 Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine and Secretary for Relations with States emeritus of Secretariat of State
 Cardinal Renato Raffaele Martino, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Francesco di Paola ai Monti and President of Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
Cardinal Francesco Marchisano, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Lucia del Gonfalone, President of Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology, President of Fabric of Saint Peter, President of Permanent Commission for the Protection of Historical and Artistic Monuments of the Holy See, Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Peter and Vicar General for the Vatican City State of Roma (Italy)  Cardinal Julián Herranz Casado, Opus Dei, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Eugenio, President of Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts and President of Disciplinary Commission of the Roman Curia
 Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragán, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Michele Arcangelo, President of Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers and Bishop emeritus of Zacatecas (Mexico)
 Cardinal Stephen Fumio Hamao (ステファノ 濱尾文郎), Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giovanni Bosco in Via Tuscolana, President of Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People and Bishop emeritus of Yokohama 横浜 (Japan)
Cardinal Attilio Nicora, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Filippo Neri in Eurosia, President of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See, Member of Commission of Cardinals overseeing the Institute for Works of Religion and Bishop emeritus of Verona (Italy) Cardinal Angelo Scola, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. XII Apostoli and Patriarch of Venezia (Italy)  Cardinal Anthony Olubunmi Okogie, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria del Monte Carmelo a Mostacciano and Metropolitan Archbishop of Lagos (Nigeria)
Cardinal Bernard Panafieu, Cardinal-Priest of S. Gregorio Barbarigo alle Tre Fontane and Metropolitan Archbishop of Marseille (France)  Cardinal Gabriel Zubeir Wako, Cardinal-Priest of S. Atanasio a Via Tiburtina and Metropolitan Archbishop of Khartoum (Sudan)
Cardinal Carlos Amigo Vallejo, O.F.M., Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Monserrato degli Spagnoli and Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain)  Cardinal Justin Francis Rigali, Cardinal-Priest of S. Prisca and Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia (USA)
 Cardinal Keith Michael Patrick O’Brien, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Gioacchino ed Anna al Tuscolano, Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh (Scotland) and President of Bishops’ Conference of Scotland
 Cardinal Eusébio Oscar Scheid, S.C.I., Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Bonifacio ed Alessio, Metropolitan Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and Ordinary of Ordinariato para os Fiéis de Ritos Orientais no Brasil of the Eastern Rite (Brazil)
Cardinal Ennio Antonelli, Cardinal-Priest of S. Andrea delle Fratte and Metropolitan Archbishop of Firenze (Italy) Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, S.D.B., Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Ausiliatrice in Via Tuscolana pro hac vice Title and Metropolitan Archbishop of Genova (Italy)  Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson, Cardinal-Priest of S. Liborio, Metropolitan Archbishop of Cape Coast (Ghana) and President of Ghana Bishops’ Conference
 Cardinal Telesphore Placidus Toppo, Cardinal-Priest of S. Cuore di Gesù agonizzante a Vitinia, Metropolitan Archbishop of Ranchi (India) and President of Conference of Catholic Bishops of India
 Cardinal George Pell, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Domenica Mazzarello, Metropolitan Archbishop of Sydney (Australia) and President of “Vox Clara” Committee
 Cardinal Josip Bozanić, Cardinal-Priest of S. Girolamo dei Croati, Metropolitan Archbishop of Zagreb (Croatia), President of Croatian Bishops’ Conference and Vice-President of Council of European Bishops’ Conferences
 Cardinal Jean-Baptiste Phạm Minh Mẫn, Cardinal-Priest of S. Giustino and Metropolitan Archbishop of Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh (Vietnam)
 Cardinal Rodolfo Ignacio Quezada Toruño, Cardinal-Priest of S. Saturnino, Metropolitan Archbishop of Guatemala (Guatemala) and President of Episcopal Conference of Guatemala
Cardinal Philippe Christian Ignace Marie Barbarin, Cardinal-Priest of SS. Trinità al Monte Pincio and Metropolitan Archbishop of Lyon (France)  Cardinal Péter Erdő, Cardinal-Priest of S. Balbina and Metropolitan Archbishop of Esztergom–Budapest (Hungary)
 Cardinal Marc Ouellet, P.S.S., Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Traspontina and Metropolitan Archbishop of Québec (Canada)
 Cardinal Georges-Marie-Martin Cottier, O.P., Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Domenico e Sisto and Pro-Theologian of Prefecture of the Papal Household
 Cardinal Gustaaf Joos, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Pier Damiani ai Monti di S. Paolo
 Cardinal Tomáš Špidlík, S.J., Cardinal-Deacon of S. Agata de’ Goti
 Cardinal Stanisław Nagy, S.C.I., Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria della Scala
 Bishop John Patrick Crowley, Bishop of Middlesbrough (England)
Bishop Terence John Brain, Bishop of Salford (England) Archbishop Michael George Bowen, Metropolitan Archbishop of Southwark (England) Bishop Howard George Tripp, Titular Bishop of Newport and Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark (England) Bishop John Franklin Meldon Hine, Titular Bishop of Beverley and Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark (England) Bishop Charles Joseph Henderson, Titular Bishop of Tricala and Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Southwark (England) Bishop Kieran Thomas Conry, Bishop of Arundel and Brighton (England) Bishop Hugh Christopher Budd, Bishop of Plymouth (England) Bishop Roger Francis Crispian Hollis, Bishop of Portsmouth (England)  Bishop Thomas Matthew Burns, S.M., Military Ordinary of Great Britain (England)
Bishop Paul Patrick Chomnycky, O.S.B.M., Apostolic Exarch of Great Britain of the Ukrainians (England) and Titular Bishop of Buffada | 
