| Consistory of 1585.05.13 (at the time of creation) (1) |
| 1. |  Mr. Alessandro Damasceni Peretti (14) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| Consistory of 1585.12.18 (at the time of creation) (8) |
| 1. |  Patriarch-elect Enrico Caetani (35), Patriarch of Alexandria | Cardinal-Priest |
| 2. |   Archbishop György Draskovics (Juraj Drašković von Trakošćan) (70), Metropolitan Archbishop of Kalocsa (Hungary) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 3. | Archbishop Giovanni Battista Castrucci (44), Metropolitan Archbishop of Chieti (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 4. |  Bishop Federico Cornaro (54), Bishop of Padova (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 5. | Bishop Ippolito de Rossi (53), Bishop of Pavia (Italy) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 6. |  Bishop Domenico Pinelli (44), Bishop emeritus of Fermo (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 7. |  Fr. Decio Azzolini (36), Bishop of Cervia (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 8. | Fr. Ippolito Aldobrandini (49), Datary of His Holiness of Apostolic Dataria | Cardinal-Priest |
| Consistory of 1586.11.16 (at the time of creation) (8) |
| 1. | Archbishop Girolamo della Rovere (58), Metropolitan Archbishop of Torino (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 2. |  Bishop Philippe de Lenoncourt (59), Bishop emeritus of Auxerre (France) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 3. | Bishop Girolamo Bernerio, O.P. (46), Bishop of Ascoli Piceno (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 4. |  Fr. Antonio Maria Galli (33) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 5. | Fr. Costanzo da Sarnano, O.F.M. Conv. (55) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 6. | Mr. Girolamo Mattei (39) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 7. |  Mr. Benedetto Giustiniani (32) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 8. | Mr. Ascanio Colonna (27) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| Consistory of 1587.08.07 (at the time of creation) (1) |
| 1. |  Fr. William Allen (55) | Cardinal-Priest |
| Consistory of 1587.12.18 (at the time of creation) (8) |
| 1. | Patriarch Scipione Gonzaga (45), Patriarch of Jerusalem | Cardinal-Priest |
| 2. | Archbishop Antonmaria Sauli (46), Metropolitan Archbishop of Genova (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 3. | Archbishop Giovanni Evangelista Pallotta (39), Metropolitan Archbishop of Cosenza (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 4. | Bishop Pierre de Gondi (54), Bishop of Paris (France) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 5. | Bishop Stefano Bonucci, O.S.M. (66), Bishop of Arezzo (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 6. |  Fr. Juan Hurtado de Mendoza (39) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 7. |  Fra’ Hughes de Loubenx de Verdalle, S.M.O.M. (56), Grand Master of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Knights of Malta) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 8. | Mr. Federico Borromeo (23) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| Consistory of 1588.07.15 (at the time of creation) (1) |
| 1. | Bishop Giovanni Francesco Morosini (51), Bishop of Brescia (Italy) and Apostolic Nuncio to France | Cardinal-Priest |
| Consistory of 1588.12.14 (at the time of creation) (2) |
| 1. | Mr. Agostino Cusani (46) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 2. | Mr. Francesco Maria Bourbon del Monte Santa Maria (39) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| Consistory of 1589.12.20 (at the time of creation) (4) |
| 1. | Bishop Mariano Pierbenedetti (51), Bishop emeritus of Martirano and Vice-Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church emeritus of Reverend Apostolic Camera | Cardinal-Priest |
| 2. |  Fr. Gregorio Petrocchini, O.E.S.A. (54), Prior General of Order of Hermits of Saint Augustine (Augustinian Hermits) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 3. | Fr. Charles de Lorraine-Vaudémont (22), Bishop of Metz (France) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 4. | Mr. Guido Pepoli (29) | Cardinal-Deacon |
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