| Consistory of 1879.05.12 (at the time of creation) (10) |
| 1. | Archbishop Friedrich Egon von Fürstenberg (65), Metropolitan Archbishop of Olomouc (Czechia) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 2. | Archbishop Florian-Jules Desprez (72), Metropolitan Archbishop of Toulouse (France) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 3. | Archbishop Lajos Haynald (62), Metropolitan Archbishop of Kalocsa (Hungary) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 4. | Bishop Louis-François-Desiré-Édouard Pie (63), Bishop of Poitiers (France) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 5. | Bishop Americo Ferreira dos Santos Silva (50), Bishop of Porto (Portugal) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 6. | Bishop Gaetano Alimonda (60), Bishop of Albenga (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 7. | Fr. Giuseppe Pecci (71) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 8. | Fr. John Henry Newman, C.O. (78) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 9. | Fr. Joseph Hergenröther (54) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 10. | Fr. Tommaso Maria Zigliara, O.P. (45), Rector Magnificus of College of St. Thomas | Cardinal-Deacon |
| Consistory of 1879.09.19 (at the time of creation) (4) |
| 1. | Archbishop Pier Francesco Meglia (68), Titular Archbishop of Damascus, Apostolic Nuncio of France | Cardinal-Priest |
| 2. | Archbishop Giacomo Cattani (56), Titular Archbishop of Ancyra, Secretary of Sacred Congregation of the Council | Cardinal-Priest |
| 3. | Archbishop Lodovico Jacobini (47), Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica | Cardinal-Priest |
| 4. | Archbishop Domenico Sanguigni (70), Titular Archbishop of Tarsus, Apostolic Nuncio of Portugal | Cardinal-Priest |
| Consistory of 1880.12.13 (at the time of creation) (4) |
| 1. | Patriarch Andon (Anthony) Bédros IX Hassoun [Hassun] (Antoine Pierre [Andon Bedros] Hassoun [Hassun]) (71), Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians (Lebanon) | Cardinal-Priest |
| (2) | Bishop Carlo Laurenzi (59), Auxiliary Bishop of Perugia (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| (3) | Fr. Francesco Ricci Paracciani (50) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| (4) | Fr. Pietro Lasagni (66) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| Consistory of 1882.03.27 (at the time of creation) (5) |
| 1. | Patriarch Domenico Agostini (56), Patriarch of Venezia (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 2. | Archbishop Charles-Martial Allemand-Lavigerie (60), Metropolitan Archbishop of Algiers (Algeria), Apostolic Administrator of Tunis (Tunisia) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 3. | Archbishop Joaquín Lluch y Garriga, O.C.D. (66), Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 4. | Archbishop Edward MacCabe (66), Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 5. | Fr. Angelo Jacobini (56), Secretary emeritus of Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs | Cardinal-Deacon |
| Consistory of 1882.09.25 (at the time of creation) (2) |
| 1. | Archbishop Angelo Bianchi (64), Titular Archbishop of Myra, Secretary emeritus of Sacred Congregation of Bishops and Regulars | Cardinal-Priest |
| 2. | Archbishop Wlodzimierz Czacki (48), Titular Archbishop of Salamis postea Constantia | Cardinal-Priest |
| Consistory of 1884.03.24 (at the time of creation) (2) |
| 1. | Patriarch José Sebastião Neto, O.F.M. Disc. (43), Patriarch of Lisboa (Portugal) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 2. | Archbishop Guglielmo Sanfelice D’Acquavilla, O.S.B. (49), Metropolitan Archbishop of Napoli (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| Consistory of 1884.11.10 (at the time of creation) (8) |
| 1. | Archbishop Michelangelo Celesia, O.S.B. (70), Metropolitan Archbishop of Palermo (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 2. | Archbishop Antolín Monescillo y Viso (73), Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia (Spain) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 3. | Archbishop Guglielmo Massaia, O.F.M. Cap. (75), Titular Archbishop of Stauropolis, Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Galla (Ethiopia) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 4. | Archbishop Cölestin Ganglbauer, O.S.B. (67), Metropolitan Archbishop of Wien (Austria) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 5. | Archbishop Ceferino González y Díaz Tuñón, O.P. (53), Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 6. | Fr. Carmine Gori-Merosi (74), Secretary of Sacred Consistorial Congregation | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 7. | Fr. Ignazio Masotti (67), Secretary of Sacred Congregation of Bishops and Regulars | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 8. | Fr. Isidoro Verga (52), Prefect emeritus of Sacred Congregation of the Council | Cardinal-Deacon |
| Consistory of 1885.07.27 (at the time of creation) (6) |
| 1. | Archbishop Paul Melchers, S.J. (72), Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 2. | Archbishop Alfonso Capecelatro di Castelpagano, C.O. (61), Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 3. | Archbishop Francesco Battaglini (62), Metropolitan Archbishop of Bologna (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 4. | Archbishop Francis Patrick Moran (54), Metropolitan Archbishop of Sydney (Australia) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 5. | Bishop Placido Maria Schiaffino, O.S.B. Oliv. (55), Secretary of Sacred Congregation of Bishops and Regulars | Cardinal-Priest |
| 6. | Mr. Carlo Cristofori (72), Prefect emeritus of Vatican Secret Archives | Cardinal-Deacon |
| Consistory of 1886.06.07 (at the time of creation) (7) |
| 1. | Archbishop Victor-Felix Bernadou (69), Metropolitan Archbishop of Sens (France) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 2. | Archbishop Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau (66), Metropolitan Archbishop of Québec (Canada) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 3. | Archbishop Benoît-Marie Langénieux (61), Metropolitan Archbishop of Reims (France) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 4. | Archbishop James Gibbons (62), Metropolitan Archbishop of Baltimore (United States) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 5. | Archbishop Charles-Philippe Place (72), Metropolitan Archbishop of Rennes (France) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 6. | Fr. Augusto Theodoli (66) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 7. | Fr. Camillo Mazzella, S.J. (53) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| Consistory of 1887.03.14 (at the time of creation) (5) |
| 1. | Archbishop Serafino Vannutelli (52), Titular Archbishop of Nicæa, Apostolic Nuncio of Austria-Hungary | Cardinal-Priest |
| 2. | Archbishop Gaetano Aloisi Masella (60), Titular Archbishop of Neocæsarea, Apostolic Nuncio emeritus of Portugal | Cardinal-Priest |
| 3. | Archbishop Luigi Giordani (64), Archbishop of Ferrara (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 4. | Archbishop Camillo Siciliano di Rende (39), Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Benevento (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 5. | Archbishop Mariano Rampolla del Tindaro (43), Titular Archbishop of Heraclea | Cardinal-Priest |
| Consistory of 1887.05.23 (at the time of creation) (2) |
| 1. | Fr. Luigi Pallotti (58), Secretary of Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 2. | Fr. Agostino Bausa, O.P. (66), Master of the Sacred Palace of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces | Cardinal-Deacon |
| Consistory of 1889.02.11 (at the time of creation) (3) |
| 1. | Archbishop Giuseppe Benedetto Dusmet, O.S.B. (70), Archbishop of Catania (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 2. | Bishop Giuseppe D’Annibale (73), Titular Bishop of Carystus | Cardinal-Priest |
| 3. | Fr. Luigi Macchi (56) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| Consistory of 1889.05.24 (at the time of creation) (7) |
| 1. | Archbishop François-Marie-Benjamin Richard de la Vergne (70), Metropolitan Archbishop of Paris (France) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 2. | Archbishop Joseph-Alfred Foulon (66), Metropolitan Archbishop of Lyon (France) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 3. | Archbishop Aimé-Victor-François Guilbert (76), Metropolitan Archbishop of Bordeaux (France) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 4. | Archbishop Pierre-Lambert Goossens (61), Metropolitan Archbishop of Mechelen (Belgium) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 5. | Archbishop Franziskus von Paula Schönborn (45), Metropolitan Archbishop of Praha (Czechia) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 6. | Fr. Achille Apolloni (65), Vice-Chamberlain of the Holy Roman Church of Reverend Apostolic Camera | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 7. | Fr. Gaetano De Ruggiero (73) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| Consistory of 1889.12.30 (at the time of creation) (1) |
| (1) | Archbishop Vicenzo Vannutelli (53), Titular Archbishop of Sardes, Apostolic Nuncio of Portugal, Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Constantinopole (Turkey) | Cardinal-Priest |
| Consistory of 1890.06.23 (at the time of creation) (3) |
| 1. | Archbishop Sebastiano Galeati (68), Metropolitan Archbishop of Ravenna (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 2. | Bishop Gaspard Mermillod (65), Bishop of Lausanne et Genève (Switzerland) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 3. | Bishop Albin Dunajewski (73), Bishop of Kraków (Poland) | Cardinal-Priest |
| Consistory of 1891.06.01 (at the time of creation) (2) |
| 1. | Archbishop Luigi Rotelli (57), Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus, Apostolic Nuncio of France, Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Constantinopole (Turkey) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 2. | Archbishop Anton Josef Gruscha (70), Metropolitan Archbishop of Wien (Austria) | Cardinal-Priest |
| Consistory of 1891.12.14 (at the time of creation) (2) |
| 1. | Archbishop Fulco Luigi Ruffo Scilla (51), Titular Archbishop of Petra, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Chieti (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 2. | Bishop Luigi Sepiacci, O.S.A. (56), Titular Bishop of Callinicum, Secretary of Sacred Congregation of Bishops and Regulars | Cardinal-Priest |
| Consistory of 1893.01.16 (at the time of creation) (16) |
| 1. | Archbishop Giuseppe Guarino (65), Metropolitan Archbishop of Messina (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 2. | Archbishop Mario Mocenni (69), Titular Archbishop of Heliopolis, Apostolic Internuncio emeritus of Brazil | Cardinal-Priest |
| 3. | Archbishop Amilcare Malagola (51), Metropolitan Archbishop of Fermo (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 4. | Archbishop Angelo Di Pietro (64), Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus, Apostolic Nuncio emeritus of Bavaria | Cardinal-Priest |
| 5. | Archbishop Benito Sanz y Forés (64), Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 6. | Archbishop Guillaume-René Meignan (65), Metropolitan Archbishop of Tours (France) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 7. | Archbishop Léon-Benoit-Charles Thomas (66), Metropolitan Archbishop of Rouen (France) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 8. | Archbishop Philipp Krementz (73), Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 9. | Archbishop Ignazio Persico, O.F.M. Cap. (德斯馬曾) (69), Titular Archbishop of Tamiathis, Secretary of Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith, Bishop emeritus of Aquino, Sora e Pontecorvo (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 10. | Archbishop Luigi Galimberti (57), Titular Archbishop of Nicæa, Apostolic Nuncio of Austria-Hungary | Cardinal-Priest |
| 11. | Archbishop Michael Logue (52), Metropolitan Archbishop of Armagh (United Kingdom) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 12. | Archbishop Kolos Ferenc Vaszary, O.S.B. (60), Metropolitan Archbishop of Esztergom (Hungary) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 13. | Archbishop Herbert Alfred Vaughan (60), Metropolitan Archbishop of Westminster (United Kingdom), Superior General of Saint Joseph’s Missionary Society of Mill Hill | Cardinal-Priest |
| 14. | Bishop Georg von Kopp (55), Bishop of Wrocław (Poland) | Cardinal-Priest |
| (15) | Bishop Adolphe-Louis-Albert Perraud, C.O. (64), Bishop of Autun (France), Superior General of Oratory of France (Oratorians of France) | Cardinal-Priest |
| (16) | Fr. Andreas Steinhuber, S.J. (68) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| Consistory of 1893.06.12 (at the time of creation) (5) |
| 1. | Archbishop Victor-Lucien-Sulpice Lécot (62), Metropolitan Archbishop of Bordeaux (France) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 2. | Archbishop Giuseppe Maria Graniello, B. (59), Titular Archbishop of Cæsarea Ponti | Cardinal-Priest |
| 3. | Bishop Joseph-Chrétien-Ernest Bourret (65), Bishop of Rodez (France) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 4. | Bishop Lőrinc Schlauch (69), Bishop of Oradea Mare (Romania) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 5. | Bishop Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto (57), Bishop of Mantova (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| Consistory of 1894.05.18 (at the time of creation) (5) |
| 1. | Archbishop Egidio Mauri, O.P. (65), Archbishop of Ferrara (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 2. | Archbishop Ciriaco María Sancha y Hervás (60), Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia (Spain) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 3. | Bishop Domenico Svampa (42), Bishop of Forlì (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 4. | Bishop Andrea Carlo Ferrari (43), Bishop of Como (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 5. | Fr. Francesco Segna (57), Secretary emeritus of Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs | Cardinal-Deacon |
| Consistory of 1895.11.29 (at the time of creation) (8) |
| 1. | Archbishop Sylwester Sembratowicz (59), Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 2. | Archbishop Francesco Satolli (56), Titular Archbishop of Naupactus, Apostolic Delegate of United States of America | Cardinal-Priest |
| 3. | Archbishop Johannes Haller (70), Metropolitan Archbishop of Salzburg (Austria) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 4. | Archbishop Antonio María Cascajares y Azara (61), Metropolitan Archbishop of Valladolid (Spain) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 5. | Archbishop Girolamo Maria Gotti, O.C.D. (61), Titular Archbishop of Petra, Apostolic Internuncio of Brazil | Cardinal-Priest |
| 6. | Archbishop Jean-Pierre Boyer (66), Metropolitan Archbishop of Bourges (France) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 7. | Bishop Achille Manara (67), Bishop of Ancona e Umana (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 8. | Bishop Salvador Casañas y Pagés (61), Bishop of Urgell (Spain) | Cardinal-Priest |
| Consistory of 1896.06.22 (at the time of creation) (4) |
| 1. | Archbishop Domenico Maria Jacobini (58), Titular Archbishop of Tyrus, Apostolic Nuncio of Portugal | Cardinal-Priest |
| 2. | Archbishop Antonio Agliardi (63), Titular Archbishop of Cæsarea, Secretary emeritus of Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs | Cardinal-Priest |
| 3. | Archbishop Domenico Ferrata (49), Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica, Secretary emeritus of Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs | Cardinal-Priest |
| 4. | Archbishop Serafino Cretoni (62), Titular Archbishop of Damascus | Cardinal-Priest |
| Consistory of 1896.11.30 (at the time of creation) (2) |
| 1. | Fr. Raffaele Pierotti, O.P. (60), Master of the Sacred Palace of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 2. | Fr. Giuseppe Antonio Ermenegildo Prisco (63) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| Consistory of 1897.04.19 (at the time of creation) (4) |
| 1. | Archbishop José María Martín de Herrera y de la Iglesia (61), Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 2. | Archbishop Pierre-Hector Coullié (68), Metropolitan Archbishop of Lyon (France) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 3. | Archbishop Joseph-Guillaume Labouré (55), Metropolitan Archbishop of Rennes (France) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 4. | Archbishop Guillaume-Marie-Romain Sourrieu (72), Metropolitan Archbishop of Rouen (France) | Cardinal-Priest |
| Consistory of 1899.06.18 (at the time of creation) (13) |
| 1. | Patriarch Giovanni Battista Casali del Drago (61), Titular Patriarch of Constantinople | Cardinal-Priest |
| 2. | Patriarch Francesco di Paola Cassetta (57), Titular Patriarch of Antioch | Cardinal-Priest |
| (3) | Archbishop Alessandro Sanminiatelli Zabarella (58), Titular Archbishop of Tianæ | Cardinal-Priest |
| 4. | Archbishop Gennaro Portanova (53), Metropolitan Archbishop of Reggio Calabria (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 5. | Archbishop Giuseppe Francica-Nava di Bontifé (52), Archbishop of Catania (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 6. | Archbishop Agostino Ciasca, O.S.A. (64), Titular Archbishop of Larissa, Secretary of Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith | Cardinal-Priest |
| 7. | Archbishop François-Désiré Mathieu (59), Metropolitan Archbishop of Toulouse (France) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 8. | Archbishop Pietro Respighi (55), Archbishop of Ferrara (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 9. | Archbishop Agostino Richelmy (48), Metropolitan Archbishop of Torino (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 10. | Archbishop Jakob Missia (60), Metropolitan Archbishop of Gorizia e Gradisca (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 11. | Msgr. Luigi Trombetta (79), Secretary of Sacred Congregation of Bishops and Regulars, Protonotary Apostolic de numero of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces | Cardinal-Deacon |
| (12) | Fr. Francesco Salesio Della Volpe (54) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 13. | Fr. José de Calasanz Félix Santiago Vives y Tutó, O.F.M. Cap. (45) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| Consistory of 1901.04.15 (at the time of creation) (10) |
| 1. | Archbishop Donato Maria Dell’Olio (53), Metropolitan Archbishop of Benevento (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 2. | Archbishop Sebastiano Martinelli, O.S.A. (52), Titular Archbishop of Ephesus, Apostolic Delegate of United States of America | Cardinal-Priest |
| 3. | Archbishop Casimiro Gennari (61), Titular Archbishop of Naupactus, Bishop emeritus of Conversano (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 4. | Archbishop Lev Skrbenský z Hřiště (37), Metropolitan Archbishop of Praha (Czechia) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 5. | Archbishop Giulio Boschi (63), Archbishop of Ferrara (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 6. | Bishop Agostino Gaetano Riboldi (62), Bishop of Pavia (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 7. | Bishop Jan Puzyna de Kosielsko (58), Bishop of Kraków (Poland) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 8. | Bishop Bartolomeo Bacilieri (58), Bishop of Verona (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 9. | Fr. Luigi Tripepi (64), Secretary of Sacred Congregation of Rites | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 10. | Fr. Felice Cavagnis (60), Secretary of Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs | Cardinal-Deacon |
| Consistory of 1903.06.22 (at the time of creation) (7) |
| 1. | Patriarch Carlo Nocella (76), Titular Patriarch of Constantinople, Secretary of Sacred Consistorial Congregation | Cardinal-Priest |
| 2. | Archbishop Beniamino Cavicchioni (66), Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus, Secretary of Sacred Congregation of the Council | Cardinal-Priest |
| 3. | Archbishop Andrea Aiuti (53), Titular Archbishop of Tamiathis, Apostolic Nuncio of Portugal | Cardinal-Priest |
| 4. | Archbishop Emidio Taliani (65), Titular Archbishop of Sebastia, Apostolic Nuncio emeritus of Austria-Hungary | Cardinal-Priest |
| 5. | Archbishop Sebastián Herrero y Espinosa de los Monteros, C.O. (81), Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia (Spain) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 6. | Archbishop Johannes Baptist Katschthaler (70), Metropolitan Archbishop of Salzburg (Austria) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 7. | Archbishop Anton Hubert Fischer (62), Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) | Cardinal-Priest |