Hypothetical List of Longest living Cardinals (what if)

This article lists the 100 oldest known living or deceased Members of the College of Cardinals (after 1800),, and whose ages are documented in reliable sources. Those currently living are in bold on gold. The longest-lived Cardinal was Corrado Bafile, of Italy who lived to ages of 101 years, 214 days.

If Every Current Living Cardinals are still alive by 2024-12-31.

List

Rank	Cardinal	Country	Born	Died	Age	Date entered
1	Corrado Bafile	Italy	1903.07.04	2005.02.03	101 years, 214 days	2008.11.28 Original
2	Loris Francesco Capovilla	Italy	1915.10.14	2016.05.26	100 years, 224 days	2014.02.14 -
3	José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez	Italy	1919.02.18	2019.09.03	100 years, 197 days	2015.02.14 Sabattani
4	Alexandre do Nascimento	Angola	1925.03.01	Alive	99 years, 305 days	2014.04.12 Oddi
5	Ersilio Tonini	Italy	1914.07.20	2013.07.28	99 years, 8 days	2008.11.28 Original
6	Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir	Lebanon	1920.05.15	2019.05.12	98 years, 362 days	2009.04..19 Ottaviani
7	Paul Augustin Mayer	Germany	1911.05.23	2010.04.30	98 years, 342 days	2008.11.28 Original
8	Estanislao Esteban Karlic	Argentina	1926.02.07	Alive	98 years, 328 days	2016.09.29 Di Canossa
9	Ignatius Kung Pin-mei	China	1901.08.02	2000.03.12	98 years, 223 days	2008.11.28 Original
	Franz König	Austria	1905.08.03	2004.03.13		2008.11.28 Original
11	Jozef Tomko	Slovakia	1924.03.11	2022.08.08	98 years 150 days	2014.06.25 Maurer
12	Fiorenzo Angelini	Italy	1916.08.01	2014.11.22	98 years, 113 days	2008.11.28 Original
13	Emmanuel Wamala	Uganda	1926.12.15	Alive	98 years, 15 days	2018.01.12 Carter
14	Albert Vanhoye, SJ	France	1923.07.24	2021.07.29	98 years, 5 days	2013.05.04 Goicoechea
15	Paolo Dezza, S.J.	Italy	1901.12.13	1999.12.17	98 years, 4 days	2008.11.28 Original
16	Luis Pascual Dri OFM Cap.	Argentina	1927.04.17	Alive	97 years, 258 days	2023.09.30 Garrone
17	Alexandre José María dos Santos, O.F.M.	Mozambique	1924.03.18	2021.09.29	97 years, 195 days	2014.07.13 -
18	Alfons Maria Stickler	Austria	1910.08.23	2007.12.12	97 years, 111 days	2008.11.28 Original
19	Henryk Gulbinowicz	Poland	1923.10.17	2020.11.16	97 years, 30 days	2013.08.14 Dery
20	Ferdinando Giuseppe Antonelli, O.F.M.	Italy	1896.07.14	1993.07.12	96 years, 363 days	2008.11.28 Original
21	Roger Etchegaray	France	1922.09.25	2019.09.04	96 years, 344 days	2012.06.15 Marella
22	Johannes Willebrands	Netherlands	1909.09.04	2008.08.02	96 years, 331 days	2008.11.28 Original
23	Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte	Italy	1851.04.10	1948.02.16	96 years, 312 days	2008.11.28 Original
24	Friedrich Wetter	Germany	1928.02.28	Alive	96 years, 307 days	2019.06.26 Pavan
25	Edward Cassidy	Australia	1924.07.05	2021.04.10	96 years, 279 days	2010.10.30 Špidlík/Lourdusamy
26	Kazimierz Świątek	Belgium	1914.10.21	2011.07.21	96 years, 273 days	2008.11.28 Original
27	José da Costa Nuñes	Portugal	1880.03.15	1976.11.29	96 years, 259 days	2008.11.28 Original
28	Giovanni Canestri	Italy	1918.09.30	2006.04.29	96 years, 211 days	2008.11.28 Original
29	Domenico Bartolucci	Italy	1917.05.17	2013.11.11	96 years, 188 days	2008.11.28 Original
30	Adam Kozłowiecki, S.J.	Zambia	1911.04.01	2007.09.28	96 years, 180 days	2008.11.28 Original
31	Francisco Álvarez Martínez	Spain	1925.07.14	2022.01.05	96 years, 175 days	2016.03.03 Clancy
31	Mikel Koliqi	Albania	1900.09.29	1997.01.28	96 years, 121 days	2008.11.28 Original
33	Ernest Simoni	Albania	1928.10.18	Alive	96 years, 74 days	2020.04.29 Silva Henríquez
34	Francesco Morano	italy	1872.06.08	1968.07.12	96 years, 34 days	2008.11.28 Original
35	Walter Brandmüller	Germany	1929.01.05	Alive	95 years, 361 days	2020.07.22 Pla y Deniel
36	Luigi De Magistris	Italy	1926.02.23	2022.02.16	95 years 358 days	2017.01.17 Carpio
37	Michael Michai Kitbunchu	Thailand	1929.01.25	Alive	95 years, 341 days	2020.09.25 Sales
38	José Freire Falcão	Brazil	1925.10.23	2021.09.26	95 years, 338 days	2016.07.02 Antonetti
39	Pietro Parente	Italy	1891.02.16	1986.12.29	95 years, 316 days	2008.11.28 Original
40	Achille Silvestrini	Italy	1923.10.25	2019.08.29	95 years, 308 days	2013.09.28 Gouyon
41	Agostino Cacciavillan	Italy	1926.08.14	2022.03.05	95 years, 204 days	2017.08.25 O'Boyle
42	Henri de Lubac S.J.	France	1896.02.20	1991.09.04	95 years, 196 days	2008.11.28 Original
43	Paulo Evaristo Arns	Brazil	1921.09.14	2016.12.14	95 years, 91 days	2011.03.04 Newman
44	Serafim Fernandes de Araújo	Brazil	1924.08.13	2019.10.08	95 years, 56 days	2015.02.10 Navarrete Cortés
45	Alberto Di Jorio	Italy	1884.07.18	1979.09.05	95 years, 49 days	2008.11.28 Original
46	Corrado Ursi	Italy	1908.07.26	2003.08.29	95 years, 34 days	2008.11.28 Original
47	Adam Maida	United States	1930.03.18	Alive	94 years, 288 days	2021.11.21 Nagy
48	Jorge Medina	Chile	1926.12.23	2021.10.03	94 years, 284 days	2018.03.03 Congar
49	Julijans Vaivods	Latvia	1895.08.18	1990.05.24	94 years, 279 days	2008.11.28 Original
50	Julian Herranz Casado	Spain	1930.03.31	Alive	94 years, 275 days	2022.01.20 Suenens
51	Carlos María de la Torre	Ecuador	1873.11.15	1968.07.31	94 years, 259 days	2008.11.28 Original
52	Louis-Albert Vachon	Canada	1912.02.04	2006.09.29	94 years, 237 days	2008.11.28 Original
53	Egano Righi-Lambertini	Italy	1906.02.22	2000.10.04	94 years, 225 days	2008.11.28 Original
54	Angelo Sodano	Italy	1927.11.23	2022.05.27	94 years, 205 days	2019.03.19 Rovérié de Cabrières
55	Gilberto Agustoni	Italy	1922.07.26	2017.01.22	94 years, 171 days	2011.03.04 dalla Costa/Gagnon
56	Eduardo Martínez Somalo	Spain	1927.03.31	2021.08.10	94 years, 142 days	2018.07.02 Aloisi Masella
57	Paul Poupard	France	1930.08.30	Alive	94 years, 123 days	2022.07.08 Mejia
58	Giovanni Cheli	Italy	1918.10.04	2013.02.08	94 years 122 days	2008.11.28 Original
59	Salvatore De Giorgi	Italy	1930.09.06	Alive	94 years, 116 days	2022.07.17 Frings
60	Giuseppe Sensi	Italy	1907.05.27	2001.07.26	94 years, 60 days	2008.11.28 Original
61	Janis Pujats	Latvia	1930.11.14	Alive	94 years, 47 days	2022.04.17 Sanchez
62	Marian Jaworski	Poland	1926.08.21	2020.09.05	94 years 13 days	2017.08.25 O'Boyle
63	Carlo Furno	Italy	1921.12.02	2015.12.09	94 years, 7 days	2011.06.29 Sayegh
64	Prosper Grech, O.S.A.	Malta	1925.12.24	2019.12.30	94 years, 6 days	2016.09.16 Caggiano
65	Roberto Tucci	Italy	1921.04.19	2015.04.14	93 years, 360 days	2010.10.02 Colombo
66	Georges Cottier OP	Switzerland	1922.04.25	2016.03.31	93 years, 341 days	2011.12.03 -
67	John Carberry	United States	1904.07.31	1998..06.17	93 years, 321 days	2008.11.28 Original
68	Camillo Ruini	Italy	1931.02.19	Alive	93 years, 316 days	2023.04.12 Vasconcellos Motta
69	Paolo Bertoli	Italy	1908.02.01	2001.11.08	93 years, 280 days	2008.11.28 Original
70	Thomas Williams	United States	1930.03.20	2023.12.22	93 years. 276 days	2021.12.20 Korec
71	Opilio Rossi	United States	1910.05.14	2004.02.09	93 years, 271 days	2008.11.28 Original
72	Lucian Mureșan	Romania	1931.05.23	Alive	93 years, 222 days	2023.08.22 Daly
73	Vincenzo Vannutelli	Italy	1836.12.05	1930.07.09	93 years, 216 days	2008.11.28 Original
74	José Manuel Estepa Llaurens	Spain	1926.01.01	2019.07.21	93 years, 201 days	2016.10.02 Grucha
75	Jean Margéot	Mauritius	1916.02.03	2009.07.17	93 years, 164 days	2008.11.28 Original
76	Teodolfo Mertel	Italy	1806.02.09	1899.17.11	93 years, 152 days	2008.11.28 Original
77	Simon Pimenta	Italy	1920.03.01	2013.02.19	93 years, 140 days	2008.12.12 Corripio y Ahumada
78	František Tomášek	Czechoslovakia	1899.06.30	1992.08.04	93 years, 35 days	2008.11.28 Original
79	Alfredo Scherer	Brazil	1903.02.05	1996.03.09	93 years, 33 days	2008.11.28 Original
80	Giuseppe Pizzardo	Italy	1877.07.13	1970.08.01	93 years, 19 days	2008.11.28 Original
81	James Francis McIntyre	United States	1886.06.25	1979.07.16	93 years, 14 days	2008.11.28 Original
82	Carlo Confalonieri	Italy	1893.07.25	1986.08.01	93 years, 7 days	2008.11.28 Original
83	Alessandro Verde	Italy	1865.03.27	1958.03.29	93 years, 2 days	2008.11.28 Original
84	José Saraiva Martins C.M.F.	Portugal	1932.01.06	Alive	92 years, 360 days	2024.05.06 Obando y Bravo
85	Joseph Zen S.D.B.	Portugal	1932.01.13	Alive	92 years, 353 days	2024.05.20 da Silva
86	Julien Ries	Belgium	1920.04.19	2013.02.23	92 years, 310 days	2009.03.18 Ricard
87	Juan Carlos Aramburu	Argentina	1912.02.11	2004.11.18	92 years, 281 days	2008.11.28 Original
88	Sergio Sebastiani	Italy	1931.04.11	2024.01.16	92 years, 280 days	2023.07.04 Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo
89	Paolo Giobbe	Italy	1880.01.10	1972.08.14	92 years, 217 days	2008.11.28 Original
90	Josyf Slipyj	Ukraine	1892.02.17	1984.09.07	92 years, 203 days	2008.11.28 Original
	Léon-Étienne Duval	Algeria	1903.11.09	1996.05.30		2008.11.28 Original
92	Jean Honoré	France	1920.08.13	2013.02.28	92 years, 199 days	2009.08.21 Liénart
93	Joseph Asajirō Satowaki	Japan	1904.02.01	1996.05.08	92 years, 189 days	2008.11.28 Original
94	José María Caro Rodríguez	Chile	1866.06.23	1958.12.04	92 years, 164 days	2008.11.28 Original
95	Luigi Poggi	Italy	1917.11.25	2010.05.04	92 years, 160 days	2008.11.28 Original
96	James Stafford	United States	1932.07.26	alive	92 years, 158 days	Obando y Bravo
97	Gaudencio Rosales	Philippines	1932.08.10	alive	92 years, 143 days	da Silva
98	Silvano Piovanelli	Italy	1924.02.21	2016.07.09	92 years, 139 days	2014.05.24 Celesia
99	Maurice Feltin	France	1883.05.05	1975.09.27	92 years, 135 days	2008.11.28 Original
100	Giuseppe Casoria	Italy	1908.10.01	2001.02.08	92 years, 130 days	2008.11.28 Original

Next to Join

Cardinal	Country	Born	Died	Age (current)	by 2024-12-31
Francis Arinze	Nigeria	1932.11.01	Alive	92 years, 0 days	92 years, 60 days
Renato Martino	Italy	1932.11.23	Alive	91 years, 344 days	92 years, 38 days
Walter Kasper	Germany	1933.03.05	Alive	91 years, 241 days	91 years, 301 days
Juan Sandoval Íñiguez	Mexico	1933.03.28	Alive	91 years, 218 days	91 years, 278 days
Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa Isch	Chile	1933.09.05	Alive	91 years, 57 days	91 years, 117 days
Raffaele Farina SDB	Italy	1933.09.24	Alive	91 years, 38 days	91 years, 98 days
Giovanni Battista Re	Italy	1934.01.30	Alive	90 years, 276 days	90 years, 336 days
Jean-Baptiste Phạm Minh Mẫn	Vietnam	1934.03.05	Alive	90 years, 241 days	90 years, 301 days
Francesco Monterisi	Italy	1934.05.28	Alive	90 years, 157 days	90 years, 217 days
Raniero Cantalamessa	Italy	1934.07.22	Alive	90 years, 102 days	90 years, 162 days

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
• List of current members of the Philippine Judiciary

See Also

• List of Longest Living Cardinals