Cardinals over 80 in Papal conclave, 2005

This is a list of Roman Catholic Cardinals over the age of 80 as of the death of Pope John Paul II on April 2, 2005. As such, they were ineligible to vote in the Papal conclave beginning April 18 to elect John Paul's successor. This list is alphabetical by surname within geographic areas.

Africa

Alexandre do Nascimento, Archbishop Emeritus of Luanda, Angola
Alexandre José Maria dos Santos, OFM, Archbishop Emeritus of Maputo, Mozambique
Bernardin Gantin, Prefect Emeritus of Bishops, Roman Curia
Stéphanos II Ghattas, CM, Coptic Patriarch of Alexandria, Egypt
Adam Kozlowiecki, SJ, Archbishop Emeritus of Lusaka, Zambia
Jean Margéot, Bishop Emeritus of Port-Louis, Mauritius

Asia

Stephen Kim Sou-hwan, Archbishop Emeritus of Seoul, South Korea
Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy, Prefect Emeritus of Oriental Churches, Roman Curia
Paul Joseph Pham Dinh Tung, Archbishop Emeritus of Hà Nôi, Viêt Nam
Simon Pimenta, Archbishop Emeritus of Bombay, India
José Tomás Sánchez, Prefect Emeritus of Clergy, Roman Curia
Nasrallah Pierre Sfeir, Maronite Patriarch of Antioch, Lebanon
Paul Shan Kuo-hsi, Bishop of Kaohsiung, Taiwan (recognised by the Holy See as the Republic of China)

Europe

Gilberto Agustoni, Prefect Emeritus of Apostolic Signatura, Roman Curia
Fiorenzo Angelini, President Emeritus of Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers, Roman Curia
Lorenzo Antonetti, President Emeritus of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See, Roman Curia
Giovanni Canestri, Archbishop Emeritus of Genova, Italy
Giuseppe Caprio, President Emeritus of Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See, Roman Curia
Giovanni Cheli, President Emeritus of Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant Peoples, Roman Curia
Georges Cottier, OP, Theologian emeritus of the Pontifical Household; Cardinal Deacon of S. Domenico e Sisto
Cahal Daly, Archbishop Emeritus of Armagh, Northern Ireland
Andrzej Maria Deskur, President Emeritus of Social Communications, Roman Curia
Roger Etchegaray, President Emeritus of Justice and Peace, Roman Curia
Angelo Felici, President Emeritus of "Ecclesia Dei", Roman Curia
Carlo Furno, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
Henryk Gulbinowicz, Archbishop Emeritus of Wrocław, Poland
Jean Marcel Honoré, Archbishop Emeritus of Tours, France
Antonio Innocenti, Prefect Emeritus of Clergy, Roman Curia
Antonio María Javierre Ortas, SDB, Prefect Emeritus of Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, Roman Curia
Ján Chryzostom Kardinál Korec, SJ, Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia
Pio Laghi, Prefect Emeritus of Catholic Education (for Seminaries and Institutes of Study), Roman Curia
Paul Mayer, OSB, President Emeritus of "Ecclesia Dei", Roman Curia
Dino Monduzzi, Prefect Emeritus of Prefecture of the Papal Household, Roman Curia
Stanislaw Nagy, SCI, Cardinal Deacon of S. Maria della Scala
Virgilio Noè, Archpriest emeritus of the Basilica of Saint Peter
Salvatore Pappalardo, Archbishop Emeritus of Palermo, Italy
Silvano Piovanelli, Archbishop Emeritus of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
Luigi Poggi, Archivist Emeritus of Vatican Secret Archives, Roman Curia
Giovanni Saldarini, Archbishop Emeritus of Turin, Italy
Leo Scheffczyk, Cardinal Deacon of S. Francesco Saverio alla Garbatella
Achille Silvestrini, Prefect Emeritus of Oriental Churches, Roman Curia
Tomáš Špidlík, SJ, Cardinal Deacon of S. Agata de' Goti
Alfons Stickler, SDB, Archivist Emeritus of Vatican Secret Archives, Roman Curia
Ángel Suquía Goicoechea, Archbishop Emeritus of Madrid, Spain
Kazimierz Swiatek, Archbishop of Minsk-Mohilev, Belarus
Jozef Tomko, Prefect Emeritus of Evangelization of Peoples, Roman Curia
Ersilio Tonini, Archbishop Emeritus of Ravenna-Cervia, Italy
Roberto Tucci, SJ, Cardinal Deacon of S. Ignazio di Loyola a Campo Marzio
Johannes Willebrands, Archbishop Emeritus of Utrecht, Netherlands

North America

This includes the United States, Canada, Mexico, the nations of Central America, and the Caribbean.

Luis Aponte Martinez, Archbishop Emeritus of San Juan de Puerto Rico
Anthony Bevilacqua, Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States - deceased
Avery Dulles, SJ, theologian, United States
Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada, Archbishop Emeritus of México, Federal District, Mexico
Edouard Gagnon, PSS, President Emeritus of Family, Roman Curia
Louis-Albert Vachon, Archbishop Emeritus of Québec, Québec, Canada

Oceania

Edward Idris Cassidy, President Emeritus of Promoting Christian Unity, Roman Curia
Edward Clancy, Archbishop Emeritus of Sydney, Australia
Pio Taofinu'u, SM, Archbishop Emeritus of Samoa-Apia, Samoa

South America

Eugênio de Araújo Sales, Archbishop Emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Paulo Evaristo Arns, Archbishop Emeritus of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Serafim Fernandes de Araújo, Archbishop Emeritus of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Rosalio José Castillo Lara, SDB President Emeritus of Vatican City State, Roman Curia
Antonio José González Zumárraga, Archbishop Emeritus of Quito, Ecuador
Aloísio Lorscheider, Archbishop Emeritus of Aparecida, São Paulo, Brazil
Jorge María Mejía, Archivist Emeritus of Vatican Secret Archives, Roman Curia
Raúl Francisco Primatesta, Archbishop Emeritus of Córdoba, Argentina