List of Oldest Catholic Bishops
This is a list of the oldest living Roman Catholic bishops. The list contains those bishops born before December 31, 1918. The age of bishops is updated to .
Bishop or Cardinal |
Date of Birth |
Ordained Priest |
Ordained Bishop |
Country of Origin |
Age (Years/Days) |
Antoine Nguyen Van Thien |
March 13 1906 |
February 20, 1932 |
January 22 1961 |
Vietnam |
|
Antonio Rosario Mennonna |
May 27 1906 |
August 12 1928 |
March 13 1955 |
Italy |
|
Paul-Louis Carriere |
March 30 1908 |
July 8, 1931 |
January 11 1969 |
France |
|
Michel Nguyên Khác Ngu |
February 2 1909 |
June 29 1934 |
January 22 1961 |
Vietnam |
|
John Aloysius Morgan |
October 9 1909 |
July 15, 1934 |
April 28 1969 |
Australia |
|
Jean Jadot |
November 23 1909 |
February 11 1934 |
May 1 1968 |
Belgium |
|
Géry-Jacques-Charles Leuliet |
January 12 1910 |
July 8, 1933 |
May 9 1963 |
Belgium |
|
José Bezerra Coutinho |
February 7 1910 |
December 3 1933 |
October 28 1956 |
Brazil |
|
Joseph Oliver Bowers |
March 28 1910 |
January 22, 1939 |
April 22 1953 |
Dominican Republic |
|
José de Jesús Garcia Ayala |
June 7 1910 |
May 9 1937 |
August 2 1963 |
Mexico |
|
Anthony Saliu Sanusi |
January 2 1911 |
December 17, 1944 |
August 1 1969 |
Nigeria |
|
Cardinal Paul Augustin Mayer |
May 23 1911 |
August 25 1935 |
February 13 1972 |
Germany |
|
Eladio Vicuña Aránguiz |
June 2 1911 |
September 22, 1934 |
October 18 1955 |
Chile |
|
Albert Sanschagrin |
August 5 1911 |
May 24 1936 |
September 14 1957 |
Canada |
|
Nicola Agnozzi |
November 5 1911 |
March 18, 1934 |
July 1 1962 |
Italy |
|
John A. Choi Jae-seon |
January 7 1912 |
June 11 1938 |
May 30 1957 |
South Korea |
|
Elias Zoghbi |
January 9 1912 |
July 20, 1936 |
November 21 1954 |
Lebanon |
|
Bishop Joseph Merhi |
January 18 1912 |
July 13 1936 |
August 26 1972 |
Egypt |
|
Odorico Leovigildo Sáiz Pérez |
February 6 1912 |
March 13, 1937 |
March 10 1974 |
Spain |
|
Giovanni Ferrofino |
February 24 1912 |
September 22 1934 |
November 26 1961 |
Italy |
|
Antonio Mistrorigo |
March 26 1912 |
July 7, 1935 |
April 25 1955 |
Italy |
|
Ramón Daumal Serra |
April 3 1912 |
July 30 1939 |
December 14 1968 |
Spain |
|
Peter Leo Gerety |
July 19 1912 |
June 29, 1939 |
June 1 1966 |
United States |
|
Pablo Barrachina Estevan |
October 31 1912 |
July 13 1941 |
June 29 1954 |
Spain |
|
Bernard Joseph McLaughlin |
November 19 1912 |
December 21, 1935 |
January 6 1969 |
United States |
|
José dos Santos Garcia |
April 16 1913 |
July 25 1938 |
June 16 1957 |
Portugal |
|
Philip Matthew Hannan |
May 20 1913 |
December 8, 1939 |
August 28 1956 |
United States |
|
Guillermo Leaden |
July 20 1913 |
November 23 1941 |
August 8 1975 |
Argentina |
|
William Donald Borders |
October 9 1913 |
May 18, 1940 |
June 14 1968 |
United States |
|
Charles Albert Buswell |
October 15 1913 |
July 9 1939 |
September 30 1959 |
United States |
|
Jacques Nguyên Van Mâu |
January 22 1914 |
September 21, 1940 |
September 12 1968 |
Vietnam |
|
Ismael Blas Rolón Silvero |
January 24 1914 |
November 23 1941 |
January 23 1966 |
Paraguay |
|
Jan van Cauwelaert |
April 12 1914 |
August 6 1939 |
March 25 1954 |
Belgium |
|
José Eugênio Corrêa |
May 30 1914 |
October 26 1941 |
November 10 1957 |
Brazil |
|
Antonio Iannucci |
June 13 1914 |
March 25 1938 |
May 8 1955 |
Italy |
|
Rudolf Schmid |
June 26 1914 |
June 26 1938 |
March 25 1972 |
Germany |
|
Cardinal Ersilio Tonini |
July 20 1914 |
April 18 1937 |
June 2 1969 |
Italy |
|
Gastone Mojaisky-Perrelli |
August 6 1914 |
August 1 1937 |
November 1 1959 |
Italy |
|
Cardinal Kazimierz Swiatek |
October 21 1914 |
April 8 1939 |
May 21 1991 |
Estonia |
|
Samuel-Louis-Marie-Antoine Gaumain |
January 4 1915 |
March 12 1938 |
April 28 1960 |
France |
|
Joseph-Aurèle Plourde |
January 12 1915 |
May 7 1944 |
August 26 1964 |
Canada |
|
Marius-Félix-Antoine Maziers |
March 1 1915 |
October 9 1938 |
February 25 1960 |
France |
|
Felice Leonardo |
March 9 1915 |
July 24 1938 |
September 29 1957 |
Italy |
|
Hervé-Maria Le Cléac'h |
March 11 1915 |
December 18 1943 |
June 24 1973 |
France |
|
Luis Manresa Formosa |
April 8 1915 |
July 29 1948 |
January 6 1956 |
Guatemala |
|
Joseph Albert Rosairo |
May 30 1915 |
September 29 1944 |
November 13 1955 |
India |
|
Manuel P. Del Rosario |
July 1 1915 |
March 25 1939 |
July 25 1955 |
Philippines |
|
Cardinal Antonio Innocenti |
August 23 1915 |
July 17 1938 |
February 18 1968 |
Italy |
|
Cândido Rubens Padín |
September 5 1915 |
March 12 1943 |
August 5 1962 |
Brazil |
|
Pedro Reginaldo Lira |
September 7 1915 |
September 21 1938 |
September 7 1958 |
Argentina |
|
Vasile Louis Puscas |
September 13 1915 |
May 14 1942 |
June 26 1983 |
United States |
|
Abbot Jerome Weber |
September 14 1915 |
June 8 1941 |
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Canada |
|
Paul Ch'eng Shih-kuang |
September 15 1915 |
June 29 1943 |
July 25 1960 |
Taiwan |
|
José Nicomedes Grossi |
September 15 1915 |
September 21 1940 |
January 25 1963 |
Brazil |
|
Bernardino Piñera Carvallo |
September 22 1915 |
April 5 1947 |
April 27 1958 |
Chile |
|
Loris Francesco Capovilla |
October 14 1915 |
May 23 1940 |
July 16 1967 |
Italy |
|
Loras Joseph Watters |
October 14 1915 |
June 7 1941 |
August 26 1965 |
United States |
|
Victor Berrizbeitia |
October 17 1915 |
June 27 1943 |
January 30 1964 |
Spain |
|
Andreas Peter Cornelius Sol |
October 19 1915 |
August 10 1940 |
February 25 1964 |
Netherlands |
|
Innocent Hilarion Lotocky |
November 3 1915 |
November 24 1940 |
March 1 1981 |
Ukraine |
|
Albert-Georges-Yves Malbois |
November 17 1915 |
June 29 1938 |
April 22 1961 |
France |
|
Jorge Mayer |
November 20 1915 |
March 23 1940 |
June 9 1957 |
Argentina |
|
Thomas Ambrose Tschoepe |
December 17 1915 |
May 30 1943 |
March 9 1966 |
United States |
|
Louis-Paul-Armand Simonneaux |
January 19 1916 |
March 10 1946 |
November 26 1967 |
France |
|
Cardinal Jean Margéot |
February 3 1916 |
December 17 1938 |
May 4 1969 |
Mauritius |
|
Damián Iguacén Borau |
February 12 1916 |
June 7 1941 |
October 11 1970 |
Spain |
|
Eugène Moke Motsüri |
March 25 1916 |
June 9 1946 |
December 6 1970 |
Democratic Republic of Congo |
|
Albert Henry Ottenweller |
April 5 1916 |
June 19 1943 |
May 29 1974 |
United States |
|
Eladio Acosta Arteaga |
April 9 1916 |
August 7 1949 |
April 12 1970 |
Colombia |
|
Armando Círio |
April 30 1916 |
June 29 1940 |
August 28 1960 |
Brazil |
|
Anselmo Zarza Bernal |
June 4 1916 |
April 8 1939 |
August 22 1962 |
Mexico |
|
Adalberto Almeida y Merino |
June 5 1916 |
April 24 1943 |
August 15 1956 |
Mexico |
|
Denis Martin Tapsoba |
July 6 1916 |
May 6 1944 |
October 16 1966 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Nicholas D'Antonio Salza |
July 10 1916 |
June 7 1942 |
July 25 1966 |
United States |
|
Jaime Luiz Coelho |
July 26 1916 |
December 7 1941 |
January 20 1957 |
Brazil |
|
Cardinal Fiorenzo Angelini |
August 1 1916 |
February 3 1940 |
July 29 1956 |
Italy |
|
Heriberto Correa Yepes |
August 6 1916 |
November 12 1939 |
March 27 1973 |
Colombia |
|
Jorge Scarso |
August 13 1916 |
June 28 1942 |
March 25 1968 |
Italy |
|
Jacques Georges Habib Hafouri |
August 20 1916 |
January 28 1940 |
August 13 1982 |
Syria |
|
Romeu Brigenti |
October 2 1916 |
December 8 1941 |
October 12 1979 |
Brazil |
|
Giovanni Melis Fois |
October 7 1916 |
August 13 1939 |
July 28 1963 |
Italy |
|
Servílio Conti |
October 19 1916 |
April 8 1944 |
May 5 1968 |
Italy |
|
Caetano Lima dos Santos |
October 26 1916 |
December 15 1940 |
August 10 1958 |
Brazil |
|
Michael Pearse Lacey |
November 26 1916 |
May 23 1943 |
June 21 1979 |
Canada |
|
Michel Mondésert |
December 5 1916 |
July 11 1943 |
September 25 1971 |
France |
|
Wilhelmus Joannes Demarteau |
January 24 1917 |
July 27 1941 |
May 5 1954 |
Netherlands |
|
Venedictos Printesis |
February 10 1917 |
March 23 1940 |
June 21 1959 |
Greece |
|
Dieudonné Yougbaré |
February 16 1917 |
April 8 1945 |
July 8 1956 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Silvério Jarbas Paulo de Albuquerque |
March 11 1917 |
May 30 1942 |
May 10 1970 |
Brazil |
|
Giovanni Benedetti |
March 12 1917 |
May 26 1940 |
January 23 1975 |
Italy |
|
Hubertus Cornelis Antonius Ernst |
April 8 1917 |
June 7 1941 |
December 17 1967 |
Netherlands |
|
José María Cirarda Lachiondo |
May 23 1917 |
July 5 1942 |
June 29 1970 |
Spain |
|
Sofron Dmyterko |
June 1 1917 |
May 14 1942 |
November 30 1968 |
Ukraine |
|
Vincenzo Franco |
June 1 1917 |
July 6 1947 |
January 26 1975 |
Italy |
|
Albin Malysiak |
June 12 1917 |
May 1 1941 |
April 5 1970 |
Poland |
|
Luis Rojas Mena |
June 21 1917 |
March 31 1945 |
June 16 1968 |
Mexico |
|
Clemente José Carlos de Gouvea Isnard |
July 8 1917 |
December 19 1942 |
July 25 1960 |
Brazil |
|
José de Almeida Batista Pereira |
July 26 1917 |
December 22 1940 |
February 2 1954 |
Brazil |
|
José Antonio Dammert Bellido |
August 20 1917 |
December 31 1946 |
May 15 1958 |
Peru |
|
Paul Coussa |
September 9 1917 |
April 17 1941 |
December 21 1969 |
Iraq |
|
Cardinal Cahal Brandan Daly |
October 1 1917 |
June 22 1941 |
July 16 1967 |
Ireland |
|
Antonio José Ramírez Salaverría |
October 31 1917 |
July 14 1940 |
September 14 1958 |
Venezuela |
|
Estêvão Cardoso de Avellar |
November 4 1917 |
October 6 1946 |
September 26 1971 |
Brazil |
|
Pierre-Eugène Rouanet |
November 16 1917 |
July 4 1948 |
November 29 1956 |
France |
|
Cardinal Luigi Poggi |
November 25 1917 |
July 28 1940 |
May 9 1965 |
Italy |
|
Bernard Ferdinand Popp |
December 6 1917 |
February 24 1943 |
July 25 1983 |
United States |
|
Arthur Joseph O'Neill |
December 14 1917 |
March 27 1943 |
October 11 1968 |
United States |
|
John Mackey |
January 11 1918 |
November 23 1941 |
June 30 1974 |
Ireland |
|
Jesús María Coronado Caro |
January 18 1918 |
August 31 1947 |
March 24 1973 |
Colombia |
|
Ignacy Tokarczuk |
February 1 1918 |
June 21 1942 |
February 6 1966 |
Poland |
|
José María Larrauri Lafuente |
March 4 1918 |
June 29 1948 |
November 4 1970 |
Spain |
|
Luis María de Larrea y Legarreta |
April 19 1918 |
June 27 1943 |
September 25 1971 |
Spain |
|
Manuel d'Almeida Trindade |
April 20 1918 |
December 21 1942 |
December 16 1962 |
Portugal |
|
Francisco Maria Aguilera González |
April 27 1918 |
April 11 1943 |
August 15 1979 |
Mexico |
|
Augusto Petró |
May 3 1918 |
November 30 1944 |
July 27 1958 |
Brazil |
|
Cardinal Peter Proeku Dery |
May 10 1918 |
February 11 1951 |
May 8 1960 |
Ghana |
|
Paul Lê Dac Trong |
June 15 1918 |
April 1 1948 |
August 15 1994 |
Vietnam |
|
António dos Reis Rodrigues |
June 24 1918 |
March 1 1947 |
January 8 1967 |
Portugal |
|
Cardinal Robert Avery Dulles |
August 24 1918 |
June 16 1956 |
--- |
United States |
|
Cornelius Elanjikal |
September 8 1918 |
March 18 1945 |
April 4 1971 |
India |
|
Cardinal Giovanni Canestri |
September 30 1918 |
April 12 1941 |
July 30 1961 |
Italy |
|
Cardinal Giovanni Cheli |
October 4 1918 |
June 21 1942 |
September 16 1978 |
Italy |
|
Gérard Tremblay |
October 27 1918 |
June 16 1946 |
May 22 1981 |
Canada |
|
Maffeo Giovanni Ducoli |
November 7 1918 |
May 30 1942 |
May 14 1967 |
Italy |
|
Manuel Castro Ruiz |
November 9 1918 |
June 19 1943 |
December 27 1965 |
Mexico |
|
Jean-Pierre Urkia |
November 27 1918 |
June 26 1942 |
September 27 1967 |
France |