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 1500). Those currently living are in bold on gold. The longest-lived Cardinal was Italian Corrado Bafile (1903-2005) who lived to 101 years, 214 days.
Gallery
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
| Color | Age Range |
|---|---|
| Living |
| No. | Cardinal | Country | Rank | Titulus | Birth | Death | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corrado Bafile |  Italy
|
Deacon (1976-1987) Priest (1987-2005) |
Santa Maria in Portico (1976–2005) | 1903 | 2005 | 101 years, 214 days |
| 2 | Loris Francesco Capovilla | Italy
|
Priest | Santa Maria in Trastevere (2014–2016) | 1915 | 2016 | 100 years, 224 days |
| 3 | José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez |  Colombia
|
Priest | San Giovanni Crisostomo a Monte Sacro Alto (2015–2019) | 1919 | 2019 | 100 years, 197 days |
| 4 | Alexandre do Nascimento |  Angola
|
Priest | San Marco in Agro Laurentino (1983-2024) | 1925 | 2024 | 99 years, 212 days |
| 5 | Angelo Acerbi | Italy
|
Priest | Deacon of Santissimi Angeli Custodi a Città Giardino (2024-present) | 1925 | Alive | 100 years, 76 days |
| 6 | Estanislao Esteban Karlic |  Argentina
|
Priest | Beata Maria Vergine Addolorata a piazza Buenos Aires (2007-present) | 1926 | Alive | 99 years, 304 days |
| 7 | Ersilio Tonini | Italy
|
Priest | Santi Redentore a Valmelaina (1994–2013) | 1914 | 2013 | 99 years, 8 days |
| 8 | Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir |  Lebanon
|
Bishop | Patriarch (Oriental-rite) (1994–2019) | 1920 | 2019 | 98 years, 362 days |
| 9 | Paul Augustin Mayer |  Germany
|
Deacon (1985-1996) Priest (1996-2010) |
San Anselmo all’Aventino (1985–2010) | 1911 | 2010 | 98 years, 342 days |
| 10 | Ignatius Kung Pin-mei |  China
|
Priest | San Sisto (1991–2000) | 1901 | 2000 | 98 years, 223 days |
| Franz König |  Austria
|
Priest | Sant'Eusebio (1958–2004) | 1905 | 2004 | ||
| 12 | Jozef Tomko | .svg){kind=small} Slovakia
|
Deacon (1985-1996) Priest (1996-2022) |
Gesù Buon Pastore alla Montagnola (1985-1996) Santa Sabina (1996-2022) |
1924 | 2022 | 98 years 151 days |
| 13 | Fiorenzo Angelini | Italy
|
Deacon (1991-2002} Priest (2002-2014) |
Santo Spirito in Sassia (1991–2014) | 1916 | 2014 | 98 years, 113 days |
| '14 | Emmanuel Wamala |  Uganda
|
Priest | Sant'Ugo (1994-present) | 1926 | Alive | 99 years, 7 days |
| 15 | Albert Vanhoye, SJ |  France
|
Deacon (2006-2016) Priest (2016-2021) |
Santa Maria della Mercede e Sant'Adriano a Villa Albani (2006–2021) | 1923 | 2021 | 98 years, 5 days |
| 16 | Paolo Dezza, S.J. | Italy
|
Deacon | San Ignazio di Loyola a Campo Marzio (1991–1999) | 1901 | 1999 | 98 years, 4 days |
| 17 | Luis Pascual Dri OFM Cap. | Argentina
|
Deacon | Sant'Angelo in Pescheria (2023-present) | 1927 | Alive | 98 years, 235 days |
| 18 | Alexandre José María dos Santos, O.F.M. |  Mozambique
|
Priest | San Frumenzio ai Prati Fiscali (1988–2021) | 1924 | 2021 | 97 years, 195 days |
| 19 | Júlio Duarte Langa | Mozambique
|
Priest | San Gabriele dell'Addolorata (2015-present) | 1927 | Alive | 98 years, 51 days |
| 20 | Alfons Maria Stickler | Austria
|
Deacon (1985-1996) Priest (1996-2007) |
San Giorgio in Velabro (1985–2007) | 1910 | 2007 | 97 years, 111 days |
| 21 | Henryk Gulbinowicz |  Poland
|
Priest | Immacolata Concezione di Maria a Grottarossa (1985–2020) | 1923 | 2020 | 97 years, 30 days |
| 22 | Friedrich Wetter | Germany
|
Priest | Santo Stefano in Monte Celio (1985–present) | 1928 | Alive | 97 years, 283 days |
| 23 | Ferdinando Giuseppe Antonelli, O.F.M. | Italy
|
Deacon (1973-1983) Priest (1983-1993) |
San Sebastiano al Palatino (1973–1983) | 1896 | 1993 | 96 years, 363 days |
| 24 | Roger Etchegaray | France
|
Priest (1979-1998) Bishop (1998-2019) |
San Leone I (1979-1998) Porto–Santa Rufina (1998–2019) |
1922 | 2019 | 96 years, 344 days |
| 25 | Johannes Willebrands |  Netherlands
|
Deacon (1969-1975) Priest (1975-2006) |
Santi Cosma e Damiano (1969-1975) San Sebastiano alle Catacombe (1975–2006) |
1909 | 2008 | 96 years, 331 days |
| 26 | Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte | Italy
|
Priest (1911-1915) Bishop (1915-1948) |
Santa Maria degli Angeli (1911-1915) Albano (1915–1948) Ostia (1930–1948) |
1851 | 1948 | 96 years, 312 days |
| 27 | Edward Cassidy |  Australia
|
Deacon (1991-2002) Priest (2002-2021) |
Santa Maria in Via Lata (1991-2021) | 1924 | 2021 | 96 years, 279 days |
| 28 | Kazimierz Świątek |  Belgium
|
Priest | San Gerardo Maiella (1994–2011) | 1914 | 2011 | 96 years, 273 days |
| 29 | Giovanni Canestri | Italy
|
Priest | San Andrea della Valle (1988–2015) | 1918 | 2015 | 96 years, 211 days |
| 30 | José da Costa Nunes |  Portugal
|
Priest | 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 | Sant'Andrea al Quirinale (1998–2008) | 1911 | 2007 | 96 years, 180 days |
| 33 | Francisco Álvarez Martínez |  Spain
|
Priest | Santa Maria «Regina Pacis» a Monte Verde (2001–2022) | 1925 | 2022 | 96 years, 177 days |
| 34 | Ernest Simoni |  Albania
|
Deacon | Santa Maria della Scala (2018-present) | 1928 | Alive | 97 years, 51 days |
| 35 | Walter Brandmüller | Germany
|
Deacon (2010-2021) Priest (2021-present) |
San Giuliano dei Fiamminghi (2010-present) | 1929 | Alive | 96 years, 337 days |
| 36 | Michael Michai Kitbunchu |  Thailand
|
Priest | San Lorenzo in Panisperna (1983-present) Proto-priest (2016-present) |
1929 | Alive | 96 years, 317 days |
| 37 | Francesco Morano | Italy
|
Deacon | Santi Cosma e Damiano (1959–1968) | 1872 | 1968 | 96 years, 34 days |
| 38 | Luigi De Magistris | Italy
|
Deacon | Santissimi Nomi di Gesù e Maria in Via Lata (2015–2022) | 1926 | 2022 | 95 years 358 days |
| 39 | José Freire Falcão |  Brazil
|
Priest | San Luca a Via Prenestina (1988–2021) | 1925 | 2021 | 95 years, 338 days |
| 40 | Pietro Parente | Italy
|
Priest | San Lorenzo in Lucina (1967–1986) | 1891 | 1986 | 95 years, 316 days |
| 41 | Achille Silvestrini | Italy
|
Deacon (1988-1999) Priest (1999-2019) |
San Benedetto fuori Porta San Paolo ' (1988–2019) | 1923 | 2019 | 95 years, 308 days |
| 42 | Joseph Ratzinger | Germany
|
Priest (1977-1993) Bishop (1993-2005) |
Priest of Santa Maria Consolatrice al Tiburtino (1977-1993) Velletri-Segni (1993–2005) Ostia (2002-2005) |
1927 | 2022 | 95 years, 259 days |
| 43 | Agostino Cacciavillan | Italy
|
Deacon (2001-2011) Priest (2011-2022) |
Santi Angeli Custodi a Città Giardino (2001-2022) | 1926 | 2022 | 95 years, 204 days |
| 44 | Henri de Lubac S.J. | France
|
Deacon | Santa Maria in Domnica (1983–1991) | 1896 | 1991 | 95 years, 196 days |
| 45 | Paulo Evaristo Arns OFM | Brazil
|
Priest | San Antonio da Padova in Via Tuscolana (1973–2016) | 1921 | 2016 | 95 years, 91 days |
| 46 | Serafim Fernandes de Araújo | Brazil
|
Priest | San Luigi Maria Grignion de Montfort (1998–2019) | 1924 | 2019 | 95 years, 56 days |
| 47 | Alberto Di Jorio | Italy
|
Priest | Santa Pudenziana (1967 – 1979) | 1884 | 1979 | 95 years, 47 days |
| 48 | Corrado Ursi | Italy
|
Priest | San Callisto (1967–2003) | 1908 | 2003 | 95 years, 34 days |
| 49 | Adam Maida |  United States
|
Priest | San Vitale (1994–present) | 1930 | Alive | 95 years, 265 days |
| 50 | Julian Herranz Casado | Spain
|
Deacon (2002-2014) Priest (2014-present) |
Sant'Eugenio (2003–present) | 1930 | Alive | 95 years, 252 days |
| 51 | Jorge Medina |  Chile
|
Deacon (1999-2008) Priest (2008-2021) |
San Saba (1998–2021) | 1926 | 2021 | 94 years, 284 days |
| 52 | Julijans Vaivods |  –Latvia
|
Priest | Santi Quattro Coronati (1983–1990) | 1895 | 1990 | 94 years, 279 days |
| 53 | Carlos María de la Torre |  Ecuador
|
Deacon (1946-1953) Priest (1953-1968) |
Santa Maria in Aquiro (1946–1968) | 1873 | 1968 | 94 years, 261 days |
| 54 | Theodore McCarrick | United States
|
Priest | Santi Nereo ad Achilleo (2001–2018) | 1930 | Alive | 95 years, 154 days |
| 55 | Louis-Albert Vachon |  Canada
|
Priest | San Paolo della Croce a Corviale (1985–2006) | 1912 | 2006 | 94 years, 237 days |
| 56 | Egano Righi-Lambertini | Italy
|
Deacon Priest |
San Giovanni Bosco in Via Tuscolana (1979–1990) Santa Maria in Via (1990-2000) |
1906 | 2000 | 94 years, 225 days |
| 57 | Angelo Sodano | Italy
|
Priest (1991-1994) Bishop (1994-2022) |
Santa Maria Nuova (1991-1994)(in commenda: 1994-2022) Albano (1994–2022) Ostia (2005–2019) |
1927 | 2022 | 94 years, 205 days |
| 58 | Paul Poupard | France
|
Priest | Santa Prassede (1996–) | 1930 | Alive | 95 years, 100 days |
| 59 | Salvatore De Giorgi | Italy
|
'Priest: | Santa Maria in Ara Coeli (1998–present) | 1930 | Alive | 95 years, 93 days |
| 60 | Gilberto Agustoni |  Switzerland
|
Deacon (1994-2005) Priest (2005-2017) |
Santi Urbano e Lorenzo a Prima Porta (1994–2017) | 1922 | 2017 | 94 years, 171 days |
| 61 | Eduardo Martínez Somalo | Spain
|
Deacon (1988-1999) Priest (1999-2021) |
Santissima Nominde Gesú (1988–2021) | 1927 | 2021 | 94 years, 142 days |
| 62 | Giovanni Cheli | Italy
|
Deacon (1998-2008) Priest (2008-2013) |
Santi Cosma e Damiano (1998-2013) | 1918 | 2013 | 94 years 122 days |
| 63 | Mikel Koliqi | Albania
|
Deacon | Ognissanti in Via Appia Nuova (1994–1997) | 1902 | 1997 | 94 years, 121 days |
| 64 | Janis Pujats | Latvia
|
Priest | Santa Silvia (2001–) | 1930 | Alive | 95 years, 24 days |
| 65 | Giuseppe Sensi | Italy
|
Deacon (1976-1987) Priest (1987-2001) |
Santi Biagio e Carlo ai Catinari (1976–1987) Regina Apostolorum (1987–2001) |
1907 | 2001 | 94 years, 60 days |
| 66 | Marian Jaworski |  Ukraine Poland
|
Priest | San Sisto ([1998] 2001–2020) | 1926 | 2020 | 94 years 13 days |
| 67 | Camillo Ruini | Italy
|
Priest | Sant'Agnese fuori le mura (1991-present) | 1931 | Alive | 94 years, 292 days |
| 68 | Carlo Furno | Italy
|
Deacon (1994-2005) Priest (2005-2015) |
Sacro Cuore di Cristo Re (1994–2006) Sant'Onofrio (2006–2015) |
1921 | 2015 | 94 years, 7 days |
| 69 | Prosper Grech, O.S.A. |  Malta
|
Deacon | Santa Maria Goretti (2012–2019) | 1925 | 2019 | 94 years, 6 days |
| 70 | Roberto Tucci | Italy
|
Deacon (2001-2011) Priest (2011-2015) |
Sant'Ignazio di Loyola a Campo Marzio (2001–2015) | 1921 | 2015 | 93 years, 360 days |
| 71 | Georges Cottier OP | Switzerland
|
Deacon (2003-2014) Priest (2014-2016) |
Santi Domenico e Sisto (2003–2016) | 1922 | 2016 | 93 years, 341 days |
| 72 | John Carberry | United States
|
Priest | San Giovanni Battista de’ Rossi (1969–1998) | 1904 | 1998 | 93 years, 321 days |
| 73 | Lucian Mureșan |  Romania
|
Priest | Priest of Sant'Anastasio (2012-present) | 1931 | Alive | 94 years, 199 days |
| 74 | Paolo Bertoli | Italy
|
Deacon Priest Bishop |
San Girolamo dalla Carità (1969-1973) San Girolamo dei Croati (1973–1979) Frascati (1979–2001) |
1908 | 2001 | 93 years, 280 days |
| 75 | Thomas Williams |  New Zealand
|
Priest | Gesù Divin Maestro alla Pineta Sacchetti (1983–2023) | 1930 | 2023 | 93 years. 276 days |
| 76 | Opilio Rossi | United States
|
Priest | San Lorenzo in Lucina (1987–2004) | 1910 | 2004 | 93 years, 271 days |
| 77 | Vincenzo Vannutelli | .svg){kind=small} Italy
|
Priest (1891-1900) Bishop (1900-1930) |
San Silvestro in Capite (1891–1900) Palestrina (1900–1930) Ostia (1915–1930) |
1836 | 1930 | 93 years, 216 days |
| 78 | José Manuel Estepa Llaurens | Spain
|
Priest | San Gabriele Arcangelo all’Acqua Traversa (2010–2019) | 1926 | 2019 | 93 years, 201 days |
| 79 | Jean Margéot |  Mauritius
|
Priest | San Gabriele Arcangelo all’Acqua Traversa (1988–2009) | 1916 | 2009 | 93 years, 164 days |
| 80 | Teodolfo Mertel | .svg){kind=small} Papal States
|
Deacon (1858-1884) Priest (1884-1899) |
Sant'Eustachio (1858-1881) Santa Maria in Via Lata (1881-1884) San Lorenzo in Damaso pro illia vice (1884–1899) |
1806 | 1899 | 93 years, 152 days |
| 81 | Gioacchino Pecci |  Papal States
|
Priest | San Crisogono (1853–1878) | 1810 | 1903 | 93 years, 140 days |
| Simon Pimenta |  India
|
Priest | Santa Maria Regina Mundi a Torre Spaccata (1988–2013) | 1920 | 2013 | ||
| 83 | José Saraiva Martins C.M.F. | Portugal
|
Deacon (2003-2009) Bishop (since 2009) |
Nostra Signora del Sacro Cuore (2001–2009) Palestrina (2009-present) |
1932 | Alive | 93 years, 336 days |
| 84 | Joseph Zen S.D.B. |  Hong Kong( China)
|
Priest | Santa Maria Madre del Redentore a Tor Bella Monaca (2006–present) | 1932 | Alive | 93 years, 329 days |
| 85 | František Tomášek |  Czechoslovakia
|
Priest | San Vitale (1977–1992) | 1899 | 1992 | 93 years, 35 days |
| 86 | Alfredo Scherer | Brazil
|
Priest | Nostra Signora de La Salette (1969–1996) | 1903 | 1996 | 93 years, 33 days |
| 87 | Giuseppe Pizzardo | Italy
|
Priest (1937-1948) Bishop (1948-1970) |
Priest of Santa Maria in Via Lata pro hac vice Title (1937–1948) Albano (1948–1970) |
1877 | 1970 | 93 years, 19 days |
| 88 | James Francis McIntyre | United States
|
Priest | Sant'Anastasia (1953–1979) | 1886 | 1979 | 93 years, 14 days |
| Antonio Innocenti | Italy
|
Deacon (1985-1996) Priest (1996-2008) |
Santa Maria in Aquiro (1985–2008) | 1915 | 2008 | ||
| 90 | Carlo Confalonieri | Italy
|
Priest (1958-1972) Bishop (1972-1986) |
Sant'Agnese fuori le mura (1958–1972) Palestrina (1972–1986) Ostia (1977–1986) |
;1893 | 1986 | 93 years, 7 days |
| 91 | Alessandro Verde | Italy
|
Deacon (1925-1935) Priest (1937-1958) |
Santa Maria in Cosmedin (1925–1958) | 1865 | 1958 | 93 years, 2 days |
| 92 | Julien Ries | Belgium
|
Deacon | San Antonio di Padova a Circonvallazione Appia (2012–2013) | 1920 | 2013 | 92 years, 310 days |
| 93 | Juan Carlos Aramburu | Argentina
|
Priest | San Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini (1976–2004) | 1912 | 2004 | 92 years, 281 days |
| 94 | Sergio Sebastiani | Italy
|
Deacon (2001-2011) Priest (2011-2024) |
Deacon of Sant'Eustachio (2001-2024) | 1931 | 2024 | 92 years, 280 days |
| 95 | James Stafford | United States
|
Priest | San Pietro in Montorio (1998-present) | 1932 | Alive | 93 years, 135 days |
| 96 | Paolo Giobbe | Italy
|
Priest | Santa Maria in Vallicella (1958–1972) | 1880 | 1972 | 92 years, 217 days |
| 97 | Gaudencio Rosales |  Philippines
|
Priest | Santissimo Nome di Maria in Via Latina (2006-Present) | 1932 | Alive | 93 years, 120 days |
| 97 | Josyf Slipyj | Ukraine
|
Priest | Sant’Atanasio (1965–1984) | 1892 | 1984 | 92 years, 203 days |
| Léon-Étienne Duval |  Algeria(born in France)
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Priest | Santa Balbina (1965–1996) | 1903 | 1996 | ||
| 100 | Jean Honoré | France
|
Priest | Santa Maria della Salute a Primavalle (2001–2013) | 1920 | 2013 | 92 years, 199 days |
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| No. | Cardinal | Country | Rank | Titulus | Birth | Death | Age | Age by 2025.03.31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Francis Arinze |  Nigeria
|
Deacon (1985-1996) Priest (1996-2005) Bishop (2005-present) |
San Giovanni della Pigna (1985–2005) Velletri-Segni (2005-present) |
1932 | Alive | 93 years, 37 days | 92 years, 150 days |
| 2 | Walter Kasper | Germany
|
Priest of Ognissanti in Via Appia Nuova, title pro hac vice (2011-present) | 1933 | Alive | 92 years, 278 days | 92 years, 26 days | |
| 3 | Juan Sandoval Íñiguez |  Mexico
|
Priest of Nostra Signora di Guadalupe e San Filippo Martire (1994-present) | 1933 | Alive | 92 years, 255 days | 92 years, 3 days | |
| 4 | Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa Isch | Chile
|
Priest of Santa Maria della Pace (2001–present) | 1933 | Alive | 92 years, 94 days | 91 years, 207 days | |
| 5 | Raffaele Farina SDB | Italy
|
Titular Bishop of Oderzo (2006–2007) Titular Archbishop of Oderzo (2007–2007) Cardinal-Deacon of San Giovanni della Pigna (2007–2018) Priest of San Giovanni della Pigna "pro hac vice" (2018-present) |
1933 | Alive | 92 years, 75 days | 91 years, 188 days | |
| 6 | Giovanni Battista Re | Italy
|
Archbishop of Vescovio (1987–2001) Cardinal-Priest of Santi Apostoli (2001-2002) Carinal-Bishop of Sabina-Poggio Mirteto (2002–present) Dean of the College of Cardinals (2020–present) Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (2020–present) |
1934 | Alive | 91 years, 312 days | 91 years, 60 days | |
| 7 | Jean-Baptiste Phạm Minh Mẫn |  Vietman
|
Priest of San Giustino (2003–present) | 1934 | Alive | 91 years, 278 days | 91 years, 26 days | |
| 8 | Francesco Monterisi | Italy
|
Titular Archbishop of Alba marittima (1982–2010) Cardinal-Deacon of San Paolo alla Regola (2010–2021) Priest 'pro hac vice' of San Paolo alla Regola (2021-present) |
1934 | Alive | 91 years, 194 days | 90 years, 307 days | |
| 9 | Raniero Cantalamessa | Italy
|
Deacon of Sant'Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine (2020-present) | 1934 | Alive | 91 years, 139 days | 90 years, 252 days | |
| 10 | Franc Rodé |  Slovenia
|
Priest ("pro hac vice") of San Francesco Saverio alla Garbatella (2006 [as Cardinal-Priest since 2016]-present) | 1934 | Alive | 91 years, 76 days | 90 years, 189 days |