| Present Cardinals of France (8) |
| 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 (78), 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 and Metropolitan Archbishop of Marseille (France) |
| 2015 | Cardinal Dominique François Joseph Mamberti (72), 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 |
| 2007 |  Cardinal André Armand Vingt-Trois (82), Cardinal-Priest of S. Luigi dei Francesi, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Paris (France) and Ordinary emeritus of France of the Eastern Rite (France) |
| 2006 | Cardinal Jean-Pierre Bernard Ricard (80), Cardinal-Priest of S. Agostino and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bordeaux (France) |
| 2003 | Cardinal Philippe Christian Ignace Marie Barbarin (74), Cardinal-Priest of SS. Trinità al Monte Pincio and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Lyon (France) |
| 1985 | Cardinal Paul Poupard (94), 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. (62), Cardinal-Priest of S. Cuore di Gesù agonizzante a Vitinia and Metropolitan Archbishop of Alger–Iulia Caesarea (Algeria) |
| Deceased Cardinals of France (245) |
| 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 (64) |
| 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 Bernardin Gantin († 2008) |
| 1976 |  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) |
| 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) |
