Cardinals Created by Pius V (1566-70)

1. Cardinal Michele Bonelli, O.P.

former Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
former Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Bishops and Regulars

Born:	1541.11.25 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Created Cardinal:	1566.03.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1591.04.02
Died:	1598.03.28 († 56)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria sopra Minerva (1566.03.20 – 1589.11.08)

Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals (1568.12.03 – 1570.05.10)

Pro-Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy) (1585? – ?)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina (1589.11.08 – 1591.03.20)

Protopriest of Sacred College of Cardinals (1589.11.08 – 1591.03.20)

Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Bishops and Regulars (1591 – 1598.03.28)

Cardinal-Bishop of Albano (1591.03.20 – 1598.03.28)

Consistory of 1568.03.24 (4)

1. Cardinal Diego Espinosa y Arévalo

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Stefano al Monte Celio
former Bishop of Sigüenza (Spain)
former Grand Inquisitor of Commission of Roman and Universal Inquisition

Born:	1502.09 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1564.03.05
Consecrated Bishop:	1568
Created Cardinal:	1568.03.24
Died:	1572.09.05 († 70)

Grand Inquisitor of Commission of Roman and Universal Inquisition (1566.09.08 – 1572.09.05)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Bartolomeo all’Isola (1568.05.14 – 1568.08.20)

Bishop of Sigüenza (Spain) (1568.07.05 – 1572.09.05)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Stefano al Monte Celio (1568.08.20 – 1572.09.05)

2. Cardinal Jérôme Souchier, O. Cist.

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Matteo in Merulana
former Abbot General of Order of Cistercians (Cistercians)

Born:	1508 (France)
Ordained Priest:
Created Cardinal:	1568.03.24
Died:	1571.11.10 († 62)

Abbot General of Order of Cistercians (Cistercians) (1564.07.01 – 1571.11.10)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Matteo in Merulana (1569.01.24 – 1571.11.10)

3. Cardinal Gianpaolo Della Chiesa

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Pancrazio

Born:	1521 (Italy)
Created Cardinal:	1568.03.24
Died:	1575.01.11 († 53)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Callisto pro illa vice Deaconry (1568.04.05 – 1570.05.10)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Callisto (1570.05.10 – 1570.05.14)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pancrazio (1570.05.14 – 1575.01.11)

4. Cardinal Antonio Carafa

former Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo
former Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Council
former Librarian of Vatican Apostolic Library

Born:	1538 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Created Cardinal:	1568.03.24
Died:	1591.01.13 († 52)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Eusebio pro illa vice Deaconry (1568.04.05 – 1573.04.08)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Cosmedin (1573.04.08 – 1577.11.08)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Via Lata (1577.11.08 – 1583.12.12)

Protodeacon of Sacred College of Cardinals (1577.11.08? – 1583.12.12)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Eusebio (1583.12.12 – 1584.11.28)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo (1584.11.28 – 1591.01.13)

Librarian of Vatican Apostolic Library (1585.10.06 – 1591.01.13)

Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Council (1586 – 1591.01.13)

Consistory of 1570.05.17 (16)

1. Cardinal Marco Antonio Maffei

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Callisto
former Metropolitan Archbishop of Chieti (Italy)
former Datary of His Holiness of Apostolic Dataria

Born:	1521.11.29 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:	1553
Created Cardinal:	1570.05.17
Died:	1583.08.22 († 61)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Chieti (Italy) (1553.07.14 – 1568.01.14)

Vicegerent for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy) (1560 – 1566.01)

Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy) (1566? – ?)

Datary of His Holiness of Apostolic Dataria (1566 – 1570)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Callisto (1570.06.09 – 1583.08.22)

2. Cardinal Gaspar Cervantes de Gaete

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Balbina
former Metropolitan Archbishop of Tarragona (Spain)

Born:	1511 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:	1561
Created Cardinal:	1570.05.17
Died:	1575.10.17 († 63)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Messina (Italy) (1561.11.19 – 1564.03.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Salerno (Italy) (1564.03.01 – 1568.07.23)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tarragona (Spain) (1568.07.23 – 1575.10.17)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Vitale (1570.06.09 – 1570.06.16)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Martino ai Monti (1570.06.16 – 1572.01.23)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Balbina (1572.01.23 – 1575.10.17)

3. Cardinal Giulio Antonio Santorio

former Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
former Grand Inquisitor of Commission of Roman and Universal Inquisition
former Major Penitentiary of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary

Born:	1532.06.06 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1557
Consecrated Bishop:	1566.03.12
Created Cardinal:	1570.05.17
Died:	1602.05.09 († 69)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Severina (Italy) (1566.03.06 – 1573.01.09)

Apostolic Administrator of San Leone (Italy) (1566.05 – 1571.11.27)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Bartolomeo all’Isola (1570.06.09 – 1595.02.20)

Grand Inquisitor of Commission of Roman and Universal Inquisition (1587 – 1602.05.09)

Major Penitentiary of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary (1592.02.08 – 1602.05.09)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere (1595.02.20 – 1597.08.18)

Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina (1597.08.18 – 1602.05.09)

4. Cardinal Pierdonato Cesi

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Anastasia

Born:	1521 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Created Cardinal:	1570.05.17
Died:	1586.09.29 († 64)

Apostolic Administrator of Narni (Italy) (1546.06.25 – 1566.07.12)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Barbara (1570.05.17 – 1570.06.16)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Vitale (1570.06.16 – 1584.05.28)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Anastasia (1584.05.28 – 1586.09.29)

5. Cardinal Carlo Grassi

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Agnese in Agone
former Bishop of Corneto (Italy)
former Bishop of Montefiascone (Italy)

Born:	1520 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:	1555
Created Cardinal:	1570.05.17
Died:	1571.03.25 († 50)

Bishop of Montefiascone (Italy) (1555.12.20 – 1571.03.25)

Bishop of Corneto (Italy) (1555.12.20 – 1571.03.25)

Vice-Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Reverend Apostolic Camera (1569.06.08 – 1570.05.17)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Agnese in Agone (1570.06.09 – 1571.03.25)

6. Cardinal Charles d’Angennes de Rambouillet

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Eufemia
former Bishop of Le Mans (France)

Born:	1530.10.30 (France)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:	1556?
Created Cardinal:	1570.05.17
Died:	1587.03.23 († 56)

Bishop of Le Mans (France) (1556.07.27 – 1587.03.23)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Simeone Profeta (1570.06.09 – 1570.11.20)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Eufemia (1570.11.20 – 1587.03.23)

7. Cardinal Felice Peretti, O.F.M. Conv. (later Pope Sixtus V)

former Supreme Pontiff

Born:	1521.12.13 (Grottammare, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1547
Consecrated Bishop:	1567.01.12
Created Cardinal:	1570.05.17
Elected as Supreme Pontiff:	1585.04.24
Installed as Supreme Pontiff:	1585.05.01
Died:	1590.08.27 (Roma, Italy † 68)

Vicar General of Order of Friars Minor Conventual (Conventual Franciscans) (1566 – 1568)

Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti (Italy) (1566.11.15 – 1571.12.17 not possessed)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Girolamo degli Schiavoni (1570.06.09 – 1585.04.24)

Bishop of Fermo (Italy) (1571.12.17 – 1577.08.14)

Supreme Pontiff (1585.04.24 [1585.05.01] – 1590.08.27)

8. Cardinal Giovanni Aldobrandini

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Simeone Profeta
former Bishop of Imola (Italy)
former Major Penitentiary of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary

Born:	1525 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:	1569.12.08
Created Cardinal:	1570.05.17
Died:	1573.09.07 († 47)

Bishop of Imola (Italy) (1569.08.26 – 1573.02.09)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Eufemia (1570.06.09 – 1570.11.20)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Simeone Profeta (1570.11.20 – 1573.09.07)

Major Penitentiary of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary (1572.12.14 – 1573.09.07)

9. Cardinal Girolamo Rusticucci

former Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
former Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy)

Born:	1537.01 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Created Cardinal:	1570.05.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1570.11.26
Died:	1603.06.14 († 66)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Susanna (1570.06.09 – 1597.08.18)

Bishop of Senigallia (Italy) (1570.06.16 – 1577.11.26)

Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy) (1588 – 1603)

Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals (1592.02.14 – 1593)

Protopriest of Sacred College of Cardinals (1597? – 1598.03.30)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere (1597.08.18 – 1598.03.30)

Cardinal-Bishop of Albano (1598.03.30 – 1600.02.21)

Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina (1600.02.21 – 1603.02.19)

Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina (1603.02.19 – 1603.06.14)

Cardinal Vice-Dean of Sacred College of Cardinals (1603.02.19 – 1603.06.14)

10. Cardinal Giulio Acquaviva d’Aragona

former Cardinal-Deacon of S. Teodoro

Born:	1546 (Italy)
Created Cardinal:	1570.05.17
Died:	1574.07.21 († 27)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Teodoro (1570.06.09 – 1574.07.21)

11. Cardinal Gaspar de Zúñiga y Avellaneda

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Barbara
former Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain)

Born:	1507 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:	1550
Created Cardinal:	1570.05.17
Died:	1571.01.02 († 63)

Bishop of Segovia (Spain) (1550.06.27 – 1558.10.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1558.10.21 – 1569.06.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1569.06.22 – 1571.01.02)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Barbara (1570.06.16 – 1571.01.02)

12. Cardinal Nicolas de Pellevé

Utcunque ceciderit consistam

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Prassede
former Metropolitan Archbishop of Reims (France)
former Metropolitan Archbishop of Sens (France)

Born:	1515.10.18 (France)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:	1552
Created Cardinal:	1570.05.17
Died:	1594.03.28 († 78)

Bishop of Amiens (France) (1552.08.24 – 1564.05.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sens (France) (1562.12.16 – 1594.03.28)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo (1572.07.04 – 1584.11.14)

Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Bishops and Regulars (1575? – ?)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Prassede (1584.11.14 – 1594.03.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Reims (France) (1591.05.10 – 1594.03.28)

13. Cardinal Archangelo de’ Bianchi, O.P.

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Cesareo in Palatio pro hac vice Title
former Bishop of Teano (Italy)

Born:	1516.10.04 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:	1566.09.21
Created Cardinal:	1570.05.17
Died:	1580.01.18 († 63)

Bishop of Teano (Italy) (1566.09.16 – 1575.09)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Cesareo in Palatio pro hac vice Title (1570.07.03 – 1580.01.18)

Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Index (1575? – ?)

14. Blessed Cardinal Paolo Burali d’Arezzo, C.R.

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Pudenziana
former Metropolitan Archbishop of Napoli (Italy)

Born:	1511 (Itri, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1558.03.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1568.08.01
Created Cardinal:	1570.05.17
Died:	1578.06.17 (Torre del Greco, Italy † 66)
Beatified:	1772.06.08
Feast:	06.17

Bishop of Piacenza (Italy) (1568.07.23 – 1576.09.19)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pudenziana (1570.11.20 – 1578.06.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Napoli (Italy) (1576.09.19 – 1578.06.17)

Cardinal and religious of Congregation of Clerics Regular (Theatines).

15. Cardinal Vincenzo Giustiniani, O.P.

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Sabina
former Master of the Order of Order of Preachers (Dominicans)

Born:	1519.08 (Greece)
Ordained Priest:
Created Cardinal:	1570.05.17
Died:	1582.10.28 († 63)

Master of the Order of Order of Preachers (Dominicans) (1558.05.29 – 1570.05.17)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Nicola fra le Immagini (1571.01.26 – 1579.08.03)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Sabina (1579.08.03 – 1582.10.28)

16. Cardinal Gian Girolamo Albani

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni a Porta Latina

Born:	1504.01.03 (Italy)
Created Cardinal:	1570.05.17
Died:	1591.04.15 († 87)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni a Porta Latina (1570.11.20 – 1591.04.15)