Non-Voting Cardinals

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Birthdate	Elevated	Name	Current Title
25 Jan 1929	2 Feb 1983	Michael Michai Cardinal Kitbunchu	Archbishop Emeritus of Bangkok, Thailand
1 Nov 1932	25 May 1985	Francis Cardinal Arinze	Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
30 Aug 1930	25 May 1985	Paul Joseph Jean Cardinal Poupard	President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Culture
20 Feb 1928	25 May 1985	Friedrich Cardinal Wetter	Archbishop Emeritus of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
31 Oct 1936	28 Jun 1991	Nicolás de Jesús Cardinal López Rodríguez	Archbishop Emeritus of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
27 Feb 1936	28 Jun 1991	Roger Michael Cardinal Mahony	Archbishop Emeritus of Los Angeles, California, USA
19 Feb 1931	28 Jun 1991	Camillo Cardinal Ruini	Vicar General Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy
20 Dec 1934	26 Nov 1994	Julius Riyadi Cardinal Darmaatmadja, S.J.	Archbishop Emeritus of Jakarta, Indonesia
18 Mar 1930	26 Nov 1994	Adam Joseph Cardinal Maida	Archbishop Emeritus of Detroit, Michigan, USA
28 Mar 1933	26 Nov 1994	Juan Cardinal Sandoval Íñiguez	Archbishop Emeritus of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
15 Dec 1926	26 Nov 1994	Emmanuel Cardinal Wamala	Archbishop Emeritus of Kampala, Uganda
6 Sep 1930	21 Feb 1998	Salvatore Cardinal De Giorgi	Archbishop Emeritus of Palermo, Italy
5 Aug 1944	21 Feb 1998	Polycarp Cardinal Pengo	Archbishop Emeritus of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
14 Nov 1930	21 Feb 1998	Jānis Cardinal Pujats	Archbishop Emeritus of Riga, Latvia
6 Jun 1942	21 Feb 1998	Norberto Cardinal Rivera Carrera	Archbishop Emeritus of México, Federal District
20 Aug 1936	21 Feb 1998	Antonio María Cardinal Rouco Varela	Archbishop Emeritus of Madrid, Spain
22 Jan 1945	21 Feb 1998	Christoph Cardinal Schönborn, O.P.	Archbishop Emeritus of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
26 Jul 1932	21 Feb 1998	James Francis Cardinal Stafford	Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
1 Feb 1937	21 Feb 2001	Audrys Juozas Cardinal Bačkis	Archbishop Emeritus of Vilnius, Lithuania
28 Dec 1943	21 Feb 2001	Juan Luis Cardinal Cipriani Thorne	Archbishop Emeritus of Lima, Peru
5 Sep 1933	21 Feb 2001	Francisco Javier Cardinal Errázuriz Ossa, P. Schönstatt	Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile
5 Mar 1933	21 Feb 2001	Walter Cardinal Kasper	President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
8 Mar 1941	21 Feb 2001	Wilfrid Fox Cardinal Napier, O.F.M.	Archbishop Emeritus of Durban, South Africa
14 Nov 1930	21 Feb 2001	Jānis Cardinal Pujats	Archbishop Emeritus of Riga, Latvia
30 Jan 1934	21 Feb 2001	Giovanni Battista Cardinal Re	Dean of the College of Cardinals
29 Dec 1942	21 Feb 2001	Óscar Andrés Cardinal Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B.	Archbishop Emeritus of Tegucigalpa, Honduras
6 Jan 1932	21 Feb 2001	José Cardinal Saraiva Martins, C.M.F.	Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
2 Jun 1943	21 Feb 2001	Crescenzio Cardinal Sepe	Archbishop Emeritus of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
18 Nov 1936	21 Oct 2003	Ennio Cardinal Antonelli	President Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life
2 Dec 1934	21 Oct 2003	Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Cardinal Bertone, S.D.B.	Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
31 Mar 1930	21 Oct 2003	Julián Cardinal Herranz Casado	President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts
16 Jun 1936	21 Oct 2003	Anthony Olubunmi Cardinal Okogie	Archbishop Emeritus of Lagos, Nigeria
8 Jun 1944	21 Oct 2003	Marc Armand Cardinal Ouellet, P.S.S.	Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for Bishops
5 Mar 1934	21 Oct 2003	Jean-Baptiste Cardinal Phạm Minh Mẫn	Archbishop Emeritus of Thành-Phô Hồ Chí Minh (Hôchiminh Ville), Viet Nam
19 Apr 1935	21 Oct 2003	Justin Francis Cardinal Rigali	Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
7 Nov 1941	21 Oct 2003	Angelo Cardinal Scola	Archbishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy
27 Feb 1941	21 Oct 2003	Gabriel Cardinal Zubeir Wako	Archbishop Emeritus of Khartoum, Sudan
27 Apr 1939	24 Mar 2006	Stanisław Cardinal Dziwisz	Archbishop Emeritus of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland
29 Jun 1944	24 Mar 2006	Seán Patrick Cardinal O’Malley, O.F.M. Cap.	Archbishop Emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
25 Sep 1944	24 Mar 2006	Jean-Pierre Bernard Cardinal Ricard	Archbishop Emeritus of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France
23 Sep 1934	24 Mar 2006	Franc Cardinal Rodé, C.M.	Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
10 Aug 1932	24 Mar 2006	Gaudencio Borbon Cardinal Rosales	Archbishop Emeritus of Manila, Philippines
17 Apr 1940	24 Mar 2006	Agostino Cardinal Vallini	Vicar General Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy
13 Jan 1932	24 Mar 2006	Joseph Cardinal Zen Ze-kiun, S.D.B.	Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
14 Jan 1943	24 Nov 2007	Angelo Cardinal Bagnasco	Archbishop Emeritus of Genova {Genoa}, Italy
16 Aug 1939	24 Nov 2007	Seán Baptist Cardinal Brady	Archbishop Emeritus of Armagh, Ireland
17 Sep 1943	24 Nov 2007	Angelo Cardinal Comastri	President Emeritus of the Fabric of St. Peter
24 Sep 1933	24 Nov 2007	Raffaele Cardinal Farina, S.D.B.	Archivist Emeritus of the Vatican Secret Archive
24 Dec 1944	24 Nov 2007	Oswald Cardinal Gracias	Archbishop Emeritus of Bombay, India
7 Feb 1926	24 Nov 2007	Estanislao Esteban Cardinal Karlic	Archbishop Emeritus of Paraná, Argentina
3 Jan 1935	24 Nov 2007	Giovanni Cardinal Lajolo	President Emeritus of the Governatorate of Vatican City State
29 Apr 1937	24 Nov 2007	Lluís Cardinal Martínez Sistach	Archbishop Emeritus of Barcelona, Spain
18 Nov 1943	24 Nov 2007	Leonardo Cardinal Sandri	Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches
28 Nov 1936	24 Nov 2007	Théodore-Adrien Cardinal Sarr	Archbishop Emeritus of Dakar, Senegal
7 Nov 1942	24 Nov 2007	André Armand Cardinal Vingt-Trois	Archbishop Emeritus of Paris, France
5 Jan 1929	20 Nov 2010	Walter Cardinal Brandmüller	President Emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences
15 Feb 1937	20 Nov 2010	Raymundo Cardinal Damasceno Assis	Archbishop Emeritus of Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Brazil
28 May 1934	20 Nov 2010	Francesco Cardinal Monterisi	Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica}
15 Sep 1944	20 Nov 2010	Mauro Cardinal Piacenza	Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
18 Oct 1942	20 Nov 2010	Gianfranco Cardinal Ravasi	President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archeology
20 Feb 1938	20 Nov 2010	Paolo Cardinal Romeo	Archbishop Emeritus of Palermo, Italy
12 Nov 1940	20 Nov 2010	Donald William Cardinal Wuerl	Archbishop Emeritus of Washington, District of Columbia, USA
21 Sep 1935	18 Feb 2012	Santos Cardinal Abril y Castelló	Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
1 Oct 1942	18 Feb 2012	Giuseppe Cardinal Bertello	President Emeritus of the Governatorate of Vatican City State
3 Feb 1943	18 Feb 2012	Domenico Cardinal Calcagno	President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
6 Mar 1938	18 Feb 2012	Francesco Cardinal Coccopalmerio	President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts
26 Apr 1943	18 Feb 2012	Dominik Jaroslav Cardinal Duka, O.P.	Archbishop Emeritus of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
29 Mar 1938	18 Feb 2012	Manuel Cardinal Monteiro de Castro	Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
23 May 1931	18 Feb 2012	Lucian Cardinal Mureşan	Major Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania
8 Apr 1939	18 Feb 2012	Edwin Frederick Cardinal O’Brien	Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
31 Jul 1939	18 Feb 2012	John Cardinal Tong Hon	Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
3 Feb 1938	18 Feb 2012	Antonio Maria Cardinal Vegliò	President Emeritus of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
30 Jul 1943	18 Feb 2012	Giuseppe Cardinal Versaldi	Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for Culture and Education
29 Jan 1944	24 Nov 2012	John Olorunfemi Cardinal Onaiyekan	Archbishop Emeritus of Abuja, Nigeria
25 Feb 1940	24 Nov 2012	Béchara Boutros Cardinal Raï, O.M.M.	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
22 Sep 1942	24 Nov 2012	Rubén Cardinal Salazar Gómez	Archbishop Emeritus of Bogotá, Colombia
29 Sep 1940	22 Feb 2014	Lorenzo Cardinal Baldisseri	Secretary General Emeritus of the Synod of Bishops
7 Apr 1942	22 Feb 2014	Gualtiero Cardinal Bassetti	Archbishop Emeritus of Perugia-Città della Pieve, Italy
7 Jan 1942	22 Feb 2014	Ricardo Cardinal Ezzati Andrello, S.D.B.	Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile
11 Mar 1939	22 Feb 2014	Orlando Beltran Cardinal Quevedo, O.M.I.	Archbishop Emeritus of Cotabato, Philippines
18 Aug 1941	22 Feb 2014	Beniamino Cardinal Stella	Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy
5 Dec 1943	22 Feb 2014	Andrew Cardinal Yeom Soo-jung	Archbishop Emeritus of Seoul, Korea (South)
13 Apr 1942	14 Feb 2015	Ricardo Cardinal Blázquez Pérez	Archbishop Emeritus of Valladolid, Spain
24 Feb 1944	14 Feb 2015	José Luis Cardinal Lacunza Maestrojuán, O.A.R.	Bishop Emeritus of David, Panama
27 Oct 1927	14 Feb 2015	Júlio Duarte Cardinal Langa	Bishop Emeritus of Xai-Xai, Mozambique
14 Oct 1939	14 Feb 2015	Edoardo Cardinal Menichelli	Archbishop Emeritus of Ancona-Osimo, Italy
1 Apr 1938	14 Feb 2015	Pierre Cardinal Nguyễn Văn Nhơn	Archbishop Emeritus of Hà Nội, Viet Nam
30 Jan 1939	14 Feb 2015	Alberto Cardinal Suárez Inda	Archbishop Emeritus of Morelia, Michoacán, México
11 Oct 1934	14 Feb 2015	Luis Héctor Cardinal Villalba	Archbishop Emeritus of Tucumán, Argentina
1 Oct 1943	19 Nov 2016	Patrick Cardinal D’Rozario, C.S.C.	Archbishop Emeritus of Dhaka, Bangladesh
19 Jul 1941	19 Nov 2016	Maurice Evenor Cardinal Piat, C.S.Sp.	Bishop Emeritus of Port-Louis, Mauritius
10 Oct 1944	19 Nov 2016	Baltazar Enrique Cardinal Porras Cardozo	Archbishop Emeritus of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
18 Oct 1928	19 Nov 2016	Ernest Cardinal Simoni	Priest of Shkodrë-Pult, Albania
8 Apr 1944	28 Jun 2017	Louis-Marie Ling Cardinal Mangkhanekhoun, I.V.Dei	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Vientiane, Laos
3 Sep 1942	28 Jun 2017	Gregorio Cardinal Rosa Chávez	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Salvador, El Salvador
27 Dec 1943	28 Jun 2017	Jean Cardinal Zerbo	Archbishop Emeritus of Bamako, Mali
12 Feb 1944	28 Jun 2018	Pedro Ricardo Cardinal Barreto Jimeno, S.J.	Archbishop Emeritus of Huancayo, Peru
2 Jun 1948	28 Jun 2018	Giovanni Angelo Cardinal Becciu	Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
17 May 1938	28 Jun 2018	Aquilino Cardinal Bocos Merino, C.M.F.	Superior General Emeritus of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
19 Apr 1944	28 Jun 2018	Luis Francisco Cardinal Ladaria Ferrer, S.J.	Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
23 May 1937	28 Jun 2018	Toribio Sergio Cardinal Porco Ticona	Prelate Emeritus of Corocoro, Bolivia
17 Aug 1937	5 Oct 2019	Michael Louis Cardinal Fitzgerald, M. Afr.	Apostolic Nuncio
7 Nov 1938	5 Oct 2019	Sigitas Cardinal Tamkevičius, S.J.	Archbishop Emeritus of Kaunas, Lithuania
1 May 1940	28 Nov 2020	Felipe Cardinal Arizmendi Esquivel	Bishop Emeritus of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, México
22 Jul 1934	28 Nov 2020	Raniero Cardinal Cantalamessa, O.F.M. Cap.	Preacher Emeritus of the Prefecture of the Papal Household
27 Aug 1940	28 Nov 2020	Enrico Cardinal Feroci	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria del Divino Amore a Castel di Leva
12 Oct 1940	28 Nov 2020	Silvano Maria Cardinal Tomasi, C.S.	Permanent Observer Emeritus to United Nations Office and Specialized Agencies in Geneva
6 Feb 1942	27 Aug 2022	Fortunato Cardinal Frezza	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata
5 Jul 1942	27 Aug 2022	Gianfranco Cardinal Ghirlanda, S.J.	Cardinal-Deacon of Santissimo Nome di Gesù
29 Mar 1942	27 Aug 2022	Jorge Enrique Cardinal Jiménez Carvajal, C.I.M.	Archbishop Emeritus of Cartagena, Colombia
18 Jul 1942	27 Aug 2022	Arrigo Cardinal Miglio	Archbishop Emeritus of Cagliari, Italy
1 Mar 1945	27 Aug 2022	Fernando Cardinal Vérgez Alzaga, L.C.	President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State
17 Apr 1927	30 Sep 2023	Luis Pascual Cardinal Dri, O.F.M. Cap.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
28 Aug 1940	30 Sep 2023	Agostino Cardinal Marchetto	Secretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
17 May 1939	30 Sep 2023	Diego Rafael Cardinal Padrón Sánchez	Archbishop Emeritus of Cumaná, Venezuela
23 Sep 1925	7 Dec 2024	Angelo Cardinal Acerbi	Apostolic Nuncio

Note: 115 non-voting Cardinals of 252 living Cardinals. This table was last updated on 28 Mar 2025.

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