List of longest-living cardinals

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This article lists the 100 oldest known living or deceased Members of the College of Cardinals (post-1500),, and whose ages are documented in reliable sources. Those currently living are in bold on gold. The longest-lived Cardinal was Jorge da Costa, of Portugal who lived between the ages of 101 years 262 days to 102 years 261 days. The Second Longest-lived cardinal being Italian Cardinal Corrado Bafile lived to 101 years 214 days.

List

Rank Name Country Birth Death Age
1 Jorge da Costa Portugal 1408 18 September 1508 101 years, 262 days to 102 years, 261 days
2 Corrado Bafile Italy 4 July 1903 3 February 2005 101 years, 214 days
3 Loris Francesco Capovilla Italy 14 October 1915 26 May 2016 100 years 224 days
4 José de Jesús Pimiento Rodríguez Colombia 18 February 1919 3 September 2019 100 years 197 days
5 Luigi Ciacchi Italy 16 August 1765 17 December 1865 100 years, 123 days
6 Ersilio Tonini Italy 20 July 1914 28 July 2013 99 years 8 days
7 Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir Lebanon 15 May 1920 12 May 2019 98 years, 362 days
9 Paul Augustin Mayer Germany 23 May 1911 30 April 2010 98 years 342 days
10 Galeazzo Marescotti Italy 1 October 1627 3 July 1726 98 years, 275 days
11 Jean-Baptist de Belloy-Morangle France 9 October 1709 10 June 1808 98 years, 245 days
12 Ignatius Kung Pin-mei China 2 August 1901 12 March 2000 98 years, 223 days
Franz König Austria 3 August 1905 13 March 2004
14 Jozef Tomko Czechoslovakia 11 March 1924 8 August 2022 98 years 150 days
15 Fiorenzo Angelini Italy 1 August 1916 22 November 2014 98 years, 113 days
16 Alexandre do Nascimento Angola 1 March 1925 Alive 99 years, 249 days
17 Albert Vanhoye France 24 July 1923 29 July 2021 98 years 59 days
18 Paolo Dezza Italy 3 December 1901 17 December 1999 98 years, 14 days
19 Emmanuel Wamala Uganda 15 December 1926 Alive 97 years 166 days
20 Alfons Maria Stickler Austria 23 August 1910 12 December 2007 97 years, 111 days
23 Henryk Gulbinowicz Poland 17 October 1923 16 November 2020) 97 years 30 days
22 Ferdinando Giuseppe Antonelli Italy 14 July 1896 12 July 1993 96 years, 363 days
21 Roger Etchegaray France 25 September 1922 4 September 2019 96 years 344 days
24 Johannes Willebrands The Netherlands 4 September 1909 1 August 2008 96 years, 331 days
25 Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte Italy 10 April 1851 16 February 1948 96 years, 312 days
26 Edward Cassidy Australia 5 July 1924 10 April 2021 96 years 279 days
27 Kazimierz Świątek Belarus 21 October 1914 21 July 2011 96 years 273 days
28 José da Costa Nuñes Portugal 15 March 1880 29 November 1976 96 years, 259 days
29 Domenico Bartolucci Italy 7 May 1917 11 November 2013 96 years, 188 days
30 José Freire Falcão Brazil 23 October 1925 26 September 2021 95 years 338 days
31 Giovanni Canestri Italy 30 September 1918 29 April 2015 96 years, 211 days
32 Adam Kozłowiecki Poland 1 April 1911 28 September 2007 96 years, 180 days
33 Francisco Álvarez Martínez Spain 14 July 1925 5 January 2022 96 years, 175 days
34 Francesco Carafa della Spina di Traetto Italy 29 April 1722 20 September 1818 96 years, 144 days
35 Mikel Koliqi Albania 29 September 1900 28 January 1997 96 years, 121 days
36 Francesco Morano italy 8 June 1872 12 July 1968 96 years, 34 days
37 Luigi De Magistris Italy 23 February 1926 16 February 2022 95 years 358 days
38 Pietro Parente Italy 16 February 1891 29 December 1986 95 years, 316 days
39 Achille Silvestrini Italy 25 October 1923 29 August 2019 95 years, 310 days
40 Júlio Duarte Langa Mozambique 27 October 1927 Alive 97 years, 9 days
41 Agostino Cacciavillan Italy 14 August 1926 5 March 2022 95 years 204 days
42 Henri-Marie de Lubac France 20 February 1896 4 September 1991 95 years, 196 days
44 Friedrich Wetter Germany 20 February 1928 Alive 96 years, 259 days
44 Paulo Evaristo Arns Brazil 14 September 1921 14 December 2016 95 years, 91 days
45 Serafim Fernandes de Araújo Brazil 13 August 1924 8 October 2019 95 years, 56 days
46 Alberto Di Jorio Italy 18 July 1884 5 September 1979 95 years, 49 days
47 Corrado Ursi Italy 26 July 1908 29 August 2003 95 years, 34 days
48 Jorge Medina Estévez Chile 23 December 1926 3 October 2021 94 years 284 days
49 Julijans Vaivods Latvia 18 August 1895 24 May 1990 94 years, 279 days
50 Carlos María Javier de la Torre Ecuador 15 November 1873 31 July 1968 94 years, 259 days
51 Louis-Albert Vachon Canada 4 February 1912 29 September 2006 94 years, 237 days
52 Egano Righi-Lambertini Italy 22 February 1906 4 October 2000 94 years, 225 days
53 Ernest Simoni Albania 18 October 1928 Alive 96 years, 9 days
54 Angelo Sodano Italy 23 November 1927 27 May 2022 94 years 205 days
55 Walter Brandmüller Germany 5 January 1929 Alive 95 years, 305 days
56 Eduardo Martínez Somalo Spain 31 March 1927 10 August 2021 94 years 142 days
57 Michael Michai Kitbunchu Thailand 25 January 1929 Alive 95 years, 285 days
58 Giovanni Cheli Italy 4 October 1918 8 February 2013 94 years 122 days
59 Gilberto Agustoni italy 26 July 1922 13 January 2017 94 years, 171 days
60 Estanislao Esteban Karlic Argentina 7 February 1926 Alive 95 years, 272 days
61 Giuseppe Sensi Italy 27 May 1907 26 July 2001 94 years, 60 days
62 Marian Jaworski Poland 21 August 1926 5 September 2020 94 years 13 days
63 Carlo Furno Italy 2 December 1921 9 December 2015 94 years, 7 days
64 Prosper Grech Malta 24 December 1925 30 December 2019 94 years, 6 days
65 Teodolfo Mertel Italy 9 February 1806 11 July 1899 93 years 152 days
66 Roberto Tucci Italy 19 April 1921 14 April 2015 93 years, 360 days
67 Georges Cottier Switzerland 25 April 1922 31 March 2016 93 years, 341 days
68 John Joseph Carberry United States 31 July 1904 17 June 1998 93 years, 321 days
69 Paolo Bertoli Italy 1 February 1908 8 November 2001 93 years, 280 days
70 Opilio Rossi United States 14 May 1910 9 February 2004 93 years, 271 days
71 Henri Albert de la Grange d’Arquien France 8 September 1613 24 May 1707 93 years, 258 days
72 Vicenzo Vannutelli Italy 5 December 1836 9 July 1930 93 Years, 216 days
73 José Manuel Estepa Llaurens Spain 1 January 1926 21 July 2019 93 years, 201 days
74 Giuseppe Firrao Italy 20 July 1736 24 January 1830) 93 years, 188 days
75 Jean Margéot Mauritius 3 February 1916 17 July 2009 93 years, 164 days
76 Ignatius Pimenta Italy 1 March 1920 19 July 2013 93 years 140 days
77 Adam Joseph Maida United States 18 March 1930 Alive 94 years, 232 days
78 Thomas Stafford Williams United States 20 March 1930 Alive 94 years, 230 days
79 Julian Herranz Casado Spain 31 March 1930 Alive 94 years, 219 days
80 František Tomášek Czech Republic 30 June 1899 4 August 1992 93 years, 35 days
81 Alfredo Vicente Scherer Brazil 5 February 1903 9 March 1996 93 years, 33 days
82 Giuseppe Pizzardo Italy 13 July 1877 1 August 1970 93 years, 19 days
83 Antonio Innocenti Italy 23 August 1915 6 September 2008 93 years, 14 days
James Francis McIntyre United States 25 June 1886 16 July 1979
84 Carlo Confalonieri Italy 25 July 1893 1 August 1986 93 years, 7 days
86 Alessandro Verde Italiy 27 March 1865 29 March 1958 93 years, 2 days
87 Julien Ries Belgium 19 April 1920 23 February 2013 92 years 310 days
88 Juan Carlos Aramburu Argentina 11 February 1912 18 November 2004 92 years, 281 days
89 Paul Poupard France 30 August 1930 Alive 94 years, 67 days
90 Salvatore De Giorgi Italy 6 September 1930 Alive 94 years, 60 days
91 Paolo Giobbe Italy 10 January 1880 14 August 1972 92 years, 217 days
92 Léon-Étienne Duval France 9 November 1903 9 November 1903 92 years, 203 days
Josyf Ivanovyce Slipyj Ukraine 17 February 1892 7 September 1984
94 Janis Pujats Latvia 14 November 1930 Alive 93 years, 357 days
95 Joseph Asajiro Satowaki Japan 1 February 1904 8 August 1996 92 years, 189 days
96 José María Caro Rodríguez Chile 23 June 1866 4 December 1958 92 years, 164 days
97 Luigi Poggi Italy 25 November 1917 4 May 2010 92 years 160 days
98 Silvano Piovanelli Italy 21 February 1924 9 July 2016 92 years 139 days
99 Giuseppe Casoria Italy 1 October 1908 8 February 2001 92 years, 130 days
100 Augusto Álvaro da Silva Brazil 8 April 1976 14 August 1968 92 years, 128 days

Chronological list of Oldest living members of the College of Cardinals since 1500

Living From To Name Lifespan Country
Age Age Birth Death
Time as Longest lived state Leader
1 January 1500 18 September 1508 Jorge da Costa

(Longest-lived Cardinal in History)

1406 18 September 1408 Portugal
8 years, 261 days 101 years 262 days to 102 years 261 days
18 September 1508 15 March 1517 Jaume Serra i Cau 1427 15 March 1517 Italy
2 years, 124 days 89 years, 74 days to 90 years, 73 days
15 March 1517 8 November 1517 Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros 1436 11August 1517 Spain
238 days 80 years, 312 days to 61 years, 311 days
8 November 1517 17 September 1518 Niccolò Pandolfini 1440 17 September 1518 Italy
313 days 77 years, 260 days to 78 years, 269 days
17 September 1517 11 June 1521 Tamás Bakócz 1442 15 June 1521 Hungary
3 years, 267 days 78 years, 166 days to 79 years, 165 days
11 June 1521 9 September 1527 Ferdinando Ponzetti 1444 9 September 1527 Italy
6 years, 90 days 82 years, 162 days to 83 years, 161 days
9 September 1527 1528 Domenico Giacobazzi 1444 1528
115 days to 1 year, 51 days 84 years 0 to 364 days
1528 11 December 1532 Pietro Accolti 15 March 1455 11 December 1532
3 years, 346 days to 4 years, 345 days 77 years, 271 days
11 December 1532 3 November 1536 Sigismundo Pappacoda 3 March 1456 3 November 1536
3 years, 328 days 80 years, 225 days
3 November 1536 17 January 1547 Roberto Pucci 29 May 1464 17 January 1547
11 years, 44 days 82 years, 233 days
17 December 1547 19 December 1549 Ennio Filonardi 1466 19 December 1549
2 years, 4 days 82 years, 353 days to 83 years, 352 days
19 December 1549 11 December 1568 Gianbernardino Scotti 1478 11 December 1568
8 years, 357 days 89 years, 354 days to 90 years, 353 days
11 December 1568 28 June 1570 Francesco Pisani 1494 9 August 1570 France
11 years, 199 days 75 years, 179 days to 76 years, 178 days
28 June 1570 3 May 1574 Giovanni Ricci 1 November 1498 3 May 1574 France
3 years, 309 days 75 years, 183 days
3 May 1574 23 July 1577 Scipione Rebiba 3 February 1504 23 July 1577 Italy
3 years, 81 days 73 years, 170 days
23 July 1577 5 August 1579 Stanislaw Hozjusz 5 May 1504 5 August 1579 Polish
2 years, 13 days 75 years, 92 days
5 August 1579 24 November 1583 René de Birague 1506-1507 24 November 1583 Italy
4 years, 111 days 75 years, 328 days to 76 years, 327 days or

76 years, 328 days to 77 years, 327 days

24 November 1583 July 1585 Georges d'Armagnac 1501 July 1585 France
1 year, 219 days to 1 year, 249 days 83 years, 182 days to 84 years, 181 days or

83 years, 212 days to 84 years, 211 days

July 1585 25 April 1591 Gian Girolamo Albani 3 January 1509 25 April 1591 Italy
5 years, 268 days to 5 years, 298 days 87 years, 112 days
25 April 1951 20 November 1594 Gaspar Quiroga y Vela 13 January 1512 20 November 1594 Spain
3 years, 209 days 82 years, 311 days
20 July 1903

(aged 93)

17 February 1908

(aged 97)

Baron Ignaz von Plener 21 May 1810 17 February 1908 Austria
4 yrs, 212 days 97 years, 272 days
17 February 1908

(aged 93)

23 November 1915

(aged 100)

Rafaél de Echagüe y Bermingham 13 February 1815 23 November 1915 Spain
7 years, 253 days 100 years, 280 days
17 February 1908

(aged 90)

21 May 1916

(aged 98)

Artúr Gorgey 30 January 1818 21 May 1916 Hungary
8 years, 95 days 98 years, 113 days
21 May 1916

(aged 92)

10 December 1917

(aged 93)

Mackenzie Bowell 27 December 1823 10 December 1917 Canada
1 year, 203 days 93 years, 348 days
10 December 1917

(age 89)

14 May 1923

(aged 94)

Charles de Freycinet 14 November 1828 14 May 1923 France
5 years, 352 days 94 tears, 181 days
14 May 1923

(age 86)

10 October 1923

(aged 86)

Andrés Avelino Cáceres 10 November 1836 10 October 1923 Peru
271 days 86 years, 335 days
17 July 1923

(age 88)

2 July 1924

(aged 89)

Matsukata Masayoshi 25 February 1835 2 July 1924 Japan
350 days 89 years, 127 days
2 July 1924

(aged 86)

21 December 1925

(aged 87)

Jules Méline 20 May 1838 21 December 1925 France
2 years, 158 days 87 years, 216 days
21 December 1925

(aged 87)

19 August 1928

(aged 89)

Stefanos Skouloudis 23 November 1838 19 August 1928 Greece
2 years, 243 days 89 years, 271 days
19 August 1928

(age 90)

10 March 1932

(age 94)

Paolo Boselli 8 June 1838 10 March 1932 Italy
94 years, 285 days) 93 years, 272 days
10 March 1932

(age 90)

6 September 1935

(aged 92)

Francisco Andrade Marín 15 November 1841 6 September 1935 Ecuador
3 year, 174 days 92 years, 295 days
6 September 1935

(age 91)

29 May 1937

(aged 93)

Lizardo Garcia 26 April 1844 29 May 1937 Ecuador
1 year, 263 days 93 years, 34 days
29 May 1937

(age 89)

12 September 1939

(aged 91)

Eliodoro Villazón 22 January 1848 12 September 1939 Bolivia
2 years, 194 days 91 years, 233 days
29 May 1937

(age 88)

6 August 1945

(aged 96)

Alejandro Deustua 22 March 1849 6 August 1945 Peru
8 years, 69 days 96 years, 138 days
6 August 1945

(age 93)

16 February 1948

(aged 96)

Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte 10 April 1851 16 February 1948 Vatican City
2 years, 194 days 96 years, 312 days
16 February 1948

(age 92)

23 July 1951

(aged 95)

Philippe Petain 24 Apr 1856 23 July 1951 FFrance
2 years, 194 days 95 years, 90 days
16 February 1948

(age 95)

21 July 1952

(aged 96)

Pedro Lascurain 8 May 1856 21 July 1952 Mexico
364 days 96 years, 74 days
21 July 1952

(age 93)

12 December 1960

(aged 101)

Christopher Hornsrud 15 November 1859 12 December 1960
8 years, 144 days 101 years, 27 days
12 December 1960

(aged 92)

15 May 1966

(aged 98)

Venceslau Brás 26 February 1868 15 May 1966 Brazil
5 years, 154 days 98 years, 78 days
15 May 1966

(age 94)

25 February 1968

(age 96)

Camille Huysmans 26 May 1871 25 February 1968
1 year, 286 days 96 years, 275 days
25 February 1968

(age 96)

14 August 1969

(aged 97)

Alfredo Solf y Muro 15 March 1872 14 August 1969 Peru
1 year, 170 days 97 years, 152 days
14 August 1969

(age 96)

28 March 1972

(aged 98)

Joseph Paul-Boncour 4 August 1873 28 March 1972 France
2 years, 227 days 98 years, 237 days
28 March 1972

(age 97)

14 February 1973

(aged 98)

Émile Reuter 2 August 1874 14 February 1973 Luxembourg
323 days 98 years, 196 days
14 February 1973

(age 97)

25 July 1973

(aged 98)

Dezso Pattantyus-Abraham 10 July 1875 25 July 1973 Hungary
161 days 98 years, 15 days
25 July 1973

(age 94)

9 February 1974

(aged 98)

Borys Martos 20 May 1879 19 September 1977 Ukraine
199 days 98 years, 122 days
9 February 1974

(age 98)

22 March 1978

(aged 98)

Isidro Ayora 31 August 1879 22 March 1978 Ecuador
184 days 98 years, 203 days
22 March 1978

(age 96)

24 April 1978

(aged 96)

Federico Chaves 15 February 1882 24 April 1978 Paraguay
33 days 96 years, 69 days
24 April 1978 (age 94) 22 August 1986

(aged 103)

Celál Bayar 16 May 1883 22 August 1986 Turkey
8 years, 121 days 103 years, 99 days
22 August 1986

(age 100)

14 May 1988

(aged 101)

Willem Drees 5 July 1886 14 May 1988 Netherlands
1 year, 267 days 101 years, 314 days
14 May 1988

(age 100)

14 December 1990

(aged 102)

Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni 3 December 1887 20 January 1990 Japan
2 ywars, 252 days 102 years, 48 days
20 January 1990

(age 100)

14 December 1990

(aged 101)

Zhang Qun 9 May 1889 14 December 1990 Taiwab
329 days 101 years, 220 days
14 December 1990

(age 98)

13 December 1994

(aged 102)

Antoine Pinay 30 December 1891 13 December 1994 France
3 years, 364 days 102 years, 348 days
13 December 1994

(age 98)

10 April 1995

(aged 99)

Morarji Desai 29 February 1896 10 April 1995 India
119 days 99 years, 41 days
10 April 1995

(age 97)

15 January 1998

(aged 99)

Gulzarilal Nanda 4 July 1898 15 January 1998
52 days 99 years, 195 days
10 April 1995

(age 96 to 97)

13 July 1998

(aged 96 to 97)

Constantine Kollias 1901 13 July 1998 Greece
3 years, 93 days 96 years, 194 days

to 97 years, 193 days

13 July 1998

(age 95)

8 February 2000

(age 97)

Ion Gheorghe Maurer 23 September 1902 8 February 2000 Romania
1 year, 211 days 97 years, 139 days
8 February 2000

(age 96)

31 October 2002

(aged 99)

Michail Stasinopoulos 27 July 1903 31 October 2002 Greece
2 years, 267 days 99 years, 143 days
31 October 2002

(age 98)

10 June 2004

(aged 100)

Xenophon Zolotas 26 Apr 1904 10 June 2004
1 year, 224 days 100 years, 45 days
10 June 2004

(age 99)

22 January 2009

(aged 103)

Chau Sen Cosscal Chhum 1 September 1905 23 January 2009 Cambodia
4 years, 192 days 103 years, 143 days
22 January 2009

(age 99)

16 April 2009

(aged 99)

Abdel Halim Muhammad 10 April 1910 16 April 2009 Sudan
86 days 99 years, 6 days
16 Apr 2009

(age 98)

4 Jan 2010

(aged 99)

Johan Ferrier 12 May 1910 4 January 2010 Suriname
264 days 99 years, 238 days
4 January 2010

(age 98)

15 March 2012

(aged 101)

Bernardino Gonzales Ruiz 11 January 1911 15 March 2012 Panama
2 years, 71 days 101 years, 64 days
15 March 2012

(age 100)

9 August 2013

(aged 101)

Telmo Vargas 9 October 1912 9 August 2013 Ecuador
1 year, 147 days 101 years, 264 days
9 August 2013

(age 100)

30 January 2017

(aged 102)

André Prunet-Foch 3 July 1914 30 January 2017 Andorra
3 years, 174 days 102 years, 211 days
30 January 2017

(Age 100)

1 October 2018

(aged 101)

Đỗ Mười 2 February 1917 1 October 2018 Vietnam
2 years, 66 days 101 years, 241 days
1 Oct 2018

(age 101)

17 Jan 2019

(aged 101)

Babiker Awadalla 2 Mar 1917 17 January 2019 Sudan
108 days 101 years, 321 days
17 January 2019

(age 100)

29 Nov 2019

(aged 101)

Yasuhiro Nakasone 27 May 1918 29 November 2019 Japan
314 days 101 years, 186 days
29 Nov 2019

(age 100)

25 May 2020

(aged 101)

Hyun Soong-jong 26 February 1919 25 May 2021 South Korea
3 years, 183 days 101 years, 89 days
25 May 2020

(age 100)

07 December 2021

(aged 100)

Mustafa Ben Halim 29 January 192 7 December 2021 Libya
1 year, 196 days 100 years, 312 days
07 December 2021

(age 100)

14 July 2022

(aged 100)

Francisco Morales Bermúdez 4 October 1921 14 July 2022 Peru
(219 days) 100 years, 283 days
14 July 2022(age 98) Present Kahmtai Siphandone 8 February 1924 Alive Laos
0 years, 321 days age 99 years, 112 days



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