| Consistory of 1560.01.31 (at the time of creation) (3) |
| 1. | Bishop Giovanni Antonio Serbelloni (41), Bishop of Foligno (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 2. | Mr. Carlo Borromeo (21), Secretary of State of Apostolic Secretariat | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 3. | Mr. Giovanni de’ Medici (15) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| Consistory of 1561.02.26 (at the time of creation) (19) |
| 1. | Archbishop Girolamo Seripando, O.S.A. (67), Metropolitan Archbishop of Salerno (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 2. | Bishop Philibert Babou de la Bourdaisière (48), Bishop of Angoulême (France) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 3. | Bishop Ludovico Simoneta (61), Datary of His Holiness of Apostolic Dataria, Bishop emeritus of Pesaro (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 4. | Bishop Mark Sittich von Hohenems (28), Apostolic Administrator of Cassano all’Jonio (Italy) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 5. | Mr. Francesco Gonzaga (22) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 6. | Fr. Alfonso Gesualdo (20) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 7. | Fr. Gianfrancesco Gambara (27) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 8. | Fr. Marco Antonio Amulio (55) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 9. | Bishop Bernardo Salviati (53), Bishop of Saint-Papoul | Cardinal-Priest |
| 10. | Bishop Stanisław Hozjusz (56), Bishop of Warmia (Poland) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 11. | Bishop Pier Francesco Ferrero (51), Bishop of Vercelli (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 12. | Bishop Antoine Perrenot de Granvella (43), Bishop of Arras (France) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 13. | Mr. Luigi d’Este (23), Apostolic Administrator of Ferrara (Italy) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 14. | Bishop Ludovico Madruzzo (29), Coadjutor Bishop of Trento (Italy) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 15. | Fr. Innico d’Avalos d’ Aragona, O.S. (26) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 16. | Fr. Francisco Pacheco de Toledo (53) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 17. | Mr. Bernardo Navagero (54) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 18. | Fr. Girolamo di Corregio (50) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| (19) | Patriarch Daniele Barbaro (46), Patriarch of Aquileia (Italy) | Declined promotion |
| Consistory of 1563.01.06 (at the time of creation) (2) |
| 1. | Mr. Federico Gonzaga (22) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 2. | Mr. Ferdinando de’ Medici (13) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| Consistory of 1565.03.12 (at the time of creation) (23) |
| 1. | Archbishop Annibale Bozzuti (44), Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Avignon (France) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 2. | Archbishop Marco Antonio Colonna (42), Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 3. | Archbishop Tolomeo Gallio (37), Metropolitan Archbishop of Manfredonia (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 4. | Archbishop Angelo Nicolini (60), Metropolitan Archbishop of Pisa (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 5. | Bishop Luigi Pisani (43), Bishop of Padova (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 6. | Bishop Prospero Santacroce (50), Bishop of Kisamos | Cardinal-Priest |
| 7. | Bishop Zaccaria Delfino (37), Bishop of Hvar (Croatia), Apostolic Nuncio of Austria-Hungary | Cardinal-Priest |
| 8. | Bishop Marcantonio Bobba, Bishop of Aosta (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 9. | Bishop Ugo Boncompagni (63), Bishop emeritus of Vieste (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 10. | Bishop Alessandro Sforza (31), Bishop of Parma (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 11. | Bishop Simone Pasqua (72), Bishop of Luni e Sarzana | Cardinal-Priest |
| 12. | Bishop Flavio Orsini (33), Bishop of Spoleto (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 13. | Bishop Carlo Visconti (42), Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 14. | Bishop Francesco Alciati (43), Bishop of Civitate | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 15. | Bishop Francesco Abbondio Castiglioni (42), Bishop of Bobbio (Italy) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 16. | Bishop Guido Luca Ferrero (27), Bishop of Vercelli (Italy) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 17. | Bishop Alessandro Crivelli (51), Bishop of Cariati–Cerenzia (Italy), Apostolic Nuncio of Spain | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 18. | Bishop Antoine de Créqui Canaples (33), Bishop of Amiens (France) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 19. | Bishop Giovanni Francesco Commendone (41), Apostolic Nuncio of Poland, Bishop emeritus of Kefalonia | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 20. | Fr. Benedetto Lomellini (48) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 21. | Fr. Guglielmo Sirleto (51) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 22. | Mr. Gabriele Paleotti (42) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 23. | Mr. Francesco Crasso (65) | Cardinal-Deacon |