| Consistory of 1946.02.18 (at the time of creation) (32) |
| 1. |   Patriarch Krikor (Gregory) Bédros XV Agagianian (Francis Agagianian) (50), Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians (Lebanon) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 2. |   Archbishop John Joseph Glennon (83), Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint Louis (United States) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 3. |  Archbishop Benedetto Aloisi Masella (66), Titular Archbishop of Cesarea in Mauretania, Apostolic Nuncio of Brazil | Cardinal-Priest |
| 4. | Archbishop Clemente Micara (66), Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Syria of the Syrians, Apostolic Nuncio of Belgium, Apostolic Internuncio of Luxembourg | Cardinal-Priest |
| 5. |  Archbishop Adam Stefan Stanisław Bonfatiusz Józef Sapieha (78), Metropolitan Archbishop of Kraków (Poland) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 6. | Archbishop Edward Aloysius Mooney (63), Metropolitan Archbishop of Detroit (United States) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 7. |  Archbishop Jules-Géraud Saliège (75), Metropolitan Archbishop of Toulouse (France) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 8. |  Archbishop James Charles McGuigan (51), Metropolitan Archbishop of Toronto (Canada) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 9. | Archbishop Samuel Alphonse Stritch (58), Metropolitan Archbishop of Chicago (United States) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 10. |  Archbishop Agustín Parrado García (73), Metropolitan Archbishop of Granada (Spain) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 11. | Archbishop Clément-Émile Roques (65), Metropolitan Archbishop of Rennes (France) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 12. |  Archbishop Jan de Jong (60), Metropolitan Archbishop of Utrecht (Netherlands) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 13. |  Archbishop Carlos Carmelo de Vasconcelos Motta (55), Metropolitan Archbishop of São Paulo (Brazil) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 14. | Archbishop Pierre-André-Charles Petit de Julleville (69), Metropolitan Archbishop of Rouen (France) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 15. |  Archbishop Norman Thomas Gilroy (49), Metropolitan Archbishop of Sydney (Australia) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 16. | Archbishop Francis Joseph Spellman (56), Metropolitan Archbishop of New York (United States), Military Vicar of United States of America (United States) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 17. |  Archbishop José María Caro Rodríguez (79), Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Chile (Chile) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 18. |  Archbishop Teódosio Clemente de Gouveia (56), Metropolitan Archbishop of Lourenço Marques (Mozambique) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 19. | Archbishop Jaime de Barros Câmara (51), Metropolitan Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 20. | Archbishop Enrique Pla y Deniel (69), Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo (Spain) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 21. |  Archbishop Manuel Arteaga y Betancourt (66), Metropolitan Archbishop of San Cristóbal de la Habana (Cuba) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 22. |  Archbishop Joseph Frings (58), Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 23. |  Archbishop Juan Gualberto Guevara (63), Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru), Military Vicar of Peru (Peru) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 24. |  Archbishop Bernard William Griffin (46), Metropolitan Archbishop of Westminster (United Kingdom) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 25. | Archbishop Manuel Arce y Ochotorena (66), Metropolitan Archbishop of Tarragona (Spain) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 26. |  Archbishop József Mindszenty (53), Metropolitan Archbishop of Esztergom (Hungary) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 27. | Archbishop Ernesto Ruffini (58), Metropolitan Archbishop of Palermo (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 28. |  Bishop Konrad von Preysing Lichtenegg-Moos (65), Bishop of Berlin (Germany) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 29. | Bishop Clemens August von Galen (67), Bishop of Münster (Germany) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 30. |  Bishop Antonio Caggiano (56), Bishop of Rosario (Argentina) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 31. |  Bishop Thomas Tien-ken-sin, S.V.D. (田耕莘) (55), Vicar Apostolic of Qingdao 青島 (China), Titular Bishop of Ruspæ | Cardinal-Priest |
| 32. |  Msgr. Giuseppe Bruno (70), Secretary of Sacred Congregation of the Council, Secretary of Pontifical Commission for the Authentic Interpretation of the Code of Canon Law | Cardinal-Deacon |
| Consistory of 1953.01.12 (at the time of creation) (24) |
| 1. |  Archbishop Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini (剛恆毅) (76), Titular Archbishop of Theodosiopolis in Arcadia, Secretary of Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith | Cardinal-Priest |
| 2. | Archbishop Augusto Álvaro da Silva (76), Metropolitan Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 3. | Archbishop Gaetano Cicognani (71), Titular Archbishop of Ancyra, Apostolic Nuncio of Spain | Cardinal-Priest |
| 4. | Archbishop Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli (71), Titular Archbishop of Mesembria, Apostolic Nuncio of France | Cardinal-Priest |
| 5. |  Archbishop Valerio Valeri (69), Titular Archbishop of Ephesus, Apostolic Nuncio emeritus of France | Cardinal-Priest |
| 6. | Archbishop Pietro Ciriaci (67), Titular Archbishop of Tarsus, Apostolic Nuncio of Portugal | Cardinal-Priest |
| 7. | Archbishop Francesco Borgongini Duca (68), Titular Archbishop of Heraclea in Europa, Pontifical Delegate of Pontifical Delegation for the Shrine of the Holy House of Loreto, Pontifical Administrator of Pontifical Administration of the Patriarchal Basilica of St. Paul Outside-the-Walls, Apostolic Nuncio of Italy | Cardinal-Priest |
| 8. | Archbishop Maurice Feltin (69), Metropolitan Archbishop of Paris (France), Military Vicar of France (France) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 9. | Archbishop Marcello Mimmi (70), Metropolitan Archbishop of Napoli (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 10. |  Archbishop Carlos María Javier de la Torre (79), Metropolitan Archbishop of Quito (Ecuador) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 11. |  Archbishop Alojzije Stepinac (54), Metropolitan Archbishop of Zagreb (Croatia) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 12. | Archbishop Georges-François-Xavier-Marie Grente (80), Archbishop-Bishop of Le Mans (France) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 13. | Archbishop Giuseppe Siri (46), Metropolitan Archbishop of Genova (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 14. | Archbishop John Francis d’Alton (70), Metropolitan Archbishop of Armagh (United Kingdom) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 15. | Archbishop James Francis McIntyre (66), Metropolitan Archbishop of Los Angeles (United States) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 16. | Archbishop Giacomo Lercaro (61), Metropolitan Archbishop of Bologna (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 17. | Archbishop Stefan Wyszyński (51), Metropolitan Archbishop of Gniezno (Poland), Metropolitan Archbishop of Warszawa (Poland), President of Konferencja Episkopatu Polski | Cardinal-Priest |
| 18. | Archbishop Benjamin de Arriba y Castro (66), Metropolitan Archbishop of Tarragona (Spain) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 19. | Archbishop Fernando Quiroga y Palacios (52), Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 20. | Archbishop Paul-Émile Léger, P.S.S. (48), Metropolitan Archbishop of Montréal (Canada) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 21. |  Archbishop Crisanto Luque Sánchez (63), Metropolitan Archbishop of Bogotá (Colombia), Military Vicar of Colombia (Colombia) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 22. |  Archbishop Valerian Gracias (51), Metropolitan Archbishop of Bombay (India) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 23. | Archbishop Joseph Wendel (51), Metropolitan Archbishop of München und Freising (Germany) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 24. |  Msgr. Alfredo Ottaviani (62), Undersecretary emeritus of Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs | Cardinal-Deacon |
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