Consistory of 1965.02.22 (at the time of creation) (27) |
| 1. |  ![Patriarch Maximos IV Saïgh [Sayegh] (86)](../../images/prelateR1.gif) Patriarch Maximos IV Saïgh [Sayegh] (Massimo Saïgh [Sayegh], M.S.P.) (86), Patriarch of Antioch of the Greek-Melkites (Syria), Titular Patriarch of Alexandria of the Greek-Melkites, Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem of the Greek-Melkites | Cardinal-Bishop |
| 2. |  Patriarch Paul Pierre Méouchi (Paul Méouchi) (70), Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites (Lebanon) | Cardinal-Bishop |
| 3. |  Patriarch Stephanos I Sidarouss (Stephanos Sidarouss, C.M.) (60), Patriarch of Alexandria of the Copts (Egypt) | Cardinal-Bishop |
| 4. |  Major Archbishop Josyf Ivanovyce Slipyj (72), Major Archbishop of Lviv of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 5. |   Archbishop Lorenz Jäger (72), Metropolitan Archbishop of Paderborn (Germany) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 6. |  Archbishop Thomas Benjamin Cooray, O.M.I. (63), Metropolitan Archbishop of Colombo in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 7. |  Archbishop Josef Beran (76), Metropolitan Archbishop of Praha (Czechia) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 8. |  Archbishop Maurice Roy (60), Metropolitan Archbishop of Québec (Canada), Military Vicar of Canada (Canada) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 9. |  Archbishop Joseph-Marie-Eugène Martin (73), Metropolitan Archbishop of Rouen (France) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 10. |  Archbishop Owen McCann (57), Metropolitan Archbishop of Cape Town (South Africa), President of Inter-Regional Meeting of Bishops of Southern Africa (I.M.B.I.S.A.) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 11. |  Archbishop Léon-Étienne Duval (61), Metropolitan Archbishop of Algiers (Algeria) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 12. |  Archbishop Ermenegildo Florit (63), Metropolitan Archbishop of Firenze (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 13. |  Archbishop Franjo Šeper (59), Metropolitan Archbishop of Zagreb (Croatia) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 14. |  Archbishop John Carmel Heenan (59), Metropolitan Archbishop of Westminster (United Kingdom), President of Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, Vice-President of Secretariat for Christian Unity | Cardinal-Priest |
| 15. | Archbishop Jean-Marie Villot (59), Metropolitan Archbishop of Lyon (France) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 16. |  Archbishop Paul Zoungrana, M. Afr. (47), Metropolitan Archbishop of Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 17. |  Archbishop Lawrence Joseph Shehan (66), Metropolitan Archbishop of Baltimore (United States) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 18. |  Archbishop Enrico Dante (80), Titular Archbishop of Carpasia, Master of Apostolic Ceremonies of Prefecture for Pontifical Ceremonies, Secretary of Sacred Congregation of Rites | Cardinal-Priest |
| 19. | Archbishop Cesare Zerba (72), Titular Archbishop of Colossæ, Secretary of Sacred Congregation of Sacramental Discipline | Cardinal-Priest |
| 20. |  Archbishop Agnelo Rossi (54), Metropolitan Archbishop of São Paulo (Brazil), President of Conferência Nacional dos Bispos do Brasil (C.N.B.B.) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 21. | Archbishop Giovanni Colombo (62), Metropolitan Archbishop of Milano (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 22. | Archbishop William John Conway (52), Metropolitan Archbishop of Armagh (United Kingdom), President of Irish Episcopal Conference | Cardinal-Priest |
| 23. |   Bishop Ángel Herrera Oria (78), Bishop of Málaga (Spain) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 24. |  Msgr. Federico Callori di Vignale (74) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 25. |  Msgr. Josef-Léon Cardijn (82), Founder emeritus of Young Christian Workers (YCW) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 26. |  Msgr. Charles Journet (73) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 27. | Fr. Giulio Bevilacqua, C.O. (83) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| Consistory of 1967.06.26 (at the time of creation) (27) |
| 1. |  Archbishop Nicolás Fasolino (80), Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe (Argentina) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 2. |  Archbishop Antonio Riberi (黎培理) (69), Titular Archbishop of Dara, Apostolic Nuncio of Spain | Cardinal-Priest |
| 3. | Archbishop Giuseppe Beltrami (78), Titular Archbishop of Damascus, Apostolic Internuncio of Netherlands | Cardinal-Priest |
| 4. |  Archbishop Alfredo Pacini (79), Titular Archbishop of Germia, Apostolic Nuncio emeritus of Switzerland | Cardinal-Priest |
| 5. | Archbishop Gabriel-Marie Garrone (65), Titular Archbishop of Turres in Numidia, Pro-Prefect of Sacred Congregation for Catholic Education, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Toulouse (France) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 6. | Archbishop Patrick Aloysius O’Boyle (70), Metropolitan Archbishop of Washington (United States) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 7. | Archbishop Egidio Vagnozzi (61), Titular Archbishop of Myra, Apostolic Delegate of United States of America | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 8. | Archbishop Maximilien de Fürstenberg (62), Titular Archbishop of Paltus, Apostolic Nuncio of Portugal | Cardinal-Priest |
| 9. | Archbishop Antonio Samorè (61), Titular Archbishop of Ternobus, Vice-President of Pontifical Commission for Latin America | Cardinal-Priest |
| 10. | Archbishop Francesco Carpino (62), Titular Archbishop of Serdica, Pro-Prefect of Sacred Congregation for Sacramental Discipline, President of Cardinalatial Commission for the Pontifical Shrines of Pompeii and Loreto, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Monreale (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 11. |  Archbishop José Clemente Maurer, C.SS.R. (67), Metropolitan Archbishop of Sucre (Bolivia) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 12. | Archbishop Pietro Parente (76), Secretary of Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Archbishop emeritus of Perugia (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 13. | Archbishop Carlo Grano (79), Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica, Apostolic Nuncio emeritus of Italy | Cardinal-Priest |
| 14. | Archbishop Angelo Dell’Acqua, O.Ss.C.A. (63), Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon, President of Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology, Substitute for General Affairs of Secretariat of State | Cardinal-Priest |
| 15. | Archbishop Dino Staffa (60), Titular Archbishop of Cesarea in Palæstina, Pro-Prefect of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura | Cardinal-Priest |
| 16. | Archbishop Pericle Felici (55), Titular Archbishop of Samosata, President of Pontifical Commission for the Revision of the Code of Canon Law | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 17. | Archbishop John Joseph Krol (56), Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia (United States), Vice-President of National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 18. | Archbishop Pierre Veuillot (54), Metropolitan Archbishop of Paris (France), Ordinary of Ordinaire des catholiques de rite oriental résidant en France of the Eastern Rite (France) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 19. | Archbishop John Patrick Cody (59), Metropolitan Archbishop of Chicago (United States) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 20. | Archbishop Corrado Ursi (58), Metropolitan Archbishop of Napoli (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 21. | Archbishop Alfred Bengsch (45), Archbishop-Bishop of Berlin (Germany) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 22. |  Archbishop Justinus Darmojuwono (52), Metropolitan Archbishop of Semarang (Indonesia), Military Vicar of Indonesia (Indonesia), President of Konperensi Waligereja Indonesia (K.W.I.) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 23. |  Archbishop Karol Józef Wojtyła (47), Metropolitan Archbishop of Kraków (Poland) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 24. | Archbishop Michele Pellegrino (64), Metropolitan Archbishop of Torino (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 25. | Archbishop Alexandre-Charles Renard (60), Metropolitan Archbishop of Lyon (France) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 26. |  Msgr. Francis James Brennan (73), Dean of Sacred Roman Rota | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 27. | Abbot Benno Walter Gut, O.S.B. (70), Abbot Primate of Order of Saint Benedict (Benedictines), Abbot Ordinary emeritus of Maria Einsiedeln (Switzerland) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| Consistory of 1969.04.28 (at the time of creation) (34) |
| 1. |  Archbishop Paul Yü Pin (于斌) (67), Metropolitan Archbishop of Nanjing 南京 (China) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 2. | Archbishop Alfredo Vicente Scherer (66), Metropolitan Archbishop of Porto Alegre (Brazil) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 3. |  Archbishop Julio Rosales y Ras (62), Metropolitan Archbishop of Cebu (Philippines) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 4. | Archbishop Gordon Joseph Gray (58), Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh (United Kingdom), President of Bishops’ Conference of Scotland | Cardinal-Priest |
| 5. |  Archbishop Thomas Peter McKeefry (69), Metropolitan Archbishop of Wellington (New Zealand), President of New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference | Cardinal-Priest |
| 6. |  Archbishop Miguel Darío Miranda Gómez (73), Metropolitan Archbishop of México (Mexico) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 7. |  Archbishop Joseph Parecattil (57), Metropolitan Archbishop of Ernakulam of the Syro-Malabars (India), President of Synod of the Syro-Malabar Church | Cardinal-Priest |
| 8. | Archbishop John Francis Dearden (61), Metropolitan Archbishop of Detroit (United States), President of National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 9. | Archbishop François Marty (64), Metropolitan Archbishop of Paris (France), Ordinary of Ordinaire des catholiques de rite oriental résidant en France of the Eastern Rite (France), President of Conférence des Evêques de France | Cardinal-Priest |
| 10. |  Archbishop Jérôme Rakotomalala (54), Metropolitan Archbishop of Tananarive (Madagascar) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 11. | Archbishop George Bernard Flahiff, C.S.B. (63), Archbishop of Winnipeg (Canada) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 12. | Archbishop Paul Gouyon (58), Metropolitan Archbishop of Rennes (France) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 13. |  Archbishop Mario Casariego, C.R.S. (60), Metropolitan Archbishop of Guatemala (Guatemala), President of Conferencia Episcopal de Guatemala (CEG) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 14. | Archbishop Vicente Enrique y Tarancón (61), Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo (Spain) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 15. |  Archbishop Joseph Albert Malula (51), Metropolitan Archbishop of Kinshasa (Congo-Kinshasa) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 16. |  Archbishop Pablo Muñoz Vega, S.J. (65), Metropolitan Archbishop of Quito (Ecuador), President of Conferencia Episcopal Ecuatoriana | Cardinal-Priest |
| 17. | Archbishop Antonio Poma (58), Metropolitan Archbishop of Bologna (Italy), President of Conferenza Episcopale Italiana (C.E.I.) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 18. | Archbishop John Joseph Carberry (64), Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint Louis (United States) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 19. | Archbishop Terence James Cooke (48), Metropolitan Archbishop of New York (United States), Military Vicar of United States of America (United States) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 20. |  Archbishop Stephen Kim Sou-hwan (김수환 스테파노) (46), Metropolitan Archbishop of Seoul 서울 (South Korea) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 21. | Archbishop Arturo Tabera Araoz, C.M.F. (65), Metropolitan Archbishop of Pamplona–Tudela (Spain) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 22. | Archbishop Eugênio de Araújo Sales (48), Metropolitan Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 23. | Archbishop Joseph Höffner (62), Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 24. | Bishop John Joseph Wright (59), Bishop of Pittsburgh (United States) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 25. | Archbishop Paolo Bertoli (61), Titular Archbishop of Nicomedia, Apostolic Nuncio of France | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 26. | Archbishop Sebastiano Baggio (55), Titular Archbishop of Ephesus, Apostolic Nuncio of Brazil | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 27. | Archbishop Silvio Angelo Pio Oddi (58), Titular Archbishop of Mesembria, President of Cardinalatial Commission for the Pontifical Shrines of Pompeii and Loreto, Apostolic Nuncio of Belgium, Apostolic Nuncio of Luxembourg | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 28. | Archbishop Giuseppe Paupini (62), Titular Archbishop of Sebastopolis in Abasgia, Apostolic Nuncio emeritus of Colombia | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 29. | Archbishop Giacomo Violardo (70), Titular Archbishop of Satafi, Secretary of Sacred Congregation for Sacramental Discipline | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 30. |   Bishop Johannes Willebrands (59), Titular Bishop of Mauriana, Secretary of Secretariat for Christian Unity | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 31. |  Msgr. Mario Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano (65), Prefect of Prefecture of the Apostolic Palaces | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 32. | Fr. Sergio Guerri (63), Pro-President of Pontifical Commission for the Vatican City State, Secretary of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 33. | Fr. Jean-Guenolé-Marie Daniélou, S.J. (63) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| (34) | Bishop Stepán Tróchta, S.D.B. (64), Bishop of Litoměřice (Czechia) | Cardinal-Priest |
|  Bishop Iuliu Hossu (84), Bishop of Cluj–Gherla of the Romanians (Romania) | Died before revealed |
| Consistory of 1973.03.05 (at the time of creation) (30) |
| 1. | Patriarch Albino Luciani (60), Patriarch of Venezia (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 2. |  Patriarch António Ribeiro (44), Patriarch of Lisboa (Portugal), Military Vicar of Portugal (Portugal) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 3. | Archbishop Sergio Pignedoli (62), Titular Archbishop of Iconium, Secretary of Sacred Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 4. |  Archbishop James Robert Knox (58), Metropolitan Archbishop of Melbourne (Australia) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 5. | Archbishop Luigi Raimondi (60), Titular Archbishop of Tarsus, Apostolic Delegate of United States of America | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 6. | Archbishop Umberto Mozzoni (68), Titular Archbishop of Side, Apostolic Nuncio emeritus of Brazil | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 7. | Archbishop Avelar Brandão Vilela (60), Metropolitan Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 8. |  Archbishop Joseph Marie Anthony Cordeiro (55), Metropolitan Archbishop of Karachi (Pakistan), President of Pakistan Catholic Bishops’ Conference (P.C.B.C.) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 9. |  Archbishop Aníbal Muñoz Duque (64), Metropolitan Archbishop of Bogotá (Colombia), Military Vicar of Colombia (Colombia) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 10. | Archbishop Bolesław Kominek (69), Metropolitan Archbishop of Wrocław (Poland), Vice-President of Consilium Conferentiarum Episcopalium Europæ (C.C.E.E.) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 11. | Archbishop Paul-Pierre Philippe, O.P. (67), Titular Archbishop of Heracleopolis magna, Secretary of Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 12. | Archbishop Pietro Palazzini (60), Titular Archbishop of Cesarea in Cappadocia, Secretary of Sacred Congregation for Clergy, Secretary of Cardinalatial Commission for the Pontifical Shrines of Pompeii and Loreto | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 13. |  Archbishop Luis Aponte Martínez (50), Metropolitan Archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico), President of Conferencia Episcopal Puertorriqueña (C.E.P.) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 14. | Archbishop Raúl Francisco Primatesta (53), Metropolitan Archbishop of Córdoba (Argentina) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 15. | Archbishop Salvatore Pappalardo (54), Metropolitan Archbishop of Palermo (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 16. | Archbishop Ferdinando Giuseppe Antonelli, O.F.M. (76), Titular Archbishop of Idicra, Secretary of Sacred Congregation for the Causes of Saints | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 17. | Archbishop Marcelo González Martín (55), Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo (Spain) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 18. | Archbishop Louis-Jean Guyot (67), Metropolitan Archbishop of Toulouse (France) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 19. | Archbishop Ugo Poletti (58), Titular Archbishop of Novigrad, Pro-Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy), Archbishop emeritus of Spoleto (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 20. | Archbishop Timothy Manning (63), Metropolitan Archbishop of Los Angeles (United States) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 21. |  Archbishop Paul Yashigoro Taguchi (パウロ田口芳五郎) (70), Metropolitan Archbishop of Osaka 大阪 (Japan), President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan | Cardinal-Priest |
| 22. |  Archbishop Maurice Michael Otunga (50), Metropolitan Archbishop of Nairobi (Kenya), Military Vicar of Kenya (Kenya), President of Kenya Episcopal Conference (K.E.C.) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 23. | Archbishop José Salazar López (63), Metropolitan Archbishop of Guadalajara (Mexico), President of Conferencia del Episcopado Mexicano (C.E.M.) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 24. |  Archbishop Emile Biayenda (46), Metropolitan Archbishop of Brazzaville (Congo-Brazzaville), President of Conférence Episcopale du Congo | Cardinal-Priest |
| 25. | Archbishop Humberto Sousa Medeiros (57), Metropolitan Archbishop of Boston (United States) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 26. | Archbishop Paulo Evaristo Arns, O.F.M. (51), Metropolitan Archbishop of São Paulo (Brazil) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 27. | Archbishop James Darcy Freeman (65), Metropolitan Archbishop of Sydney (Australia), President of Australian Catholic Bishops Conference | Cardinal-Priest |
| 28. | Archbishop Narciso Jubany Arnau (59), Archbishop of Barcelona (Spain) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 29. | Bishop Hermann Volk (69), Bishop of Mainz (Germany) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 30. |  Bishop Pio Taofinu’u, S.M. (49), Bishop of Apia (Samoa) | Cardinal-Priest |
| Consistory of 1976.05.24 (at the time of creation) (21) |
| 1. |  Archbishop Octavio Antonio Beras Rojas (69), Metropolitan Archbishop of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic), Military Vicar of Dominican Republic (Dominican Republic), President of Conferencia del Episcopado Dominicano (C.E.D.) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 2. | Archbishop Opilio Rossi (65), Titular Archbishop of Ancyra, Apostolic Nuncio emeritus of Austria | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 3. | Archbishop Giuseppe Maria Sensi (68), Titular Archbishop of Sardes, Apostolic Nuncio emeritus of Portugal | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 4. | Archbishop Juan Carlos Aramburu (64), Metropolitan Archbishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 5. | Archbishop Corrado Bafile (72), Titular Archbishop of Antiochia in Pisidia, Pro-Prefect of Sacred Congregation for the Causes of Saints | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 6. |  Archbishop Hyacinthe Thiandoum (55), Metropolitan Archbishop of Dakar (Senegal), President of Conférence des Evêques du Sénégal, de la Mauritanie, du Cap-Vert et de Guinée-Bissau | Cardinal-Priest |
| 7. |  Archbishop Emmauel Kiwanuka Nsubuga (61), Metropolitan Archbishop of Kampala (Uganda) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 8. | Archbishop Joseph Schröffer (73), Titular Archbishop of Volturno, Secretary of Sacred Congregation for Catholic Education, Bishop emeritus of Eichstätt (Germany) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 9. | Archbishop Lawrence Trevor Picachy, S.J. (59), Metropolitan Archbishop of Calcutta (India), President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (C.B.C.I.) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 10. | Archbishop Jaime Lachica Sin (47), Metropolitan Archbishop of Manila (Philippines), President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (C.B.C.P.) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 11. | Archbishop William Wakefield Baum (49), Metropolitan Archbishop of Washington (United States) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 12. | Archbishop Aloísio Lorscheider, O.F.M. (51), Metropolitan Archbishop of Fortaleza (Brazil), President of Conferência Nacional dos Bispos do Brasil (C.N.B.B.), President of Consejo Episcopal Latinoamericano (C.E.L.A.M.) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 13. | Archbishop Reginald John Delargey (61), Metropolitan Archbishop of Wellington (New Zealand), President of New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference | Cardinal-Priest |
| 14. | Archbishop Eduardo Francisco Pironio (55), Titular Archbishop of Thiges, Pro-Prefect of Sacred Congregation for the Religious and Secular Institutes, Bishop emeritus of Mar del Plata (Argentina) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 15. |  Archbishop László Lékai (66), Metropolitan Archbishop of Esztergom (Hungary), President of Magyar Katolikus Püspöki Konferencia | Cardinal-Priest |
| 16. | Archbishop George Basil Hume, O.S.B. (53), Metropolitan Archbishop of Westminster (United Kingdom) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 17. | Archbishop Victor Razafimahatratra, S.J. (54), Metropolitan Archbishop of Tananarive (Madagascar), President of Conférence Episcopale de Madagascar (C.E.M.) | Cardinal-Priest |
| (18) | Bishop František Tomášek (76), Titular Bishop of Butus, Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia), Apostolic Administrator of Praha (Czechia) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 19. |  Bishop Dominic Ignatius Ekandem (59), Bishop of Ikot Ekpene (Nigeria), President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria | Cardinal-Priest |
| 20. |  Archbishop Joseph-Marie Trịnh Như Khuê (77), Metropolitan Archbishop of Hà Nôi (Vietnam) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 21. | Msgr. Bolesław Filipiak (74), Dean of Sacred Roman Rota | Cardinal-Deacon |
| Consistory of 1977.06.27 (at the time of creation) (4) |
| 1. | Archbishop Giovanni Benelli (56), Titular Archbishop of Tusuros, Substitute for General Affairs of Secretariat of State | Cardinal-Priest |
| 2. |  Archbishop Bernardin Gantin (55), Pro-President of Pontifical Commission of Justice and Peace, Vice-President of Pontifical Council “Cor unum”, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cotonou (Benin) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 3. | Archbishop Joseph Ratzinger (50), Metropolitan Archbishop of München und Freising (Germany) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 4. | Fr. Mario Luigi Ciappi, O.P. (67), Theologian of Prefecture of the Papal Household | Cardinal-Deacon |
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