List of centenarians (religious figures)

The following is a list of centenarians – specifically, people who became famous as religious figures – known for reasons other than their longevity. For more lists, see lists of centenarians.

Name Lifespan Age Reason for NotabilityAngelo Acerbi 1925– Cardinal of the Catholic ChurchLaban Ainsworth 1757–1858 100 American clergyman and pastorCarlos Aldunate Lyon 1916–2018 102 Chilean Jesuit priest, master of novices (Pope Francis) and writerMuere el sacerdote y escritor Carlos Aldunate a los 102 años Elizabeth Alfred 1914–2015 101 Australian Anglican priestAlbert Jean Amateau 1889–1996 106 Turkish-born American rabbiJoseph Anderson 1889–1992 102 American general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsFlake, Lawrence R. "Joseph Anderson" in Garr, Arnold K., Donald Q. Cannon and Richard O. Cowan, ed. Encyclopedia of Latter-day Saint History (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2000)Saint Anthony 251–356 105 Egyptian Christian saintFerdinand Ashmall 1695–1798 103 English Roman Catholic priest who died in the 73rd year of his ministryCorrado Bafile 1903–2005 101 Italian Roman Catholic cardinalGiovanni Benedetti 1917–2017 100 Italian Roman Catholic bishopPravrajika Bhaktiprana 1920–2022 102 Indian Hindu sannyasiniDmytro Blazheyovskyi 1910–2011 100 Ukrainian scientist and religious authorHenry Boehm 1775–1875 100 American clergyman and pastorGeorge William BonDurant 1915–2017 101 American preacher (Restoration Movement of Christianity) and educatorBoro Maa 1918–2019 100–101 Indian Hindu leader, matriarch of the Matua MahasanghaBoro Ma last rites held with full state honours, asianage.com; accessed 12 March 2019.মাতৃহারা হলেন মতুয়ারা, জেনে নিন বড়মার জীবনকথাJoseph Oliver Bowers 1910–2012 102 Dominican Ghanaian Roman Catholic bishopAdalbert Brunke 1912–2013 101 German Lutheran leaderLoris Francesco Capovilla 1915–2016 100 Italian Roman Catholic cardinalJan van Cauwelaert 1914–2016 102 Belgian Roman Catholic bishopJohn Cavell 1916–2017 100 British Anglican bishopLaurence Chaderton 1536–1640 103 English Anglican Puritan divineSaint Charalambos 89?–202 113? Ancient Greek bishopYehuda Chitrik 1899–2006 106 American rabbiJacques Clemens 1909–2018 108 Dutch Roman Catholic priestL’homme le plus âgé de Belgique est mort James Burton Coffman 1905–2006 101 American Christian preacher and teacherWilliam C. Conway 1865–1969 104 American mysticism leaderJorge da Costa 1406–1508 101–102 Portuguese Roman Catholic cardinalStephen Cumberbatch 1909–2011 101 Trinidadian Anglican ArchdeaconQuirino De Ascaniis 1908–2009 100 Italian priestAntônio Afonso de Miranda 1920–2021 101 Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate and Bishop Emeritus of TaubatéIndra Devi 1899–2002 102 Russian-American yogiBhante Dharmawara 1889?–1999 110? Cambodian-born monk and educatorRalph Edward Dodge 1907–2008 101 American bishop of the Methodist ChurchSister Angela Mary Doyle 1925– Irish-Australian Catholic nunGeorge Duggan 1912–2012 100 New Zealand Roman Catholic priest, philosopher, seminary professor and writerEphraim Einhorn 1918–2021 103 Austrian rabbi based in TaiwanYosef Shalom Eliashiv 1910–2012 102 Israeli rabbiHubertus Ernst 1917–2017 100 Dutch Roman Catholic bishopChristopher Evans 1909–2012 102 English chaplain and theologianSophia Lyon Fahs 1876–1978 101 American Unitarian minister, educator and writerVincent Foy 1915–2017 101 Canadian Roman Catholic cleric and theologianEugene Maxwell Frank 1907–2009 101 American religious leader and Methodist Church bishopReginald C. Fuller 1908–2011 102 British Roman Catholic priestIrineos Galanakis 1911–2013 101 Greek Orthodox bishopJosé de Jesús García Ayala 1910–2014 103 Mexican Roman Catholic bishopVictor Garaygordóbil Berrizbeitia 1915–2018 102 Spanish Roman Catholic bishopBlanche Gates 1918–2023 105 Canadian Anglican liturgistManuel Edmilson da Cruz1924–Brazilian Roman Catholic bishopPeter Leo Gerety 1912–2016 104 American Roman Catholic bishopDavuldena Gnanissara Thero 1915–2017 101 Sri Lankan scholar Buddhist monk and supreme Mahanayaka of the Sri Lanka Amarapura NikayaState funeral for Dawuldena Mahanayaka Thero, Hiru News.lk, 3 April 2017René Henry Gracida 1923–2026 102 American BishopMaxine Grimm 1914–2017 102 American LDS Church leaderEzekiel Guti 1923–2023 100 Zimbabwean evangelistZAOGA church founder Ezekiel Guti dies, two months after 100th birthday, nehandaradio.com. 5 July 2023. Accessed 12 November 2023.Nolan Bailey Harmon 1892–1993 100 American Methodist bishop and authorTheodore Heck 1901–2009 108 American Benedictine monkAugustine Hoey 1915–2017 101 English Anglican priest Hosius of Corduba (also known as Osius or Ossius) 256–359 102 Bishop of Corduba (now Córdoba, Spain)Edward Howard 1877–1983 105 American Roman Catholic archbishopBen Huan 1907–2012 104 Chinese BuddhistDamián Iguacén Borau 1916–2020 104 Spanish Roman Catholic bishopIsaac of Armenia 338–439 100–101 Parthian Catholicos of ArmeniaFlorence S. Jacobsen 1913–2017 103 American President of the Young Women's Mutual Improvement AssociationSister Jean 1919–2025 106 American Catholic Religious SisterJohn the Silent 454–558 104 Greek Christian saintMeir Just 1908–2010 101 Dutch Chief RabbiYitzhak Kaduri 1899?/1900?–2006 106? Iraqi-born Orthodox rabbi and kabbalistShmuel Kamenetsky 1924– American rabbi Bruno Kant 1916–2026 110 German Roman Catholic priestAugoustinos Kantiotes 1907–2010 103 Greek Orthodox bishopMordecai Kaplan 1881–1983 102 Lithuanian rabbi and founder of Reconstructionist JudaismGregory of Khandzta 759–861 101–102 Georgian saint of the Georgian Orthodox and Apostolic Church"Upper-Story Chapels Near the Sanctuary in Churches of the Christian East", Natalia Teteriatnikov, Dumbarton Oaks Papers, Vol. 42, (1988), pp. 65–72Hossein Wahid Khorasani 1921– Iranian ayatollah and authorConsolata Kline 1916–2016 100 American Roman Catholic sisterMyer S. Kripke 1914–2014 100 American rabbiGuillermo Leaden 1913–2014 100 Argentine Roman Catholic bishopFelice Leonardo 1915–2015 100 Italian Roman Catholic bishopGéry Leuliet 1910–2015 104 French Roman Catholic bishopAlbert Malbois 1915–2017 101 French Roman Catholic bishopBernard Joseph McLaughlin 1912–2015 102 American Roman Catholic bishopWeweldeniye Medhalankara Thero 1909–2012 102 Sri Lankan Buddhist monk and Mahanayaka of Sri Lanka Ramanna Nikaya Antonio Rosario Mennonna 1906–2009 103 Italian Roman Catholic bishopHalvor Midtbø 1883–1985 101 Norwegian priest and temperance activistRichard Millard 1914–2018 103 American episcopal prelate and bishop of California (1960–1978)William McElwee Miller 1892–1993 100 American missionary and authorFrancesco Minerva 1904–2004 100 Italian archbishop emeritus of LeccePaul Mwazha 1918–2025 107 Zimbabwean clergymanNarcissus of Jerusalem c. 99?–c. 215 116? Ancient Roman Greek Orthodox Patriarch of JerusalemOswald von Nell-Breuning 1890–1991 101 German Roman Catholic theologician and sociologistRussell M. Nelson 1924–2025 President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day SaintsNguyễn Khắc Ngư 1909–2009 100 Vietnamese Roman Catholic bishopNguyễn Văn Thiện 1906–2012 106 Vietnamese Roman Catholic bishopArturo Paoli 1912–2015 102 Italian priest and missionaryPaul of Thebes 227?–341 113? Egyptian Christian saintOdorico Leovigildo Sáiz Pérez 1912–2012 100 Spanish Roman Catholic bishopPhilipose Mar Chrysostom Mar Thoma 1918–2021 103 Indian bishop of Mar Thoma Syrian Church.Bernardino Piñera 1915–2020 104 French-born Chilean Roman Catholic bishopMuhammad Qadiri 1552–1654 101 Pakistani Islamic scholar and preacherChatral Rinpoche 1913–2015 102 Tibetan Buddhist yogiLotfollah Safi Golpaygani 1919–2022 102 Iranian marja'Nicholas Salamis 1897–2005 108 Greek-born Canadian Greek Orthodox priestTom Salmon 1913–2013 100 Irish Anglican clericKyozan Joshu Sasaki 1907–2014 107 Japanese Rinzai Zen teacherJames Schaffer 1910–2014 104 American Christian leaderChaim Pinchas Scheinberg 1910–2012 101 Israeli rabbiAharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman 1913–2017 103–104 Israeli Haredi rabbi and posekElazar Shach 1899–2001 102 Israeli leading Haredi rabbiEldred G. Smith 1907–2013 106 American former Presiding Patriarch of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsAndreas Peter Cornelius Sol 1915–2016 100 Dutch Roman Catholic bishopMack B. Stokes 1911–2012 100 American bishop of the Methodist ChurchShivakumara Swami 1907–2019 111 Indian religious leaderTillit Sidney Teddlie 1885–1987 102 American hymnalist and pastorTenkai 1536–1643 106–107 Japanese Tendai Buddhist monkBalangoda Ananda Maitreya Thero 1896–1998 101 Sri Lankan scholar-monkSettimio Todisco 1924–2025 100 Italian Roman Catholic prelateObituary: Settimio Todisco, avvenire.it. Accessed 26 March 2025. (in Italian) Nicholas Kao Se Tseien 1897–2007 110 Chinese Catholic priest and oldest person ever to have a cataract operationMarian Tumler 1887–1987 100 Austrian theologian and Grand Master of the Teutonic Order(Somdet Phra Sangharaja Chao Krommaluang) Vajirañāṇasaṃvara 1913–2013 100 19th Supreme Patriarch of ThailandAgnès-Marie Valois 1914–2018 103 French nun and World War II nurseDieppe : héroïne de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, sœur Agnès-Marie s'est éteinte à 103 ans, tendanceouest.com; accessed 2018-04-21.Francisco Raúl Villalobos Padilla 1921–2022 101 Mexican prelate of the Roman Catholic ChurchDaniel Waldo 1762–1864 101 American clergymanWarren Prall Watters 1890–1992 102 American founding archbishop of the Free Church of AntiochHerbert George Welch 1862–1969 106 American Methodist bishop and president of Ohio Wesleyan UniversityEleutherius Winance 1909–2009 100 Belgian monk and co-founder of St. Andrew's AbbeyShmuel Wosner 1913–2015 101 Israeli Haredi rabbiGershon Yankelewitz 1909–2014 105 Belarusian-born American rabbi

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