List of longest-living cardinals
This article lists the 100 longest known living or deceased Members of the College of Cardinals (born non earlier than 1800). Those currently living are in bold on baby pink. The longest-lived Cardinal was Italian Corrado Bafile (1903-2005) who lived to 101 years, 214 days.
Gallery
Oldest:
Portugal
Jorge da Costa
2nd-Oldest:
Italy
Corrado Bafile
3rd-Oldest ever:
Italy
Loris Francesco Capovilla
7th-Oldest ever:
Italy
Angelo Acerbi
List
Ages are up to date 12/15/2025
| Color | Age Range |
|---|---|
| Living (non-electors) |
| No. | Cardinal | Country | Post | Birth | Death | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jorge da Costa | .svg){kind=small} Portugal
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Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina (1503-1508) | 1406 | 1508 | 101 years, 214 days to 102 years, 261 days |
| 2 | Corrado Bafile |  Italy
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Priest of Santa Maria in Portico pro hac vice Title (1987–2005) | 1903 | 2005 | 101 years, 214 days |
| 3 | Loris Francesco Capovilla | Italy
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Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere (2014–2016) | 1915 | 2016 | 100 years, 224 days |
| 4 | José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez |  Colombia
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Priest of San Giovanni Crisostomo a Monte Sacro Alto (2015–2019) | 1919 | 2019 | 100 years, 197 days |
| 5 | Luigi Ciacchi | .svg){kind=small} Papal States.svg){kind=small} Holy Roman Empire
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Deacon of Sant'Angelo in Peacheria (1838-1865) | 1765 | 1865 | 100 years, 123 days |
| 6 | Alexandre do Nascimento OP |  Angola
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Priest of San Marco in Agro Laurentino (1983-2024) | 1925 | 2024 | 99 years, 212 days |
| 7 | Angelo Acerbi | Italy
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Deacon of Santissimi Angeli Custodi a Città Giardino (2024-present) | 1925 | Alive | 100 years, 83 days |
| 6-8 | Domingo Ram y Lanaja |  Aragón
|
Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo (1430–1444) Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina (1444-1445) |
1345 | 1445 | 99 years, 115 days to 100 years, 114 days |
| 9 | Ersilio Tonini | Italy
|
Priest of Santi Redentore a Valmelaina (1994–2013) | 1914 | 2013 | 99 years, 8 days |
| 10 | Galeazzo Marescotti | Papal States Holy Roman Empire
|
Priest of San Bernardo alle Terme Diocleziane (1676-1681) Priest of Santi Quirico and Giulitta (1681-1700) Priest of Santa Prassede (1700-1708) Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina (1708-1726) |
1627 | 1726 | 98 years, 275 days |
| 11 | Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir |  Lebanon
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Cardinal-Patriarch (1994 – 2019) | 1920 | 2019 | 98 years, 362 days |
| 12 | Estanislao Esteban Karlic |  Argentina
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Priest of Beata Maria Vergine Addolorata a piazza Buenos Aires (2007-present) | 1926 | Alive | 99 years, 311 days |
| 13 | Paul Augustin Mayer |  Germany
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Priest of San Anselmo all’Aventino pro hac vice Title (1996–2010) | 1911 | 2010 | 98 years, 342 days |
| 14 | Jean-Baptist de Belloy |  France
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Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina (1805-1808) | 1709 | 1808 | 98 years, 245 days |
| 15 | Ignatius Kung Pin-mei |  China
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Priest of San Sisto (1991 – 2000) | 1901 | 2000 | 98 years, 223 days |
| Franz König |  Austria
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Priest of San Eusebio (1958 – 2004)) | 1905 | 2004 | ||
| 17 | Jozef Tomko | .svg){kind=small} Slovakia
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Priest of Santa Sabina (1996–2022) | 1924 | 2022 | 98 years, 151 days |
| 18 | Fiorenzo Angelini | Italy
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Priest of Santo Spirito in Sassia pro hac vice Title (2002–2014) | 1916 | 2014 | 98 years, 113 days |
| 19 | Emmanuel Wamala |  Uganda
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Priest of Sant'Ugo (1994-present) | 1926 | Alive | 99 years, 0 days |
| 20 | Albert Vanhoye, SJ | France
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Priest of Santa Maria della Mercede e San Adriano a Villa Albani pro hac vice Title (2016–2021) | 1923 | 2021 | 98 years, 5 days |
| 21 | Paolo Dezza, S.J. | Italy
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Deacon of San Ignazio di Loyola a Campo Marzio (1991 – 1999) | 1901 | 1999 | 98 years, 4 days |
| 22 | Luis Pascual Dri OFM Cap. | Argentina
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Deacon of Sant'Angelo in Pescheria (2023-present) | 1927 | Alive | 98 years, 242 days |
| 23 | Alexandre José María dos Santos, O.F.M. |  Mozambique
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Priest of San Frumenzio ai Prati Fiscali (1988–2021) | 1924 | 2021 | 97 years, 195 days |
| 24 | Alfons Maria Stickler | Austria
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Priest of San Giorgio in Velabro pro hac vice Title (1996–2007) | 1910 | 2007 | 97 years, 111 days |
| 25 | Júlio Duarte Langa | Mozambique
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Priest of San Gabriele dell'Addolorata (2015-present) | 1927 | Alive | 98 years, 49 days |
| 26 | Henryk Gulbinowicz |  Poland
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Priest of Immacolata Concezione di Maria a Grottarossa (1985–2020) | 1923 | 2020 | 97 years, 30 days |
| 27 | Ferdinando Giuseppe Antonelli, O.F.M. | Italy
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Priest of San Sebastiano al Palatino pro hac vice Title (1983–1993) | 1896 | 1993 | 96 years, 363 days |
| 28 | Roger Etchegaray | France
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Bishop of Porto–Santa Rufina (1998–2019) | 1922 | 2019 | 96 years, 344 days |
| 29 | Johannes Willebrands |  Netherlands
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Priest of San Sebastiano alle Catacombe (1975–2006) | 1909 | 2008 | 96 years, 331 days |
| 30 | Friedrich Wetter | Germany
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Priest of Santo Stephano in Coelio Monte (1985–present) | 1928 | Alive | 97 years, 290 days |
| 31 | Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte | Italy
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Bishop of Albano (1915 – 1948) Bishop of Ostia (1930–1948) |
1851 | 1948 | 96 years, 312 days |
| 32 | Edward Cassidy |  Australia
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Priest of Santa Maria in Via Lata pro hac vice Title (2002–2021) | 1924 | 2021 | 96 years, 279 days |
| 33 | Kazimierz Świątek |  Belgium
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Priest of San Gerardo Maiella (1994–2011) | 1914 | 2011 | 96 years, 273 days |
| 34 | Giovanni Canestri | Italy
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Priest of San Andrea della Valle (1988–2015) | 1918 | 2015 | 96 years, 211 days |
| 35 | José da Costa Nunes |  Portugal
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Priest of Santa Prisca (1962–1976) | 1880 | 1976 | 96 years, 259 days |
| 36 | Domenico Bartolucci | Italy
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Deacon Santissimi Nomi di Gesù e Maria in Via Lata (2010–2013) | 1917 | 2013 | 96 years, 188 days |
| 37 | Adam Kozłowiecki, S.J. |  Zambia
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Priest of Sant'Andrea al Quirinale (1998–2008) | 1911 | 2007 | 96 years, 180 days |
| 38 | 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 |
| 39 | Francesco Carafa della Spina di Traetto |  Naples
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Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina (1788-1818, in commendum from 1807) Priest of San Lorenzo in Damaso (1807-1818) |
1722 | 1818 | 96 years, 144 days |
| 40 | Ernest Simoni |  Albania
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Deacon of Santa Maria della Scala (2018-present) | 1928 | Alive | 97 years, 58 days |
| 41 | Francesco Morano | Italy
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Deacon of Santi Cosma e Damiano (1959 – 1968) | 1872 | 1968 | 96 years, 34 days |
| 42 | Walter Brandmüller | Germany
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Priest of San Giuliano dei Fiamminghi, pro hac vice (2021-present) | 1929 | Alive | 96 years, 344 days |
| 43 | Michael Michai Kitbunchu |  Thailand
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Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna (1983-present) Proto-priest (2016-present) |
1929 | Alive | 96 years, 324 days |
| 44 | Luigi De Magistris | Italy
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Deacon Santissimi Nomi di Gesù e Maria in Via Lata (2015–2022) | 1926 | 2022 | 95 years, 358 days |
| 45 | José Freire Falcão |  Brazil
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Priest of San Luca a Via Prenestina (1988–2021) | 1925 | 2021 | 95 years, 338 days |
| 46 | Pietro Parente | Italy
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Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina (1967–1986) | 1891 | 1986 | 95 years, 316 days |
| 47 | 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 |
| 48 | Joseph Ratzinger | Germany
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Priest of Santa Maria Consolatrice al Tiburtino (1977-1993) Bishop of Velletri-Segni (1993–2005) Bishop of Ostia (2002-2005) |
1927 | 2022 | 95 years, 279 days |
| 49 | Ugolino di Conti | Papal States Holy Roman Empire
|
Deacon of Sant'Eustachoo (1198-1206) Bishop of Ostia e Velletri (1206-1227) |
1145 | 1241 | 95 years, 235 days to 96 years, 234 days |
| 50 | Agostino Cacciavillan | Italy
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Priest of Ss. Angeli Custodi a Città Giardino pro hac vice Title (2011–2022) | 1926 | 2022 | 95 years, 204 days |
| 51 | Henri de Lubac S.J. | France
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Deacon of Santa Maria in Domnica (1983–1991) | 1896 | 1991 | 95 years, 196 days |
| 52 | 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 |
| 53 | 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 |
| 54 | Alberto Di Jorio | Italy
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Priest of Santa Pudenziana (1967 – 1979) | 1884 | 1979 | 95 years, 47 days |
| 55 | Corrado Ursi | Italy
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Priest of San Callisto (1967–2003) | 1908 | 2003 | 95 years, 34 days |
| 56 | Adam Maida |  United States
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Priest of San Vitale (1994–present) | 1930 | Alive | 95 years, 272 days |
| 57 | Julian Herranz Casado | Spain
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Priest of Sant'Eugenio (basilica), pro hac vice (2014-present) | 1930 | Alive | 95 years, 259 days |
| 58 | Jorge Medina |  Chile
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Priest of San Saba pro hac vice Title (2008–2021) | 1926 | 2021 | 94 years, 284 days |
| 59 | Julijans Vaivods |  –Latvia
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Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati (1983–1990) | 1895 | 1990 | 94 years, 279 days |
| 60 | Carlos María de la Torre |  Ecuador
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Priest of Santa Maria in Aquiro pro hac vice Title (1953–1968) | 1873 | 1968 | 94 years, 261 days |
| 61 | Louis-Albert Vachon |  Canada
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Priest of San Paolo della Croce a Corviale (1985–2006) | 1912 | 2006 | 94 years, 237 days |
| 62 | Egano Righi-Lambertini | Italy
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Priest of Santa Maria in Via (1990 – 2000) | 1906 | 2000 | 94 years, 225 days |
| 63 | Angelo Sodano | Italy
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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 |
| 64 | Theodore McCarrick | United States
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Priest of Santi Nereo ad Achilleo (2001-2018) | 1930 | alive | 95 years, 161 days |
| 65 | Pedro Martinez de Luna y Pérez de Gotor | Aragon
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Deacon of Santa Maria in Cosmedin (1375–1394) | 1328 | 1423 | 94 years, 176 days |
| 66 | 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 |
| 67 | Paul Poupard | France
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Priest of Santa Prassede (1996–) | 1930 | Alive | 95 years, 107 days |
| 68 | 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 |
| 69 | Salvatore De Giorgi | Italy
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Priest of Santa Maria in Aracoeli (1998–present) | 1930 | Alive | 95 years, 100 days |
| 70 | 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 |
| 71 | Mikel Koliqi | Albania
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Deacon of Ognissanti in Via Appia Nuova (1994–1997) | 1902 | 1997 | 94 years, 121 days |
| 72 | Janis Pujats | Latvia
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Priest of Santa Silvia (2001–) | 1930 | Alive | 95 years, 31 days |
| 73 | Giuseppe Sensi | Italy
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Priest of Regina Apostolorum (1987 – 2001) | 1907 | 2001 | 94 years, 60 days |
| 74 | Marian Jaworski | Poland
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Priest of San Sisto (2001–2020) | 1926 | 2020 | 94 years, 13 days |
| 75 | Carlo Furno | Italy
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Priest of Sant'Onofrio (2006– 2015) | 1921 | 2015 | 94 years, 7 days |
| 76 | Prosper Grech, O.S.A. |  Malta
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Deacon of Santa Maria Goretti (2012–2019) | 1925 | 2019 | 94 years, 6 days |
| 77 | 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 |
| 78 | John Carberry | United States
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Priest of San Giovanni Battista de’ Rossi (1969–1998) | 1904 | 1998 | 93 years, 348 days |
| 79 | Camillo Ruini | Italy
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Priest of Sant'Agnese fuori le mura (1991-present) | 1931 | Alive | 94 years, 299 days |
| 80 | 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 |
| 81 | Paolo Bertoli | Italy
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Bishop of Frascati (1979–2001) | 1908 | 2001 | 93 years, 280 days |
| 82 | Thomas Williams | United States
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Priest of Gesù Divin Maestro alla Pineta Sacchetti (1983–2023) | 1930 | 2023 | 93 years, 276 days |
| 83 | Opilio Rossi | United States
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Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina (1987–2004) | 1910 | 2004 | 93 years, 271 days |
| 84 | Lucian Mureșan |  Romania
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Priest of itSant'Anastasio (2012-present) | 1931 | Alive | 94 years, 206 days |
| 85 | Vincenzo Vannutelli | .svg){kind=small} Italy
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Bishop of Palestrina (1900–1930) Bishop of Ostia (1915–1930) |
1836 | 1930 | 93 years, 216 days |
| 86 | José Manuel Estepa Llaurens | Spain
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Priest of San Gabriele Arcangelo all’Acqua Traversa (2010–2019) | 1926 | 2019 | 93 years, 201 days |
| 87 | Giuseppe Firrao | Papal States Holy Roman Empire
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Priest of Sant'Eusebio (1801-1830) | 1736 | 1830 | 93 years, 188 days |
| 88 | Jean Margéot |  Mauritius
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Priest of San Gabriele Arcangelo all’Acqua Traversa (1988–2009) | 1916 | 2009 | 93 years, 164 days |
| 89 | Teodolfo Mertel | .svg){kind=small} Papal States
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Priest of San Lorenzo in Damaso (1884 – 1899) | 1806 | 1899 | 93 years, 152 days |
| 90 | Gioacchino Pecci |  Papal States
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Priest of San Crisogono (1853–1878) | 1810 | 1903 | 93 years, 140 days |
| Simon Pimenta |  India
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Priest of Santa Maria Regina Mundi a Torre Spaccata (1988–2013) | 1920 | 2013 | ||
| 92 | František Tomášek |  Czechoslovakia
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Priest of San Vitale (1977–1992) | 1899 | 1992 | 93 years, 35 days |
| 93 | Alfredo Scherer | Brazil
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Priest of Nostra Signora de La Salette (1969–1996) | 1903 | 1996 | 93 years, 33 days |
| 94 | Giuseppe Pizzardo | Italy
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Bishop of Albano (1948–1970) | 1877 | 1970 | 93 years, 19 days |
| 95 | José Saraiva Martins C.M.F. | Portugal
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Bishop of Palestrina (2009-present) | 1932 | Alive | 93 years, 343 days |
| 96 | James Francis McIntyre | United States
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Priest of Sant'Anastasia (1953 – 1979) | 1886 | 1979 | 93 years, 14 days |
| Antonio Innocenti | Italy
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Priest of Santa Maria in Aquiro pro hac vice Title (1996–2008) | 1915 | 2008 | ||
| 98 | 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) | 1932 | Alive | 93 years, 336 days |
| 99 | Carlo Confalonieri | Italy
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Bishop of Palestrina (1972–1986) Bishop of Ostia (1977–1986) |
1893 | 1986 | 93 years, 7 days |
| 100 | Alessandro Verde | Italy
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Priest of Santa Maria in Cosmedin pro hac vice Title (1935 – 1958) | 1865 | 1958 | 93 years, 2 days |
Next to Join
| No. | Cardinal | Co. | Titulus | Birth | Death | Age | Age by 2025.01.31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Stafford | United States
|
Priest of San Pietro in Montorio (2008–present) | 1932 | Alive | 93 years, 142 days | 92 years, 189 days |
| 2 | Gaudencio Rosales |  Philippines
|
Priest of Santissimo Nome di Maria in Via Latina (2006-Present) | 1932 | Alive | 93 years, 127 days | 92 years, 174 days |
| 3 | Francis Arinze |  Nigeria
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Bishop of Velletri-Segni (2005-present) | 1932 | Alive | 93 years, 44 days | 92 years, 91 days |
| 4 | Walter Kasper | Germany
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Priest of Ognissanti in Via Appia Nuova, title pro hac vice (2011-present) | 1933 | Alive | 92 years, 285 days | 91 years, 332 days |
| 5 | Juan Sandoval Íñiguez |  Mexico
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Priest of Nostra Signora di Guadalupe e San Filippo Martire (1994-present) | 1933 | Alive | 92 years, 262 days | 91 years, 309 days |
| 6 | Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa Isch | Chile
|
Priest of Santa Maria della Pace (2001–present) | 1933 | Alive | 92 years, 101 days | 91 years, 148 days |
| 7 | Raffaele Farina SDB | Italy
|
Priest of San Giovanni della Pigna "pro hac vice" (2018-present) | 1933 | Alive | 92 years, 82 days | 91 years, 129 days |
| 8 | 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) |
1934 | Alive | 91 years, 319 days | 91 years, 1 day |
| 9 | Jean-Baptiste Phạm Minh Mẫn |  Vietman
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Priest of San Giustino (2003-present) | 1934 | Alive | 91 years, 285 days | 90 years, 332 days |
| 10 | Francesco Monterisi | Italy
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Priest pro hac vice of San Paolo alla Regola (2021-present) | 1934 | Alive | 91 years, 201 days | 90 years, 248 days |