 Cardinal Angelo Amato, S.D.B., Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Aquiro and Prefect of Congregation for the Causes of Saints
 Cardinal Antonios I Naguib, Cardinal-Patriarch, Patriarch of Alexandria of the Copts (Egypt), President of Synod of the Catholic Coptic Church and President of Assembly of the Catholic Hierarchy of Egypt
 Cardinal Robert Sarah, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giovanni Bosco in Via Tuscolana, President of Pontifical Council “Cor unum” and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Conakry (Guinea)
Cardinal Francesco Monterisi, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Paolo alla Regola and Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Cardinal Fortunato Baldelli, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Anselmo all’Aventino and Major Penitentiary of Apostolic Penitentiary  Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Agata de’ Goti, Prefect of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, President of Commission for Advocates, President of Supreme Court of Vatican City State and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Saint Louis (USA)
 Cardinal Kurt Koch, Cardinal-Deacon of Nostra Signora del Sacro Cuore, Prefect of Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, President of Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews, Apostolic Administrator of Basel (Switzerland) and Bishop emeritus of Basel (Switzerland)
Cardinal Paolo Sardi, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria Ausiliatrice in Via Tuscolana, Vice-Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Apostolic Camera and Pro-Patron of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Knights of Malta) Cardinal Mauro Piacenza, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Paolo alle Tre Fontane, Prefect of Congregation for Clergy and President of International Council for Catechesis Cardinal Velasio De Paolis, C.S., Cardinal-Deacon of Gesù Buon Pastore alla Montagnola, President of Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See and Pontifical Delegate for Congregation of the Legionaries of Christ Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giorgio in Velabro, President of Pontifical Council for Culture, President of Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Heritage of the Church and President of Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology  Cardinal Medardo Joseph Mazombwe, Cardinal-Priest of S. Emerenziana a Tor Fiorenza and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Lusaka (Zambia)
 Cardinal Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Via and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Quito (Ecuador)
 Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria «Regina Pacis» in Ostia mare and Metropolitan Archbishop of Kinshasa (Congo-Kinshasa)
Cardinal Paolo Romeo, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Odigitria dei Siciliani pro hac vice Title and Metropolitan Archbishop of Palermo (Italy) Cardinal Donald William Wuerl, Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Vincoli and Metropolitan Archbishop of Washington (USA)  Cardinal Raymundo Damasceno Assis, Cardinal-Priest of Immacolata al Tiburtino, Metropolitan Archbishop of Aparecida (Brazil) and President of Latin American Episcopal Council
 Cardinal Kazimierz Nycz, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Silvestro e Martino ai Monti, Metropolitan Archbishop of Warszawa (Poland) and Ordinary of Poland of the Eastern Rite (Poland)
 Cardinal Albert Malcolm Ranjith Patabendige Don, Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina, Metropolitan Archbishop of Colombo (Sri Lanka) and President of Bishops’ Conference of Sri Lanka
 Cardinal Reinhard Marx, Cardinal-Priest of S. Corbiniano, Metropolitan Archbishop of München und Freising (Germany) and Vice-President of Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community
 Cardinal José Manuel Estepa Llaurens, Cardinal-Priest of S. Gabriele Arcangelo all’Acqua Traversa and Archbishop Military Ordinary emeritus of Spain (Spain)
Cardinal Elio Sgreccia, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Angelo in Pescheria and President emeritus of Pontifical Academy for Life Cardinal Walter Brandmüller, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giuliano dei Fiamminghi and President emeritus of Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences Cardinal Domenico Bartolucci, Cardinal-Deacon of SS. Nomi di Gesù e Maria in Via Lata and Director Master emeritus of Pontifical Musical Chorus of the Sistine Chapel  Cardinal Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Aquila e Priscilla, Metropolitan Archbishop of La Habana (Cuba) and Vice-President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Cuba
 Cardinal José Tomás Sánchez, Cardinal-Priest of S. Pio V a Villa Carpegna pro hac vice Title, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Nueva Segovia (Philippines) and Prefect emeritus of Congregation for Clergy
Cardinal Ricardo Jamin Vidal, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Pietro e Paolo a Via Ostiense and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cebu (Philippines) | 
