| Consistory of 1572.06.02 (at the time of creation) (1) |
| 1. | Fr. Filippo Boncompagni (23) | Cardinal-Priest |
| Consistory of 1573.06.05 (at the time of creation) (1) |
| 1. | Archbishop Antal Verancsics (68), Metropolitan Archbishop of Esztergom (Hungary) | Cardinal-Priest |
| Consistory of 1574.07.05 (at the time of creation) (1) |
| 1. | Mr. Filippo Guastavillani (32) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| Consistory of 1576.11.19 (at the time of creation) (1) |
| 1. | Mr. Andreas von Austria (18) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| Consistory of 1577.03.03 (at the time of creation) (1) |
| 1. | Fr. Albrecht von Austria (17) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| Consistory of 1578.02.21 (at the time of creation) (9) |
| 1. | Patriarch Alessandro Riario (34), Patriarch of Alexandria | Cardinal-Priest |
| 2. | Archbishop Claude de La Baume (44), Metropolitan Archbishop of Besançon (France) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 3. | Archbishop-elect Louis de Guise (22), Metropolitan Archbishop of Reims (France) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 4. | Bishop Gerard van Groesbeeck (Gérard de Grœsbeek) (61), Bishop of Liège (Belgium) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 5. | Fr. Pedro de Deza (57) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 6. | Fr. Fernando de Toledo Oropesa (58) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 7. | Bishop René de Birague (71), Bishop of Lodève (France) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 8. | Mr. Charles de Lorraine de Vaudémont (16) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 9. | Mr. Giovanni Vincenzo Gonzaga, S.M.O.M. (37) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| Consistory of 1578.12.15 (at the time of creation) (1) |
| 1. | Archbishop Gaspar de Quiroga y Vela (66), Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo (Spain) | Cardinal-Priest |
| Consistory of 1583.12.12 (at the time of creation) (19) |
| 1. | Patriarch Giovanni Antonio Facchinetti de Nuce (64), Patriarch of Jerusalem and Bishop emeritus of Nicastro (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 2. | Archbishop Giambattista Castagna (62), Archbishop emeritus of Rossano (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 3. | Archbishop Alessandro de’ Medici (48), Metropolitan Archbishop of Firenze (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 4. | Archbishop Rodrigo de Castro Osorio (60), Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 5. | Archbishop-elect François de Joyeuse (21), Metropolitan Archbishop of Narbonne (France) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 6. | Bishop Michele Della Torre (72), Bishop of Ceneda (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 7. | Bishop Giulio Canani (59), Bishop of Adria (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 8. | Bishop Niccolò Sfondrati (48), Bishop of Cremona (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 9. | Bishop Antonmaria Salviati (46), Bishop emeritus of Saint-Papoul (France) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 10. | Bishop Agostino Valier (52), Bishop of Verona (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 11. | Bishop Vincenzo Lauro (60), Bishop of Mondovì (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 12. | Bishop Filippo Spinola (47), Bishop of Nola (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 13. | Bishop Alberto Bolognetti (45), Apostolic Nuncio to Poland and Bishop emeritus of Massa Marittima e Populonia (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 14. | Bishop-elect Jerzy Radziwiłł (27), Bishop of Vilnius (Lithuania) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 15. | Fr. Matthieu Cointerel (64) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 16. | Fr. Simeone Tagliavia d’Aragonia (33) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 17. | Mr. Scipione Lancelotti (56) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 18. | Mr. Charles de Bourbon-Vendôme (21), Coadjutor Archbishop of Rouen (France) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 19. | Mr. Francesco Sforza (21) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| Consistory of 1584.07.04 (at the time of creation) (1) |
| 1. | Fr. Andrzej Bathóry (18) | Cardinal-Deacon |