Oldest Bishops

Birthdate Age Name Current Title

22 Archbishop Bernardino Piñera
104.57 Archbishop Emeritus of La Serena, Chile
Sep 1915 Carvallo
12 Bishop Emeritus of San Cristóbal de La
104.18 Bishop Damián Iguacén Borau
Feb 1916 Laguna o Tenerife, Spain
24 Father Jerzy Jan Tomziński, Prior General Emeritus of Order of Saint
101.40
Nov 1918 O.S.P.P.E. Paul the First Hermit
19 Bishop Emeritus of Edmundston, New
100.83 Bishop Gérard Dionne
Jun 1919 Brunswick, Canada
23
100.65 Bishop Phocas Nikwigize Bishop Emeritus of Ruhengeri, Rwanda
Aug 1919
Bishop Joseph Tsong Huaide Bishop Emeritus of Sanyuan
1920 100
(Zhong Huaide) [Sanyüan], China
19 Bishop Emeritus of Trois-Rivières,
100.08 Bishop Laurent Noël
Mar 1920 Québec, Canada
14 Bishop Antônio Afonso de Bishop Emeritus of Taubaté, Sao
100.01
Apr 1920 Miranda, S.D.N. Paulo, Brazil
Former Bishop-Elect of Baoding [Paoting,
1921 99 Father Louis Fan Luyi
Ching-Yüan], China
20
99.24 Bishop John Bai Ningxian Bishop
Jan 1921
Bishop Francisco Raúl Villalobos Bishop Emeritus of Saltillo,
1 Feb 1921 99.21
Padilla Coahuila, México
Bishop Emeritus of Nanyang
2 Jul 1921 98.79 Bishop Joseph Zhu Baoyu
[Nanyang], China
26
98.73 Bishop Andreas Han Jingtao Bishop of Harbin [Harbin], China
Jul 1921
7 Sep 1921 98.61 Bishop Linus Nirmal Gomes, S.J. Bishop Emeritus of Baruipur, India
13 Bishop Emeritus of Manchester, New
98.59 Bishop Odore Joseph Gendron
Sep 1921 Hampshire, USA
Bishop Joseph Hou Guoyong
1922 98 Bishop of Chongqing [Chungking], China
(Guoyang)
Bishop José de Jesús Sahagún de la Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Lázaro
1 Jan 1922 98.29
Parra Cárdenas, Michoacán, México
15 Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
98.17 Bishop Jožef Smej
Feb 1922 of Maribor, Slovenia
17 Bishop Emeritus of Daming
97.42 Bishop Stephen Yang Xiangtai
Nov 1922 [Taming], China
6 96.95 Archbishop Bruno Foresti Bishop Emeritus of Brescia, Italy
 May 1923
Bishop Emeritus of Corpus Christi,
9 Jun 1923 96.86 Bishop René Henry Gracida
Texas, USA
24 Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della
96.73 Albert Cardinal Vanhoye, S.J.
Jul 1923 Mercede e Sant’Adriano a Villa Albani
28
96.64 Bishop Andrea Veggio Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Verona, Italy
Aug 1923
6 Sep 1923 96.61 Bishop Eloy Tato Losada, I.E.M.E. Bishop Emeritus of Magangué, Colombia
28 Archbishop Emeritus of Foggia-
96.55 Archbishop Giuseppe Casale
Sep 1923 Bovino, Italy
17 Henryk Archbishop Emeritus of Wrocław
96.50
Oct 1923 Roman Cardinal Gulbinowicz {Breslavia}, Poland
26
96.39 Bishop Luigi Bettazzi Bishop Emeritus of Ivrea, Italy
Nov 1923
29 Bishop Emeritus of San Marco Argentano-
96.38 Bishop Augusto Lauro
Nov 1923 Scalea, Italy
8 Archbishop Emeritus
96.36 Archbishop Manuel Vieira Pinto
Dec 1923 of Nampula, Mozambique
9
96.36 Bishop Jean Pierre Marie Orchampt Bishop Emeritus of Angers, France
Dec 1923
Bishop Thomas Zhao Duomo (Zhao
1924 96 Bishop of Xuanhua [Süanhwa], China
Kexun)
26
96.23 Archbishop Stanisław Szymecki Archbishop Emeritus of Białystok, Poland
Jan 1924
24 Bishop Emeritus of Victoria, British
96.15 Bishop Remi Joseph De Roo
Feb 1924 Columbia, Canada
President Emeritus of the Pontifical
11
96.10 Jozef Cardinal Tomko Committee for International Eucharistic
Mar 1924
Congresses
18 Alexandre José Maria Cardinal dos Archbishop Emeritus
96.08
Mar 1924 Santos, O.F.M. of Maputo, Mozambique
31
96.05 Bishop Peter Takaaki Hirayama Bishop Emeritus of Oita, Japan
Mar 1924
7 Apr 1924 96.03 Bishop Manuel Cruz Sobreviñas Bishop Emeritus of Imus, Philippines
10 Archbishop Emeritus of Brindisi-
95.94 Archbishop Settimio Todisco
May 1924 Ostuni, Italy
President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council
5 Jul 1924 95.78 Edward Idris Cardinal Cassidy
for Promoting Christian Unity
31 Bishop Daniel Alphonse Bishop Emeritus of Klerksdorp, South
95.71
Jul 1924 Omer Verstraete, O.M.I. Africa
Bishop Emeritus of Limoeiro do Norte,
3 Oct 1924 95.54 Bishop Manuel Edmilson da Cruz
Ceara, Brazil
2 Bishop Albert Jean Charles Bishop Emeritus of Liège (Luik,
95.46
Nov 1924 Ghislain Houssiau Lüttich), Belgium
 7 Bishop Serafín Luis Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Zamora en
95.44
Nov 1924 Alberto Cartagena Ocaña, O.F.M. Ecuador
8 Archbishop Victorinus Youn Kong- Archbishop Emeritus of Gwangju, Korea
95.44
Nov 1924 hi (South)
17 Bishop Emeritus of Saint Catharines,
95.42 Bishop John Aloysius O’Mara
Nov 1924 Ontario, Canada
13 Archbishop Emeritus of Siena-Colle di Val
95.34 Archbishop Gaetano Bonicelli
Dec 1924 d’Elsa-Montalcino, Italy
12 Bishop Georges Marcel Émile
95.26 Bishop Emeritus of Djibouti
Jan 1925 Nicolas Perron, O.F.M. Cap.
1
95.13 Alexandre Cardinal do Nascimento Archbishop Emeritus of Luanda, Angola
Mar 1925
7 Bishop Emeritus of Evry-Corbeil-
95.11 Bishop Guy Alexis Herbulot
Mar 1925 Essonnes, France
7 Bishop João Evangelista Martins Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brasília,
95.11
Mar 1925 Terra, S.J. Distrito Federal, Brazil
28 Archbishop James Archbishop Emeritus of Saint John’s,
94.97
Apr 1925 Hector MacDonald, C.S.C. Newfoundland, Canada
18
94.91 Archbishop Ignatius Paul Pinto Archbishop Emeritus of Bangalore, India
May 1925
10
94.77 Bishop Ernest Bertrand Boland, O.P. Bishop Emeritus of Multan, Pakistan
Jul 1925
11
94.77 Bishop Paul Émile Joseph Bertrand Bishop Emeritus of Mende, France
Jul 1925
14 Francisco Cardinal Alvarez
94.76 Archbishop Emeritus of Toledo, Spain
Jul 1925 Martínez
Bishop Michael Joseph Cleary,
1 Sep 1925 94.63 Bishop Emeritus of Banjul, Gambia
C.S.Sp.
Bishop Emeritus of Northampton,
5 Sep 1925 94.62 Bishop Patrick Leo McCartie
England, Great Britain
16
94.59 Bishop Joseph Gabriel Fernandez Bishop Emeritus of Quilon, India
Sep 1925
23
94.57 Archbishop Angelo Acerbi Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Netherlands
Sep 1925
30 Bishop Emeritus of Saint Maron of Sydney
94.55 Bishop Joseph Habib Hitti
Sep 1925 (Maronite), Australia
23 Archbishop Emeritus of Brasília, Distrito
94.48 José Cardinal Freire Falcão
Oct 1925 Federal, Brazil
1 Bishop Emeritus of Tehuantepec,
94.46 Bishop Arturo Lona Reyes
Nov 1925 Oaxaca, México
1 Bishop Emeritus of Valence (-Die-Saint-
94.46 Bishop Didier-Léon Marchand
Nov 1925 Paul-Trois-Châteaux), France
12 Bishop Emeritus of Alagoinhas,
94.43 Bishop Jaime Mota de Farias
Nov 1925 Bahia, Brazil
 21 Bishop Jacques Marie Sébastien de
94.41 Bishop Emeritus of Montauban, France
Nov 1925 Saint-Blanquat
9 Bishop Gerardo Humberto Flores Bishop Emeritus of Verapaz,
94.36
Dec 1925 Reyes Cobán, Guatemala
11 Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chicago,
94.35 Bishop John Robert Gorman
Dec 1925 Illinois, USA
27 Bishop Emeritus of Cruz Alta, Rio Grande
94.22 Bishop Jacó (Jacob) Roberto Hilgert
Jan 1926 do Sul, Brazil
1 Feb 1926 94.21 Bishop John Huo Cheng Bishop of Fenyang [Fenyang], China
7 Feb 1926 94.19 Estanislao Esteban Cardinal Karlic Archbishop Emeritus of Paraná, Argentina
23 Pro-Major Penitentiary Emeritus of
94.15 Luigi Cardinal de Magistris
Feb 1926 the Apostolic Penitentiary
26
94.14 Archbishop Gabino Díaz Merchán Archbishop Emeritus of Oviedo, Spain
Feb 1926
22 Archbishop Helímenas de Archbishop Emeritus
93.99
Apr 1926 Jesús Rojo Paredes, C.I.M. of Calabozo, Venezuela
27 Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rottenburg-
93.97 Bishop Franz Josef Kuhnle
Apr 1926 Stuttgart, Germany
5 Bishop Emeritus of Galloway,
93.95 Bishop Maurice Taylor
May 1926 Scotland, Great Britain
8 Bishop Walter Ivan de Azevedo, Bishop Emeritus of São Gabriel da
93.94
May 1926 S.D.B. Cachoeira, Amazonas, Brazil
12 Bishop Desmond Charles Moore, Bishop Emeritus of Alotau-Sideia, Papua
93.93
May 1926 M.S.C. New Guinea
16
93.84 Bishop Hildebrando Mendes Costa Bishop Emeritus of Estância, Sergipe, Brazil
Jun 1926
4 Jul 1926 93.79 Bishop Jānis Cakuls Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Riga, Latvia
12
93.76 Bishop Emanuele Catarinicchia Bishop Emeritus of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
Jul 1926
26
93.73 Bishop James Chan Soon Cheong Bishop Emeritus of Melaka-Johor, Malaysia
Jul 1926
29 Archbishop Emeritus of Natal, Rio Grande
93.72 Archbishop Heitor de Araújo Sales
Jul 1926 do Norte, Brazil
11 Archbishop Pedro Archbishop Emeritus of Curitiba,
93.68
Aug 1926 Antônio Marchetti Fedalto Parana, Brazil
14 President Emeritus of the Administration of
93.68 Agostino Cardinal Cacciavillan
Aug 1926 the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
21
93.66 Marian Cardinal Jaworski Archbishop Emeritus of Lviv, Ukraine
Aug 1926
24 Bishop Raúl Holguer López
93.65 Bishop Emeritus of Latacunga, Ecuador
Aug 1926 Mayorga
26
93.64 Bishop Lawrence Donald Soens Bishop Emeritus of Sioux City, Iowa, USA
Aug 1926
30 93.63 Bishop Juozas Žemaitis, M.I.C. Bishop Emeritus of Vilkaviškis, Lithuania
 Aug 1926
20
93.58 Bishop Gilbert Ignatius Sheldon Bishop Emeritus of Steubenville, Ohio, USA
Sep 1926
6 Oct 1926 93.53 Bishop Ernesto Togni Bishop Emeritus of Lugano, Switzerland
2 Archbishop Emeritus of Catanzaro-
93.46 Archbishop Antonio Cantisani
Nov 1926 Squillace, Italy
21 Bishop Domenico Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Soddo-
93.41
Nov 1926 Crescentino Marinozzi, O.F.M. Cap. Hosanna, Ethiopia
15
93.34 Emmanuel Cardinal Wamala Archbishop Emeritus of Kampala, Uganda
Dec 1926
17 Archbishop Emeritus of Tyr (Melkite
93.33 Archbishop Jean Assaad Haddad
Dec 1926 Greek), Lebanon
18
93.33 Bishop Michael Pak Jeong-il Bishop Emeritus of Masan, Korea (South)
Dec 1926
Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation
23 Jorge Arturo
93.32 for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the
Dec 1926 Augustin Cardinal Medina Estévez
Sacraments
31
93.30 Bishop Paolo Magnani Bishop Emeritus of Treviso, Italy
Dec 1926
Bishop Paul-Marie Cao Ðình
7 Jan 1927 93.28 Bishop Emeritus of Vinh, Viet Nam
Thuyên
25
93.23 Bishop Paul Kim Tchang-ryeol Bishop Emeritus of Cheju, Korea (South)
Jan 1927
31 Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
93.21 Bishop Julian Andrzej Wojtkowski
Jan 1927 of Warmia, Poland