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, in gold the Pope emeritus). The current breakdown of the 101 persons are the Pope Emeritus, 8 cardinals and 92 bishops.
| Rank | Bishop or Cardinal | Date of birth and age | Ordained Priest | Consecrated Bishop | Country of origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | José de Jesús Sahagún de la Parra | January 1, 1922 | May 28, 1946 | September 8, 1961 | Mexico |
| 2 | René Henry Gracida | June 9, 1923 | May 23, 1959 | January 25, 1972 | United States |
| 3 | Giuseppe Casale | September 28, 1923 | February 3, 1946 | December 8, 1974 | Italy |
| 4 | Luigi Bettazzi | November 26, 1923 | August 4, 1946 | October 4, 1963 | Italy |
| 5 | Augusto Lauro | November 29, 1923 | June 29, 1947 | October 28, 1975 | Italy |
| 6 | Thomas Zhao Duomo | 1924 (age 97–98) | 1951 | February 17, 2004 | China |
| 7 | Stanisław Szymecki | January 26, 1924 | July 3, 1947 | April 12, 1981 | Poland |
| 8 | Peter Takaaki Hirayama | March 31, 1924 | March 19, 1957 | January 25, 1970 | Japan |
| 9 | Settimio Todisco | May 10, 1924 | July 27, 1947 | February 15, 1970 | Italy |
| 10 | Daniel Verstraete | July 31, 1924 | February 19, 1950 | May 14, 1978 | South Africa |
| 11 | Manuel Edmilson da Cruz | October 3, 1924 | December 5, 1948 | November 6, 1966 | Brazil |
| 12 | Albert Houssiau | November 2, 1924 | February 6, 1949 | May 18, 1986 | Belgium |
| 13 | Serafín Luis Alberto Cartagena Ocaña | November 7, 1924 | April 1, 1951 | February 2, 1983 | Spain |
| 14 | Victorinus Youn Kong-hi | November 8, 1924 | March 20, 1950 | October 20, 1963 | South Korea |
| 15 | Gaetano Bonicelli | December 13, 1924 | May 22, 1948 | August 26, 1975 | Italy |
| 16 | Alexandre do Nascimento | March 1, 1925 | December 20, 1952 | August 31, 1975 | Angola |
| 17 | James Hector MacDonald | April 28, 1925 | June 29, 1953 | April 17, 1978 | Canada |
| 18 | Ignatius Paul Pinto | May 18, 1925 | August 24, 1952 | January 31, 1989 | India |
| 19 | Ernest Bertrand Boland | July 10, 1925 | June 9, 1955 | July 25, 1966 | United States |
| 20 | Joseph Gabriel Fernandez | September 16, 1925 | March 19, 1949 | May 14, 1978 | India |
| 21 | Angelo Acerbi | September 23, 1925 | March 27, 1948 | June 30, 1974 | Italy |
| 22 | Jacques de Saint-Blanquat | November 21, 1925 | March 29, 1952 | October 5, 1975 | France |
| 23 | John R. Gorman | December 11, 1925 | May 1, 1956 | April 11, 1988 | United States |
| 24 | John Huo Cheng | February 1, 1926 | May 14, 1954 | September 4, 1991 | China |
| 25 | Estanislao Esteban Karlic | February 7, 1926 | December 8, 1954 | August 15, 1977 | Argentina |
| 26 | Maurice Taylor | May 5, 1926 | July 2, 1950 | June 9, 1981 | United Kingdom |
| 27 | Walter Ivan de Azevedo | May 8, 1926 | December 8, 1953 | July 27, 1986 | Brazil |
| 28 | Hildebrando Mendes Costa | June 16, 1926 | December 2, 1951 | May 24, 1981 | Brazil |
| 29 | Emanuele Catarinicchia | July 12, 1926 | April 2, 1949 | December 17, 1978 | Italy |
| 30 | James Chan Soon Cheong | July 26, 1926 | August 6, 1959 | June 8, 1973 | Malaysia |
| 31 | Heitor de Araújo Sales | July 29, 1926 | December 3, 1950 | June 16, 1978 | Brazil |
| 32 | Pedro Antônio Marchetti Fedalto | August 11, 1926 | December 6, 1950 | August 28, 1966 | Brazil |
| 33 | Raúl Holguer López Mayorga | August 24, 1926 | June 29, 1951 | April 29, 1973 | Ecuador |
| 34 | Gilbert Sheldon | September 20, 1926 | February 28, 1953 | June 11, 1976 | United States |
| 35 | Domenico Crescentino Marinozzi | November 21, 1926 | December 17, 1950 | December 10, 1982 | Italy |
| 36 | Emmanuel Wamala | December 15, 1926 | December 21, 1957 | November 22, 1981 | Uganda |
| 37 | Michael Pak Jeong-il | December 18, 1926 | November 23, 1958 | May 31, 1977 | South Korea |
| 38 | Paolo Magnani | December 31, 1926 | June 29, 1951 | September 10, 1977 | Italy |
| 39 | Paul Kim Tchang-ryeol | January 25, 1927 | August 22, 1953 | January 6, 1984 | South Korea |
| 40 | Julian Wojtkowski | January 31, 1927 | June 25, 1950 | August 22, 1969 | Poland |
| 41 / 42 | Victor Manuel Maldonado Barreno | February 14, 1927 | June 29, 1953 | March 3, 1990 | Ecuador |
| Gilberto Pereira Lopes | February 14, 1927 | December 14, 1949 | December 18, 1969 | Brazil | |
| 43 | Senan Louis O'Donnell | February 24, 1927 | July 17, 1955 | November 28, 1993 | Ireland |
| 44 | Dominic Anthony Marconi | March 13, 1927 | May 30, 1953 | June 25, 1976 | United States |
| 45 | Joseph Pallikaparampil | April 10, 1927 | November 23, 1958 | August 15, 1973 | India |
| 46 | Pope Benedict XVI | April 16, 1927 | June 29, 1951 | May 28, 1977 | Germany |
| 47 | José Agustín Valbuena Jáuregui | May 20, 1927 | November 20, 1949 | October 25, 1977 | Colombia |
| 48 | Edvaldo Gonçalves Amaral | May 25, 1927 | December 8, 1954 | April 20, 1975 | Brazil |
| 49 | Joseph Martin Sartoris | July 1, 1927 | May 30, 1953 | March 19, 1994 | United States |
| 50 | James Timlin | August 5, 1927 | July 16, 1951 | September 21, 1976 | United States |
| 51 | Alberto Tricarico | August 10, 1927 | January 6, 1950 | April 27, 1987 | Italy |
| 52 | Kazimierz Romaniuk | August 21, 1927 | December 16, 1951 | March 4, 1982 | Poland |
| 53 | Edoardo Rovida | August 26, 1927 | June 29, 1950 | October 10, 1971 | Italy |
| 54 | Abraham Than | September 21, 1927 | September 22, 1957 | May 11, 1969 | Myanmar |
| 55 | Abraham Nehmé | October 8, 1927 | January 3, 1954 | October 26, 1986 | Syria |
| 56 | Raymond E. Goedert | October 15, 1927 | May 1, 1952 | August 29, 1991 | United States |
| 57 | Júlio Duarte Langa | October 27, 1927 | June 9, 1957 | October 24, 1976 | Mozambique |
| 58 | Pierre Trân Thanh Chung | November 10, 1927 | May 25, 1955 | November 22, 1981 | Vietnam |
| 59 | Daniel Cronin | November 14, 1927 | December 20, 1952 | September 12, 1968 | United States |
| 60 | Raymond Razakarinvony | November 19, 1927 | July 27, 1956 | May 17, 1998 | Madagascar |
| 61 | Bernhard Kühnel | December 4, 1927 | August 6, 1955 | April 27, 1983 | Germany |
| 62 | Vincenzo Rimedio | December 5, 1927 | July 22, 1951 | October 28, 1982 | Italy |
| 63 | Giovanni Zerbini | December 29, 1927 | June 29, 1956 | February 19, 1995 | Italy |
| 64 | Friedrich Wetter | February 20, 1928 | October 10, 1953 | June 29, 1968 | Germany |
| 65 | Robert Joseph Banks | February 26, 1928 | December 20, 1952 | September 19, 1985 | United States |
| 66 | Klaus Dick | February 27, 1928 | February 24, 1953 | May 19, 1975 | Germany |
| 67 | John Stephen Cummins | March 3, 1928 | January 24, 1953 | May 16, 1974 | United States |
| 68 | Gerd Dicke | March 28, 1928 | July 25, 1952 | February 16, 1970 | Germany |
| 69 | Alfred Kleinermeilert | March 30, 1928 | October 10, 1953 | May 3, 1968 | Germany |
| 70 | Peter Henrici | March 31, 1928 | July 23, 1958 | May 31, 1993 | Switzerland |
| 71 | Allan Chamgwera | April 30, 1928 | September 7, 1957 | May 31, 1981 | Malawi |
| 72 | Louis Edward Gelineau | May 3, 1928 | June 5, 1953 | January 26, 1972 | United States |
| 73 | Jacques Despierre | May 6, 1928 | June 24, 1952 | October 10, 1982 | France |
| 74 | Joseph Ti-kang | May 7, 1928 | December 20, 1953 | July 22, 1975 | Taiwan |
| 75 / 76 | John Quinn Weitzel | May 10, 1928 | June 11, 1955 | October 29, 1986 | American Samoa |
| Pierre Mouallem | May 10, 1928 | November 21, 1955 | June 29, 1990 | Israel | |
| 77 | Daniel Patrick Reilly | May 12, 1928 | May 30, 1953 | August 6, 1975 | United States |
| 78 | Charles Louis Joseph Vandame | June 4, 1928 | September 7, 1960 | January 6, 1982 | Chad |
| 79 | Alphonsus Mathias | June 22, 1928 | August 24, 1954 | February 5, 1964 | India |
| 80 | Jean-Baptiste Bui Tuần | June 24, 1928 | September 2, 1955 | April 30, 1975 | Vietnam |
| 81 | Maurice Fréchard | July 3, 1928 | July 3, 1955 | October 27, 1996 | France |
| 82 | Benedito Francisco de Albuquerque | July 24, 1928 | December 8, 1953 | May 5, 1985 | Brazil |
| 83 | Philippe Bär | July 29, 1928 | July 26, 1959 | March 20, 1982 | Netherlands |
| 84 | Ignacio Trejos Picado | July 31, 1928 | March 8, 1952 | March 8, 1968 | Costa Rica |
| 85 | Peter Chung Hoan Ting | September 10, 1928 | September 26, 1954 | November 15, 1970 | Malaysia |
| 86 | Joseph John Gerry | September 12, 1928 | June 12, 1954 | April 21, 1986 | United States |
| 87 | Giuseppe Germano Bernardini | September 27, 1928 | March 21, 1953 | April 9, 1983 | Türkiye |
| 88 | Owen Dolan | September 30, 1928 | July 21, 1954 | December 10, 1995 | New Zealand |
| 89 | István Katona | October 3, 1928 | June 7, 1953 | December 9, 1989 | Hungary |
| 90 | Francisco Barroso Filho | October 8, 1928 | December 1, 1957 | March 19, 1984 | Brazil |
| 91 | José Francisco Moreira dos Santos | October 12, 1928 | January 20, 1952 | April 30, 1967 | Portugal |
| 92 | Ernest Simoni | October 18, 1928 | April 7, 1956 | Albania | |
| 93 | Lucas Liu Hsien-tang | December 21, 1928 | November 30, 1956 | January 1, 1981 | Taiwan |
| 94 | Adam Exner | December 24, 1928 | July 7, 1957 | March 12, 1974 | Canada |
| 95 | Vito Schlickmann | December 28, 1928 | November 28, 1954 | March 25, 1995 | Brazil |
| 96 | Anton Pain Ratu | January 2, 1929 | August 17, 1958 | September 21, 1982 | Indonesia |
| 97 | Walter Brandmüller | January 5, 1929 | July 26, 1953 | November 13, 2010 | Germany |
| 98 | Melchior Shi Hongzhen | January 7, 1929 | July 4, 1954 | June 15, 1982 | China |
| 99 | Fritz Lobinger | January 22, 1929 | June 29, 1955 | February 27, 1988 | Germany |
| 100 / 101 | Adalberto Paulo da Silva | January 25, 1929 | December 8, 1956 | August 3, 1975 | Brazil |
| Michael Michai Kitbunchu | January 25, 1929 | December 20, 1959 | June 3, 1973 | Thailand |