Cardinals Created by Clement XII (1735-9)

1. Cardinal Giuseppe Spinelli

former Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia–Velletri
former Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith

Born:	1694.02.01 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1724.04.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1725.10.28
Created Cardinal:	1735.01.17
Died:	1763.04.12 († 69)

Titular Archbishop of Corinthus (1725.09.05 – 1734.12.15)

Ecclesiastical Superior of Batavia (Netherlands) (1727 – 1731)

Secretary of Sacred Congregation of Bishops and Regulars (1732.05 – 1734.12.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Napoli (Italy) (1734.12.15 – 1754.02.08)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pudenziana (1735.03.14 – 1752.09.25)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere (1752.09.25 – 1753.04.09)

Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina (1753.04.09 – 1759.07.13)

Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith (1756.09.11 – 1763.04.12)

Cardinal Vice-Dean of Sacred College of Cardinals (1759? – 1761.07.13)

Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina (1759.07.13 – 1761.07.13)

Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia–Velletri (1761.07.13 – 1763.04.12)

Cardinal Dean of Sacred College of Cardinals (1761.07.13 – 1763.04.12)

Consistory of 1735.12.19 (1)

1. Cardinal Luis Antonio Jaime de Borbón y Farnesio

former Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria della Scala

Born:	1727.07.25 (Spain)
Created Cardinal:	1735.12.19
Resigned as Cardinal:	1754.12.18
Died:	1785.08.07 († 58)

Apostolic Administrator of Toledo (Spain) (1735.11.10 – 1754.12.18)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria della Scala (1735.12.19 – 1754.12.18)

Apostolic Administrator of Sevilla (Spain) (1741.09.19 – 1754.12.18)

Consistory of 1737.12.20 (7)

1. Cardinal Tomás de Almeida

former Patriarch of Lisboa (Portugal)

Born:	1670.10.05 (Portugal)
Ordained Priest:	1695.06.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1707.04.03
Created Cardinal:	1737.12.20
Died:	1754.02.27 († 83)

Bishop of Lamego (Portugal) (1706.12.06 – 1709.07.22)

Bishop of Porto (Portugal) (1709.07.22 – 1716.12.07)

Patriarch of Lisboa Ocidental (Portugal) (1716.12.07 – 1740.12.13)

Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned (1737.12.20 – 1754.02.27)

Patriarch of Lisboa (Portugal) (1740.12.13 – 1754.02.27)

2. Cardinal Henri-Oswald de la Tour d’Auvergne de Bouillon

Deus mea turris

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Callisto
former Abbot nullius of Cluny (France)

Born:	1671.11.05 (France)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:	1722.05.10
Created Cardinal:	1737.12.20
Died:	1747.04.23 († 75)

Coadjutor Abbot nullius of Cluny (France) (1697.04.22 – 1715.03.02)

Abbot nullius of Cluny (France) (1715.03.02 – 1747.04.23)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tours (France) (1719 – 1721)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Vienne (France) (1722.03.23 – 1745.07.03)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Callisto (1740.09.16 – 1747.04.23)

3. Cardinal Joseph Dominicus von Lamberg

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Montorio
former Bishop of Passau (Germany)

Born:	1680.07.08 (Austria)
Ordained Priest:	1703.09.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1712.07.04
Created Cardinal:	1737.12.20
Died:	1761.08.30 († 81)

Bishop of Seckau (Austria) (1712.03.13 – 1723.03.15)

Bishop of Passau (Germany) ([1723.01.02] 1723.03.15 – 1761.08.30)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Montorio (1740.09.16 – 1761.08.30)

4. Cardinal Gaspar de Molina y Oviedo, O.E.S.A.

former Bishop of Málaga (Spain)

Born:	1679.01.06 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:	1731.02.24
Created Cardinal:	1737.12.20
Died:	1744.08.30 († 65)

Bishop of Santiago (Cuba) (1730.09.11 – 1731.06.18)

Bishop of Barcelona (Spain) (1731.06.18 – 1734.05.05)

Bishop of Málaga (Spain) (1734.05.05 – 1744.08.30)

Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned (1737.12.20 – 1744.08.30)

5. Cardinal Jan Aleksander Lipski

former Bishop of Kraków (Poland)

Born:	1690.06.15 (Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1719.04.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1732.05.25
Created Cardinal:	1737.12.20
Died:	1746.02.20 († 55)

Bishop of Luck (Ukraine) (1732.03.31 – 1732.12.19)

Bishop of Kraków (Poland) (1732.12.19 – 1746.02.20)

Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned (1737.12.20 – 1746.02.20)

[6] Cardinal Raniero D’Elci

former Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia–Velletri
former Cardinal-Priest of S. Sabina in commendum
former Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals

Born:	1670.03.07 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1699.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1731.01.07
Created Cardinal in pectore:	1737.12.20
Revealed as Cardinal:	1738.06.23
Died:	1761.06.22 († 91)

Titular Archbishop of Rhodes (1730.11.22 – 1738.06.23)

Apostolic Nuncio to France (1731.01.02 – 1738?)

Archbishop of Ferrara (Italy) (1738.05.05 – 1740.09.15)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Sabina (1738.07.23 – 1747.04.10)

Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals (1747.04.10 – 1748.01.29)

Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina (1747.04.10 – 1753.04.09)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Sabina in commendum (1747.04.10 – 1761.06.22)

Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina (1753.04.09 – 1756.01.12)

Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia–Velletri (1756.01.12 – 1761.06.22)

7. Cardinal Carlo Rezzonico (later Pope Clement XIII)

former Supreme Pontiff

Born:	1693.03.07 (Venezia, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1731.12.23
Created Cardinal:	1737.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1743.03.19
Elected as Supreme Pontiff:	1758.07.06
Installed as Supreme Pontiff:	1758.07.16
Died:	1769.02.02 (Roma, Italy † 75)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Nicola in Carcere (1738.01.27 – 1747.05.15)

Bishop of Padova (Italy) (1743.03.11 – 1758.07.06)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Ara Coeli (1747.05.15 – 1755.02.17)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Marco (1755.02.17 – 1758.07.06)

Supreme Pontiff (1758.07.06 [1758.07.16] – 1769.02.02)

Consistory of 1738.06.23 (1)

1. Cardinal Domenico Silvio Passionei

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina
former Cardinal-Priest of S. Bernardo alle Terme in commendum
former Librarian of Vatican Apostolic Library
former Archivist of Vatican Secret Archives

Born:	1682.12.02 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1721.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1721.07.25
Created Cardinal:	1738.06.23
Died:	1761.07.05 († 78)

Pro-Secretary of Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith (1720.11 – 1721.01)

Titular Archbishop of Ephesus (1721.07.16 – 1738.06.23)

Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland (1721.07.30 – 1730.12.23)

Apostolic Nuncio to Austria-Hungary (1730.12.23 – 1738.06.23)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Bernardo alle Terme (1738.07.23 – 1755.02.17)

Pro-Librarian of Vatican Apostolic Library (1741.07.10 – 1755.01.22)

Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals (1748.01.29 – 1749.01.20)

Archivist of Vatican Secret Archives (1755.01.22 – 1761.07.05)

Librarian of Vatican Apostolic Library (1755.01.22 – 1761.07.05)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Prassede (1755.02.17 – 1759.02.12)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Bernardo alle Terme in commendum (1755.02.17 – 1761.07.05)

Protopriest of Sacred College of Cardinals (1759.01.05 – 1761.07.05)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina (1759.02.12 – 1761.07.05)

Consistory of 1738.12.19 (1)

1. Cardinal Silvio Valenti Gonzaga

former Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
former Commendatory Archimandrite of Santissimo Salvatore of the Italo-Albanese (Italy)
former Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith
former Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Reverend Apostolic Camera

Born:	1690.03.01 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1731.06.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1731.07.22
Created Cardinal:	1738.12.19
Died:	1756.08.28 († 66)

Commendatory Archimandrite of Santissimo Salvatore of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) (1724 – 1756.08.28)

Titular Archbishop of Nicæa (1731.06.18 – 1738.12.19)

Ecclesiastical Superior of Batavia (Netherlands) (1732.02.29 – 1736.01.28)

Apostolic Internuncio to Netherlands (1732.02.29 – 1736.01.28)

Apostolic Nuncio to Spain (1736.01.28 – 1738?)

Secretary of State of Apostolic Secretariat (1740.08 – 1747?)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Prisca (1740.09.16 – 1747.05.15)

Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Reverend Apostolic Camera (1747.02.25 – 1756.08.28)

Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith (1747.03.27 – 1756.08.28)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Callisto (1747.05.15 – 1753.04.09)

Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals (1749.01.20 – 1750.01.19)

Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina (1753.04.09 – 1756.08.28)

Consistory of 1739.02.23 (2)

1. Cardinal Gaetano Stampa

former Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Bonifacio ed Alessio
former Metropolitan Archbishop of Milano (Italy)

Born:	1667.11.01 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1717.10.31
Consecrated Bishop:	1718.01.23
Created Cardinal:	1739.02.23
Died:	1742.12.23 († 75)

Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon (1717.12.06 – 1737.05.06)

Secretary of Sacred Congregation of Bishops and Regulars (1734.12.12 – 1737.05.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Milano (Italy) (1737.05.06 – 1742.12.23)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Bonifacio ed Alessio (1740.09.16 – 1742.12.23)

2. Cardinal Pierre Guérin de Tencin

former Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo
former Metropolitan Archbishop of Lyon (France)

Born:	1680.08.22 (France)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:	1724.07.02
Created Cardinal:	1739.02.23
Died:	1758.03.02 († 77)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Embrun (France) (1724.06.12 – 1740.11.11)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo (1739.07.20 – 1758.03.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lyon (France) (1740.11.11 – 1758.03.02)

Consistory of 1739.07.15 (1)

1. Cardinal Marcellino Corio

former Cardinal-Deacon of S. Adriano al Foro
former Vice-Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Reverend Apostolic Camera

Born:	1664.09.06 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Created Cardinal:	1739.07.15
Died:	1742.02.20 († 77)

Dean of Sacred Roman Rota (1733.09.18 – 1734.09.01)

Vice-Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Reverend Apostolic Camera (1734.08.06 – 1739.07.15)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Adriano al Foro (1739.09.30 – 1742.02.20)

Consistory of 1739.09.30 (2)

1. Cardinal Prospero Colonna

former Cardinal-Deacon of S. Angelo in Pescheria

Born:	1662.11.27 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Created Cardinal:	1739.09.30
Died:	1743.03.04 († 80)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Angelo in Pescheria (1739.11.16 – 1743.03.04)

2. Cardinal Carlo Maria Sacripante

former Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati

Born:	1689.09.01 (Italy)
Created Cardinal:	1739.09.30
Ordained Priest:	1751.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1756.01.25
Died:	1758.11.04 († 69)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Aquiro (1739.11.16 – 1741.05.29)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Portico (1741.05.29 – 1747.04.10)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria ad Martyres (1747.04.10 – 1751.02.01)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Anastasia (1751.02.01 – 1756.01.12)

Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati (1756.01.12 – 1758.11.04)