995.05.21 | Cardinal Agnelo Rossi († 85)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina–Poggio Mirteto (1984.06.25 – 1995.05.21) President emeritus of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See (1984.04.08 – 1989.12.06) |
| 1996.03.03 | Cardinal John Joseph Krol († 85)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Mercede e S. Adriano a Villa Albani pro hac vice Title (1967.06.29 – 1996.03.03) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Philadelphia (USA) (1961.02.11 – 1988.02.11) |
| 1996.04.23 | Cardinal Mario Luigi Ciappi, O.P. († 86)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Cuore di Gesù agonizzante a Vitinia (1987.06.22 – 1996.04.23) President emeritus of Pontifical Academy of Saint Thomas Aquinas (1979 – 1994) |
| 1997.12.08 | Cardinal Laurean Rugambwa († 85)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Francesco d’Assisi a Ripa Grande (1960.03.31 – 1997.12.08) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania) (1968.12.19 – 1992.07.22) |
| 1998.09.13 | Cardinal Alois Grillmeier, S.J. († 88)
Cardinal-Deacon of S. Nicola in Carcere (1994.11.26 – 1998.09.13) |