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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1757–1858 | 100 | American clergyman and pastor[1] | ||
| Carlos Aldunate Lyon | 1916–2018 | 102 | Chilean Jesuit priest, master of novices (Pope Francis) and writer[2] | |
| 1914–2015 | 101 | Australian Anglican priest[3] [4] | ||
| 1889–1996 | 106 | Turkish-born American rabbi[5] | ||
| 1889–1992 | 102 | American general authority of Mormons[6] | ||
| 251–356 | 105 | Egyptian Christian saint[7] | ||
| 1695–1798 | 103 | English Roman Catholic priest who died in the 73rd year of his ministry[8] | ||
| 1903–2005 | 101 | Italian Roman Catholic cardinal[9] | ||
| 1917–2017 | 100 | Italian Roman Catholic bishop[10] | ||
| 1920–2022 | 102 | Indian Hindu sannyasini[11] | ||
| 1910–2011 | 100 | Ukrainian scientist and religious author[12] | ||
| 1775–1875 | 100 | American clergyman and pastor[13] | ||
| 1915–2017 | 101 | American preacher (Restoration Movement of Christianity) and educator[14] | ||
| 1918–2019 | 100–101 | Indian Hindu leader, matriarch of the Matua Mahasangha[15] [16] | ||
| 1910–2012 | 102 | Dominican Ghanaian Roman Catholic bishop[17] | ||
| 1912–2013 | 101 | German Lutheran leader[18] | ||
| 1915–2016 | 100 | Italian Roman Catholic cardinal[19] | ||
| 1914–2016 | 102 | Belgian Roman Catholic bishop[20] | ||
| 1916–2017 | 100 | British Anglican bishop[21] | ||
| 1536–1640 | 103 | English Anglican Puritan divine[22] | ||
| 89?–202 | 113? | Ancient Greek bishop[23] | ||
| 1899–2006 | 106 | American rabbi[24] | ||
| 1909–2018 | 108 | Dutch Roman Catholic priest[25] | ||
| 1905–2006 | 101 | American Christian preacher and teacher[26] | ||
| 1865–1969 | 104 | American mysticism leader[27] | ||
| 1406–1508 | 101–102 | Portuguese Roman Catholic cardinal[28] | ||
| 1909–2011 | 101 | Trinidadian Anglican Archdeacon[29] | ||
| 1908–2009 | 100 | Italian priest[30] | ||
| 1920–2021 | 101 | Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate and Bishop Emeritus of Taubaté[31] [32] | ||
| 1899–2002 | 102 | Russian-American yogi[33] | ||
| 1889?–1999 | 110? | Cambodian-born monk and educator[34] | ||
| 1907–2008 | 101 | American bishop of the Methodist Church[35] | ||
| 1912–2012 | 100 | New Zealand Roman Catholic priest, philosopher, seminary professor and writer[36] | ||
| 1918–2021 | 103 | Austrian rabbi based in Taiwan[37] | ||
| 1910–2012 | 102 | Israeli rabbi[38] | ||
| 1917–2017 | 100 | Dutch Roman Catholic bishop[39] | ||
| 1909–2012 | 102 | English chaplain and theologian[40] | ||
| 1876–1978 | 101 | American Unitarian minister, educator and writer[41] | ||
| 1915–2017 | 101 | Canadian Roman Catholic cleric and theologian[42] | ||
| 1907–2009 | 101 | American religious leader and Methodist Church bishop[43] | ||
| 1908–2011 | 102 | British Roman Catholic priest[44] | ||
| 1911–2013 | 101 | Greek Orthodox bishop[45] | ||
| José de Jesús García Ayala | 1910–2014 | 103 | Mexican Roman Catholic bishop[46] | |
| 1915–2018 | 102 | Spanish Roman Catholic bishop[47] | ||
| 1912–2016 | 104 | American Roman Catholic bishop[48] | ||
| 1915–2017 | 101 | Sri Lankan scholar Buddhist monk and supreme Mahanayaka of the Sri Lanka Amarapura Nikaya[49] | ||
| René Henry Gracida | 1923– | American Bishop[50] | ||
| 1914–2017 | 102 | American LDS Church leader[51] | ||
| 1923–2023 | 100 | Zimbabwean evangelist[52] | ||
| 1901–2009 | 108 | American Benedictine monk[53] | ||
| 1913–2017 | 103 | American President of the Young Women's Mutual Improvement Association[54] | ||
| 1908–2010 | 101 | Dutch Chief Rabbi[55] | ||
| 1907–2010 | 103 | Greek Orthodox bishop[56] | ||
| 759–861 | 101–102 | Georgian saint of the Georgian Orthodox and Apostolic Church[57] | ||
| Hossein Wahid Khorasani | 1921– | Iranian ayatollah and author[58] | ||
| 1914–2014 | 100 | American rabbi[59] | ||
| 1892–1993 | 100 | American Methodist bishop and author[60] | ||
| 1915–2017 | 101 | English Anglican priest[61] | ||
| Hosius of Corduba (also known as Osius or Ossius) | 256–359 | 102 | Bishop of Corduba (now Córdoba, Spain)[62] | |
| 1877–1983 | 105 | American Roman Catholic archbishop[63] | ||
| 1907–2012 | 105 | Chinese Buddhist[64] | ||
| Damián Iguacén Borau | 1916–2020 | 104 | Spanish Roman Catholic bishop[65] | |
| 338–439 | 100–101 | Parthian Catholicos of Armenia[66] | ||
| 454–558 | 104 | Greek Christian saint[67] | ||
| 1899?/1900?–2006 | 106? | Iraqi-born Orthodox rabbi and kabbalist[68] | ||
| 1881–1983 | 102 | Lithuanian rabbi and founder of Reconstructionist Judaism[69] | ||
| 1916–2016 | 100 | American Roman Catholic sister[70] | ||
| 1913–2014 | 100 | Argentine Roman Catholic bishop[71] | ||
| 1915–2015 | 100 | Italian Roman Catholic bishop[72] | ||
| Géry Leuliet | 1910–2015 | 104 | French Roman Catholic bishop[73] | |
| 1915–2017 | 101 | French Roman Catholic bishop[74] | ||
| 1912–2015 | 102 | American Roman Catholic bishop[75] | ||
| 1909–2012 | 102 | Sri Lankan Buddhist monk and Mahanayaka of Sri Lanka Ramanna Nikaya[76] | ||
| 1906–2009 | 103 | Italian Roman Catholic bishop[77] | ||
| 1883–1985 | 101 | Norwegian priest and temperance activist[78] | ||
| 1914–2018 | 103 | American episcopal prelate and bishop of California (1960–1978)[79] | ||
| 1892–1993 | 100 | American missionary and author[80] | ||
| 1904–2004 | 100 | Italian archbishop emeritus of Lecce[81] | ||
| c. 99?–c. 215 | 116? | Ancient Roman Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem[82] | ||
| 1890–1991 | 101 | German Roman Catholic theologician and sociologist[83] | ||
| Nguyễn Khắc Ngư | 1909–2009 | 100 | Vietnamese Roman Catholic bishop[84] | |
| 1906–2012 | 106 | Vietnamese Roman Catholic bishop[85] | ||
| 1912–2015 | 102 | Italian priest and missionary[86] | ||
| 227?–341 | 113? | Egyptian Christian saint[87] | ||
| 1912–2012 | 100 | Spanish Roman Catholic bishop[88] | ||
| 1918–2021 | 103 | Indian bishop of Mar Thoma Syrian Church.[89] | ||
| Bernardino Piñera | 1915–2020 | 104 | French-born Chilean Roman Catholic bishop[90] | |
| 1552–1654 | 101 | Pakistani Islamic scholar and preacher[91] | ||
| 1913–2015 | 102 | Tibetan Buddhist yogi[92] | ||
| 1919–2022 | 102 | Iranian marja'[93] | ||
| Nicholas Salamis | 1897–2005 | 108 | Greek-born Canadian Greek Orthodox priest[94] | |
| 1913–2013 | 100 | Irish Anglican cleric[95] | ||
| 1907–2014 | 107 | Japanese Rinzai Zen teacher[96] | ||
| 1910–2014 | 104 | American Christian leader[97] | ||
| 1910–2012 | 101 | Israeli rabbi[98] | ||
| 1913–2017 | 103–104 | Israeli Haredi rabbi and posek[99] | ||
| 1899–2001 | 102 | Israeli leading Haredi rabbi[100] | ||
| 1907–2013 | 106 | American former Presiding Patriarch of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints[101] | ||
| 1915–2016 | 100 | Dutch Roman Catholic bishop[102] | ||
| 1911–2012 | 100 | American bishop of the Methodist Church[103] | ||
| 1907?–2019 | 111? | Indian religious leader[104] | ||
| 1885–1987 | 102 | American hymnalist and pastor | ||
| 1536–1643 | 106–107 | Japanese Tendai Buddhist monk[105] | ||
| 1896–1998 | 101 | Sri Lankan scholar-monk[106] | ||
| 1897–2007 | 110 | Chinese Catholic priest and oldest person ever to have a cataract operation[107] | ||
| 1887–1987 | 100 | Austrian theologian and Grand Master of the Teutonic Order[108] | ||
| 1913–2013 | 100 | 19th Supreme Patriarch of Thailand[109] | ||
| 1914–2018 | 103 | French nun and World War II nurse[110] | ||
| 1921–2022 | 101 | Mexican prelate of the Roman Catholic Church[111] | ||
| 1762–1864 | 101 | American clergyman[112] | ||
| 1890–1992 | 102 | American founding archbishop of the Free Church of Antioch[113] | ||
| 1862–1969 | 106 | American Methodist bishop and president of Ohio Wesleyan University[114] | ||
| 1909–2009 | 100 | Belgian monk and co-founder of St. Andrew's Abbey[115] | ||
| 1913–2015 | 101 | Israeli Haredi rabbi[116] | ||
| 1909–2014 | 105 | Belarusian-born American rabbi[117] |