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This lists The 100 oldest currently living members of the College of Cardinals. This contains 98 current and 2 Former (1 elected Pope (Bergolio) and 1 resigned (McCarrick))
Gallery
Oldest living:
Angelo Acerbi
2nd-Oldest living:
Estanislao Esteban Karlic
3rd-oldest living:
Emmanuel Wamala
List
Rank | Name | Country | Born | Titlular Church | Age |
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1 | Angelo Acerbi | ![]() |
Deacon of Santissimi Angeli Custodi q Cittá Giardino (2024-) | 23 Sept 1925 | 99 years, 294 days |
2 | Estanislao Esteban Karlic | ![]() |
Priest of Beata Maria Addolorata a piazza Buenos Aires (2007-present) | 7 Feb 1926 | 99 years, 157 days |
3 | Emmanuel Wamala | ![]() |
Priest of Sant'Ugo (1994-present) | 5 Dec 1926 | 98 years, 211 days |
4 | Júlio Duarte Langa | ![]() |
Priest of San Gabriele dell'Addolorata (2015-present) | 18 Oct 1927 | 97 years, 260 days |
5 | Friedrich Wetter | ![]() |
Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio (1985–present) | 20 Feb 1928 | 97 years, 144 days |
6 | Ernest Simoni | ![]() |
Deacon of Santa Maria della Scala (2018-present) | 18 Oct 1928 | 96 years, 269 days |
7 | Walter Brandmüller | ![]() |
Priest of San Giuliano dei Fiamminghi, pro hac vice (2021-present) | 5 Jan 1929 | 96 years, 190 days |
8 | Michael Michai Kitbunchu | ![]() |
Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna (1983-present) Proto-priest (2016-present) |
25 January 1929 | 96 years, 170 days |
9 | Adam Maida | ![]() |
Priest of San Vitale (1994–present) | 18 Mar 1930 | 95 years, 118 days |
10 | Julian Herranz Casado | ![]() |
Priest of Sant'Eugenio (basilica), pro hac vice (2014-present) | 31 Mar 1930 | 95 years, 105 days |
11 | Paul Poupard | ![]() |
Priest of Santa Prassede (1996–) | 30 Aug 1930 | 94 years, 318 days |
12 | Salvatore De Giorgi | ![]() |
Priest of Santa Maria in Aracoeli (1998–present) | 6 Sep 1930 | 94 years, 311 days |
13 | Janis Pujats | ![]() |
Priest of Santa Silvia (2001–) | 14 Nov 1930 | 94 years, 242 days |
14 | Camillo Ruini | ![]() |
Priest of Sant'Agnese fuori le mura (1991-present) | 19 Feb 1931 | 94 years, 145 days |
15 | Lucian Mureșan | ![]() |
Priest of Sant'Anastasio (2012-present) | 23 May 1931 | 94 years, 52 days |
16 | José Saraiva Martins C.M.F. | ![]() |
Bishop of Palestrina (2009-present) | 6 Jan 1932 | 93 years, 189 days |
17 | Joseph Zen S.D.B. | ![]() ( ![]() |
Priest of Santa Maria Madre del Redentore a Tor Bella Monaca (2006–present) | 13 Jan 1932 | 93 years, 182 days |
17 | James Stafford | ![]() |
Priest of San Pietro in Montorio (1998-present) | 26 Jul 1932 | 92 years, 353 days |
19 | Gaudencio Rosales | ![]() |
Priest of Santissimi Nome di Maria in Via Latina (2006-Present) | 10 Aug 1932 | 92 years, 338 days |
20 | Francis Arinze | ![]() |
Bishop of Velletri-Segni (2005-present) | 1 Nov 1932 | 92 years, 255 days |
21 | Walter Kasper | ![]() |
Priest of Ognissanti in Via Appia Nuova, title pro hac vice (2011-present) | 5 Mar 1933 | 92 years, 131 days |
22 | Juan Sandoval Íñiguez | ![]() |
Priest of Nostra Signora di Guadalupe e San Filippo Martire (1994-present) | 28 Mar 1933 | 92 years, 108 days |
23 | Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa Isch | ![]() |
Priest of Santa Maria della Pace (2001–present) | 5 September 1933 | 91 years, 311 days |
24 | Raffaele Farina SDB | ![]() |
Priest of San Giovanni della Pigna "pro hac vice" (2018-present) | 24 Sept 1933 | 91 years, 293 days |
25 | Giovanni Battista Re | ![]() |
Bishop of Sabina-Poggio Mirteto (2002–present) Dean of the College of Cardinals (2020–present) Bishop of Ostia (2020–present) |
30 Jan 1934 | 91 years, 165 days |
26 | Jean-Baptiste Phạm Minh Mẫn | ![]() |
Priest of San Giustino (2003–present) | 5 Mar 1934 | 91 years, 131 days |
27 | Francesco Monterisi | ![]() |
Priest 'pro hac vice' of San Paolo alla Regola (2021-present) | 28 May 1934 | 91 years, 47 days |
28 | Raniero Cantalamessa OFMCap | ![]() |
Deacon of Sant'Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine (2020-present) | 22 Jul 1934 | 90 years, 357 days |
29 | Franc Rodé CM | ![]() |
Deacon of San Francesco Saverio alla Garbatella (2006-2016) Cardinal-Priest ("pro hac vice") of San Francesco Saverio alla Garbatella (2016-present) |
23 Sept 1934 | 90 years, 294 days |
30 | Luis Héctor Villalba | ![]() |
Priest of San Girolamo a Corviale (2015-present) | 11 Oct 1934 | 90 years, 276 days |
31 | Tarcisio Bertone SDB | ![]() |
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Auxiliatrice in via Tuscolana (2003–2008) Bishop of Frascati (2008-present) |
2 Dec 1934 | 90 years, 224 days |
32 | Julius Darmaatmadja SJ | ![]() |
Priest of Sacro Cuore di Maria (1994-present) | 20 Dec 1934 | 90 years, 206 days |
33 | Giovanni Lajolo | ![]() |
Priest of Santa Maria Liberatrice a Monte Testaccio "pro hac vice" (2018-present) | 3 Jan 1935 | 90 years, 192 days |
34 | Justin Rigali | ![]() |
Priest of Santa Prisca (2003-present) | 19 Apr 1935 | 90 years, 86 days |
35 | Santos Abril y Castelló | ![]() |
Priest pro hac vice of San Ponziano (2022-peesent) | 21 Sept 1935 | 89 years, 296 days |
36 | Roger Mahony | ![]() |
Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati (1991-present) | 27 Feb 1936 | 89 years, 137 days |
37 | Anthony Olubunmi Okogie | ![]() |
Priest of Beat Vergine Maria del Monte (2003-present) | 16 Jun 1936 | 89 years, 28 days |
38 | Antonio María Rouco Varela | ![]() |
Priest of San Lorenzo in Damaso (1998-present) | 20 Aug 1936 | 88 years, 328 days |
39 | Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez | ![]() |
Priest of San Lorenzo in Damaso (1998-present) | 31 Oct 1936 | 88 years, 256 days |
40 | Ennio Antonelli | ![]() |
Priest of Sant'Andrea delle Fratte (2003–present) | 18 Nov 1936 | 88 years, 238 days |
41 | Théodore-Adrien Sarr | ![]() |
Priest of Santa Lucia a Piazza d’Armi (2003-present) | 28 Nov 1936 | 88 years, 228 days |
42 | Audrys Bačkis | ![]() |
Priest of Natività di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo a Via Gallia (2001-present) | 1 Feb 1937 | 88 years, 163 days |
43 | Raymundo Damasceno Assis | ![]() |
Priest of Immacolata al Tiburtino (2010present) | 15 Feb 1937 | 88 years, 149 days |
44 | Toribio Ticona Porco | ![]() |
Priest of Santi Gioacchino e Anna al Tuscolano (2018–presrnt) | 25 Apr 1937 | 88 years, 80 days |
45 | Lluís Martínez Sistach | ![]() |
Priest of San Sebastiano alle Catacombe (2007-present) | 29 Apr 1937 | 88 years, 76 days |
46 | Michael Louis Fitzgerald MAfr | ![]() |
Deacon of Santa Maria in Portico (2019–present) | 17 Aug 1937 | 87 years, 331 days |
47 | Antonio Maria Vegliò | ![]() |
Priest of San Cesareo in Palatio (2012-present) | 3 Feb 1938 | 87 years, 161 days |
48 | Paolo Romeo | ![]() |
Priest of Santa Maria Odigitria dei Siciliani (2010–present) | 20 Feb 1938 | 87 years, 144 days |
49 | Francesco Coccopalmerio | ![]() |
Priest of San Giuseppe dei Falegnami (2022–present) | 6 Mar 1938 | 87 years, 130 days |
50 | Manuel Monteiro de Castro | ![]() |
Priest pro hac vice of San Domenico di Guzman (2022-present) | 29 Mar 1938 | 87 years, 107 days |
51 | Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nhơn | ![]() |
Priest of San Tommaso Apostolo (2015-present) | 1 Apr 1938 | 87 years, 104 days |
52 | Aquilino Bocos Merino CMF | ![]() |
Deacon of Santa Lucia del Gonfalone (2018-present) | 17 May 1938 | 87 years, 58 days |
53 | Sigitas Tamkevičius SJ | ![]() |
Priest of Santa Angela Merici (2015-present) | 7 Nov 1938 | 86 years, 249 days |
54 | Alberto Suárez Inda | ![]() |
Priest of San Policarpo (2015-present) | 30 Jan 1939 | 86 years, 165 days |
55 | Orlando Quevedo OMI | ![]() |
Priest of Santa Maria <<Regina Mundi>> a Torre Spaccata (2015-present) | 11 Mar 1939 | 86 years, 125 days |
56 | Edwin Frederick O'Brien | ![]() |
Priest of San Sebastiano al Palatino (2012-present) | 8 Apr 1939 | 86 years, 97 days |
57 | Stanisław Dziwisz | ![]() |
Priest of Santa Maria del Poppolo (2006-present) | 27 Apr 1939 | 86 years, 78 days |
58 | Diego Rafael Padrón Sánchez | ![]() |
Priest of San Gaetano (2023-present) | 17 May 1939 | 86 years, 58 days |
59 | John Tong Hon | ![]() ( ![]() |
Priest of Regina Apostolorum (2012-present) | 31 Jul 1939 | 85 years, 348 days |
60 | Seán Baptist Brady | ![]() |
Priest of Santi Quirico e Guilitta (since 2007) | 16 Aug 1939 | 85 years, 332 days |
61 | Edoardo Menichelli | ![]() |
Priest of Sacri Cuori di Gesú e # a Tor Fiorenza (2015–present) | 14 Oct 1939 | 85 years, 273 days |
62 | Béchara Boutros al-Raï OMM | ![]() |
Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites (since 2011, cardinal from 2012) | 25 Feb 1940 | 85 years, 139 days |
63 | Agostino Vallini | ![]() |
Priest of San Pier Damiani ai Monti di San Paolo (since 2006) | 17 Apr 1940 | 85 years, 88 days |
64 | Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel | ![]() |
Priest of San Luigi Maria Grignion de Montfort (since 2020) | 1 May 1940 | 85 years, 74 days |
65 | Enrico Feroci | ![]() |
Deacon of Santa Maria del Divino Amore a Castle di Leva (since 2020) | 27 Aug 1940 | 84 years, 321 days |
66 | Agostino Marchetto | ![]() |
Deacon of Santa Maria Goretti (since 2023) | 28 Aug 1940 | 84 years, 320 days |
67 | Lorenzo Baldisseri | ![]() |
Priest pro hac vice of San Anselmo all'Aventino (2024-present) | 29 Sept 1940 | 84 years, 288 days |
68 | Silvano Maria Tomasi CS | ![]() |
Deacon of San Nicola in Carcere (2020-present) | 12 Oct 1940 | 84 years, 275 days |
69 | Donald William Wuerl | ![]() |
Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli (2010-present) | 12 Nov 1940 | 84 years, 244 days |
70 | Gabriel Zubeir Wako | ![]() |
Priest of Sant'Atanasio a Via Tiburtina (2002-present) | 27 Feb 1941 | 84 years, 137 days |
71 | Wilfrid Fox Napier OFM | ![]() |
Priest of San Francisco d'Asissi ad Acilla (2001-present) | 8 Mar 1941 | 84 years, 128 days |
72 | Maurice Piat CSSp | ![]() |
Priest of Santa Teresa al Corso d'Italia (2016-present) | 19 Jul 1941 | 83 years, 298 days |
73 | Beniamino Stella | ![]() |
Bishop of Porto-Santa Rufina (2020-present) | 18 Aug 1941 | 83 years, 330 days |
74 | Angelo Scola | ![]() |
Priest of Santi XII Apostoli (2003–present) | 7 Nov 1941 | 83 years, 249 days |
75 | Ricardo Ezzati SDB | ![]() |
Priest of Santissimo Redentore a Valmelaina (2014–present) | 7 Jan 1942 | 83 years, 188 days |
76 | Fortunato Frezza | ![]() |
Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata (2022-present) | 6 Feb 1942 | 83 years, 158 days |
77 | Jorge Enrique Jiménez Carvajal CJM | ![]() |
Priest of Santa Dorotea (2022–) | 29 Mar 1942 | 83 years, 107 days |
78 | Gualtiero Bassetti | ![]() |
Priest of Santa Cecilia (2014–) | 7 Apr 1942 | 83 years, 104 days |
79 | Ricardo Blázquez | ![]() |
Priest of Santa Maria in Vallicella (2015–present) | 13 Apr 1942 | 83 years, 92 days |
80 | Norberto Rivera Carrera | ![]() |
Priest of San Francesco d'Assisi a Ripa Grande (1998-present) | 6 Jun 1942 | 83 years, 38 days |
81 | Gianfranco Ghirlanda SJ | ![]() |
Deacon of Santissimi Nome di Gesú (2022-present) | 5 Jul 1942 | 83 years, 9 days |
82 | Arrigo Miglio | ![]() |
Priest of San Clemente (2022-present) | 18 Jul 1942 | 82 years, 361 days |
83 | Gregorio Rosa Chávez | ![]() |
Priest of Santissimo Sacramento a Tor de' Schiavi (2017–present) | 3 Sept 1942 | 82 years, 314 days |
84 | Rubén Salazar Gómez | ![]() |
Priest of San Gerardo Maiella (2012-present) | 22 Sept 1942 | 82 years, 295 days |
85 | Giuseppe Bertello | ![]() |
Priest of Santi Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia (2022–present) | 1 Oct 1942 | 82 years, 286 days |
86 | Gianfranco Ravasi | ![]() |
Priest of San Giorgio in Velabro (since 2021) | 18 Oct 1942 | 82 years, 269 days |
87 | André Vingt-Trois | ![]() |
Priest of San Luigi dei Francesi (2007-present) | 7 Nov 1942 | 82 years, 249 days |
88 | Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga SDB | ![]() |
Priest of Santa Maria della Speranza (2001-present) | 29 Dec 1942 | 82 years, 197 days |
89 | Angelo Bagnasco | ![]() |
Priest of Gran Madre di Dio (2007-present) | 14 Jan 1943 | 82 years, 181 days |
91 | Domenico Calcagno | ![]() |
Priest of Annunciazione della Beata Vergine Maria a Via Ardeatina (2012-present) | 3 Feb 1943 | 82 years, 161 days |
91 | Dominik Duka OP | ![]() |
Priest of Santi Marcellino e Pietro (2012-present) | 26 Apr 1943 | 82 years, 79 days |
92 | Crescenzio Sepe | ![]() |
Priest of Dio Padre misericordioso (2001-present) | 2 Jun 1943 | 82 years, 42 days |
93 | Giuseppe Versaldi | ![]() |
Priest of Sacro Cuore di Gesù a Castro Pretorio pro hac vice (2022-present) | 30 Jul 1943 | 81 years, 349 days |
94 | Angelo Comastri | ![]() |
Priest of San Salvatore in Lauro (2007–present) | 17 September 1943 | 81 years, 300 days |
95 | Patrick D'Rozario CSC | ![]() |
Priest of Nostra Signora del Santissimo Sacramento e Santi Martiri Canadesi (2016–present) | 1 Oct 1943 | 81 years, 286 days |
96 | Leonardo Sandri | ![]() |
Bishop of Santi Biagio e Carlo ai Catinari suburbicarian rank pro hac vice (2018-present) | 18 Nov 1943 | 81 years, 238 days |
97 | Andrew Yeom Soo-jung | ![]() |
Priest of San Crisogono (2014present) | 5 Dec 1943 | 81 years, 221 days |
98 | Jean Zerbo | ![]() |
Priest of Sant'Antonio da Padova in Via Tuscolana (2017-present) | 27 Dec 1943 | 81 years, 199 days |
99 | Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne | ![]() |
Priest of @San Camillo de Lellis}} (2001-present) | 28 Dec 1943 | 81 years, 198 days |
100 | John Onaiyekan | ![]() |
Priest of San Saturnino (2012–present) | 29 January 1944 | 81 years, 166 days |
Chronological list of Oldest living members of the College of Cardinals
From | Until | Name | Born | Nationality |
---|---|---|---|---|
?? | 1890.08.11 (aged 89) |
John Henry Newman | 1801.02.21 | ![]() ( ![]() |
1890.08.11 (age 84) |
1899.07.11 (aged 93) |
Teodolfo Mertel | 1806.02.09 | ![]() |
1899.07.11 (age 90) |
1900.03.12 (aged 90) |
Luigi Di Canossa | 1809.04.20 | |
1900.03.12 (age 90) |
1903.07.20 (aged 93) |
Gioacchino Pecci | 1810.03.02 | |
1903.07.20 (age 89) |
1904.04.14 (aged 90) |
Michelangelo Celesia | 1814.01.13 | |
1900.04.14 (age 81) |
1908.01.27 (aged 88) |
François-Marie-Benjamin Richard | 1819.03.01 | ![]() |
1908.01.27 (age 87) |
1911.08.05 (aged 90) |
Anton Josef Gruscha | 1820.11.03 | ![]() |
1911.08.05 (age 87) |
1912.11.14 (aged 88) |
Alfonso Capecelatro | 1824.02.05 | ![]() |
1912.11.14 (aged 84) |
1914.12.05 (aged 86) |
Angelo di Pietro | 1828.05.22 | |
1914.12.05 (age 84) |
1921.12.14 (aged 91) |
François de Rovérié de Cabrières | 1830.08.30 | ![]() |
1921.12.21 (age 87) |
1923.02.04 (aged 89) |
Giuseppe Antonio Ermenegildo Prisco | 1833.09.08 | ![]() |
1923.02.04 (age 85) |
1930.07.09 (aged 93) |
Vincenzo Vannutelli | 1836.12.05 | |
1930.09.30 (age 85) |
1933.02.09 (aged 88) |
Andreas Frühwirth | 1845.08.21 | ![]() |
1933.02.09 (age 87) |
1834.03.03 (aged 89) |
Franz Ehrle | 1845.10.18 | ![]() |
1934.03.03 (age 84) |
1935.02.15 (aged 85) |
Pierre Andrieu | 1849.12.07 | ![]() |
1935.02.15 (age 84) |
1948.02.16 (aged 96) |
Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte | 1851.04.10 | ![]() |
1948.02.16 (age 86) |
1948.08.04 (aged 87) |
Enrico Sibilia | 1861.03.17 | |
1948.08.04 (age 83) |
1958.03.29 (aged 93) |
Alessandro Verde | 1865.03.27 | |
1958.03.29 (age 90) |
1959.12.04 (aged 92) |
José María Caro Rodríguez | 1866.06.23 | ![]() |
1958.12.04 (age 86) |
1959.05.05 (aged 87) |
Georges Grente | 1872.05.05 | ![]() |
1959.05.05 (aged 86) |
1961.12.22 (aged 89) |
Elia dalla Costa | 1872.05.14 | ![]() |
1961.12.22 (age 89) |
1968.07.12 (aged 96) |
Francesco Morano | 1872.06.08 | ![]() |
1968.07.12 (age 94) |
1968.07.31 (aged 94) |
Carlos María de la Torre | 1873.11.15 | ![]() |
1968.07.31 (age 92) |
1968.08.14 (aged 92) |
Augusto da Silva | 1876.04.08 | ![]() |
1968.08.14 (aged 91) |
1970.08.01 (aged 93) |
Giuseppe Pizzardo | 1877.07.13 | ![]() |
1970.08.01 (age 91) |
1970.09.30 (aged 91) |
Benedetto Aloisi Masella | 1879.06.29 | |
1970.09.30 (aged 90) |
1972.08.14 (aged 92) |
Paolo Giobbe | 1880.01.10 | |
1972.08.14 (age 92) |
1976.11.29 (aged 96) |
José da Costa Nunes | 1880.03.15 | ![]() |
1976.11.29 (age 93) |
1979.09.05 (aged 95) |
Alberto di Jorio | 1884.07.18 | ![]() |
1979.09.05 (age 90) |
1979.10.23 (aged 90) |
Antonio Caggiano | 1889.01.30 | ![]() |
1979.10.23 (age 88) |
1982.09.14 (aged 92) |
Carlos Carmelo Vasconcellos Motta | 1890.07.16 | ![]() |
1982.09.18 (age 91) |
1986.12.29 (aged 95) |
Pietro Parente | 1891.02.16 | ![]() |
1986.12.29 (aged 91) |
1990.05.24 (aged 95) |
Julijans Vaivods | 1895.08.18 | ![]() |
1990.05.24 (age 94) |
1991.09.04 (aged 95) |
Henri de Lubac | 1896.02.20 | ![]() |
1991.09.04 (age 94) |
1993.07.12 (aged 96) |
Ferdinando Giuseppe Antonelli | 1896.07.14 | ![]() |
1993.09.04 (aged 91) |
2000.03.12 (aged 98) |
Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei | 1901.08.02 | ![]() |
2000.03.12 (age 95) |
2005.02.03 (aged 101) |
Corrado Bafile | 1903.07.04 | ![]() |
2005.02.03 (age 95) |
2006.08.01 (aged 96) |
Johannes Willebrands | 1909.09.04 | ![]() |
2006.08.01 (age 97) |
2007.12.12 (aged 98) |
Alfons Maria Stickler | 1910.08.23 | ![]() |
2007.12.12 (age 95) |
2010.04.30 (aged 98) |
Paul Augustin Mayer | 1911.05.23 | ![]() |
2010.04.30 (age 95) |
2013.07.28 (aged 99) |
Ersilio Tonini | 1914.07.20 | ![]() |
2013.07.28 (age 97) |
2014.02.22 Ceased (age 97) |
Fiorenzo Angelini | 1916.08.01 | |
2014.02.22 (age 98) |
2016.05.25 (aged 100) |
Loris Francesco Capovilla | 1915.10.14 | |
2016.05.26 (age 96) |
2019.09.03 (aged 100) |
José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez | 1919.02.18 | ![]() |
2019.09.03 (aged 96) |
2019.09.04 (aged 96) |
Roger Etchegaray | 1922.09.25 | ![]() |
2019.09.04 (age 96) |
2021.07.29 (aged 98) |
Albert Vanhoye | 1923.07.24 | |
2021.07.29 (age 97) |
2022.08.08 (aged 98) |
Jozef Tomko | 1924.03.11 | ![]() |
2022.08.08 (age 97) |
2024.09.28 (aged 99) |
Alexandre do Nascimento | 1925.03.01 | ![]() |
2024.09.28 (age 98) |
2024.12.07 ceased (age 98) |
Estanislao Esteban Karlic | 1926.02.07 | ![]() |
2024.12.07 (age 99) |
present (age 99) |
Angelo Acerbi | 1925.09.23 | ![]() |