death_date consecration other_post nationality article_title coat_of_arms birth_date archdiocese term_end death_place title rank image diocese name cardinal consecrated_by predecessor birth_place motto type previous_post appointed successor religion see ordination
28 july 2013 2 june 1969 cardinal-priest of santissimo redentore a valmelaina italian ersilio tonini
 coat of arms of ersilio tonini.svg 20 july 1914 ravenna-cervia 27 october 1990 ravenna , italy cardinal , archbishop emeritus of ravenna-cervia cardinal-priest ersilio.cardinal.tonini.jpg ravenna-cervia ersilio tonini 26 november 1994 umberto malchiodi salvatore baldassarri centovera di san giorgio piacentino , italy in fide vivo fili dei cardinal bishop of macerata e tolentino -lrb- 1969-1975 -rrb- 22 november 1975 luigi amaducci roman catholic ravenna-cervia 18 april 1937
ersilio tonini

ersilio tonini -lrb- 20 july 1914 -- 28 july 2013 -rrb- was an italian cardinal of the catholic church .
he served as archbishop of ravenna-cervia from 1975 to 1990 , and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1994 .
when cardinal paul augustin mayer died on 30 april 2010 , cardinal tonini became the oldest living cardinal .
he died on 28 july 2013 , a few days after his 99th birthday .
