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 1406 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, 214 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 96 years, 340 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, 224 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 95 years, 340 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, 270 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, 250 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, 237 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, 197 days
78 Thomas Stafford Williams United States 20 March 1930 Alive 94 years, 195 days
79 Julian Herranz Casado Spain 31 March 1930 Alive 94 years, 184 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, 32 days
90 Salvatore De Giorgi Italy 6 September 1930 Alive 94 years, 25 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, 322 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 Pappacods 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 1591 20 November 1594 Gaspar Quiroga y Vela 13 January 1512 20 November 1594 Spain
3 years, 209 days 82 years, 311 days
20 November 1594 27 August 1600 Paolo de Deza 26 March 1520 27 August 1600 Italy
5 years, 281 days 80 years, 154 days
27 August 1600 29 February 1604 Lucio Sassi 21 October 1521 29 February 1604
3 years, 186 days 82 years, 130 days
29 February 1604 24 February 1605 Girolamo Simoncelli 1522 24 February 1605 Spain
359 dsys 82 years, 55 days to 83 years, 54 days
24 February 1604 11 June 1608 Francesco Maria Tarugi 1525 11 June 1608 Italy
4 years, 108 days 82 years, 163 days to 83 years, 162 days
11 June 1608 17 February 1616 Pierre de Gondi 1533 17 February 1616
7 years, 251 days 82 years, 48 days to 83 years, 47 days
17 February 1616 26 March 1620 Domenico Toschi 11 June 1535 26 March 1620
4 years, 38 days 84 years, 289 days
26 March 1620 24 August 1623 Antonio Maria Sauli 1541 24 August 1623
3 years, 151 days 81 years, 236 days to 82 years, 235 days
24 August 1623 27 August 1627 Francesco Maria Bourbon del Monte Santa Maria 14 November 1549 27 August 1627
4 years, 3 days 78 years, 53 days
27 August 1627 12 March 1639 Domenico Ginnasi 19 June 1550 12 March 1639
11 years, 197 days 88 years, 266 days
12 March 1639 6 September 1639 Agostino Galamini 1553 6 September 1639
178 days 85 years, 249 days to 86 years, 248 days
6 September 1639 4 February 1643 Pietro Campori 1553 4 February 1643
3 years, 151 days 89 years, 35 days to 90 years, 34 days
4 February 1643 14 February 1645 François de La Rochefoucauld 8 December 1558 14 February 1645 France
2 years, 10 days 86 years, 68 days
14 February 1645 19 April 1652 Marcello Lante della Rovere 1561 19 April 1652 Italy
7 years, 65 days 90 years, 110 days to 91 years, 109 days
19 April 1652 10 August 1655 Alfonso de la Cueva Benavides y Mendoza-Carillo 25 July 1574 10 August 1655 Spain
3 years, 113 days 81 years, 16 days
10 August 1655 16 February 1667 Vincenzo Maculani 11 September 1578 16 February 1667 Italy
11 years, 190 days 88 years, 158 days
16 February 1667 1 March 1671 Marzio Ginetti 6 April 1585 1 March 1671
4 years, 13 days 85 years, 329 days
1 March 1671 5 October 1684 Francesco Albizzi 24 October 1593 5 October 1684
13 years, 218 days 90 years, 347 days
5 October 1684 4 November 1685 Girolamo Grimaldi-Cavalleroni 20 August 1597 4 November 1685
1 year, 30 days 88 years, 76 days
4 November 1685 8 May 1688 Niccolò Albergati Ludovisi 12 September 1607 8 May 1688
2 years, 186 days 80 years, 239 days
8 May 1688 14 May 1690 Carlo Cerri 14 September 1610 14 May 1690
2 years, 6 days 79 years, 242 days
14 May 1690 15 September 1695 Giacomo de Angelis 13 October 1610 15 September 1695
5 years, 124 days 84 years, 337 days
15 September 1695 19 October 1696 Johannes von Goes 10 February 1612 19 October 1696 Belgium
1 year, 34 days 84 years, 252 days
19 October 1696 19 Decembers 1697 Giacomo Franzoni 5 December 1612 19 December 1697 Italy
1 year, 61 days 85 years, 14 days
19 October 1697 22 July 1700 Alderano Cibo-Malaspina 16 July 1613 22 July 1700
2 years, 280 days 87 years, 6 days
22 July 1700 24 May 1707 Henri Albert de la Grange d'Arquien 8 September 1613 24 May 1707 France
6 years, 306 days 93 years, 258 days
24 May 1707 6 May 1714 Gaspare Carpegna 8 April 1625 6 May 1914 Italy
6 years, 347 days 89 years, 28 days
6 May 1714 3 July 1726 Galeazzo Marescotti 1 October 1627 3 July 1726
12 years, 58 days 98 years, 275 days
3 July 1726 4 January 1727 Giuseppe Sacripante 19 March 1642 4 January 1727
185 days 84 years, 291 days
4 January 1727 6 September 1730 Innico Caracciolo 9 July 1642 6 September 1730
3 years, 245 days 88 years, 59 days
6 September 1730 18 February 1737 Giuseppe Renato Imperiali 1 May 1651 18 February 1737
6 years, 165 days 85 years, 293 days
18 February 1737 29 January 1743 André-Hercule de Fleury 22 June or 26 June 1653 29 January 1743 France
5 years, 345 days 89 years, 221 days or 89 years, 217 days
28 January 1743 12 November 1744 Léon Potier de Gesvres 16 August 1656 12 November 1744
1 year, 289 days 88 years, 88 days
12 November 1744 16 February 1753 Tommaso Ruffo 15 September 1663 16 February 1753 Italy
8 years, 96 days 89 years, 154 days
16 February 1753 22 June 1761 Rainiero d'Elci 7 March 1670 22 June 1761
8 years, 126 days 91 years, 107 days
22 June 1761 2 May 1770 Giacomoi Oddi 11 November 1679 2 May 1770
8 years, 314 days 90 years, 172 days
2 May 1770 7 March 1774 Carlo Alberto Guidobono Cavalchini 26 July 1683 7 March 1774
3 years, 309 days 90 years, 224 days
7 March 1774 11 December 1779 Alessandro Albani 15 October 1692 11 December 1779
5 years, 279 days 87 years, 57 days
11 December 1779 9 December 1782 Ludovico Calini 9 January 1696 9 December 1782
2 years, 363 days 86 years, 334 days
9 December 1782 27 April 1783 Giuseppe Pozzobonelli 11 August 1696 27 April 1783
139 days 86 years, 259 days
27 April 1783 21 January 1788 Paul d'Albert de Luynes 5 January 1703 21 January 1788 Faance
4 years, 269 days 85 years, 16 days
21 January 1788 26 May 1796 Francesco Maria Banditi 9 September 1706 26 May 1796 Italy
8 years, 126 days 89 years, 260 days
26 May 1796 31 December 1801 Giuseppe Capece Zurlo 3 January 1711 31 December 1801
5 years, 219 days 90 years, 362 days
31 December 1801 17 January 1803 Christoph Anton von Migazzi von Waal und Sonnenthurn 20 October 1714 14 April 1803
1 year, 17 days 88 years, 176 days
17 January 1803 10 June 1808 Jean-Baptist de Belloy-Morangle (9 October 1709 10 June 1808 France
5 years, 145 days 98 years, 245 days
10 June 1808 20 September 1818 Francesco Carafa della Spina di Trajetto 29 April 1722 20 September 1818 Italy
10 years, 102 days 96 years, 144 days
20 September 1818 15 September 1820 Giovanni Battista Quarantotti 27 September 1733 15 September 1820 Greece
3 years, 360 days 86 years, 354 days
15 September 1820 24 January 1830 Giuseppe Firrao Jr. 20 July 1736 24 January 1830 Romania
9 years, 131 days 93 years, 188 days
24 January 1830 6 October 1832 Benedetto Naro 29 July 1744 6 October 1832 Italy
2 years, 256 days 88 years, 72 days
6 October 1832 24 July 1833 Lorenzo Girolamo Mattei 29 May 1748 24 July 1833
1 year, 292 days 85 years, 56 days
24 July 1833 3 December 1834 Giuseppe Albani 13 September 1750 3 December 1834
1 year, 132 days 84 years, 81 days
3 December 1834 14 September 1836 Luigi Bottiglia Savoulx 16 February 1852 14 September 1836
1 year, 286 days 84 years, 211 days
14 September 1836 31 January 1844 Giovanni Battista Bussi 23 Jnuary 1755 29 January 1844
7 years, 139 days 89 years, 8 days
31 January 1844 19 April 1844 Bartolomeo Pacca 27 December 1756 19 April 1844
79 days 87 years, 114 days
19 April 1844 22 November 1847 Placido Maria Tadini 11 October 1759 22 November 1822
3 years, 217 days 88 years, 42 days
22 November 1847 17 December 1865 Luigi Ciacchi 16 August 1765 17 December 1765
18 years, 25 days 100 years, 123 days
17 December 1865 20 March 1866 Antonio Tosti 4 October 1776 20 March 1866
230 days 89 years, 167 days
20 March 1866 30 April 1873 Alexis Billiet 28 February 1783 30 April 1873 France
7 years, 41 days 90 years, 61 days
11 May 1869 6 July 1877 Filippo de Angelis 16 April 1792 8 July 1877 Italy
8 years, 56 days 85 years, 83 days
6 July 1877 3 January 1881 René-François Régnier 17 July 1794 3 January 1881 France
2 years, 66 days 86 years, 170 days
3 January 1881 28 October 1881 Prospero Caterini 15 October 1795 28 October 1881 Italy
298 days 86 years, 13 days
28 October 1881 23 December 1882 Ferdinand-François-Auguste Donnet 16 November 1795 23 December 1882 France
1 year, 56 days 87 years, 37 days
23 December 1882 11 August 1890 John Henry Newman 21 February 1801 11 August 1890 Great Britain

(England)

7 years, 231 days 89 years, 171 days
11 August 1890 11 July 1899 Teodolfo Mertel 9 February 1806 11 July 1899 Italy
8 years, 334 days 93 years, 152 days
11 July 1899 12 March 1900 Luigi Di Canossa 20 April 1809 20 April 1809 – 12 March 1900
244 days 90 years, 326 days
12 March 1900 14 April 1904 Michelangelo Celesia 13 January 1814 14 April 1904
314 days 90 years, 92 days
14 April 1900 27 January 1908 François-Marie-Benjamin Richard 1 March 1819 27 January 1908 French
3 years, 288 days 88 years, 332 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
8 August 2022 Present Alexandre do Nascimento 1 March 1925 Alive Laos
2 years, 54 days age 99 years, 214 days



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