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Actually the most immortal Cardinal of them all should be Edward Idris Cassidy. He was "dying" back in 2008 and the Pope publicly aked to pray for him. Will be 96 in July.

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17 hours ago, time said:

Cardinal Prospero Grech, Malta's only living cardinal prospers no longer. Born on Christmas Eve 1925, He died aged 94 and 6 days.

Nice avatar, time. ;)

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20 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

Nice avatar, time. ;)

Ah, you're the Adric fan...

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9 minutes ago, time said:

Ah, you're the Adric fan...

 

Statistically there had to be one in the world somewhere!

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On ‎19‎/‎11‎/‎2016 at 15:03, Cat O'Falk said:

Pope Francis delivers a new batch:

 

Mario Zenari, Italy (who will remain in his role as Papal Nuncio to Syria)
Dieudonne Nzapalainga, Central African Republic
Carlos Osoro Sierra, Spain
Sergio da Rocha, Brazil
Blase J Cupich, USA
Patrick D'Rozario, Bangladesh
Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo, Venezuela
Jozef De Kesel, Belgium
Maurice Piat, Mauritius
Kevin Joseph Farrell, USA
Carlos Aguiar Retes, Mexico
John Ribat, Papua New Guinea
Joseph William Tobin, USA
Anthony Soter Fernandez, Malaysia
Renato Corti, Italy
Sebastian Koto Khoarai, Lesotho
Ernest Simoni, Albania
 

Less than 4 years later, Renato Corti reportedly dead: https://www.catholicnews.com/services/englishnews/2020/italian-cardinal-corti-popular-spiritual-guide-dies-at-84.cfm

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Dutch Roman Catholic cardinal, Adrianus Johannes Simonis, passed away yesterday at the age of 88. 

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Ukrainian Roman Catholic cardinal, Marian Jaworski, passed away yesterday at the age of 94. 

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On 19/11/2016 at 15:03, Cat O'Falk said:

Pope Francis delivers a new batch:

 

Mario Zenari, Italy (who will remain in his role as Papal Nuncio to Syria)
Dieudonne Nzapalainga, Central African Republic
Carlos Osoro Sierra, Spain
Sergio da Rocha, Brazil
Blase J Cupich, USA
Patrick D'Rozario, Bangladesh
Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo, Venezuela
Jozef De Kesel, Belgium
Maurice Piat, Mauritius
Kevin Joseph Farrell, USA
Carlos Aguiar Retes, Mexico
John Ribat, Papua New Guinea
Joseph William Tobin, USA
Anthony Soter Fernandez, Malaysia
Renato Corti, Italy
Sebastian Koto Khoarai, Lesotho
Ernest Simoni, Albania
 

Cardinal Fernandez, Malaysia's only cardinal, isn't. Dead from cancer, aged 88.

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Malaysian Roman Catholic cardinal, Anthony Soter Fernandez, passed away today at the age of 88. 

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Ecuardorian Roman Catholic cardinal, Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga, passed away yesterday at the age of 86. 

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Good riddance to the old paedo.

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Cardinal Konrad Krajewski hospitalised with bilateral interstitial pneumonia after testing positive for COVID. He is quite close to Pope Francis.

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Swiss Roman Catholic cardinal, Henri Schwery, passed away today at the age of 88. 

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Brazilian Roman Catholic cardinal, Eusébio Oscar Scheid, passed away today at the age of 88. 

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As it was said on Mock The Week, "Cardinal" is very Irish in itself........

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Cardinal Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk hospitalised, and has been ill for a while.

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On 28/02/2021 at 18:01, drol said:

Cardinal Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk hospitalised, and has been ill for a while.

Recovered. Thanks everyone for the prayers. Run-of-the-mill Asian immortal. 

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Cameroon Roman Catholic cardinal, Christian Tumi, passed away today at the age of 90. 

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On 30/12/2019 at 17:18, drol said:

Actually the most immortal Cardinal of them all should be Edward Idris Cassidy. He was "dying" back in 2008 and the Pope publicly aked to pray for him. Will be 96 in July.

Dead. It only took 13 years.

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So, who are the oldest living Cardinals and what is their health like?

 

1. Albert Vanhoye (1923) :dead:

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Health issues: apparently fine. He is a scholar who never held any diocese. 

 

2. Jozef Tomko (1924)

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Health: very good health, still able to stand and walk unaided.

 

3. Alexandre José Maria dos Santos (1924 or 1918) :dead:

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Health: tragic! Confined to a wheelchair for years, unable to speak, utterly frail. According to Mozambican articles he celebrated his 103rd birthday last month.

 

4. Alexandre do Nascimento (1925)

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Health: bad. Obese, unable to walk unaided and overall very frail.

 

5. Francisco Alvarez Martinez (1925):dead:

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Health: in fine nick till some years ago, seems to have deteriorated recently.

 

6. José Freire Falcao (1925) :dead:

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Health: very frail.

 

7. Estanislao Esteban Karlic

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Health: quite frail, but not tragic.

 

8. Luigi De Magistris (1926) :dead:

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Health: was already sick in 2010. Must be bedridden now.

 

9. Agostino Cacciavillan (1926) :dead:

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Health; mentally sharp, able to walk with a cane, overall very good.

 

10. Emmanuel Wamala (1926)

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Health: how is this guy still alive? It was a continued hospitalization for him two or three years ago. His successor died last week. Uberfrail.

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Lesothian Roman Catholic cardinal, Sebastian Koto Khoarai, passed away yesterday at the age of 91. 

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