| Present Cardinals of France (7) |
| 2023 |  Cardinal François-Xavier Bustillo, O.F.M. Conv. (56), Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Immacolata di Lourdes a Boccea and Bishop of Ajaccio (France) |
| Cardinal Christophe Louis Yves Georges Pierre (79), Cardinal-Deacon of S. Benedetto fuori Porta S. Paolo and Apostolic Nuncio to United States of America |
| 2022 | Cardinal Jean-Marc Noël Aveline (66), Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria ai Monti, Metropolitan Archbishop of Marseille (France) and President of Bishops’ Conference of France |
| 2015 | Cardinal Dominique François Joseph Mamberti (73), Cardinal-Deacon of S. Spirito in Sassia, Prefect of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, President of Commission for Advocates and Protodeacon of College of Cardinals |
| 2006 |  Cardinal Jean-Pierre Bernard Ricard (81), Cardinal-Priest of S. Agostino and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bordeaux (France) |
| 2003 | Cardinal Philippe Christian Ignace Marie Barbarin (75), Cardinal-Priest of SS. TrinitĂ al Monte Pincio and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Lyon (France) |
| 1985 | Cardinal Paul Poupard (95), Cardinal-Priest of S. Prassede and President emeritus of Pontifical Council for Culture |
| Living Cardinals born in France (1) |
| 2024 | Cardinal Jean-Paul Vesco, O.P. (63), Cardinal-Priest of S. Cuore di Gesù agonizzante a Vitinia, Metropolitan Archbishop of Alger–Iulia Caesarea (Algeria) and Vice-President of Regional Episcopal Conference of North Africa |
| Deceased Cardinals of France (246) |
| 2007 | Cardinal André Armand Vingt-Trois, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Paris (†2025) |
| 2006 | Cardinal Albert Vanhoye, S.J. (†2021) |
| 2003 | Cardinal Bernard Panafieu, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Marseille (†2017) |
| Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, former Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Apostolic Camera (†2018) |
| 2001 | Cardinal Louis-Marie Billé, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Lyon (†2002) |
| Cardinal Jean Honoré, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Tours (†2013) |
| 1998 | Cardinal Jean Balland, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Lyon (†1998) |
| 1994 | Cardinal Yves-Marie-Joseph Congar, O.P. (†1995) |
| Cardinal Pierre Étienne Louis Eyt, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Bordeaux (†2001) |
| 1991 | Cardinal Robert Coffy, former Archbishop of Marseille (†1995) |
| 1988 | Cardinal Jacques Martin, former Prefect of Prefecture of the Papal Household (†1992) |
| 1985 | Cardinal Albert Decourtray, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Lyon (†1994) |
| 1983 | Cardinal Henri-Marie de Lubac, S.J. (†1991) |
| Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Paris (†2007) |
| 1979 | Cardinal Roger Etchegaray, former Archbishop of Marseille (†2019) |
| 1973 | Cardinal Louis-Jean Guyot, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Toulouse (†1988) |
| Cardinal Paul-Pierre Philippe, O.P., former Prefect of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches (†1984) |
| 1969 | Cardinal Jean-Guenolé-Marie Daniélou, S.J. (†1974) |
| Cardinal Paul Gouyon, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Rennes (†2000) |
| Cardinal François Marty, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Paris (†1994) |
| 1967 | Cardinal Gabriel-Marie Garrone, former Prefect of Sacred Congregation for Catholic Education (†1994) |
| Cardinal Alexandre-Charles Renard, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Lyon (†1983) |
| Cardinal Pierre Veuillot, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Paris (†1968) |
| 1965 | Cardinal Léon-Étienne Duval (†1996) |
| Cardinal Joseph-Marie-Eugène Martin, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Rouen (†1976) |
| Cardinal Jean-Marie Villot, former Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Apostolic Camera (†1979) |
| 1960 | Cardinal Joseph-Charles Lefèbvre, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Bourges (†1973) |
| 1958 | Cardinal André-Damien-Ferdinand Jullien, P.S.S., former Dean of Sacred Roman Rota (†1964) |
| Cardinal Paul-Marie Richaud, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Bordeaux (†1968) |
| 1953 | Cardinal Maurice Feltin, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Paris (†1975) |
| Cardinal Georges-François-Xavier-Marie Grente, former Archbishop-Bishop of Le Mans (†1959) |
| 1946 | Cardinal Pierre-André-Charles Petit de Julleville, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Rouen (†1947) |
| Cardinal Clément-Émile Roques, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Rennes (†1964) |
| Cardinal Jules-Géraud Saliège, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Toulouse (†1956) |
| 1937 | Cardinal Pierre-Marie Gerlier, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Lyon (†1965) |
| 1936 | Cardinal Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Tisserant, former Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Ceremonies (†1972) |
| 1935 | Cardinal Alfred-Henri-Marie Baudrillart, C.O. (†1942) |
| Cardinal Emmanuel-Célestin Suhard, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Paris (†1949) |
| 1930 | Cardinal Achille Liénart, former Bishop of Lille (†1973) |
| 1929 | Cardinal Jean Verdier, P.S.S., former Metropolitan Archbishop of Paris (†1940) |
| 1927 | Cardinal Charles-Henri-Joseph Binet, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Besançon (†1936) |
| Cardinal Alexis-Henri-Marie Lépicier, O.S.M., former Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Religious (†1936) |
| 1922 | Cardinal Alexis-Armand Charost, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Rennes (†1930) |
| Cardinal Stanislas-Arthur-Xavier Touchet, former Bishop of Orléans (†1926) |
| 1916 | Cardinal Louis-Ernest Dubois, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Paris (†1929) |
| Cardinal Auguste-René Dubourg, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Rennes (†1921) |
| Cardinal Louis-Joseph Maurin, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Lyon (†1936) |
| 1914 | Cardinal Hector-Irénée Sévin, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Lyon (†1916) |
| 1911 | Cardinal Léon-Adolphe Amette, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Paris (†1920) |
| Cardinal François-Marie-Anatole de Rovérié de Cabrières, former Bishop of Montpellier (†1921) |
| Cardinal François-Virgile Dubillard, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Chambéry (†1914) |
| 1907 | Cardinal Pierre-Paulin Andrieu, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Bordeaux (†1935) |
| Cardinal Louis-Henri-Joseph Luçon, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Reims (†1930) |
| 1899 | Cardinal François-Désiré Mathieu, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Toulouse (†1908) |
| 1897 | Cardinal Pierre-Hector Coullié, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Lyon (†1912) |
| Cardinal Joseph-Guillaume Labouré, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Rennes (†1906) |
| Cardinal Guillaume-Marie-Romain Sourrieu, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Rouen (†1899) |
| 1895 | Cardinal Jean-Pierre Boyer, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Bourges (†1896) |
| 1893 | Cardinal Joseph-Chrétien-Ernest Bourret, former Bishop of Rodez (†1896) |
| Cardinal Victor-Lucien-Sulpice Lécot, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Bordeaux (†1908) |
| 1893 | Cardinal Guillaume-René Meignan, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Tours (†1896) |
| Cardinal Adolphe-Louis-Albert Perraud, C.O., former Bishop of Autun (†1906) |
| Cardinal Léon-Benoit-Charles Thomas, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Rouen (†1894) |
| 1889 | Cardinal Joseph-Alfred Foulon, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Lyon (†1893) |
| Cardinal Aimé-Victor-François Guilbert, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Bordeaux (†1889) |
| Cardinal François-Marie-Benjamin Richard de la Vergne, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Paris (†1908) |
| 1886 | Cardinal Victor-Felix Bernadou, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Sens (†1891) |
| Cardinal Benoît-Marie Langénieux, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Reims (†1905) |
| Cardinal Charles-Philippe Place, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Rennes (†1893) |
| 1885 | Cardinal Alfonso Capecelatro di Castelpagano, C.O. (†1912) |
| 1882 | Cardinal Charles-Martial Allemand-Lavigerie, former Bishop of Nancy (†1892) |
| 1879 | Cardinal Florian-Jules Desprez, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Toulouse (†1895) |
| Cardinal Louis-François-Desiré-Édouard Pie, former Bishop of Poitiers (†1880) |
| Cardinal Tommaso Maria Zigliara, O.P., former Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Studies (†1893) |
| 1877 | Cardinal Louis-Marie-Joseph-Eusèbe Caverot, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Lyon (†1887) |
| Cardinal Frédéric de Falloux du Coudray (†1884) |
| 1875 | Cardinal Geoffroi Brossais Saint-Marc, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Rennes (†1878) |
| 1873 | Cardinal Joseph-Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I., former Metropolitan Archbishop of Paris (†1886) |
| Cardinal René-François Régnier, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Cambrai (†1881) |
| 1863 | Cardinal Henri-Marie-Gaston Boisnormand de Bonnechose, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Rouen (†1883) |
| 1863 | Cardinal Jean-Baptiste-François Pitra, O.S.B., former Archivist of Vatican Secret Archives (†1889) |
| 1861 | Cardinal Alexis Billiet, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Chambéry (†1873) |
| 1855 | Cardinal Clément Villecourt, former Bishop of La Rochelle (†1867) |
| 1853 | Cardinal François-Nicholas-Madeleine Morlot, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Paris (†1862) |
| 1852 | Cardinal François-Auguste-Ferdinand Donnet, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Bordeaux (†1882) |
| Cardinal Michele Viale-Prelà (†1860) |
| 1850 | Cardinal Paul-Thérèse d’Astros, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Toulouse (†1851) |
| Cardinal Thomas Gousset, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Reims (†1866) |
| Cardinal Jacques-Marie-Adrien-Césaire Mathieu, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Besançon (†1875) |
| 1847 | Cardinal Jacques-Marie-Antoine-Célestin Dupont, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Bourges (†1859) |
| Cardinal Pierre Giraud, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Cambrai (†1850) |
| 1846 | Cardinal Joseph Bernet, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Aix (†1846) |
| 1841 | Cardinal Louis-Jacques-Maurice de Bonald, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Lyon (†1870) |
| 1839 | Cardinal Hugues-Robert-Jean-Charles de la Tour d’Auvergne-Lauraquais, former Bishop of Arras (†1851) |
| 1836 | Cardinal Jean-Louis Anne-Magdalen Lefebvre de Cheverus, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Bordeaux (†1836) |
| 1830 | Cardinal Louis François-Auguste de Rohan Chabot, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Besançon (†1833) |
| 1827 | Cardinal Joachim-Jean-Xavier d’Isoard, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Lyon (†1839) |
| 1826 | Cardinal Jean-Baptist-Marie-Anne-Antoine de Latil, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Reims (†1839) |
| 1825 | Cardinal Gustave-Maximilian-Just de Croÿ-Solre, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Rouen (†1844) |
| 1823 | Cardinal Antoine-Louis-Henri de La Fare, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Sens (†1829) |
| 1822 | Cardinal Anne-Antoine-Jules de Clermont-Tonnerre, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Toulouse (†1830) |
| 1817 | Cardinal Louis-François de Bausset-Roquefort, former Bishop of Alès (†1824) |
| Cardinal César-Guillaume de la Luzerne, former Bishop of Langres (†1821) |
| Cardinal Alexandre-Angélique de Talleyrand-Périgord, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Paris (†1821) |
| 1803 | Cardinal Jean-Baptist de Belloy-Morangle, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Paris (†1808) |
| Cardinal Jean-de-Dieu-Raymond de Boisgelin de Cucé, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Tours (†1804) |
| Cardinal Étienne-Hubert de Cambacérès, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Rouen (†1818) |
| Cardinal Joseph Fesch, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Lyon (†1839) |
| 1801 | Cardinal Alphonse-Hubert de Latier de Bayane, former Dean of Sacred Roman Rota (†1818) |
| 1794 | Cardinal Jean-Siffrein Maury (†1817) |
| 1789 | Cardinal Louis-Joseph de Laval-Montmorency, former Bishop of Metz (†1808) |
| 1778 | Cardinal Dominique de La Rochefoucauld, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Rouen (†1800) |
| Cardinal Louis-René-Eduard de Rohan-Guéménée, former Bishop of Strasbourg (†1803) |
| 1771 | Cardinal Charles-Antoine de la Roche-Aymon, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Reims (†1777) |
| 1761 | Cardinal Antoine Clairiard de Choiseul de Beaupré, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Besançon (†1774) |
| Cardinal Louis-César-Constantin de Rohan-Guéménée-Montbazon, former Bishop of Strasbourg (†1779) |
| Cardinal Jean-François-Joseph Rochechourad de Faudoas, former Bishop of Laon (†1777) |
| 1758 | Cardinal François-Joachim de Pierres de Bernis, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Albi (†1794) |
| 1756 | Cardinal Paul d’Albert de Luynes, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Sens (†1788) |
| Cardinal Nicolas de Saulx-Tavannes, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Rouen (†1759) |
| Cardinal Étienne-René Potier de Gesvres, former Bishop of Beauvais (†1774) |
| 1747 | Cardinal Frédéric-Jérôme de la Rochefoucauld de Roye, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Bourges (†1757) |
| Cardinal Armand de Rohan-Soubise-Ventadour, former Bishop of Strasbourg (†1756) |
| 1739 | Cardinal Pierre Guérin de Tencin, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Lyon (†1758) |
| 1737 | Cardinal Henri-Oswald de la Tour d’Auvergne de Bouillon, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Vienne (†1747) |
| 1729 | Cardinal Carlo Vincenzo Maria Ferreri Thaon, O.P. (†1742) |
| 1727 | Cardinal Philip Ludwig von Sinzendorf (†1747) |
| 1726 | Cardinal André-Hercule de Fleury, former Bishop of Fréjus (†1743) |
| 1721 | Cardinal Guillaume Dubois, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Cambrai (†1723) |
| 1719 | Cardinal François de Mailly, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Reims (†1721) |
| Cardinal Léon Potier de Gesvres, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Bourges (†1744) |
| 1715 | Cardinal Henri-Pons de Thiard de Bissy, former Bishop of Meaux (†1737) |
| 1712 | Cardinal Melchior de Polignac, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Auch (†1741) |
| Cardinal Armand Gaston Maximilien de Rohan de Soubise, former Bishop of Strasbourg (†1749) |
| 1706 | Cardinal Joseph-Emmanuel de la Trémoille, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Cambrai (†1720) |
| 1700 | Cardinal Louis-Antoine de Noailles, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Paris (†1729) |
| 1697 | Cardinal Pierre-Armand du Camboust de Coislin, former Bishop of Orléans (†1706) |
| 1695 | Cardinal Henri Albert de la Grange d’Arquien (†1707) |
| 1690 | Cardinal Toussaint de Forbin-Janson, former Bishop of Beauvais (†1713) |
| 1686 | Cardinal Étienne Le Camus, former Bishop of Grenoble (†1707) |
| Cardinal Wilhelm Egon von Fürstenberg, former Bishop of Strasbourg (†1704) |
| 1672 | Cardinal Pierre de Bonzi, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Narbonne (†1703) |
| 1671 | Cardinal César d’Estrées, former Bishop of Laon (†1714) |
| 1669 | Cardinal Emmanuel-Théodose de la Tour d’Auvergne de Bouillon (†1715) |
| 1667 | Cardinal Louis de Vendôme (†1669) |
| 1654 | Cardinal Giovanni Battista Spada (†1675) |
| 1652 | Cardinal Jean-François-Paul de Gondi de Retz, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Paris (†1679) |
| 1647 | Cardinal Michel Mazarin, O.P., former Metropolitan Archbishop of Aix (†1648) |
| 1643 | Cardinal Achille d’Estampes de Valençay (†1646) |
| Cardinal Girolamo Grimaldi-Cavalleroni, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Aix (†1685) |
| 1641 | Cardinal Rinaldo d’Este, former Bishop of Montpellier (†1672) |
| Cardinal Jules Raymond Mazarin, former Bishop of Metz (†1661) |
| Cardinal Ottaviano Raggi, former Bishop of Aléria (†1643) |
| 1633 | Cardinal Alessandro Bichi, former Bishop of Carpentras (†1657) |
| 1629 | Cardinal Alphonse-Louis du Plessis de Richelieu, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Lyon (†1653) |
| 1627 | Cardinal Antonio Barberini, S.M.O.M., former Metropolitan Archbishop of Reims (†1671) |
| Cardinal Pierre de Bérulle, C.O.I. (†1629) |
| 1626 | Cardinal Nicolas François de Lorraine-Vaudémont, former Bishop of Toul (†1670) |
| Cardinal Denis-Simon de Marquemont, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Lyon (†1626) |
| 1622 | Cardinal Armand-Jean du Plessis de Richelieu, former Bishop of Luçon (†1642) |
| 1621 | Cardinal Guido Bentivoglio d’Aragona, former Bishop of Riez (†1644) |
| Cardinal Louis de Nogaret de La Valette, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Toulouse (†1639) |
| 1618 | Cardinal Henri de Gondi, former Bishop of Paris (†1622) |
| 1616 | Cardinal Ottavio Belmosto, former Bishop of Aléria (†1618) |
| 1615 | Cardinal Louis de Guise de Lorraine, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Reims (†1621) |
| 1611 | Cardinal Jean de Bonsi, former Bishop of Béziers (†1621) |
| 1607 | Cardinal François de La Rochefoucauld, former Bishop of Senlis (†1645) |
| 1604 | Cardinal Jacques Davy du Perron, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Sens (†1618) |
| Cardinal Séraphin Olivier-Razali (†1609) |
| 1599 | Cardinal François d’Escoubleau de Sourdis, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Bordeaux (†1628) |
| Cardinal Arnaud d’Ossat, former Bishop of Bayeux (†1604) |
| 1596 | Cardinal Anne de Pérusse Escars de Givry, O.S.B. Clun., former Bishop of Metz (†1612) |
| 1589 | Cardinal Charles de Lorraine-Vaudémont, former Bishop of Strasbourg (†1607) |
| 1587 | Cardinal Pierre de Gondi, former Bishop of Paris (†1616) |
| Cardinal Hughes de Loubenx de Verdalle, S.M.O.M. (†1595) |
| 1586 | Cardinal Philippe de Lenoncourt, former Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Index (†1592) |
| 1583 | Cardinal Matthieu Cointerel (†1585) |
| Cardinal Charles de Bourbon-Vendôme, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Rouen (†1594) |
| Cardinal François de Joyeuse, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Rouen (†1615) |
| Cardinal Antonmaria Salviati, former Bishop of Saint-Papoul (†1602) |
| 1578 | Cardinal René de Birague, former Bishop of Lavaur (†1583) |
| Cardinal Louis de Guise, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Reims (†1588) |
| Cardinal Claude de La Baume, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Besançon (†1584) |
| Cardinal Charles de Lorraine de Vaudémont, former Bishop of Verdun (†1587) |
| 1570 | Cardinal Charles d’Angennes de Rambouillet, former Bishop of Le Mans (†1587) |
| Cardinal Nicolas de Pellevé, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Reims (†1594) |
| 1568 | Cardinal Jérôme Souchier, O. Cist. (†1571) |
| 1565 | Cardinal Annibale Bozzuti, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Avignon (†1565) |
| Cardinal Antoine de Créqui Canaples, former Bishop of Amiens (†1574) |
| Cardinal Prospero Santacroce, former Apostolic Administrator of Arles (†1589) |
| 1561 | Cardinal Philibert Babou de la Bourdaisière, former Bishop of Angoulême (†1570) |
| Cardinal Luigi d’Este, former Apostolic Administrator of Auch (†1586) |
| Cardinal Antoine Perrenot de Granvella, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Besançon (†1586) |
| Cardinal Bernardo Salviati, former Bishop of Saint-Papoul (†1568) |
| 1557 | Cardinal Jean Bertrand, former Bishop of Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges (†1560) |
| Cardinal Lorenzo Strozzi, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Aix (†1571) |
| Cardinal Antonio Trivulzio, former Bishop of Toulon (†1559) |
| Cardinal Vitellozzo Vitelli, former Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Reverend Apostolic Camera (†1568) |
| 1555 | Cardinal Jean Suau (Jean Reuman Suavius), former Bishop of Mirepoix (†1566) |
| 1553 | Cardinal Louis de Guise, former Bishop of Metz (†1578) |
| 1551 | Cardinal Giovanni Battista Cicala, former Apostolic Administrator of Sagone (†1570) |
| 1550 | Cardinal Innocenzo Ciocchi del Monte, former Apostolic Administrator of Mirepoix (†1577) |
| 1548 | Cardinal Charles de Bourbon-Vendôme, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Rouen (†1590) |
| 1547 | Cardinal Charles de Guise de Lorraine, former Bishop of Metz (†1574) |
| 1545 | Cardinal Georges d’Amboise, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Rouen (†1550) |
| 1544 | Cardinal Jacques d’Annebaut, former Bishop of Lisieux (†1557) |
| Cardinal Georges d’Armagnac, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Tours (†1585) |
| Cardinal Girolamo Recanati Capodiferro, former Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne (†1559) |
| 1539 | Cardinal Pierre de La Baume, O. Cist., former Metropolitan Archbishop of Besançon (†1544) |
| Cardinal Antoine Sanguin de Meudon, former Bishop of Limoges (†1559) |
| 1538 | Cardinal David Beaton, former Bishop of Mirepoix (†1546) |
| Cardinal Ippolito d’Este (Hillpolyte d’Este-Ferrare), former Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne (†1572) |
| Cardinal Robert de Lenoncourt, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Embrun (†1561) |
| 1536 | Cardinal Charles de Hémard de Denonville, former Bishop of Mâcon (†1540) |
| Cardinal Jacopo Sadoleto, former Bishop of Carpentras (†1547) |
| 1535 | Cardinal Jean du Bellay, former Bishop of Le Mans (†1560) |
| 1533 | Cardinal Odet de Coligny de Châtillon, former Apostolic Administrator of Beauvais (†1571) |
| Cardinal Philippe de la Chambre, O.S.B. Clun., former Apostolic Administrator of Quimper (†1550) |
| Cardinal Claude de Longwy de Givry, former Bishop of Mâcon (†1561) |
| Cardinal Jean Le Veneur, former Bishop of Lisieux (†1543) |
| 1533 | Cardinal Jean d’Orléans-Longueville, former Bishop of Orléans (†1533) |
| 1530 | Cardinal Gabriel de Gramont, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Toulouse (†1534) |
| 1530 | Cardinal Louis de Gorrevod, former Bishop of Bourg-en-Bresse (†1535) |
| Cardinal François de Tournon, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Lyon (†1562) |
| 1529 | Cardinal Ippolito de’ Medici, former Vice-Chancellor of Apostolic Chancery (†1535) |
| 1527 | Cardinal Antoine du Prat, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Sens (†1535) |
| 1527 | Cardinal Niccolò Gaddi, former Apostolic Administrator of Sarlat (†1552) |
| 1518 | Cardinal Jean de Lorraine, former Bishop of Toul (†1550) |
| 1517 | Cardinal Louis de Bourbon de Vendôme, former Bishop of Laon (†1557) |
| Cardinal Giovanni Battista Pallavicino, former Bishop of Cavaillon (†1524) |
| Cardinal Agostino Trivulzio, former Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Peter (†1548) |
| Cardinal Scaramuccia Trivulzio, former Apostolic Administrator of Vienne (†1527) |
| 1517 | Cardinal Antoine Bohier Du Prat, O.S.B. Clun., former Metropolitan Archbishop of Bourges (†1519) |
| 1515 | Cardinal Adrian Gouffier de Boissy, former Bishop of Coutances (†1523) |
| 1513 | Cardinal Bernardo Dovizi da Bibbiena, former Apostolic Administrator of Coutances (†1520) |
| 1506 | Cardinal Louis d’Amboise, former Bishop of Albi (†1511) |
| Cardinal Jean-François de la Trémoille, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Auch (†1507) |
| Cardinal René de Prie, former Bishop of Limoges (†1519) |
| 1505 | Cardinal Carlo Domenico de Carretto, former Bishop of Cahors (†1514) |
| Cardinal Leonardo Grosso della Rovere, former Major Penitentiary of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary (†1520) |
| Cardinal Robert Guibé, former Bishop of Nantes (†1513) |
| 1503 | Cardinal François Guillaume de Castelnau de Clermont-Lodève, former Bishop of Agde (†1541) |
| Cardinal Clemente Grosso della Rovere, O.F.M., former Bishop of Mende (†1504) |
| 1503 | Cardinal Niccolò Fieschi, former Bishop of Fréjus (†1524) |
| Cardinal Francisco Lloris y de Borja (Williovis), former Bishop of Elne (†1506) |
| 1500 | Cardinal Amanieu d’Albret, former Apostolic Administrator of Pamiers (†1520) |
| Resigned Cardinals of France (2) |
| 1911 | Cardinal Louis Billot, S.J. (†1931) |
| 1788 | Cardinal Étienne-Charles de Loménie de Brienne, former Metropolitan Archbishop of Sens (†1794) |
| Other Cardinals related to France (68) |
| 2010 |  Cardinal Fortunato Baldelli (†2012) |
 Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya (†2021) |
| 2001 |  Cardinal Bernard Agré (†2014) |
| 1998 | Cardinal Lorenzo Antonetti (†2013) |
| 1988 | Cardinal Angelo Felici (†2007) |
| 1979 |  Cardinal Tomás Ó Fiaich (†1990) |
| Cardinal Egano Righi-Lambertini (†2000) |
| 1977 | Cardinal Giovanni Benelli (†1982) |
 Cardinal Bernardin Gantin (†2008) |
| 1976 | Cardinal Giuseppe Maria Sensi (†2001) |
 Cardinal Hyacinthe Thiandoum (†2004) |
| 1969 | Cardinal Paolo Bertoli (†2001) |
| 1967 | Cardinal Angelo Dell’Acqua, O.Ss.C.A. (†1972) |
| 1959 | Cardinal Paolo Marella (†1984) |
| 1953 | Cardinal Valerio Valeri (†1963) |
| 1935 | Cardinal Luigi Maglione (†1944) |
| 1925 | Cardinal Bonaventura Cerretti (†1933) |
| 1907 | Cardinal Benedetto Lorenzelli (†1915) |
| 1891 | Cardinal Luigi Rotelli (†1891) |
| 1879 | Cardinal Pier Francesco Meglia (†1883) |
| 1877 | Cardinal Luigi Di Canossa (†1900) |
| 1855 |  Cardinal Karl August Graf von Reisach (†1869) |
| 1801 | Cardinal Charles Erskine of Kellie (†1811) |
| 1794 | Cardinal Aurelio Roverella (†1812) |
| Cardinal Ippolito Antonio Vincenti Mareri (†1811) |
| 1778 | Cardinal Carlo Giuseppe Filippa della Martiniana (†1802) |
| 1737 | Cardinal Raniero D’Elci (†1761) |
| 1730 | Cardinal Bartolomeo Massei (†1745) |
| 1719 | Cardinal Cornelio Bentivoglio (†1732) |
| 1712 | Cardinal Agostino Cusani (†1730) |
| 1706 | Cardinal Lorenzo Fieschi (†1726) |
| Cardinal Filippo Antonio Gualterio (†1728) |
| 1699 | Cardinal Daniello Marco Delfino (†1704) |
| 1695 | Cardinal Giovanni Giacomo Cavallerini (†1699) |
| 1686 | Cardinal Marcello Durazzo (†1710) |
| 1675 | Cardinal Fabrizio Spada (†1717) |
| 1673 | Cardinal Francesco Nerli (†1708) |
| 1666 | Cardinal Carlo Roberti de’ Vittori (†1673) |
| 1664 | Cardinal Celio Piccolomini (†1681) |
| 1643 | Cardinal Giovanni Stefano Donghi (†1669) |
| 1627 | Cardinal Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno (†1641) |
| 1626 | Cardinal Bernardino Spada (†1661) |
| 1611 | Cardinal Domenico Rivarola (†1627) |
| 1604 | Cardinal Innocenzo del Bufalo-Cancellieri (†1610) |
| 1596 | Cardinal Francesco Maria Tarugi, C.O. (†1608) |
| 1588 | Cardinal Giovanni Francesco Morosini (†1596) |
| 1586 | Cardinal Girolamo della Rovere (†1592) |
| 1583 | Cardinal Michele Della Torre (†1586) |
| 1551 | Cardinal Cristoforo Guidalotti Ciocchi del Monte (Christophe de Monte) (†1564) |
| 1536 | Cardinal Niccolò Caetani (†1585) |
| Cardinal Rodolfo Pio (†1564) |
| 1535 | Cardinal Girolamo Ghinucci (†1541) |
| 1534 | Cardinal Alessandro Farnese (†1589) |
| Cardinal Guido Ascanio Sforza di Santa Fiora (†1564) |
| 1531 | Cardinal Antonio Pucci (†1544) |
| 1529 |  Cardinal Girolamo Doria (†1558) |
| 1527 | Cardinal Marino Grimani (†1546) |
| 1520 | Cardinal Eberhard von der Mark (Erard de La Marck) (†1538) |
| 1517 | Cardinal Cristoforo Numai, O.F.M. Obs. (†1528) |
| Cardinal Franciotto Orsini (†1534) |
 Cardinal Francesco Pisani (†1570) |
| Cardinal Giovanni Salviati (†1553) |
| 1517 | Cardinal Guillaume de Croy (†1521) |
| 1513 | Cardinal Innocenzo Cibo (†1550) |
| Cardinal Lorenzo Pucci (†1531) |
| 1511 | Cardinal Pietro Accolti (†1532) |
| 1503 | Cardinal Francesco Soderini (†1524) |
| 1500 | Cardinal Jaime Serra i Cau (†1517) |
