List of longest-living state leaders and cardinals
This article lists the 100 Longest-known living or deceased heads of state or heads of government of sovereign states (often a president or prime minister) and cardinals, born no earlier than 1800, and whose ages are documented in reliable sources. Those currently living are in bold on gold. The longest-lived non acting state leader with known exact dates of birth and death was the Longest lived former state leader is the former Acting Cambodian Prime Minister Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum, who lived to 103 years, 143 days. For the Cardinals the longest-lived was Italian Cardinal Corrado Bafile who lived to 101 years, 214 days
Gallery
Gallery of State Leaders
Oldest:
Cambodia
Chau Sen Cocsal Chhumserved 1962
2nd Oldest:
Turkey<bgoatr in/>Celål Bayar
served 1937–1939, 1950–1960
3rd-Oldest:
France
served: 1962
15th-oldest ever:
Ecuador
Guillermo Rodriguez
served: 1972–1976
Gallery of Cardinals
Oldest:
Italy
Corrado Bafile
2nd-Oldest ever:
Italy
Loris Francesco Capovilla
3rd-Oldest:
Colombia
José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez
8th-Oldest ever:
Argentina
Estanislao Esteban Karlic
List
UPDATED 11/6/2024
| Color | Note |
|---|---|
| Columbia Blue | Living State Leaders and State Leaders |
State Leaders
| No. | Name | State | Position | Birth | Death | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum |  Cambodia |
Acting Prime Minister (1962) | 1905 | 2009 | 103 years, 143 days |
| 2 | Celâl Bayar |  Türkiye |
Prime Minister (1937–1939) President (1950–1960) |
1883 | 1986 | 103 years, 98 days |
| 3 | Antoine Pinay | .svg){kind=small} France |
Prime Minister (1952–1953) | 1891 | 1994 | 102 years, 343 days |
| 4 | André Prunet-Foch |  Andorra |
French Viguier (1977–1980) | 1914 | 2017 | 102 years, 211 days |
| 5 | Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni | .svg){kind=small} Japan |
Prime Minister (1945) | 1887 | 1990 | 102 years, 48 days |
| 6 | Babiker Awadalla | .svg){kind=small} Sudan |
Prime Minister (1969) | 1917 | 2019 | 101 years, 321 days |
| 7 | Willem Drees |  Netherlands |
Prime Minister (1948–1958) | 1889 | 1990 | 101 years, 314 days |
| 8 | Đỗ Mười |  Vietnam |
Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988–1991) General Secretary of the Communist Party (1990–1997) |
1917 | 2018 | 101 years, 243 days |
| 9 | Zhang Qun |  Taiwan |
Premier (1947–1948) | 1889 | 1990 | 101 years, 219 days |
| 10 | Yasuhiro Nakasone | Japan |
Prime Minister (1982–1987) | 1918 | 2019 | 101 years, 186 days |
| 11 | Piet de Jong | Netherlands |
Prime Minister (1967–1971) | 1915 | 2016 | 101 years, 117 days |
| 12 | Hyun Soong-jong | .svg){kind=small} South Korea |
Prime Minister (1992–1993) | 1919 | 2020 | 101 years, 89 days |
| 13 | Bernardino González Ruiz |  Panama |
Acting President (1963) | 1911 | 2012 | 101 years, 64 days |
| 14 | Christopher Hornsrud |  Norway |
Prime Minister (1928) | 1859 | 1960 | 101 years, 27 days |
| 15 | Guillermo Rodríguez | .svg){kind=small} Ecuador |
Acting President (1972–1976) | 1923 | Alive | 101 years, 2 days |
| 16 | Mustafa Ben Halim |  Libya |
Prime Minister (1954–1957) | 1921 | 2021 | 100 years, 312 days |
| 17 | Telmo Vargas | Ecuador |
Acting Leader (1966) | 1912 | 2013 | 100 years, 304 days |
| 18 | Francisco Morales Bermúdez |  Peru |
Prime Minister (1975) President (1975–1980) |
1921 | 2022 | 100 years, 283 days |
| 19 | Khamtai Siphandone |  Laos |
Prime Minister (1991–1998) Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Party (1992–2006) President (1998–2006) |
1924 | Alive | 100 years, 272 days |
| 20 | Tomiichi Murayama | Japan |
Prime Minister (1994–1996) | 1924 | Alive | 100 years, 248 days |
| 21 | Hau Pei-tsun | Taiwan |
Premier (1990–1993) | 1919 | 2020 | 100 years, 235 days |
| 22 | Luis Echeverría |  Mexico |
President (1970–1976) | 1922 | 2022 | 100 years, 172 days |
| 23 | Xenophon Zolotas |  Greece |
Prime Minister (1989–1990) | 1904 | 2004 | 100 years, 45 days |
| Javier Pérez de Cuéllar | Peru |
Prime Minister (2000–2001) | 1920 | 2020 | ||
| 25 | Jimmy Carter |  United States |
President (1977–1981) | 1924 | Alive | 100 years, 36 days |
| 26 | Abdul Salam Sabrah | .svg){kind=small} Yemen |
Acting Prime Minister (1969; 1971) | 1912 | 2012 | 100 years, 32 days |
| 27 | Johan Ferrier |  Surimane |
President (1975–1980) | 1910 | 2010 | 99 years, 237 days |
| 28 | Tun Tin | .svg){kind=small} Burma |
Prime Minister (1988) | 1920 | 2020 | 99 years, 211 days |
| 29 | Gulzarilal Nanda |  India |
Acting Prime Minister (1964; 1966) | 1898 | 1998 | 99 years, 195 days |
| 30 | Mohammed Karim Lamrani |  Morocco |
Prime Minister (1971–1972; 1983–1986; 1992–1994) | 1919 | 2018 | 99 years, 142 days |
| 31 | Mahathir Mohamad |  Malaysia |
Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020) | 1925 | Alive | 99 years, 119 days |
| 32 | Anthony Mamo |  Malta |
Prime Minister (1971–1974) President (1974–1976) |
1909 | 2008 | 99 years, 113 days |
| 33 | Mohammad Hasan Sharq | .svg){kind=small} Afghanistan
|
Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988-1989) | 1925 | Alive | 99 years, 112 days |
| 34 | Michail Stasinopoulos | Greece |
President (1974–1975) | 1903 | 2002 | 99 years, 96 days |
| 35 | Clifford Campbell |  Jamaica |
Governor-General (1962–1973) | 1892 | 1991 | 99 years, 92 days |
| 36 | Morarji Desai | India |
Prime Minister (1977–1979) | 1896 | 1995 | 99 years, 41 days |
| 37 | Võ Chí Công | Vietnam |
Chairman of the Council of State (1987–1992) | 1912 | 2011 | 99 years, 32 days |
| 38 | Ċensu Tabone | Malta |
President (1989–1994) | 1913 | 2012 | 98 years, 350 days |
| 39 | Ali Hassan Mwinyi |  Tanzania |
President (1985–1995) | 1925 | 2024 | 98 years, 297 days |
| 40 | Prem Tinsulanonda |  Thailand |
Prime Minister (1980–1988) Regent (2016) |
1920 | 2019 | 98 years, 273 days |
| 41 | Pierre Harmel |  Belgium |
Prime Minister (1965–1966) | 1911 | 2009 | 98 years, 244 days |
| 42 | Howard Cooke | Jamaica |
Governor-General (1991–2006) | 1915 | 2014 | 98 years, 240 days |
| 43 | Joseph Paul-Boncour | France |
Prime Minister (1932–1933) | 1873 | 1972 | 98 years, 237 days |
| 44 | Konstantinos Mitsotakis | Greece |
Prime Minister (1990–1993) | 1918 | 2017 | 98 years, 223 days |
| 45 | Isidro Ayora | Ecuador |
President (1926–1931) | 1879 | 1978 | 98 years, 203 days |
| 46 | Émile Reuter |  Luxembourg |
Prime Minister (1918–1925) | 1874 | 1973 | 98 years, 196 days |
| 47 | Mamadou Dia |  Senegal |
Prime Minister (1960–1962) | 1910 | 2009 | 98 years, 191 days |
| 48 | Aden Adde |  Somalia |
President (1960–1967) | 1908 | 2007 | 98 years, 181 days |
| 49 | Abdoulaye Wade | Senegal
|
President (2000–2012) | 1926 | Alive | 98 years, 161 days |
| 50 | Nouhak Phoumsavanh | Laos |
President (1992–1998) | 1910 | 2008 | 98 years, 154 days |
| 51 | Lê Đức Anh | Vietnam |
President (1992–1997) | 1920 | 2019 | 98 years, 143 days |
| 52 | Émile Derlin Zinsou |  Dahomey |
President (1968–1969) | 1918 | 2016 | 98 years, 127 days |
| 53 | Borys Martos | .svg){kind=small} Ukraine |
Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1919) | 1879 | 1977 | 98 years, 123 days |
| 54 | Artúr Görgei | .svg){kind=small} Hungary |
Acting Governor-President (1849) | 1818 | 1916 | 98 years, 112 days |
| 55 | Lubomír Štrougal |  Czechoslovakia |
Prime Minister (1970–1988) | 1924 | 2023 | 98 years, 110 days |
| 56 | Jean | Luxembourg |
Grand Duke (1964–2000) | 1921 | 2019 | 98 years, 108 days |
| 57 | Gough Whitlam |  Australia |
Prime Minister (1972–1975) | 1916 | 2014 | 98 years, 102 days |
| 58 | Giorgio Napolitano |  Italy |
President (2006–2015) | 1925 | 2023 | 98 years, 85 days |
| 59 | Venceslau Brás | .svg){kind=small} Brazil |
President (1914–1918) | 1868 | 1966 | 98 years, 78 days |
| 60 | Claude Rostain | Andorra |
French Viguier (1972–1977) | 1916 | 2015 | 98 years, 56 days |
| 61 | R. Venkataraman | India |
President (1987–1992) | 1910 | 2009 | 98 years, 54 days |
| 62 | Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám | .svg){kind=small} Hungarian Soviet Republic.svg){kind=small} Hungary |
Prime Minister (1919) | 1875 | 1973 | 98 years, 15 days |
| 63 | Gabriel París Gordillo |  Colombia |
President (1957–1958) | 1910 | 2008 | 98 years, 13 days |
| 64 | Valdas Adamkus |  Lithuania
|
President (1998–2003; 2004–2009) | 1926 | Alive | 98 years, 3 days |
| 65 | Raif Dizdarević | .svg){kind=small} Yugoslavia |
|
President of the Presidency (1988–1989) | 1926 | Alive | 97 years, 333 days |
| 66 | Miloš Jakeš | Czechoslovakia |
General Secretary of the Communist Party (1987–1989) | 1922 | 2020 | 97 years, 332 days |
| 67 | Abdelsalam Majali |  Jordan |
Prime Minister (1993–1995; 1997–1998) | 1925 | 2023 | 97 years, 319 days |
| 68 | Kenan Evren | Türkiye |
President of the National Security Council (1980–1982) State President (1982–1989) |
1917 | 2015 | 97 years, 296 days |
| 69 | Wellington Koo | .svg){kind=small} China |
Acting Premier (1924) Acting President (1926–1927) |
1888 | 1985 | 97 years, 289 days |
| 70 | Baron Ignaz von Plener |  Cislethania( .svg){kind=small} Austria-Hungary) |
Minister-President (1870) | 1810 | 1908 | 97 years, 272 days |
| 71 | Domhnall Ua Buachalla |  Irish Free State |
Governor-General (1932–1936) | 1866 | 1963 | 97 years, 267 days |
| 72 | Abdelmalek Benhabyles |  Algeria |
Chair of the Constitutional Council (1992) | 1921 | 2018 | 97 years, 245 days |
| 73 | Francesc Badia Batalla | Andorra |
Episcopal Veguer (1972–1993) | 1923 | 2020 | 97 years, 217 days |
| 74 | Thanin Kraivichien | Thailand
|
Prime Minister (1976–1977) | 1927 | Alive | 97 years, 215 days |
| 75 | Arnaldo Forlani | Italy |
Prime Minister (1980–1981) | 1925 | 2023 | 97 years, 210 days |
| 76 | Ramón José Velásquez |  Venezuela |
President (1993-1994) | 1916 | 2014 | 97 years, 208 days |
| 77 | He Yingqin | Taiwan |
Premier (1949) | 1890 | 1987 | 97 years, 202 days |
| 78 | Lee Teng-hui | Taiwan |
President (1988 2000) | 1923 | 2020 | 97 years, 197 days |
| 79 | Liam Cosgrave | Ireland |
Taoiseach (1973–1977) | 1920 | 2017 | 97 years, 174 days |
| 80 | Alfredo Solf y Muro | .svg){kind=small} Peru |
Prime Minister (1939–1944) | 1872 | 1969 | 97 years, 152 days |
| 81 | Patricio Aylwin |  Chile |
President (1990–1994) | 1918 | 2016 | 97 years, 145 days |
| 82 | Armando Villanueva | Peru |
Prime Minister (1988–1989) | 1915 | 2013 | 97 years, 140 days |
| 83 | Ion Gheorghe Maurer | .svg){kind=small} Romania |
President of the Presidium (1958–1961) (Acting) President of the State Council (1965) Prime Minister (1961–1974) |
1902 | 2000 | 97 years, 138 days |
| 84 | Martial Célestin |  Haiti |
Prime Minister (1988) | 1913 | 2011 | 97 years, 123 days |
| 85 | Gheorghe Apostol | Romania |
First Secretary of the Worker's Party (1954–1955) | 1913 | 2010 | 97 years, 97 days |
| 86 | Kenneth Kaunda |  Zambia |
State President (1964–1991) | 1924 | 2021 | 97 years, 50 days |
| 87 | Walter Scheel |  Germany |
(Acting) Chancellor (1974) President (1974–1979) |
1919 | 2016 | 97 years, 47 days |
| 88 | Helmut Schmidt | Germany |
Chancellor (1974–1982) | 1918 | 2015 | 96 years, 322 days |
| 89 | Kim Yong-nam |  North Korea
|
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1998–2019) | 1928 | Alive | 96 years, 276 days |
| 89 | Camille Huysmans | Belgium |
Prime Minister (1946–1947) | 1871 | 1968 | 96 years, 275 days |
| 91 | Yitzhak Shamir |  Israel |
Prime Minister (1983–1984; 1986–1992) | 1915 | 2012 | 96 years, 252 days |
| 92 | Federico Páez | Ecuador |
President (1935–1937) | 1877 | 1974 | 96 years, 250 days |
| 93 | Habib Bourguiba |  Tunisia |
Prime Minister (1956–1957) President (1957–1987) |
1903 | 2000 | 96 years, 247 days |
| 94 | Vyacheslav Molotov |  Soviet Union |
Premier (1930–1941 | 1890 | 1986 | 96 years, 244 days |
| 95 | Yang Hyong-sop | North Korea |
Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly (1983–1984; 1998–2019) | 1926 | 2022 | 96 years, 224 days |
| 96 | Pedro Richter Prada | Peru |
Prime Minister (1979–1980) | 1921 | 2017 | 96 years, 191 days |
| 97 | Arnold Rüütel | .svg){kind=small} / Estonia
|
Chairman of the Supreme Council (1991–1992) President (2001–2006) |
1928 | Alive | 96 years, 180 days |
| 98 | Arthur Foulkes |  Bahamas
|
Governor-General (2010–2014) | 1928 | Alive | 96 years, 179 days |
| 99 | Elizabeth II | .svg){kind=small} United Kingdom
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Queen (1952–2022) | 1926 | 2022 | 96 years, 140 days |
| 100 | Alejandro Deustua | Peru
|
Prime Minister (1902) | 1849 | 1945 | 96 years, 137 days |
Cardinals
| No. | Name | State | Position | Birth | Death | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corrado Bafile | Italy
|
Priest of Santa Maria in Portico pro hac vice Title (1987–2005) | 1903 | 2005 | 101 years, 214 days |
| 2 | Loris Francesco Capovilla | Italy
|
Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere (2014–2016) | 1915 | 2016 | 100 years, 224 days |
| 3 | José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez | Colombia
|
Priest of San Giovanni Crisostomo a Monte Sacro Alto (2015–2019) | 1919 | 2019 | 100 years, 197 days |
| 4 | Alexandre do Nascimento |  Angola
|
Priest of San Marco in Agro Laurentino (1983-2024) | 1925 | 2024 | 99 years, 212 days |
| 5 | Ersilio Tonini | Italy
|
Priest of Santi Redentore a Valmelaina (1994–2013) | 1914 | 2013 | 99 years, 8 days |
| 6 | Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir |  Lebanon
|
Cardinal-Patriarch (1994 – 2019) | 1920 | 2019 | 98 years, 362 days |
| 7 | Paul Augustin Mayer | Germany
|
Priest of San Anselmo all’Aventino pro hac vice Title (1996–2010) | 1911 | 2010 | 98 years, 342 days |
| 8 | Estanislao Esteban Karlic |  Argentina
|
Priest of Beata Maria Vergine Addolorata a piazza Buenos Aires (2007-present) | 1926 | Alive | 98 years, 273 days |
| 9 | Ignatius Kung Pin-mei |  China
|
Priest of San Sisto (1991 – 2000) | 1901 | 2000 | 98 years, 223 days |
| Franz König |  Austria
|
Priest of San Eusebio (1958 – 2004)) | 1905 | 2004 | ||
| 11 | Jozef Tomko | .svg){kind=small} Slovakia
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Priest of S. Sabina (1996–2022) | 1924 | 2022 | 98 years 151 days |
| 12 | Fiorenzo Angelini | Italy
|
Priest of Santo Spirito in Sassia pro hac vice Title (2002–2014) | 1916 | 2014 | 98 years, 113 days |
| 13 | Albert Vanhoye, SJ | France
|
Priest of Santa Maria della Mercede e San Adriano a Villa Albani pro hac vice Title (2016–2021) | 1923 | 2021 | 98 years, 5 days |
| 14 | Paolo Dezza, S.J. | Italy
|
Deacon of San Ignazio di Loyola a Campo Marzio (1991 – 1999) | 1901 | 1999 | 98 years, 4 days |
| 15 | Emmanuel Wamala |  Uganda
|
Priest of Sant'Ugo (1994-present) | 1926 | Alive | 97 years, 341 days |
| 16 | Luis Pascual Dri OFM Cap. | Argentina
|
Deacon of Sant'Angelo in Pescheria (2023-present) | 1927 | Alive | 97 years, 203 days |
| 17 | Alexandre José María dos Santos, O.F.M. |  Mozambique
|
Priest of San Frumenzio ai Prati Fiscali (1988–2021) | 1924 | 2021 | 97 years, 195 days |
| 18 | Alfons Maria Stickler | Austria
|
Priest of San Giorgio in Velabro pro hac vice Title (1996–2007) | 1910 | 2007 | 97 years, 111 days |
| 19 | Henryk Gulbinowicz |  Poland
|
Priest of Immacolata Concezione di Maria a Grottarossa (1985–2020) | 1923 | 2020 | 97 years, 30 days |
| 20 | Júlio Duarte Langa | Mozambique
|
Priest of San Gabriele dell'Addolorata (2015-present) | 1927 | Alive | 97 years, 19 days |
| 21 | Ferdinando Giuseppe Antonelli, O.F.M. | Italy
|
Priest of San Sebastiano al Palatino pro hac vice Title (1983–1993) | 1896 | 1993 | 96 years, 363 days |
| 22 | Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte | Italy
|
Bishop of Albano (1915 – 1948) Bishop of Ostia (1930–1948) |
1851 | 1948 | 96 years, 312 days |
| 23 | Roger Etchegaray |  France
|
Bishop of Porto–Santa Rufina (1998–2019) | 1922 | 2019 | 96 years, 344 days |
| 24 | Johannes Willebrands | Netherlands
|
Priest of San Sebastiano alle Catacombe (1975–2006) | 1909 | 2008 | 96 years, 331 days |
| 25 | Edward Cassidy | Australia
|
Priest of Santa Maria in Via Lata pro hac vice Title (2002–2021) | 1924 | 2021 | 96 years, 279 days |
| 26 | Kazimierz Świątek | Belgium
|
Priest of San Gerardo Maiella (1994–2011) | 1914 | 2011 | 96 years, 273 days |
| 27 | Friedrich Wetter | Germany
|
Priest of Santo Stephano in Coelio Monte (1985–present) | 1928 | Alive | 96 years, 252 days |
| 28 | Giovanni Canestri | Italy
|
Priest of San Andrea della Valle (1988–2015) | 1918 | 2015 | 96 years, 211 days |
| 29 | José da Costa Nunes |  Portugal
|
Priest of Santa Prisca (1962–1976) | 1880 | 1976 | 96 years, 259 days |
| 30 | Domenico Bartolucci | Italy
|
Deacon Santissimi Nomi di Gesù e Maria in Via Lata (2010–2013) | 1917 | 2013 | 96 years, 188 days |
| 31 | Adam Kozłowiecki, S.J. | Zambia
|
Priest of Sant'Andrea al Quirinale (1998–2008) | 1911 | 2007 | 96 years, 180 days |
| 32 | Francisco Álvarez Martínez |  Spain
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Priest of Santa Maria «Regina Pacis» a Monte Verde (2001–2022) | 1925 | 2022 | 96 years, 177 days |
| 33 | Francesco Morano | Italy
|
Deacon of Santi Cosma e Damiano (1959 – 1968) | 1872 | 1968 | 96 years, 34 days |
| 34 | Ernest Simoni |  Albania
|
Deacon of Santa Maria della Scala (2018-present) | 1928 | Alive | 96 years, 19 days |
| 35 | Luigi De Magistris | Italy
|
Deacon Santissimi Nomi di Gesù e Maria in Via Lata (2015–2022) | 1926 | 2022 | 95 years 358 days |
| 36 | José Freire Falcão |  Brazil
|
Priest of San Luca a Via Prenestina (1988–2021) | 1925 | 2021 | 95 years, 338 days |
| 37 | Pietro Parente | Italy
|
Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina (1967–1986) | 1891 | 1986 | 95 years, 316 days |
| 38 | Achille Silvestrini | Italy
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Priest of San Benedetto fuori Porta San Paolo pro hac vice Title (1999–2019) | 1923 | 2019 | 95 years, 308 days |
| 39 | Walter Brandmüller | Germany
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Priest of San Giuliano dei Fiamminghi, pro hac vice (2021-present) | 1929 | Alive | 95 years, 306 days |
| 40 | Michael Michai Kitbunchu | Thailand
|
Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna (1983-present) Proto-priest (2016-present) |
1929 | Alive | 95 years, 286 days |
| 41 | Agostino Cacciavillan | Italy
|
Priest of Ss. Angeli Custodi a Città Giardino pro hac vice Title (2011–2022) | 1926 | 2022 | 95 years, 204 days |
| 42 | Henri de Lubac S.J. | France
|
Deacon of Santa Maria in Domnica (1983–1991) | 1896 | 1991 | 95 years, 196 days |
| 43 | Paulo Evaristo Arns | Brazil
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Priest of San Antonio da Padova in Via Tuscolana (1973 –2016) | 1921 | 2016 | 95 years, 91 days |
| 44 | Serafim Fernandes de Araújo | Brazil
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Priest of San Luigi Maria Grignion de Montfort (1998–2019) | 1924 | 2019 | 95 years, 56 days |
| 45 | Alberto Di Jorio | Italy
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Priest of Santa Pudenziana (1967 – 1979) | 1884 | 1979 | 95 years, 47 days |
| 46 | Corrado Ursi | Italy
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Priest of San Callisto (1967–2003) | 1908 | 2003 | 95 years, 34 days |
| 47 | Jorge Medina | Chile
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Priest of San Saba pro hac vice Title (2008–2021) | 1926 | 2021 | 94 years, 284 days |
| 48 | Julijans Vaivods | .svg){kind=small} –Latvia
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Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati (1983–1990) | 1895 | 1990 | 94 years, 279 days |
| 49 | Carlos María de la Torre | Ecuador
|
Priest of Santa Maria in Aquiro pro hac vice Title (1953–1968) | 1873 | 1968 | 94 years, 261 days |
| 50 | Louis-Albert Vachon |  Canada
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Priest of San Paolo della Croce a Corviale (1985–2006) | 1912 | 2006 | 94 years, 237 days |
| 51 | Adam Maida | United States
|
Priest of San Vitale (1994–present) | 1930 | Alive | 94 years, 233 days |
| 52 | Egano Righi-Lambertini | Italy
|
Priest of Santa Maria in Via (1990 – 2000) | 1906 | 2000 | 94 years, 225 days |
| 53 | Julian Herranz Casado | Spain
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Priest of Sant'Eugenio (basilica), pro hac vice (2014-present) | 1930 | Alive | 94 years, 220 days |
| 54 | Angelo Sodano | Italy
|
Bishop of Albano (1994–2022) Bishop of Ostia (2005–2019) Priest of Santa Maria Nuova in commendum (1994–2022) |
1927 | 2022 | 94 years, 205 days |
| 55 | Gilberto Agustoni | Italy
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Priest of Santi Urbano e Lorenzo a Prima Porta pro hac vice Title (2005–2017) | 1922 | 2017 | 94 years, 171 days |
| 56 | Eduardo Martínez Somalo | Spain
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Priest of Santissima Nome di Gesù pro hac vice Title (1999–2021) | 1927 | 2021 | 94 years, 142 days |
| 57 | Giovanni Cheli | Italy
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Priest of Santi Cosma e Damiano pro hac vice Title Title (2008–2013) | 1918 | 2013 | 94 years 122 days |
| 58 | Theodore McCarrick | United States
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Priest of Santi Nereo ad Achilleo (2001–2018) | 1930 | alive | 94 years, 122 days |
| 59 | Mikel Koliqi | Albania
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Deacon of Ognissanti in Via Appia Nuova (1994–1997) | 1902 | 1997 | 94 years, 121 days |
| 60 | Paul Poupard | France
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Priest of Santa Prassede (1996–) | 1930 | Alive | 94 years, 68 days |
| 61 | Salvatore De Giorgi | Italy
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Priest of Santa Maria in Aracoeli (1998–present) | 1930 | Alive | 94 years, 61 days |
| 62 | Giuseppe Sensi | Italy
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Priest of Regina Apostolorum (1987 – 2001) | 1907 | 2001 | 94 years, 60 days |
| 63 | Marian Jaworski | Poland
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Priest of San Sisto (2001–2020) | 1926 | 2020 | 94 years 13 days |
| 64 | Carlo Furno | Italy
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Priest of Sant'Onofrio (2006– 2015) | 1921 | 2015 | 94 years, 7 days |
| 65 | Prosper Grech, O.S.A. | Malta
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Deacon of Santa Maria Goretti (2012–2019) | 1925 | 2019 | 94 years, 6 days |
| 66 | Roberto Tucci | Italy
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Priest of Sant'Ignazio di Loyola a Campo Marzio pro hac vice Title (2011–2015) | 1921 | 2015 | 93 years, 360 days |
| 67 | Janis Pujats |  Latvia
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Priest of Santa Silvia (2001–) | 1930 | Alive | 93 years, 358 days |
| 68 | Georges Cottier OP |  Switzerland
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Priest of Santi Domenico e Sisto pro hac vice Title (2014–2016) | 1922 | 2016 | 93 years, 341 days |
| 69 | John Carberry | United States
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Priest of San Giovanni Battista de’ Rossi (1969–1998) | 1904 | 1998 | 93 years, 321 days |
| 70 | Paolo Bertoli | Italy
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Bishop of Frascati (1979–2001) | 1908 | 2001 | 93 years, 280 days |
| 71 | Thomas Williams | United States
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Priest of Gesù Divin Maestro alla Pineta Sacchetti (1983–2023) | 1930 | 2023 | 93 years. 276 days |
| 72 | Opilio Rossi | United States
|
Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina (1987–2004) | 1910 | 2004 | 93 years, 271 days |
| 73 | Camillo Ruini | Italy
|
Priest of Sant'Agnese fuori le mura (1991-present) | 1931 | Alive | 93 years, 261 days |
| 74 | Vincenzo Vannutelli | _crowned.svg){kind=small} Italy
|
Bishop of Palestrina (1900–1930) Bishop of Ostia (1915–1930) |
1836 | 1930 | 93 years, 216 days |
| 75 | José Manuel Estepa Llaurens | Spain
|
Priest of San Gabriele Arcangelo all’Acqua Traversa (2010–2019) | 1926 | 2019 | 93 years, 201 days |
| 76 | Lucian Mureșan |  Romania
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Priest of Sant'Anastasio (2012-present) | 1931 | Alive | 93 years, 167 days |
| 77 | Jean Margéot |  Mauritius
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Priest of San Gabriele Arcangelo all’Acqua Traversa (1988–2009) | 1916 | 2009 | 93 years, 164 days |
| 78 | Teodolfo Mertel | .svg){kind=small} Papal States
|
Priest of San Lorenzo in Damaso (1884 – 1899) | 1806 | 1899 | 93 years, 152 days |
| 79 | Simon Pimenta | India
|
Priest of Santa Maria Regina Mundi a Torre Spaccata (1988–2013) | 1920 | 2013 | 93 years, 140 days |
| 80 | František Tomášek | Czechoslovakia
|
Priest of San Vitale (1977–\1992) | 1899 | 1992 | 93 years, 36 days |
| 81 | Alfredo Scherer | Brazil
|
Priest of Nostra Signora de La Salette (1969–1996) | 1903 | 1996 | 93 years, 34 days |
| 82 | Antonio Innocenti | Italy
|
Priest of Santa Maria in Aquiro pro hac vice Title (1996–2008) | 1915 | 2008 | 93 years, 21 days |
| 83 | Giuseppe Pizzardo | Italy
|
Bishop of Albano (1948–1970) | 1877 | 1970 | 93 years, 19 days |
| 84 | James Francis McIntyre | United States
|
Priest of Sant'Anastasia (1953 – 1979) | 1886 | 1979 | 93 years, 14 days |
| 85 | Carlo Confalonieri | Italy
|
Bishop of Palestrina (1972–1986) Bishop of Ostia (1977–1986) |
1893 | 1986 | 93 years, 7 days |
| 86 | Alessandro Verde | Italy
|
Priest of Santa Maria in Cosmedin pro hac vice Title (1935 – 1958) | 1865 | 1958 | 93 years, 2 days |
| 87 | Julien Ries | Belgium
|
Deacon of San Antonio di Padova a Circonvallazione Appia (2012–2013) | 1920 | 2013 | 92 years, 310 days |
| 88 | José Saraiva Martins C.M.F. | Portugal
|
Bishop of Palestrina (2009-present) | 1932 | Alive | 92 years, 305 days |
| 89 | Joseph Zen S.D.B. | China (  Hong Kong)
|
Priest of Santa Maria Madre del Redentore a Tor Bella Monaca (2006–present) | 1932 | Alive | 92 years, 298 days |
| 90 | Juan Carlos Aramburu | Argentina
|
Priest of San Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini (1976–2004) | 1912 | 2004 | 92 years, 281 days |
| 91 | Sergio Sebastiani | Italy
|
Priest of Sant'Eustachio (basilica), pro hac vice (2011-2024) | 1931 | 2024 | 92 years, 280 days |
| 92 | Paolo Giobbe | Italy
|
Priest of Santa Maria in Vallicella (1958–1972) | 1880 | 1972 | 92 years, 217 days |
| 93 | Josyf Slipyj |  Ukraine
|
Priest of Sant’Atanasio (1965 – 1984)
Major Archbishop of Lviv of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1963 – 1984) |
1892 | 1984 | 92 years, 203 days |
| Léon-Étienne Duval | Algeria
|
Priest of Santa Balbina (1965 – 1996) | 1903 | 1996 | ||
| 95 | Jean Honoré | France
|
Priest of Santa Maria della Salute a Primavalle (2001–2013) | 1920 | 2013 | 92 years, 199 days |
| 96 | Joseph Asahirō Satowaki | Japan
|
Priest of Santa Maria della Pace (1979-1996) | 1904 | 1996 | 92 years, 189 days |
| 97 | José María Caro Rodríguez | Chile
|
Priest of Santa Maria della Scala (1946-1958) | 1866 | 1958 | 92 years, 164 days |
| 98 | Luigi Poggi | Italy
|
Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina (2005–2010) | 1917 | 2010 | 92 years, 160 days |
| 99 | Silvano Piovanelli | Italy
|
Priest of Santa Maria delle Grazie a Via Trionfale (1985–2016) | 1924 | 2016 | 92 years, 139 days |
| 100 | Maurice Feltin | France
|
Priest of Santa Maria della Pace (1953–75) | 1883 | 1975 | 92 years, 135 days |
Chronological List of eldest living
State Leaders
Lajos Kossuth, the The earliest known longest-living state leader born after 1800.
Chau Sen Cocasal Chhum, The Longest lived state leader with verificable date of birth
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Guillermo Rodriguez, The current eldest living state leader
- Key
| Current Longest-living | Former Longest-living |
| From | Until | State Leader | State | Sex | Birth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1893-02-18 | 1894-03-20 | Lajos Kossuth | .svg){kind=small} Hungary
|
M | 1802-09-19 |
| 1894-03-20 | 1897-05-14 | Pedro de Aycinena y Piñol |  Guatemala
|
M | 1802-10-19 |
| 1897-05-14 | 1899-02-26 | Count Bernhard von Rechberg | _2.svg){kind=small} Austria-Hungary
|
M | 1806-07-17 |
| 1899-02-26 | 1900-04-12 | Tomás Gormensoro Albin |  Uruguay
|
M | 1810-01-27 |
| 1900-04-12 | 1903-07-20 | Pope Leo XIII |  Holy See
|
M | 1810-03-02 |
| 1903-07-20 | 1908-07-17 | Freihrr Ignaz von Plener | Austria-Hungary
|
M | 1810-05-21 |
| 1908-02-17 | 1916-09-21 | Artúr Görgei | .svg){kind=small} Hungary
|
M | 1818-01-30 |
| 1916-05-21 | 1917-12-10 | Mackenzie Bowell | Canada
|
M | 1823-11-27 |
| 1917-12-10 | 1923-05-14 | Charles de Freycinet | France
|
M | 1828-11-14 |
| 1923-05-14 | 1924-07-02 | Matsukata Masayoshi | Japan
|
M | 1835-02-25 |
| 1924-07-02 | 1932-03-10 | Paolo Boselli | Italy
|
M | 1838-08-08 |
| 1932-03-10 | 1935-09-06 | Francisco Andrade Marín |  Ecuador
|
M | 1841-11-15 |
| 1935-09-06 | 1935-07-29 | François Denys Légitime | Haiti
|
M | 1841-11-20 |
| 1935-07-29 | 1937-05-29 | Lizardo Garcia | Ecuador
|
M | 1844-04-28 |
| 1937-05-29 | 1939-09-12 | Eliodoro Villazón |  Bolivia
|
M | 1848-01-22 |
| 1939-09-12 | 1945-08-06 | Alejandro Deustua | Peru
|
M | 1849-03-22 |
| 1945-08-06 | 1949-07-25 | Guillermo Tell Villegas Pulido | Venezuela
|
M | 1854-07-28 |
| 1949-07-25 | 1951-07-23 | Philippe Petain | France
|
M | 1856-04-24 |
| 1951-07-23 | 1952-07-21 | Pedro Lascuráin | .svg){kind=small} Mexico
|
M | 1856-05-06 |
| 1952-07-21 | 1960-12-12 | Christopher Hornsrud | Norway
|
M | 1859-11-15 |
| 1960-12-12 | 1966-05-15 | Venceslau Brás | Brazil
|
M | 1868-02-26 |
| 1966-05-15 | 1968-02-25 | Camille Huysmans | Belgium
|
M | 1871-05-28 |
| 1968-02-25 | 1969-08-14 | Alfredo Solf y Muro | Peru
|
M | 1872-03-15 |
| 1969-08-14 | 1972-03-28 | Joseph Paul-Boncour | France
|
M | 1873-08-04 |
| 1972-03-28 | 1973-02-14 | Émile Reuter | Luxembourg
|
M | 1874-08-02 |
| 1973-02-14 | 1973-07-25 | Dezsö Pattantyús-Ábrahám | Hungary
|
M | 1875-07-10 |
| 1973-07-25 | 1974-02-09 | Federico Páez | Ecuador |
M | 1877-06-04 |
| 1974-02-09 | 1977-09-19 | Borys Martos | Ukraine |
M | 1879-95-20 |
| 1977-09-19 | 1978-03-22 | Isidro Ayora | Ecuador
|
M | 1879-08-31 |
| 1978-03.22 | 1978-04-14 | Federico Chaves |  Paraguay
|
M | 1882-02-15 |
| 1978-04-14 | 1986-08-22 | Celál Bayar | Türkiye
|
M | 1883-05-16 |
| 1986-08-22 | 1988-05-14 | Willem Drees | Natherlands |
M | 1886-07-05 |
| 1988-05-14 | 1990-01-20 | Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni | Japan |
M | 1887-12-03 |
| 1990-01-20 | 1990-12-14 | Zhang Qun | Taiwan
|
M | 1889-05-09 |
| 1990-12-14 | 1994-12-13 | Antoine Pinay | France
|
M | 1891-12-30 |
| 1994-12-13 | 1995-04-10 | Morarji Desai | India
|
M | 1896-02-29 |
| 1995-04-10 | 1998-01-15 | Gulzarilal Nanda | M | 1898-07-04 | |
| 1998-91-15 | 1998-07-13 | Konstantinos Kollias | .svg){kind=small} Greece (Kingdom)
|
M | 1901 |
| 1998-07-13 | 2000-02-08 | Ion Gheorghe Maurer | Romania
|
M | 1902-09-23 |
| 2000-02-08 | 2002-10-31 | Michail Stasinopoulos | Greece
|
M | 1903-07-27 |
| 2002-10-31 | 2004-06-10 | Xenophon Zolotas | M | 1904-04-26 | |
| 2004-06-10 | 2009-01-22 | Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum |  Kampuchea
|
M | 1905-09-01 |
| 2009-01-22 | 2010-01-04 | Johan Ferrier | Suriname
|
M | 1910-05-12 |
| 2010-01-04 | 2012-03-14 | Ċensu Tabone | Malta
|
M | 1913-01-13 |
| 2012-01-14 | 2016-07-27 | Piet de Jong | Kingdom of the Netherlands
|
M | 1915-04-13 |
| 2016-07-27 | 2018-10-01 | Đỗ Mười | Vietnam
|
M | 1917-03-02 |
| 2018-10-01 | 2019-01-17 | Babiker Awadalla | Sudan
|
M | 1917-03-02 |
| 2019-01-17 | 2019-11-29 | Yasuhiro Nakasone | Japan
|
M | 1918-05-27 |
| 2019-11-29 | 2020-05-25 | Hyun Soong-jong | South Korea
|
M | 1919-02-26 |
| 2020-05-25 | 2021-12-07 | Mustafa Ben Halim | Libya
|
M | 1921-01-29 |
| 2021-12-07 | 2022-07-08 | Francisco Morales Bermúdez | Peru
|
M | 1921-10-04 |
| 2022-07-08 | 2023-10-11 | Khamtai Siphandone | Laos
|
M | 1924-02-08 |
| 2023-10-11 | current | Guillermo Rodriguez | Ecuador
|
M | 1923-11-04 |
Cardinals
John Henry Newman, The earliest known longest-lived born after 1800.
File:Konrad Adenauer - Feier zum 88. GeburtstRedoute-kasf0009.JPG
Corrado Bafile, The Longest lived cardinal with verificable date of birth
Guillermo Rodriguez, The current eldest living cardinal
| From | Until | Name | Born | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ?? | 1890-08-11 | John Henry Newman | 1801-02-21 |  England( United Kingdom)
|
| 1890-08-11 | 1899-07-11 | Teodolfo Mertel | 1806-02-09 | Italy
|
| 1899-07-11 | 1900-03-12 | Luigi Di Canossa | 1809-04-20 | |
| 1900-03-12 | 1904-05-14 | Michelangelo Celesia | 1814-01-13 | |
| 1900-04-14 | 1908-01-27 | François-Marie-Benjamin Richard | 1819-03-01 | France
|
| 1908-01-27 | 1911-08-05 | Anton Josef Gruscha | 1820-11-03 | .svg){kind=small} Austria-Hungary
|
| 1911-08-05 | 1912-11-14 | Alfonso Capecelatro | 1824-02-05 | Italy
|
| 1912-11-14 | 1914-12-05 | Angelo di Pierto | 1828-05-22 | |
| 1914-12-05 | 1921-12-21 | François de Rovérié de Cabrières | 1830-08-30 | France
|
| 1921-12-21 | 1923-02-04 | Giuseppe Antonio Ermenegildo Prisco | 1833-09-08 | Italy
|
| 1923-02-04 | 1930-07-09 | Vincenzo Vannutelli | 1836-12-05 | |
| 1930-07-09 | 1933-02-09 | Andreas Frühwirth | 1845-08-21 | Austria-Hungary
|
| 1933-02-09 | 1834-03-31 | Franz Ehrle | 1845-10-17 | .svg){kind=small} Germany
|
| 1934-03-31 | 1935-02-15 | Pierre Andrieu | 1849-12-07 | France
|
| 1935-02-15 | 1948-02-16 | Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte | 1851-04-10 | Italy
|
| 1948-02-16 | 1948-08-04 | Enrico Sibilia | 1861-03-17 | |
| 1948-08-04 | 1958-03-29 | Alessandro Verde | 1865-03-27 | |
| 1958-03-29 | 1959-12-04 | José María Caro Rodríguez | 1866-06-23 | Chile
|
| 1958-12-04 | 1959-05-05 | Georges Grente | 1872-05-05 | France
|
| 1959-05-05 | 1961-12-22 | Elia Dalla Costa | 1872-05-14 | Italy
|
| 1961-12-22 | 1968-07-12 | Francesco Morano | 1872-06-08 | Italy
|
| 1968-07-12 | 1968-07-31 | Carlos María de la Torre | 1873-11-15 | Ecuador
|
| 1968-07-31 | 1968-08-14 | Augusto da Silva | 1876-04-08 | Brazil
|
| 1968-08-14 | 1970-08-01 | Giuseppe Pizzardo | 1877-07-13 | Italy
|
| 1970-08-01 | 1970-09-30 | Benedetto Aloisi Masella | 1879-06-29 | |
| 1970-09-30 | 1972-08-14 | Paolo Giobbe | 1880-01-10 | |
| 1972-08-14 | 1976-11-29 | José da Costa Nunes | 1880-03-15 | Portugal
|
| 1976-11-29 | 1979-09-05 | Alberto di Jorio | 1884-07-18 | Italy
|
| 1979-09-05 | 1979-10-23 | Antonio Caggiano | 1889-01-30 | Argentina
|
| 1979-10-23 | 1982-09-14 | Carlos Carmelo Vasconcellos Motta | 1890-07-16 | Brazil
|
| 1982-09-18 | 1986-12-29 | Pietro Parente | 1891-02-16 | Italy
|
| 1986-12-29 | 1990-05-24 | Julijans Vaivods | 1895-08-18 | Latvia
|
| 1990-05-24 | 1991-09-04 | Henri de Lubac | 1896-02-20 | France
|
| 1991-09-04 | 1993-07-12 | Ferdinando Giuseppe Antonelli | 1896-07-14 | Italy
|
| 1991-09-04 | 2000-03-12 | Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei | 1901-08-02 | China
|
| 2000-03-12 | 2005-02-03 | Corrado Bafile | 1903-07-04 | Italy
|
| 2005-02+03 | 2006-08-02 | Johannes Willebrands | 1909-09-04 | Netherlands
|
| 2006-08-01 | 2007-12-12 | Alfons Maria Stickler | 1910-08-23 | Austria
|
| 2007-12-12 | 2010-04-30 | Paul Augustin Mayer | 1911-05-23 | Germany
|
| 2010-04-30 | 2013-07-28 | Ersilio Tonini | 1914-07-20 | 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 | Colombia
|
| 2019-09-03 | 2019-09-04 | Roger Etchegaray | 1922-09-25 | France
|
| 2019-09-04 | 2021-07-29 | Albert Vanhoye | 1923-07-24 | |
| 2021-07-29 | 2022-08-08 | Jozef Tomko | 1924-03-11 | Chechoslovakia
|
| 2022-08+22 | 2024-09-28 | Alexandre do Nascimento | 1925-03-01 | Angola
|
| 2024-09-28 | Present | Estanislao Esteban Karlic | 1926-02-07 | Argentina
|
See also
- List of oldest living state leaders
- Hypothetical List of longest-living state leaders
- Comparison of Monarchs (list)
- Kage (Naruto)
- Lists of Philippine Officials by age
- Longest lived Spouses of National Leaders
- Philippine Congress Membership if the Philippines followed The US Congress allocations
- Top Ten Oldest and Longest-Living
- List of current cardinals
- Longest-lived State Leaders and Cardinals by Region
- List of Cardinals by Age (current)
- Cardinals by Death Date (who died at least 85 years old)