List of oldest living Catholic bishops and cardinals
This is a list of the 100 oldest living Catholic bishops and cardinals (in bold those who are Cardinals). The current breakdown of the 100 persons are 11 cardinals and 89 bishops.
List
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, 140 days |
2 | René Henry Gracida | United States | June 9, 1923 | May 23, 1959 | January 25, 1972 | 100 years, 346 days |
3 | Settimio Todisco | Italy | May 10, 1924 | July 27, 1947 | February 15, 1970 | 100 years, 10 days |
4 | Daniel Verstraete | South Africa | July 31, 1924 | February 19, 1950 | May 14, 1978 | 99 years, 294 days |
5 | Manuel Edmilson da Cruz | Brazil | October 3, 1924 | December 5, 1948 | November 6, 1966 | 99 years, 230 days |
6 | Albert Houssiau | Belgium | November 2, 1924 | February 6, 1949 | May 18, 1986 | 99 years, 200 days |
7 | Serafín Luis Alberto Cartagena Ocaña | Spain | November 7, 1924 | April 1, 1951 | February 2, 1983 | 99 years, 195 days |
8 | Victorinus Youn Kong-hi | South Korea | November 8, 1924 | March 20, 1950 | October 20, 1963 | 99 years, 194 days |
9 | Gaetano Bonicelli | Italy | December 13, 1924 | May 22, 1948 | August 26, 1975 | 99 years, 159 days |
10 | Alexandre do Nascimento | Angola | March 1, 1925 | December 20, 1952 | August 31, 1975 | 99 years, 80 days |
11 | James Hector MacDonald | Canada | April 28, 1925 | June 29, 1953 | April 17, 1978 | 99 years, 22 days |
12 | Angelo Acerbi | Italy | September 23, 1925 | March 27, 1948 | June 30, 1974 | 98 years, 240 days |
13 | Jacques de Saint-Blanquat | France | November 21, 1925 | March 29, 1952 | October 5, 1975 | 98 years, 181 days |
14 | John R. Gorman | United States | December 11, 1925 | May 1, 1956 | April 11, 1988 | 98 years, 161 days |
15 | Estanislao Esteban Karlic | Argentina | February 7, 1926 | December 8, 1954 | August 15, 1977 | 98 years, 103 days |
16 | Hildebrando Mendes Costa | Brazil | June 16, 1926 | December 2, 1951 | May 24, 1981 | 97 years, 339 days |
17 | Heitor de Araújo Sales | Brazil | July 29, 1926 | December 3, 1950 | June 16, 1978 | 97 years, 296 days |
18 | Pedro Antônio Marchetti Fedalto | Brazil | August 11, 1926 | December 6, 1950 | August 28, 1966 | 97 years, 283 days |
19 | Raúl Holguer López Mayorga | Ecuador | August 24, 1926 | June 29, 1951 | April 29, 1973 | 97 years, 270 days |
20 | Domenico Crescentino Marinozzi | Italy | November 21, 1926 | December 17, 1950 | December 10, 1982 | 97 years, 181 days |
21 | Emmanuel Wamala | Uganda | December 15, 1926 | December 21, 1957 | November 22, 1981 | 97 years, 157 days |
22 | Michael Pak Jeong-il | South Korea | December 18, 1926 | November 23, 1958 | May 31, 1977 | 97 years, 154 days |
23 | Paul Kim Tchang-ryeol | South Korea | January 25, 1927 | August 22, 1953 | January 6, 1984 | 97 years, 116 days |
24 | Julian Wojtkowski | Poland | January 31, 1927 | June 25, 1950 | August 22, 1969 | 97 years, 110 days |
25 | Victor Manuel Maldonado Barreno | Ecuador | February 14, 1927 | June 29, 1953 | March 3, 1990 | 97 years, 96 days |
Gilberto Pereira Lopes | Brazil | December 14, 1949 | December 18, 1969 | |||
27 | Dominic Anthony Marconi | United States | March 13, 1927 | May 30, 1953 | June 25, 1976 | 97 years, 68 days |
28 | Joseph Pallikaparampil | India | April 10, 1927 | November 23, 1958 | August 15, 1973 | 97 years, 40 days |
29 | Luis Pascual Dri | Argentina | April 17, 1927 | March 29, 1952 | – | 97 years, 33 days |
30 | Edvaldo Gonçalves Amaral | Brazil | May 25, 1927 | December 8, 1954 | April 20, 1975 | 96 years, 361 days |
31 | Joseph Martin Sartoris | United States | July 1, 1927 | May 30, 1953 | March 19, 1994 | 96 years, 324 days |
32 | Alberto Tricarico | Italy | August 10, 1927 | January 6, 1950 | April 27, 1987 | 96 years, 284 days |
33 | Kazimierz Romaniuk | Poland | August 21, 1927 | December 16, 1951 | March 4, 1982 | 96 years, 273 days |
34 | Edoardo Rovida | Italy | August 26, 1927 | June 29, 1950 | October 10, 1971 | 96 years, 268 days |
35 | Abraham Than | Myanmar | September 21, 1927 | September 22, 1957 | May 11, 1969 | 96 years, 242 days |
36 | Júlio Duarte Langa | Mozambique | October 27, 1927 | June 9, 1957 | October 24, 1976 | 96 years, 206 days |
37 | Daniel Cronin | United States | November 14, 1927 | December 20, 1952 | September 12, 1968 | 96 years, 188 days |
38 | Raymond Razakarinvony | Madagascar | November 19, 1927 | July 27, 1956 | May 17, 1998 | 96 years, 183 days |
39 | Bernhard Kühnel | Germany | December 4, 1927 | August 6, 1955 | April 27, 1983 | 96 years, 168 days |
40 | Vincenzo Rimedio | Italy | December 5, 1927 | July 22, 1951 | October 28, 1982 | 96 years, 167 days |
41 | Giovanni Zerbini | Italy | December 29, 1927 | June 29, 1956 | February 19, 1995 | 96 years, 143 days |
42 | Friedrich Wetter | Germany | February 20, 1928 | October 10, 1953 | June 29, 1968 | 96 years, 90 days |
43 | Robert Joseph Banks | United States | February 26, 1928 | December 20, 1952 | September 19, 1985 | 96 years, 84 days |
44 | John Stephen Cummins | United States | March 3, 1928 | January 24, 1953 | May 16, 1974 | 96 years, 78 days |
45 | Gerd Dicke | Germany | March 28, 1928 | July 25, 1952 | February 16, 1970 | 96 years, 53 days |
46 | Allan Chamgwera | Malawi | April 30, 1928 | September 7, 1957 | May 31, 1981 | 96 years, 20 days |
47 | Louis Edward Gelineau | United States | May 3, 1928 | June 5, 1953 | January 26, 1972 | 96 years, 17 days |
48 | Jacques Despierre | France | May 6, 1928 | June 24, 1952 | October 10, 1982 | 96 years, 14 days |
49 | Pierre Mouallem | Israel | May 10, 1928 | November 21, 1955 | June 29, 1990 | 96 years, 10 days |
50 | Daniel Patrick Reilly | United States | May 12, 1928 | May 30, 1953 | August 6, 1975 | 96 years, 8 days |
51 | Charles Louis Joseph Vandame | Chad | June 4, 1928 | September 7, 1960 | January 6, 1982 | 95 years, 351 days |
52 | Alphonsus Mathias | India | June 22, 1928 | August 24, 1954 | February 5, 1964 | 95 years, 333 days |
53 | Jean-Baptiste Bui Tuân | Vietnam | June 24, 1928 | September 2, 1955 | April 30, 1975 | 95 years, 331 days |
54 | Benedito Francisco de Albuquerque | Brazil | July 24, 1928 | December 8, 1953 | May 5, 1985 | 95 years, 301 days |
55 | Philippe Bär | Netherlands | July 29, 1928 | July 26, 1959 | March 20, 1982 | 95 years, 296 days |
56 | Ignacio Trejos Picado | Costa Rica | July 31, 1928 | March 8, 1952 | March 8, 1968 | 95 years, 294 days |
57 | Peter Chung Hoan Ting | Malaysia | September 10, 1928 | September 26, 1954 | November 15, 1970 | 95 years, 253 days |
58 | Owen Dolan | New Zealand | September 30, 1928 | July 21, 1954 | December 10, 1995 | 95 years, 233 days |
59 | István Katona | Hungary | October 3, 1928 | June 7, 1953 | December 9, 1989 | 95 years, 230 days |
60 | Francisco Barroso Filho | Brazil | October 8, 1928 | December 1, 1957 | March 19, 1984 | 95 years, 225 days |
61 | Ernest Simoni | Albania | October 18, 1928 | April 7, 1956 | – | 95 years, 215 days |
62 | Lucas Liu Hsien-tang | Taiwan | December 21, 1928 | November 30, 1956 | January 1, 1981 | 95 years, 151 days |
63 | Walter Brandmüller | Germany | January 5, 1929 | July 26, 1953 | November 13, 2010 | 95 years, 136 days |
64 | Melchior Shi Hongzhen | China | January 7, 1929 | July 4, 1954 | June 15, 1982 | 95 years, 134 days |
65 | Fritz Lobinger | Germany | January 22, 1929 | June 29, 1955 | February 27, 1988 | 95 years, 119 days |
66 | Adalberto Paulo da Silva | Brazil | January 25, 1929 | December 8, 1956 | August 3, 1975 | 95 years, 116 days |
Michael Michai Kitbunchu | Thailand | December 20, 1959 | June 3, 1973 | |||
68 | Edgerton Roland Clarke | Jamaica | February 14, 1929 | February 2, 1960 | November 30, 1967 | 95 years, 96 days |
69 | Leo Nowak | Germany | March 17, 1929 | May 10, 1956 | March 24, 1990 | 95 years, 64 days |
70 | Georges Gilson | France | May 30, 1929 | April 20, 1957 | October 9, 1976 | 94 years, 356 days |
71 | Pier Giuliano Tiddia | Italy | June 13, 1929 | December 16, 1951 | February 2, 1975 | 94 years, 342 days |
72 | Paolo Gillet | Italy | July 8, 1929 | September 19, 1953 | January 6, 1994 | 94 years, 317 days |
73 | René Dupont | France | September 2, 1929 | June 29, 1953 | July 25, 1969 | 94 years, 261 days |
74 | Patricio Infante Alfonso | Chile | October 9, 1929 | June 28, 1953 | September 23, 1984 | 94 years, 224 days |
75 | Angelo Mascheroni | Italy | October 13, 1929 | June 13, 1952 | June 24, 1990 | 94 years, 220 days |
76 | Héctor Luis Lucas Peña Gómez | Cuba | October 18, 1929 | June 25, 1955 | March 19, 1970 | 94 years, 215 days |
77 | Antônio de Souza | Brazil | October 21, 1929 | July 1, 1956 | April 16, 1974 | 94 years, 212 days |
78 | Vincenzo Zarri | Italy | October 23, 1929 | July 25, 1952 | June 29, 1976 | 94 years, 210 days |
79 | Paul-Marie Gillaume | France | October 31, 1929 | April 9, 1955 | December 9, 1984 | 94 years, 202 days |
80 | Ignacio Gómez Aristizábal | Colombia | December 2, 1929 | August 17, 1958 | September 8, 1972 | 94 years, 170 days |
81 | José Geraldo Oliveira do Valle | Brazil | December 3, 1929 | January 10, 1954 | July 23, 1982 | 94 years, 169 days |
82 | Ramón Buxarrais Ventura | Spain | December 12, 1929 | December 17, 1955 | October 3, 1971 | 94 years, 160 days |
83 | Victorio Oliver Domingo | Spain | December 23, 1929 | June 27, 1954 | October 12, 1972 | 94 years, 149 days |
84 | Miguel Caviedes | Chile | January 30, 1930 | September 18, 1954 | December 19, 1982 | 94 years, 111 days |
85 | Jean Bonfils | France | February 15, 1930 | December 7, 1954 | January 10, 1993 | 94 years, 95 days |
86 | Pedro Dean | Philippines | February 21, 1930 | November 30, 1956 | January 25, 1978 | 94 years, 89 days |
87 | David Cremin | Australia | February 22, 1930 | June 12, 1955 | January 19, 1974 | 94 years, 88 days |
88 | Francesco Cuccarese | Italy | March 8, 1930 | July 19, 1953 | April 1, 1979 | 94 years, 73 days |
89 | Adam Maida | United States | March 18, 1930 | May 26, 1956 | January 25, 1984 | 94 years, 63 days |
90 | Julián Herranz Casado | Spain | March 31, 1930 | August 7, 1955 | January 6, 1991 | 94 years, 50 days |
91 | Adélio Tomasin | Brazil | April 27, 1930 | March 26, 1955 | March 26, 1988 | 94 years, 23 days |
92 | Juan Luis Ysern de Arce | Chile | May 2, 1930 | June 29, 1953 | May 7, 1972 | 94 years, 18 days |
93 | William Edwin Franklin | United States | May 3, 1930 | February 4, 1956 | April 1, 1987 | 94 years, 17 days |
94 | Basil H. Losten | United States | May 11, 1930 | June 10, 1957 | May 25, 1971 | 94 years, 9 days |
95 | Giuseppe Di Falco | Italy | May 13, 1930 | June 29, 1953 | July 14, 1985 | 94 years, 7 days |
96 | José da Silva Chaves | Brazil | May 15, 1930 | December 8, 1955 | February 11, 1968 | 94 years, 5 days |
Lawrence Sabatini | Canada | March 19, 1957 | September 21, 1978 | |||
98 | William J. Winter | United States | May 20, 1930 | December 17, 1955 | February 13, 1989 | 94 years, 0 days |
99 | Emmanuel Milingo | Zambia | June 13, 1930 | August 31, 1958 | August 1, 1969 | 93 years, 342 days |
100 | Serafim de Sousa Ferreira e Silva | Portugal | June 16, 1930 | August 1, 1954 | June 16, 1979 | 93 years, 339 days |