Consistory of 1979.06.30 (at the time of creation) (15) |
| 1. |   Archbishop Agostino Casaroli (64), Titular Archbishop of Cartagine, Pro-Secretary of State of Secretariat of State, President of Pontifical Commission for the Vatican City State, Cardinal Protector of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy | Cardinal-Priest |
| 2. | Archbishop Giuseppe Caprio (高理耀) (64), Titular Archbishop of Apollonia, Pro-President of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 3. |  Patriarch Marco Cé (53), Patriarch of Venezia (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 4. | Archbishop Egano Righi-Lambertini (73), Titular Archbishop of Doclea, Apostolic Nuncio of France | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 5. |  Archbishop Joseph-Marie Trịnh Văn Căn (58), Metropolitan Archbishop of Hà Nôi (Vietnam) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 6. |  Archbishop Ernesto Civardi (72), Titular Archbishop of Serdica, Secretary of Sacred Congregation for Bishops, Secretary of Sacred College of Cardinals | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 7. |  Archbishop Ernesto Corripio Ahumada (59), Metropolitan Archbishop of México (Mexico) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 8. |  Archbishop Joseph Asajirō Satowaki (ヨゼフ里脇浅次郎) (75), Metropolitan Archbishop of Nagasaki 長崎 (Japan), President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan | Cardinal-Priest |
| 9. |  Archbishop Roger Etchegaray (56), Archbishop of Marseille (France), Bishop-Prelate of Mission de France (France), President of Conférence des Evêques de France | Cardinal-Priest |
| 10. | Archbishop Anastasio Alberto Ballestrero, O.C.D. (65), Metropolitan Archbishop of Torino (Italy), President of Conferenza Episcopale Italiana (C.E.I.) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 11. |  Archbishop Tomás Ó Fiaich (55), Metropolitan Archbishop of Armagh (United Kingdom), President of Irish Episcopal Conference | Cardinal-Priest |
| 12. |  Archbishop Gerald Emmett Carter (67), Metropolitan Archbishop of Toronto (Canada) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 13. |  Archbishop Franciszek Macharski (52), Metropolitan Archbishop of Kraków (Poland), Vice-President of Konferencja Episkopatu Polski | Cardinal-Priest |
| 14. |  Bishop Władysław Rubin (61), Titular Bishop of Serta, Secretary General of Synod of Bishops, Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno (Poland) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| (15) |   Bishop Ignatius Kung Pin-mei (龔品梅) (77), Bishop of Shanghai 上海 (China), Apostolic Administrator of Nanjing 南京 (China), Apostolic Administrator of Suzhou 蘇州 (China) | Cardinal-Priest |
| Consistory of 1983.02.02 (at the time of creation) (18) |
| 1. |  Patriarch Antoine Pierre Khoraiche (Antoine Khoraiche) (75), Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites (Lebanon), President of Synod of the Maronite Church, President of Assembly of the Catholic Patriarchs and Bishops of Lenanon | Cardinal-Bishop |
| 2. |  Archbishop Bernard Yago (66), Metropolitan Archbishop of Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire), President of Conférence Episcopale de la Côte d’Ivoire | Cardinal-Priest |
| 3. | Archbishop Aurelio Sabattani (70), Titular Archbishop of Iustiniana prima, Pro-Prefect of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Loreto (Italy) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 4. |  Archbishop Franjo Kuharić (63), Metropolitan Archbishop of Zagreb (Croatia) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 5. | Archbishop Giuseppe Casoria (74), Titular Archbishop of Vescovìo, Pro-Prefect of Sacred Congregation for Sacraments and Divine Worship | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 6. |  Archbishop José Alí Lebrún Moratinos (63), Metropolitan Archbishop of Caracas (Venezuela) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 7. |  Archbishop Joseph Louis Bernardin (54), Metropolitan Archbishop of Chicago (United States) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 8. |  Archbishop Michael Michai Kitbunchu (53), Metropolitan Archbishop of Bangkok (Thailand) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 9. |  Archbishop Alexandre do Nascimento (57), Metropolitan Archbishop of Lubango (Angola), Apostolic Administrator of Ondjiva (Angola) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 10. |  Archbishop Alfonso López Trujillo (47), Metropolitan Archbishop of Medellín (Colombia) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 11. |  Archbishop Godfried Danneels (49), Metropolitan Archbishop of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium), Military Vicar of Belgium (Belgium), President of Bisschoppenconferentie van België | Cardinal-Priest |
| 12. |  Archbishop Thomas Stafford Williams (52), Metropolitan Archbishop of Wellington (New Zealand), President of New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference | Cardinal-Priest |
| 13. | Archbishop Carlo Maria Martini, S.J. (55), Metropolitan Archbishop of Milano (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 14. | Archbishop Jean-Marie Lustiger (56), Metropolitan Archbishop of Paris (France), Ordinary of Ordinaire des catholiques de rite oriental résidant en France of the Eastern Rite (France) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 15. | Archbishop Józef Glemp (53), Metropolitan Archbishop of Gniezno (Poland), Metropolitan Archbishop of Warszawa (Poland), Ordinary of Ordynariat dla wiernych obrządku wschodniego of the Eastern Rite (Poland), President of Konferencja Episkopatu Polski | Cardinal-Priest |
| 16. |  Bishop Julijans Vaivods (87), Titular Bishop of Macriana maior, President of Latvijas Biskapu Konference, Apostolic Administrator of Riga (Latvia), Apostolic Administrator of Liepāja (Latvia) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 17. |  Bishop Joachim Meisner (49), Bishop of Berlin (Germany) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 18. |  Fr. Henri-Marie de Lubac, S.J. (86) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| Consistory of 1985.05.25 (at the time of creation) (28) |
| 1. | Archbishop Luigi Dadaglio (70), Titular Archbishop of Lerus, Major Pro-Penitentiary of Apostolic Penitentiary | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 2. |  Archbishop Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy (61), Secretary of Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bangalore (India) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 3. |  Archbishop Francis Arinze (52), Pro-President of Secretariat for Non-Christians, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Onitsha (Nigeria) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 4. |  Archbishop Juan Francisco Fresno Larraín (70), Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Chile (Chile) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 5. | Archbishop Antonio Innocenti (69), Titular Archbishop of Eclano, Apostolic Nuncio of Spain | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 6. |  Archbishop Miguel Obando Bravo, S.D.B. (59), Metropolitan Archbishop of Managua (Nicaragua), President of Conferencia Episcopal de Nicaragua (C.E.N.) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 7. | Archbishop Paul Augustin Mayer, O.S.B. (73), Titular Archbishop of Satriano, Pro-Prefect of Congregation for Divine Worship, Pro-Prefect of Congregation for the Sacraments | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 8. |  Archbishop Angel Suquía Goicoechea (68), Archbishop of Madrid (Spain) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 9. | Archbishop Jean Jérôme Hamer, O.P. (68), Titular Archbishop of Lorium, Pro-Prefect of Congregation for the Religious and Secular Institutes | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 10. |  Archbishop Ricardo Jamin Vidal (54), Metropolitan Archbishop of Cebu (Philippines), President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (C.B.C.P.) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 11. | Archbishop Henryk Roman Gulbinowicz (61), Metropolitan Archbishop of Wrocław (Poland) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 12. |  Archbishop Paulos Tzadua (63), Metropolitan Archbishop of Addis Abeba of the Ethiopics (Ethiopia), President of Ethiopian and Eritrean Episcopal Conference | Cardinal-Priest |
| 13. |  Archbishop Jozef Tomko (61), Titular Archbishop of Doclea, Pro-Prefect of Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 14. |  Major Archbishop Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky (70), Major Archbishop of Lviv of the Ukrainians (Ukraine), President of Synod of the Ukrainian Catholic Church | Cardinal-Priest |
| 15. |  Archbishop Andrzej Maria Deskur (61), Titular Archbishop of Thenæ, President emeritus of Pontifical Commission for Social Communications | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 16. | Archbishop Paul Poupard (54), Titular Archbishop of Usula, Pro-President of Secretariat for Non-Believers | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 17. | Archbishop Louis-Albert Vachon (73), Metropolitan Archbishop of Québec (Canada) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 18. | Archbishop Albert Decourtray (62), Metropolitan Archbishop of Lyon (France), Bishop-Prelate of Mission de France (France) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 19. | Archbishop Rosalio José Castillo Lara, S.D.B. (62), Titular Archbishop of Præcausa, Pro-President of Pontifical Commission for the Authentic Interpretation of the Code of Canon Law, President of Disciplinary Commission of the Roman Curia | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 20. | Archbishop Friedrich Wetter (57), Metropolitan Archbishop of München und Freising (Germany) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 21. | Archbishop Silvano Piovanelli (61), Metropolitan Archbishop of Firenze (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 22. |  Archbishop Adrianus Johannes Simonis (53), Metropolitan Archbishop of Utrecht (Netherlands), President of Nederlandse Bisschoppenconferentie | Cardinal-Priest |
| 23. | Archbishop Édouard Gagnon, P.S.S. (67), Titular Archbishop of Iustiniana prima, Pro-President of Pontifical Council for the Family, Bishop emeritus of Saint-Paul (Canada) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 24. |  Archbishop Alfons Maria Stickler, S.D.B. (74), Titular Archbishop of Bolsena, Pro-Archivist of Vatican Secret Archives, Pro-Librarian of Vatican Apostolic Library | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 25. | Archbishop Bernard Francis Law (53), Metropolitan Archbishop of Boston (United States) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 26. | Archbishop John Joseph O’Conner (65), Metropolitan Archbishop of New York (United States) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 27. | Archbishop Giacomo Biffi (56), Metropolitan Archbishop of Bologna (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 28. | Fr. Pietro Pavan (81) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| Consistory of 1988.06.28 (at the time of creation) (24) |
| 1. | Archbishop Eduardo Martínez Somalo (61), Titular Archbishop of Thagora, Substitute for General Affairs emeritus of Secretariat of State | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 2. |  Archbishop Achille Silvestrini (64), Titular Archbishop of Novaliciana | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 3. | Archbishop Angelo Felici (68), Titular Archbishop of Cæsariana, Apostolic Nuncio of France | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 4. | Archbishop Paul Grégoire (76), Metropolitan Archbishop of Montréal (Canada) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 5. | Archbishop Antony Padiyara (67), Metropolitan Archbishop of Ernakulam of the Syro-Malabars (India), President of Synod of the Syro-Malabar Church | Cardinal-Priest |
| 6. |  Archbishop José Freire Falcão (62), Metropolitan Archbishop of Brasília (Brazil), Second Vice-President of Consejo Episcopal Latinoamericano (C.E.L.A.M.) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 7. | Archbishop Michele Giordano (57), Metropolitan Archbishop of Napoli (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 8. |  Archbishop Alexandre José María dos Santos, O.F.M. (64), Metropolitan Archbishop of Maputo (Mozambique) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 9. | Archbishop Giovanni Canestri (69), Metropolitan Archbishop of Genova–Bobbio (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 10. | Archbishop Antonio María Javierre Ortas, S.D.B. (67), Titular Archbishop of Meta, Secretary emeritus of Congregation for Catholic Education | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 11. | Archbishop Simon Ignatius Pimenta (68), Metropolitan Archbishop of Bombay (India) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 12. | Archbishop Mario Revollo Bravo (68), Metropolitan Archbishop of Bogotá (Colombia) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 13. |  Archbishop Edward Bede Clancy (64), Metropolitan Archbishop of Sydney (Australia), President of Australian Catholic Bishops Conference | Cardinal-Priest |
| 14. | Archbishop Lucas Moreira Neves, O.P. (62), Metropolitan Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 15. | Archbishop James Aloysius Hickey (67), Metropolitan Archbishop of Washington (United States) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 16. | Archbishop Edmund Casimir Szoka (60), Metropolitan Archbishop of Detroit (United States) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 17. |  Archbishop László Paskai, O.F.M. (61), Metropolitan Archbishop of Esztergom (Hungary), President of Magyar Katolikus Püspöki Konferencia | Cardinal-Priest |
| 18. |  Archbishop Christian Wiyghan Tumi (57), Metropolitan Archbishop of Garoua (Cameroon), President of Conférence Episcopale Nationale du Cameroun (C.E.N.C.) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 19. | Archbishop Hans Hermann Groër, O.S.B. (68), Metropolitan Archbishop of Wien (Austria), Ordinary of Austria of the Eastern Rite (Austria), President of Österreichische Bischofskonferenz | Cardinal-Priest |
| 20. | Archbishop Jacques Martin (79), Titular Archbishop of Neapolis in Palæstina, Titular Bishop emeritus of Neapolis in Palæstina, Prefect emeritus of Prefecture of the Papal Household | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 21. | Bishop Franz Hengsbach (77), Bishop of Essen (Germany) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 22. |  Bishop Vincentas Sladkevičius, M.I.C. (67), Titular Bishop of Abora, President of Conferentia Episcopalis Lituaniæ (L.V.K.), Apostolic Administrator of Kaišiadorys (Lithuania) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 23. |  Bishop Jean Margéot (72), Bishop of Port-Louis (Mauritius), President of Conférence Episcopale de l’Océan Indien (CEDOI) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 24. |  Bishop John Baptist Wu Cheng-chung (胡振中) (63), Bishop of Hong Kong 香港 (Hong Kong) | Cardinal-Priest |
| Consistory of 1991.06.28 (at the time of creation) (22) |
| 1. | Archbishop Angelo Sodano (63), Titular Archbishop of Nova Cæsaris, Pro-Secretary of State of Secretariat of State, President of Pontifical Commission for Russia | Cardinal-Priest |
| 2. |  Archbishop Alexandru Todea (78), Metropolitan Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia of the Romanians (Romania), President of Conferinţa Episcopală România | Cardinal-Priest |
| 3. | Archbishop Pio Laghi (69), Titular Archbishop of Mauriana, Pro-Prefect of Congregation for Catholic Education (for Seminaries and Educational Institutions), President of Interdicasterial Commission for Candidates to Sacred Order | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 4. | Archbishop Edward Idris Cassidy (葛錫迪) (66), Titular Archbishop of Amantia, President of Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, President of Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 5. | Archbishop Robert Coffy (70), Archbishop of Marseille (France) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 6. |  Archbishop Frédéric Etsou-Nzabi-Bamungwabi, C.I.C.M. (60), Metropolitan Archbishop of Kinshasa (Congo-Kinshasa), Apostolic Administrator of Mbandaka–Bikoro (Congo-Kinshasa) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 7. |  Archbishop Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez (54), Metropolitan Archbishop of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic), Military Ordinary of Military Ordinariate of Dominican Republic (Dominican Republic), President of Conferencia del Episcopado Dominicano (C.E.D.), President of Consejo Episcopal Latinoamericano (C.E.L.A.M.) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 8. | Archbishop José Tomás Sánchez (71), Secretary of Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Nueva Segovia (Philippines) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 9. | Archbishop Virgilio Noè (69), Titular Archbishop of Voncaria, President of Permanent Commission for the Protection of Historical and Artistic Monuments of the Holy See, Coadjutor Vicar General for the Vatican City State of Roma (Italy), Coadjutor President of Fabric of St. Peter, Coadjutor Archpriest of Papal Basilica of St. Peter | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 10. |  Archbishop Antonio Quarracino (67), Metropolitan Archbishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina), Ordinary of Argentina of the Eastern Rite (Argentina), President of Conferencia Episcopal Argentina (C.E.A.) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 11. | Archbishop Fiorenzo Angelini (74), Titular Archbishop of Messene, President of Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 12. | Archbishop Roger Michael Mahony (55), Metropolitan Archbishop of Los Angeles (United States) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 13. | Archbishop Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo (64), Metropolitan Archbishop of Guadalajara (Mexico), Vice-President of Consejo Episcopal Latinoamericano (C.E.L.A.M.) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 14. | Archbishop Anthony Joseph Bevilacqua (67), Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia (United States) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 15. | Archbishop Giovanni Saldarini (66), Metropolitan Archbishop of Torino (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 16. | Archbishop Cahal Brendan Daly (73), Metropolitan Archbishop of Armagh (United Kingdom), President of Irish Episcopal Conference | Cardinal-Priest |
| 17. | Archbishop Camillo Ruini (60), Titular Archbishop of Nepte, Pro-Archpriest of Papal Archbasilica of St. John Lateran, President of Liturgical Academy, President of Conferenza Episcopale Italiana (C.E.I.), Pro-Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 18. | Bishop Ján Chryzostom Korec, S.J. (67), Bishop of Nitra (Slovakia) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 19. |  Bishop Henri Schwery (58), Bishop of Sion (Switzerland) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 20. | Bishop Georg Maximilian Sterzinsky (55), Bishop of Berlin (Germany) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 21. |  Archbishop Guido del Mestri (80), Titular Archbishop of Tuscamia, Apostolic Nuncio emeritus of Germany | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 22. | Fr. Paolo Dezza, S.J. (89), Pontifical Delegate emeritus of Society of Jesus (Jesuits) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| Consistory of 1994.11.26 (at the time of creation) (30) |
| 1. | Patriarch Nasrallah Pierre Sfeir (Nasrallah Sfeir) (74), Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites (Lebanon), President of Synod of the Maronite Church, President of Assembly of the Catholic Patriarchs and Bishops of Lenanon | Cardinal-Bishop |
| 2. |  Archbishop Miloslav Vlk (62), Metropolitan Archbishop of Praha (Czechia), President of Česká Biskupská Konference, President of Consilium Conferentiarum Episcopalium Europæ (C.C.E.E.) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 3. | Archbishop Luigi Poggi (76), Titular Archbishop of Forontoniana, Pro-Archivist of Vatican Secret Archives, Pro-Librarian of Vatican Apostolic Library | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 4. | Archbishop Peter Seiichi Shirayanagi (ペトロ白柳誠一) (66), Metropolitan Archbishop of Tōkyō 東京 (Japan) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 5. | Archbishop Vincenzo Fagiolo (76), President of Pontifical Council for the Interpretation of Legislative Texts, President of Disciplinary Commission of the Roman Curia, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Chieti (Italy) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 6. | Archbishop Carlo Furno (72), Titular Archbishop of Abari, Apostolic Nuncio of Italy | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 7. | Archbishop Carlos Oviedo Cavada, O. de M. (67), Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Chile (Chile) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 8. | Archbishop Thomas Joseph Winning (69), Metropolitan Archbishop of Glasgow (United Kingdom), President of Bishops’ Conference of Scotland | Cardinal-Priest |
| 9. | Archbishop Adolfo Antonio Suárez Rivera (67), Metropolitan Archbishop of Monterrey (Mexico) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 10. |  Archbishop Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino (58), Metropolitan Archbishop of San Cristóbal de la Habana (Cuba), President of Conferencia de Obispos Católicos de Cuba (C.O.C.C.) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 11. |  Archbishop Julius Riyadi Darmaatmadja, S.J. (59), Metropolitan Archbishop of Semarang (Indonesia), Military Ordinary of Military Ordinariate of Indonesia (Indonesia), President of Konperensi Waligereja Indonesia (K.W.I.) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 12. | Archbishop Jan Pieter Schotte, C.I.C.M. (66), Titular Archbishop of Silli, President of Labour Office of the Apostolic See, Secretary General of Synod of Bishops | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 13. | Archbishop Pierre Étienne Louis Eyt (60), Metropolitan Archbishop of Bordeaux (France) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 14. | Archbishop Gilberto Agustoni (72), Titular Archbishop of Caorle, Pro-Prefect of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 15. |  Archbishop Emmanuel Wamala (67), Metropolitan Archbishop of Kampala (Uganda) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 16. | Archbishop William Henry Keeler (63), Metropolitan Archbishop of Baltimore (United States), President of National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 17. |  Archbishop Augusto Vargas Alzamora, S.J. (71), Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru), President of Conferencia Episcopal Peruana | Cardinal-Priest |
| 18. | Archbishop Jean-Claude Turcotte (58), Metropolitan Archbishop of Montréal (Canada) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 19. | Archbishop Ricardo María Carles Gordó (68), Archbishop of Barcelona (Spain) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 20. | Archbishop Adam Joseph Maida (64), Metropolitan Archbishop of Detroit (United States) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 21. | Archbishop Vinko Puljić (49), Metropolitan Archbishop of Vrhbosna (Bosnia and Herzegovina) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 22. |  Archbishop Armand Gaétan Razafindratandra (69), Metropolitan Archbishop of Antananarivo (Madagascar), Apostolic Administrator of Miarinarivo (Madagascar) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 23. | Archbishop Paul-Joseph Phạm Ðình Tụng (75), Metropolitan Archbishop of Hà Nôi (Vietnam) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 24. | Archbishop Juan Sandoval Íñiguez (61), Metropolitan Archbishop of Guadalajara (Mexico) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 25. |  Archbishop Bernardino Echeverría Ruiz, O.F.M. (81), Apostolic Administrator of Ibarra (Ecuador), Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Guayaquil (Ecuador) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 26. |  Archbishop Kazimierz Świątek (Казімір Свёнтэк) (80), Metropolitan Archbishop of Minsk–Mohilev (Belarus), Apostolic Administrator of Pinsk (Belarus) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 27. | Archbishop Ersilio Tonini (80), Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Ravenna–Cervia (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 28. |  Msgr. Mikel Koliqi (92) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 29. | Fr. Yves-Marie-Joseph Congar, O.P. (90) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 30. | Fr. Alois Grillmeier, S.J. (84) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| Consistory of 1998.02.21 (at the time of creation) (22) |
| 1. | Archbishop Jorge Arturo Medina Estévez (71), Pro-Prefect of Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, Archbishop ad personam, Bishop emeritus of Valparaíso (Chile) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 2. | Archbishop Alberto Bovone (75), Titular Archbishop of Cesarea in Numidia, Pro-Prefect of Congregation for the Causes of Saints | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 3. | Archbishop Darío Castrillón Hoyos (68), Pro-Prefect of Congregation for Clergy, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bucaramanga (Colombia) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 4. | Archbishop Lorenzo Antonetti (75), Titular Archbishop of Roselle, Pro-President of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 5. | Archbishop James Francis Stafford (65), President of Pontifical Council for the Laity, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Denver (United States) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 6. | Archbishop Salvatore De Giorgi (67), Metropolitan Archbishop of Palermo (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 7. | Archbishop Serafim Fernandes de Araújo (73), Metropolitan Archbishop of Belo Horizonte (Brazil) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 8. | Archbishop Antonio María Rouco Varela (61), Metropolitan Archbishop of Madrid (Spain) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 9. | Archbishop Aloysius Matthew Ambrozic (Alojzij Matej Ambrožič) (67), Metropolitan Archbishop of Toronto (Canada) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 10. | Archbishop Jean Balland (63), Metropolitan Archbishop of Lyon (France) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 11. | Archbishop Dionigi Tettamanzi (63), Metropolitan Archbishop of Genova (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 12. |  Archbishop Polycarp Pengo (53), Metropolitan Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 13. | Archbishop Christoph Schönborn, O.P. (52), Metropolitan Archbishop of Wien (Austria), Ordinary of Austria of the Eastern Rite (Austria), President of Österreichische Bischofskonferenz | Cardinal-Priest |
| 14. | Archbishop Norberto Rivera Carrera (55), Metropolitan Archbishop of México (Mexico) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 15. | Archbishop Francis Eugene George, O.M.I. (61), Metropolitan Archbishop of Chicago (United States) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 16. |  Bishop Paul Shan Kuo-hsi, S.J. (單國璽) (74), Bishop of Kaohsiung 高雄 (Taiwan), President of Chinese Regional Bishops’ Conference | Cardinal-Priest |
| 17. | Archbishop Adam Kozłowiecki, S.J. (86), Titular Archbishop of Potenza Picena, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Lusaka (Zambia) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 18. | Archbishop Giovanni Cheli (79), Titular Archbishop of Santa Giusta, President of Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 19. | Archbishop Francesco Colasuonno (73), Titular Archbishop of Tronto, Apostolic Nuncio of San Marino, Apostolic Nuncio of Italy | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 20. | Bishop Dino Monduzzi (75), Titular Bishop of Capri, Prefect of Prefecture of the Papal Household | Cardinal-Deacon |
| (21) | Archbishop Marian Jaworski (71), Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv (Ukraine), President of Conferenza Episcopale Ucraina, Apostolic Administrator of Lutsk (Ukraine) | Cardinal-Priest |
| (22) | Archbishop Jānis Pujats (67), Metropolitan Archbishop of Riga (Latvia), President of Latvijas Biskapu Konference | Cardinal-Priest |
| Consistory of 2001.02.21 (at the time of creation) (42) |
| 1. | Archbishop Giovanni Battista Re (66), Titular Archbishop of Vescovìo, Prefect of Congregation for Bishops, President of Pontifical Commission for Latin America | Cardinal-Priest |
| 2. | Archbishop François Xavier Nguyễn Văn Thuận (72), Titular Archbishop of Vadesi, President of Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, Bishop emeritus of Nha Trang (Vietnam) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 3. | Archbishop Agostino Cacciavillan (74), Titular Archbishop of Amiterno, President of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 4. | Archbishop Sergio Sebastiani (69), Titular Archbishop of Cesarea in Mauretania, President of Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 5. | Archbishop Zenon Grocholewski (61), Titular Archbishop of Agropoli, Prefect of Congregation for Catholic Education (for Seminaries and Educational Institutions), President of Interdicasterial Commission for Candidates to Sacred Order, President of Interdicasterial Commission for Equitable Distribution of Priests, President of Pontifical Work for Ecclesiastical Vocations, Patron of Pontifical Superior Institute of Latinità, Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Gregorian University, Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music, Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology, Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 6. |  Archbishop José Saraiva Martins, C.M.F. (69), Titular Archbishop of Thuburnica, Prefect of Congregation for the Causes of Saints | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 7. | Archbishop Crescenzio Sepe (57), Titular Archbishop of Grado, President of Peregrinatio ad Petri Sedem | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 8. | Archbishop Jorge María Mejía (77), Titular Archbishop of Apollonia, Archivist of Vatican Secret Archives, Librarian of Vatican Apostolic Library | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 9. |  Patriarch Ignace Moussa I Daoud (Basile Moussa Daoud) (70), Prefect of Congregation for the Oriental Churches, Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Oriental Institute, Patriarch ad personam, Patriarch emeritus of Antioch of the Syrians (Lebanon) | Cardinal-Bishop |
| 10. | Archbishop Mario Francesco Pompedda (71), Titular Archbishop of Bisarcio, Prefect of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, President of Commission for Advocates, President of Supreme Court of the Vatican City State | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 11. | Bishop Walter Kasper (67), Secretary of Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, Bishop emeritus of Rottenburg–Stuttgart (Germany) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 12. | Archbishop Johannes Joachim Degenhardt (74), Metropolitan Archbishop of Paderborn (Germany) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 13. | Archbishop Antonio José González Zumárraga (75), Metropolitan Archbishop of Quito (Ecuador) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 14. | Archbishop Ivan Dias (64), Metropolitan Archbishop of Bombay (India) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 15. | Archbishop Geraldo Majella Agnelo (67), Metropolitan Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil), Second Vice-President of Consejo Episcopal Latinoamericano (C.E.L.A.M.) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 16. | Archbishop Pedro Rubiano Sáenz (68), Metropolitan Archbishop of Bogotá (Colombia) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 17. | Archbishop Theodore Edgar McCarrick (70), Metropolitan Archbishop of Washington (United States) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 18. |  Archbishop Desmond Connell (74), Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 19. | Archbishop Audrys Juozas Bačkis (63), Metropolitan Archbishop of Vilnius (Lithuania), Vice-President of Conferentia Episcopalis Lituaniæ (L.V.K.) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 20. | Archbishop Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa, P.Schönstatt (67), Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Chile (Chile), President of Conferencia Episcopal de Chile (C.E.C.H.), Vice-President of Consejo Episcopal Latinoamericano (C.E.L.A.M.) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 21. |  Archbishop Julio Terrazas Sandoval, C.SS.R. (64), Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia), President of Conferencia Epsicopal Boliviana (C.E.B.) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 22. |  Archbishop Wilfrid Fox Napier, O.F.M. (59), Metropolitan Archbishop of Durban (South Africa), President of Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (S.A.C.B.C.), Apostolic Administrator of Umzimkulu (South Africa) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 23. |  Archbishop Oscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B. (58), Metropolitan Archbishop of Tegucigalpa (Honduras), President of Conferencia Episcopal de Honduras (C.E.H.) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 24. | Archbishop Bernard Agré (74), Metropolitan Archbishop of Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 25. | Archbishop Louis-Marie Billé (62), Metropolitan Archbishop of Lyon (France), President of Conférence des Evêques de France | Cardinal-Priest |
| 26. | Archbishop Ignacio Antonio Velasco García, S.D.B. (72), Metropolitan Archbishop of Caracas (Venezuela) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 27. | Archbishop Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne (57), Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 28. | Archbishop Francisco Álvarez Martínez (75), Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo (Spain) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 29. | Archbishop Cláudio Hummes, O.F.M. (66), Metropolitan Archbishop of São Paulo (Brazil) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 30. | Major Archbishop Varkey Vithayathil, C.SS.R. (73), Major Archbishop of Ernakulam–Angamaly of the Syro-Malabars (India), President of Synod of the Syro-Malabar Church | Cardinal-Priest |
| 31. | Archbishop Jorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J. (64), Metropolitan Archbishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina), Ordinary of Argentina of the Eastern Rite (Argentina) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 32. | Patriarch José da Cruz Policarpo (64), Patriarch of Lisboa (Portugal), President of Conferência Episcopal Portuguesa | Cardinal-Priest |
| 33. | Archbishop Severino Poletto (67), Metropolitan Archbishop of Torino (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 34. | Archbishop Cormac Murphy-O’Connor (68), Metropolitan Archbishop of Westminster (United Kingdom), President of Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, Vice-President of Consilium Conferentiarum Episcopalium Europæ (C.C.E.E.) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 35. | Archbishop Edward Michael Egan (68), Metropolitan Archbishop of New York (United States) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 36. | Major Archbishop Lubomyr Husar, M.S.U. (67), Major Archbishop of Lviv of the Ukrainians (Ukraine), President of Synod of the Ukrainian Catholic Church | Cardinal-Priest |
| 37. | Bishop Karl Lehmann (64), Bishop of Mainz (Germany), President of Deutsche Bischofskonferenz | Cardinal-Priest |
| 38. |  Patriarch Stéphanos II Ghattas (Amba Andraos Ghattas, C.M.) (81), Patriarch of Alexandria of the Copts (Egypt), President of Synod of the Catholic Coptic Church, President of Assembly of the Catholic Hierarchy of Egypt | Cardinal-Bishop |
| 39. | Archbishop Jean Honoré (80), Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Tours (France) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 40. | Fr. Roberto Tucci, S.J. (79), President emeritus of Vatican Radio | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 41. | Msgr. Leo Scheffczyk (80) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 42. | Fr. Avery Dulles, S.J. (82) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| Consistory of 2003.10.21 (at the time of creation) (30) |
| 1. | Archbishop Jean-Louis Tauran (60), Titular Archbishop of Thelepte, Secretary for the Relations with States of Secretariat of State | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 2. | Archbishop Renato Raffaele Martino (70), Titular Archbishop of Segermes, President of Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 3. | Archbishop Francesco Marchisano (74), Titular Archbishop of Populonia, President of Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Heritage of the Church, President of Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology, President of Fabric of St. Peter, President of Permanent Commission for the Protection of Historical and Artistic Monuments of the Holy See, Archpriest of Papal Basilica of St. Peter, Vicar General for the Vatican City State of Roma (Italy) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 4. | Archbishop Julián Herranz Casado (73), Titular Archbishop of Vertara, President of Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts, President of Disciplinary Commission of the Roman Curia | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 5. | Archbishop Javier Lozano Barragán (70), President of Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers, Archbishop ad personam, Bishop emeritus of Zacatecas (Mexico) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 6. | Archbishop Stephen Fumio Hamao (ステファノ濱尾文郎) (73), President of Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People, Archbishop ad personam, Bishop emeritus of Yokohama 横浜 (Japan) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 7. | Archbishop Attilio Nicora (66), President of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See, Archbishop ad personam, Bishop emeritus of Verona (Italy) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 8. | Patriarch Angelo Scola (61), Patriarch of Venezia (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 9. | Archbishop Anthony Olubunmi Okogie (67), Metropolitan Archbishop of Lagos (Nigeria) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 10. | Archbishop Bernard Panafieu (72), Metropolitan Archbishop of Marseille (France) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 11. |  Archbishop Gabriel Zubeir Wako (62), Metropolitan Archbishop of Khartoum (Sudan) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 12. | Archbishop Carlos Amigo Vallejo, O.F.M. (69), Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 13. | Archbishop Justin Francis Rigali (68), Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia (United States) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 14. | Archbishop Keith Michael Patrick O’Brien (65), Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh (United Kingdom), President of Bishops’ Conference of Scotland | Cardinal-Priest |
| 15. | Archbishop Eusébio Oscar Scheid, S.C.I. (70), Metropolitan Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Ordinary of Ordinariato para os Fiéis de Ritos Orientais no Brasil of the Eastern Rite (Brazil) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 16. | Archbishop Ennio Antonelli (66), Metropolitan Archbishop of Firenze (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 17. | Archbishop Tarcisio Bertone, S.D.B. (68), Metropolitan Archbishop of Genova (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 18. |  Archbishop Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson (54), Metropolitan Archbishop of Cape Coast (Ghana), President of Ghana Bishops’ Conference | Cardinal-Priest |
| 19. | Archbishop Telesphore Placidus Toppo (63), Metropolitan Archbishop of Ranchi (India), President of Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (C.C.B.I.) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 20. | Archbishop George Pell (62), Metropolitan Archbishop of Sydney (Australia), President of “Vox Clara” Committee | Cardinal-Priest |
| 21. | Archbishop Josip Bozanić (54), Metropolitan Archbishop of Zagreb (Croatia), President of Hrvatska Biskupska Konferencija, Vice-President of Consilium Conferentiarum Episcopalium Europæ (C.C.E.E.) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 22. | Archbishop Jean-Baptiste Phạm Minh Mẫn (69), Metropolitan Archbishop of Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh (Vietnam) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 23. |  Archbishop Rodolfo Quezada Toruño (71), Metropolitan Archbishop of Guatemala (Guatemala), President of Conferencia Episcopal de Guatemala (CEG) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 24. | Archbishop Philippe Christian Ignace Marie Barbarin (52), Metropolitan Archbishop of Lyon (France) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 25. | Archbishop Péter Erdő (51), Metropolitan Archbishop of Esztergom–Budapest (Hungary) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 26. | Archbishop Marc Ouellet, P.S.S. (59), Metropolitan Archbishop of Québec (Canada) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 27. |  Fr. Georges-Marie-Martin Cottier, O.P. (81), Theologian of Prefecture of the Papal Household, Secretary General of International Theological Commission | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 28. | Fr. Gustaaf Joos (80) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 29. | Fr. Tomáš Špidlík, S.J. (83) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 30. | Fr. Stanisław Nagy, S.C.I. (81) | Cardinal-Deacon |
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