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 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
4th-Oldest ever:
Italy
Angelo Acerbi
List
UPDATED 12/11/2025
| 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 |
| 5 | Angelo Acerbi | Italy
|
Priest | Deacon of Sant Angeli Custodi a Città Giardino (2024-present) | 1925 | Alive | 100 years, 79 days |
| 5 | Alexandre do Nascimento |  Angola
|
Priest | San Marco in Agro Laurentino (1983-2024) | 1925 | 2024 | 99 years, 212 days |
| 6 | Estanislao Esteban Karlic |  Argentina
|
Priest | Beata Maria Vergine Addolorata a piazza Buenos Aires (2007-present) | 1926 | Alive | 99 years, 307 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 |  West Germany
|
Deacon (1985-1996) Priest (1996-2010) |
Sant'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 | Emmanuel Wamala |  Uganda
|
Priest | Sant'Ugo (1994-present) | 1926 | Alive | 98 years, 361 days |
| 13 | Jozef Tomko |  Czechoslovakia
|
Deacon (1985-1996) Priest (1996-2022) |
Gesù Buon Pastore alla Montagnola (1985-1996) Santa Sabina (1996-2022) |
1924 | 2022 | 98 years 151 days |
| 14 | Fiorenzo Angelini | Italy
|
Deacon (1991-2002} Priest (2002-2014) |
Santo Spirito in Sassia (1991–2014) | 1916 | 2014 | 98 years, 113 days |
| 15 | Luis Pascual Dri OFM Cap. | Argentina
|
Deacon | Sant'Angelo in Pescheria (2023-2025) | 1927 | Alive | 98 years, 73 days |
| 16 | Albert Vanhoye, S.J. |  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 |
| 17 | Paolo Dezza, S.J. | Italy
|
Deacon | San Ignazio di Loyola a Campo Marzio (1991–1999) | 1901 | 1999 | 98 years, 4 days |
| 18 | Júlio Duarte Langa |  Mozambique
|
Priest | San Gabriele dell'Addolorata (2015-present) | 1927 | Alive | 98 years, 45 days |
| 19 | Alexandre José María dos Santos, O.F.M. | Mozambique
|
Priest | San Frumenzio ai Prati Fiscali (1988–2021) | 1924 | 2021 | 97 years, 195 days |
| 20 | Friedrich Wetter | West Germany
|
Priest | Santo Stefano in Monte Celio (1985–present) | 1928 | Alive | 97 years, 286 days |
| 21 | Alfons Maria Stickler SDB | Austria
|
Deacon (1985-1996) Priest (1996-2007) |
San Giorgio in Velabro (1985–2007) | 1910 | 2007 | 97 years, 111 days |
| 22 | Henryk Gulbinowicz |  Poland
|
Priest | Immacolata Concezione di Maria a Grottarossa (1985–2020) | 1923 | 2020 | 97 years, 30 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 | _crowned.svg){kind=small} 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 | Ernest Simoni |  Albania
|
Deacon | Santa Maria della Scala (2018-present) | 1928 | Alive | 97 years, 54 days |
| 29 | Kazimierz Świątek |  Belgium
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Priest | San Gerardo Maiella (1994–2011) | 1914 | 2011 | 96 years, 273 days |
| 30 | José da Costa Nunes |  Portugal
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Priest | Santa Prisca (1962–1976) | 1880 | 1976 | 96 years, 259 days |
| 31 | Giovanni Canestri | Italy
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Priest | San Andrea della Valle (1988–2015) | 1918 | 2015 | 96 years, 211 days |
| 32 | Walter Brandmüller | Germany
|
Deacon (2010-2021) Priest (2021-present) |
San Giuliano dei Fiamminghi (2010-present) | 1929 | Alive | 96 years, 340 days |
| 33 | Domenico Bartolucci | Italy
|
Deacon | Santissimi Nomi di Gesù e Maria in Via Lata (2010–2013) | 1917 | 2013 | 96 years, 188 days |
| 34 | Adam Kozłowiecki S.J. |  Zambia
|
Priest | Sant'Andrea al Quirinale (1998–2008) | 1911 | 2007 | 96 years, 180 days |
| 35 | Michael Michai Kitbunchu |  Thailand
|
Priest | San Lorenzo in Panisperna (1983-present) Proto-priest (2016-present) |
1929 | Alive | 96 years, 320 days |
| 36 | Francisco Álvarez Martínez |  Spain
|
Priest | Santa Maria «Regina Pacis» a Monte Verde (2001–2022) | 1925 | 2022 | 96 years, 177 days |
| 37 | Francesco Morano | Italy
|
Deacon | Santi Cosma e Damiano (1959–1968) | 1872 | 1968 | 96 years, 34 days |
| 38 | 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 |
| 39 | José Freire Falcão |  Brazil
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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 | West 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. | .svg){kind=small} France
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Deacon | Santa Maria in Domnica (1983–1991) | 1896 | 1991 | 95 years, 196 days |
| 45 | Adam Maida |  United States
|
Priest | San Vitale (1994–present) | 1930 | Alive | 95 years, 268 days |
| 46 | Julian Herranz Casado | Spain
|
Deacon (2002-2014) Priest (2014-present) |
Sant'Eugenio (2003–present) | 1930 | Alive | 95 years, 255 days |
| 47 | Paulo Evaristo Arns O.F.M | Brazil
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Priest | San Antonio da Padova in Via Tuscolana (1973–2016) | 1921 | 2016 | 95 years, 91 days |
| 48 | Serafim Fernandes de Araújo | Brazil
|
Priest | San Luigi Maria Grignion de Montfort (1998–2019) | 1924 | 2019 | 95 years, 56 days |
| 49 | Alberto Di Jorio | Italy
|
Priest | Santa Pudenziana (1967 – 1979) | 1884 | 1979 | 95 years, 47 days |
| 50 | Corrado Ursi | Italy
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Priest | San Callisto (1967–2003) | 1908 | 2003 | 95 years, 34 days |
| 51 | Paul Poupard | France
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Priest | Santa Prassede (1996–) | 1930 | Alive | 95 years, 103 days |
| 52 | Salvatore De Giorgi | Italy
|
Priest | Santa Maria in Ara Coeli (1998–present) | 1930 | Alive | 95 years, 96 days |
| 53 | Jorge Medina |  Chile
|
Deacon (1999-2008) Priest (2008-2021) |
San Saba (1998–2021) | 1926 | 2021 | 94 years, 284 days |
| 54 | Julijans Vaivods |  Soviet Union
|
Priest | Santi Quattro Coronati (1983–1990) | 1895 | 1990 | 94 years, 279 days |
| 55 | Theodore McCarrick | United States
|
Priest | Santi Nereo ad Achilleo (2001–2018) | 1930 | 2025 | 94 years, 270 days |
| 56 | Carlos María de la Torre | .svg){kind=small} Ecuador
|
Deacon (1946-1953) Priest (1953-1968) |
Santa Maria in Aquiro (1946–1968) | 1873 | 1968 | 94 years, 261 days |
| 57 | Janis Pujats |  Latvia
|
Priest | Santa Silvia (2001–) | 1930 | Alive | 95 years, 27 days |
| 58 | Louis-Albert Vachon |  Canada
|
Priest | San Paolo della Croce a Corviale (1985–2006) | 1912 | 2006 | 94 years, 237 days |
| 59 | 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 |
| 60 | 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 |
| 61 | Gilberto Agustoni |  Switzerland
|
Deacon (1994-2005) Priest (2005-2017) |
Santi Urbano e Lorenzo a Prima Porta (1994–2017) | 1922 | 2017 | 94 years, 171 days |
| 62 | Camillo Ruini | Italy
|
Priest | Sant'Agnese fuori le mura (1991-present) | 1931 | Alive | 94 years, 295 days |
| 63 | Eduardo Martínez Somalo | Spain
|
Deacon (1988-1999) Priest (1999-2021) |
Santissima Nominde Gesú (1988–2021) | 1927 | 2021 | 94 years, 142 days |
| 64 | Giovanni Cheli | Italy
|
Deacon (1998-2008) Priest (2008-2013) |
Santi Cosma e Damiano (1998-2013) | 1918 | 2013 | 94 years 122 days |
| 65 | Mikel Koliqi | Albania
|
Deacon | Ognissanti in Via Appia Nuova (1994–1997) | 1902 | 1997 | 94 years, 121 days |
| 66 | 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 | Lucian Mureșan |  Romania
|
Priest | Sant'Atanasio (2012-present) | 1931 | Alive | 94 years, 202 days |
| 68 | Marian Jaworski |  Ukraine Poland
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Priest | San Sisto ([1998] 2001–2020) | 1926 | 2020 | 94 years 13 days |
| 69 | 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 |
| 70 | Prosper Grech, O.S.A. |  Malta
|
Deacon | Santa Maria Goretti (2012–2019) | 1925 | 2019 | 94 years, 6 days |
| 71 | Roberto Tucci | Italy
|
Deacon (2001-2011) Priest (2011-2015) |
Sant'Ignazio di Loyola a Campo Marzio (2001–2015) | 1921 | 2015 | 93 years, 360 days |
| 72 | Georges Cottier O.P. | Switzerland
|
Deacon (2003-2014) Priest (2014-2016) |
Santi Domenico e Sisto (2003–2016) | 1922 | 2016 | 93 years, 341 days |
| 73 | John Carberry | United States
|
Priest | San Giovanni Battista de’ Rossi (1969–1998) | 1904 | 1998 | 93 years, 321 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
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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 | 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
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Priest | San Gabriele Arcangelo all’Acqua Traversa (2010–2019) | 1926 | 2019 | 93 years, 201 days |
| 79 | 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, 339 days |
| 80 | Joseph Zen S.D.B. |  Hong Kong( China)
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Priest | Santa Maria Madre del Redentore a Tor Bella Monaca (2006–present) | 1932 | Alive | 93 years, 332 days |
| 81 | Jean Margéot |  Mauritius
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Priest | San Gabriele Arcangelo all’Acqua Traversa (1988–2009) | 1916 | 2009 | 93 years, 164 days |
| 82 | Teodolfo Mertel | .svg){kind=small} Papal States
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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 |
| 83 | Gioacchino Pecci | Papal States
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Priest | San Crisogono (1853–1878) | 1810 | 1903 | 93 years, 140 days |
| Simon Pimenta |  India
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Priest | Santa Maria Regina Mundi a Torre Spaccata (1988–2013) | 1920 | 2013 | ||
| 85 | František Tomášek | Czechoslovakia
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Priest | San Vitale (1977–1992) | 1899 | 1992 | 93 years, 35 days |
| 86 | Alfredo Scherer | Brazil
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Priest | Nostra Signora de La Salette (1969–1996) | 1903 | 1996 | 93 years, 33 days |
| 87 | Giuseppe Pizzardo | Italy
|
Priest (1937-1948) Bishop (1948-1970) |
Santa Maria in Via Lata pro hac vice Title (1937–1948) Albano (1948–1970) |
1877 | 1970 | 93 years, 19 days |
| 88 | James Francis McIntyre | .svg){kind=small} United States
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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 | James Stafford | United States
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Priest | San Pietro in Montorio (1998-present) | 1932 | Alive | 93 years, 138 days |
| 93 | Gaudencio Rosales |  Philippines
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Priest | Santissimo Nome di Maria in Via Latina (2006-Present) | 1932 | Alive | 93 years, 123 days |
| 94 | Julien Ries | Belgium
|
Deacon | San Antonio di Padova a Circonvallazione Appia (2012–2013) | 1920 | 2013 | 92 years, 310 days |
| 95 | Juan Carlos Aramburu | Argentina
|
Priest | San Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini (1976–2004) | 1912 | 2004 | 92 years, 281 days |
| 96 | Sergio Sebastiani | Italy
|
Deacon (2001-2011) Priest (2011-2024) |
Sant'Eustachio (2001-2024) | 1931 | 2024 | 92 years, 280 days |
| 97 | 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, 40 days |
| 98 | Paolo Giobbe | Italy
|
Priest | Santa Maria in Vallicella (1958–1972) | 1880 | 1972 | 92 years, 217 days |
| 99 | Josyf Slipyj | Ukraine
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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 |
See Also
- List of oldest living cardinals
- Hypothetical List of longest-living cardinals
- List of longest-living state leaders