Cardinals Created by John Paul II (1983)

Priest of Tyr of the Maronites (Lebanon) (1930.04.12 – 1950.04.25)

Titular Bishop of Tarsus of the Maronites (1950.04.25 – 1957.11.25)

Auxiliary Bishop of Saïdā of the Maronites (Lebanon) (1950.04.25 – 1957.11.25)

Apostolic Administrator of Saïdā of the Maronites (Lebanon) (1955 – 1957.11.25)

Bishop of Saïdā of the Maronites (Lebanon) (1957.11.25 – 1975.02.03)

Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites (Lebanon) ([1975.02.03] 1975.02.15 – 1986.04.03)

President of Synod of the Maronite Church (1975.11.25 – 1985)

President of Assembly of the Catholic Patriarchs and Bishops of Lebanon (1975.11.25 – 1985)

Cardinal-Patriarch (1983.02.02 – 1994.08.19)

Priest of Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire) (1947.05.01 – 1960.04.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire) (1960.04.05 – 1994.12.19)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Côte d’Ivoire (1970 – 1993)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Crisogono (1983.02.02 – 1997.10.05)

Priest of Imola (Italy) (1935.07.26 – 1965.06.24)

Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary (1943.09.30 – 1965.06.24)

Bishop-Prelate of Loreto (Italy) (1965.06.24 – 1971.09.25)

Titular Archbishop of Iustiniana prima (1965.06.24 – 1983.02.02)

Apostolic Administrator of Cingoli (Italy) (1968 – 1969)

Vicar of the Chapter of Papal Basilica of Saint Peter (1971 – 1983.02.02)

Secretary of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura (1971.09.30 – 1982.05.17)

Pro-Prefect of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura (1982.05.17 – 1983.02.03)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine (1983.02.02 – 1993.04.05)

Prefect of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura (1983.02.03 – 1988.07.01)

President of Fabric of Saint Peter (1983.02.08 – 1991.07.01)

Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Peter (1983.02.08 – 1991.07.01)

Protodeacon of College of Cardinals (1990.11.26 – 1993.04.05)

Vicar General for the Vatican City State of Roma (Italy) (1991.01.14 – 1991.07.01)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine pro hac vice Title (1993.04.05 – 2003.04.19)

Priest of Zagreb (Croatia) (1945.07.15 – 1964.02.15)

Titular Bishop of Meta (1964.02.15 – 1970.06.16)

Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb (Croatia) (1964.02.15 – 1970.06.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Zagreb (Croatia) (1970.06.16 – 1997.07.05)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Girolamo dei Croati (1983.02.02 – 2002.03.11)

President of Croatian Bishops’ Conference (1993 – 1997)

Priest of Acerra (Italy) (1930.12.21 – 1972.01.06)

Defender of the Bond of Sacred Roman Rota (1939 – 1952)

Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation for Sacramental Discipline (1959 – 1969)

Secretary of Sacred Congregation for Sacramental Discipline (1969.04.09 – 1973.02.02)

Titular Archbishop of Vescovìo (1972.01.06 – 1983.02.02)

Secretary of Sacred Congregation for the Causes of Saints (1973.02.02 – 1981.08.24)

Pro-Prefect of Sacred Congregation for Sacraments and Divine Worship (1981.08.24 – 1983.02.03)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giuseppe in Via Trionfale (1983.02.02 – 1993.04.05)

Prefect of Congregation for Divine Worship (1983.02.03 – 1984.04.08)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Giuseppe in Via Trionfale pro hac vice Title (1993.04.05 – 2001.02.08)

Priest of Valencia (Venezuela) (1943.12.19 – 1956.08.02)

Titular Bishop of Aradus (1956.08.02 – 1958.06.21)

Auxiliary Bishop of Maracaibo (Venezuela) (1956.08.02 – 1958.06.21)

Bishop of Maracay (Venezuela) (1958.06.21 – 1962.03.19)

Bishop of Valencia (Venezuela) (1962.03.19 – 1972.09.21)

Titular Archbishop of Voncaria (1972.09.21 – 1980.05.24)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Caracas (Venezuela) (1972.09.21 – 1980.05.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Caracas (Venezuela) (1980.05.24 – 1995.05.27)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pancrazio (1983.02.02 – 2001.02.21)

President of Episcopal Conference of Venezuela (1984 – 1990)

Priest of Charleston (USA) (1952.04.26 – 1966.03.04)

Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary (1959.12.18 – 1962)

Domestic Prelate (1962 – 1966.03.04)

Auxiliary Bishop of Atlanta (USA) (1966.03.04 – 1968)

Titular Bishop of Lugura (1966.03.04 – 1972.11.21)

General Secretary of National Conference of Catholic Bishops (1968 – 1972)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cincinnati (USA) (1972.11.21 – 1982.07.08)

President of National Conference of Catholic Bishops (1974 – 1977)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Chicago (USA) (1982.07.08 – 1996.11.14)

Cardinal-Priest of Gesù Divin Lavoratore (1983.02.02 – 1996.11.14)

Priest of Bangkok (Thailand) (1959.12.20 – 1972.12.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bangkok (Thailand) (1972.12.18 – 2009.05.14)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Thailand (1979 – 1982)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Panisperna (1983.02.02 – ...)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Thailand (1985 – 1991)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Thailand (1994 – 1997)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Thailand (2000 – 2006)

Protopriest of College of Cardinals (2016.12.14 – ...)

Priest of Malanje (Angola) (1952.12.20 – 1975.08.10)

Bishop of Malanje (Angola) (1975.08.10 – 1977.02.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lubango (Angola) (1977.02.03 – 1986.02.16)

Apostolic Administrator of Ondjiva (Angola) (1977.02.03 – 1986.02.16)

President of Caritas Internationalis (1983 – 1991)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Marco in Agro Laurentino (1983.02.02 – 2024.09.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Luanda (Angola) (1986.02.16 – 2001.01.23)

President of Episcopal Conference of Angola and São Tomé (1990 – 1997)

Priest of Bogotá (Colombia) (1960.11.13 – 1971.02.25)

Titular Bishop of Boseta (1971.02.25 – 1978.05.22)

Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá (Colombia) (1971.02.25 – 1978.05.22)

General Secretary of Latin American Episcopal Council (1972 – 1979)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Medellín (Colombia) (1978.05.22 – 1979.06.02)

President of Latin American Episcopal Council (1979 – 1983)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Medellín (Colombia) (1979.06.02 – 1991.01.09)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Prisca (1983.02.02 – 2001.11.17)

President of Episcopal Conference of Colombia (1987 – 1990)

President of Pontifical Council for the Family (1990.11.08 – 2008.04.19)

Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati (2001.11.17 [2002.04.27] – 2008.04.19)

Priest of Brugge (Belgium) (1957.08.17 – 1977.11.04)

Bishop of Antwerpen (Belgium) (1977.11.04 – 1979.12.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium) (1979.12.19 – 2010.01.18)

President of Episcopal Conference of Belgium (1979.12.19 – 2010.01.18)

Military Vicar of Belgium (Belgium) (1980.09.15 – 1986.07.21)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Anastasia (1983.02.02 – 2019.03.14)

Military Ordinary of Belgium (Belgium) (1986.07.21 – 2010.01.18)

Priest of Wellington (New Zealand) (1959.12.20 – 1979.10.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Wellington (New Zealand) (1979.10.30 – 2005.03.21)

President of New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference (1980 – 1988)

Cardinal-Priest of Gesù Divin Maestro alla Pineta Sacchetti (1983.02.02 – 2023.12.22)

President of Federation of Catholic Bishops’ Conferences of Oceania (1992 – 1999)

Military Ordinary of New Zealand (New Zealand) (1995.06.01 – 2005.04.01)

Rector of Pontifical Biblical Institute (Biblicum) (1969.09.29 – 1978.07.18)

Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Gregorian University (1978.07.18 – 1979.12.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Milano (Italy) (1979.12.29 – 2002.07.11)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Cecilia (1983.02.02 – 2012.08.31)

President of Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (1986 – 1993)

Priest of Paris (France) (1954.04.17 – 1979.11.10)

Bishop of Orléans (France) (1979.11.10 – 1981.01.31)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Paris (France) (1981.01.31 – 2005.02.11)

Ordinary of France of the Eastern Rite (France) (1981.03.12 – 2005.03.14)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Marcellino e Pietro (1983.02.02 – 1994.11.26)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Luigi dei Francesi (1994.11.26 – 2007.08.05)

Priest of Gniezno (Poland) (1956.05.25 – 1979.03.04)

Chaplain of His Holiness (1972.11.29 – 1979.03.04)

Bishop of Warmia (Poland) (1979.03.04 – 1981.07.07)

President of Episcopal Conference of Poland (1981 – 2004.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Gniezno (Poland) (1981.07.07 – 1992.03.25)

Apostolic Administrator of Lviv of the Armenians (Ukraine) (1981.07.07 – 1992.03.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Warszawa (Poland) (1981.07.07 – 2006.12.06)

Ordinary of Poland of the Eastern Rite (Poland) (1981.09.18 – 2007.06.09)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere (1983.02.02 – 2013.01.23)

Apostolic Administrator of Warszawa (Poland) (2007.01.07 – 2007.03.03)

Priest of Liepāja (Latvia) (1918.04.07 – 1964.11.10)

Domestic Prelate (1949.07.04 – 1964.11.10)

Titular Bishop of Macriana maior (1964.11.10 – 1983.02.02)

Apostolic Administrator of Liepāja (Latvia) (1964.11.10 – 1990.05.23)

Apostolic Administrator of Riga (Latvia) (1964.11.10 – 1990.05.24)

President of Episcopal Conference of Latvia (1970 – 1990.05.24)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Quattro Coronati (1983.02.02 – 1990.05.24)

Priest of Erfurt–Meiningen (Germany) (1962.12.22 – 1975.03.17)

Titular Bishop of Vina (1975.03.17 – 1980.04.22)

Auxiliary Bishop of Erfurt–Meiningen (Germany) (1975.03.17 – 1980.04.22)

Bishop of Berlin (Germany) (1980.04.22 – 1988.12.20)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pudenziana (1983.02.02 – 2017.07.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (1988.12.20 – 2014.02.28)

Member of Council of Cardinals for the Study of Organisational and Economic Problems of the Apostolic See (1995.11.06 – 2014.02.24)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Domnica (1983.02.02 – 1991.09.04)