List of longest-living cardinals
This article lists the all-time 100 longest known living or deceased Members of the College of Cardinals, and whose ages are documented in reliable sources. Those currently living are in bold on gold. The longest-lived was Portuguese, Dom Jorge da Costa who lived to ages of 101 years 262 days to 102 years, 261 days. The Second longest-lived another Italian Cardinal Corrado Bafile who lived to 101 years, 214 days.
Gallery
Oldest ever:
Portugal
Jorge da Costa
cardinalate: 1476&ndash15082nd-oldest:
Italy
Corrado Bafile
Cardinalate:1976–20053rd-Oldest:
France
Loris Francesco Capovilla
cardinalate: 2014&nash;201611th-oldest ever:
Angola
Alexandre do Nascimento
cardinalate: 1983–present
List
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Bold on gold are Cardinals currently living |
Rank | Cardinal | Country | Born | Died | Age at Death | Date Entered After |
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1 | Jorge da Costa | Portugal | 1406 | 1508 | 101 years, 262 days to 102 years, 261 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
2 | Corrado Bafile | Italy | 1903 | 2005 | 101 years, 214 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
3 | Loris Francesco Capovilla | Italy | 1915 | 2016 | 100 years, 224 days | 22 February 2014 Aurelio Sasbattani |
4 | José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez | Colombia | 1919 | 2019 | 100 years, 197 days | 14 February 2015 Luigi Di Camossa |
5 | Luigi Ciacchi | Italy | 1765 | 1865 | 100 years, 123 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
6 | Ersilio Tonini | Italy | 1914 | 2013 | 99 years, 8 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
7 | Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir | Lebanon | 1920 | 2019 | 98 years, 362 days | 23 December 2009 Elia Dalla Costa and Édouard Gagnon (tied age) |
8 | Paul Augustin Mayer |
Germany |
1911 | 2010 | 98 years, 342 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
9 | Galeazzo Marescotti | Italy | 1627 | 1726 | 98 years, 275 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
10 | Alexandre do Nascimento | Angola | 1925 | Alive | 99 years, 272 days | 22 February 2016 José Tomás Sánchez |
11 | Jean-Baptist de Belloy | France | 1709 | 1808 | 98 years, 245 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
12 | Ignatius Kung Pin-mei | China | 1901 | 2000 | 98 years, 223 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
Franz König | Austria | 1905 | 2004 | 1 January 2008 Original | ||
14 | Jozef Tomko | Slovakia | 1924 | 2022 | 98 years 150 days | 11 December 2014 Anton Jozef Gruscha |
15 | Fiorenzo Angelini | Italy | 1916 | 2014 | 98 years, 113 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
16 | Albert Vanhoye, SJ | France | 1923 | 2021 | 98 years, 59 days | 21 January 2014 Urbano Navarrete Cortés S.J. |
17 | Paolo Dezza, S.J. | Italy | 1901 | 1999 | 98 years, 4 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
18 | Estanislao Esteban Karlic | Argentina | 1926 | Alive | 98 years, 295 days | 25 May 2017 Rainiero d'Elci |
19 | Alexandre José María dos Santos, O.F.M. | Mozambique | 1924 | 2021 | 97 years, 195 days | 8 January 2015 Amleto Giovanni Cicongani |
20 | Alfons Maria Stickler | Austria | 1910 | 2007 | 97 years, 111 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
21 | Henryk Gulbinowicz | Poland | 1923 | 2020 | 97 years, 30 days | 29 May 2014 Carlo Albero Guidobono Cavalchini |
22 | Ferdinando Giuseppe Antonelli, O.F.M. | Italy | 1896 | 1993 | 96 years, 363 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
23 | Roger Etchegaray | France | 1922 | 2019 | 96 years, 344 days | 13 January 2013 Marcelo Lante della Rovere |
24 | Johannes Willebrands | Netherlands | 1909 | 2008 | 96 years, 331 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
25 | Emmanuel Wamala | Uganda | 1926 | Alive | 97 years, 349 days | 5 August 2018 Edward Clancy |
26 | Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte | Italy | 1851 | 1948 | 96 years, 312 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
27 | Edward Cassidy | Australia | 1924 | 2021 | 96 years, 279 days | 4 June 2015 Giuseppe Carpio |
28 | Kazimierz Świątek | Belarus | 1914 | 2011 | 96 years, 273 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
29 | José da Costa Nuñes | Portugal | 1880 | 1976 | 96 years, 259 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
30 | Giovanni Canestri | Italy | 1918 | 2006 | 96 years, 211 days | 14 March 2008 Giovanni Colombo |
31 | Luis Pascual Dri | Argentina | 1927 | Alive | 97 years, 225 days | 30 September 2023 Luigi Poggi |
32 | Domenico Bartolucci | Italy | 1917 | 2013 | 96 years, 188 days | 28 November 2010 Ángel Suquía Goicoechea |
33 | Adam Kozłowiecki, S.J. | Zambia | 1911 | 2007 | 96 years, 180 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
34 | Francisco Álvarez Martínez | Spain | 1925 | 2022 | 96 years, 175 days | 26 July 2015 Francesco Albizzi |
35 | Francesco Carafa di Trajetto | Italy | 1722 | 1818 | 96 years, 144 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
36 | Mikel Koliqi | Albania | 1900 | 1997 | 96 years, 121 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
37 | Francesco Morano | Italy | 1872 | 1968 | 96 years, 34 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
38 | Júlio Duarte Langa | Mozambique | 1927 | Alive | 97 years, 32 days | 29 July 2019 Ján Chryzostom Korec S.J. |
39 | Luigi De Magistris | Italy | 1926 | 2022 | 95 years 358 days | 14 July 2017 François de Rovérié de Cabrières |
40 | José Freire Falcão | Brazil | 1925 | 2021 | 95 years, 338 days | 15 November 2016 Patrick O'Boyle |
41 | Pietro Parente | Italy | 1891 | 1986 | 95 years, 316 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
42 | Achille Silvestrini | Italy | 1923 | 2019 | 95 years, 308 days | 9 June 2014 Silvio Oddi |
43 | Friedrich Wetter | Germany | 1928 | Alive | 96 years, 282 days | 28 July 2020 Jorge María Mejía |
44 | Agostino Cacciavillan | Italy | 1926 | 2022 | 95 years, 204 days | 10 December 2017 Pietro Pavan |
45 | Henri de Lubac, S.J. | France | 1896 | 1991 | 95 years, 196 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
46 | Paulo Evaristo Arns | Brazil | 1921 | 2016 | 95 years, 91 days | 18 August 2011 Paul Gouyon |
47 | Serafim Fernandes de Araújo | Brazil | 1924 | 2019 | 95 years, 56 days | 26 July 2015 Francesco Albizzi |
48 | Alberto Di Jorio | Italy | 1884 | 1979 | 95 years, 49 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
49 | Corrado Ursi | Italy | 1908 | 2003 | 95 years, 34 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
50 | Ernest Simoni | Albania | 1928 | Alive | 96 years, 41 days | 5 September 2020 Jozef Frings |
51 | Walter Brandmüller | Germany | 1929 | Alive | 95 years, 328 days | 8 March 2021 Carlos Carmelo Vasconcellos Motta |
52 | Michael Michai Kitbunchu | Thailand | 1929 | Alive | 95 years, 308 days | 19 April 2021 Andrea Lanza di Montemoozlo |
53 | Jorge Medina Estévez | Chile | 1926 | 2021 | 94 years, 284 days | 24 August 2018 Eugenio Sales |
54 | Julijans Vaivods | Latvia | 1895 | 1990 | 94 years, 279 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
55 | Carlos María de la Torre | Ecuador | 1873 | 1968 | 94 years, 259 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
56 | Louis-Albert Vachon | Canada | 1912 | 2006 | 94 years, 237 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
57 | Egano Righi-Lambertini | Italy | 1906 | 2000 | 94 years, 225 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
58 | Angelo Sodano | Italy | 1927 | 2022 | 94 years, 205 days | 14 September 2019 Leo Jozef Suenens |
59 | Gilberto Agustoni | Italy | 1922 | 2017 | 94 years, 171 days | 26 October 2012 Michelangelo Celesia |
60 | Eduardo Martínez Somalo | Spain | 1927 | 2021 | 94 years, 142 days | 4 December 2018 Stanisław Nagy S.C.I. |
61 | Giovanni Cheli | Italy | 1918 | 2013 | 94 years 122 days | 19 March 2008 Antonio Tosti |
62 | Giuseppe Sensi | Italy | 1907 | 2001 | 94 years, 60 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
63 | Marian Jaworski | Poland | 1926 | 2020 |
94 years 13 days |
8 March 2018 Enrique Pla y Deniel |
64 | Carlo Furno | Italy | 1921 | 2015 | 94 years, 7 days | 20 February 2012 Juan Francisco Fresno |
65 | Prosper Grech, O.S.A. | Malta | 1925 | 2019 | 94 years, 6 days | 21 January 2017 Gerald Emmett Carter |
67 | Roberto Tucci | Italy | 1921 | 2015 | 93 years, 360 days | 14 February 2011 Peter Porekuu Dery |
67 | Georges Cottier | Switzerland | 1922 | 2016 | 93 years, 341 days | 20 July 2012 Miguel Darío Miranda y Gómez |
68 | John Carberry | United States | 1904 | 1998 | 93 years, 321 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
69 | Paolo Bertoli | Italy | 1908 | 2001 | 93 years, 280 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
70 | Opilio Rossi | United States | 1910 | 2004 | 93 years, 271 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
71 | Henri Albert de la Grange d'Arquien | France | 1613 | 1707 | 93 years, 258 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
72 | Adam Maida | United States | 1930 | Alive | 94 years, 255 days | 17 June 2022 Cahal Daly |
73 | Thomas Williams | United States | 1930 | Alive | 94 years, 253 days | 23 June 2022 Gabriel-Marie Garrone |
74 | Julian Herranz Casado | Spain | 1930 | Alive | 94 years, 242 days | 30 July 2022 Miguel Obando y Bravo |
75 | Vincenzo Vannutelli | Italy | 1836 | 1930 | 93 years, 216 days | 1 January 20081 January 2008 Original |
76 | José Manuel Estepa Llaurens | Spain | 1926 | 2019 | 93 years, 201 days | 12 March 2017 Yves Congar, O.P. |
77 | Giuseppe Firrao | Italy | 1736 | 1830 | 93 years, 188 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
78 | Jean Margéot | Mauritius | 1916 | 2009 | 93 years, 164 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
79 | Teodolfo Mertel | Italy | 1806 | 1899 | 93 years, 152 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
80 | Simon Pimenta | Italy | 1920 | 2013 | 93 years, 140 days | 26 September 2009 Maximos IV Sayegh |
81 | Paul Poupard | France | 1930 | Alive | 94 years, 90 days | 5 January 2023 Augusto da Silva |
82 | Salvatore De Giorgi | Italy | 1930 | Alive | 94 years, 83 days | 17 January 2023 Giuseppe Casoiria |
83 | František Tomášek | Czech Republic | 1899 | 1992 | 93 years, 35 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
84 | Alfredo Scherer | Brazil | 1903 | 1996 | 93 years, 33 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
85 | Giuseppe Pizzardo | Italy | 1877 | 1970 | 93 years, 19 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
86 | James Francis McIntyre | United States | 1886 | 1979 | 93 years, 14 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
Antonio Innocenti | Italy | 1915 | 2008 | |||
88 | Carlo Confalonieri | Italy | 1893 | 1986 | 93 years, 7 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
89 | Alessandro Verde | Italy | 1865 | 1958 | 93 years, 2 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
90 | Janis Pujats | Latvia | 1930 | Alive | 94 years, 14 days | 2 April 2023 Silvano Piovanelli |
91 | Julien Ries | Belgium | 1920 | 2013 | 92 years, 310 days | 18 February 2012 Ángel Suquía Goicoechea |
92 | Juan Carlos Aramburu | Argentina | 1912 | 2004 | 92 years, 281 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
93 | Camillo Ruini | Italy | 1931 | Alive | 93 years, 283 days | 3 September 2023 Maurice Feltin |
94 | Paolo Giobbe | Italy | 1880 | 1972 | 92 years, 217 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
95 | Sergio Sebastiani | Italy | 1931 | Alive | 93 years, 231 days | 18 September 2023 Luigi Poggi |
96 | Josyf Slipyj | Ukraine | 1892 | 1984 | 92 years, 203 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
Léon-Étienne Duval | Algeria | 1903 | 1996 | |||
98 | Jean Honoré | France | 1920 | 2013 | 92 years, 199 days | 4 May 2010 Paolo Marella |
99 | Joseph Asajirō Satowaki | Japan | 1904 | 1996 | 92 years, 189 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
100 | José María Caro Rodríguez | Chile | 1866 | 1958 | 92 years, 164 days | 1 January 2008 Original |