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.

Africa

• Alexandre Cardinal do Nascimento , Archbishop Emeritus of Luanda, Angola
• Alexandre José Maria Cardinal dos Santos, OFM, Archbishop Emeritus of Maputo, Mozambique
• Bernardin Cardinal Gantin, Prefect Emeritus of Bishops, Roman Curia
• Stéphanos II Cardinal Ghattas , CM, Coptic Patriarch of Alexandria, Egypt
• Adam Cardinal Kozlowiecki , SJ, Archbishop Emeritus of Lusaka, Zambia
• Jean Cardinal Margéot , Bishop Emeritus of Port-Louis, Mauritius

Asia

• Stephen Cardinal Kim Sou-hwan, Archbishop Emeritus of Seoul, South Korea
• Duraisamy Cardinal Lourdusamy , Prefect Emeritus of Oriental Churches, Roman Curia
• Paul Joseph Cardinal Pham Ðình Tung , Archbishop Emeritus of Hà Nôi, Viêt Nam
• Simon Ignatius Cardinal Pimenta , Archbishop Emeritus of Bombay, India
• José Tomás Cardinal Sánchez , Prefect Emeritus of Clergy, Roman Curia
• Nasrallah Pierre Cardinal Sfeir, Maronite Patriarch of Antioch, Lebanon
• Paul Cardinal Shan Kuo-hsi, SJ, Bishop of Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Europe

• Gilberto Cardinal Agustoni, Prefect Emeritus of Apostolic Signatura, Roman Curia
• Fiorenzo Cardinal Angelini, President Emeritus of Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers, Roman Curia
• Lorenzo Cardinal Antonetti, President Emeritus of Adminstration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See, Roman Curia
• Giovanni Cardinal Canestri, Archbishop Emeritus of Genova, Italy
• Giuseppe Cardinal Caprio , President Emeritus of Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See, Roman Curia
• Giovanni Cardinal Cheli , President Emeritus of Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant Peoples, Roman Curia
• Georges Cardinal Cottier, OP, Cardinal Deacon of S. Domenico e Sisto
• Cahal Cardinal Daly , Archbishop Emeritus of Armagh, Ireland
• Andrzej Cardinal Deskur ,President Emeritus of Social Communications, Roman Curia
• Roger Cardinal Etchegaray, President Emeritus of Justice and Peace, Roman Curia
• Angelo Cardinal Felici, President Emeritus of "Ecclesia Dei", Roman Curia
• Carlo Cardinal Furno, Official Emeritus of Roman Curia - Other
• Henryk Cardinal Gulbinowicz , Archbishop Emeritus of Wrocław, Poland
• Jean Marcel Cardinal Honoré , Archbishop Emeritus of Tours, France
• Antonio Cardinal Innocenti , Prefect Emeritus of Clergy, Roman Curia
• Antonio María Cardinal Javierre Ortas , SDB, Prefect Emeritus of Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, Roman Curia
• Ján Cardinal Korec, SJ , Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia
• Pio Cardinal Laghi, Prefect Emeritus of Catholic Education (for Seminaries and Institutes of Study), Roman Curia
• Paul Cardinal Mayer , OSB, President Emeritus of "Ecclesia Dei", Roman Curia
• Dino Cardinal Monduzzi , Prefect Emeritus of Prefecture of the Papal Household, Roman Curia
• Stanislaw Cardinal Nagy , SCI , Cardinal Deacon of S. Maria della Scala
• Virgilio Cardinal Noè , President Emeritus of Roman Curia - Other
• Salvatore Cardinal Pappalardo , Archbishop Emeritus of Palermo, Italy
• Silvano Cardinal Piovanelli, Archbishop Emeritus of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
• Luigi Cardinal Poggi , Archivist Emeritus of Vatican Secret Archives, Roman Curia
• Giovanni Cardinal Saldarini , Archbishop Emeritus of Turin, Italy
• Leo Cardinal Scheffczyk , Cardinal Deacon of S. Francesco Saverio alla Garbatella
• Achille Cardinal Silvestrini , Prefect Emeritus of Oriental Churches, Roman Curia
• Tomá Cardinal pidlík, SJ , Cardinal Deacon of S. Agata de' Goti
• Alfons Cardinal Stickler, SDB , Archivist Emeritus of Vatican Secret Archives, Roman Curia
• Angel Cardinal Suquía Goicoechea , Archbishop Emeritus of Madrid, Spain
• Kazimierz Cardinal Swiatek , Archbishop of Minsk-Mohilev, Belarus
• Jozef Cardinal Tomko, Prefect Emeritus of Evangelization of Peoples, Roman Curia
• Ersilio Cardinal Tonini , Archbishop Emeritus of Ravenna-Cervia, Italy
• Roberto Cardinal Tucci, SJ , Cardinal Deacon of S. Ignazio di Loyola a Campo Marzio
• Johannes Cardinal Willebrands, Archbishop Emeritus of Utrecht, Netherlands

North America

This includes the United States, Canada, Mexico, the nations of Central America, and the Caribbean.

• Luis Cardinal Aponte Martinez, Archbishop Emeritus of San Juan de Puerto Rico
• Anthony Cardinal Bevilacqua, Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
• Avery Cardinal Dulles, SJ, theologian, United States
• Ernesto Cardinal Corripio y Ahumada , Archbishop Emeritus of México, Federal District, Mexico
• Edouard Cardinal Gagnon , PSS, President Emeritus of Family, Roman Curia
• Louis-Albert Cardinal Vachon, Archbishop Emeritus of Québec, Québec, Canada

Oceania

• Edward Cardinal Cassidy , President Emeritus of Promoting Christian Unity, Roman Curia
• Edward Cardinal Clancy, Archbishop Emeritus of Sydney, Australia
• Pio Cardinal Taofinu'u , SM, Archbishop Emeritus of Samoa-Apia, Samoa

South America

• Eugênio Cardinal de Araújo Sales , Archbishop Emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Paulo Evaristo Cardinal Arns, OFM , Archbishop Emeritus of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
• Serafim Cardinal Fernandes de Araújo, Archbishop Emeritus of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
• Rosalio José Cardinal Castillo Lara, SDB , President Emeritus of Vatican City State, Roman Curia
• Antonio Cardinal González Zumárraga , Archbishop Emeritus of Quito, Ecuador
• Aloísio Cardinal Lorscheider, OFM , Archbishop Emeritus of Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Brazil
• Jorge María Cardinal Mejía , Archivist Emeritus of Vatican Secret Archives, Roman Curia
• Raúl Cardinal Primatesta , Archbishop Emeritus of Córdoba, Argentina