Birthdate Age Elevated Name Current Title 25 Jan 1929 79.7
2 Feb 1983 Michael Michai Cardinal Kitbunchu Archbishop of Bangkok , Thailand 25 Jun 1929 79.3
21 Oct 2003 Francesco Cardinal Marchisano President of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See 4 Jul 1929 79.3
21 Feb 1998 Darío Cardinal Castrillón Hoyos President of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei” 18 Dec 1929 78.8
2 Feb 1983 Józef Cardinal Glemp Archbishop Emeritus of Warszawa {Warsaw} , Poland 27 Jan 1930 78.7
21 Feb 1998 Aloysius Matthew Cardinal Ambrozic Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto , Ontario, Canada 18 Mar 1930 78.5
26 Nov 1994 Adam Joseph Cardinal Maida Archbishop of Detroit , Michigan, USA 20 Mar 1930 78.5
2 Feb 1983 Thomas Stafford Cardinal Williams Archbishop Emeritus of Wellington , New Zealand 31 Mar 1930 78.5
21 Oct 2003 Julián Cardinal Herranz Casado President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts 7 Jul 1930 78.2
21 Feb 2001 Theodore Edgar Cardinal McCarrick Archbishop Emeritus of Washington , District of Columbia, USA 30 Aug 1930 78.1
25 May 1985 Paul Joseph Jean Cardinal Poupard President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Culture 6 Sep 1930 78.1
21 Feb 1998 Salvatore Cardinal De Giorgi Archbishop Emeritus of Palermo , Italy 18 Sep 1930 78.0
21 Feb 2001 Ignace Moussa I (Basile) Cardinal Daoud Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian) , Lebanon 26 Sep 1930 78.0
28 Jun 1988 Michele Cardinal Giordano Archbishop Emeritus of Napoli {Naples} , Italy 15 Oct 1930 78.0
28 Jun 1988 Christian Wiyghan Cardinal Tumi Archbishop of Douala , Cameroon 14 Nov 1930 77.9
21 Feb 1998 Janis Cardinal Pujats Archbishop of Riga , Latvia 26 Jan 1931 77.7
21 Oct 2003 Bernard Louis Auguste Paul Cardinal Panafieu Archbishop Emeritus of Marseille , France 6 Feb 1931 77.7
25 May 1985 Ricardo Jamin Cardinal Vidal Archbishop of Cebu , Philippines 12 Feb 1931 77.6
24 Nov 2007 Agustín Cardinal García-Gasco y Vicente Archbishop of Valencia , Spain 19 Feb 1931 77.6
28 Jun 1991 Camillo Cardinal Ruini Vicar General Emeritus of Roma {Rome} , Italy 4 Mar 1931 77.6
26 Nov 1994 William Henry Cardinal Keeler Archbishop Emeritus of Baltimore , Maryland, USA 11 Apr 1931 77.5
21 Feb 2001 Sergio Cardinal Sebastiani President Emeritus of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See 4 Nov 1931 76.9
25 May 1985 Bernard Francis Cardinal Law Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica} 26 Nov 1931 76.9
25 May 1985 Adrianus Johannes Cardinal Simonis Archbishop Emeritus of Utrecht , Netherlands 7 Dec 1931 76.8
24 Mar 2006 Nicholas Cardinal Cheong Jin-Suk Archbishop of Seoul , Korea (South) 6 Jan 1932 76.7
21 Feb 2001 José Cardinal Saraiva Martins , C.M.F.Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints 13 Jan 1932 76.7
24 Mar 2006 Joseph Cardinal Zen Ze-kiun , S.D.B.Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang] , China 8 Mar 1932 76.6
21 Oct 2003 Rodolfo Cardinal Quezada Toruño Archbishop of Guatemala 2 Apr 1932 76.5
21 Feb 2001 Edward Michael Cardinal Egan Archbishop of New York , New York, USA 17 May 1932 76.4
26 Nov 1994 Miloslav Cardinal Vlk Archbishop of Praha {Prague} , Czech Republic 14 Jun 1932 76.3
28 Jun 1991 Henri Cardinal Schwery Bishop Emeritus of Sion {Sitten} , Switzerland 26 Jul 1932 76.2
21 Feb 1998 James Francis Cardinal Stafford Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary 10 Aug 1932 76.2
24 Mar 2006 Gaudencio Borbon Cardinal Rosales Archbishop of Manila , Philippines 24 Aug 1932 76.1
21 Feb 2001 Cormac Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor Archbishop of Westminster , England, Great Britain 13 Sep 1932 76.1
21 Feb 2001 Pedro Cardinal Rubiano Sàenz Archbishop of Bogotá , Colombia 1 Nov 1932 75.9
25 May 1985 Francis Cardinal Arinze Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments 23 Nov 1932 75.9
21 Oct 2003 Renato Raffaele Cardinal Martino President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace 8 Dec 1932 75.8
21 Oct 2003 Eusébio Oscar Cardinal Scheid , S.C.I.Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro , Brazil 26 Jan 1933 75.7
21 Oct 2003 Javier Cardinal Lozano Barragán President of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers 26 Feb 1933 75.6
21 Feb 2001 Lubomyr Cardinal Husar Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyc {Kiev} (Ukrainian) , Ukraine 5 Mar 1933 75.6
21 Feb 2001 Walter Cardinal Kasper President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity 18 Mar 1933 75.5
21 Feb 2001 Severino Cardinal Poletto Archbishop of Torino {Turin} , Italy 28 Mar 1933 75.5
26 Nov 1994 Juan Cardinal Sandoval Íñiguez Archbishop of Guadalajara , Jalisco, México 4 Jun 1933 75.3
2 Feb 1983 Godfried Cardinal Danneels Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels} , Belgium 5 Sep 1933 75.1
21 Feb 2001 Francisco Javier Cardinal Errázuriz Ossa Archbishop of Santiago de Chile 24 Sep 1933 75.0
24 Nov 2007 Raffaele Cardinal Farina , S.D.B.Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archives 19 Oct 1933 75.0
21 Feb 2001 Geraldo Majella Cardinal Agnelo Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia , Brazil 25 Dec 1933 74.8
2 Feb 1983 Joachim Cardinal Meisner Archbishop of Köln {Cologne} , Germany 1934 74.8
21 Oct 2003 Jean-Baptiste Cardinal Pham Minh Mân Archbishop of Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh , Viêt Nam 30 Jan 1934 74.7
21 Feb 2001 Giovanni Battista Cardinal Re Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops 14 Mar 1934 74.6
21 Feb 1998 Dionigi Cardinal Tettamanzi Archbishop of Milano {Milan} , Italy 8 Aug 1934 74.2
21 Feb 2001 Cláudio Cardinal Hummes , O.F.M.Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy 23 Aug 1934 74.1
21 Oct 2003 Carlos Cardinal Amigo Vallejo , O.F.M.Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville} , Spain 5 Sep 1934 74.1
24 Nov 2007 Paul Josef Cardinal Cordes President of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum” 23 Sep 1934 74.0
24 Mar 2006 Franc Cardinal Rodé , C.M.Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life 2 Dec 1934 73.8
21 Oct 2003 Tarcisio Cardinal Bertone , S.D.B.Secretary of the Secretariat of State 20 Dec 1934 73.8
26 Nov 1994 Julius Riyadi Cardinal Darmaatmadja , S.J.Archbishop of Jakarta , Indonesia 3 Jan 1935 73.8
24 Nov 2007 Giovanni Cardinal Lajolo President of the Governatorate of Vatican City State 19 Apr 1935 73.5
21 Oct 2003 Justin Francis Cardinal Rigali Archbishop of Philadelphia , Pennsylvania, USA 11 Nov 1935 72.9
24 Nov 2007 John Patrick Cardinal Foley Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem 9 Feb 1936 72.7
28 Jun 1991 Georg Maximilian Cardinal Sterzinsky Archbishop of Berlin , Germany 26 Feb 1936 72.6
21 Feb 2001 José Cardinal da Cruz Policarpo Patriarch of Lisboa , Portugal 27 Feb 1936 72.6
28 Jun 1991 Roger Michael Cardinal Mahony Archbishop of Los Angeles , California, USA 7 Mar 1936 72.6
21 Feb 2001 Julio Cardinal Terrazas Sandoval , C.SS.R.Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra , Bolivia 14 Apr 1936 72.5
21 Feb 2001 Ivan Cardinal Dias Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples 16 May 1936 72.4
21 Feb 2001 Karl Cardinal Lehmann Bishop of Mainz , Germany 15 Jun 1936 72.3
24 Mar 2006 William Joseph Cardinal Levada Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith 16 Jun 1936 72.3
21 Oct 2003 Anthony Olubunmi Cardinal Okogie Archbishop of Lagos , Nigeria 26 Jun 1936 72.3
26 Nov 1994 Jean-Claude Cardinal Turcotte Archbishop of Montréal , Québec, Canada 24 Aug 1936 72.1
21 Feb 1998 Antonio María Cardinal Rouco Varela Archbishop of Madrid , Spain 18 Oct 1936 72.0
26 Nov 1994 Jaime Lucas Cardinal Ortega y Alamino Archbishop of San Cristobal de la Habana , Cuba 31 Oct 1936 71.9
28 Jun 1991 Nicolás de Jesús Cardinal López Rodríguez Archbishop of Santo Domingo , Dominican Republic 18 Nov 1936 71.9
21 Oct 2003 Ennio Cardinal Antonelli President of the Pontifical Council for the Family 28 Nov 1936 71.9
24 Nov 2007 Théodore-Adrien Cardinal Sarr Archbishop of Dakar , Senegal 17 Dec 1936 71.8
21 Feb 2001 Jorge Mario Cardinal Bergoglio , S.J.Archbishop of Buenos Aires , Argentina 16 Jan 1937 71.7
21 Feb 1998 Francis Eugene Cardinal George , O.M.I.Archbishop of Chicago , Illinois, USA 1 Feb 1937 71.7
21 Feb 2001 Audrys Juozas Cardinal Backis Archbishop of Vilnius , Lithuania 16 Mar 1937 71.6
21 Oct 2003 Attilio Cardinal Nicora President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See 29 Apr 1937 71.4
24 Nov 2007 Lluís Cardinal Martínez Sistach Archbishop of Barcelona , Spain 17 Mar 1938 70.6
21 Oct 2003 Keith Michael Patrick Cardinal O’Brien Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh , Scotland, Great Britain 1 Jun 1938 70.3
24 Mar 2006 Carlo Cardinal Caffarra Archbishop of Bologna , Italy 27 Apr 1939 69.4
24 Mar 2006 Stanislaw Cardinal Dziwisz Archbishop of Kraków {Cracow} , Poland 16 Aug 1939 69.1
24 Nov 2007 Seán Baptist Cardinal Brady Archbishop of Armagh , Ireland 11 Oct 1939 69.0
21 Feb 2001 Zenon Cardinal Grocholewski Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Seminaries and Institutes of Study) 15 Oct 1939 69.0
21 Oct 2003 Telesphore Placidus Cardinal Toppo Archbishop of Ranchi , India 17 Apr 1940 68.5
24 Mar 2006 Agostino Cardinal Vallini Vicar General of Roma {Rome} , Italy 27 Feb 1941 67.6
21 Oct 2003 Gabriel Cardinal Zubeir Wako Archbishop of Khartoum , Sudan 8 Mar 1941 67.6
21 Feb 2001 Wilfrid Fox Cardinal Napier , O.F.M.Archbishop of Durban , South Africa 8 Jun 1941 67.3
21 Oct 2003 George Cardinal Pell Archbishop of Sydney , Australia 7 Nov 1941 66.9
21 Oct 2003 Angelo Cardinal Scola Patriarch of Venezia {Venice} , Italy 6 Jun 1942 66.3
21 Feb 1998 Norberto Cardinal Rivera Carrera Archbishop of México , Federal District 28 Aug 1942 66.1
24 Mar 2006 Jorge Liberato Cardinal Urosa Savino Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela 7 Nov 1942 65.9
24 Nov 2007 André Armand Cardinal Vingt-Trois Archbishop of Paris , France 29 Dec 1942 65.8
21 Feb 2001 Oscar Andrés Cardinal Rodríguez Maradiaga , S.D.B.Archbishop of Tegucigalpa , Honduras 14 Jan 1943 65.7
24 Nov 2007 Angelo Cardinal Bagnasco Archbishop of Genova {Genoa} , Italy 5 Apr 1943 65.5
21 Oct 2003 Jean-Louis Pierre Cardinal Tauran President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue 2 Jun 1943 65.3
21 Feb 2001 Crescenzio Cardinal Sepe Archbishop of Napoli {Naples} , Italy 17 Sep 1943 65.1
24 Nov 2007 Angelo Cardinal Comastri President of the Fabric of St. Peter 18 Nov 1943 64.9
24 Nov 2007 Leonardo Cardinal Sandri Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches 28 Dec 1943 64.8
21 Feb 2001 Juan Luis Cardinal Cipriani Thorne Archbishop of Lima , Peru 1944 64.8
24 Nov 2007 John Cardinal Njue Archbishop of Nairobi , Kenya 8 Jun 1944 64.3
21 Oct 2003 Marc Cardinal Ouellet , P.S.S.Archbishop of Québec , Québec, Canada 29 Jun 1944 64.3
24 Mar 2006 Sean Patrick Cardinal O'Malley , O.F.M. Cap.Archbishop of Boston , Massachusetts, USA 5 Aug 1944 64.2
21 Feb 1998 Polycarp Cardinal Pengo Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam , Tanzania 26 Sep 1944 64.0
24 Mar 2006 Jean-Pierre Bernard Cardinal Ricard Archbishop of Bordeaux (-Bazas) , France 24 Dec 1944 63.8
24 Nov 2007 Oswald Cardinal Gracias Archbishop of Bombay , India 22 Jan 1945 63.7
21 Feb 1998 Christoph Cardinal Schönborn , O.P.Archbishop of Wien {Vienna} , Austria 4 Jul 1945 63.3
24 Nov 2007 Stanisław Cardinal Ryłko President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity 8 Sep 1945 63.1
26 Nov 1994 Vinko Cardinal Puljic Archbishop of Vrhbosna {Sarajevo} , Bosnia and Herzegovina 15 Oct 1945 63.0
24 Mar 2006 Antonio Cardinal Cañizares Llovera Archbishop of Toledo , Spain 11 Oct 1948 60.0
21 Oct 2003 Peter Kodwo Appiah Cardinal Turkson Archbishop of Cape Coast , Ghana 2 Mar 1949 59.6
24 Nov 2007 Francisco Cardinal Robles Ortega Archbishop of Monterrey , Nuevo León, México 20 Mar 1949 59.5
21 Oct 2003 Josip Cardinal Bozanic Archbishop of Zagreb , Croatia 23 May 1949 59.4
24 Nov 2007 Daniel Nicholas Cardinal DiNardo Archbishop of Galveston-Houston , Texas, USA 21 Sep 1949 59.0
24 Nov 2007 Odilo Pedro Cardinal Scherer Archbishop of São Paulo , Sao Paulo, Brazil 17 Oct 1950 58.0
21 Oct 2003 Philippe Xavier Ignace Cardinal Barbarin Archbishop of Lyon , France 25 Jun 1952 56.3
21 Oct 2003 Péter Cardinal Erdõ Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest , Hungary
Note: Cardinals under the age of 80 at the time the Holy See becomes vacant may vote in a conclave.
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