List of oldest living catholic prelates
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This is a list of the 100 oldest living Catholic bishops and cardinals (in gold those who are Cardinals). The current breakdown of the 100 persons are 13 cardinals and 87 bishops.
List
| Rank | Prelate | Country | Born | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | José de Jesús Sahagún de la Parra |  Mexico
|
January 1, 1922 | 103 years, 343 days |
| 2 | René Henry Gracida |  United States
|
June 9, 1923 | 102 years, 184 days |
| 3 | Daniel Verstraete |  South Africa
|
July 31, 1924 | 101 years, 132 days |
| 4 | Manuel Edmilson da Cruz |  Brazil
|
October 3, 1924 | 101 years, 68 days |
| 5 | Albert Houssiau |  Belgium
|
November 2, 1924 | 101 years, 38 days |
| 6 | Serafín Luis Alberto Cartagena Ocaña |  Spain
|
November 7, 1924 | 101 years, 33 days |
| 7 | Victorinus Youn Kong-hi |  South Korea
|
November 8, 1924 | 101 years, 32 days |
| 8 | Gaetano Bonicelli |  Italy
|
December 13, 1924 | 100 years, 362 days |
| 9 | Angelo Acerbi | Italy
|
September 23, 1925 | 100 years, 78 days |
| 10 | Jacques de Saint-Blanquat |  France
|
November 21, 1925 | 100 years, 19 days |
| 11 | Hildebrando Mendes Costa | Brazil
|
June 16, 1926 | 99 years, 177 days |
| 12 | Heitor de Araújo Sales | Brazil
|
July 29, 1926 | 99 years, 134 days |
| 13 | Pedro Antônio Marchetti Fedalto | Brazil
|
August 11, 1926 | 99 years, 121 days |
| 14 | Raúl Holguer López Mayorga |  Ecuador
|
August 24, in 1926 | 99 years, 108 days |
| 15 | Emmanuel Wamala |  Uganda
|
December 15, 1926 | 98 years, 360 days |
| 16 | Paul Kim Tchang-ryeol | South Korea
|
January 25, 1927 | 98 years, 319 days |
| 17 | Julian Wojtkowski |  Poland
|
January 31, 1927 | 98 years, 313 days |
| 18 | Victor Manuel Maldonado Barreno | Ecuador
|
February 14, 1927 | 98 years, 299 days |
| Gilberto Pereira Lopes | Brazil
| |||
| 20 | Dominic Anthony Marconi | United States
|
March 13, 1927 | 98 years, 272 days |
| 21 | Joseph Pallikaparampil |  India
|
April 10, 1927 | 98 years, 244 days |
| 22 | Edvaldo Gonçalves Amaral | Brazil
|
May 25, 1927 | 98 years, 199 days |
| 23 | Edoardo Rovida | Italy
|
August 26, 1927 | 98 years, 106 days |
| 24 | Abraham Than |  Myanmar
|
September 21, 1927 | 98 years, 80 days |
| 25 | Júlio Duarte Langa |  Mozambique
|
October 27, 1927 | 98 years, 44 days |
| 26 | Daniel Cronin | United States
|
November 14, 1927 | 98 years, 26 days |
| 27 | Raymond Razakarinvony |  Madagascar
|
November 19, 1927 | 98 years, 21 days |
| 28 | Bernhard Kühnel |  Peru
|
December 4, 1927 | 98 years, 6 days |
| 29 | Vincenzo Rimedio | Italy
|
December 5, 1927 | 98 years, 5 days |
| 30 | Giovanni Zerbini | Brazil
|
December 29, 1927 | 97 years, 346 days |
| 31 | Friedrich Wetter |  Germany
|
February 20, 1928 | 97 years, 293 days |
| 32 | Robert Joseph Banks | United States
|
February 26, 1928 | 97 years, 287 days |
| 33 | Gerd Dicke | Germany
|
March 28, 1928 | 97 years, 257 days |
| 34 | Allan Chamgwera |  Malawi
|
April 30, 1928 | 97 years, 224 days |
| 35 | Jacques Despierre | France
|
May 6, 1928 | 97 years, 218 days |
| 36 | Pierre Mouallem |  Israel
|
May 10, 1928 | 97 years, 214 days |
| 37 | Charles Louis Joseph Vandame |  Chad
|
June 4, 1928 | 97 years, 189 days |
| 38 | Benedito Francisco de Albuquerque | Brazil
|
July 24, 1928 | 97 years, 139 days |
| 39 | Ignacio Trejos Picado |  Costa Rica
|
July 31, 1928 | 97 years, 132 days |
| 40 | Peter Chung Hoan Ting |  Malaysia
|
September 10, 1928 | 97 years, 91 days |
| 41 | István Katona |  Hungary
|
October 3, 1928 | 97 years, 68 days |
| 42 | Francisco Barroso Filho | Brazil
|
October 8, 1928 | 97 years, 63 days |
| 43 | Ernest Simoni |  Albania
|
October 18, 1928 | 97 years, 53 days |
| 44 | Lucas Liu Hsien-tang |  Taiwan
|
December 21, 1928 | 96 years, 354 days |
| 45 | Walter Brandmüller | Germany
|
January 5, 1929 | 96 years, 339 days |
| 46 | Melchior Shi Hongzhen |  China
|
January 7, 1929 | 96 years, 337 days |
| 47 | Michael Michai Kitbunchu |  Thailand
|
January 25, 1929 | 96 years, 319 days |
| 48 | Leo Nowak | Germany
|
March 17, 1929 | 96 years, 268 days |
| 49 | Pier Giuliano Tiddia | Italy
|
June 13, 1929 | 96 years, 180 days |
| 50 | Paolo Gillet | Italy
|
July 8, 1929 | 96 years, 155 days |
| 51 | Angelo Mascheroni | Italy
|
October 13, 1929 | 96 years, 58 days |
| 52 | Héctor Luis Lucas Peña Gómez |  Cuba
|
October 18, 1929 | 96 years, 53 days |
| 53 | Antônio de Souza | Brazil
|
October 21, 1929 | 96 years, 50 days |
| 54 | Vincenzo Zarri | Italy
|
October 23, 1929 | 96 years, 48 days |
| 55 | Paul-Marie Gillaume | France
|
October 31, 1929 | 96 years, 40 days |
| 56 | Ignacio Gómez Aristizábal |  Colombia
|
December 2, 1929 | 96 years, 8 days |
| 57 | José Geraldo Oliveira do Valle | Brazil
|
December 3, 1929 | 96 years, 7 days |
| 58 | Ramón Buxarrais Ventura | Spain
|
December 12, 1929 | 95 years, 363 days |
| 59 | Victorio Oliver Domingo | Spain
|
December 23, 1929 | 95 years, 352 days |
| 60 | Miguel Caviedes |  Chile
|
January 30, 1930 | 95 years, 314 days |
| 61 | Jean Bonfils | France
|
February 15, 1930 | 95 years, 298 days |
| 62 | Pedro Dean |  Philippines
|
February 21, 1930 | 95 years, 292 days |
| 63 | David Cremin |  Australia
|
February 22, 1930 | 95 years, 291 days |
| 64 | Adam Maida | United States
|
March 18, 1930 | 95 years, 267 days |
| 65 | Julián Herranz Casado | Spain
|
March 31, 1930 | 95 years, 254 days |
| 66 | Juan Luis Ysern de Arce | Chile
|
May 2, 1930 | 95 years, 222 days |
| 67 | William Edwin Franklin | United States
|
May 3, 1930 | 95 years, 221 days |
| 68 | Giuseppe Di Falco | Italy
|
May 13, 1930 | 95 years, 211 days |
| 69 | José da Silva Chaves | Brazil
|
May 15, 1930 | 95 years, 209 days |
| Lawrence Sabatini |  Canada
| |||
| 71 | William J. Winter | United States
|
May 20, 1930 | 95 years, 204 days |
| 72 | Emmanuel Milingo |  Zambia
|
June 13, 1930 | 95 years, 180 days |
| 73 | Serafim de Sousa Ferreira e Silva |  Portugal
|
June 16, 1930 | 95 years, 177 days |
| 74 | Orlando Octacílio Dotti | Brazil
|
June 22, 1930 | 95 years, 171 days |
| 75 | Raúl Corriveau | .svg){kind=small} Honduras
|
June 27, 1930 | 95 years, 166 days |
| 76 | Émile Marcus | France
|
June 29, 1930 | 95 years, 164 days |
| 77 | Thadeu Gomes Canellas | Brazil
|
July 28, 1930 | 95 years, 135 days |
| 78 | Denys Raboula Antoine Beylouni |  Lebanon
|
August 8, 1930 | 95 years, 124 days |
| John Joseph Leibrecht | United States
| |||
| 80 | Teodoro de Faria | Portugal
|
August 24, 1930 | 95 years, 108 days |
| 81 | Johannes Antonius de Kok |  Netherlands
|
August 28, 1930 | 95 years, 104 days |
| 82 | Paul Poupard | France
|
August 30, 1930 | 95 years, 102 days |
| 83 | Godefroid Mukeng’a Kalond |  D. R. Congo
|
August 31, 1930 | 95 years, 101 days |
| 84 | Jean-Baptiste Kpiéle Somé |  Burkina Faso
|
September 1930 | 95 years, 71 days to 95 years, 100 days |
| 85 | Sylvester Donovan Ryan | United States
|
September 3, 1930 | 95 years, 98 days |
| 86 | Salvatore de Giorgi | Italy
|
September 6, 1930 | 95 years, 95 days |
| 87 | Rafael de la Barra Tagle | Chile
|
October 29, 1930 | 95 years, 42 days |
| 88 | Jānis Pujats |  Latvia
|
November 14, 1930 | 95 years, 26 days |
| 89 | Karl Braun | Germany
|
December 13, 1930 | 94 years, 362 days |
| Jacob Thoomkuzhy | India
| |||
| 91 | Gérard Defois | France
|
January 5, 1931 | 94 years, 339 days |
| 92 | Domingo Salvador Castagna |  Argentina
|
January 12, 1931 | 94 years, 332 days |
| 93 | Joseph Willy Romélus |  Haiti
|
January 17, 1931 | 94 years, 327 days |
| 94 | Louis Mbwôl-Mpasi | D. R. Congo
|
February 11, 1931 | 94 years, 302 days |
| 95 | Camillo Ruini | Italy
|
February 19, 1931 | 94 years, 294 days |
| 96 | Peter Zhang Zhiyong | China
|
March 1, 1931 | 94 years, 284 days |
| 97 | José Carlos de Oliveira | Brazil
|
March 14, 1931 | 94 years, 271 days |
| 98 | Pietro Gabrielli | Ecuador
|
March 17, 1931 | 94 years, 268 days |
| 99 | Aldo Gerna | Brazil
|
May 7, 1931 | 94 years, 217 days |
| 100 | Blasco Francisco Collaço | India
|
May 16, 1931 | 94 years, 208 days |
Addendum
Uncertain Date of Birth
| Name | State | Born | Age |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frédéric Rubwejanga |  Rwanda
|
1931 | 93 years, 344 days to 94 years, 343 days |
| Peter Zhuang Jianjian | China
|
Chronological List of eldest Roman Catholic Prelates Since 1879
| Became oldest prelate | End as oldest prelate | Name | Country | Office held | Birth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1879.08.27 | 1882.03.30 | José Domingo Sánchez Reza |  Mauritania
|
Titular Bishop of Macri (1843-1882) | 1779.08.05 |
| 1882.03.30 | 1883.07.31 | Pedro Ignacio de Benavente y del Castillo | Peru
|
Titular Bishop of Thespiae (1865-1883) | 1790.02.21 |
| 1883.07.31 | 1887.11.17 | Andreas Räss | France
|
Bishop of Strasbourg (1842-1887) | 1794.04.06 |
| 1887.11.11 | 1888.04.15 | Luigi Margarita | .svg){kind=small} Two Sicilies
|
Bishop of Oria (1851-1888) | 1800.02.01 |
| 1888.04.15 | 1889.08.03 | Louis-Eugène Regnault | France
|
Bishop of Chatres (1852-1889) | 1800.02.21 |
| 1889.08.03 | 1890.08.11 | John Henry Newman, C.O. |  England
|
Cardinal-Deacon of San Giorgio in Velabro (1879-1890) | 1801.02.21 |
| 1890.08.11 | 1890.09.18 | José António Pereira Bilhano, O.F.M. Cap. | .svg){kind=small} Portugal
|
Archbishop of Évora (1871-1890) | 1801.03.21 |
| 1890.09.18 | 1891.03.25 | Armand-François-Marie de Charbonnel, O.F.M. Cap. | .svg){kind=small} Canada
|
Bishop of Toronto | 1802.12.01 |
| 1891.03.25 | 1895.01.20 | Tobias Kirby | .svg){kind=small} Greece
|
Titular Archbishop of Ephesus (1886-1895) | 1803.01.01 |
| 1895.01.20 | 1896.05.12 | Giovanni Cirino | _crowned.svg){kind=small} Italy
|
Auxiliary Bishop of Palermo
Titular Archbishop of Ancyra |
1805.03.18 |
| 1896.05.12 | 1899.07.11 | Teodolfo Mertel | Cardinal-Deacon of San Lorenzo in Damaso (1884-1899) | 1806.02.09 | |
| 1899.07.12 | 1901.06.16 | Adrian Jardinier |  Switzerland
|
Bishop of Sion (Sitten) (1875-1901) | 1808.04.15 |
| 1901.06.16 | 1909.09.01 | Raffaele Morisciano | Italy
|
Bishop of Squillace (1858-1909) | 1811.10.22 |
| 1909.09.01 | 1910.11.01 | Simon Aichner | Titular Archbishop of Theodoropolis (1904-1910) | 1816.10.19 | |
| 1910.11.01 | 1916.11.28 | Henri Monnier | France
|
Archbishop of Cambrai (1872-1916) | 1820.01.05 |
| 1915.04.08 | 1919.07.31 | Domenico Gaspare Lancia di Brolo, O.S.B. | Italy
|
Archbishop of Monreale (1884-1919) | 1825.10.01 |
| 1919.07.31 | 1921.07.18 | Paolo Schinosi | Titular Archbishop of Marcianopolis (1901-1921) | 1827.04.05 | |
| 1921.07.18 | 1921.12.21 | François de Rovérié de Cabrières | France
|
Archbishop of Montpellier (1874-1921)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Vittoria (1911-21) |
1830.08.30 |
| 1921.12.21 | 1925.01.19 | Pedro Rocamora y García | Spain
|
Bishop of Tortosa (1894-1925) | 1832.02.11 |
| 1925.01.19 | 1925.10.20 | Agnello Renzullo | Italy
|
Bishop of Nola (1890-1924)
Titular Bishop of Philadelphia in Lydia (1924-1925) |
1836.04.02 |
| 1925.10.20 | 1928.10.01 | Abraham Brownrigg | .svg){kind=small} Ireland
|
Bishop of Ossory (1884-1928) | 1836.12.03 |
| 1928.10.01 | 1930.07.09 | Vincenzo Vannutelli | Italy
|
Titular Archbishop of Sardes (1884-1930)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite (1891-1900) Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina (1900-1930) Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (1915-1930) |
1836.12.05 |
| 1930.07.09 | 1935.01.03 | Francis Redwood |  New Zealand
|
Archbishop of Wellington (1987-1935) | 1839.06.06 |
| 1935.01.03 | 1937.11.15 | Gisleno Veneri | Italy
|
Titular Archbishop of Darnis (1919-1937) | 1844.09.31 |
| 1937.11.15 | 1939.01.20 | Juan Torres y Rivas | Spain
|
Bishop of Menorca (1902-1939) | 1844.12.13 |
| 1939.01.20 | 1941.08.08 | Giovanni Maria Zonghi | Italy
|
Titular Archbishop of Collosae (1914-1941) | 1847.08.03 |
| 1939.01.20 | 1942.03.18 | Paul-Augustin Le Couer | France
|
Bishop of Saint-Flour (1906-1942) | 1848.03.13 |
| 1942.03.18 | 1948.02.16 | Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte | Italy
|
Titular Archbishop of Edessa in Osrhorëne (1899-1948) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria degli Angeli (1911-1915) Cardinal-Bishop of Albano (1915-1948) Bishop of Ostia (1930-1948) |
1851.04.10 |
| 1948.02.16 | 1953.12.25 | Leonidas Medina | Colombia
|
Archbishop of Novae Patrae (1947-1953) | 1854.06.18 |
| 1953.12.25 | 1954.04.05 | Jesús Maria Echavarria y Aguirre | Mexico
|
Bishop of Saltillo, Cualhuila (1987-1935) | 1858.07.06 |
| 1954.04.05 | 1955.10.25 | Michael Fogarty | Ireland | Archbishop of Killaloe (1954-1955) | 1859.10.11 |
| 1955.10.25 | 1956.03.26 | Antonio di Tommaso | Italy | Titular Bishop of Cyrene (1947-1956) | 1860.08.10 |
| 1956.03.26 | 1957.01.05 | Alexandre Caillot | France | Bishop of Grenoble (1917-1957) | 1861.06.21 |
| 1957.01.05 | 1957.10.31 | Francesco d'Errico | Italy | Titular Archbishop of Samosata (1938-1957) | 1862.08.05 |
| 1957.10.31 | 1963.12.06 | Alfonso Carinci | Italy | Titular Archbishop of Seleucia in Isauria (1945-1963) | 1862.11.09 |
| 1963.12.06 | 1967.07.29 | Angelo Paino | Italy | Archbishop of Messina (1923-1963) Titular Archbishop of Serrae (1963-1967) |
1870.06.21 |
| 1967.07.29 | 1968.10.27 | Mateo Múgica Urrestarazu | Spain
|
Bishop of Vittoria (1923-1937) Titular Bishop of Cinna (1937-1968) |
1870.09.21 |
| 1968.10.27 | 1969.10.18 | John Bernard MacGinley | United States | Bushes of Nueva Caceres (Philippines) (1910-1924) Bishop of Monterey-Fresno (US) (1924-1932) Titular Bishop of Croae (1932-1969) |
1871.08.19 |
| 1969.10.18 | 1970.10.13 | Jean Marie Patrice Flynn | France | Bishop of Nevers (1932-1963) Titular Bishop of Arneae (1963-1970) |
1874.08.15 |
| 1970.10.13 | 1972.12.13 | Jean-Marie Jan | Haiti | Titular Bishop of Edistiana (1953-1970) | 1875.11.02 |
| 1972.12.13 | 1973.04.17 | Bernardin Shlaku | Albania | Titular Bishop of Tiberias (1910-1973) Bishop of Pult (1911-1973) |
1875.06.23 |
| 1972.12.13 | 1973.04.17 | Bernardin Shlaku | Albania | Titular Bishop of Tiberias (1910-1973) Bishop of Pult (1911-1973) |
1875.06.23 |
| 1973.04.17 | 1983.01.02 | Edward Daniel Howard | United States | Archbishop of Portland (1926-1966) Titular Archbishop of Albulae (1966-1983) |
1877.11.05 |
| 1983.01.02 | 1984.01.22 | Mikiel Gonzi | Malta | Archbishop of Malta (1944-1976) | 1885.05.13 |
| 1984.01.22 | 1985.04.27 | Pierre Kamel Medawar | Syria | Auxillary Bishop of Antioch (1943-1969) Titular Bishop of Pelusium dei Greco-Melkiti (1943-1985) |
1877.12.26 |
| 1985.04.27 | 1986.03.06 | Emilio de Brigard Ortiz | Colombia | Auxillary Bishop of Bogotá (1944-1986) Titular Bishop of Coracesium (1944-1961) Titular Archbishop of Dystis (1961-1986) |
1888.05.15 |
| 1986.03.06 | 1989.10.13 | Alfredo Cifuentes Gómez | Chile | Archbishop of La Serena (1943-1967) Titular Archbishop of Thapsus (1967-1970) |
1888.05.15 |
| 1989.10.13 | 1991.08.18 | Patrick Joseph Kelly | Nigeria | Titular Bishop of Thignica (1939-1950) Bishop of Benin City (1950-1973) |
1894.08.31 |
| 1991.08.18 | 1999.03.21 | John Linus Paschang | United States | Bishop of Grand Island (1951-1972) | 1895.10.05 |
| 1999.05.23 | 2003.04.26 | José Calasanz Rosenhammer | Bolivia | Titular Bishop of Ampora (1949-2003) | 1900.01.01 |
| 2003.03.26 | 2007.01.07 | Joseph Meng Ziwen | China | Archbishop of Nanning (1984-2007) | 1903.03.19 |
| 2009.11.06 | 2015.01.01 | Géry Leuliet | Canada-Franco | Auxillary Bishop of Amiens (1963-1985) | 1910.01.12 |
| 2015.01.01 | 2016.09.20 | Peter Leo Gerety | United States | Archbishop of New Ark (1974-1986) | 1912.07.19 |
| 2016.09.20 | 2020.06.21 | Bernardino Piñera | Chile | Archbishop of La Serena (1983-1990) | 1915.09.22 |
| 2020.06.21 | 2020.11.24 | Damián Iguacén Borau | Spain | Bishop of San Cristobal de La Laguna or Tenrrife (1984-1991) | 1916.02.12 |
| 2020.11.24 | 2022.07.02 | Laurent Noël | Canada | Bishop of Trois-Ravières (1975-1996) | 1920.03.19 |
| 2022.07.02 | Present | José de Jesús Sahagún de la Parra | Mexico | Bishop of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas (1985-1993) | 1922.01.01 |