Cardinals over 80 in Papal conclave, 2005
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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.
Oceania
Pope John Paul II
Blessed Pope John Paul II , born Karol Józef Wojtyła , reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church and Sovereign of Vatican City from 16 October 1978 until his death on 2 April 2005, at of age. His was the second-longest documented pontificate, which lasted ; only Pope Pius IX ...
on April 2, 2005. As such, they were ineligible to vote in the Papal conclave
Papal conclave, 2005
The Papal conclave of 2005 was convened as a result of the death of Pope John Paul II on 2 April 2005. After his death, the cardinals who were in Rome met and set a date for the beginning of the conclave to elect John Paul's successor. The conclave began on 18 April 2005 and ended on the following...
beginning April 18 to elect John Paul's successor. This list is alphabetical by surname within geographic areas.
Africa
- Alexandre do NascimentoAlexandre do NascimentoAlexandre do Nascimento is an Angolan Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Luanda from 1986 to 2001, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1983.-Biography:...
, Archbishop Emeritus of Luanda, AngolaAngolaAngola, officially the Republic of Angola , is a country in south-central Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean with Luanda as its capital city... - Alexandre José Maria dos Santos, OFM, Archbishop Emeritus of Maputo, MozambiqueMozambiqueMozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique , is a country in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest...
- Bernardin Gantin, Prefect Emeritus of Bishops, Roman CuriaRoman CuriaThe Roman Curia is the administrative apparatus of the Holy See and the central governing body of the entire Catholic Church, together with the Pope...
- Stéphanos II Ghattas, CM, Coptic Patriarch of Alexandria, EgyptEgyptEgypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
- Adam Kozlowiecki, SJSociety of JesusThe Society of Jesus is a Catholic male religious order that follows the teachings of the Catholic Church. The members are called Jesuits, and are also known colloquially as "God's Army" and as "The Company," these being references to founder Ignatius of Loyola's military background and a...
, Archbishop Emeritus of Lusaka, ZambiaZambiaZambia , officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. The neighbouring countries are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west.... - Jean MargéotJean MargéotJean Margéot was Mauritian Roman Catholic priest, bishop and cardinal.A native of Quatre-Bornes, Mauritius, Margéot was ordained as a priest on December 17, 1938. He was consecrated as Bishop of the Diocese of Port-Louis on May 4, 1969 and served until February 15, 1993. He was President of the...
, Bishop Emeritus of Port-Louis, MauritiusMauritiusMauritius , officially the Republic of Mauritius is an island nation off the southeast coast of the African continent in the southwest Indian Ocean, about east of Madagascar...
Asia
- Stephen Kim Sou-hwanStephen Kim Sou-hwanStephen Kim Sou-hwan was a senior Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and the former Archbishop of Seoul, South Korea...
, Archbishop Emeritus of Seoul, South Korea - Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy, Prefect Emeritus of Oriental Churches, Roman Curia
- Paul Joseph Pham Dinh TungPaul Joseph Pham Dinh TungPaul Joseph Phạm Đình Tụng was ordained to the priesthood on June 6, 1949. He was pastor of Hàm Long Parish, Hanoi, 1950-1955. Superior of St. John Minor Seminary, Hanoi, 1955-1963; the Seminary was closed by the State authority in 1960 and never opened again. He was named bishop of Bac Ninh in...
, Archbishop Emeritus of Hà Nôi, Viêt Nam - Simon PimentaSimon PimentaSimon Pimenta is a Roman Catholic Cardinal and a retired Archbishop of Bombay .Pimenta was ordained on 21 December 1949. Before coming to Rome to study at the Pontifical College of St. Peter the Apostle, he served as assistant parish priest in Bombay and worked with the Bombay Curia...
, Archbishop Emeritus of Bombay, India - José Tomás Sánchez, Prefect Emeritus of Clergy, Roman Curia
- Nasrallah Pierre Sfeir, Maronite Patriarch of Antioch, LebanonLebanonLebanon , officially the Republic of LebanonRepublic of Lebanon is the most common term used by Lebanese government agencies. The term Lebanese Republic, a literal translation of the official Arabic and French names that is not used in today's world. Arabic is the most common language spoken among...
- Paul Shan Kuo-hsi, Bishop of Kaohsiung, TaiwanTaiwanTaiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
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 CanestriGiovanni CanestriGiovanni Canestri is an Italian Catholic clergyman, currently Archbishop Emeritus of Genoa.Born in Castelspina, province of Alessandria, he was ordained priest on April 12, 1941 and began his pastoral ministry in Rome...
, Archbishop Emeritus of Genova, Italy - Giuseppe Caprio, President Emeritus of Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See, Roman Curia
- Giovanni CheliGiovanni CheliGiovanni Cheli is a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and was, along with Achille Silvestrini and Pio Laghi, one of the most prominent Vatican diplomats under Pope John Paul II.-Early life and ordination:...
, President Emeritus of Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant Peoples, Roman Curia - Georges Cottier, OPDominican OrderThe Order of Preachers , after the 15th century more commonly known as the Dominican Order or Dominicans, is a Catholic religious order founded by Saint Dominic and approved by Pope Honorius III on 22 December 1216 in France...
, Theologian emeritus of the Pontifical Household; Cardinal Deacon of S. Domenico e Sisto - Cahal Daly, Archbishop Emeritus of Armagh, Northern IrelandNorthern IrelandNorthern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
- 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 InnocentiAntonio InnocentiAntonio Innocenti was a cardinal who was a mainstay of the Roman Curia and the Vatican diplomatic service for many years. He was born in Poppi, Italy....
, Prefect Emeritus of Clergy, Roman Curia - Antonio María Javierre OrtasAntonio María Javierre OrtasAntonio María Javierre Ortas S.D.B. was a cardinal of the Catholic Church, and former prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments in the Vatican....
, SDBSalesians of Don BoscoThe Salesians of Don Bosco is a Roman Catholic religious order founded in the late nineteenth century by Saint John Bosco in an attempt, through works of charity, to care for the young and poor children of the industrial revolution...
, Prefect Emeritus of Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, Roman Curia - Ján Chryzostom Kardinál KorecJán Chryzostom KorecJán Chryzostom Korec is a Slovakian Jesuit Cardinal and Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Nitra.In his youth Ján Korec was an active Boy Scout....
, SJSociety of JesusThe Society of Jesus is a Catholic male religious order that follows the teachings of the Catholic Church. The members are called Jesuits, and are also known colloquially as "God's Army" and as "The Company," these being references to founder Ignatius of Loyola's military background and a...
, Bishop of NitraNitraNitra is a city in western Slovakia, situated at the foot of Zobor Mountain in the valley of the river Nitra. With a population of about 83,572, it is the fifth largest city in Slovakia. Nitra is also one of the oldest cities in Slovakia and the country's earliest political and cultural center...
, SlovakiaSlovakiaThe Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south... - Pio Laghi, Prefect Emeritus of Catholic Education (for Seminaries and Institutes of Study), Roman Curia
- Paul Mayer, OSBOrder of Saint BenedictThe Order of Saint Benedict is a Roman Catholic religious order of independent monastic communities that observe the Rule of St. Benedict. Within the order, each individual community maintains its own autonomy, while the organization as a whole exists to represent their mutual interests...
, President Emeritus of "Ecclesia Dei", Roman Curia - Dino MonduzziDino MonduzziDino Monduzzi was an Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was Prefect of the Prefecture of the Papal Household from 1986 to 1998.- Biography :...
, Prefect Emeritus of Prefecture of the Papal Household, Roman Curia - Stanislaw Nagy, SCI, Cardinal Deacon of S. Maria della Scala
- Virgilio NoèVirgilio NoèVirgilio Noè was an Italian Roman Catholic Cardinal.Born in 1922 in Zelata di Bereguardo, Lombardy. He studied at the Seminary of Pavia...
, Archpriest emeritus of the Basilica of Saint Peter - Salvatore PappalardoSalvatore PappalardoSalvatore Pappalardo STD JUD was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who was Archbishop of Palermo for over 25 years, from 1970 to 1996...
, Archbishop Emeritus of Palermo, Italy - Silvano Piovanelli, Archbishop Emeritus of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
- Luigi PoggiLuigi PoggiLuigi Poggi was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.-Early life:Born in Piacenza, Poggi did all his studies prior to priestly ordination in that city and was sent to Rome in 1944 primarily to study diplomacy at the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy...
, Archivist Emeritus of Vatican Secret ArchivesVatican Secret ArchivesThe Vatican Secret Archives , located in Vatican City, is the central repository for all of the acts promulgated by the Holy See. The Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, having primal incumbency until death, owns the archives until the next appointed Papal successor...
, Roman Curia - Giovanni SaldariniGiovanni SaldariniGiovanni Saldarini was an Italian Cardinal and Archbishop Emeritus of Turin.-Early life:Saldarini was born in Cantù in the Italian province of Como, in Lombardy. He was educated at St Peter Martyr Seminary in Venegono and the Theological Faculty, Milan...
, Archbishop Emeritus of Turin, Italy - Leo Scheffczyk, Cardinal Deacon of S. Francesco Saverio alla Garbatella
- Achille SilvestriniAchille SilvestriniAchille Silvestrini was one of the most prominent Vatican diplomats during the long reign of John Paul II...
, Prefect Emeritus of Oriental Churches, Roman Curia - Tomáš ŠpidlíkTomás SpidlikTomáš Špidlík, SJ was made a Cardinal by Pope John Paul II in 2003. He was ordained a priest of the Society of Jesus on 22 August 1949 in Maastricht. On 21 October 2003, at the age of 83, he was created Cardinal Deacon of the titular church of Sant'Agata dei Goti...
, SJ, Cardinal Deacon of S. Agata de' Goti - Alfons Stickler, SDB, Archivist Emeritus of Vatican Secret ArchivesVatican Secret ArchivesThe Vatican Secret Archives , located in Vatican City, is the central repository for all of the acts promulgated by the Holy See. The Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, having primal incumbency until death, owns the archives until the next appointed Papal successor...
, Roman Curia - Ángel Suquía GoicoecheaÁngel Suquía GoicoecheaAngel Suquía Goicoechea was a Roman Catholic Cardinal who served as Archbishop of Madrid from 1983 until 1994....
, Archbishop Emeritus of Madrid, Spain - Kazimierz Swiatek, Archbishop of Minsk-Mohilev, BelarusBelarusBelarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
- Jozef Tomko, Prefect Emeritus of Evangelization of Peoples, Roman Curia
- Ersilio ToniniErsilio ToniniErsilio Tonini is an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Ravenna-Cervia from 1975 to 1990, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1994. When on 30 April 2010 Cardinal Paul Augustin Mayer died, Cardinal Tonini became the oldest living cardinal...
, Archbishop Emeritus of Ravenna-Cervia, Italy - Roberto TucciRoberto TucciRoberto Tucci, SJ is a Roman Catholic Cardinal and theologian. He was created Cardinal by Pope John Paul II on 21 February 2001....
, 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 MartinezLuis Aponte MartínezLuis Aponte Martínez is the only Puerto Rican ever to be consecrated a cardinal of the Catholic Church, and for 34 years was the Archbishop of San Juan. Cardinal Aponte was a cardinal elector in the two conclaves of 1978....
, Archbishop Emeritus of San Juan de Puerto RicoPuerto RicoPuerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an... - Anthony Bevilacqua, Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- Avery Dulles, SJ, theologian, United States
- Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada, Archbishop Emeritus of México, Federal District, Mexico
- Edouard Gagnon, PSSSociety of Saint-SulpiceThe Society of Saint-Sulpice is a Catholic Society of Apostolic Life named for Eglise Saint-Sulpice, Paris, in turn named for St. Sulpitius the Pious. Typically, priests become members of the Society of St. Sulpice only after ordination and some years of pastoral work. Uniquely, Sulpicians retain...
, President Emeritus of Family, Roman Curia - Louis-Albert Vachon, Archbishop Emeritus of Québec, Québec, Canada
OceaniaOceaniaOceania is a region centered on the islands of the tropical Pacific Ocean. Conceptions of what constitutes Oceania range from the coral atolls and volcanic islands of the South Pacific to the entire insular region between Asia and the Americas, including Australasia and the Malay Archipelago...
- Edward Idris Cassidy, President Emeritus of Promoting Christian Unity, Roman Curia
- Edward Clancy, Archbishop Emeritus of Sydney, Australia
- Pio Taofinu'u, SMSociety of Mary (Marists)The Society of Mary , is a Roman Catholic religious congregation or order, founded by Father Jean-Claude Colin and a group of other seminarians in France in 1816...
, Archbishop Emeritus of Samoa-Apia, SamoaSamoaSamoa , officially the Independent State of Samoa, formerly known as Western Samoa is a country encompassing the western part of the Samoan Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. It became independent from New Zealand in 1962. The two main islands of Samoa are Upolu and one of the biggest islands in...
South America
- Eugênio de Araújo SalesEugênio de Araújo SalesEugênio de Araújo Sales is, as of 2011, the longest-serving cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church, having been elevated by Pope Paul VI on April 28, 1969. He served as archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro for thirty years until his resignation was accepted in 2001, when he had already...
, Archbishop Emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, BrazilBrazilBrazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people... - Paulo Evaristo ArnsPaulo Evaristo ArnsPaulo Evaristo Arns O.F.M. is the Cardinal Archbishop Emeritus of São Paulo.-Early life and education:...
, Archbishop Emeritus of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil - Serafim Fernandes de Araújo, Archbishop Emeritus of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Rosalio José Castillo LaraRosalio José Castillo LaraRosalio José Castillo Lara JCD was a Venezuelan Roman Catholic cardinal.-Early life and ordination:Castillo Lara was born in San Casimiro, diocese of Maracay, in Venezuela's Aragua State, on 4 September 1922...
, SDB President Emeritus of Vatican City State, Roman Curia - Antonio José González ZumárragaAntonio José González ZumárragaAntonio José González Zumárraga was an Ecuadorian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.González Zumárraga was born in Pujili, Ecuador...
, Archbishop Emeritus of Quito, EcuadorEcuadorEcuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border... - Aloísio LorscheiderAloísio LorscheiderAloísio Leo Arlindo Lorscheider, O.F.M. was a prominent cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church in Brazil during the 1970s and 1980s...
, Archbishop Emeritus of Aparecida, São Paulo, Brazil - Jorge María MejíaJorge María MejíaJorge María Mejía is an Argentine Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He is Archivist Emeritus of the Holy Roman Church and Librarian Emeritus of the Holy Roman Church.-Early life and ordination:...
, Archivist Emeritus of Vatican Secret Archives, Roman Curia - Raúl Francisco Primatesta, Archbishop Emeritus of Córdoba, ArgentinaArgentinaArgentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...