List of longest-living cardinals

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This article lists the 100 longest known living or deceased Members of the College of Cardinals (born non earlier than 1500). Those currently living are in bold on gold. The longest-lived Cardinal was Italian Corrado Bafile (1903-2005) who lived to 101 years, 215 days.

This list only limita the Cardinals who were not elected Pope. MM

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Ages are up to date 11/1/2024

Color Age Range
Columbia Blue Living Cardinals
No. Cardinal Country Birth Death Age
1 Corrado Bafile Flag of Italy.svg Italy 1903 2005 101 years, 214 days
2 Loris Francesco Capovilla Flag of Italy.svg Italy 1915 2016 100 years, 224 days
3 José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia 1919 2019 100 years, 197 days
4 Alexandre do Nascimento Flag of Angola.svg Angola 1925 2024 99 years, 212 days
5 Ersilio Tonini Flag of Italy.svg Italy 1914 2013 99 years, 8 days
6 Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon 1920 2019 98 years, 362 days
7 Paul Augustin Mayer Flag of Germany.svg Germany 1911 2010 98 years, 342 days
8 Estanislao Esteban Karlic Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 1926 Alive 98 years, 268 days
9 Ignatius Kung Pin-mei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 1901 2000 98 years, 223 days
Franz König Flag of Austria.svg Austria 1905 2004
11 Jozef Tomko Flag of Slovenia (1945–1991).svg Slovakia 1924 2022 98 years 151 days
12 Fiorenzo Angelini Flag of Italy.svg Italy 1916 2014 98 years, 113 days
13 Albert Vanhoye, SJ Flag of France (1794–1815, 1830–1974, 2020–present).svg France 1923 2021 98 years, 5 days
14 Paolo Dezza, S.J. Flag of Italy.svg Italy 1901 1999 98 years, 4 days
15 Emmanuel Wamala Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda 1926 Alive 97 years, 336 days
16 Luis Pascual Dri OFM Cap. Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 1927 Alive 97 years, 198 days
17 Alexandre José María dos Santos O.F.M. Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique 1924 2021 97 years, 195 days
18 Alfons Maria Stickler Flag of Austria.svg Austria 1910 2007 97 years, 111 days
19 Henryk Gulbinowicz Flag of Poland.svg Poland 1923 2020 97 years, 30 days
20 Júlio Duarte Langa Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique 1927 Alive 97 years, 14 days
21 Ferdinando Giuseppe Antonelli O.F.M. Flag of Italy.svg Italy 1896 1993 96 years, 363 days
22 Roger Etchegaray Flag of France.svg France 1922 2019 96 years, 344 days
23 Johannes Willebrands Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 1909 2008 96 years, 331 days
24 Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte Flag of Italy.svg Italy 1851 1948 96 years, 312 days
25 Edward Cassidy Flag of Australia.svg Australia 1924 2021 96 years, 279 days
26 Kazimierz Świątek Flag of Belgium.svg Belgium 1914 2011 96 years, 273 days
27 Friedrich Wetter Flag of Germany.svg Germany 1928 Alive 96 years, 247 days
28 Giovanni Canestri Flag of Italy.svg Italy 1918 2015 96 years, 211 days
29 José da Costa Nunes Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal 1880 1976 96 years, 259 days
30 Domenico Bartolucci Flag of Italy.svg Italy 1917 2013 96 years, 188 days
31 Adam Kozłowiecki S.J. Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia 1911 2007 96 years, 180 days
32 Francisco Álvarez Martínez Flag of Spain.svg Spain 1925 2022 96 years, 177 days
33 Francesco Morano Flag of Italy.svg Italy 1872 1968 96 years, 34 days
34 Ernest Simoni Flag of Albania.svg Albania 1928 Alive 96 years, 14 days
35 Luigi De Magistris Flag of Italy.svg Italy 1926 2022 95 years 358 days
36 José Freire Falcão Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 1925 2021 95 years, 338 days
37 Pietro Parente Flag of Italy.svg Italy 1891 1986 95 years, 316 days
38 Achille Silvestrini Flag of Italy.svg Italy 1923 2019 95 years, 308 days
39 Walter Brandmüller Flag of Germany.svg Germany 1929 Alive 95 years, 301 days
40 Michael Michai Kitbunchu Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand 1929 Alive 95 years, 281 days
41 Agostino Cacciavillan Flag of Italy.svg Italy 1926 2022 95 years, 204 days
42 Henri de Lubac S.J. Flag of France.svg France 1896 1991 95 years, 196 days
43 Paulo Evaristo Arns Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 1921 2016 95 years, 91 days
44 Serafim Fernandes de Araújo Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 1924 2019 95 years, 56 days
45 Alberto Di Jorio Flag of Italy.svg Italy 1884 1979 95 years, 47 days
46 Corrado Ursi Flag of Italy.svg Italy 1908 2003 95 years, 34 days
47 Jorge Medina Flag of Chile.svg Chile 1926 2021 94 years, 284 days
48 Julijans Vaivods Flag of Latvia.svg–Latvia 1895 1990 94 years, 279 days
49 Carlos María de la Torre Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador 1873 1968 94 years, 261 days
50 Louis-Albert Vachon Canada-flag.webp Canada 1912 2006 94 years, 237 days
51 Adam Maida Flag of the United States.svg United States 1930 Alive 94 years, 228 days
52 Egano Righi-Lambertini Flag of Italy.svg Italy 1906 2000 94 years, 225 days
53 Julian Herranz Casado Flag of Spain.svg Spain 1930 Alive 94 years, 215 days
54 Angelo Sodano Flag of Italy.svg Italy 1927 2022 94 years, 205 days
55 Gilberto Agustoni Flag of Italy.svg Italy 1922 2017 94 years, 171 days
56 Eduardo Martínez Somalo Flag of Spain.svg Spain 1927 2021 94 years, 142 days
57 Giovanni Cheli Flag of Italy.svg Italy 1918 2013 94 years 122 days
58 Mikel Koliqi Flag of Albania.svg Albania 1902 1997 94 years, 121 days
59 Theodore McCarrick Flag of the United States.svg United States 1930 alive 94 years, 117 days
60 Paul Poupard Flag of France (1794–1815, 1830–1974, 2020–present).svg France 1930 Alive 94 years, 63 days
61 Giuseppe Sensi Flag of Italy.svg Italy 1907 2001 94 years, 60 days
62 Salvatore De Giorgi Flag of Italy.svg Italy 1930 Alive 94 years, 56 days
63 Marian Jaworski Flag of Poland.svg Poland 1926 2020 94 years 13 days
64 Carlo Furno Flag of Italy.svg Italy 1921 2015 94 years, 7 days
65 Prosper Grech, O.S.A. Flag of Malta.svg Malta 1925 2019 94 years, 6 days
66 Roberto Tucci Flag of Italy.svg Italy 1921 2015 93 years, 360 days
67 Janis Pujats Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia 1930 Alive 93 years, 353 days
68 Georges Cottier OP Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland 1922 2016 93 years, 341 days
69 John Carberry Flag of the United States.svg United States 1904 1998 93 years, 321 days
70 Paolo Bertoli Flag of Italy.svg Italy 1908 2001 93 years, 280 days
71 Thomas Williams Flag of the United States.svg United States 1930 2023 93 years. 276 days
72 Opilio Rossi Flag of the United States.svg United States 1910 2004 93 years, 271 days
73 Camillo Ruini Flag of Italy.svg Italy 1931 Alive 93 years, 256 days
74 Vincenzo Vannutelli Flag of Italy (1861–1946).svg Italy 1836 1930 93 years, 216 days
75 José Manuel Estepa Llaurens Flag of Spain.svg Spain 1926 2019 93 years, 201 days
76 Jean Margéot Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius 1916 2009 93 years, 164 days
77 Lucian Mureșan Flag of Romania.svg Romania 1931 Alive 93 years, 162 days
78 Teodolfo Mertel Flag of the Papal States (1825-1870).svg Papal States 1806 1899 93 years, 152 days
79 Simon Pimenta Flag of India.svg India 1920 2013 93 years, 140 days
80 František Tomášek Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia 1899 1992 93 years, 36 days
81 Alfredo Scherer Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 1903 1996 93 years, 34 days
82 Antonio Innocenti Flag of Italy.svg Italy 1915 2008 93 years, 21 days
83 Giuseppe Pizzardo Flag of Italy.svg Italy 1877 1970 93 years, 19 days
84 James Francis McIntyre Flag of the United States.svg United States 1886 1979 93 years, 14 days
85 Carlo Confalonieri Flag of Italy.svg Italy 1893 1986 93 years, 7 days
86 Alessandro Verde Flag of Italy.svg Italy 1865 1958 93 years, 2 days
87 Julien Ries Flag of Belgium.svg Belgium 1920 2013 92 years, 310 days
88' José Saraiva Martins C.M.F. Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal 1932 Alive 92 years, 300 days
89 Joseph Zen S.D.B. Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
(Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong)
1932 Alive 92 years, 293 days
90 Juan Carlos Aramburu Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 1912 2004 92 years, 281 days
91 Sergio Sebastiani Flag of Italy.svg Italy 1931 2024 92 years, 280 days
92 Paolo Giobbe Flag of Italy.svg Italy 1880 1972 92 years, 217 days
93 Josyf Slipyj Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 1892 1984 92 years, 203 days
Léon-Étienne Duval Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria 1903 1996
95 Jean Honoré Flag of France (1794–1815, 1830–1974, 2020–present).svg France 1920 2013 92 years, 199 days
96 Joseph Asahirō Satowaki Flag of Japan (1870–1999).svg Japan 1904 1996 92 years, 189 days
97 José María Caro Rodríguez Flag of Chile.svg Chile 1866 1958 92 years, 164 days
98 Luigi Poggi Flag of Italy.svg Italy 1917 2010 92 years, 160 days
99 Silvano Piovanelli Flag of Italy.svg Italy 1924 2016 92 years, 139 days
100 Maurice Feltin Flag of France (1794–1815, 1830–1974, 2020–present).svg France 1883 1975 92 years, 135 days-->

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No. Cardinal Co. Birth Death Age Age by 12-31-24
1 James Stafford Flag of the United States.svg United States 1932 Alive 92 years, 98 days 92 years, 158 days
2 Gaudencio Rosales Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines 1932 Alive 92 years, 83 days 92 years, 143 days
3 Francis Arinze Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 1932 Alive 92 years, 0 days 92 years, 60 days
4 Walter Kasper Flag of Germany.svg Germany 1933 Alive 91 years, 241 days 91 years, 301 days
5 Juan Sandoval Íñiguez Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 1933 Alive 91 years, 218 days 91 years, 278 days
6 Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa Isch Flag of Chile.svg Chile 1933 Alive 91 years, 57 days 91 years, 117 days
7 Raffaele Farina SDB Flag of Italy.svg Italy 1933 Alive 91 years, 38 days 91 years, 98 days
8 Giovanni Battista Re Flag of Italy.svg Italy 1934 Alive 90 years, 276 days 90 years, 336 days
9 Jean-Baptiste Phạm Minh Mẫn Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietman 1934 Alive 90 years, 241 days 90 years, 301 days
10 Francesco Monterisi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1934 Alive 90 years, 157 days 90 years, 217 days

Chronological list of Oldest living members of the College of Cardinals

From Until Name Born Nationality
?? 11 August 1890 John Henry Newman 21 February 1801 Flag of England.svg England
(Flag of the United Kingdom (3-5).svg United Kingdom)
11 August 1890 11 July 1899 Teodolfo Mertel 9 February 1806 Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg Italy
11 July 1899 12 March 1900 Luigi Di Canossa 20 April 1809
12 March 1900 14 April 1904 Michelangelo Celesia 13 January 1814
14 April 1900 27 January 1908 François-Marie-Benjamin Richard 1 March 1819 Flag of France (1794–1815, 1830–1974, 2020–present).svg France
27 January 1908 5 August 1911 Anton Josef Gruscha 3 November 1820 Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg Italy
5 August 1911 14 November 1912 Alfonso Capecelatro 5 February 1824
14 November 1912 5 December 1914 Angelo di Pierto 22 May 1828
5 December 1914 21 December 1921 François de Rovérié de Cabrières 30 August 1830 Flag of France (1794–1815, 1830–1974, 2020–present).svg France
21 December 1921 4 February 1923 Giuseppe Antonio Ermenegildo Prisco 8 September 1833 Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg Italy
4 February 1923 9 July 1930 Vincenzo Vannutelli 5 December 1836
9 July 1930 9 February 1933 Andreas Frühwirth 21 August 1845 Flag of Austria-Hungary (1867–1918).svg Austria-Hungary
9 February 1933 31 March 1934 Franz Ehrle 17 October 1845 Flag of Germany (1867–1918).svg Germany
31 March 1934 15 February 1935 Pierre Andrieu 7 December 1849 Flag of France (1794–1815, 1830–1974, 2020–present).svg France
15 February 1935 16 February 1948 Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte 10 April 1851 Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg Italy
16 February 1948 4 August 1948 Enrico Sibilia 17 March 1861
4 August 1948 29 March 1958 Alessandro Verde 27 March 1865
29 March 1958 4 December 1958 José María Caro Rodríguez 23 June 1866 Flag of Chile.svg Chile
4 December 1958 5 May 1959 Georges Grente 5 May 1872 Flag of France (1794–1815, 1830–1974, 2020–present).svg France
5 May 1959 22 December 1961 Elia dala Costa 14 May 1872 Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg Italy
22 December 1961 12 July 1968 Francesco Morano 8 June 1872 Flag of Italy.svg Italy
12 July 1968 31 July 1968 Carlos María de la Torre 15 November 1873 Flag of Ecuador (1900–2009).svg Ecuador
31 July 1968 14 August 1968 Augusto da Silva 8 April 1876 Flag of Brazil (1889–1960).svg Brazil
14 August 1968 1 August 1970 Giuseppe Pizzardo 13 July 1877 Flag of Italy.svg Italy
1 August 1970 30 September 1970 Benedetto Aloisi Masella 29 June 1879
30 September 1970 14 August 1972 Paolo Giobbe 10 January 1880
14 August 1972 29 November 1976 José da Costa Nunes 15 March 1880 Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal
29 November 1976 5 September 1979 Alberto di Jorio 18 July 1884 Flag of Italy.svg Italy
5 September 1979 23 October 1979 Antonio Caggiano 30 January 1889 Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
23 October 1979 14 September 1982 Carlos Carmelo Vasconcellos Motta 16 July 1890 Flag of Brazil (1889–1960).svg Brazil
18 September 1982 29 December 1986 Pietro Parente 16 February 1891 Flag of Italy.svg Italy
29 December 1986 24 May 1990 Julijans Vaivods 18 August 1895 Flag of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic (1953–1990).svg Latvia
24 May 1990 4 September 1991 Henri de Lubac 20 February 1896 Flag of France (1794–1815, 1830–1974, 2020–present).svg France
4 September 1991 12 July 1993 Ferdinando Giuseppe Antonelli 14 July 1896 Flag of Italy.svg Italy
12 July 1993 12 March 2000 Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei 2 August 1901 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
12 March 2000 3 February 2005 Corrado Bafile 4 July 1903 Flag of Italy.svg Italy
3 February 2005 2 August 2006 Johannes Willebrands 4 September 1909 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
1 August 2006 12 December 2007 Alfons Maria Stickler 23 August 1910 Flag of Austria.svg Austria
2007-12-12 2010-04-30 Paul Augustin Mayer 1911-05-23 Flag of Germany.svg Germany
2010-04-20 2013-07-28 Ersilio Tonini 1914-07-20 Flag of Italy.svg Italy
2013-07-28 2014-02-22
(ceased)
Fiorenzo Angelini 1916-08-01
2014-02-22 2016-05-26 Loris Francesco Capovilla 1915-10-14
2016-05-26 2019-09-03 José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez 1919-02-18 Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia
2019-09-03 2019-09-04 Roger Etchegaray 1922-09-25 Flag of France (1794–1815, 1830–1974, 2020–present).svg/ France
2019-09-04 2021-07-29 Albert Vanhoye 1923-07-24
2021-07-29 2022-08-08 Jozef Tomko 1924-03-11 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Chechoslovakia
2022-08-08 2024-09-28 Alexandre do Nascimento 1925-03-01 Flag of Angola.svg Angola
2024-09-28 Present Estanislao Esteban Karlic 1926-02-27 Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina

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