| Consistory of 1958.12.15 (at the time of creation) (23) |
| 1. | Archbishop Giovanni Battista Montini (61), Metropolitan Archbishop of Milano (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 2. | Patriarch Giovanni Urbani (58), Patriarch of Venezia (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 3. | Archbishop Paolo Giobbe (78), Titular Archbishop of Ptolemais in Thebaide, Apostolic Internuncio of Netherlands | Cardinal-Priest |
| 4. | Archbishop Giuseppe Fietta (75), Titular Archbishop of Serdica, Apostolic Nuncio of Italy | Cardinal-Priest |
| 5. | Archbishop Fernando Cento (75), Titular Archbishop of Seleucia Pieria, Bishop emeritus of Acireale (Italy), Apostolic Nuncio emeritus of Portugal | Cardinal-Priest |
| 6. | Archbishop Carlo Chiarlo (77), Titular Archbishop of Amida, Apostolic Nuncio emeritus of Brazil | Cardinal-Priest |
| 7. | Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Cicognani (75), Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Phrygia, Apostolic Delegate of United States of America | Cardinal-Priest |
| 8. | Archbishop José Garibi Rivera (69), Metropolitan Archbishop of Guadalajara (Mexico) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 9. | Archbishop Antonio María Barbieri, O.F.M. Cap. (66), Metropolitan Archbishop of Montevideo (Uruguay), President of Conferencia Episcopal del Uruguay (C.E.U.) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 10. | Archbishop William Godfrey (69), Metropolitan Archbishop of Westminster (United Kingdom), President of Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales | Cardinal-Priest |
| 11. | Archbishop Carlo Confalonieri (65), Titular Archbishop of Nicopolis ad Nestum, Secretary of Sacred Congregation of Seminaries and Universities, Archbishop emeritus of L’Aquila (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 12. | Archbishop Richard James Cushing (63), Metropolitan Archbishop of Boston (United States) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 13. | Archbishop Alfonso Castaldo (68), Metropolitan Archbishop of Napoli (Italy), Bishop of Pozzuoli (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 14. | Archbishop Paul-Marie Richaud (71), Metropolitan Archbishop of Bordeaux (France) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 15. | Archbishop John Francis O’Hara, C.S.C. (70), Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia (United States) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 16. | Archbishop José María Bueno y Monreal (54), Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 17. | Archbishop Franz König (53), Metropolitan Archbishop of Wien (Austria), Ordinary of Austria of the Eastern Rite (Austria), President of Österreichische Bischofskonferenz | Cardinal-Priest |
| 18. | Bishop Julius Döpfner (45), Bishop of Berlin (Germany) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 19. | Msgr. Domenico Tardini (70), Secretary of State of Secretariat of State | Cardinal-Priest |
| 20. | Msgr. Alberto di Di Jorio (74), Secretary emeritus of Sacred College of Cardinals | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 21. | Msgr. Francesco Bracci (79), Secretary of Sacred Congregation of Sacramental Discipline | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 22. | Msgr. Francesco Roberti (69), Secretary of Sacred Congregation of the Council | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 23. | Msgr. André-Damien-Ferdinand Jullien, P.S.S. (76), Dean of Sacred Roman Rota | Cardinal-Deacon |
| Consistory of 1959.12.14 (at the time of creation) (8) |
| 1. | Archbishop Paolo Marella (64), Titular Archbishop of Doclea, Apostolic Nuncio of France | Cardinal-Priest |
| 2. | Archbishop Gustavo Testa (73), Titular Archbishop of Amasea, Apostolic Nuncio emeritus of Switzerland | Cardinal-Priest |
| 3. | Archbishop Aloisius Joseph Muench (70), Archbishop-Bishop of Fargo (United States), Apostolic Nuncio of Germany | Cardinal-Priest |
| 4. | Archbishop Albert Gregory Meyer (56), Metropolitan Archbishop of Chicago (United States) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 5. | Fr. Arcadio María Larraona, C.M.F. (72), Superior General of Congregation of Saint John the Baptist Precursor, Secretary of Sacred Congregation of Religious | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 6. | Fr. Francesco Morano (87), Secretary of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 7. | Msgr. William Theodore Heard (75), Dean of Sacred Roman Rota | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 8. | Fr. Augustin Bea, S.J. (78), Rector emeritus of Pontifical Biblical Institute (Biblicum) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| Consistory of 1960.03.28 (at the time of creation) (7) |
| 1. | Archbishop Luigi Traglia (64), Titular Archbishop of Cesarea in Palæstina, Vicegerent for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 2. | Archbishop Peter Tatsuo Doi (ペトロ土井辰雄) (67), Metropolitan Archbishop of Tōkyō 東京 (Japan), President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan | Cardinal-Priest |
| 3. | Archbishop Joseph-Charles Lefèbvre (67), Metropolitan Archbishop of Bourges (France) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 4. | Archbishop Bernardus Johannes Alfrink (59), Metropolitan Archbishop of Utrecht (Netherlands), Military Vicar of Netherlands (Netherlands) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 5. | Archbishop Rufino Jiao Santos (51), Metropolitan Archbishop of Manila (Philippines), Military Vicar of Philippines (Philippines) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 6. | Bishop Laurean Rugambwa (47), Bishop of Rutabo | Cardinal-Priest |
| 7. | Msgr. Antonio Bacci (74) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 3 Cardinals named in pectore never published | |
| Consistory of 1961.01.16 (at the time of creation) (4) |
| 1. | Archbishop Joseph Elmer Ritter (68), Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint Louis (United States) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 2. | Archbishop José Humberto Quintero Parra (58), Metropolitan Archbishop of Caracas (Venezuela) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 3. | Archbishop Luis Concha Córdoba (69), Metropolitan Archbishop of Bogotá (Colombia), Military Vicar of Colombia (Colombia), President of Conferencia Episcopal de Colombia | Cardinal-Priest |
| 4. | Archbishop Giuseppe Antonio Ferretto (61), Titular Archbishop of Serdica, Secretary of Sacred College of Cardinals | Cardinal-Priest |
| Consistory of 1962.03.19 (at the time of creation) (10) |
| 1. | Patriarch José da Costa Nuñes (高若瑟) (81), Titular Archbishop of Odessus, Vice-Chamberlain of the Holy Roman Church of Reverend Apostolic Camera, Patriarch ad personam, Titular Patriarch emeritus of East Indies | Cardinal-Priest |
| 2. | Archbishop Giovanni Panico (66), Titular Archbishop of Iustiniana prima, Apostolic Nuncio emeritus of Portugal | Cardinal-Priest |
| 3. | Archbishop Ildebrando Antoniutti (63), Titular Archbishop of Synnada in Phrygia, Apostolic Nuncio of Spain | Cardinal-Priest |
| 4. | Archbishop Efrem Forni (73), Titular Archbishop of Darnis, Apostolic Nuncio of Belgium, Apostolic Nuncio of Luxembourg | Cardinal-Priest |
| 5. | Archbishop Juan Landázuri Ricketts (48), Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru), President of Conferencia Episcopal Peruana | Cardinal-Priest |
| 6. | Archbishop Gabriel Acacius Coussa, B.A. (64), Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Syria of the Greek-Melkites, Pro-Secretary of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches, Secretary of Pontifical Commission for the Authentic Interpretation of the Code of Canon Law | Cardinal-Priest |
| 7. | Archbishop Raúl Silva Henríquez, S.D.B. (54), Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Chile (Chile) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 8. | Archbishop Leo Jozef Suenens (57), Metropolitan Archbishop of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium), Military Vicar of Belgium (Belgium), President of Bisschoppenconferentie van België | Cardinal-Priest |
| 9. | Fr. Michael Browne, O.P. (74), Master of the Order emeritus of Order of Preachers (Dominicans) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 10. | Fr. Joaquín Anselmo María Albareda, O.S.B. (70), Prefect of Vatican Apostolic Library | Cardinal-Deacon |