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 red those who are Cardinals, in yellow the Pope emeritus). The current breakdown of the 100 persons are the Pope Emeritus, 13 cardinals and 86 bishops.[lower-alpha 1]
Rank | Bishop or Cardinal | Date of birth | Ordained Priest | Consecrated Bishop | Country of origin | Age (years, days) |
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1 | Laurent Noël | March 19, 1920 | June 16, 1944 | August 29, 1963 | ![]() |
104 years, 106 days |
2 | Antônio Afonso de Miranda | April 14, 1920 | November 1, 1945 | December 27, 1971 | ![]() |
104 years, 80 days |
3 | John Bai Ningxian | January 20, 1921 | June 20, 1951 | May 7, 1997 | ![]() |
103 years, 165 days |
4 | Francisco Raúl Villalobos Padilla | February 1, 1921 | August 3, 1949 | May 4, 1971 | ![]() |
103 years, 153 days |
5 | Joseph Hou Guoyang | 1922 | 1951 | October 8, 1989 | ![]() |
99–98 years |
6 | José de Jesús Sahagún de la Parra | January 1, 1922 | May 28, 1946 | September 8, 1961 | ![]() |
102 years, 184 days |
7 | Stephen Yang Xiangtai | November 17, 1922 | August 27, 1949 | November 30, 1996 | ![]() |
101 years, 229 days |
8 | Bruno Foresti | May 6, 1923 | April 7, 1946 | January 12, 1975 | ![]() |
101 years, 58 days |
9 | René Henry Gracida | June 9, 1923 | May 23, 1959 | January 25, 1972 | ![]() |
101 years, 24 days |
10 | Eloy Tato Losada | September 6, 1923 | June 15, 1946 | July 25, 1960 | ![]() |
100 years, 301 days |
11 | Giuseppe Casale | September 28, 1923 | February 3, 1946 | December 8, 1974 | ![]() |
100 years, 279 days |
12 | Luigi Bettazzi | November 26, 1923 | August 4, 1946 | October 4, 1963 | ![]() |
100 years, 220 days |
13 | Augusto Lauro | November 29, 1923 | June 29, 1947 | October 28, 1975 | ![]() |
100 years, 217 days |
14 | Thomas Zhao Duomo | 1924 | 1951 | February 17, 2004 | ![]() |
97–96 years |
15 | Stanisław Szymecki | January 26, 1924 | July 3, 1947 | April 12, 1981 | ![]() |
100 years, 159 days |
16 | Remi De Roo | February 24, 1924 | June 8, 1950 | December 14, 1962 | ![]() |
100 years, 130 days |
17 | Jozef Tomko | March 11, 1924 | March 12, 1949 | September 15, 1979 | ![]() |
100 years, 114 days |
18 | Alexandre José Maria dos Santos | March 18, 1924 | June 25, 1953 | March 9, 1975 | ![]() |
100 years, 107 days |
19 | Peter Takaaki Hirayama | March 31, 1924 | March 19, 1957 | January 25, 1970 | ![]() |
100 years, 94 days |
20 | Settimio Todisco | May 10, 1924 | July 27, 1947 | February 15, 1970 | ![]() |
100 years, 54 days |
21 | Daniel Verstraete | July 31, 1924 | February 19, 1950 | May 14, 1978 | ![]() |
99 years, 338 days |
22 | Manuel Edmilson da Cruz | October 3, 1924 | December 5, 1948 | November 6, 1966 | ![]() |
99 years, 274 days |
23 | Albert Houssiau | November 2, 1924 | February 6, 1949 | May 18, 1986 | ![]() |
99 years, 244 days |
24 | Serafín Luis Alberto Cartagena Ocaña | November 7, 1924 | April 1, 1951 | February 2, 1983 | ![]() |
99 years, 239 days |
25 | Victorinus Youn Kong-hi | November 8, 1924 | March 20, 1950 | October 20, 1963 | ![]() |
99 years, 238 days |
26 | John Aloysius O'Mara | November 17, 1924 | June 1, 1951 | June 29, 1976 | ![]() |
99 years, 229 days |
27 | Gaetano Bonicelli | December 13, 1924 | May 22, 1948 | August 26, 1975 | ![]() |
99 years, 203 days |
28 | Alexandre do Nascimento | March 1, 1925 | December 20, 1952 | August 31, 1975 | ![]() |
99 years, 124 days |
29 | João Evangelista Martins Terra | March 7, 1925 | December 22, 1956 | November 20, 1988 | ![]() |
99 years, 118 days |
30 | James Hector MacDonald | April 28, 1925 | June 29, 1953 | April 17, 1978 | ![]() |
99 years, 66 days |
31 | Ignatius Paul Pinto | May 18, 1925 | August 24, 1952 | January 31, 1989 | ![]() |
99 years, 46 days |
32 | Ernest Bertrand Boland | July 10, 1925 | June 9, 1955 | July 25, 1966 | ![]() |
98 years, 359 days |
33 | Paul Émile Joseph Bertrand | July 11, 1925 | October 10, 1948 | September 14, 1975 | ![]() |
98 years, 358 days |
34 | Francisco Álvarez Martínez | July 14, 1925 | June 11, 1950 | June 3, 1973 | ![]() |
98 years, 355 days |
35 | Joseph Gabriel Fernandez | September 16, 1925 | March 19, 1949 | May 14, 1978 | ![]() |
98 years, 291 days |
36 | Angelo Acerbi | September 23, 1925 | March 27, 1948 | June 30, 1974 | ![]() |
98 years, 284 days |
37 | Joseph Hitti | September 30, 1925 | March 24, 1951 | January 6, 1991 | ![]() |
98 years, 277 days |
38 | José Freire Falcão | October 23, 1925 | June 19, 1949 | June 28, 1988 | ![]() |
98 years, 254 days |
39 | Didier-Léon Marchand | November 1, 1925 | May 19, 1951 | November 5, 1978 | ![]() |
98 years, 245 days |
40 | Jacques de Saint-Blanquat | November 21, 1925 | March 29, 1952 | October 5, 1975 | ![]() |
98 years, 225 days |
41 | Gerardo Humberto Flores Reyes | December 9, 1925 | December 17, 1949 | December 17, 1977 | ![]() |
98 years, 207 days |
42 | John R. Gorman | December 11, 1925 | May 1, 1956 | April 11, 1988 | ![]() |
98 years, 205 days |
43 | John Huo Cheng | February 1, 1926 | May 14, 1954 | September 4, 1991 | ![]() |
98 years, 153 days |
44 | Estanislao Esteban Karlic | February 7, 1926 | December 8, 1954 | August 15, 1977 | ![]() |
98 years, 147 days |
45 | Luigi De Magistris | February 23, 1926 | April 12, 1952 | April 28, 1996 | ![]() |
98 years, 131 days |
46 | Gabino Díaz Merchán | February 26, 1926 | July 13, 1952 | August 22, 1965 | ![]() |
98 years, 128 days |
47 | Maurice Taylor | May 5, 1926 | July 2, 1950 | June 9, 1981 | ![]() |
98 years, 59 days |
48 | Walter Ivan de Azevedo | May 8, 1926 | December 8, 1953 | July 27, 1986 | ![]() |
98 years, 56 days |
49 | Hildebrando Mendes Costa | June 16, 1926 | December 2, 1951 | May 24, 1981 | ![]() |
98 years, 17 days |
50 | Jānis Cakuls | July 4, 1926 | September 18, 1949 | December 11, 1982 | ![]() |
97 years, 365 days |
51 | Emanuele Catarinicchia | July 12, 1926 | April 2, 1949 | December 17, 1978 | ![]() |
97 years, 357 days |
52 | James Chan Soon Cheong | July 26, 1926 | August 6, 1959 | June 8, 1973 | ![]() |
97 years, 343 days |
53 | Heitor de Araújo Sales | July 29, 1926 | December 3, 1950 | June 16, 1978 | ![]() |
97 years, 340 days |
54 | Pedro Antônio Marchetti Fedalto | August 11, 1926 | December 6, 1950 | August 28, 1966 | ![]() |
97 years, 327 days |
55 | Agostino Cacciavillan | August 14, 1926 | June 26, 1949 | February 21, 1976 | ![]() |
97 years, 324 days |
56 | Raúl Holguer López Mayorga | August 24, 1926 | June 29, 1951 | April 29, 1973 | ![]() |
97 years, 314 days |
57 | Lawrence Donald Soens | August 26, 1926 | May 6, 1950 | August 17, 1983 | ![]() |
97 years, 312 days |
58 | Juozas Žemaitis | August 30, 1926 | September 25, 1949 | March 18, 1989 | ![]() |
97 years, 308 days |
59 | Gilbert Sheldon | September 20, 1926 | February 28, 1953 | June 11, 1976 | ![]() |
97 years, 287 days |
60 | Ernesto Togni | October 6, 1926 | May 7, 1950 | September 17, 1978 | ![]() |
97 years, 271 days |
61 | Domenico Crescentino Marinozzi | November 21, 1926 | December 17, 1950 | December 10, 1982 | ![]() |
97 years, 225 days |
62 | Emmanuel Wamala | December 15, 1926 | December 21, 1957 | November 22, 1981 | ![]() |
97 years, 201 days |
63 | Michael Pak Jeong-il | December 18, 1926 | November 23, 1958 | May 31, 1977 | ![]() |
97 years, 198 days |
64 | Jorge Medina | December 23, 1926 | June 12, 1954 | January 6, 1985 | ![]() |
97 years, 193 days |
65 | Paolo Magnani | December 31, 1926 | June 29, 1951 | September 10, 1977 | ![]() |
97 years, 185 days |
66 | Paul-Marie Cao Ðình Thuyên | January 7, 1927 | May 14, 1960 | November 19, 1992 | ![]() |
97 years, 178 days |
67 | Paul Kim Tchang-ryeol | January 25, 1927 | August 22, 1953 | January 6, 1984 | ![]() |
97 years, 160 days |
68 | Julian Wojtkowski | January 31, 1927 | June 25, 1950 | August 22, 1969 | ![]() |
97 years, 154 days |
69 / 70 | Victor Manuel Maldonado Barreno | February 14, 1927 | June 29, 1953 | March 3, 1990 | ![]() |
97 years, 140 days |
Gilberto Pereira Lopes | February 14, 1927 | December 14, 1949 | December 18, 1969 | ![]() |
97 years, 140 days | |
71 | Senan Louis O’Donnell | February 24, 1927 | July 17, 1955 | November 28, 1993 | ![]() |
97 years, 130 days |
72 | Dominic Anthony Marconi | March 13, 1927 | May 30, 1953 | June 25, 1976 | ![]() |
97 years, 112 days |
73 | Rembert George Weakland | April 2, 1927 | June 24, 1951 | September 20, 1977 | ![]() |
97 years, 92 days |
74 | Joseph Pallikaparampil | April 10, 1927 | November 23, 1958 | August 15, 1973 | ![]() |
97 years, 84 days |
75 | Joseph Ratzinger | April 16, 1927 | June 29, 1951 | May 28, 1977 | ![]() |
97 years, 78 days |
76 | José Agustín Valbuena Jáuregui | May 20, 1927 | November 20, 1949 | October 25, 1977 | ![]() |
97 years, 44 days |
77 | Edvaldo Gonçalves Amaral | May 25, 1927 | December 8, 1954 | April 20, 1975 | ![]() |
97 years, 39 days |
78 | Raul Nicolau Gonçalves | June 15, 1927 | December 21, 1950 | March 5, 1967 | ![]() |
97 years, 18 days |
79 | Joseph Martin Sartoris | July 1, 1927 | May 30, 1953 | March 19, 1994 | ![]() |
97 years, 2 days |
80 | Howard George Tripp | July 3, 1927 | May 31, 1953 | January 30, 1980 | ![]() |
97 years, 0 days |
81 | James Timlin | August 5, 1927 | July 16, 1951 | September 21, 1976 | ![]() |
96 years, 333 days |
82 | Alberto Tricarico | August 10, 1927 | January 6, 1950 | April 27, 1987 | ![]() |
96 years, 328 days |
83 | Kazimierz Romaniuk | August 21, 1927 | December 16, 1951 | March 4, 1982 | ![]() |
96 years, 317 days |
84 | Edoardo Rovida | August 26, 1927 | June 29, 1950 | October 10, 1971 | ![]() |
96 years, 312 days |
85 | Abraham Than | September 21, 1927 | September 22, 1957 | May 11, 1969 | ![]() |
96 years, 286 days |
86 | Abraham Nehmé | October 8, 1927 | January 3, 1954 | October 26, 1986 | ![]() |
96 years, 269 days |
87 | Raymond E. Goedert | October 15, 1927 | May 1, 1952 | August 29, 1991 | ![]() |
96 years, 262 days |
88 | Júlio Duarte Langa | October 27, 1927 | June 9, 1957 | October 24, 1976 | ![]() |
96 years, 250 days |
89 | Pierre Trân Thanh Chung | November 10, 1927 | May 25, 1955 | November 22, 1981 | ![]() |
96 years, 236 days |
90 | Daniel A. Cronin | November 14, 1927 | December 20, 1952 | September 12, 1968 | ![]() |
96 years, 232 days |
91 | Raymond Razakarinvony | November 19, 1927 | July 27, 1956 | May 17, 1998 | ![]() |
96 years, 227 days |
92 | Angelo Sodano | November 23, 1927 | September 23, 1950 | January 15, 1978 | ![]() |
96 years, 223 days |
93 | Bernhard Franz Kühnel Langer | December 4, 1927 | August 6, 1955 | April 27, 1983 | ![]() |
96 years, 212 days |
94 | Vincenzo Rimedio | December 5, 1927 | July 22, 1951 | October 28, 1982 | ![]() |
96 years, 211 days |
95 | Raimundo Revoredo Ruiz | December 28, 1927 | June 29, 1950 | January 5, 1989 | ![]() |
96 years, 188 days |
96 | Giovanni Zerbini | December 29, 1927 | June 29, 1956 | February 19, 1995 | ![]() |
96 years, 187 days |
97 | Friedrich Wetter | February 20, 1928 | October 10, 1953 | June 29, 1968 | ![]() |
96 years, 134 days |
98 | Robert Joseph Banks | February 26, 1928 | December 20, 1952 | September 19, 1985 | ![]() |
96 years, 128 days |
99 | Klaus Dick | February 27, 1928 | February 24, 1953 | May 19, 1975 | ![]() |
96 years, 127 days |
100 | John Stephen Cummins | March 3, 1928 | January 24, 1953 | May 16, 1974 | ![]() |
96 years, 122 days |
Notes[edit]
- ↑ In this list not included Mgr Phocas Nikwigize, Bishop Emeritus of Ruhengeri. Mgr Nikwigize was born in 1919. He was kidnapped with others near Goma on 27 November 1996 by members of the Rwandan Patriotic Army. None of the people who were kidnapped around this time were not found alive. It would have been assassinated on November 30, 1996, but the Holy See did not declare him dead because his body has not been found and there has been no eyewitness testimony to his death. However, his death has been reported on several occasions. It is inconceivable that he is still alive but that he has not been seen since November 1996.
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