| Consistory of 1550.05.30 (at the time of creation) (1) |
| 1. | Mr. Innocenzo Ciocchi del Monte (18) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| Consistory of 1551.10.12 (at the time of creation) (1) |
| 1. | Bishop Györgi Martinuzzi, O.S.P.P.E. (69), Bishop of Oradea Mare (Romania) | Cardinal-Priest |
| Consistory of 1551.11.20 (at the time of creation) (14) |
| 1. | Patriarch Cristoforo Guidalotti Ciocchi del Monte (Christophe de Monte) (67), Titular Patriarch of Alexandria, Bishop of Marseille (France) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 2. | Bishop Fulvio Giulio della Corgna, O.E.S.S.H. (33), Bishop of Perugia (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 3. | Archbishop Giovanni Michele Saraceni (52), Metropolitan Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera (Italy), Vice-Chamberlain of the Holy Roman Church of Reverend Apostolic Camera | Cardinal-Priest |
| 4. | Archbishop Giovanni Ricci (52), Archbishop-Bishop of Chiusi (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 5. | Archbishop Giovanni Andrea Mercurio (33), Metropolitan Archbishop of Messina (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 6. | Archbishop Giacomo Púteo (56), Metropolitan Archbishop of Bari–Canosa (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 7. | Bishop Alessandro Campeggi (47), Bishop of Bologna (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 8. | Bishop Pietro Bertani, O.P. (49), Bishop of Fano (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 9. | Bishop Fabio Mignanelli (55), Bishop of Lucera (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 10. | Bishop Giovanni Poggio (58), Bishop of Tropea (Italy), Apostolic Nuncio of Spain | Cardinal-Priest |
| 11. | Bishop Giovanni Battista Cicala (41), Apostolic Administrator of Mariana, Apostolic Administrator of Albenga (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 12. | Bishop Girolamo Dandini (42), Bishop of Imola (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 13. | Fr. Luigi Cornaro (34) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| (14) | Archbishop Sebastiano Antonio Pighini (51), Metropolitan Archbishop of Manfredonia (Italy), Datary of His Holiness of Apostolic Dataria | Cardinal-Priest |
| Consistory of 1553.12.22 (at the time of creation) (4) |
| 1. | Archbishop Pietro Tagliavia d’Aragonia (53), Metropolitan Archbishop of Palermo (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 2. | Bishop Louis de Guise (26), Bishop of Albi (France) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 3. | Mr. Roberto de’ Nobili (12) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 4. | Fr. Girolamo Simoncelli (31) | Cardinal-Deacon |