List of longest-living cardinals
This article lists the 100 longest known living or deceased Members of the College of Cardinals (born post-1800), 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:
Italy
orrado Bafile
cardinalate:\1976–2005
2nd-Oldest:
France
Loris Francesco Capovilla
cardinalate: 2014–2016
3rd-Oldest:
Colombia
José de Jesús Pimiento Rodríguez
cardinalate: 2015–2019
4th-oldest ever:
Angola
Alexandre do Nascimento
cardinalate: 1983–present
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List
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| Currently Living |
| Up-to-date 11/1/2024 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Cardinal | Country | Born | Died | Age |
| 1 | Corrado Bafile | Italy | 1903 | 2005 | 101 years, 214 days
(101.59 years) |
| 2 | Loris Francesco Capovilla | Italy | 1915 | 2016 | 100 years, 224 days
(100.62 years) |
| 3 | José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez | Colombia | 1919 | 2019 | 100 years, 197 days(100.54 years) |
| 4 | Alexandre do Nascimento | Angola | 1925 | Alive | 99 years, 245 days
(99.1 years) |
| 5 | Ersilio Tonini | Italy | 1914 | 2013 | 99 years, 8 days
(99.02 years) |
| 6 | Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir | Lebanon | 1920 | 2019 | 98 years, 362 days(98.99 years) |
| 7 | Paul Augustin Mayer OSA | Germany | 1911 | 2010 | 98 years, 342 days(98.94 years) |
| 8 | Ignatius Kung Pin-mei | China | 1901 | 2000 | 98 years, 223 days
(98.61 years) |
| Franz König | Austria | 1905 | 2004 | ||
| 10 | Jozef Tomko | Slovakia | 1924 | 2022 | 98 years 150 days
(98.41 years) |
| 11 | Fiorenzo Angelini | Italy | 1916 | 2014 | 98 years, 113 days
(98.31 years) |
| 12 | Estanislao Esteban Karlic | Argentina | 1926 | Alive | 98 years, 268 days
(98.16 years) |
| 13 | Albert Vanhoye, SJ | France | 1923 | 2021 | 98 years, 5 days
(98.01 years) |
| 14 | Paolo Dezza, S.J. | Italy | 1901 | 1999 | 98 years, 4 days
(98.01 years) |
| 15 | Alexandre José María dos Santos, O.F.M. | Mozambique | 1924 | 2021 | 97 years, 195 days
(97.53 years) |
| 16 | Alfons Maria Stickler SDB | Austria | 1910 | 2007 | 97 years, 111 days
(97.31 years) |
| 16 | Emmanuel Wamala | Uganda | 1926 | Alive | 97 years, 322 days
(97.31 years) |
| 18 | Henryk Gulbinowicz | Poland | 1923 | 2020 | 97 years, 30 days
(97.09 years) |
| 19 | Ferdinando Giuseppe Antonelli, O.F.M. | Italy | 1896 | 1993 | 96 years, 363 days
(96.99 years) |
| 20 | Luis Pascual Dri OFMCap | Argentina | 1927 | Alive | 97 years, 198 days
(96.96 years) |
| 21 | Roger Etchegaray | France | 1922 | 2019 | 96 years, 344 days
(96.94 years) |
| 22 | Johannes Willebrands | Netherlands | 1909 | 2008 | 96 years, 331 days
(96.91 years) |
| 23 | Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte | Italy | 1851 | 1948 | 96 years, 312 days
(96.85 years) |
| 24 | Edward Cassidy | Australia | 1924 | 2021 | 96 years, 279 days
(96.77 years) |
| 25 | Kazimierz Świątek | Belarus | 1914 | 2011 | 96 years, 273 days
(96.75 years) |
| 26 | José da Costa Nuñes | Portugal | 1880 | 1976 | 96 years, 259 days
(96.74 years) |
| 27 | Giovanni Canestri | Italy | 1918 | 2006 | 96 years, 211 days
(96.58 years) |
| 28 | Domenico Bartolucci | Italy | 1917 | 2013 | 96 years, 188 days
(96.52 years) |
| 29 | Adam Kozłowiecki, S.J. | Zambia | 1911 | 2007 | 96 years, 180 days
(96.49 years) |
| 30 | Francisco Álvarez Martínez | Spain | 1925 | 2022 | 96 years, 175 days
(96.48 years) |
| 31 | Júlio Duarte Langa | Mozambique | 1927 | Alive | 97 years, 5 days
(96.44 years) |
| 32 | Mikel Koliqi | Albania | 1900 | 1997 | 96 years, 121 days
(96.33 years) |
| 33 | Friedrich Wetter | Germany | 1928 | Alive | 96 years, 255 days
(96.44 years) |
| 34 | Francesco Morano | Italy | 1872 | 1968 | 96 years, 34 days
(96.09 years) |
| 35 | Luigi De Magistris | Italy | 1926 | 2022 | 95 years 358 days
(95.98 years) |
| 36 | José Freire Falcão | Brazil | 1925 | 2021 | 95 years, 338 days
(95.93 years) |
| 37 | Pietro Parente | Italy | 1891 | 1986 | 95 years, 316 days(95.87 years) |
| 38 | Achille Silvestrini | Italy | 1923 | 2019 | 95 years, 308 days
(95.85 years) |
| 39 | Agostino Cacciavillan | Italy | 1926 | 2022 | 95 years, 204 days
(95.56 years) |
| 40 | Henri de Lubac, S.J. | France | 1896 | 1991 | 95 years, 196 days(95.54 years) |
| 41 | Ernest Simoni | Albania | 1928 | Alive | 96 years, 14 days
(96.46 years) |
| 42 | Paulo Evaristo Arns | Brazil | 1921 | 2016 | 95 years, 91 days(95.25 years) |
| 43 | Walter Brandmüller | Germany | 1929 | Alive | 95 years, 301 days
(95.25 years) |
| 44 | Michael Michai Kitbunchu | Thailand | 1929 | Alive | 95 years, 281 days
(95.19 years) |
| 45 | Serafim Fernandes de Araújo | Brazil | 1924 | 2019 | 95 years, 56 days(95.15 years) |
| 46 | Alberto Di Jorio | Italy | 1884 | 1979 | 95 years, 49 days(95.13 years) |
| 47 | Corrado Ursi | Italy | 1908 | 2003 | 95 years, 34 days
(95.09 years) |
| 48 | Jorge Medina Estévez | Chile | 1926 | 2021 | 94 years, 284 days
(94.78 years) |
| 49 | Julijans Vaivods | Latvia | 1895 | 1990 | 94 years, 279 days
(94.76 years) |
| 50 | Carlos María de la Torre | Ecuador | 1873 | 1968 | 94 years, 259 days
(94.71 years) |
| 51 | Louis-Albert Vachon | Canada | 1912 | 2006 | 94 years, 237 days
(94.65 years) |
| 52 | Egano Righi-Lambertini | Italy | 1906 | 2000 | 94 years, 225 days
(94.62 years) |
| 53 | Angelo Sodano | Italy | 1927 | 2022 | 94 years, 205 days
(94.54 years) |
| 54 | Gilberto Agustoni | Italy | 1922 | 2017 | 94 years, 171 days
(94.47 years) |
| 55 | Eduardo Martínez Somalo | Spain | 1927 | 2021 | 94 years, 142 days
(94.36 years) |
| 56 | Giovanni Cheli | Italy | 1918 | 2013 | 94 years 122 days
(94.35 years) |
| 57 | Giuseppe Sensi | Italy | 1907 | 2001 | 94 years, 60 days
(94.17 years) |
| 58 | Adam Maida | United States | 1930 | Alive | 94 years, 228 days
(94.05 years) |
| 59 | Marian Jaworski | Poland | 1926 | 2020 | 94 years 13 days
(94.04 years) |
| 60 | Carlo Furno | Italy | 1921 | 2015 | 94 years, 7 days
(94.02 years) |
| 61 | Prosper Grech, O.S.A. | Malta | 1925 | 2019 | 94 years, 6 days
(94.02 years) |
| 62 | Julian Herranz Casado | Spain | 1930 | Alive | 94 years, 215 days
(94.01 years) |
| 63 | Roberto Tucci | Italy | 1921 | 2015 | 93 years, 360 days
(93.99 years) |
| 64 | Georges Cottier | Switzerland | 1922 | 2016 | 93 years, 341 days
(93.93 years) |
| 65 | John Carberry | United States | 1904 | 1998 | 93 years, 321 days
(93.88 years) |
| 66 | Paolo Bertoli | Italy | 1908 | 2001 | 93 years, 280 days
(93.77 years) |
| 67 | Thomas Williams | United States | 1930 | 2023 | 93 years. 276 days
(93.76 years) |
| 68 | Opilio Rossi | United States | 1910 | 2004 | 93 years, 271 days
(93.74 years) |
| 69 | Paul Poupard | France | 1930 | Alive | 94 years, 63 days
(93.6 years) |
| 70 | Vincenzo Vannutelli | Italy | 1836 | 1930 | 93 years, 216 days
(93.59 years) |
| 71 | Salvatore De Giorgi | Italy | 1930 | Alive | 94 years, 56 days
(95.58 years) |
| 72 | José Manuel Estepa Llaurens | Spain | 1926 | 2019 | 93 years, 201 days
(93.55 years) |
| 73 | Jean Margéot | Mauritius | 1916 | 2009 | 93 years, 164 days
(93.45 years) |
| 74 | Teodolfo Mertel | Italy | 1806 | 1899 | 93 years, 152 days
(93.42 years) |
| 75 | Janis Pujats | Latvia | 1930 | Alive | 93 years, 353 days
(93.39 years) |
| 76 | Simon Pimenta | Italy | 1920 | 2013 | 93 years, 140 days
(93.38 years) |
| 77 | Camillo Ruini | Italy | 1931 | Alive | 93 years, 256 days
(93.12 years) |
| 78 | František Tomášek | Czech Republic | 1899 | 1992 | 93 years, 35 days
(93.1 years) |
| 79 | Alfredo Scherer | Brazil | 1903 | 1996 | 93 years, 33 days
(93.09 years) |
| 80 | James Francis McIntyre | United States | 1886 | 1979 | 93 years, 21 days(93.06 years) |
| 81 | Giuseppe Pizzardo | Italy | 1877 | 1970 | 93 years, 19 days
(93.05 years) |
| 82 | Antonio Innocenti | Italy | 1915 | 2008 | 93 years, 14 days
(93.04 years) |
| 83 | Carlo Confalonieri | Italy | 1893 | 1986 | 93 years, 7 days
(93.02 years) |
| 84 | Alessandro Verde | Italy | 1865 | 1958 | 93 years, 2 days
(93 years) |
| 85 | Lucian Mureșan | Romania | 1931 | Alive | 93 years, 162 days
(92.87 years) |
| 86 | Julien Ries | Belgium | 1920 | 2013 | 92 years, 310 days
(92.85 years) |
| 87 | Juan Carlos Aramburu | Argentina | 1912 | 2004 | 92 years, 281 days
(92.77 years) |
| 88 | Sergio Sebastiani | Italy | 1931 | 2023 | 92 years 280 days
(92.77 years) |
| 89 | Paolo Giobbe | Italy | 1880 | 1972 | 92 years, 217 days
(92.59 years) |
| 90 | Josyf Slipyj | Ukraine | 1892 | 1984 | 92 years, 203 days
(92.55 years) |
| Léon-Étienne Duval | Algeria | 1903 | 1996 | ||
| 92 | Jean Honoré | France | 1920 | 2013 | 92 years, 199 days
(92.55 years) |
| 93 | Joseph Asajirō Satowaki | Japan | 1904 | 1996 | 92 years, 189 days
(92.52 years) |
| 94 | Luigi Poggi | Italy | 1917 | 2010 | 92 years, 160 days
(92.44 years) |
| 95 | Silvano Piovanelli | Italy | 1924 | 2016 | 92 years, 139 days
(92.38 years) |
| 96 | Maurice Feltin | France | 1883 | 1975 | 92 years, 135 days
(92.37 years) |
| 97 | Giuseppe Casoria | Italy | 1908 | 2001 | 92 years, 130 days
(92.36 years) |
| 98 | Augusto da Silva | Brazil | 1876 | 1968 | 92 years, 128 days
(92.35 years) |
| 99 | Miguel Obando Bravo, S.D.B. | Nicaragua | 1926 | 2018 | 92 years, 121 days
(92.33 years) |
| 100 | Gabriel-Marie Garrone | France | 1901 | 1994 | 92 years, 95 days
(92.26 years) |
Chronological list of Oldest living members of the College of Cardinals
| Name | Country | Born | Time as Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Henry Newman | United Kingdom England |
21 February 1801–11 August 1890 89 years, 171 days |
–11 August 1890 (aged 89) ?? |
| Teodolfo Mertel |
Italy |
9 February 1806–11 July 1899 aged 93 years, 152 days |
11 August 1890 (aged 84)–11 July 1899 (aged 93) 8 years, 334 days |
| Luigi Di Canossa | 20 April 1809–2 March 1900 aged 90 |
11 July 1899 (aged 89)–2 March 1900 (aged 90) 244 days | |
| Michelangelo Celesia | 13 January 1814&ndssh;14 April 1904 aged 90 years, 92 days |
12 March 1900 (aged 86)-14 April 1904 (aged 90) 314 days | |
| François-Marie-Benjamin Richard | France | 1 March 1819–27 January 1904 aged 88 years, 332 days |
14 April 1904 (aged 84)–27 January 1908 (aged 88) 3 years, 288 days |
| Anton Josef Gruscha | Italy | 3 November 1820–5 August 1911 aged 90 years, 275 daya |
27 January 1908 (aged 87)–5 August 1911 (aged 90) 3 years, 190 days |
| Alfonso Capecelatro | 5 February 1824–14 November 1912 aged 88 years, 283 days |
5 August 1911 (aged 87)–14 November 1912 (aged 88) 1 year, 101 days | |
| Angelo di Pierto | 22 May 1828–14 November 1912 aged 86 years, 197 days |
14 November 1912 (aged 83)–5 December 1914 (aged 86) 2 years, 21 days | |
| François de Cabrières | France | 30 August 1830–21 December 1921 aged 91 years, 113 days |
5 December 1914 (aged 84)–21 December 1921 (aged 91) 7 years, 16 days |
| Giuseppe Prisco | Italy | 8 September 1833–4 February 1923 aged 89 years, 149 days |
21 December 1921 (aged 87)–4 February 1923 (aged 89) 1 year, 45 days |
| Vincenzo Vannutelli | 5 December 1836–9 July 1930 aged 93 years, 216 days |
4 February 1923 (aged 86)–9 July 1930 (aged 93) 7 years, 155 days | |
| Andreas Frühwirth | Austria | 21 August 1845–9 February 1933 aged 87 years, 172 days |
9 July 1930(aged 84)–9 February 1933 (aged 87) 2 years, 215 days |
| Franz Ehrle | Germany | 17 October 1845–31 March 1934 aged 88 years, 165 days |
9 February 1933 (aged 87)–31 March 1933 (aged 88) 1 year, 54 days |
| Pierre Andrieu | France | 7 December 1849–15 February 1935 aged 85 years, 70 days |
31 March 1934(aged 84)–15 February 1935 (aged 85) 321 days |
| Gennaro Granito out Belmonte | Italy | 10 April 1851–16 February 1948 aged 96 years, 312 days |
15 February 1935(aged 83)–16 February 1951(aged 96) 13 years, 1 day |
| Enrico Sibilia | 17 March 1861–4 August 1948 aged 87 years, 140 days |
16 February 1948 (aged 86)–4 August 1948 (aged 87) 170 days | |
| Alessandro Verde | 27 March 1865–29 March 1958 aged 93 years, 2 days |
4 August 1948 (aged 83)–29 March 1958 (aged 93) 9 years, 237 days | |
| Jose Maria Caro | Chile | 23 June 1866–4 December 1958 aged 92 years, 164 days |
29 March 1958 (aged 91)–4 December 1958 (aged 92) 1 year, 250 days |
| Georges Grente | France | 5 May 1872–5 May 1959 aged 87 years, 0 days |
4 December 1958 (aged 86)–5 May 1959 (ages 87) 152 days |
| Elia dala Costa | Italy | 14 May 1872–22 December 1961 aged 89 years, 222 days |
5 May 1959 (aged 86)–22 December 1961 (aged 89) 2 years, 231 daya |
| Francesco Morano | 8 June 1872–12 July 1968 aged 96 years, 34 days |
22 December 1961 (aged 89)–12 July 1968 (aged 96) 6 years, 203 days | |
| Carlos María de la Torre | Ecuador | 15 November 1873–31 July 1968 aged 94 years, 259 days |
12 July 1968 (aged 92)–31 July 1968 (aged 92) 19 days |
| Augusto da Silva | Brazil | 8 April 1876–14 August 1968 aged 92 years, 128 days |
31 July 1968 (aged 92)–14 August 1968 (aged 92) 14 days |
| Giuseppe Pizzardo | Italy | 13 July 1877–1 August 1973 aged 93 years, 19 days |
14 August 1968 (aged 91)–1 August 1973 (aged 93) 1 year, 352 days |
| Benedetto Aloisi Masella | 29 June 1879–30 September 1970 aged 91 years, 93 days |
1 August 1970–30 September 1970 60 days | |
| Paolo Giobbe | 10 January 1880–30 September 1970 aged 92 years, 217 days |
30 September 1970 (aged 90)–14 August 1972 (aged 92) 1 year, 319 days | |
| José da Costa Nunes | Portugal | 15 March 1880–29 November 1976 (4 years, 107 days)
aged 96 years, 259 days |
14 August 1972 (aged 92) –29 November 1976(aged 96) 4 years, 107 days |
| Alberto di Jorio | Italy | 18 July 1884–5 September 1979 aged 95 years, 49 days |
29 November 1976-5 September 1979 4 years, 107 days |
| Antonio Caggiano | Argentina | 30 January 1889–23 October 1979 aged 90 years, 266 days |
5 September 1979 (aged 90)–23 October 1979 (aged 90) 48 days |
| Carlos Carmelo Vasconcellos Motta | Brazil | 16 July 1890–18 September 1982 aged 92 years, 64 days |
23 October 1979 (aged 89)–18 September 1982 (aged 92) 2years, 326 days |
| Pietro Parente | Italy | 16 February 1891–29 December 1986 aged 95 years, 356 days |
18 September 1982 (aged 91)–29 December 1986 (aged 95) 4 years, 102 days |
| Julijans Vaivods | Latvia | 18 August 1895–24 May 1990 aged 94 years, 279 days |
29 December 1986 (aged 91)–24 May 1990 (aged 95) 3 years, 146 days |
| Henri de Lubac | France | 20 February 1896–4 September 1991 aged 95 years, 196 days |
24 May 1990 (aged 94)–4 September 1991(aged 95) 1 year, 103 days |
| Ferdinando Giuseppe Antonelli | Italy | 14 July 1896 - 4 September 1991 aged 95 years, 196 days |
4 September 1991–4 September 1991 (1 year, 103 days) |
| Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei | China | 2 August 1901–12 March 2000 aged 98 years, 223 days |
4 September 1991–12 March 2000 3 years, 83 days |
| Mikel Koliqi | Albania | 29 September 1900–28 January 1997 aged 96 years, 121 days |
26 November 1994–28 January 1997 2 years, 63 days |
| Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei | China | 2 August 1901‐12 March 2000 aged 98 years, 223 days |
28 January 1997‐12 March 2000 3 years, 44 days |
| Corrado Bafile | Italy | 4 July 1903‐3 February 2005 aged 101 years, 214 days |
12 March 2000‐3 February 2005 (4 years, 328 days) |
| Johannes Willebrands | Natherlands | 4 September 1909‐1 August 2008 aged 96 years, 331 days |
3 February 2005‐1 August 2008 (1 year, 180 days) |
| Alfons Maria Stickler | Austria | 23 August 1910‐12 December 2007 (1 year, 133 days) |
1 August 2006‐12 December 2007 97 years, 311 days |
| Paul Augustin Mayer | Germany | 23 May 1911‐30 April 2010 aged 98 years, 312 days |
12 December 2007‐30 April 2010 (2 years, 139 days) |
| Ersilio Tonini | Italy | 20 July 1914‐28 July 2013 (3 years, 89 days) |
30 April 2010‐28 July 2013 aged 99 years, 8 days |
| Fiorenzo Angelini | 1 August 1916‐22 November 2014 aged 98 years, 113 days |
28 July 2013‐22 February 2014 (209 days) | |
| Loris Francesco Capovilla | 14 October 1915‐6 May 2016 100 years, 224 days |
22 February 2014‐26 May 2016 (2 years, 94 days) | |
| José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez | Colombia | 18 February 1919‐3 September 2019 aged 100 years, 197 days |
26 May 2016‐3 September 2019 (3 years, 100 days) |
| Roger Etchegaray | France | 25 September 1922‐4 September 2019 aged 96 years, 344 days |
3 September 2019 (aged 96)–4 September 2019 (aged 96)(1 day) |
| Albert Vanhoye | 24 July 1923–29 July 2021 98 years, 5 days |
4 September 2019–29 July 2021 (1 year, 328 days) | |
| Jozef Tomko | Slovakia | 11 March 1924–14 July 2022 aged 98 years, 150 days |
29 July 2021 (aged 97)–14 July 2022 (1 year, 10 days) |
| Alexandre do Nascimento | Angola | born 1 March 1925 99 years, 245 days |
8 August 2022 (aged 97) 2 years, 71 days |
See Also
- List of Cardinals by Age (current)
- Cardinals by Death Date (who died at least 85 years old)
- Lists of Cardinals by death date
- List of current cardinals
- Hypothetical List of longest-living Cardinals
- List of longest-living state leaders
- Past longest-living cardinals
- List of Piston Cup Racing Series Champions