Hypothetical List of longest-living Cardinals

This article lists the 100 oldest known living or deceased Members of the College of Cardinals (after 1800),, and whose ages are documented in reliable sources. Those currently living are in bold on gold. The longest-lived Cardinal was Corrado Bafile, of Italy who lived to ages of 101 years, 214 days.

If Every Current Living Cardinal's Birth year is altered.

List

Rank	Cardinal	Country	Born	Died	Age at Death
1	Corrado Bafile	Italy	1903	2005	101 years, 214 days
2	Loris Francesco Capovilla	Italy	1915	2016	100 years, 224 days
3	José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez	Colombia	1919	2019	100 years, 197 days
4	Alexandre do Nascimento	Angola	1925	Alive	99 years, 305 days
5	Ersilio Tonini	Italy	1914	2013	99 years, 8 days
6	Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir	Lebanon	1920	2019	98 years, 362 days
7	Paul Augustin Mayer OSA	Germany	1911	2010	98 years, 342 days
8	Estanislao Esteban Karlic	Argentina	1926	Alive	98 years, 328 days
9	Ignatius Kung Pin-mei	China	1901	2000	98 years, 223 days
	Franz König	Austria	1905	2004
11	Jozef Tomko	Slovakia	1924	2022	98 years 150 days
12	Fiorenzo Angelini	Italy	1916	2014	98 years, 113 days
13	Albert Vanhoye, SJ	France	1923	2021	98 years, 59 days
14	Emmanuel Wamala	Uganda	1926	Alive	98 years, 16 days
15	Paolo Dezza, S.J.	Italy	1901	1999	98 years, 4 days
16	Luis Pascual Dri OFMCap	Argentina	1927	Alive	97 years, 258 days
17	Alexandre José María dos Santos, O.F.M.	Mozambique	1924	2021	97 years, 195 days
18	Alfons Maria Stickler SDB	Austria	1910	2007	97 years, 111 days
19	Júlio Duarte Langa	Mozambique	1927	Alive	97 years, 65 days
20	Henryk Gulbinowicz	Poland	1923	2020	97 years, 30 days
21	Ferdinando Giuseppe Antonelli, O.F.M.	Italy	1896	1993	96 years, 363 days
22	Roger Etchegaray	France	1922	2019	96 years, 344 days
23	Johannes Willebrands	Netherlands	1909	2008	96 years, 331 days
24	Friedrich Wetter	Germany	1928	Alive	96 years, 315 days
25	Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte	Italy	1851	1948	96 years, 312 days
26	Edward Cassidy	Australia	1924	2021	96 years, 279 days
27	Kazimierz Świątek	Belarus	1914	2011	96 years, 273 days
28	José da Costa Nuñes	Portugal	1880	1976	96 years, 259 days
29	Giovanni Canestri	Italy	1918	2006	96 years, 211 days
30	Domenico Bartolucci	Italy	1917	2013	96 years, 188 days
31	Adam Kozłowiecki, S.J.	Zambia	1911	2007	96 years, 180 days
32	Francisco Álvarez Martínez	Spain	1925	2022	96 years, 175 days
33	Mikel Koliqi	Albania	1900	1997	96 years, 121 days
34	Ernest Simoni	Albania	1928	Alive	96 years, 74 days
35	Francesco Morano	Italy	1872	1968	96 years, 34 days
36	Walter Brandmüller	Germany	1929	Alive	95 years, 361 days
37	Luigi De Magistris	Italy	1926	2022	95 years 358 days
38	Michael Michai Kitbunchu	Thailand	1929	Alive	95 years, 341 days
39	José Freire Falcão	Brazil	1925	2021	95 years, 338 days
40	Pietro Parente	Italy	1891	1986	95 years, 316 days
41	Achille Silvestrini	Italy	1923	2019	95 years, 308 days
42	Agostino Cacciavillan	Italy	1926	2022	95 years, 204 days
43	Henri de Lubac, S.J.	France	1896	1991	95 years, 196 days
44	Paulo Evaristo Arns	Brazil	1921	2016	95 years, 91 days
45	Serafim Fernandes de Araújo	Brazil	1924	2019	95 years, 56 days
46	Alberto Di Jorio	Italy	1884	1979	95 years, 49 days
47	Corrado Ursi	Italy	1908	2003	95 years, 34 days
48	Adam Maida	United States	1930	Alive	94 years, 288 days
49	Jorge Medina Estévez	Chile	1926	2021	94 years, 284 days
50	Julijans Vaivods	Latvia	1895	1990	94 years, 279 days
51	Julian Herranz Casado	Spain	1930	Alive	94 years, 275 days
52	Carlos María de la Torre	Ecuador	1873	1968	94 years, 259 days
53	Louis-Albert Vachon	Canada	1912	2006	94 years, 237 days
54	Egano Righi-Lambertini	Italy	1906	2000	94 years, 225 days
55	Angelo Sodano	Italy	1927	2022	94 years, 205 days
56	Gilberto Agustoni	Italy	1922	2017	94 years, 171 days
57	Eduardo Martínez Somalo	Spain	1927	2021	94 years, 142 days
58	Paul Poupard	France	1930	Alive	94 years, 123 days
59	Giovanni Cheli	Italy	1918	2013	94 years 122 days
60	Salvatore De Giorgi	Italy	1930	Alive	94 years, 116 days
61	Giuseppe Sensi	Italy	1907	2001	94 years, 60 days
62	Janis Pujats	Latvia	1930	Alive	94 years, 47 days
63	Marian Jaworski	Poland	1926	2020	94 years 13 days
64	Carlo Furno	Italy	1921	2015	94 years, 7 days
65	Prosper Grech, O.S.A.	Malta	1925	2019	94 years, 6 days
66	Roberto Tucci	Italy	1921	2015	93 years, 360 days
67	Georges Cottier	Switzerland	1922	2016	93 years, 341 days
68	John Carberry	United States	1904	1998	93 years, 321 days
69	Camillo Ruini	Italy	1931	Alive	93 years, 316 days
70	Paolo Bertoli	Italy	1908	2001	93 years, 280 days
71	Thomas Williams	United States	1930	2023	93 years. 276 days
72	Opilio Rossi	United States	1910	2004	93 years, 271 days
73	Lucian Mureșan	Romania	1931	Alive	93 years, 222 days
74	Vincenzo Vannutelli	Italy	1836	1930	93 years, 216 days
75	José Manuel Estepa Llaurens	Spain	1926	2019	93 years, 201 days
76	Jean Margéot	Mauritius	1916	2009	93 years, 164 days
77	Teodolfo Mertel	Italy	1806	1899	93 years, 152 days
78	Simon Pimenta	Italy	1920	2013	93 years, 140 days
79	František Tomášek	Czech Republic	1899	1992	93 years, 35 days
80	Alfredo Scherer	Brazil	1903	1996	93 years, 33 days
81	James Francis McIntyre	United States	1886	1979	93 years, 21 days
82	Giuseppe Pizzardo	Italy	1877	1970	93 years, 19 days
83	Antonio Innocenti	Italy	1915	2008	93 years, 14 days
84	Carlo Confalonieri	Italy	1893	1986	93 years, 7 days
85	Alessandro Verde	Italy	1865	1958	93 years, 2 days
86	José Saraiva Martins CMF	Portugal	1932	Alive	92 years, 360 days
87	Joseph Zen Ze-kiun SDB	China	1932	Alive	92 years, 353 days
88	Julien Ries	Belgium	1920	2013	92 years, 310 days
89	José Maria Caro Rodriguez	Chile	1866	1958	92 years, 285 days
90	Juan Carlos Aramburu	Argentina	1912	2004	92 years, 281 days
91	Sergio Sebastiani	Italy	1931	2023	92 years 280 days
92	Paolo Giobbe	Italy	1880	1972	92 years, 217 days
93	Josyf Slipyj	Ukraine	1892	1984	92 years, 203 days
	Léon-Étienne Duval	Algeria	1903	1996
95	Jean Honoré	France	1920	2013	92 years, 199 days
96	Joseph Asajiro Satowaki	Japan	1904	1996	92 years, 189 days
97	Luigi Poggi	Italy	1917	2010	92 years, 160 days
98	James Stafford	United States	1932	Alive	92 years, 158 days
99	Gaudencio Rosales	Philippines	1932	Alive	92 years, 143 days
100	Silvano Piovanelli	Italy	1924	2016	92 years, 139 days

Next to Join

Cardinal	Country	Born	Died	Age	Date of Entry (main list) After
Francis Arinze	Nigeria	1932	Alive	92 years, 60 days	2025-04-23 Silvano Piovanelli
Renato Martino	Italy	1932	Alive	92 years, 38 days	2025-05-02 Luigi Poggi
Kelvin Edward Felix	Saint Lucia	1933	Alive	91 years, 320 days	2025-08-23 Joseph Asajiro Satowaki
Walter Kasper	Gernany	1933	Alive	91 years, 301 days	2025-09-23 Jean Honoré
Juan Sandoval Íñiguez	Mexico	1933	Alive	91 years, 278 days	2025-10-17 Josyf Slipyj and Léon-Étienne Duval (tied)
Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa, ISch	Chile	1933	Alive	91 years, 117 days	2026-03-27 Josyf Slipyj and Léon-Étienne Duval
Raffaele Farina, SDB	Italy	1933	Alive	91 years, 98 days	2026-04-29 Paolo Giobbe
Giovanni Battista Re	Italy	1933	Alive	90 years, 336 days	2026-11-06 Sergio Sebastiani
Jean-Baptiste Phạm Minh Mẫn	Vietnam	1934	Alive	91 years, 278 days	2025-12-11 Juan Carlos Aramburu
Francesco Monterisi	Italy	1934	Alive	90 years, 217 days	2027-03-09 José Maria Caro Rodriguez
Raniero Cantalamessa, OFM Cap	Italy	1934	Alive	90 years, 162 days	2027-06-01 Julien Ries

Chronological list of Oldest living members of the College of Cardinals

Living From	To	Name	Lifespan		Nationality
Age	Age		Birth	Death
Time as Longest lived state Leader
??	11 August 1890	John Henry Newman	21 February 1801	11 August 1890	English (United Kingdom)
??			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	2 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	France
3 years, 288 days			88 years, 332 days
27 January 1908	5 August 1911	Anton Josef Gruscha	3 November 1820	5 August 1911	Italy
3 years, 190 days			90 years, 275 days
5 August 1911	14 November 1912	Alfonso Capecelatro	5 February 1824	14 November 1912
1 year, 101 days			88 years, 283 days
14 November 1912	5 December 1914	Angelo di Pierto	22 May 1828	5 December 1914
2 years, 21 days			86 years, 197 days
5 December 1914	21 December 1921	François de Rovérié de Cabrières	30 August 1830	21 December 1921	France
7 years, 16 days			91 years, 113 days
21 December 1921	4 February 1923	Giuseppe Antonio Ermenegildo Prisco	8 September 1833	4 February 1923	Italy
1 year, 45 days			89 years, 149 days
4 February 1923	9 July 1930	Vincenzo Vannutelli	8 September 1833	4 February 1923
7 years, 155 days			89 years, 149 days
9 July 1930	9 February 1933	Andreas Frühwirth	21 August 1845	9 February 1933	Austria
2 years, 215 days			87 years, 172 days
9 February 1933	31 March 1834	Franz Ehrle	17 October 1845	31 March 1934	Germany
1 year, 50 days			88 years, 165 days
31 March 1934	15 February 1935	Pierre Andrieu	7 December 1849	15 February 1935	France
321 days			85 years, 70 days
15 February 1935	16 February 1948	Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte	10 April 1851	16 February 1948	Italy
13 years, 1 day			96 years, 312 days
16 February 1948	4 August 1948	Enrico Sibilia	17 March 1861	4 August 1948
170 days			87 years, 140 days
4 August 1948	29 March 1958	Alessandro Verde	27 March 1865	29 March 1958
9 years, 237 days			93 years, 2 days
29 March 1958	4 December 1959	José María Caro Rodríguez	23 June 1866	4 December 1958	Chile
1 year, 250 days			92 years, 164 days
4 December 1958	5 May 1959	Georges Grente	5 May 1872	5 May 1959	France
152 days			87 years, 0 days
5 May 1959	22 December 1961	Elia dala Costa	14 May 1872	22 December 1961	Italy
2 years, 231 days			89 years, 222 days
22 December 1961	12 July 1968	Francesco Morano	8 June 1872	12 July 1968
6 years, 203 days			96 years, 34 days
12 July 1968	31 July 1968	Carlos María de la Torre	15 November 1873	31 July 1968	Ecuador
19 days			94 years, 259 days
31 July 1968	14 August 1968	Augusto da Silva	8 April 1876	14 August 1968	Brazil
14 days			92 years, 128 days
14 August 1968	1 August 1970	Giuseppe Pizzardo	13 July 1877	1 August 1970	Italy
1 year, 352 days			93 years, 19 days
1 August 1970	30 September 1970	Benedetto Aloisi Masella	29 June 1879	30 September 1970
60 days			91 years, 93 days
30 September 1970	14 August 1972	Paolo Giobbe	10 January 1880	14 August 1972
1 year, 319 days			92 years, 217 days
14 August 1972	29 November 1976	José da Costa Nunes	15 March 1880	29 November 1976	Portugal
4 years, 107 days			96 years, 259 days
29 November 1976	5 September 1979	Alberto di Jorio	18 July 1884	5 September 1979	Italy
2 years, 280 days			95 years, 49 days
5 September 1979	23 October 1979	Antonio Caggiano	30 January 1889	23 October 1979	Argentina
48 days			90 years, 266 days
23 October 1979	14 September 1982	Carlos Carmelo Vasconcellos Motta	16 July 1890	18 September 1982	Brazil
2 years, 326 days			92 years, 64 days
18 September 1982	29 December 1986	Pietro Parente	16 February 1891	29 December 1986	Italy
4 years, 102 days			95 years, 316 days
29 December 1986	24 May 1990	Julijans Vaivods	18 August 1895	24 May 1990	Latvia
3 years, 146 days			94 years, 279 days
24 May 1990	4 September 1991	Henri de Lubac	20 February 1896	4 September 1991	France
1 year, 103 days			95 years, 196 days
4 September 1991	12 July 1993	Ferdinando Giuseppe Antonelli	14 July 1896	12 July 1993	Italy
1 year, 311 days			96 years, 363 days
4 September 1991	12 July 1993	Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei	2 August 1901	12 March 2000	China
8 years, 190 days			98 years, 223 days
12 March 2000	3 February 2005	Corrado Bafile	4 July 1903	3 February 2005	Italy
4 years, 328 days			101 years, 214 days
3 February 2005	2 August 2006 1 year, 180 days	Johannes Willebrands	4 September 1909 - 1 August 2008 96 years, 331 days		Natherlands
2006 - 2007 1 year, 133 days		Alfons Maria Stickler	1910 - 2007 97 years, 311 days		Austria
2007 - 2010 2 years, 139 days		Paul Augustin Mayer	1911 - 2010 98 years, 312 days		Germany
2010 - 2013 3 years, 89 days		Ersilio Tonini	1914 - 2013 99 years, 8 days		Italy
2013 - 2014 209 days		Fiorenzo Angelini	1916 - 2014 98 years, 113 days
2014 - 2016 2 years, 94 days		Loris Francesco Capovilla	1915 - 2016 100 years, 225 days
2016 - 2019 3 years, 100 days		José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez	1919 - 2019 100 years 197 days		Colombia
3 - 4 September 2019 (1 day)		Roger Etchegaray	1922 - 2019 96 years, 344 days		France
4 September 2019 - 29 July 2021 (1 year, 3258 days)		Albert Vanhoye	1923 - 2021 98 years, 5 days
29 July 2021 - 8 August 2022 1 year, 10 days		Jozef Tomko	1924 - 2022 100 years, 283 days		Slovakia
8 August 2022 - Present (1 year, 271 days)		Alexandre do Nascimento	born 1921 age 103 years, 65 days		Angola

See Also

• List of Cardinals by Age (current)
• Cardinals by Death Date (who died at least 85 years old)
• Lists of Cardinals by death date
• List of current cardinals