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 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 (1922-01-01) January 1, 1922 (age 102) May 28, 1946 September 8, 1961 Mexico
2 René Henry Gracida (1923-06-09) June 9, 1923 (age 100) May 23, 1959 January 25, 1972 United States
3 Giuseppe Casale (1923-09-28) September 28, 1923 (age 100) February 3, 1946 December 8, 1974 Italy
4 Luigi Bettazzi (1923-11-26) November 26, 1923 (age 100) August 4, 1946 October 4, 1963 Italy
5 Augusto Lauro (1923-11-29) November 29, 1923 (age 100) June 29, 1947 October 28, 1975 Italy
6 Thomas Zhao Duomo 1924 (age 97–98) 1951 February 17, 2004 China
7 Stanisław Szymecki (1924-01-26) January 26, 1924 (age 100) July 3, 1947 April 12, 1981 Poland
8 Peter Takaaki Hirayama (1924-03-31) March 31, 1924 (age 100) March 19, 1957 January 25, 1970 Japan
9 Settimio Todisco (1924-05-10) May 10, 1924 (age 100) July 27, 1947 February 15, 1970 Italy
10 Daniel Verstraete (1924-07-31) July 31, 1924 (age 99) February 19, 1950 May 14, 1978 South Africa
11 Manuel Edmilson da Cruz (1924-10-03) October 3, 1924 (age 99) December 5, 1948 November 6, 1966 Brazil
12 Albert Houssiau (1924-11-02) November 2, 1924 (age 99) February 6, 1949 May 18, 1986 Belgium
13 Serafín Luis Alberto Cartagena Ocaña (1924-11-07) November 7, 1924 (age 99) April 1, 1951 February 2, 1983 Spain
14 Victorinus Youn Kong-hi (1924-11-08) November 8, 1924 (age 99) March 20, 1950 October 20, 1963 South Korea
15 Gaetano Bonicelli (1924-12-13) December 13, 1924 (age 99) May 22, 1948 August 26, 1975 Italy
16 Alexandre do Nascimento (1925-03-01) March 1, 1925 (age 99) December 20, 1952 August 31, 1975 Angola
17 James Hector MacDonald (1925-04-28) April 28, 1925 (age 99) June 29, 1953 April 17, 1978 Canada
18 Ignatius Paul Pinto (1925-05-18) May 18, 1925 (age 99) August 24, 1952 January 31, 1989 India
19 Ernest Bertrand Boland (1925-07-10) July 10, 1925 (age 98) June 9, 1955 July 25, 1966 United States
20 Joseph Gabriel Fernandez (1925-09-16) September 16, 1925 (age 98) March 19, 1949 May 14, 1978 India
21 Angelo Acerbi (1925-09-23) September 23, 1925 (age 98) March 27, 1948 June 30, 1974 Italy
22 Jacques de Saint-Blanquat (1925-11-21) November 21, 1925 (age 98) March 29, 1952 October 5, 1975 France
23 John R. Gorman (1925-12-11) December 11, 1925 (age 98) May 1, 1956 April 11, 1988 United States
24 Estanislao Esteban Karlic (1926-02-07) February 7, 1926 (age 98) December 8, 1954 August 15, 1977 Argentina
25 Maurice Taylor (1926-05-05) May 5, 1926 (age 98) July 2, 1950 June 9, 1981 United Kingdom
26 Walter Ivan de Azevedo (1926-05-08) May 8, 1926 (age 98) December 8, 1953 July 27, 1986 Brazil
27 Hildebrando Mendes Costa (1926-06-16) June 16, 1926 (age 97) December 2, 1951 May 24, 1981 Brazil
28 Emanuele Catarinicchia (1926-07-12) July 12, 1926 (age 97) April 2, 1949 December 17, 1978 Italy
29 James Chan Soon Cheong (1926-07-26) July 26, 1926 (age 97) August 6, 1959 June 8, 1973 Malaysia
30 Heitor de Araújo Sales (1926-07-29) July 29, 1926 (age 97) December 3, 1950 June 16, 1978 Brazil
31 Pedro Antônio Marchetti Fedalto (1926-08-11) August 11, 1926 (age 97) December 6, 1950 August 28, 1966 Brazil
32 Raúl Holguer López Mayorga (1926-08-24) August 24, 1926 (age 97) June 29, 1951 April 29, 1973 Ecuador
33 Gilbert Sheldon (1926-09-20) September 20, 1926 (age 97) February 28, 1953 June 11, 1976 United States
34 Domenico Crescentino Marinozzi (1926-11-21) November 21, 1926 (age 97) December 17, 1950 December 10, 1982 Italy
35 Emmanuel Wamala (1926-12-15) December 15, 1926 (age 97) December 21, 1957 November 22, 1981 Uganda
36 Michael Pak Jeong-il (1926-12-18) December 18, 1926 (age 97) November 23, 1958 May 31, 1977 South Korea
37 Paolo Magnani (1926-12-31) December 31, 1926 (age 97) June 29, 1951 September 10, 1977 Italy
38 Paul Kim Tchang-ryeol (1927-01-25) January 25, 1927 (age 97) August 22, 1953 January 6, 1984 South Korea
39 Julian Wojtkowski (1927-01-31) January 31, 1927 (age 97) June 25, 1950 August 22, 1969 Poland
40 / 41 Victor Manuel Maldonado Barreno (1927-02-14) February 14, 1927 (age 97) June 29, 1953 March 3, 1990 Ecuador
Gilberto Pereira Lopes (1927-02-14) February 14, 1927 (age 97) December 14, 1949 December 18, 1969 Brazil
42 Senan Louis O'Donnell (1927-02-24) February 24, 1927 (age 97) July 17, 1955 November 28, 1993 Ireland
43 Dominic Anthony Marconi (1927-03-13) March 13, 1927 (age 97) May 30, 1953 June 25, 1976 United States
44 Joseph Pallikaparampil (1927-04-10) April 10, 1927 (age 97) November 23, 1958 August 15, 1973 India
45 José Agustín Valbuena Jáuregui (1927-05-20) May 20, 1927 (age 96) November 20, 1949 October 25, 1977 Colombia
46 Edvaldo Gonçalves Amaral (1927-05-25) May 25, 1927 (age 96) December 8, 1954 April 20, 1975 Brazil
47 Joseph Martin Sartoris (1927-07-01) July 1, 1927 (age 96) May 30, 1953 March 19, 1994 United States
48 James Timlin (1927-08-05) August 5, 1927 (age 96) July 16, 1951 September 21, 1976 United States
49 Alberto Tricarico (1927-08-10) August 10, 1927 (age 96) January 6, 1950 April 27, 1987 Italy
50 Kazimierz Romaniuk (1927-08-21) August 21, 1927 (age 96) December 16, 1951 March 4, 1982 Poland
51 Edoardo Rovida (1927-08-26) August 26, 1927 (age 96) June 29, 1950 October 10, 1971 Italy
52 Abraham Than (1927-09-21) September 21, 1927 (age 96) September 22, 1957 May 11, 1969 Myanmar
53 Raymond E. Goedert (1927-10-15) October 15, 1927 (age 96) May 1, 1952 August 29, 1991 United States
54 Júlio Duarte Langa (1927-10-27) October 27, 1927 (age 96) June 9, 1957 October 24, 1976 Mozambique
55 Pierre Trân Thanh Chung (1927-11-10) November 10, 1927 (age 96) May 25, 1955 November 22, 1981 Vietnam
56 Daniel Cronin (1927-11-14) November 14, 1927 (age 96) December 20, 1952 September 12, 1968 United States
57 Raymond Razakarinvony (1927-11-19) November 19, 1927 (age 96) July 27, 1956 May 17, 1998 Madagascar
58 Bernhard Kühnel (1927-12-04) December 4, 1927 (age 96) August 6, 1955 April 27, 1983 Germany
59 Vincenzo Rimedio (1927-12-05) December 5, 1927 (age 96) July 22, 1951 October 28, 1982 Italy
60 Giovanni Zerbini (1927-12-29) December 29, 1927 (age 96) June 29, 1956 February 19, 1995 Italy
61 Friedrich Wetter (1928-02-20) February 20, 1928 (age 96) October 10, 1953 June 29, 1968 Germany
62 Robert Joseph Banks (1928-02-26) February 26, 1928 (age 96) December 20, 1952 September 19, 1985 United States
63 Klaus Dick (1928-02-27) February 27, 1928 (age 96) February 24, 1953 May 19, 1975 Germany
64 John Stephen Cummins (1928-03-03) March 3, 1928 (age 96) January 24, 1953 May 16, 1974 United States
65 Gerd Dicke (1928-03-28) March 28, 1928 (age 96) July 25, 1952 February 16, 1970 Germany
66 Alfred Kleinermeilert (1928-03-30) March 30, 1928 (age 96) October 10, 1953 May 3, 1968 Germany
67 Peter Henrici (1928-03-31) March 31, 1928 (age 96) July 23, 1958 May 31, 1993 Switzerland
68 Allan Chamgwera (1928-04-30) April 30, 1928 (age 96) September 7, 1957 May 31, 1981 Malawi
69 Louis Edward Gelineau (1928-05-03) May 3, 1928 (age 96) June 5, 1953 January 26, 1972 United States
70 Jacques Despierre (1928-05-06) May 6, 1928 (age 96) June 24, 1952 October 10, 1982 France
71 Pierre Mouallem (1928-05-10) May 10, 1928 (age 96) November 21, 1955 June 29, 1990 Israel
72 Daniel Patrick Reilly (1928-05-12) May 12, 1928 (age 96) May 30, 1953 August 6, 1975 United States
73 Charles Louis Joseph Vandame (1928-06-04) June 4, 1928 (age 95) September 7, 1960 January 6, 1982 Chad
74 Alphonsus Mathias (1928-06-22) June 22, 1928 (age 95) August 24, 1954 February 5, 1964 India
75 Jean-Baptiste Bui Tuân (1928-06-24) June 24, 1928 (age 95) September 2, 1955 April 30, 1975 Vietnam
76 Maurice Fréchard (1928-07-03) July 3, 1928 (age 95) July 3, 1955 October 27, 1996 France
77 Benedito Francisco de Albuquerque (1928-07-24) July 24, 1928 (age 95) December 8, 1953 May 5, 1985 Brazil
78 Philippe Bär (1928-07-29) July 29, 1928 (age 95) July 26, 1959 March 20, 1982 Netherlands
79 Ignacio Trejos Picado (1928-07-31) July 31, 1928 (age 95) March 8, 1952 March 8, 1968 Costa Rica
80 Peter Chung Hoan Ting (1928-09-10) September 10, 1928 (age 95) September 26, 1954 November 15, 1970 Malaysia
81 Joseph John Gerry (1928-09-12) September 12, 1928 (age 95) June 12, 1954 April 21, 1986 United States
82 Giuseppe Germano Bernardini (1928-09-27) September 27, 1928 (age 95) March 21, 1953 April 9, 1983 Türkiye
83 Owen Dolan (1928-09-30) September 30, 1928 (age 95) July 21, 1954 December 10, 1995 New Zealand
84 István Katona (1928-10-03) October 3, 1928 (age 95) June 7, 1953 December 9, 1989 Hungary
85 Francisco Barroso Filho (1928-10-08) October 8, 1928 (age 95) December 1, 1957 March 19, 1984 Brazil
86 José Francisco Moreira dos Santos (1928-10-12) October 12, 1928 (age 95) January 20, 1952 April 30, 1967 Portugal
87 Ernest Simoni (1928-10-18) October 18, 1928 (age 95) April 7, 1956 Albania
88 Lucas Liu Hsien-tang (1928-12-21) December 21, 1928 (age 95) November 30, 1956 January 1, 1981 Taiwan
89 Adam Exner (1928-12-24) December 24, 1928 (age 95) July 7, 1957 March 12, 1974 Canada
90 Vito Schlickmann (1928-12-28) December 28, 1928 (age 95) November 28, 1954 March 25, 1995 Brazil
91 Anton Pain Ratu (1929-01-02) January 2, 1929 (age 95) August 17, 1958 September 21, 1982 Indonesia
92 Walter Brandmüller (1929-01-05) January 5, 1929 (age 95) July 26, 1953 November 13, 2010 Germany
93 Melchior Shi Hongzhen (1929-01-07) January 7, 1929 (age 95) July 4, 1954 June 15, 1982 China
94 Fritz Lobinger (1929-01-22) January 22, 1929 (age 95) June 29, 1955 February 27, 1988 Germany
95 / 96 Adalberto Paulo da Silva (1929-01-25) January 25, 1929 (age 95) December 8, 1956 August 3, 1975 Brazil
Michael Michai Kitbunchu (1929-01-25) January 25, 1929 (age 95) December 20, 1959 June 3, 1973 Thailand
97 Edgerton Roland Clarke (1929-02-14) February 14, 1929 (age 95) February 2, 1960 November 30, 1967 Jamaica
98 Jorge Bernal Vargas (1929-02-28) February 28, 1929 (age 95) September 15, 1957 March 19, 1974 Mexico
99 Leo Nowak (1929-03-17) March 17, 1929 (age 95) May 10, 1956 March 24, 1990 Germany
100 Georges Gilson (1929-05-30) May 30, 1929 (age 94) April 20, 1957 October 9, 1976 France