Hypothetical List of Longest living Cardinals (what if)
If Every cardinal who are currently living are still alive by 31 December 2027.
List
| Bold on gold are Cardinals currently living |
| No. | Cardinal | Country | Born | Died | Age at Death | Date Entered
After |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alexandre do Nascimento | Angola | 1925 | Alive | 103 years, 335 days | 22 February 2016 José Tomás Sánchez |
| 2 | Estanislao Esteban Karlic | Argentina | 1922 | Alive | 102 years, 358 days | 25 May 2017 Rainiero d'Elci |
| 3 | Jorge da Costa | Portugal | 1406 | 1508 | 101 years, 262 days to 102 years, 261 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
| 4 | Corrado Bafile | Italy | 1903 | 2005 | 101 years, 214 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
| 5 | Emmanuel Wamala | Uganda | 1926 | Alive | 102 years, 46 days | 5 August 2018 Edward Clancy |
| 6 | Luis Pascual Dri | Argentina | 1927 | Alive | 100 years, 258 days | 30 September 2023 Luigi Poggi |
| 7 | Loris Francesco Capovilla | Italy | 1915 | 2016 | 100 years, 224 days | 22 February 2014 Aurelio Sasbattani |
| 8 | José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez | Colombia | 1919 | 2019 | 100 years, 197 days | 14 February 2015 Luigi Di Camossa |
| 9 | Luigi Ciacchi | Italy | 1765 | 1865 | 100 years, 123 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
| 10 | Júlio Duarte Langa | Mozambique | 1927 | Alive | 100 years, 65 days | 29 July 2019 Ján Chryzostom Korec S.J. |
| 11 | Friedrich Wetter | Germany | 1928 | Alive | 99 years, 314 days | 28 July 2020 Jorge María Mejía |
| 12 | Ernest Simoni | Albania | 1928 | Alive | 99 years, 65 days | 5 September 2020 Jozef Frings |
| 13 | Ersilio Tonini | Italy | 1914 | 2013 | 99 years, 8 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
| 14 | Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir | Lebanon | 1920 | 2019 | 98 years, 362 days | 23 December 2009 Elia Dalla Costa and Édouard Gagnon (tied age) |
| 15 | Walter Brandmüller | Germany | 1929 | Alive | 98 years, 360 days | 8 March 2021 Carlos Carmelo Vasconcellos Motta |
| 16 | Paul Augustin Mayer |
Germany |
1911 | 2010 | 98 years, 342 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
| 17 | Michael Michai Kitbunchu | Thailand | 1929 | Alive | 98 years, 340 days | 19 April 2021 Andrea Lanza di Montemoozlo |
| 18 | Galeazzo Marescotti | Italy | 1627 | 1726 | 98 years, 275 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
| 19 | Jean-Baptist de Belloy | France | 1709 | 1808 | 98 years, 245 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
| 20 | Ignatius Kung Pin-mei | China | 1901 | 2000 | 98 years, 223 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
| Franz König | Austria | 1905 | 2004 | |||
| 22 | Jozef Tomko | Slovakia | 1924 | 2022 | 98 years 150 days | 11 December 2014 Anton Jozef Gruscha |
| 23 | Fiorenzo Angelini | Italy | 1916 | 2014 | 98 years, 113 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
| 24 | Albert Vanhoye, SJ | France | 1923 | 2021 | 98 years, 59 days | 21 January 2014 Urbano Navarrete Cortés S.J. |
| 25 | Paolo Dezza, S.J. | Italy | 1901 | 1999 | 98 years, 4 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
| 25 | Adam Maida | United States | 1930 | Alive | 97 years, 288 days | 17 June 2022 Cahal Daly |
| 27 | Thomas Williams | United States | 1930 | Alive | 97 years, 286 days | 23 June 2022 Gabriel-Marie Garrone |
| 28 | Julian Herranz Casado | Spain | 1930 | Alive | 97 years, 275 days | 30 July 2022 Miguel Obando y Bravo |
| 29 | Alexandre José María dos Santos, O.F.M. | Mozambique | 1924 | 2021 | 97 years, 195 days | 8 January 2015 Amleto Giovanni Cicongani |
| 30 | Paul Poupard | France | 1930 | Alive | 97 years, 123 days | 5 January 2023 Augusto da Silva |
| 31 | Salvatore De Giorgi | Italy | 1930 | Alive | 97 years, 116 days | 17 January 2023 Giuseppe Casoiria |
| 32 | Alfons Maria Stickler | Austria | 1910 | 2007 | 97 years, 111 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
| 33 | Janis Pujats | Latvia | 1930 | Alive | 97 years, 47 days | 2 April 2023 Silvano Piovanelli |
| 34 | Henryk Gulbinowicz | Poland | 1923 | 2020 | 97 years, 30 days | 29 May 2014 Carlo Albero Guidobono Cavalchini |
| 35 | Ferdinando Giuseppe Antonelli, O.F.M. | Italy | 1896 | 1993 | 96 years, 363 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
| 36 | Roger Etchegaray | France | 1922 | 2019 | 96 years, 344 days | 13 January 2013 Marcelo Lante della Rovere |
| 37 | Johannes Willebrands | Netherlands | 1909 | 2008 | 96 years, 331 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
| 38 | Camillo Ruini | Italy | 1931 | Alive | 96 years, 315 days | 3 September 2023 Maurice Feltin |
| 39 | Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte | Italy | 1851 | 1948 | 96 years, 312 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
| 40 | Sergio Sebastiani | Italy | 1931 | Alive | 96 years, 264 days | 18 September 2023 Luigi Poggi |
| 41 | Edward Cassidy | Australia | 1924 | 2021 | 96 years, 279 days | 4 June 2015 Giuseppe Carpio |
| 42 | Kazimierz Świątek | Belarus | 1914 | 2011 | 96 years, 273 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
| 43 | José da Costa Nuñes | Portugal | 1880 | 1976 | 96 years, 259 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
| 44 | Lucian Mureșan | Romania | 1931 | Alive | 96 years, 222 days | 3 November 2023 José María Caro Rodríguez |
| 45 | Giovanni Canestri | Italy | 1918 | 2006 | 96 years, 211 days | 14 March 2008 Giovanni Colombo |
| 46 | Domenico Bartolucci | Italy | 1917 | 2013 | 96 years, 188 days | 28 November 2010 Ángel Suquía Goicoechea |
| 47 | Adam Kozłowiecki, S.J. | Zambia | 1911 | 2007 | 96 years, 180 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
| 48 | Francisco Álvarez Martínez | Spain | 1925 | 2022 | 96 years, 175 days | 26 July 2015 Francesco Albizzi |
| 49 | Francesco Carafa di Trajetto | Italy | 1722 | 1818 | 96 years, 144 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
| 50 | Mikel Koliqi | Albania | 1900 | 1997 | 96 years, 121 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
| 51 | Francesco Morano | Italy | 1872 | 1968 | 96 years, 34 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
| 52 | Luigi De Magistris | Italy | 1926 | 2022 | 95 years 358 days | 14 July 2017 François de Rovérié de Cabrières |
| 53 | Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, SDB | China (Hong Kong) |
1932 | Alive | 95 years, 352 days | 13 July 2024 Joseph Asajiro Satowaki |
| 54 | José Freire Falcão | Brazil | 1925 | 2021 | 95 years, 338 days | 15 November 2016 Patrick O'Boyle |
| 55 | Pietro Parente | Italy | 1891 | 1986 | 95 years, 316 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
| 56 | Achille Silvestrini | Italy | 1923 | 2019 | 95 years, 308 days | 9 June 2014 Silvio Oddi |
| 57 | Agostino Cacciavillan | Italy | 1926 | 2022 | 95 years, 204 days | 10 December 2017 Pietro Pavan |
| 58 | Henri de Lubac, S.J. | France | 1896 | 1991 | 95 years, 196 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
| 59 | James Francis Stafford | United States | 1932 | Alive | 95 years, 155 days | 30 July 2024 Jean Honoré |
| 60 | Gaudencio Rosales | Philippines | 1932 | Alive | 95 years, 143 days | 1 March 2025 – |
| 61 | Pedro Rubiano Sáenz | Colombia | 1932 | Alive | 95 years, 109 days | 4 April 2025 Josyf Slipyj and Léon-Étienne Duval |
| 62 | Paulo Evaristo Arns | Brazil | 1921 | 2016 | 95 years, 91 days | 18 August 2011 Paul Gouyon |
| 63 | Francis Arinze | Nigeria | 1932 | Alive | 95 years, 60 days | 6 June 2025 Paolo Giobbe |
| 64 | Serafim Fernandes de Araújo | Brazil | 1924 | 2019 | 95 years, 56 days | 26 July 2015 Francesco Albizzi |
| 65 | Alberto Di Jorio | Italy | 1884 | 1979 | 95 years, 49 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
| 67 | Renato Martino | Italy | 1932 | Alive | 95 years, 38 days | 31 August 2025 Juan Carlos Aramburu |
| 67 | Corrado Ursi | Italy | 1908 | 2003 | 95 years, 34 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
| 68 | Kelvin Edward Felix | Saint Lucia | 1933 | Alive | 94 years, 319 days | 22 December 2025 Julien Ries |
| 69 | Walter Kasper | Germany | 1933 | Alive | 94 years, 301 days | 7 March 2026 Alessandro Verde |
| 70 | Jorge Medina Estévez | Chile | 1926 | 2021 | 94 years, 284 days | 24 August 2018 Eugenio Sales |
| 71 | Julijans Vaivods | Latvia | 1895 | 1990 | 94 years, 279 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
| 72 | Juan Sandoval Iñiguez | Mexico | 1933 | Alive | 94 years, 278 days | 4 April 2026 Carlo Confalonieri |
| 73 | Carlos María de la Torre | Ecuador | 1873 | 1968 | 94 years, 259 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
| 74 | Louis-Albert Vachon | Canada | 1912 | 2006 | 94 years, 237 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
| 75 | Egano Righi-Lambertini | Italy | 1906 | 2000 | 94 years, 225 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
| 76 | Angelo Sodano | Italy | 1927 | 2022 | 94 years, 205 days | 14 September 2019 Leo Jozef Suenens |
| 77 | Gilberto Agustoni | Italy | 1922 | 2017 | 94 years, 171 days | 26 October 2012 Michelangelo Celesia |
| 78 | Eduardo Martínez Somalo | Spain | 1927 | 2021 | 94 years, 142 days | 4 December 2018 Stanisław Nagy S.C.I. |
| 79 | Giovanni Cheli | Italy | 1918 | 2013 | 94 years 122 days | 19 March 2008 Antonio Tosti |
| 80 | Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa ISch | Chile | 1933 | Alive | 94 years, 117 days | 19 September 2026 – |
| 81 | Raffaele Farina SDB | Italy | 1933 | Alive | 94 years, 99 days | 8 October 2026 James Francis McIntyre and Antonio Innocenti |
| 82 | Giuseppe Sensi | Italy | 1907 | 2001 | 94 years, 60 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
| 83 | Marian Jaworski | Poland | 1926 | 2020 |
94 years 13 days |
8 March 2018 Enrique Pla y Deniel |
| 84 | Carlo Furno | Italy | 1921 | 2015 | 94 years, 7 days | 20 February 2012 Juan Francisco Fresno |
| 85 | Prosper Grech, O.S.A. | Malta | 1925 | 2019 | 94 years, 6 days | 21 January 2017 Gerald Emmett Carter |
| 86 | Roberto Tucci | Italy | 1921 | 2015 | 93 years, 360 days | 14 February 2011 Peter Porekuu Dery |
| 87 | Georges Cottier | Switzerland | 1922 | 2016 | 93 years, 341 days | 20 July 2012 Miguel Darío Miranda y Gómez |
| 88 | Giovanni Battista Re | Italy | 1934 | Alive | 93 years, 335 days | 18 February 2027 Giuseppe Pizzardo |
| 89 | John Carberry | United States | 1904 | 1998 | 93 years, 321 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
| 90 | Jean-Baptiste Phạm Minh Mẫn | Vietnam | 1934 | Alive | 93 years, 301 days | 7 April 2027 Alfredo Scherer |
| 91 | Paolo Bertoli | Italy | 1908 | 2001 | 93 years, 280 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
| 92 | Opilio Rossi | United States | 1910 | 2004 | 93 years, 271 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
| 93 | Henri Albert de la Grange d'Arquien | France | 1613 | 1707 | 93 years, 258 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
| 94 | Francesco Monterisi | Italy | 1934 | Alive | 93 years, 217 days | 2 July 2027 František Tomášek |
| 95 | Vincenzo Vannutelli | Italy | 1836 | 1930 | 93 years, 216 days | 1 January 20081 January 2008 Original |
| 96 | José Manuel Estepa Llaurens | Spain | 1926 | 2019 | 93 years, 201 days | 12 March 2017 Yves Congar, O.P. |
| 97 | Giuseppe Firrao | Italy | 1736 | 1830 | 93 years, 188 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
| 98 | Jean Margéot | Mauritius | 1916 | 2009 | 93 years, 164 days | 1 January 2008 Original |
| 99 | Raniero Cantalamessa | Italy | 1934 | Alive | 94 years, 192 days | 9 December 2027 Simon Pimenta |
| 100 | Teodolfo Mertel | Italy | 1806 | 1899 | 93 years, 152 days | 1 January 2008 Original |