1. Julio Saldarriaga Hernandez (b. 9 November 1913), 111 y.o.
2. Armando Alvarino Thomas (b. 5 March 1914), 111 y.o.
3. María Teresa Madrid (b. 18 April 1914), 111 y.o.
4. Ana Faustina Tejada de Valdez (Pontevedra, Bogotà) (b. 9 February 1915), 110 y.o. (pending)
5. Adolfo Camacho Ripoll (b. 13 April 1915), 110 y.o.
6. Ana María Urrea Solano (b. 26 June 1915), 109 y.o.
7. Lucrecia Lizarazo Delgado (b. 2 February 1916), 109 y.o.
8. Pedro Maria Balanta Delgado (b. 24 February 1916), 109 y.o.
9. Cástula Orozco Durán (Caucasia, Antioquia) (b. 26 March 1916), 109 y.o. (pending)
10. Lucio Chiquito Caicedo (Medellín, Antioquia) (b. 22 May 1916), 108 y.o.

Julio was born on 3 November

@ale76 We have now a new one: Ana Faustina Tejada de Valdez. Born on 9 February 1915.

@coyote77 a new pending supercentenarian?

@ale76 yes!

Pasión de Jesús Guerrero Galvis entered the list on 01 Jul 2024, his death reduces Santander to a known representative (there are 2 names on the list whose location is not reported)
Since 6 Mar 2024 Santander did not have just one name on the list, then there were 2 or 3
Since 24 Aug 2024 there were no 5 110+ here
Since 1 Dec 2023 there were no 3 111+ here

@diego Lucrecia Lizarazo: Galán, Santander. 

Mercedes Quintero: Santa Rosa de Osos, Antioquia.

Leopolda Rodríguez: Mutiscua, Norte de Santander 

Also, for Ana Faustina Tejada it should be Pontevedra in Bogota

Posted by: @coyote77

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@diego Lucrecia Lizarazo: Galán, Santander. 

Mercedes Quintero: Santa Rosa de Osos, Antioquia.

Leopolda Rodríguez: Mutiscua, Norte de Santander 

Also, for Ana Faustina Tejada it should be Pontevedra in Bogota

Thank you very much, this keeps Santander with 2 names since 24 Aug 2024
And also completes the list with the location of all its members, excellent work

Top 10 Oldest Living People in Colombia (as of 28th May 2025)
Today's update (RIP Mr. Alvarino Thomas; Mr. Chiquito Caicedo turned 109)

1. Julio Saldarriaga Hernandez (Carmen de Viboral, Antioquia) (b. 3 November 1913), 111 y.o. (pending) Doyen of Colombia
2. María Teresa Madrid (Puerto Berrío, Antioquia) (b. 18 April 1914), 111 y.o.
3. Ana Faustina Tejada de Valdez (Pontevedra, Bogotà) (b. 9 February 1915), 110 y.o. (pending)
4. Adolfo Camacho Ripoll (Cartagena, Bolívar) (b. 13 April 1915), 110 y.o.
5. Ana María Urrea Solano (Pradera, Valle del Cauca) (b. 26 June 1915), 109 y.o.
6. Lucrecia Lizarazo Delgado (Galán, Santander) (b. 2 February 1916), 109 y.o.
7. Pedro Maria Balanta Delgado (San Pedro, Valle del Cauca) (b. 24 February 1916), 109 y.o.
8. Cástula Orozco Durán (Caucasia, Antioquia) (b. 26 March 1916), 109 y.o. (pending)
9. Lucio Chiquito Caicedo (Medellín, Antioquia) (b. 22 May 1916), 109 y.o.
10. María Mercedes Quintero Viana (Santa Rosa de Osos, Antioquia) (b. 3 August 1916), 108 y.o.

Armando has been in the ranking since 27 Jun 2023
Santander continues with 2 names

New add: Cástula Orozco Durán, from Caucasia, Antioquia, born on 26 March 1916.

@coyote77 a new pending almost supercentenarian?

@ale76 yes 🙂

Top 10 Oldest Living People in Colombia (as of 12th June 2025)
Today's update (RIP Ms. Madrid; Mr. Saldarriaga Hernandez validated)

1. Julio Saldarriaga Hernandez (Carmen de Viboral, Antioquia) (b. 3 November 1913), 111 y.o. Doyen of Colombia
2. Ana Faustina Tejada de Valdez (Pontevedra, Bogotà) (b. 9 February 1915), 110 y.o. (pending)
3. Adolfo Camacho Ripoll (Cartagena, Bolívar) (b. 13 April 1915), 110 y.o.
4. Ana María Urrea Solano (Pradera, Valle del Cauca) (b. 26 June 1915), 109 y.o.
5. Lucrecia Lizarazo Delgado (Galán, Santander) (b. 2 February 1916), 109 y.o.
6. Pedro Maria Balanta Delgado (San Pedro, Valle del Cauca) (b. 24 February 1916), 109 y.o.
7. Cástula Orozco Durán (Caucasia, Antioquia) (b. 26 March 1916), 109 y.o. (pending)
8. Lucio Chiquito Caicedo (Medellín, Antioquia) (b. 22 May 1916), 109 y.o.
9. María Mercedes Quintero Viana (Santa Rosa de Osos, Antioquia) (b. 3 August 1916), 108 y.o.
10. Leopolda Rodriguez (Mutiscua, Norte de Santander) (b. 16 November 1916), 108 y.o.

María Teresa Madrid is the 23rd oldest person in Colombian history, her successor as the oldest woman in Colombia is the 36th oldest in the country's history. She is the 4th oldest person to die in 2025, tied with:

Margaret Cameron 9 Feb 1914 4 Apr 2025 111 years, 54 days CAN

She is the 194th oldest person in South American history She was the 106th oldest person alive in the world Antioquia returns to having 4 names, as on 29 Apr 2025, after that date there were 5, just as it was the last date that Santander had 2 names, after that it had one

Since 10 Jan 2025 there was not just one 111+ on this list, the later ones always had more than one

Top 10 Oldest Living People in Colombia (as of 13th October 2025)
Today's update (RIP Mr. Saldarriaga Hernandez)

1. Ana Faustina Tejada de Valdez (Pontevedra, Bogotà) (b. 9 February 1915), 110 y.o. (pending)
2. Adolfo Camacho Ripoll (Cartagena, Bolívar) (b. 13 April 1915), 110 y.o. Doyen of Colombia
3. Ana María Urrea Solano (Pradera, Valle del Cauca) (b. 26 June 1915), 110? y.o.
4. Lucrecia Lizarazo Delgado (Galán, Santander) (b. 2 February 1916), 109 y.o.
5. Pedro Maria Balanta Delgado (San Pedro, Valle del Cauca) (b. 24 February 1916), 109 y.o.
6. Cástula Orozco Durán (Caucasia, Antioquia) (b. 26 March 1916), 109 y.o. (pending)
7. Lucio Chiquito Caicedo (Medellín, Antioquia) (b. 22 May 1916), 109 y.o.
8. María Mercedes Quintero Viana (Santa Rosa de Osos, Antioquia) (b. 3 August 1916), 109? y.o.
9. Leopolda Rodriguez (Mutiscua, Norte de Santander) (b. 16 November 1916), 108 y.o.
10. Anonymous (b. 1916), 108 y.o.

• Julio Saldarriaga Hernandez entered the list on December 21, 2022.
• Ana Faustina Tejada de Valdez entered on January 12, 2024.
• September 25, 2024 was the last time with only 3 names from Antioquia on the list and also the last list with 0 people aged 111+.
• 3 consecutive lists with 8 aged 109+.
• March 21, 2024 was the last list with only 3 men.

Top 10 Oldest Living People in Colombia (as of 3rd December 2025)
Today's update (RIP Mr. Balanta Delgado)

1. Ana Faustina Tejada de Valdez (Pontevedra, Bogotà) (b. 9 February 1915), 110 y.o. (pending)
2. Adolfo Camacho Ripoll (Cartagena, Bolívar) (b. 13 April 1915), 110 y.o. Doyen of Colombia
3. Ana María Urrea Solano (Pradera, Valle del Cauca) (b. 26 June 1915), 110? y.o.
4. Lucrecia Lizarazo Delgado (Galán, Santander) (b. 2 February 1916), 109 y.o.
5. Cástula Orozco Durán (Caucasia, Antioquia) (b. 26 March 1916), 109 y.o. (pending)
6. Lucio Chiquito Caicedo (Medellín, Antioquia) (b. 22 May 1916), 109 y.o.
7. María Mercedes Quintero Viana (Santa Rosa de Osos, Antioquia) (b. 3 August 1916), 109? y.o.
8. Leopolda Rodriguez (Mutiscua, Norte de Santander) (b. 16 November 1916), 109? y.o.
9. Anonymous (b. 1916), 108/9 y.o.
10. Anonymous (b. 1916), 108/9 y.o.

https://longeviquest.com/2025/12/luis-cano-americas-oldest-man-validated-at-111/

Luis Cano Validated at 111

LongeviQuest is pleased to announce the age validation of Mr. Luis Cano, the oldest living man in the United States. A resident of Linden, New Jersey, he was born on 9 December 1914 in Colombia, making him 111 years and 10 days old as of today. He assumed the title retroactively on 29 December 2024, following the passing of 110-year-old Eugene Baltes.

Luis de Jesús Cano Vásquez, also known as Luis Cano, was born in Andes, Antioquia, Colombia on 9 December 1914 to parents Leocadio Cano Arroyave and Ana Rita Vásquez Franco. He had at least nine siblings: Tulio, Margarita, Camila, Roberto, Magdalena, Cruzana, Olga, Carmen Luisa, and Gildardo (all deceased).

He married Alicia Arango Cano (1931-2004) on 28 June 1948, and they had ten children: Nelly, Damaris, Gilberto, Luz Dary, Luis Hernán, Germán, Cecilia, Marina, César, and José. In later years, the family expanded to include 11 grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren.

Luis and Alicia arrived in Far Rockaway, New York, United States in 1990, where they lived with two of their children. When his wife passed away in 2004, Luis moved to Linden, New Jersey, where he has resided ever since. In his retirement and after arriving in the United States, his summer hobby was planting tomatoes, cilantro, and onions. He also thoroughly enjoyed fishing, although he never liked to eat fish. He also loved playing billiards and bowling.

Wonderful news to have yet another 111.0 + validated living man.

I don’t remember there ever having been over 25 living verified 110 + year old men, which is where we are right now.

• This list has only 2 men for the first time since August 29, 2022.
• Pedro Maria Balanta Delgado entered the list on May 28.
• Valle del Cauca has only one name for the first time since April 29.
• July 7, 2022 was the last time there were 2 anonymous names in the top 10.

Top 10 Oldest Living People in Colombia (as of 29th December 2025)
Today's update (RIP Mr. Camacho Ripoll)

1. Ana Faustina Tejada de Valdez (Pontevedra, Bogotà) (b. 9 February 1915), 110 y.o. (pending)
2. Ana María Urrea Solano (Pradera, Valle del Cauca) (b. 26 June 1915), 110? y.o.
3. Lucrecia Lizarazo Delgado (Galán, Santander) (b. 2 February 1916), 109 y.o.
4. Cástula Orozco Durán (Caucasia, Antioquia) (b. 26 March 1916), 109 y.o. (pending)
5. Lucio Chiquito Caicedo (Medellín, Antioquia) (b. 22 May 1916), 109 y.o. Doyen of Colombia
6. María Mercedes Quintero Viana (Santa Rosa de Osos, Antioquia) (b. 3 August 1916), 109? y.o.
7. Leopolda Rodriguez (Mutiscua, Norte de Santander) (b. 16 November 1916), 109? y.o.
9. Anonymous (b. 1916), 108/9 y.o.
9. Anonymous (b. 1916), 108/9 y.o.
10. Anonymous (b. 1916), 108/9 y.o.

• Adolfo Camacho Ripoll entered the list on April 11, 2024.
• The current oldest living man in Colombia entered this list on April 28, 2025, more than a year later.
• For the first time since the list began to be published here, we don't have anyone from Bolivar on it.
• The list, which had 5 men on April 28, 2025, for the first time since it began to be published here, has only 1 man (of course, without knowing who the anonymous individuals are).
• For the first time, we have 3 anonymous individuals here.
• For the first time, only 2 people over 110 are on this list.