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 Notability
AgathoPope Agatho 577–681 103–104 Greek Roman Catholic Pope[1]
AinsworthLaban Ainsworth 1757–1858 100 American clergyman and pastor[2]
AlfredElizabeth Alfred 1914–2015 101 Australian Anglican deaconess[3]
AmateauAlbert Jean Amateau 1889–1996 106 Turkish-born American Rabbi[4]
AndersonJoseph Anderson 1889–1992 102 American general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints[5]
AnthonySaint Anthony 251–356 105 Egyptian Christian saint[6]
BafileCorrado Bafile 1903–2005 101 Italian cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church[7]
Balangoda Ananda Maitreya Thero 1896–1998 101 Sri Lankan scholar-monk[8]
BlazheyovskyiDmytro Blazheyovskyi 1910–2011 100 Ukrainian scientist and religious author[9]
BoehmHenry Boehm 1775–1875 100 American clergyman and pastor[10]
BowersJoseph Oliver Bowers 1910–2012 102 Dominican Roman Catholic bishop[11]
CapovillaLoris Francesco Capovilla 1915–2016 100 Italian Roman Catholic cardinal[12]
CauwelaertJan van Cauwelaert 1914–2016 102 Belgian Roman Catholic bishop[13]
ChadertonLaurence Chaderton 1536–1640 103 English Anglican Puritan divine[14]
CharalambosSaint Charalambos 89–202 113 Ancient Greek bishop[15]
ChitrikYehuda Chitrik 1899–2006 106 American Rabbi[16]
CoffmanJames Burton Coffman 1905–2006 101 American Christian preacher and teacher[17]
ConwayWilliam C. Conway 1865–1969 104 American mysticism leader[18]
Hosius of Corduba 256–359 102 Ancient Roman Catholic bishop of Córdoba, Spain[19]
CostaJorge da Costa 1406–1508 101–102 Portuguese cardinal[20]
De AscaniisQuirino De Ascaniis 1908–2009 100 Italian priest[21]
DeviIndra Devi 1899–2002 102 Indian yoga teacher[22]
DharmawaraBhante Dharmawara 1889–1999 110 Cambodian-born monk and educator[23]
DodgeRalph Edward Dodge 1907–2008 101 American bishop of The Methodist Church[24]
DugganGeorge Duggan 1912–2012 100 New Zealand Catholic priest and apologist[25]
EliashivYosef Shalom Eliashiv 1910–2012 102 Israeli Rabbi[26]
EvansChristopher Evans 1909–2012 102 English chaplain and theologian[27]
FahsSophia Lyon Fahs 1876–1978 101 American Unitarian minister, educator and writer[28]
FrankEugene Maxwell Frank 1907–2009 101 American bishop of The Methodist Church[29]
FullerReginald C. Fuller 1908–2011 102 British Catholic priest[30]
GarciaJosé de Jesús García Ayala 1910–2014 103 Mexican Roman Catholic bishop[31]
Garaygordobil BerrizbeitiaVictor Garaygordóbil Berrizbeitia 1915– 101 Spanish Roman Catholic bishop[32]
GeretyPeter Leo Gerety 1912–2016 104 American Roman Catholic bishop[33]
JacobsenFlorence S. Jacobsen 1913– 103 American President of the Young Women's Mutual Improvement Association[34]
JustMeir Just 1908–2010 101 Dutch Chief Rabbi[35]
KantiotesAugoustinos Kantiotes 1907–2010 103 Greek Orthodox bishop[36]
KhandztaGregory of Khandzta 759–861 101–102 Georgian saint of the Georgian Orthodox and Apostolic Church[37]
KripkeMyer S. Kripke 1914–2014 100 American rabbi[38]
HarmonNolan Bailey Harmon 1892–1993 100 American Methodist bishop and author[39]
HowardEdward Howard 1877–1983 105 American Roman Catholic archbishop[40]
HuanBen Huan 1907–2012 105 Chinese Buddhist[41]
Iguacen BorauDamián Iguacén Borau 1916– 100 Spanish Roman Catholic bishop[42]
Isaac of Armenia 338–439 100–101 Parthian Catholicos of Armenia[43]
John the Silent 454–558 104 Greek Christian saint[44]
KaduriYitzhak Kaduri 1899/1900–2006 106 Iraqi-born Orthodox rabbi and kabbalist[45]
KaplanMordecai Kaplan 1881–1983 102 Lithuanian founder of Reconstructionist Judaism[46]
LeadenGuillermo Leaden 1913–2014 100 Argentine Roman Catholic bishop[47]
LeonardoFelice Leonardo 1915–2015 100 Italian Roman Catholic bishop[48]
LeulietGéry Leuliet 1910–2015 104 French bishop of the Roman Catholic Church[49]
MalboisAlbert Malbois 1915– 101 French Roman Catholic bishop[50]
McLaughlinBernard Joseph McLaughlin 1912–2015 102 American Roman Catholic bishop[51]
MennonnaAntonio Rosario Mennonna 1906–2009 103 Italian bishop of the Roman Catholic Church[52]
MidtboHalvor Midtbø 1883–1995 101 Norwegian priest and temperance activist[53]
MillerWilliam McElwee Miller 1892–1993 100 American missionary and author[54]
MinervaFrancesco Minerva 1904–2004 100 Italian archbishop emeritus of Lecce[55]
Narcissus of Jerusalem c. 99 – c. 215 116 Ancient Roman Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem[56]
Nell-BreuningOswald von Nell-Breuning 1890–1991 101 German Roman Catholic theologician and sociologist[57]
Nguyen, KhacNguyen Khac Ngu 1909–2009 100 Vietnamese bishop of the Roman Catholic Church[58]
Nguyên, ThienNguyen Van Thien 1906–2012 106 Vietnamese bishop of the Roman Catholic Church[59]
PerezOdorico Leovigildo Sáiz Pérez 1912–2012 100 Spanish bishop of the Roman Catholic Church[60]
PineraBernardino Piñera 1915– 101 French-born Chilean Roman Catholic bishop[61]
QadiriMuhammad Qadiri 1552–1654 101 Pakistani Islamic scholar and preacher[62]
RinpocheChatral Rinpoche 1913–2015 102 Tibetan Buddhist yogi[63]
SalamisNicholas Salamis 1897–2005 108 Greek-born Canadian Greek Orthodox priest[64]
SasakiKyozan Joshu Sasaki 1907–2014 107 Japanese Rinzai Zen teacher[65]
ScheinbergChaim Pinchas Scheinberg 1910–2012 101 Israeli rabbi[66]
ShteinmanAharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman 1914– 101-102 Israeli Haredi rabbi[67]
ShachElazar Shach 1899–2001 102 Israeli leading Haredi rabbi[68]
SmithEldred G. Smith 1907–2013 106 American former Presiding Patriarch of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints[69]
SolAndreas Peter Cornelius Sol 1915–2016 100 Dutch Roman Catholic bishop[70]
StokesMack B. Stokes 1911–2012 100 American bishop of the United Methodist Church[71]
SuvaddhanaNyanasamvara Suvaddhana 1913–2013 100 Supreme Patriarch of Thailand[72]
TeddlieTillit Sidney Teddlie 1885–1987 102 American hymnalist and pastor[73]
Tenkai 1536–1643 106–107 Japanese Tendai Buddhist monk[74]
TseienNicholas Kao Se Tseien 1897–2007 110 Chinese Catholic priest and oldest person ever to have a cataract operation[75]
TumlerMarian Tumler 1887–1987 100 Austrian theologian and Grand Master of the Teutonic Order[76]
WaldoDaniel Waldo 1762–1864 101 American clergyman[77]
WattersWarren Prall Watters 1890–1992 102 American founding archbishop of the Free Church of Antioch[78]
WelchHerbert George Welch 1862–1969 106 American Methodist bishop and president of Ohio Wesleyan University[79]
WinanceEleutherius Winance 1909–2009 100 Belgian monk and co-founder of St. Andrew's Abbey[80]
WosnerShmuel Wosner 1913–2015 101 Israeli Haredi Rabbi[81]
YankelewitzGershon Yankelewitz 1909–2014 105 Belarusian-born American rabbi[82]

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