List of oldest living cardinals
This lists The 100 oldest currently living members of the College of Cardinals. This contains 98 current and 2 Former (1 elected Pope (Bergolio) and 1 resigned (McCarrick))
Gallery
Oldest living:
Angelo Acerbi
2nd-Oldest living:
Esteban Estanislao Karlic
3rd-oldest living:
Emmanuel Wamala
List
| Rank | Name | Country | Born | Titlular Church | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Angelo Acerbi |  Italy
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Deacon of Santissimi Angeli Custodi q Cittá Giardino (2024-) | 23 September 1925 | 99 years, 80 days |
| 2 | Estanislao Esteban Karlic |  Argentina
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Priest of Beata Maria Addolorata a piazza Buenos Aires (2007-present) | 7 February 1926 | 98 years, 309 days |
| 3 | Emmanuel Wamala |  Uganda
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Priest of Sant'Ugo (1994-present) | 15 December 1926 | 97 years, 363 days |
| 4 | Luis Pascual Dri | Argentina
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Deacon of Sant'Angelo in Peacheria (2023-present) | 17 April 1927 | 97 years, 239 days |
| 5 | Júlio Duarte Langa |  Mozambique
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Priest of San Gabriele dell'Addolorata (2015-present) | 18 October 1927 | 97 years, 46 days |
| 6 | Friedrich Wetter |  Germany
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Priest of Santo Stephano in Coelio Monte (1985–present) | 20 February 1928 | 96 years, 288 days |
| 7 | Ernest Simoni |  Albania
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Deacon of Santa Maria della Scala (2018-present) | 18 October 1928 | 96 years, 55 days |
| 8 | Walter Brandmüller | Germany
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Priest of San Giuliano dei Fiamminghi, pro hac vice (2021-present) | 5 January 1929 | 95 years, 342 days |
| 9 | Michael Michai Kitbunchu |  Thailand
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Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna (1983-present) Proto-priest (2016-present) |
25 January 1929 | 95 years, 322 days |
| 10 | Adam Maida |  United States
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Priest of San Vitale (1994–present) | 18 March 1930 | 94 years, 269 days |
| 11 | Julian Herranz Casado |  Spain
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Priest of Sant'Eugenio (basilica), pro hac vice (2014-present) | 31 March 1930 | 94 years, 256 days |
| 12 | Theodore McCarrick | United States
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Priest of Santi Nereo ad Achilleo (2001-2018) | 7 July 1930 | 94 years, 158 days |
| 13 | Paul Poupard |  France
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Priest of Santa Prassede (1996–) | 30 August 1930 | 94 years, 104 days |
| 14 | Salvatore De Giorgi | Italy
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Priest of Santa Maria in Aracoeli (1998–present) | 6 September 1930 | 94 years, 97 days |
| 15 | Janis Pujats |  Latvia
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Priest of Santa Silvia (2001–) | 14 November 1930 | 94 years, 28 days |
| 16 | Camillo Ruini | Italy
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Priest of Sant'Agnese fuori le mura (1991-present) | 19 February 1931 | 93 years, 297 days |
| 17 | Lucian Mureșan |  Romania
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Priest of Sant'Anastasio (2012-present) | 23 May 1931 | 93 years, 203 days |
| 18 | José Saraiva Martins C.M.F. |  Portugal
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Bishop of Palestrina (2009-present) | 6 January 1932 | 92 years, 341 days |
| 19 | Joseph Zen S.D.B. |  China(  Hong Kong)
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Priest of Santa Maria Madre del Redentore a Tor Bella Monaca (2006–present) | 13 January 1932 | 92 years, 334 days |
| 20 | James Stafford | United States
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Priest of San Pietro in Montorio (1998-present) | 26 July 1932 | 92 years, 139 days |
| 21 | Gaudencio Rosales |  Philippines
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Priest of Santissimo Nome di Maria in Via Latina (2006-Present) | 10 August 1932 | 92 years, 124 days |
| 22 | Francis Arinze |  Nigeria
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Bishop of Velletri-Segni (2005-present) | 1 November 1932 | 92 years, 41 days |
| 23 | Walter Kasper | Germany
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Priest of Ognissanti in Via Appia Nuova, title pro hac vice (2011-present) | 5 March 1933 | 91 years, 282 days |
| 24 | Juan Sandoval Íñiguez |  Mexico
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Priest of Nostra Signora di Guadalupe e San Filippo Martire (1994-present) | 28 March 1933 | 91 years, 259 days |
| 25 | Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa Isch |  Chile
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Priest of Santa Maria della Pace (2001–present) | 5 September 1933 | 91 years, 98 days |
| 26 | Raffaele Farina SDB | Italy
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Priest of San Giovanni della Pigna "pro hac vice" (2018-present) | 24 September 1933 | 91 years, 79 days |
| 27 | Giovanni Battista Re | Italy
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Bishop of Sabina-Poggio Mirteto (2002–present) Dean of the College of Cardinals (2020–present) Bishop of Ostia (2020–present) |
30 January 1934 | 90 years, 317 days |
| 28 | Jean-Baptiste Phạm Minh Mẫn |  Vietman
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Priest of San Giustino (2003–present) | 5 March 1934 | 90 years, 282 days |
| 29 | Francesco Monterisi | Italy
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Priest 'pro hac vice' of San Paolo alla Regola (2021-present) | 28 May 1934 | 90 years, 198 days |
| 30 | Raniero Cantalamessa OFMCap | Italy
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Deacon of Sant'Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine (2020-present) | 22 July 1934 | 90 years, 143 days |
| 31 | Franc Rodé CM |  Slovenia
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Cardinal-Priest ("pro hac vice") of San Francesco Saverio alla Garbatella (2016-present) | 23 September 1934 | 90 years, 80 days |
| 32 | Luis Héctor Villalba | Argentina
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Priest of San Girolamo a Corviale (2015-present) | 11 October 1934 | 90 years, 62 days |
| 33 | Tarcisio Bertone SDB | Italy
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Bishop of Frascati (2008-present) | 2 December 1934 | 90 years, 10 days |
| 34 | Julius Darmaatmadja SJ |  Indonesia
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Priest of Sacro Cuore di Maria (1994-present) | 20 December 1934 | 89 years, 358 days |
| '35 | Giovanni Lajolo | Italy
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Priest of Santa Maria Liberatrice a Monte Testaccio "pro hac vice" (2018-present) | 3 January 1935 | 89 years, 344 days |
| 36 | Justin Rigali | United States
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Priest of Santa Prisca (2003-present) | 19 April 1935 | 89 years, 237 days |
| 37 | Santos Abril y Castelló | Spain
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Priest pro hac vice of San Ponziano (2022-peesent) | 21 September 1935 | 89 years, 82 days |
| 38 | Roger Mahony | Spain
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Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati (1991-present) | 27 February 1936 | 88 years, 296 days |
| 39 | Anthony Olubunmi Okogie | Nigeria
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Priest of Beat Vergine Maria del Monte (2003-present) | 16 June 1936 | 88 years, 179 days |
| 40 | Antonio María Rouco Varela | Spain
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Priest of San Lorenzo in Damaso (1998-present) | 20 August 1936 | 88 years, 114 days |
| 41 | Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez |  Dominican Republic
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Priest of San Lorenzo in Damaso (1998-present) | 31 October 1936 | 88 years, 42 days |
| 42 | Ennio Antonelli | Italy
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Priest of Sant'Andrea delle Fratte (2003–present) | 18 November 1936 | 88 years, 24 days |
| 43 | Théodore-Adrien Sarr |  Senegal
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Priest of Santa Lucia a Piazza d’Armi (2003-present) | 28 November 1936 | 88 years, 14 days |
| 44 | Jorge Mario Bergolio |  :Argentina
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Priest of San Roberto Bellarmino (2001-2013) | 17 December 1937 | 86 years, 361 days |
| 45 | Audrys Bačkis |  Lithuania
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Priest of Natività di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo a Via Gallia (2001-present) | 1 February 1937 | 87 years, 315 days |
| 46 | Raymundo Damasceno Assis |  Brazil
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Priest of Immacolata al Tiburtino (2010present) | 15 February 1937 | 87 years, 301 days |
| 47 | Toribio Ticona Porco |  Bolivia
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Priest of Santi Gioacchino e Anna al Tuscolano (2018–presrnt) | 25 April 1937 | 87 years, 231 days |
| 48 | Lluís Martínez Sistach | Spain
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Priest of San Sebastiano alle Catacombe (2007-present) | 29 April 1937 | 87 years, 227 days |
| 49 | Michael Louis Fitzgerald MAfr | .svg){kind=small} United Kingdom
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Deacon of Santa Maria in Portico (2019–present) | 17 August 1937 | 87 years, 117 days |
| 50 | Antonio Maria Vegliò | Italy
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Priest of San Cesareo in Palatio (2012-present) | 3 February 1938 | 86 years, 313 days |
| 51 | Paolo Romeo | Italy
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Priest of Santa Maria Odigitria dei Siciliani (2010–present) | 20 February 1938 | 86 years, 296 days |
| 52 | Francesco Coccopalmerio | Italy
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Priest of San Giuseppe dei Falegnami (2022–present) | 6 March 1938 | 86 years, 281 days |
| 53 | Manuel Monteiro de Castro | Portugal
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Priest pro hac vice of San Domenico di Guzman (2022-present) | 29 March 1938 | 86 years, 258 days |
| 54 | Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nhơn | Vietnam
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Priest of San Tommaso Apostolo (2015-present) | 1 April 1938 | 86 years, 255 days |
| 55 | Aquilino Bocos Merino CMF | Spain
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Deacon of Santa Lucia del Gonfalone (2018-present) | 17 May 1938 | 86 years, 209 days |
| 56 | Angelo Amato SDB | Italy
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Priest of Santa Maria in Aquiro (2010-present)' | 8 June 1938 | 86 years, 35 days |
| 57 | Sigitas Tamkevičius SJ | Lithuania
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Priest of Santa Angela Merici (2015-present) | 7 November 1938 | 86 years, 35 days |
| 58 | Alberto Suárez Inda | Mexico
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Priest of San Policarpo (2015-present) | 30 January 1939 | 85 years, 317 days |
| 59 | Orlando Quevedo OMI | Philippines
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Priest of Santa Maria <<Regina Mundi>> a Torre Spaccata (2015-present) | 11 March 1939 | 85 years, 276 days |
| 60 | Edwin Frederick O'Brien | United States
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Priest of San Sebastiano al Palatino (2012-present) | 8 April 1939 | 85 years, 248 days |
| 61 | Stanisław Dziwisz |  Poland
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Priest of Santa Maria del Poppolo (2006-present) | 27 April 1939 | 85 years, 229 days |
| 62 | Diego Rafael Padrón Sánchez |  Venezuela
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Priest of San Gaetano (2023-present) | 17 May 1939 | 85 years, 209 days |
| 63 | John Tong Hon | China ( Hong Kong)
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Priest of Regina Apostolorum (2012-present) | 31 July 1939 | 85 years, 134 days |
| 64 | Seán Baptist Brady |  Ireland
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Priest of Santissimi Gesú e Maria a Tor Fiorenza (since 2015) | 16 August 1939 | 85 years, 118 days |
| 65 | Edoardo Menichelli | Italy
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14 October 1939 | Priest of Sacri Cuori di Gesù e Maria a Tor Fiorenza (2015–present) | 85 years, 59 days |
| 66 | Béchara Boutros al-Raï OMM |  Lebanon
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Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites (since 2011, cardinal from 2012) | 25 February 1940 | 84 years, 291 days |
| 67 | Agostino Vallini | Italy
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Priest of San Pier Damiani ai Monti di San Paolo (since 2006) | 17 April 1940 | 84 years, 239 days |
| 68 | Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel | Mexico
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Priest of San Luigi Maria Grignion de Montfort (since 2020) | 1 May 1940 | 84 years, 225 days |
| 69 | Enrico Feroci | Italy
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Deacon of Santa Maria del Divino Amore a Castle di Leva (since 2020) | 27 August 1940 | 84 years, 107 days |
| 70 | Agostino Marchetto | Italy
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Deacon of Santa Maria Goretti (since 2023) | 28 August 1940 | 84 years, 106 days |
| 71 | Lorenzo Baldisseri | Italy
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Priest pro hac vice of San Anselmo all'Aventino (2024-present) | 29 September 1940 | 84 years, 74 days |
| 72 | Silvano Maria Tomasi CS | Italy
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Deacon of San Nicola in Carcere (2020-present) | 12 October 1940 | 84 years, 61 days |
| 73 | Donald William Wuerl | United States
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Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli (2010-present) | 12 November 1940 | 84 years, 28 days |
| 74 | Gabriel Zubeir Wako |  Sudan
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Priest of Sant'Atanasio a Via Tiburtina (20023-present) | 27 February 1941 | 83 years, 320 days |
| 75 | Wilfrid Fox Napier OFM |  South Africa
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Priest of San Francisco d'Asissi ad Acilla (2001-present) | 8 March 1941 | 83 years, 279 days |
| 76 | Maurice Piat CSSp |  Mauritius
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Priest of Santa Teresa al Corso d'Italia (2016-present) | 19 July 1941 | 83 years, 146 days |
| 77 | Beniamino Stella | Italy
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Bishop of Porto-Santa Rufina (2020-present) | 18 August 1941 | 83 years, 116 days |
| 78 | Angelo Scola | Italy
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Priest of Santi XII Apostoli (2003–present) | 7 November 1941 | 83 years, 35 days |
| 79 | Ricardo Ezzati SDB | Chile
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Priest of Santissimo Redentore a Valmelaina (2014–present) | 7 January 1942 | 82 years, 340 days |
| 80 | Fortunato Frezza | Italy
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Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata (2022-present) | 6 February 1942 | 82 years, 310 days |
| 81 | Jorge Enrique Jiménez Carvajal CJM |  Colombia
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Priest of Santa Dorotea (2022–) | 29 March 1942 | 82 years, 258 days |
| 82 | Gualtiero Bassetti | Italy
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Priest of Santa Cecilia (2014–) | 7 April 1942 | 82 years, 249 days |
| 83 | Ricardo Blázquez | Spain
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Priest of Santa Maria in Vallicella (2015–present) | 13 April 1942 | 82 years, 243 days |
| 84 | Norberto Rivera Carrera | Mexico
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Priest of San Francesco d'Assisi a Ripa Grande (1998-present) | 6 June 1942 | 82 years, 189 days |
| 85 | Gianfranco Ghirlanda SJ | Italy
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5 July 1942 | 82 years, 160 days | |
| 86 | Arrigo Miglio | Italy
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Priest of San Clemente al Laterano (2022-present) | 18 July 1942 | 82 years, 147 days |
| 87 | Gregorio Rosa Chávez |  El Salvador
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Priest of Santissimo Sacramento a Tor de' Schiavi (2017–present) | 3 September 1942 | 82 years, 100 days |
| 88 | Rubén Salazar Gómez | Colombia
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Priest of San Gerardo Maiella (2012-present) | 22 September 1942 | 82 years, 81 days |
| 89 | Giuseppe Bertello | Italy
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Priest of Santi Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia (2022–present) | 1 October 1942 | 82 years, 72 days |
| 90 | Gianfranco Ravasi | Italy
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Priest of San Giorgio in Velabro (since 2021) | 18 October 1942 | 82 years, 55 days |
| 91 | André Vingt-Trois | France
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Priest of San Luigi dei Francesi (2007-present) | 7 November 1942 | 82 years, 5 days |
| 92 | Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga SDB |  Honduras
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Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Speranza (2001-present) | 29 December 1942 | 81 years, 349 days |
| 93 | Angelo Bagnasco | Italy
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Cardinal-Priest of Gran Madre di Dio (2007-present) | 14 January 1943 | 81 years, 333 days |
| 94 | Domenico Calcagno | Italy
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Priest of Annunciazione della Beata Vergine Maria a Via Ardeatina (2012-present) | 3 February 1943 | 81 years, 313 days |
| 95 | Dominik Duka OP |  Czech Republic
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Priest of Santi Marcellino e Pietro (2012-present) | 26 April 1943 | 81 years, 230 days |
| 96 | Crescenzio Sepe | Italy
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Priest of Dio Padre misericordioso (2001-present) | 2 June 1943 | 81 years, 193 days |
| 97 | Giuseppe Versaldi | Italy
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Priest of Sacro Cuore di Gesù a Castro Pretorio pro hac vice (2022-present) | 30 July 1943 | 81 years, 135 days |
| 98 | Angelo Comastri | Italy
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Priest of San Salvatore in Lauro (2007–present) | 17 September 1943 | 81 years, 86 days |
| 99 | Patrick D'Rozario CSC |  Bangladesh
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Priest of Nostra Signora del Santissimo Sacramento e Santi Martiri Canadesi (2016–present) | 1 October98 1943 | 81 years, 72 days |
| 100 | Leonardo Sandri | Argentina
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Bishop of Santi Biagio e Carlo ai Catinari suburbicarian rank pro hac vice (2018-present) | 18 November 1943 | 81 years, 24 days |
Chronological list of Oldest living members of the College of Cardinals
| From | Until | Name | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ?? | 1890.08.11 | John Henry Newman | 1801.02.21 |  England( United Kingdom)
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| 1890.08.11 | 1899.07.11 | Teodolfo Mertel | 1806.02.09 | _crowned.svg){kind=small} Italy
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| 1899.07.11 | 1900.03.12 | Luigi Di Canossa | 1809-04-20 | |
| 1900.03.12 | 1903.07.20 | Gioacchino Pecci | 1810.03.02 | |
| 1903.07.20 | 1904.04.14 | Michelangelo Celesia | 1814.01.13 | |
| 1900.04.14 | 1908.01.27 | François-Marie-Benjamin Richard | 1819.03.01 | France
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| 1908.01.27 | 1911.08.05 | Anton Josef Gruscha | 1820.11.03 |  Austria
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| 1911.08.05 | 1912.11.14 | Alfonso Capecelatro | 1824.02.05 | Italy
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| 1912.11.14 | 1914.12.05 | Angelo di Pietro | 22 May 1828 | |
| 1914.12.05 | 1921.12.14 | François de Rovérié de Cabrières | 1830.08.30 | France
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| 1921.12.21 | 1923.02.04 | Giuseppe Antonio Ermenegildo Prisco | 1833.09.08 | Italy
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| 1923.02.04 | 1930.07.09 | Vincenzo Vannutelli | 1836.12.05 | |
| 1930.09.30 | 1933.02.09 | Andreas Frühwirth | 1845.08.21 | Austria
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| 1933.02.09 | 1834.03.03 | Franz Ehrle | 1845.10.18 | .svg){kind=small} Germany
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| 1934.03.03 | 1935.02.15 | Pierre Andrieu | 1849.12.07 | France
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| 1935.02.15 | 1948.02.16 | Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte | 1851.04.10 | Italy
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| 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
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| 1958.12.04 | 1959.05.05 | Georges Grente | 1872.05.05 | France
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| 1959.05.05 | 1961.12.22 | Elia dalla Costa | 1872.05.14 | Italy
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| 1961.12.22 | 1968.07.12 | Francesco Morano | 1872.06.08 | Italy
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| 1968.07.12 | 1968.07.31 | Carlos María de la Torre | 1873.11.15 | .svg){kind=small} Ecuador
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| 1968.07.31 | 1968.08.14 | Augusto da Silva | 1876.04.08 | .svg){kind=small} Brazil
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| 1968.08.14 | 1970.08.01 | Giuseppe Pizzardo | 1877.07.13 | Italy
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| 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
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| 1976.11.29 | 1979.09.05 | Alberto di Jorio | 1884.07.18 | Italy
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| 1979.09.05 | 1979.10.23 | Antonio Caggiano | 1889.01.30 | Argentina
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| 1979.10.23 | 1982.09.14 | Carlos Carmelo Vasconcellos Motta | 1890.07.16 | Brazil
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| 1982.09.18 | 1986.12.29 | Pietro Parente | 1891.02.16 | Italy
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| 1986.12.29 | 1990.05.24 | Julijans Vaivods | 1895.08.18 | .svg){kind=small} Latvia
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| 1990.05.24 | 1991.09.04 | Henri de Lubac | 1896.02.20 | .svg){kind=small} France
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| 1991.09.04 | 1993.07.12 | Ferdinando Giuseppe Antonelli | 1896.07.14 | Italy
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| 1993.09.04 | 2000.03.12 | Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei | 1901.08.02 | China
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| 2000.03.12 | 2005.02.03 | Corrado Bafile | 1903.07.04 | Italy
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| 2005.02.03 | 2006.08.01 | Johannes Willebrands | 1909.09.04 |  Netherlands
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| 2006.08.01 | 2007.12.12 | Alfons Maria Stickler | 1910.08.23 |  Austria
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| 2007.12.12 | 2010.04.30 | Paul Augustin Mayer | 1911.05.23 | West Germany
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| 2010.04.30 | 2013.07.28 | Ersilio Tonini | 1914.07.20 | Italy
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| 2013.07.28 | 2014.02.22 Ceased |
Fiorenzo Angelini | 1916.08.01 | |
| 2014.02.22 | 2016.05.25 | Loris Francesco Capovilla | 1915.10.14 | |
| 2016.05.26 | 2019.09.03 | José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez | 1919.02.18 | Colombia
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| 2019.09.03 | 2019.09.04 | Roger Etchegaray | 1922.09.25 | France
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| 2019.09.04 | 2021.07.29 | Albert Vanhoye | 1923.07.24 | |
| 2021.07.29 | 2022.08.08 | Jozef Tomko | 1924.03.11 | Chechoslovakia
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| 2022.08.08 | 2024.09.28 | Alexandre do Nascimento | 1925.03.01 |  Angola
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| 2024.09.28 | 2024.12.07 ceased |
Estanislao Esteban Karlic | 1926.02.07 | Argentina
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| 2024.12.07 | present | Angelo Acerbi | 1925.09.23 | Italy
|