Past longest-living cardinals
Longest-Lived Cardinals from 1500 (ages at least 85 years)
No. | Cardinal | Post | Country | Born | Date Elevated to Cardinalate | Died | Age at Death |
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1 | Jorge da Costa | Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina (1503–1508)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Lorenzo in Lucina in commendum (1491–1508) |
Italy | 1406 | 14 Sep 1476 | 18 Sep 1508 | 101 years, 262 days to 102 years, 261 days |
2 | Luigi Ciacchi | Cardinal-Deacon of Sant'Angelo in Pescheria (1838 – 1865) | Italy | 16 Aug 1765 | 12 Feb 1838 | 17 Dec 1865 | 100 years, 122 days |
3 | Galeazzo Marescotti | Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina (1708– 1726)
Protopriest of the College of Cardinals (1710–1715) |
Italy | 1 Oct 1627 | 27 May 1675 | 3 Jul 1726 | 98 years, 275 days |
4 | Jean-Baptist de Belloy | Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina (1805 – 1808) | France | 17 Oct 1709 | 17 Jan 1803 | 10 Jun 1808 | 98 years, 237 days |
5 | Francesco Carafa della Spina di Traetto | Protopriest (1803 – 1818)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Damaso (1807 – 1818) Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina in commendum (1807 – 1818) |
Italy | 26 Apr 1722 | 19 Apr 1773 | 20 Sep 1818 | 96 years, 144 days |
6 | Henri Albert de la Grange d’Arquien | Cardinal-Deacon of San Nicola in Carcere (1699–1707) | France | 8 Sep 1613 | 12 Dec 1695 | 24 May 1707 | 93 years, 258 days |
7 | Giuseppe Firrao | Cardinal-Priest of San Eusebio (1801 – 1830)
Protopriest of the Sacred College of Cardinals (1823 – 1830) |
Italy | 20 Jul 1736 | 23 Feb 1801 | 24 Jan 1830 | 93 years, 188 days |
8 | Teodolfo Mertel | Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Damaso (1884–1899) | Itay | 6 Feb 1806 | 15 Mar 1858 | 11 Jul 1899 | 93 years, 152 days |
9 | Raniero d'Elci | Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia–Velletri and Dean of the College of Cardinals (1756 – 1761) | Italy | 7 Mar 1670 | 20 Dec 1737 (created in pectore)
23 June 1738 (revealed) |
22 Jun 1761 | 91 years, 107 days |
10 | Giuseppe Maria Capece Zurlo, C.R. | Cardinal-Priest of San Bernardo alle Terme (1783 – 1801) | Italy | 3 Jan 1711 | 16 Dec 1782 | 31 Dec 1801 | 90 years, 362 days |
11 | Cirilo de Alameda y Brea | Cardinal-Priest (1858 – 1872) | Spain | 9 Jul 1781 | 15 Mar 1858 | 1 Jul 1872 | 90 years, 358 days |
12 | Francesco Albizzi | Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede (1681–1684) | Italy | 24 Oct 1593 | 2 Mar 1654 | 5 Oct 1684 | 90 years, 347 days |
13 | Luigi Di Canossa | Cardinal-Priest of S. Marcello (1877 – 1900) | Italy | 20 Apr 1809 | 12 Mar 1877 | 12 Mar 1900 | 90 years, 326 days |
14 | Johann Casimir von Häffelin | Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Anastasia (1822 – 1827) | Germany | 3 Jan 1737 | 6 Apr 1818 | 27 Aug 1827 | 90 years, 236 days |
15 | Carlo Alberto Guidobono Cavalchini | Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia–Velletri (1763 – 1774)
Dean of the College of Cardinals (1763 – 1774) |
Italy | 26 Jul 1683 | 9 Sep 1743 | 7 Mar 1774 | 90 years, 224 days |
16 | Giacomo Oddi | Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina (1763– 1770) | Italy | 11 Nov 1679 | 9 Sep 1743 | 2 May 1770 | 90 years, 172 days |
17 | Marcello Lante della Rovere | Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia–Velletri (1641–1652)
Dean of the College of Cardinals (1641–1652) |
Italy | 1562 | 11 Sep 1606 | 19 Apr 1651 | 90 years, 110 days to 91 years 109 days |
18 | Girolamo Grimaldi-Cavalleroni | Cardinal-Bishop of Albano (1675–1685) | Italy | 20 Aug 1595 | 13 Jul 1643 | 4 Nov 1685 | 90 years, 76 days |
19 | Alexis Billiet | Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Bonifacio ed Alessio (1862 – 1873) | France | 27 Feb 1790 | 27 Sep 1861 | 30 Apr 1873 | 90 years, 62 days |
20 | Vincenzo Macchi | Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia–Velletri (1847 – 1860)
Dean of the College of Cardinals (1847 – 1860) |
Italy | 30 Aug 1770 | 2 Oct 1826 | 30 Sep 1860 | 90 years, 31 days |
21 | Pietro Campori | Cardinal-Priest of San Tommaso in Parione (1616–1643) | Italy | 1553 | 19 Sep 1616 | 4 Feb 1643 | 89 years, 230 days to 90 years, 229 days |
22 | André-Hercule de Fleury | Cardinal-Priest (1726 – 1743) | France | 22 June 1653 | 11 Sep 1726 | 29 Jan 1743 | 89 years, 221 days |
23 | John Henry Newman, C.O. | Cardinal-Deacon of San Giorgio in Velabro (1879 – 1890)
Protodeacon (1890 – 1890) |
United Kingdom
(England) |
21 Feb 1801 | 12 May 1879 | 11 Aug 1890 | 89 years, 171 days |
24 | Antonio Tosti | Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Montorio (1839 – 1866)
Protopriest (1863 – 1866) |
Italy | 4 Oct 1776 | 12 Feb 1838 (created in pectore)
18 Feb 1839 (revealed in pectore) |
20 Mar 1866 | 89 years, 167 days |
25 | Tommaso Ruffo | Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia–Velletri (1740–1753)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Damaso in commendum (1740–1753) Vice-Chancellor of Apostolic Chancery (1740–1753) Secretary of Commission of Roman and Universal Inquisition (1740–1753) Dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals (1740–1753) |
Italy | 15 Sep 1653 | 17 May 1706 | 16 Feb 1743 | 89 years, 154 days |
26 | Francesco Maria Banditi, C.R. | Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono (1775.12.18 – 1796.01.27) | Italy | 8 Sep 1706 | 17 Jul 1500 (created in pectore)
02 Oct 1500 (revealed in pectore) |
27 Jan 1796 | 89 years, 141 days |
27 | Jaime Serra i Cau | Cardinal-Bishop of Albano (1511–1517) | Spain | 1427 | 28 Sep 1500 (created in pectore)
02 Oct 1500 (revealed in pectore) |
1517 | 89 years, 74 days to 90 years 73 days |
28 | Álvaro Eugenio de Mendoza Caamaño Sotomayor | Cardinal-Priest (1747 – 1761) | Spain | 14 Nov 1671 | 10 Apr 1747 | 23 Jan 1761 | 89 years, 70 days |
29 | Giovanni Battista Bussi | Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio (1824 – 1844) | Italy | 23 Jan 1755 | 03 May 1824 | 31 Jan 1844 | 89 years, 8 days |
30 | Gaspare Carpenga | Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina (1698–1714) | Italy | 8 May 1625 | 22 Dec 1670 | 6 Apr 1714 | 88 years, 336 days |
31 | Bandino Panciatici | Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede (1710–1718) | Italy | 10 Jul 1629 | 13 Feb 1690 | 21 Apr 1618 | 88 years, 315 days |
32 | Domenico Ginnasi | Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia–Velletri (1630–1639)
Dean of the College of Cardinals (1630–1639) |
Italy | 19 Jun 1550 | 9 Jun 1604 | 12 Mar 1639 | 88 years, 266 days |
33 | Nicolò Acciaiuoli | Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia–Velletri (1715–1719)
Dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals (1715–1719) |
Italy | 6 Jul 1630 | 29 Nov 1669 | 23 Feb 1719 | 88 years, 232 days |
34 | Christoph Anton von Migazzi von Waal und Sonnenthurn | Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati (1775 – 1803)
Protopriest (1788 – 1803) |
Austria | 20 Oct 1714 | 23 Nov 1761 | 14 Apr 1803 | 88 years, 176 days |
35 | Vincenzo Maculani, O.P. | Cardinal-Priest of Santa Clemente (1642–1667) | Italy | 11 Sep 1578 | 16 Dec 1641 | 16 Feb 1667 | 88 years, 158 days |
36 | Giambattista Spinola | Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere (1698–1704) | Italy | 20 Sep 1615 | 1 Sep 1681 | 4 Jan 1704 | 88 years, 106 days |
37 | Placido Maria Tadini, O.C.D. | Cardinal-Priest of S.anta Maria in Traspontina (1835 – 1847) | Italy | 11 Oct 1759 | 6 Apr 1835 | 22 Nov. 1847 | 88 years, 42 days |
38 | Dominique de La Rochefoucauld | Cardinal-Priest (1778–1800) | France | 12 Sep 1712 | 1 Jun 1778 | 23 Sep 1800 | 88 years, 11 days |
39 | Léon Potier de Gesvres | Cardinal-Priest (1719–1744) | France | 15 Aug 1656 | 29 Nov 1725 | 12 Nov 1744 | 88 years, 89 days |
40 | Benedetto Naro | Cardinal-Priest of S. Clemente (1816 – 1832) | Italy | 31 May 1664 | 8 Mar 1816 | 26 Jun 1752 | 88 years, 72 days |
41 | Innico Caracciolo | Cardinal-Priest of San Tommaso in Parione (1716–1730) | Italy | 8 Jul 1642 | 29 May 1715 (created in pectore);
16 Dec 1715 (revealed in pectore) |
6 Sep 1730 | 88 years, 60 days |
42 | Giovanni Battista Mesmer | Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Onofrio (1749 – 1760) | Italy | 21 Apr 1671 | 10 Apr 1747 | 20 Jun 1760 | |
43 | Giulio Alberoni | Protopriest (1740 – 1752)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina (1740 – 1752) |
Italy | 31 May 1664 | 18 Nov 1725 | 26 Jun 1752 | 88 years, 26 days |
44 | Bonaventura Gazola, O.F.M. Ref. | Cardinal-Priest of S.an Bartolomeo all’Isola (1824 – 1832) | Italy | 21 Apr 1744 | 3 May 1824 | 29 Jan 1832 | 87 years, 283 days |
45 | Florian Desprez | Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Marcellino e Pietro (1879 – 1895) | France | 18 Apr 1807 | 12 May 1879 | 21 Jan 1895 | 87 years, 280 days |
46 | Carlo Francesco Caselli | Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello (1802 – 1828) | Italy | 20 Oct 1740 | 20 Sep 1802 | 20 Apr 1828 | 87 years, 183 days |
47 | Bartolomeo Pacca | Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia–Velletri (1830 – 1844)
Dean of the College of Cardinals (1830 – 1844) |
Italy | 23 Dec 1756 | 23 Feb 1801 | 19 Apr 1844 | 87 years, 114 days |
48 | Gian Girolamo Albani | Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina (1570–1591) | Italy | 1521 | 1604 | 87 years, 102 days | |
49 | Alessandro Albani | Protodeacon (1747–1779)
Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata (1747–1779) |
Italy | 15 Oct 1692 | 16 Jul 1721 | 11 Dec 1779 | 87 years, 57 days |
50 | Ferdinand-François-Auguste-Donnet | Cardinal-Priest of San Maria in Via (1853 – 1882) | France | 16 Nov 1795 | 15 Mar 1852 | 22 Dec 1882 | 87 years, 36 days |
51 | Alderano Cybo | Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia–Velletri (1687–1700)
Dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals (1687–1700) |
Italy | 16 Jul 1613 | 6 Mar 1645 | 22 Jul 1700 | 87 years, 6 days |
52 | Giovanni Battista Quarantotti | Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli (1816 – 1820) | Italy | 27 Sep 1833 | 22 Jul 1816 | 15 Sep 1820 | 86 years, 354 days |
53 | Ludovico Calini | Cardinal-Priest of San Stefano al Monte Celio (1771 – 1782) | Italy | 18 Jan 1696 | 26 Sep 1766 | 9 Dec 1782 | 86 years, 325 days |
54 | César d’Estrées | Cardinal-Bishop of Albano (1698–1714) | France | 5 Feb 1628 | 16 Feb 1671 (in pectore); 16 May 1672 (revealed) | 18 Dec 1714 | 86 years, 316 days |
55 | Giuseppe Pozzobonelli | Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina (1770 – 1783) | Italy | 11 Aug 1696 | 9 Sep 1743 | 27 Apr 1783 | 86 years, 259 days |
56 | René-François Régnier | Cardinal-Priest of SS. Trinità al Monte Pincio (1874 – 1881) | France | 17 Jul 1794 | 22 De 1873 | 3 Jan 1881 | 86 years, 170 days |
57 | Fabrizio Sceberras Testaferrata | Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana (1818 – 1843) | Italy | 1 Apr 1757 | 8 Mar 1816 (in pectore); 06 Apr 1818 (revealed) | 3 Aug 1843 | 86 years, 124 days |
58 | François de La Rochefoucauld | Cardinal-Priest of San Callisto (1610–1645) | France | 8 Dec 1558 | 10 Dec 1607 | 14 Feb 1645 | 86 years, 68 days |
59 | Prospero Caterini | Protodeacon (1876 – 1881)
Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata (1876 – 1881) |
Italy | 15 Oct 1795 | 7 Mar 1853 | 28 Oct 1881 | 86 years, 13 days |
60 | Carlo Opizzioni | Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina (1839 – 1855) | Italy | 15 Apr 1769 | 3 Mar 1804 | 13 Apr 1855 | 85 years, 363 days |
61 | Nuno da Cunha e Ataíde | Cardinal-Priest of Santa Anastasia (1721–1750) | Portugal | 8 Dec 1664 | 8 May 1712 | 3 Dec 1750 | 85 years, 362 days |
62 | Francisco Antonio Cebrián y Valda | Cardinal-Priest (1816 – 1820) | Spain | 19 Feb 1734 | 23 Sep 1816 | 8 Feb 1820 | 85 years, 355 days |
63 | Renato Imperiali, S.M.O.M. | Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina (1727–1737) | Italy | 29 Apr 1651 | 13 Feb 1690 | 15 Jan 1737 | 85 years, 261 days |
64 | Agostino Galamini | Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli (1612–1639) | Italy | 1553 | 17 Aug 1611 | 6 Sep 1639 | 85 years, 249 days |
65 | Giulio Maria Della Somaglia | Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia–Velletri (182.05.29 – 1830)
Dean of the College of Cardinals (1820 – 1830) |
Italy | 29 Jul 1744 | 1 Jun 1795 | 2 Apr 1830 | 85 years, 247 days |
66 | Luigi Serafini | Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina (1888.06.0 – 1894) | Italy | 6 Jun 1808 | 12 Mar 1877 | 1 Feb 1894 | 85 years, 240 days |
67 | Neri Maria Corsini | Cardinal-Deacon of Sant'Eustachio (1737–1770) | Italy | 19 May 1685 | 14 Aug 1730 (in pectore)
11 Dec 1730 (revealed in pectore) |
6 Dec 1770 | 85 years, 201 days |
68 | Pedro Paulo de Figuereido da Cunha e Melo | Cardinal-Priest (1850 – 1855) | Portugal | 18 Jun 1770 | 3 Apr 1843 (in pectore)
30 Sep 1850 (revealed) |
31 Dec 1855 | 85 years, 196 days |
69 | Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano | Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia–Velletri (1896 – 1913)
Dean of the College of Cardinals (1896 – 1913) |
Italy | 9 Jul 1898 | 22 Dec 1873 | 7 Dec 1913 | 85 years, 151 days |
70 | Filippo De Angelis | Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina (1867 – 1887)
Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church (1867 – 1877) Protopriest (1867 – 1877) |
Italy | 16 Apr 1792 | 13 Sep 1838 (created in pectore)
8 Jul 1839 (revealed in pectore) |
8 Jul 1877 | 85 years, 83 days |
71 | Lorenzo Girolamo Mattei | Cardinal-Priest (1833) | Italy | 29 May 1748 | 15 Apr 1833 | 24 Jul 1833 | 85 years, 56 days |
72 | Marzio Ginetti | Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina (1666–1671)
Vice-Dean of the College of Cardinals (1666–1671) |
Italy | 1586 | 16 Jun 1626 (created in pectore); 30 Aug 1627 (revealed) | 1671 | 85 years, 22 days |
73 | Paul d’Albert de Luynes | Cardinal-Priest of San Tommaso in Parione (1758 – 1788) | France | 5 Jan 1703 | 5 Apr 1756 | 21 Jan 1788 | 85 years, 16 days |
74 | Giacomo Franzoni | Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina (1687–1697)
Vice-Dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals (1687–1697) |
Italy | 5 Dec 1612 | 29 Apr 1658 (in pectore); 5 Apr 1660 (revealed) | 19 Dec 1697 | 85 years, 14 days |
75 | Alexandre-Angélique de Talleyrand-Périgord | Cardinal-Priest (1817 – 1821) | France | 16 Oct 1736 | 28 Jul 1817 | 20 Oct 1821 | 85 years, 4 days |
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Cardinal||Country||Born !Died !Age at Death |- |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 |- |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 |- |Gabriel-Marie Garrone |France |1901 |1994 |92 years, 95 days |- |Cahal Brendan Daly |United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) |1917 |2009 |92 years, 91 days |- |Andrea Lanza di Montezemolo |Italy |1925 |2017 |92 years, 84 days |- |Carlos 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 |- |Leo Jozef Suenens |Belgium |1904 |1996 |91 years, 295 days |- |Ján Chryzostom Korec, S.J. |Slovakia |1924 | 2015 |91 years, 275 days |- |Stanisław Nagy, S.C.I. |Poland |1921 |2013 | 91 years, 248 days |- |Eugênio de Araújo Sales |Brazil |1920 |2012 |91 years, 244 days |- |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 |- |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 |- |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 |- |Giovanni Mercati |Italy |1866 |1957 |90 years, 249 days |- |Silvio Oddi |Italy |1910 |2001 |90 years, 227 days |- |Aurelio Sabattani |Italy |1912 |2003 |90 years, 183 days |- |Urbano Navarrete Cortés, S.J. |Spain |1920 |2010 |90 years, 181 days |- |Tomáš Špidlík, S.J. |Czech Republic |1919 |2010 |90 years, 120 days |- |Avery Dulles, S.J. |United States |1910 |2008 |90 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 |- |Alexandru Todea |Rominia |1912 |2002 |89 years, 351 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 | rowspan="2" |89 years, 222 days |- |Édouard Gagnon, P.S.S. |Canada |1918 |2007 |- |André-Hercule de Fleury |France | 1653 |1743 |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 |- |Giovanni Colombo |Italy |1902 |1992 |89 years, 166 days |}