Hypothetical List of longest-living cardinals

This article hypothetically lists the Longest-known living or deceased he 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 cardinal is Corrado Bafile (1903-2005), Cardinal-deacon of S. Maria in Portico (1976-2005), who lived to 101 years, 214 days.

Gallery

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  Oldest:
   Italy
  Corrado Bafile

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  2nd-Oldest ever:
   Italy
  Loris Francesco Capovilla

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  3rd-Oldest:
   Colombia
  José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez

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  5th-Oldest ever:
   Argentina
  Angelo Acerbi

List

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	Angelo Acerbi	Italy	Deacon of (2024-present)	1925	Alive	99 years, 99 days
6	Ersilio Tonini	Italy	Priest of Santi Redentore a Valmelaina (1994–2013)	1914	2013	99 years, 8 days
7	Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir	Lebanon	Cardinal-Patriarch (1994 – 2019)	1920	2019	98 years, 362 days
8	Paul Augustin Mayer	Germany	Priest of San Anselmo all’Aventino pro hac vice Title (1996–2010)	1911	2010	98 years, 342 days
9	Estanislao Esteban Karlic	Argentina	Priest of Beata Maria Vergine Addolorata a piazza Buenos Aires (2007-present)	1926	Alive	98 years, 328 days
10	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
12	Jozef Tomko	Slovakia	Priest of S. Sabina (1996–2022)	1924	2022	98 years 151 days
13	Fiorenzo Angelini	Italy	Priest of Santo Spirito in Sassia pro hac vice Title (2002–2014)	1916	2014	98 years, 113 days
14	Emmanuel Wamala	Uganda	Priest of Sant'Ugo (1994-present)	1926	Alive	98 years, 16 days
15	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
16	Paolo Dezza, S.J.	Italy	Deacon of San Ignazio di Loyola a Campo Marzio (1991 – 1999)	1901	1999	98 years, 4 days
17	Luis Pascual Dri OFM Cap.	Argentina	Deacon of Sant'Angelo in Pescheria (2023-present)	1927	Alive	97 years, 258 days
18	Alexandre José María dos Santos, O.F.M.	Mozambique	Priest of San Frumenzio ai Prati Fiscali (1988–2021)	1924	2021	97 years, 195 days
19	Alfons Maria Stickler	Austria	Priest of San Giorgio in Velabro pro hac vice Title (1996–2007)	1910	2007	97 years, 111 days
20	Júlio Duarte Langa	Mozambique	Priest of San Gabriele dell'Addolorata (2015-present)	1927	Alive	97 years, 65 days
21	Henryk Gulbinowicz	Poland	Priest of Immacolata Concezione di Maria a Grottarossa (1985–2020)	1923	2020	97 years, 30 days
22	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
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	Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte	Italy	Bishop of Albano (1915 – 1948) Bishop of Ostia (1930–1948)	1851	1948	96 years, 312 days
26	Friedrich Wetter	Germany	Priest of Santo Stephano in Coelio Monte (1985–present)	1928	Alive	96 years, 307 days
27	Edward Cassidy	Australia	Priest of Santa Maria in Via Lata pro hac vice Title (2002–2021)	1924	2021	96 years, 279 days
28	Kazimierz Świątek	Belgium	Priest of San Gerardo Maiella (1994–2011)	1914	2011	96 years, 273 days
29	Giovanni Canestri	Italy	Priest of San Andrea della Valle (1988–2015)	1918	2015	96 years, 211 days
30	José da Costa Nunes	Portugal	Priest of Santa Prisca (1962–1976)	1880	1976	96 years, 259 days
31	Domenico Bartolucci	Italy	Deacon Santissimi Nomi di Gesù e Maria in Via Lata (2010–2013)	1917	2013	96 years, 188 days
32	Adam Kozłowiecki, S.J.	Zambia	Priest of Sant'Andrea al Quirinale (1998–2008)	1911	2007	96 years, 180 days
33	Francisco Álvarez Martínez	Spain	Priest of Santa Maria «Regina Pacis» a Monte Verde (2001–2022)	1925	2022	96 years, 177 days
34	Ernest Simoni	Albania	Deacon of Santa Maria della Scala (2018-present)	1928	Alive	96 years, 74 days
35	Francesco Morano	Italy	Deacon of Santi Cosma e Damiano (1959 – 1968)	1872	1968	96 years, 34 days
36	Walter Brandmüller	Germany	Priest of San Giuliano dei Fiamminghi, pro hac vice (2021-present)	1929	Alive	95 years, 361 days
37	Luigi De Magistris	Italy	Deacon Santissimi Nomi di Gesù e Maria in Via Lata (2015–2022)	1926	2022	95 years 358 days
38	Michael Michai Kitbunchu	Thailand	Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna (1983-present) Proto-priest (2016-present)	1929	Alive	95 years, 341 days
39	José Freire Falcão	Brazil	Priest of San Luca a Via Prenestina (1988–2021)	1925	2021	95 years, 338 days
40	Pietro Parente	Italy	Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina (1967–1986)	1891	1986	95 years, 316 days
41	Achille Silvestrini	Italy	Priest of San Benedetto fuori Porta San Paolo pro hac vice Title (1999–2019)	1923	2019	95 years, 308 days
42	Agostino Cacciavillan	Italy	Priest of Ss. Angeli Custodi a Città Giardino pro hac vice Title (2011–2022)	1926	2022	95 years, 204 days
43	Henri de Lubac S.J.	France	Deacon of Santa Maria in Domnica (1983–1991)	1896	1991	95 years, 196 days
44	Paulo Evaristo Arns	Brazil	Priest of San Antonio da Padova in Via Tuscolana (1973 –2016)	1921	2016	95 years, 91 days
45	Serafim Fernandes de Araújo	Brazil	Priest of San Luigi Maria Grignion de Montfort (1998–2019)	1924	2019	95 years, 56 days
46	Alberto Di Jorio	Italy	Priest of Santa Pudenziana (1967 – 1979)	1884	1979	95 years, 47 days
47	Corrado Ursi	Italy	Priest of San Callisto (1967–2003)	1908	2003	95 years, 34 days
48	Adam Maida	United States	Priest of San Vitale (1994–present)	1930	Alive	94 years, 243 days
49	Jorge Medina	Chile	Priest of San Saba pro hac vice Title (2008–2021)	1926	2021	94 years, 284 days
50	Julian Herranz Casado	Spain	Priest of Sant'Eugenio (basilica), pro hac vice (2014-present)	1930	Alive	94 years, 275 days
51	Julijans Vaivods	–Latvia	Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati (1983–1990)	1895	1990	94 years, 279 days
52	Carlos María de la Torre	Ecuador	Priest of Santa Maria in Aquiro pro hac vice Title (1953–1968)	1873	1968	94 years, 261 days
53	Louis-Albert Vachon	Canada	Priest of San Paolo della Croce a Corviale (1985–2006)	1912	2006	94 years, 237 days
54	Egano Righi-Lambertini	Italy	Priest of Santa Maria in Via (1990 – 2000)	1906	2000	94 years, 225 days
55	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
56	Theodore McCarrick	United States	Priest of Santi Nereo ad Achilleo (2001–2018)	1930	alive	94 years, 177 days
57	Gilberto Agustoni	Italy	Priest of Santi Urbano e Lorenzo a Prima Porta pro hac vice Title (2005–2017)	1922	2017	94 years, 171 days
58	Eduardo Martínez Somalo	Spain	Priest of Santissima Nome di Gesù pro hac vice Title (1999–2021)	1927	2021	94 years, 142 days
59	Paul Poupard	France	Priest of Santa Prassede (1996–)	1930	Alive	94 years, 123 days
60	Giovanni Cheli	Italy	Priest of Santi Cosma e Damiano pro hac vice Title Title (2008–2013)	1918	2013	94 years 122 days
61	Mikel Koliqi	Albania	Deacon of Ognissanti in Via Appia Nuova (1994–1997)	1902	1997	94 years, 121 days
62	Salvatore De Giorgi	Italy	Priest of Santa Maria in Aracoeli (1998–present)	1930	Alive	94 years, 116 days
63	Giuseppe Sensi	Italy	Priest of Regina Apostolorum (1987 – 2001)	1907	2001	94 years, 60 days
64	Janis Pujats	Latvia	Priest of Santa Silvia (2001–)	1930	Alive	94 years, 47 days
65	Marian Jaworski	Poland	Priest of San Sisto (2001–2020)	1926	2020	94 years 13 days
66	Carlo Furno	Italy	Priest of Sant'Onofrio (2006– 2015)	1921	2015	94 years, 7 days
67	Prosper Grech, O.S.A.	Malta	Deacon of Santa Maria Goretti (2012–2019)	1925	2019	94 years, 6 days
68	Roberto Tucci	Italy	Priest of Sant'Ignazio di Loyola a Campo Marzio pro hac vice Title (2011–2015)	1921	2015	93 years, 360 days
69	Georges Cottier OP	Switzerland	Priest of Santi Domenico e Sisto pro hac vice Title (2014–2016)	1922	2016	93 years, 341 days
70	John Carberry	United States	Priest of San Giovanni Battista de’ Rossi (1969–1998)	1904	1998	93 years, 321 days
71	Camillo Ruini	Italy	Priest of Sant'Agnese fuori le mura (1991-present)	1931	Alive	93 years, 316 days
72	Paolo Bertoli	Italy	Bishop of Frascati (1979–2001)	1908	2001	93 years, 280 days
73	Thomas Williams	United States	Priest of Gesù Divin Maestro alla Pineta Sacchetti (1983–2023)	1930	2023	93 years. 276 days
74	Opilio Rossi	United States	Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina (1987–2004)	1910	2004	93 years, 271 days
75	Lucian Mureșan	Romania	Priest of Sant'Anastasio (2012-present)	1931	Alive	93 years, 222 days
76	Vincenzo Vannutelli	Italy	Bishop of Palestrina (1900–1930) Bishop of Ostia (1915–1930)	1836	1930	93 years, 216 days
77	José Manuel Estepa Llaurens	Spain	Priest of San Gabriele Arcangelo all’Acqua Traversa (2010–2019)	1926	2019	93 years, 201 days
78	Jean Margéot	Mauritius	Priest of San Gabriele Arcangelo all’Acqua Traversa (1988–2009)	1916	2009	93 years, 164 days
79	Teodolfo Mertel	Papal States	Priest of San Lorenzo in Damaso (1884 – 1899)	1806	1899	93 years, 152 days
80	Simon Pimenta	India	Priest of Santa Maria Regina Mundi a Torre Spaccata (1988–2013)	1920	2013	93 years, 140 days
81	František Tomášek	Czechoslovakia	Priest of San Vitale (1977–\1992)	1899	1992	93 years, 36 days
82	Alfredo Scherer	Brazil	Priest of Nostra Signora de La Salette (1969–1996)	1903	1996	93 years, 34 days
83	Antonio Innocenti	Italy	Priest of Santa Maria in Aquiro pro hac vice Title (1996–2008)	1915	2008	93 years, 21 days
84	Giuseppe Pizzardo	Italy	Bishop of Albano (1948–1970)	1877	1970	93 years, 19 days
85	James Francis McIntyre	United States	Priest of Sant'Anastasia (1953 – 1979)	1886	1979	93 years, 14 days
86	Carlo Confalonieri	Italy	Bishop of Palestrina (1972–1986) Bishop of Ostia (1977–1986)	1893	1986	93 years, 7 days
87	Alessandro Verde	Italy	Priest of Santa Maria in Cosmedin pro hac vice Title (1935 – 1958)	1865	1958	93 years, 2 days
88	José Saraiva Martins C.M.F.	Portugal	Bishop of Palestrina (2009-present)	1932	Alive	92 years, 360 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, 353 days
90	Julien Ries	Belgium	Deacon of San Antonio di Padova a Circonvallazione Appia (2012–2013)	1920	2013	92 years, 310 days
91	Juan Carlos Aramburu	Argentina	Priest of San Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini (1976–2004)	1912	2004	92 years, 281 days
92	Sergio Sebastiani	Italy	Priest of Sant'Eustachio (basilica), pro hac vice (2011-2024)	1931	2024	92 years, 280 days
93	Paolo Giobbe	Italy	Priest of Santa Maria in Vallicella (1958–1972)	1880	1972	92 years, 217 days
94	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
96	Jean Honoré	France	Priest of Santa Maria della Salute a Primavalle (2001–2013)	1920	2013	92 years, 199 days
97	Joseph Asahirō Satowaki	Japan	Priest of Santa Maria della Pace (1979-1996)	1904	1996	92 years, 189 days
98	José María Caro Rodríguez	Chile	Priest of Santa Maria della Scala (1946-1958)	1866	1958	92 years, 164 days
99	Luigi Poggi	Italy	Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina (2005–2010)	1917	2010	92 years, 160 days
100	James Stafford	United States</	Priest of San Pietro in Montorio (1998–present)	1932	Alive	92 years, 158 days

Chronological List of eldest members

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	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	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	2024-12-08	Estanislao Esteban Karlic	1926-02-07	Argentina
2024-12-08	Present	Angelo Acerbi	1925-09-23	Italy

See Also

• List of longest-living cardinals