List of oldest living Catholic bishops and cardinals
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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 11 cardinals (10 current and 1 former) and 89 bishops.
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Rank | Prelate | Country | Born | Ordained | Consecration | Age |
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1 | José de Jesús Sahagún de la Parra | Mexico | January 1, 1922 | May 28, 1946 | September 8, 1961 | 102 years, 305 days |
2 | René Henry Gracida | United States | June 9, 1923 | May 23, 1959 | January 25, 1972 | 101 years, 145 days |
3 | Settimio Todisco | Italy | May 10, 1924 | July 27, 1947 | February 15, 1970 | 100 years, 175 days |
4 | Daniel Verstraete | South Africa | July 31, 1924 | February 19, 1950 | May 14, 1978 | 100 years, 93 days |
5 | Manuel Edmilson da Cruz | Brazil | October 3, 1924 | December 5, 1948 | November 6, 1966 | 100 years, 29 days |
6 | Albert Houssiau | Belgium | November 2, 1924 | February 6, 1949 | May 18, 1986 | 99 years, 365 days |
7 | Serafín Luis Alberto Cartagena Ocaña | Spain | November 7, 1924 | April 1, 1951 | February 2, 1983 | 99 years, 360 days |
8 | Victorinus Youn Kong-hi | South Korea | November 8, 1924 | March 20, 1950 | October 20, 1963 | 99 years, 359 days |
9 | Gaetano Bonicelli | Italy | December 13, 1924 | May 22, 1948 | August 26, 1975 | 99 years, 324 days |
10 | James Hector MacDonald | Canada | April 28, 1925 | June 29, 1953 | April 17, 1978 | 99 years, 187 days |
11 | Angelo Acerbi | Italy | September 23, 1925 | March 27, 1948 | June 30, 1974 | 99 years, 39 days |
12 | Jacques de Saint-Blanquat | France | November 21, 1925 | March 29, 1952 | October 5, 1975 | 98 years, 346 days |
13 | John R. Gorman | United States | December 11, 1925 | May 1, 1956 | April 11, 1988 | 98 years, 326 days |
14 | Estanislao Esteban Karlic | Argentina | February 7, 1926 | December 8, 1954 | August 15, 1977 | 98 years, 268 days |
15 | Hildebrando Mendes Costa | Brazil | June 16, 1926 | December 2, 1951 | May 24, 1981 | 98 years, 138 days |
16 | Heitor de Araújo Sales | Brazil | July 29, 1926 | December 3, 1950 | June 16, 1978 | 98 years, 95 days |
17 | Pedro Antônio Marchetti Fedalto | Brazil | August 11, 1926 | December 6, 1950 | August 28, 1966 | 98 years, 82 days |
18 | Raúl Holguer López Mayorga | Ecuador | August 24, 1926 | June 29, 1951 | April 29, 1973 | 98 years, 69 days |
19 | Emmanuel Wamala | Uganda | December 15, 1926 | December 21, 1957 | November 22, 1981 | 97 years, 322 days |
20 | Paul Kim Tchang-ryeol | South Korea | January 25, 1927 | August 22, 1953 | January 6, 1984 | 97 years, 281 days |
21 | Julian Wojtkowski | Poland | January 31, 1927 | June 25, 1950 | August 22, 1969 | 97 years, 275 days |
22 | Victor Manuel Maldonado Barreno | Ecuador | February 14, 1927 | June 29, 1953 | March 3, 1990 | 97 years, 261 days |
Gilberto Pereira Lopes | Brazil | December 14, 1949 | December 18, 1969 | |||
24 | Dominic Anthony Marconi | United States | March 13, 1927 | May 30, 1953 | June 25, 1976 | 97 years, 233 days |
25 | Joseph Pallikaparampil | India | April 10, 1927 | November 23, 1958 | August 15, 1973 | 97 years, 205 days |
26 | Luis Pascual Dri | Argentina | April 17, 1927 | March 29, 1952 | – | 97 years, 198 days |
27 | Edvaldo Gonçalves Amaral | Brazil | May 25, 1927 | December 8, 1954 | April 20, 1975 | 97 years, 160 days |
28 | Joseph Martin Sartoris | United States | July 1, 1927 | May 30, 1953 | March 19, 1994 | 97 years, 123 days |
29 | Kazimierz Romaniuk | Poland | August 21, 1927 | December 16, 1951 | March 4, 1982 | 97 years, 72 days |
30 | Edoardo Rovida | Italy | August 26, 1927 | June 29, 1950 | October 10, 1971 | 97 years, 67 days |
31 | Abraham Than | Myanmar | September 21, 1927 | September 22, 1957 | May 11, 1969 | 97 years, 41 days |
32 | Júlio Duarte Langa | Mozambique | October 27, 1927 | June 9, 1957 | October 24, 1976 | 97 years, 5 days |
33 | Daniel Cronin | United States | November 14, 1927 | December 20, 1952 | September 12, 1968 | 96 years, 353 days |
34 | Raymond Razakarinvony | Madagascar | November 19, 1927 | July 27, 1956 | May 17, 1998 | 96 years, 348 days |
35 | Bernhard Kühnel | Germany | December 4, 1927 | August 6, 1955 | April 27, 1983 | 96 years, 333 days |
36 | Vincenzo Rimedio | Italy | December 5, 1927 | July 22, 1951 | October 28, 1982 | 96 years, 332 days |
37 | Giovanni Zerbini | Italy | December 29, 1927 | June 29, 1956 | February 19, 1995 | 96 years, 308 days |
38 | Friedrich Wetter | Germany | February 20, 1928 | October 10, 1953 | June 29, 1968 | 96 years, 255 days |
39 | Robert Joseph Banks | United States | February 26, 1928 | December 20, 1952 | September 19, 1985 | 96 years, 249 days |
40 | John Stephen Cummins | United States | March 3, 1928 | January 24, 1953 | May 16, 1974 | 96 years, 243 days |
41 | Gerd Dicke | Germany | March 28, 1928 | July 25, 1952 | February 16, 1970 | 96 years, 218 days |
42 | Allan Chamgwera | Malawi | April 30, 1928 | September 7, 1957 | May 31, 1981 | 96 years, 185 days |
43 | Louis Edward Gelineau | United States | May 3, 1928 | June 5, 1953 | January 26, 1972 | 96 years, 182 days |
44 | Jacques Despierre | France | May 6, 1928 | June 24, 1952 | October 10, 1982 | 96 years, 179 days |
45 | Pierre Mouallem | Israel | May 10, 1928 | November 21, 1955 | June 29, 1990 | 96 years, 175 days |
46 | Charles Louis Joseph Vandame | Chad | June 4, 1928 | September 7, 1960 | January 6, 1982 | 96 years, 150 days |
47 | Benedito Francisco de Albuquerque | Brazil | July 24, 1928 | December 8, 1953 | May 5, 1985 | 96 years, 100 days |
48 | Philippe Bär | Netherlands | July 29, 1928 | July 26, 1959 | March 20, 1982 | 96 years, 95 days |
49 | Ignacio Trejos Picado | Costa Rica | July 31, 1928 | March 8, 1952 | March 8, 1968 | 96 years, 93 days |
50 | Peter Chung Hoan Ting | Malaysia | September 10, 1928 | September 26, 1954 | November 15, 1970 | 96 years, 52 days |
51 | Owen Dolan | New Zealand | September 30, 1928 | July 21, 1954 | December 10, 1995 | 96 years, 32 days |
52 | István Katona | Hungary | October 3, 1928 | June 7, 1953 | December 9, 1989 | 96 years, 29 days |
53 | Francisco Barroso Filho | Brazil | October 8, 1928 | December 1, 1957 | March 19, 1984 | 96 years, 24 days |
54 | Ernest Simoni | Albania | October 18, 1928 | April 7, 1956 | – | 96 years, 14 days |
55 | Lucas Liu Hsien-tang | Taiwan | December 21, 1928 | November 30, 1956 | January 1, 1981 | 95 years, 316 days |
56 | Walter Brandmüller | Germany | January 5, 1929 | July 26, 1953 | November 13, 2010 | 95 years, 301 days |
57 | Melchior Shi Hongzhen | China | January 7, 1929 | July 4, 1954 | June 15, 1982 | 95 years, 299 days |
58 | Fritz Lobinger | Germany | January 22, 1929 | June 29, 1955 | February 27, 1988 | 95 years, 284 days |
59 | Adalberto Paulo da Silva | Brazil | January 25, 1929 | December 8, 1956 | August 3, 1975 | 95 years, 281 days |
Michael Michai Kitbunchu | Thailand | December 20, 1959 | June 3, 1973 | |||
61 | Edgerton Roland Clarke | Jamaica | February 14, 1929 | February 2, 1960 | November 30, 1967 | 95 years, 261 days |
62 | Leo Nowak | Germany | March 17, 1929 | May 10, 1956 | March 24, 1990 | 95 years, 229 days |
63 | Georges Gilson | France | May 30, 1929 | April 20, 1957 | October 9, 1976 | 95 years, 155 days |
64 | Pier Giuliano Tiddia | Italy | June 13, 1929 | December 16, 1951 | February 2, 1975 | 95 years, 141 days |
65 | Paolo Gillet | Italy | July 8, 1929 | September 19, 1953 | January 6, 1994 | 95 years, 116 days |
66 | René Dupont | France | September 2, 1929 | June 29, 1953 | July 25, 1969 | 95 years, 60 days |
67 | Patricio Infante Alfonso | Chile | October 9, 1929 | June 28, 1953 | September 23, 1984 | 95 years, 23 days |
68 | Angelo Mascheroni | Italy | October 13, 1929 | June 13, 1952 | June 24, 1990 | 95 years, 19 days |
69 | Héctor Luis Lucas Peña Gómez | Cuba | October 18, 1929 | June 25, 1955 | March 19, 1970 | 95 years, 14 days |
70 | Antônio de Souza | Brazil | October 21, 1929 | July 1, 1956 | April 16, 1974 | 95 years, 11 days |
71 | Vincenzo Zarri | Italy | October 23, 1929 | July 25, 1952 | June 29, 1976 | 95 years, 9 days |
72 | Paul-Marie Gillaume | France | October 31, 1929 | April 9, 1955 | December 9, 1984 | 95 years, 1 day |
73 | Ignacio Gómez Aristizábal | Colombia | December 2, 1929 | August 17, 1958 | September 8, 1972 | 94 years, 335 days |
74 | José Geraldo Oliveira do Valle | Brazil | December 3, 1929 | January 10, 1954 | July 23, 1982 | 94 years, 334 days |
75 | Ramón Buxarrais Ventura | Spain | December 12, 1929 | December 17, 1955 | October 3, 1971 | 94 years, 325 days |
76 | Victorio Oliver Domingo | Spain | December 23, 1929 | June 27, 1954 | October 12, 1972 | 94 years, 314 days |
77 | Miguel Caviedes | Chile | January 30, 1930 | September 18, 1954 | December 19, 1982 | 94 years, 276 days |
78 | Jean Bonfils | France | February 15, 1930 | December 7, 1954 | January 10, 1993 | 94 years, 260 days |
79 | Pedro Dean | Philippines | February 21, 1930 | November 30, 1956 | January 25, 1978 | 94 years, 254 days |
80 | David Cremin | Australia | February 22, 1930 | June 12, 1955 | January 19, 1974 | 94 years, 253 days |
81 | Francesco Cuccarese | Italy | March 8, 1930 | July 19, 1953 | April 1, 1979 | 94 years, 238 days |
82 | Adam Maida | United States | March 18, 1930 | May 26, 1956 | January 25, 1984 | 94 years, 228 days |
83 | Julián Herranz Casado | Spain | March 31, 1930 | August 7, 1955 | January 6, 1991 | 94 years, 215 days |
84 | Juan Luis Ysern de Arce | Chile | May 2, 1930 | June 29, 1953 | May 7, 1972 | 94 years, 183 days |
85 | William Edwin Franklin | United States | May 3, 1930 | February 4, 1956 | April 1, 1987 | 94 years, 182 days |
86 | Giuseppe Di Falco | Italy | May 13, 1930 | June 29, 1953 | July 14, 1985 | 94 years, 172 days |
87 | José da Silva Chaves | Brazil | May 15, 1930 | December 8, 1955 | February 11, 1968 | 94 years, 170 days |
Lawrence Sabatini | Canada | March 19, 1957 | September 21, 1978 | |||
89 | William J. Winter | United States | May 20, 1930 | December 17, 1955 | February 13, 1989 | 94 years, 165 days |
90 | Emmanuel Milingo | Zambia | June 13, 1930 | August 31, 1958 | August 1, 1969 | 94 years, 141 days |
91 | Serafim de Sousa Ferreira e Silva | Portugal | June 16, 1930 | August 1, 1954 | June 16, 1979 | 94 years, 138 days |
92 | Athanase Matti Shaba Matoka | Iraq | June 20, 1930 | October 17, 1954 | December 8, 1979 | 94 years, 134 days |
93 | Orlando Octacílio Dotti | Brazil | June 22, 1930 | April 8, 1956 | May 25, 1969 | 94 years, 132 days |
94 | Raúl Corriveau | Honduras | June 27, 1930 | July 1, 1956 | December 8, 1980 | 94 years, 127 days |
95 | Émile Marcus | France | June 29, 1930 | June 29, 1957 | May 13, 1977 | 94 years, 125 days |
96 | Theodore McCarrick | United States | July 7, 1930 | May 31, 1958 | June 29, 1977 | 94 years, 117 days |
97 | Thadeu Gomes Canellas | Brazil | July 28, 1930 | February 25, 1956 | February 25, 1984 | 94 years, 96 days |
98 | Denys Raboula Antoine Beylouni | Lebanon | August 8, 1930 | October 17, 1954 | December 18, 1983 | 94 years, 85 days |
John Joseph Leibrecht | United States | March 17, 1956 | December 12, 1984 | |||
100 | Teodoro de Faria | Portugal | August 24, 1930 | September 22, 1956 | May 16, 1982 | 94 years, 69 days |