Birthdate Age Elevated Name Current Title
19 Oct 1933 76.3
21 Feb 2001 Geraldo Majella Cardinal Agnelo Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia , Brazil
23 Aug 1934 75.4
21 Oct 2003 Carlos Cardinal Amigo Vallejo , O.F.M.Archbishop Emeritus of Sevilla {Seville} , Spain
18 Nov 1936 73.2
21 Oct 2003 Ennio Cardinal Antonelli President of the Pontifical Council for the Family
1 Nov 1932 77.2
25 May 1985 Francis Cardinal Arinze Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
1 Feb 1937 73.0
21 Feb 2001 Audrys Juozas Cardinal Backis Archbishop of Vilnius , Lithuania
14 Jan 1943 67.0
24 Nov 2007 Angelo Cardinal Bagnasco Archbishop of Genova {Genoa} , Italy
17 Oct 1950 59.3
21 Oct 2003 Philippe Xavier Ignace Cardinal Barbarin Archbishop of Lyon , France
17 Dec 1936 73.1
21 Feb 2001 Jorge Mario Cardinal Bergoglio , S.J.Archbishop of Buenos Aires , Argentina
2 Dec 1934 75.2
21 Oct 2003 Tarcisio Cardinal Bertone , S.D.B.Secretary of the Secretariat of State
20 Mar 1949 60.9
21 Oct 2003 Josip Cardinal Bozanić Archbishop of Zagreb , Croatia
16 Aug 1939 70.4
24 Nov 2007 Seán Baptist Cardinal Brady Archbishop of Armagh , Ireland
1 Jun 1938 71.7
24 Mar 2006 Carlo Cardinal Caffarra Archbishop of Bologna , Italy
15 Oct 1945 64.3
24 Mar 2006 Antonio Cardinal Cañizares Llovera Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
7 Dec 1931 78.1
24 Mar 2006 Nicholas Cardinal Cheong Jin-Suk Archbishop of Seoul , Korea (South)
28 Dec 1943 66.1
21 Feb 2001 Juan Luis Cardinal Cipriani Thorne Archbishop of Lima , Peru
17 Sep 1943 66.4
24 Nov 2007 Angelo Cardinal Comastri President of the Fabric of St. Peter
5 Sep 1934 75.4
24 Nov 2007 Paul Josef Cardinal Cordes President of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”
4 Jun 1933 76.6
2 Feb 1983 Godfried Cardinal Danneels Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels} , Belgium
18 Sep 1930 79.4
21 Feb 2001 Ignace Moussa I (Basile) Cardinal Daoud Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian) , Lebanon
20 Dec 1934 75.1
26 Nov 1994 Julius Riyadi Cardinal Darmaatmadja , S.J.Archbishop of Jakarta , Indonesia
6 Sep 1930 79.4
21 Feb 1998 Salvatore Cardinal De Giorgi Archbishop Emeritus of Palermo , Italy
14 Apr 1936 73.8
21 Feb 2001 Ivan Cardinal Dias Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
23 May 1949 60.7
24 Nov 2007 Daniel Nicholas Cardinal DiNardo Archbishop of Galveston-Houston , Texas, USA
27 Apr 1939 70.8
24 Mar 2006 Stanislaw Cardinal Dziwisz Archbishop of Kraków {Cracow} , Poland
2 Apr 1932 77.8
21 Feb 2001 Edward Michael Cardinal Egan Archbishop Emeritus of New York , New York, USA
25 Jun 1952 57.6
21 Oct 2003 Péter Cardinal Erdõ Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest , Hungary
5 Sep 1933 76.4
21 Feb 2001 Francisco Javier Cardinal Errázuriz Ossa Archbishop of Santiago de Chile
24 Sep 1933 76.3
24 Nov 2007 Raffaele Cardinal Farina , S.D.B.Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archives
11 Nov 1935 74.2
24 Nov 2007 John Patrick Cardinal Foley Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
12 Feb 1931 79.0
24 Nov 2007 Agustín Cardinal García-Gasco y Vicente Archbishop Emeritus of Valencia , Spain
16 Jan 1937 73.0
21 Feb 1998 Francis Eugene Cardinal George , O.M.I.Archbishop of Chicago , Illinois, USA
26 Sep 1930 79.3
28 Jun 1988 Michele Cardinal Giordano Archbishop Emeritus of Napoli {Naples} , Italy
24 Dec 1944 65.1
24 Nov 2007 Oswald Cardinal Gracias Archbishop of Bombay , India
11 Oct 1939 70.3
21 Feb 2001 Zenon Cardinal Grocholewski Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Seminaries and Institutes of Study)
31 Mar 1930 79.8
21 Oct 2003 Julián Cardinal Herranz Casado President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts
8 Aug 1934 75.5
21 Feb 2001 Cláudio Cardinal Hummes , O.F.M.Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy
26 Feb 1933 76.9
21 Feb 2001 Lubomyr Cardinal Husar Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyc {Kiev} (Ukrainian) , Ukraine
5 Mar 1933 76.9
21 Feb 2001 Walter Cardinal Kasper President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
4 Mar 1931 78.9
26 Nov 1994 William Henry Cardinal Keeler Archbishop Emeritus of Baltimore , Maryland, USA
3 Jan 1935 75.1
24 Nov 2007 Giovanni Cardinal Lajolo President of the Governatorate of Vatican City State
4 Nov 1931 78.2
25 May 1985 Bernard Francis Cardinal Law Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
16 May 1936 73.7
21 Feb 2001 Karl Cardinal Lehmann Bishop of Mainz , Germany
15 Jun 1936 73.6
24 Mar 2006 William Joseph Cardinal Levada Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
31 Oct 1936 73.2
28 Jun 1991 Nicolás de Jesús Cardinal López Rodríguez Archbishop of Santo Domingo , Dominican Republic
26 Jan 1933 77.0
21 Oct 2003 Javier Cardinal Lozano Barragán President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers
27 Feb 1936 73.9
28 Jun 1991 Roger Michael Cardinal Mahony Archbishop of Los Angeles , California, USA
18 Mar 1930 79.9
26 Nov 1994 Adam Joseph Cardinal Maida Archbishop Emeritus of Detroit , Michigan, USA
29 Apr 1937 72.7
24 Nov 2007 Lluís Cardinal Martínez Sistach Archbishop of Barcelona , Spain
23 Nov 1932 77.2
21 Oct 2003 Renato Raffaele Cardinal Martino President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
7 Jul 1930 79.6
21 Feb 2001 Theodore Edgar Cardinal McCarrick Archbishop Emeritus of Washington , District of Columbia, USA
25 Dec 1933 76.1
2 Feb 1983 Joachim Cardinal Meisner Archbishop of Köln {Cologne} , Germany
24 Aug 1932 77.4
21 Feb 2001 Cormac Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor Archbishop Emeritus of Westminster , England, Great Britain
8 Mar 1941 68.9
21 Feb 2001 Wilfrid Fox Cardinal Napier , O.F.M.Archbishop of Durban , South Africa
16 Mar 1937 72.9
21 Oct 2003 Attilio Cardinal Nicora President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
1944 66.1
24 Nov 2007 John Cardinal Njue Archbishop of Nairobi , Kenya
17 Mar 1938 71.9
21 Oct 2003 Keith Michael Patrick Cardinal O’Brien Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh , Scotland, Great Britain
16 Jun 1936 73.6
21 Oct 2003 Anthony Olubunmi Cardinal Okogie Archbishop of Lagos , Nigeria
29 Jun 1944 65.6
24 Mar 2006 Sean Patrick Cardinal O'Malley , O.F.M. Cap.Archbishop of Boston , Massachusetts, USA
18 Oct 1936 73.3
26 Nov 1994 Jaime Lucas Cardinal Ortega y Alamino Archbishop of San Cristobal de la Habana , Cuba
8 Jun 1944 65.6
21 Oct 2003 Marc Cardinal Ouellet , P.S.S.Archbishop of Québec , Québec, Canada
26 Jan 1931 79.0
21 Oct 2003 Bernard Louis Auguste Paul Cardinal Panafieu Archbishop Emeritus of Marseille , France
8 Jun 1941 68.6
21 Oct 2003 George Cardinal Pell Archbishop of Sydney , Australia
5 Aug 1944 65.5
21 Feb 1998 Polycarp Cardinal Pengo Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam , Tanzania
1934 76.1
21 Oct 2003 Jean-Baptiste Cardinal Pham Minh Mân Archbishop of Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh , Viêt Nam
18 Mar 1933 76.9
21 Feb 2001 Severino Cardinal Poletto Archbishop of Torino {Turin} , Italy
26 Feb 1936 73.9
21 Feb 2001 José da Cruz Cardinal Policarpo Patriarch of Lisboa , Portugal
30 Aug 1930 79.4
25 May 1985 Paul Joseph Jean Cardinal Poupard President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Culture
14 Nov 1930 79.2
21 Feb 1998 Janis Cardinal Pujats Archbishop of Riga , Latvia
8 Sep 1945 64.4
26 Nov 1994 Vinko Cardinal Puljic Archbishop of Vrhbosna {Sarajevo} , Bosnia and Herzegovina
8 Mar 1932 77.9
21 Oct 2003 Rodolfo Cardinal Quezada Toruño Archbishop of Guatemala
30 Jan 1934 76.0
21 Feb 2001 Giovanni Battista Cardinal Re Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops
26 Sep 1944 65.3
24 Mar 2006 Jean-Pierre Bernard Cardinal Ricard Archbishop of Bordeaux (-Bazas) , France
19 Apr 1935 74.8
21 Oct 2003 Justin Francis Cardinal Rigali Archbishop of Philadelphia , Pennsylvania, USA
6 Jun 1942 67.6
21 Feb 1998 Norberto Cardinal Rivera Carrera Archbishop of México , Federal District
2 Mar 1949 60.9
24 Nov 2007 Francisco Cardinal Robles Ortega Archbishop of Monterrey , Nuevo León, México
23 Sep 1934 75.3
24 Mar 2006 Franc Cardinal Rodé , C.M.Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
29 Dec 1942 67.1
21 Feb 2001 Oscar Andrés Cardinal Rodríguez Maradiaga , S.D.B.Archbishop of Tegucigalpa , Honduras
10 Aug 1932 77.5
24 Mar 2006 Gaudencio Borbon Cardinal Rosales Archbishop of Manila , Philippines
24 Aug 1936 73.4
21 Feb 1998 Antonio María Cardinal Rouco Varela Archbishop of Madrid , Spain
13 Sep 1932 77.4
21 Feb 2001 Pedro Cardinal Rubiano Sàenz Archbishop of Bogotá , Colombia
19 Feb 1931 78.9
28 Jun 1991 Camillo Cardinal Ruini Vicar General Emeritus of Roma {Rome} , Italy
4 Jul 1945 64.6
24 Nov 2007 Stanisław Cardinal Ryłko President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity
28 Mar 1933 76.8
26 Nov 1994 Juan Cardinal Sandoval Íñiguez Archbishop of Guadalajara , Jalisco, México
18 Nov 1943 66.2
24 Nov 2007 Leonardo Cardinal Sandri Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
6 Jan 1932 78.1
21 Feb 2001 José Cardinal Saraiva Martins , C.M.F.Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
28 Nov 1936 73.2
24 Nov 2007 Théodore-Adrien Cardinal Sarr Archbishop of Dakar , Senegal
8 Dec 1932 77.1
21 Oct 2003 Eusébio Oscar Cardinal Scheid , S.C.I.Archbishop Emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro , Brazil
21 Sep 1949 60.4
24 Nov 2007 Odilo Pedro Cardinal Scherer Archbishop of São Paulo , Sao Paulo, Brazil
22 Jan 1945 65.0
21 Feb 1998 Christoph Cardinal Schönborn , O.P.Archbishop of Wien {Vienna} , Austria
14 Jun 1932 77.6
28 Jun 1991 Henri Cardinal Schwery Bishop Emeritus of Sion {Sitten} , Switzerland
7 Nov 1941 68.2
21 Oct 2003 Angelo Cardinal Scola Patriarch of Venezia {Venice} , Italy
11 Apr 1931 78.8
21 Feb 2001 Sergio Cardinal Sebastiani President Emeritus of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See
2 Jun 1943 66.7
21 Feb 2001 Crescenzio Cardinal Sepe Archbishop of Napoli {Naples} , Italy
26 Nov 1931 78.2
25 May 1985 Adrianus Johannes Cardinal Simonis Archbishop Emeritus of Utrecht , Netherlands
26 Jul 1932 77.5
21 Feb 1998 James Francis Cardinal Stafford Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
9 Feb 1936 74.0
28 Jun 1991 Georg Maximilian Cardinal Sterzinsky Archbishop of Berlin , Germany
5 Apr 1943 66.8
21 Oct 2003 Jean-Louis Pierre Cardinal Tauran President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue
7 Mar 1936 73.9
21 Feb 2001 Julio Cardinal Terrazas Sandoval , C.SS.R.Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra , Bolivia
14 Mar 1934 75.9
21 Feb 1998 Dionigi Cardinal Tettamanzi Archbishop of Milano {Milan} , Italy
15 Oct 1939 70.3
21 Oct 2003 Telesphore Placidus Cardinal Toppo Archbishop of Ranchi , India
15 Oct 1930 79.3
28 Jun 1988 Christian Wiyghan Cardinal Tumi Archbishop Emeritus of Douala , Cameroon
26 Jun 1936 73.6
26 Nov 1994 Jean-Claude Cardinal Turcotte Archbishop of Montréal , Québec, Canada
11 Oct 1948 61.3
21 Oct 2003 Peter Kodwo Appiah Cardinal Turkson President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
28 Aug 1942 67.4
24 Mar 2006 Jorge Liberato Cardinal Urosa Savino Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
17 Apr 1940 69.8
24 Mar 2006 Agostino Cardinal Vallini Vicar General of Roma {Rome} , Italy
6 Feb 1931 79.0
25 May 1985 Ricardo Jamin Cardinal Vidal Archbishop of Cebu , Philippines
7 Nov 1942 67.2
24 Nov 2007 André Armand Cardinal Vingt-Trois Archbishop of Paris , France
17 May 1932 77.7
26 Nov 1994 Miloslav Cardinal Vlk Archbishop of Praha {Prague} , Czech Republic
20 Mar 1930 79.9
2 Feb 1983 Thomas Stafford Cardinal Williams Archbishop Emeritus of Wellington , New Zealand
13 Jan 1932 78.0
24 Mar 2006 Joseph Cardinal Zen Ze-kiun , S.D.B.Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong [Xianggang] , China
27 Feb 1941 68.9
21 Oct 2003 Gabriel Cardinal Zubeir Wako Archbishop of Khartoum , Sudan
Note: Cardinals under the age of 80 at the time the Holy See becomes vacant may vote in a conclave.