List of oldest Catholic bishops

This is a list of the 100 oldest living Roman Catholic Bishops and Cardinals (in yellow). The current breakdown of the 100 persons is 90 Bishops and 10 Cardinals (9 of whom are Bishops).

Rank Bishop or Cardinal Date of Birth Ordained Priest Consecrated Bishop Country of Origin Age (Years/Days)
1 Antoine Nguyên Van Thien March 13, 1906 February 20, 1932 January 22, 1961  Vietnam &10000000000000105000000105 years, &10000000000000351000000351 days
* Francis Hong Yong-ho October 12, 1906 May 25, 1933 June 29, 1944  North Korea &10000000000000105000000105 years, &10000000000000138000000138 days
2 Géry Leuliet January 12, 1910 July 8, 1933 May 9, 1963  France &10000000000000102000000102 years, &1000000000000004600000046 days
3 Joseph Oliver Bowers March 28, 1910 January 22, 1939 April 22, 1953  Dominica &10000000000000101000000101 years, &10000000000000336000000336 days
4 José de Jesús García Ayala May 30, 1910 May 9, 1937 August 2, 1963  Mexico &10000000000000101000000101 years, &10000000000000273000000273 days
5 Odorico Leovigildo Sáiz Pérez February 6, 1912 March 13, 1937 March 10, 1974  Spain &10000000000000100000000100 years, &1000000000000002100000021 days
6 Antonio Mistrorigo March 26, 1912 July 7, 1935 April 25, 1955  Italy &1000000000000009900000099 years, &10000000000000338000000338 days
7 Peter Leo Gerety July 19, 1912 June 29, 1939 June 1, 1966  United States &1000000000000009900000099 years, &10000000000000223000000223 days
8 Bernard Joseph McLaughlin November 19, 1912 December 21, 1935 January 6, 1969  United States &1000000000000009900000099 years, &10000000000000100000000100 days
9 Guillermo Leaden July 20, 1913 November 23, 1941 August 8, 1975  Argentina &1000000000000009800000098 years, &10000000000000222000000222 days
10 Jacques Nguyên Van Mâu January 22, 1914 September 21, 1940 September 12, 1968  Vietnam &1000000000000009800000098 years, &1000000000000003600000036 days
11 Jan van Cauwelaert April 12, 1914 August 6, 1939 March 25, 1954  Belgium &1000000000000009700000097 years, &10000000000000321000000321 days
12 Rudolf Schmid June 26, 1914 June 26, 1938 March 25, 1972  Germany &1000000000000009700000097 years, &10000000000000246000000246 days
13 Ersilio Tonini July 20, 1914 April 18, 1937 June 2, 1969  Italy &1000000000000009700000097 years, &10000000000000222000000222 days
14 Joseph-Aurèle Plourde January 12, 1915 May 7, 1944 August 26, 1964  Canada &1000000000000009700000097 years, &1000000000000004600000046 days
15 Felice Leonardo March 9, 1915 July 24, 1938 September 29, 1957  Italy &1000000000000009600000096 years, &10000000000000355000000355 days
16 Hervé-Maria Le Cléac'h March 11, 1915 December 18, 1943 June 24, 1973  France &1000000000000009600000096 years, &10000000000000353000000353 days
17 Pedro Reginaldo Lira September 7, 1915 September 21, 1938 September 7, 1958  Argentina &1000000000000009600000096 years, &10000000000000173000000173 days
18 Paul Ch'eng Shih-kuang September 15, 1915 June 29, 1943 July 25, 1960  Taiwan &1000000000000009600000096 years, &10000000000000165000000165 days
19 Bernardino Piñera September 22, 1915 April 5, 1947 April 27, 1958  Chile &1000000000000009600000096 years, &10000000000000158000000158 days
20 Loris Francesco Capovilla October 14, 1915 May 23, 1940 July 16, 1967  Italy &1000000000000009600000096 years, &10000000000000136000000136 days
21 Victor Berrizbeitia October 17, 1915 June 27, 1943 January 30, 1964  Spain &1000000000000009600000096 years, &10000000000000133000000133 days
22 Andreas Peter Cornelius Sol October 19, 1915 August 10, 1940 February 25, 1964  Netherlands &1000000000000009600000096 years, &10000000000000131000000131 days
23 Innocent Lotocky November 3, 1915 November 24, 1940 March 1, 1981  Ukraine &1000000000000009600000096 years, &10000000000000116000000116 days
24 Albert Malbois November 17, 1915 June 29, 1938 April 22, 1961  France &1000000000000009600000096 years, &10000000000000102000000102 days
25 Damián Iguacén Borau February 12, 1916 June 7, 1941 October 11, 1970  Spain &1000000000000009600000096 years, &1000000000000001500000015 days
26 Eugène Moke Motsüri March 25, 1916 June 9, 1946 December 6, 1970  Democratic Republic of the Congo &1000000000000009500000095 years, &10000000000000339000000339 days
27 Albert Henry Ottenweller April 5, 1916 June 19, 1943 May 29, 1974  United States &1000000000000009500000095 years, &10000000000000328000000328 days
28 Eladio Acosta Arteaga April 9, 1916 August 7, 1949 April 12, 1970  Colombia &1000000000000009500000095 years, &10000000000000324000000324 days
29 Armando Círio April 30, 1916 June 29, 1940 August 28, 1960  Brazil &1000000000000009500000095 years, &10000000000000303000000303 days
30 Anselmo Zarza Bernal June 4, 1916 April 8, 1939 August 22, 1962  Mexico &1000000000000009500000095 years, &10000000000000268000000268 days
31 Jaime Luiz Coelho July 26, 1916 December 7, 1941 January 20, 1957  Brazil &1000000000000009500000095 years, &10000000000000216000000216 days
32 Fiorenzo Angelini August 1, 1916 February 3, 1940 July 29, 1956  Italy &1000000000000009500000095 years, &10000000000000210000000210 days
33 Jorge Scarso August 13, 1916 June 28, 1942 March 25, 1968  Italy &1000000000000009500000095 years, &10000000000000198000000198 days
34 Servílio Conti October 19, 1916 April 8, 1944 May 5, 1968  Italy &1000000000000009500000095 years, &10000000000000131000000131 days
35 Caetano Lima dos Santos October 26, 1916 December 15, 1940 August 10, 1958  Brazil &1000000000000009500000095 years, &10000000000000124000000124 days
36 Michael Pearse Lacey November 26, 1916 May 23, 1943 June 21, 1979  Canada &1000000000000009500000095 years, &1000000000000009300000093 days
37 Wilhelmus Demarteau January 24, 1917 July 27, 1941 May 5, 1954  Netherlands &1000000000000009500000095 years, &1000000000000003400000034 days
38 Silvério Paulo de Albuquerque March 11, 1917 May 30, 1942 May 10, 1970  Brazil &1000000000000009400000094 years, &10000000000000353000000353 days
39 Giovanni Benedetti March 12, 1917 May 26, 1940 January 23, 1975  Italy &1000000000000009400000094 years, &10000000000000352000000352 days
40 Hubertus Ernst April 8, 1917 June 7, 1941 December 17, 1967  Netherlands &1000000000000009400000094 years, &10000000000000325000000325 days
41 Domenico Bartolucci May 7, 1917 December 23, 1939 -----------  Italy &1000000000000009400000094 years, &10000000000000296000000296 days
42 Vincenzo Franco June 1, 1917 July 6, 1947 January 26, 1975  Italy &1000000000000009400000094 years, &10000000000000271000000271 days
43 Paul Coussa September 9, 1917 April 17, 1941 December 21, 1969  Iraq &1000000000000009400000094 years, &10000000000000171000000171 days
44 Antonio José Ramírez Salaverría October 31, 1917 July 14, 1940 September 14, 1958  Venezuela &1000000000000009400000094 years, &10000000000000119000000119 days
45 Pierre-Eugène Rouanet November 16, 1917 July 4, 1948 November 29, 1956  France &1000000000000009400000094 years, &10000000000000103000000103 days
46 Bernard Ferdinand Popp December 6, 1917 February 24, 1943 July 25, 1983  United States &1000000000000009400000094 years, &1000000000000008300000083 days
47 Arthur Joseph O'Neill December 14, 1917 March 27, 1943 October 11, 1968  United States &1000000000000009400000094 years, &1000000000000007500000075 days
48 John Mackey January 11, 1918 November 23, 1941 June 30, 1974  Ireland &1000000000000009400000094 years, &1000000000000004700000047 days
49 Ignacy Tokarczuk February 1, 1918 June 21, 1942 February 6, 1966  Poland &1000000000000009400000094 years, &1000000000000002600000026 days
50 Giovanni Canestri September 30, 1918 April 12, 1941 July 30, 1961  Italy &1000000000000009300000093 years, &10000000000000150000000150 days
51 Giovanni Cheli October 4, 1918 June 21, 1942 September 16, 1978  Italy &1000000000000009300000093 years, &10000000000000146000000146 days
52 Gérard Tremblay October 27, 1918 June 16, 1946 May 22, 1981  Canada &1000000000000009300000093 years, &10000000000000123000000123 days
53 Maffeo Giovanni Ducoli November 7, 1918 May 30, 1942 May 14, 1967  Italy &1000000000000009300000093 years, &10000000000000112000000112 days
54 Javier Naranjo Villegas January 21, 1919 March 15, 1942 June 29, 1971  Colombia &1000000000000009300000093 years, &1000000000000003700000037 days
55 Ernst Gutting January 30, 1919 July 3, 1949 September 12, 1971  Germany &1000000000000009300000093 years, &1000000000000002800000028 days
56 José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez February 18, 1919 December 14, 1941 August 28, 1955  Colombia &1000000000000009300000093 years, &100000000000000090000009 days
57 Gregorio Garavito Jiménez March 9, 1919 July 24, 1942 February 11, 1962  Colombia &1000000000000009200000092 years, &10000000000000355000000355 days
58 José Maria Pires March 15, 1919 December 20, 1941 September 22, 1957  Brazil &1000000000000009200000092 years, &10000000000000349000000349 days
59 Timothy Joseph Lyne March 21, 1919 May 1, 1943 December 13, 1983  United States &1000000000000009200000092 years, &10000000000000343000000343 days
Douglas Joseph Warren March 21, 1919 December 20, 1942 July 27, 1964  Australia &1000000000000009200000092 years, &10000000000000343000000343 days
61 Myles McKeon April 3, 1919 June 22, 1947 September 12, 1962  Australia &1000000000000009200000092 years, &10000000000000330000000330 days
62 Hovhannes Tcholakian April 12, 1919 April 25, 1943 March 5, 1967  Turkey &1000000000000009200000092 years, &10000000000000321000000321 days
63 Gérard Dionne June 19, 1919 May 1, 1948 April 8, 1975  Canada &1000000000000009200000092 years, &10000000000000253000000253 days
Placidus Nkalanga June 19, 1919 July 15, 1950 May 21, 1961  Tanzania &1000000000000009200000092 years, &10000000000000253000000253 days
65 Martin Nicholas Lohmuller August 21, 1919 June 3, 1944 April 2, 1970  United States &1000000000000009200000092 years, &10000000000000190000000190 days
66 Joseph Francis Maguire September 4, 1919 June 29, 1945 February 2, 1972  United States &1000000000000009200000092 years, &10000000000000176000000176 days
67 Aldo Mongiano November 1, 1919 June 3, 1943 October 5, 1975  Italy &1000000000000009200000092 years, &10000000000000118000000118 days
68 Georges-Hilaire Dupont November 16, 1919 May 9, 1943 May 1, 1964  France &1000000000000009200000092 years, &10000000000000103000000103 days
69 Maurice Paul Delorme November 20, 1919 October 11, 1942 November 16, 1975  France &1000000000000009200000092 years, &1000000000000009900000099 days
70 Andrés Sapelak December 13, 1919 June 29, 1949 October 15, 1961  Poland &1000000000000009200000092 years, &1000000000000007600000076 days
71 Giovanni D'Ascenzi January 6, 1920 June 19, 1943 December 7, 1975  Italy &1000000000000009200000092 years, &1000000000000005200000052 days
72 Pedro Bantigue y Natividad January 31, 1920 May 31, 1945 July 25, 1961  Philippines &1000000000000009200000092 years, &1000000000000002700000027 days
73 John Jobst February 4, 1920 July 9, 1950 March 19, 1959  Australia &1000000000000009200000092 years, &1000000000000002300000023 days
74 Carlos Quintero Arce February 13, 1920 April 8, 1944 May 14, 1961  Mexico &1000000000000009200000092 years, &1000000000000001400000014 days
75 William Edward Murray February 16, 1920 July 21, 1945 July 21, 1975  Australia &1000000000000009200000092 years, &1000000000000001100000011 days
76 Simon Pimenta March 1, 1920 December 21, 1949 June 29, 1971  India &1000000000000009100000091 years, &10000000000000363000000363 days
77 Jose Tomas Sanchez March 17, 1920 May 12, 1946 May 12, 1968  Philippines &1000000000000009100000091 years, &10000000000000347000000347 days
78 Laurent Noël March 19, 1920 June 16, 1944 August 29, 1963  Canada &1000000000000009100000091 years, &10000000000000345000000345 days
79 Antônio Afonso de Miranda April 14, 1920 November 1, 1945 December 27, 1971  Brazil &1000000000000009100000091 years, &10000000000000319000000319 days
80 Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir May 15, 1920 May 7, 1950 July 16, 1961  Lebanon &1000000000000009100000091 years, &10000000000000288000000288 days
81 Aurélio Granada Escudeiro May 19, 1920 January 17, 1943 May 26, 1974  Portugal &1000000000000009100000091 years, &10000000000000284000000284 days
82 Abel Costas Montaño May 25, 1920 September 22, 1945 January 6, 1969  Bolivia &1000000000000009100000091 years, &10000000000000278000000278 days
83 Charles Amarin Brand June 27, 1920 July 11, 1943 February 13, 1972  France &1000000000000009100000091 years, &10000000000000245000000245 days
84 Odo Fusi Pecci June 29, 1920 December 19, 1942 August 29, 1971  Italy &1000000000000009100000091 years, &10000000000000243000000243 days
85 Jean Marcel Honoré August 13, 1920 June 29, 1943 December 17, 1972  France &1000000000000009100000091 years, &10000000000000198000000198 days
86 José Cerviño Cerviño August 21, 1920 April 6, 1946 July 28, 1968  Spain &1000000000000009100000091 years, &10000000000000190000000190 days
87 Benedito de Ulhôa Vieira October 9, 1920 December 8, 1948 January 25, 1972  Brazil &1000000000000009100000091 years, &10000000000000141000000141 days
88 Augustin Sagna October 23, 1920 March 17, 1945 January 15, 1967  Senegal &1000000000000009100000091 years, &10000000000000127000000127 days
89 Eugênio Sales November 8, 1920 December 15, 1946 August 15, 1954  Brazil &1000000000000009100000091 years, &10000000000000111000000111 days
90 Edward Hughes November 13, 1920 May 31, 1947 July 21, 1976  United States &1000000000000009100000091 years, &10000000000000106000000106 days
91 Peter Baptist Tadamaro Ishigami December 1, 1920 September 6, 1952 February 11, 1973  Japan &1000000000000009100000091 years, &1000000000000008800000088 days
92 José Guadalupe Padilla Lozano December 12, 1920 April 26, 1946 March 19, 1963  Mexico &1000000000000009100000091 years, &1000000000000007700000077 days
93 André Sana December 20, 1920 May 15, 1945 October 6, 1957  Iraq &1000000000000009100000091 years, &1000000000000006900000069 days
94 Jean Chabbert December 31, 1920 June 29, 1947 July 7, 1967  France &1000000000000009100000091 years, &1000000000000005800000058 days
95 George Hamilton Pearce January 9, 1921 February 3, 1947 June 29, 1956  United States &1000000000000009100000091 years, &1000000000000004900000049 days
96 Pedro Luís António January 13, 1921 July 20, 1952 July 29, 1979  Angola &1000000000000009100000091 years, &1000000000000004500000045 days
97 Francisco Raúl Villalobos Padilla February 1, 1921 August 3, 1949 May 4, 1971  Mexico &1000000000000009100000091 years, &1000000000000002600000026 days
98 Angelo Cuniberti February 6, 1921 June 29, 1944 May 21, 1961  Colombia &1000000000000009100000091 years, &1000000000000002100000021 days
99 Spiridon Mattar March 1, 1921 July 20, 1946 July 20, 1978  Lebanon &1000000000000009000000090 years, &10000000000000363000000363 days
100 Everardus Antonius M. Baaij March 24, 1921 July 20, 1947 March 24, 1974  Netherlands &1000000000000009000000090 years, &10000000000000340000000340 days

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