List of oldest living catholic bishops and cardinals

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 13 cardinals (12 current and 1 former) and 87 bishops.

List

Rank	Prelate	Country	Post	Born	Age
1	José de Jesús Sahagún de la Parra	Mexico	Bishop emeritus of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas (1985-1993)	January 1, 1922	103 years, 14 days
2	René Henry Gracida	United States	Bishop of Corpus Christi (1983.05.19 – 1997.04.01)	June 9, 1923	101 years, 220 days
3	Settimio Todisco	Italy	Archbishop of Brindisi–Ostuni (Italy) (1986.09.30 – 2000.02.05)	May 10, 1924	100 years, 250 days
4	Daniel Verstraete	South Africa	Bishop of Klerksdorp (1978.02.27 – 1994.03.26)	July 31, 1924	100 years, 168 days
5	Manuel Edmilson da Cruz	Brazil	Bishop of Limoeiro do Norte (Brazil) (1994.05.18 – 1998.05.06)	October 3, 1924	100 years, 104 days
6	Albert Houssiau	Belgium	Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (1986.03.17 – 2001.05.09)	November 2, 1924	100 years, 74 days
7	Serafín Luis Alberto Cartagena Ocaña	Spain	Titular Bishop of Gibba (1982.09.10 – present)	November 7, 1924	100 years, 69 days
8	Victorinus Youn Kong-hi	South Korea	Archbishop of Gwangju (1973.10.25 – 2000.11.30)	November 8, 1924	100 years, 68 days
9	Gaetano Bonicelli	Italy	December 13, 1924	Archbishop of Siena–Colle di Val d’Elsa–Montalcino (1989.11.14 – 2001.05.23)	100 years, 33 days
10	James Hector MacDonald	Canada	Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland (1991.02.02 – 2000.12.04)	April 28, 1925	99 years, 262 days
11	Angelo Acerbi	Italy	Cardinal-Deacon of Santissimi Angeli Custodi a Città Giardino (2024.12.07-present)	September 23, 1925	99 years, 114 days
12	Jacques de Saint-Blanquat	France	Bishop of Montauban (France) (1975.08.05 – 1995.11.18)	November 21, 1925	99 years, 55 days
13	John R. Gorman	United States	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA) (1988.02.16 – 2003.01.24) Titular Bishop of Catula (1988.02.16 – present)	December 11, 1925	99 years, 35 days
14	Estanislao Esteban Karlic	Argentina	Archbishop of Paraná (Argentina) (1986.04.01 – 2003.04.29) Priest of Beata Maria Addolorata a piazza Buenos Aires (2007.11.24 [2008.02.02] – present)	February 7, 1926	98 years, 343 days
15	Hildebrando Mendes Costa	Brazil	Bishop of Estância (1986.03.25 – 2003.04.30)	June 16, 1926	98 years, 213 days
16	Heitor de Araújo Sales	Brazil	Archbishop of Natal (1993.10.27 – 2003.11.26)	July 29, 1926	98 years, 170 days
17	Pedro Antônio Marchetti Fedalto	Brazil	Archbishop of Curitiba (Brazil) (1970.12.28 – 2004.05.19)	August 11, 1926	98 years, 157 days
18	Raúl Holguer López Mayorga	Ecuador	Bishop of Latacunga (Ecuador) (1990.06.18 – 2003.02.19}	August 24, in 1926	98 years, 144 days
19	Emmanuel Wamala	Uganda	Archbishop of Kampala (Uganda) (1990.02.08 – 2006.08.19) Cardinal-Priest of S. Ugo (1994.11.26 – present)	December 15, 1926	98 years, 31 days
20	Paul Kim Tchang-ryeol	South Korea	Bishop of Cheju 제주 (South Korea) (1983.11.11 – 2002.07.20)	January 25, 1927	97 years, 356 days
21	Julian Wojtkowski	Poland	Auxiliary Bishop of Warmia (Poland) (1969.08.17 – 2004.02.24) Titular Bishop of Murustaga (1969.08.17 – ...)	January 31, 1927	97 years, 350 days
22	Victor Manuel Maldonado Barreno	Ecuador	Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador) (1990.02.02 – 2003.10.04) Titular Bishop of Ceramussa (1990.02.02 – ...)	February 14, 1927	97 years, 336 days
	Gilberto Pereira Lopes	&ndaah;Brazil	Archbishop of Campinas (1968.09.19 – 1982.02.10)
24	Dominic Anthony Marconi	United States	Auxiliary Bishop of Newark (USA) (1976.05.03 – 2002.07.01) Titular Bishop of Bure (1976.05.03 – ...)	March 13, 1927	97 years, 308 days
25	Joseph Pallikaparampil	India	Bishop of Palai of the Syro-Malabars (1981.02.06 – 2004.03.18)	April 10, 1927	97 years, 280 days
26	Luis Pascual Dri	Argentina	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant'Angelo in Pescheria (2023.09.30 – ...)	April 17, 1927	97 years, 273 days
27	Edvaldo Gonçalves Amaral	Brazil	Archbishop of Maceió (Brazil) (1985.10.24 – 2002.07.03)	May 25, 1927	97 years, 235 days
28	Joseph Martin Sartoris	United States	Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles (USA) (1994.02.08 – 2002.12.31) Titular Bishop of Oliva (1994.02.08 – ...)	July 1, 1927	97 years, 198 days
29	Kazimierz Romaniuk	Poland	Bishop of Warszawa-Praga (1992.03.25 – 2004.08.26)	August 21, 1927	97 years, 147 days
30	Edoardo Rovida	Italy	Titular Archbishop of Taormina (1971.07.31 – ...)	August 26, 1927	97 years, 142 days
31	Abraham Than	Myanmar	Bishop of Kengtung (Myanmar) (1972.09.19 – 2001.10.02)	September 21, 1927	97 years, 116 days
32	Júlio Duarte Langa	Mozambique	Bishop of Xai-Xai (Mozambique) (1976.10.01 – 2004.06.24) Cardinal-Priest of San Gabriele dell’Addolorata (2015.02.14 [2015.05.10] – present)	October 27, 1927	97 years, 80 days
33	Daniel Cronin	United States	Archbishop of Hartford (1991.12.10 – 2003.10.20)	November 14, 1927	97 years, 62 days
34	Raymond Razakarinvony	Madagascar	Bishop of Miarinarivo (Madagascar) (1998.02.14 – 2007.02.15)	November 19, 1927	97 years, 57 days
35	Bernhard Kühnel	Peru	Bishop-Prelate of Caravelí (1983.01.26 – 2005.06.18)	December 4, 1927	97 years, 42 days
36	Vincenzo Rimedio	Italy	Bishop of Lamezia Terme (Italy) (1986.09.30 – 2004.01.24)	December 5, 1927	97 years, 41 days
37	Giovanni Zerbini	Brazil	Bishop of Guarapuava (1995.01.11 – 2003.07.02)	December 29, 1927	97 years, 17 days
38	Friedrich Wetter	Germany	Archbishop of München und Freising (Germany) (1982.10.28 – 2007.02.02) Cardinal-Priest of S. Stefano al Monte Celio (1985.05.25 – ...)	February 20, 1928	96 years, 330 days
39	Robert Joseph Banks	United States	Bishop of Green Bay (1990.10.16 – 2003.10.10)	February 26, 1928	96 years, 324 days
40	Gerd Dicke	Germany	Titular Bishop of Iria Flavia (1970.02.16 – ...)	March 28, 1928	96 years, 293 days
41	Allan Chamgwera	&nbsp!Malawi	Bishop of Zomba (Malawi) (1981.02.12 – 2004.01.17)	April 30, 1928	96 years, 260 days
42	Jacques Despierre	France	Bishop of Carcassonne (1982.08.25 – 2004.06.28)	May 6, 1928	96 years, 254 days
43	Pierre Mouallem	&nbsp!Israel	Archbishop of Akka of the Greek-Melkites (1998.07.29 – 2003.07.18)	May 10, 1928	96 years, 250 days
44	Charles Louis Joseph Vandame	Chad	Archbishop of N’Djaména (1981.05.23 – 2003.07.31)	June 4, 1928	96 years, 225 days
45	Benedito Francisco de Albuquerque	Brazil	Bishop of Itapipoca (1985.01.04 – 2005.05.25)	July 24, 1928	96 years, 175 days
46	Philippe Bär	Netherlands	Bishop of Rotterdam (Netherlands) (1983.10.19 – 1993.03.13)	July 29, 1928	96 years, 170 days
47	Ignacio Trejos Picado	Costa Rica	Bishop of San Isidro de El General (1974.12.19 – 2003.07.31)	July 31, 1928	96 years, 168 days
48	Peter Chung Hoan Ting	Malaysia	Archbishop of Kuching(1976.05.31 – 2003.06.21)	September 10, 1928	96 years, 127 days
49	Owen Dolan	&nbsp!New Zealand	Coadjutor Bishop of Palmerston North (New Zealand) (1995.11.02 – 2004.09.30)	September 30, 1928	96 years, 107 days
50	István Katona	Hungary	Auxiliary Bishop of Eger (Hungary) (1997.10.10 – 2013.11.25)	October 3, 1928	96 years, 104 days
51	Francisco Barroso Filho	Brazil	Bishop of Oliveira (Brazil) (1983.12.21 – 2004.10.20)	October 8, 1928	96 years, 99 days
52	Ernest Simoni	Albania	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria della Scala (2016.11.19 [2017.02.11] – ...)	October 18, 1928	96 years, 89 days
53	Lucas Liu Hsien-tang	Taiwan	Bishop of Hsinchu 新竹 (Taiwan) (1983.06.29 – 2004.12.04)	December 21, 1928	96 years, 25 days
54	Walter Brandmüller	Germany	Archbishop of Cesarea in Mauretania (2010.11.04 – 2010.11.20) Cardinal-Priest of San Giuliano dei Fiamminghi pro hac vice Title (2021.05.03 – ...)	January 5, 1929	96 years, 10 days
55	Melchior Shi Hongzhen	China	Bishop of Aliwal (South Africa) (1987.11.18 – 2004.04.29)	January 7, 1929	96 years, 8 days
56	Fritz Lobinger	Germany	Bishop of Viana (Brazil) (1975.04.03 – 1995.05.24) Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza (Brazil) (1995.05.24 – 2004.03.24) Titular Bishop of Capsa (1995.05.24 – ...)	January 22, 1929	95 years, 359 days
57	Adalberto Paulo da Silva	Brazil	January 25, 1929	95 years, 356 days
	Michael Michai Kitbunchu	Thailand
59	Edgerton Roland Clarke	Jamaica	February 14, 1929	95 years, 336 days
60	Leo Nowak	Germany	March 17, 1929	95 years, 304 days
61	Pier Giuliano Tiddia	Italy	June 13, 1929	95 years, 216 days
62	Paolo Gillet	Italy	July 8, 1929	95 years, 191 days
63	René Dupont	France	September 2, 1929	95 years, 135 days
64	Patricio Infante Alfonso	Chile	October 9, 1929	95 years, 98 days
65	Angelo Mascheroni	Italy	October 13, 1929	95 years, 94 days
66	Héctor Luis Lucas Peña Gómez	Cuba	October 18, 1929	95 years, 89 days
67	Antônio de Souza	Brazil	October 21, 1929	95 years, 86 days
68	Vincenzo Zarri	Italy	October 23, 1929	95 years, 84 days
69	Paul-Marie Gillaume	France	October 31, 1929	95 years, 76 days
70	Ignacio Gómez Aristizábal	Colombia	December 2, 1929	95 years, 44 days
71	José Geraldo Oliveira do Valle	Brazil	December 3, 1929	95 years, 43 days
72	Ramón Buxarrais Ventura	Spain	December 12, 1929	95 years, 34 days
73	Victorio Oliver Domingo	Spain	December 23, 1929	95 years, 23 days
74	Miguel Caviedes	Chile	January 30, 1930	94 years, 351 days
75	Jean Bonfils	France	February 15, 1930	94 years, 335 days
76	Pedro Dean	Philippines	February 21, 1930	94 years, 329 days
77	David Cremin	Australia	February 22, 1930	94 years, 328 days
78	Francesco Cuccarese	Italy	March 8, 1930	94 years, 313 days
79	Adam Maida	United States	March 18, 1930	94 years, 303 days
80	Julián Herranz Casado	Spain	March 31, 1930	94 years, 290 days
81	Juan Luis Ysern de Arce	Chile	May 2, 1930	94 years, 258 days
82	William Edwin Franklin	United States	May 3, 1930	94 years, 257 days
83	Giuseppe Di Falco	Italy	May 13, 1930	94 years, 247 days
84	José da Silva Chaves	Brazil	May 15, 1930	94 years, 245 days
	Lawrence Sabatini	Canada
86	William J. Winter	United States	May 20, 1930	94 years, 240 days
87	Emmanuel Milingo	Zambia	June 13, 1930	94 years, 216 days
88	Serafim de Sousa Ferreira e Silva	Portugal	June 16, 1930	94 years, 213 days
89	Athanase Matti Shaba Matoka	Iraq	June 20, 1930	94 years, 209 days
90	Orlando Octacílio Dotti	Brazil	June 22, 1930	94 years, 207 days
91	Raúl Corriveau	Honduras	June 27, 1930	94 years, 202 days
92	Émile Marcus	France	June 29, 1930	94 years, 200 days
93	Theodore McCarrick	United States	July 7, 1930	94 years, 192 days
94	Thadeu Gomes Canellas	Brazil	July 28, 1930	94 years, 171 days
95	Denys Raboula Antoine Beylouni	Lebanon	August 8, 1930	94 years, 160 days
	John Joseph Leibrecht	United States
97	Teodoro de Faria	Portugal	August 24, 1930	94 years, 144 days
98	Johannes Antonius de Kok	Netherlands	August 28, 1930	94 years, 140 days
99	Paul Poupard	&France	August 30, 1930	94 years, 138 days
100	Godefroid Mukeng’a Kalond	D. R. Congo	August 31, 1930	94 years, 137 days

Chronological List of eldest Roman Catholic Prelates Since 1890

Became oldest prelate	End as oldest prelate	Name	Country	Office held	Birth
??	1891.03.25	Armand-François-Marie de Charbonnel, O.F.M. Cap.	Canada	1802.12.01
1893.03.25	1895.01.20	Tobias Kirby	Greece	Titular Archbishop of Ephesus (1886-1895)	1803.01.01
1895.01.20	1896.05.12	Giovanni Cirino	Italy	Auxiliary Bishop of Palerthe mo, Italy Titular Archbishop of An in yra	1805.03.18
1896.05.12	1899.07.11	Teodolfo Mertel	Italy	Cardinal-Deacon of San Lorenzo in Damaso (1884-1899)	1806.02.09
1899.07.12	1901.06.16	Adrian Jardinier	Switzerland	Bishop of Sion (Sitten) (1875-1901)	1808.04.15
1901.06.16	1909.09.01	Raffaele Morisciano	Italy	Bishop of Squillace (1858-1909)	1811.10.22
1909.09.01	1910.11.01	Simon Aichner	Italy	Titular Archbishop of Theodoropolis (1904-1910)	1816.10.19
1910.11.01	1916.11.28	Henri Monnier	France	Archbishop of Cambrai (1872-1916)	1820.01.05
1915.04.08	1919.07.31	Domenico Gaspare Lancia di Brolo, O.S.B.	Italy	Archbishop of Monreale (1884-1919)	1825.10.01
1919.07.31	1921.07.18	Paolo Schinosi	Italy	Titular Archbishop of Marcianopolis (1901-1921)	1827.04.05
1921.07.18	1921.12.21	François de Rovérié de Cabrières	France	Archbishop of Montpellier (1874-1921) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Vittoria (1911-21)	1830.08.30
1921.12.21	1925.06.19	Pedro Rocamora y García	Spain	Bishop of Tortosa (1894-1925)	1832.02.11
1925.06.19	1925.10.25	Agnello Renzullo	Italy	Bishop of Nola (1890-1924) Titular Bishop of Philadelphia in Lydia (1924-1925)	1836.04.02
1925.10.25	1928.10.01	Abraham Brownrigg	Ireland	Bishop of Ossory (1884-1928)	1836.12.03
1926.06.19	1930.07.09	Vincenzo Vannutelli	Italy	Titular Archbishop of Sardes (1884-1930) Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite (1891-1900) Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina (1900-1930) Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (1915-1930)	1836.12.05
1930.07.09	1935.06.03	Francis Redwood	New Zealand	Archbishop of Wellington (1987-1935)	1839.06.06or
1935.06.03	1937.11.15	Vineri Gisleno	Italy	Titular Archbishop of Darnis (1919-1937)	1844.09.31
1937.11.15	1939.01.20	Juan Torres y Rivas	Spain	Bishop of Menorca (1902-1939)	1844.12.13
1939.01.20	1941.08.08	Giovanni Maria Zonghi	Italy	Titular Archbishop of Collosae (1914-1941)	1847.08.03
1939.01.20	1942.03.18	Paul-Augustin Le Couer	France	Bishop of Saint-Flour (1906-1942)	1848.03.13
1942.03.18	1948.02.16	Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte	Italy	Titular Archbishop of Edessa in Osrhorëne (1899-1948) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria degli Angeli (1911-1915) Cardinal-Bishop of Albano (1915-1948) Bishop of Ostia (1930-1948)	1851.04.10
1948.02.16	1953.12.25	Leonidas Medina	Colombia	Archbishop of Novae Patrae (1947-1953)	1854.06.18
1953.12.25	1954.04.05	Jesús Maria Echavarria y Aguirre	Mexico	Bishop of Saltillo, Cualhuila (1987-1935)	1858.07.06
1954.04.05	1955.10.25	Michael Fogarty	Ireland	Archbishop of Killaloe (1954-1955)	1859.10.11
1955.10.25	1956.03.26	Antonio di Tommaso	Italy	Titular Bishop of Cyrene (1947-1956)	1860.08.10
1956.03.26	1957.01.05	Alexandre Caillot	France	Bishop of Grenoble (1917-1957)	1861.06.21
1957.01.05	1957.10.31	Francesco d'Errico	Italy	Titular Archbishop of Samosata (1938-1957)	1862.08.05
1957.10.31	1963.12.06	Alfonso Carinci	Italy	Titular Archbishop of Seleucia in Isauria (1945-1963)	1862.11.09
1963.12.06	1967.07.29	Angelo Paino	Italy	Archbishop of Messina (1923-1963) Titular Archbishop of Serrae (1963-1967)	1870.06.21
1967.07.29	1968.10.27	Mateo Múgica Urrestarazu	Spain	Bishop of Vittoria (1923-1937) Titular Bishop of Cinna (1937-1968)	1870.09.21
1968.10.27	1969.10.18	John Bernard MacGinley	United States	Bushes of Nueva Caceres (Philippines) (1910-1924) Bishop of Monterey-Fresno (US) (1924-1932) Titular Bishop of Croae (1932-1969)	1871.08.19
1969.10.18	1970.10.13	Jean Marie Patrice Flynn	France	Bishop of Nevers (1932-1963) Titular Bishop of Arneae (1963-1970)	1874.08.15
1970.10.13	1972.12.13	Jean-Marie Jan	Haiti	Titular Bishop of Edistiana (1953-1970)	1875.11.02
1972.12.13	1973.04.17	Bernardin Shlaku	Albania	Titular Bishop of Tiberias (1910-1973) Bishop of Pult (1911-1973)	1875.06.23
1972.12.13	1973.04.17	Bernardin Shlaku	Albania	Titular Bishop of Tiberias (1910-1973) Bishop of Pult (1911-1973)	1875.06.23
1973.04.17	1983.01.02	Edward Daniel Howard	United States	Archbishop of Portland (1926-1966) Titular Archbishop of Albulae (1966-1983)	1877.11.05
1983.01.02	1984.01.22	Mikiel Gonzi	Malta	Archbishop of Malta (1944-1976)	1885.05.13
1984.01.22	1985.04.27	Pierre Kamel Medawar	Syria	Auxillary Bishop of Antioch (1943-1969) Titular Bishop of Pelusium dei Greco-Melkiti (1943-1985)	1877.12.26
1985.04.27	1986.03.06	Emilio de Brigard Ortiz	Colombia	Auxillary Bishop of Bogotá (1944-1986) Titular Bishop of Coracesium (1944-1961) Titular Archbishop of Dystis (1961-1986)	1888.05.15
1986.03.06	1989.10.13	Alfredo Cifuentes Gómes	Chile	Archbishop of La Serena (1943-1967) Titular Archbishop of Thapsus (1967-1970)	1888.05.15
1989.10.13	1991.08.18	Patrick Joseph Kelly	Nigeria	Titular Bishop of Thignica (1939-1950) Bishop of Benin City (1950-1973)	1894.08.31
1991.08.18	1999.03.21	John Linus Paschang	United States	Bishop of Grand Island (1951-1972)	1895.10.05
1999.05.23	2003.04.26	José Calasanz Rosenhammer	Bolivia	Titular Bishop of Ampora (1949-2003)	1900.01.01
2003.03.26	2007.01.07	Joseph Meng Ziwen	China	Archbishop of Nanning (1984-2007)	1903.03.19
2009.11.06	2015.01.01	Géry Leuliet	Canada-Franco	Auxillary Bishop of Amiens (1963-1985)	1910.01.12
2015.01.01	2016.09.20	Peter Leo Gerety	United States	Archbishop of New Ark (1974-1986)	1912.07.19
2016.09.20	2020.06.21	Manuel José Bernardino Piñera Carvallo	Chile	Archbishop of La Serena (1983-1990)	1915.09.22
2020.06.21	2020.11.24	Damián Iguacén Borau	Spain	Bishop of San Cristobal de La Laguna or Tenrrife (1984-1991)	1916.02.12
2020.11.24	2022.07.02	Laurent Noël	Canada	Bishop of Trois-Ravières (1975-1996)	1920.03.19
2022.07.02	present	:José de Jesús Sahagún de la Parra'	Mexico	Bishop of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas (1985-1993)	1922.01.01

See Also

• List of longest-living cardinals