| Consistory of 1846.12.21 (at the time of creation) (4) |
| 1. |   Archbishop Gaetano Baluffi (58), Archbishop-Bishop of Imola (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| (2) |  Archbishop Raffaele Fornari (59), Titular Archbishop of Nicæa | Cardinal-Priest |
| 3. |  Fr. Pietro Marini (52), Vice-Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Reverend Apostolic Camera | Cardinal-Deacon |
| (4) |  Msgr. Giuseppe Bofondi (51), Dean emeritus of Sacred Roman Rota | Cardinal-Deacon |
| Consistory of 1847.06.11 (at the time of creation) (3) |
| 1. |  Archbishop Pierre Giraud (55), Metropolitan Archbishop of Cambrai (France) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 2. | Archbishop Jacques-Marie-Antoine-Célestin Dupont (55), Metropolitan Archbishop of Bourges (France) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 3. | Msgr. Giacomo Antonelli (41), Treasurer General of Reverend Apostolic Camera | Cardinal-Deacon |
| Consistory of 1848.01.20 (at the time of creation) (1) |
| 1. | Msgr. Carlo Vizzardelli (56), Privy Chamberlain Participantium | Cardinal-Priest |
| Consistory of 1850.09.30 (at the time of creation) (13) |
| 1. | Archbishop Paul-Thérèse d’Astros (77), Metropolitan Archbishop of Toulouse (France) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 2. |  Archbishop Juan José Bonel y Orbe (68), Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo (Spain) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 3. |  Bishop Giuseppe Cosenza (62), Bishop of Andria (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 4. | Archbishop Jacques-Marie-Adrien-Césaire Mathieu (54), Metropolitan Archbishop of Besançon (France) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 5. | Archbishop Judas José Romo y Gamboa (71), Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 6. | Archbishop Thomas Gousset (58), Metropolitan Archbishop of Reims (France) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 7. |  Archbishop Maximilian Joseph Gottfried Sommerau Beeckh (80), Metropolitan Archbishop of Olomouc (Czechia) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 8. |  Archbishop Johannes von Geissel (54), Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 9. |  Archbishop Pedro Paulo de Figuereido da Cunha e Melo (80), Metropolitan Archbishop of Braga (Portugal) and Apostolic Administrator of Aveiro (Portugal) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 10. |  Bishop Nicholas Patrick Stephen Wiseman (48), Vicar Apostolic of London District (England) and Titular Bishop of Milopotamus | Cardinal-Priest |
| 11. | Bishop Giuseppe Pecci (74), Bishop of Gubbio (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 12. |  Bishop Melchior Ferdinand Joseph von Diepenbrock (61), Bishop of Wrocław (Poland) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 13. | Msgr. Roberto Giovanni F. Roberti (61), Auditor General of Reverend Apostolic Camera | Cardinal-Deacon |
| Consistory of 1852.03.15 (at the time of creation) (6) |
| 1. |  Patriarch Domenico Lucciardi (55), Archbishop-Bishop of Senigallia (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 2. | Archbishop François-Auguste-Ferdinand Donnet (56), Metropolitan Archbishop of Bordeaux (France) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 3. | Archbishop Girolamo D’Andrea (39), Titular Archbishop of Melitene and Secretary emeritus of Sacred Congregation of the Council | Cardinal-Priest |
| 4. |  Archbishop Carlo Luigi Morichini (46), Titular Archbishop of Nisibis and Treasurer General of Reverend Apostolic Camera | Cardinal-Priest |
| (5) | Archbishop Michele Viale-Prelà (52), Titular Archbishop of Carthage and Apostolic Nuncio to Austria-Hungary | Cardinal-Priest |
| (6) | Archbishop Giovanni Brunelli (56), Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica and Undersecretary emeritus of Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith | Cardinal-Priest |
| Consistory of 1853.03.07 (at the time of creation) (6) |
| 1. |  Archbishop János Scitovský (67), Metropolitan Archbishop of Esztergom (Hungary) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 2. | Archbishop François-Nicholas-Madeleine Morlot (57), Metropolitan Archbishop of Tours (France) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 3. |  Bishop Giusto Recanati, O.F.M. Cap. (63), Titular Bishop of Tripolis | Cardinal-Priest |
| 4. |  Fr. Domenico Savelli (60), Vice-Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church emeritus of Reverend Apostolic Camera | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 5. | Fr. Prospero Caterini (57) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 6. | Msgr. Vincenzo Santucci (56), Secretary emeritus of Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs | Cardinal-Deacon |
| Consistory of 1853.12.19 (at the time of creation) (2) |
| 1. | Archbishop Vincenzo Gioacchino Pecci (43), Archbishop-Bishop of Perugia (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| (2) | Archbishop Camillo Di Pietro (47), Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal and Titular Archbishop of Beirut | Cardinal-Priest |
| Consistory of 1855.12.17 (at the time of creation) (4) |
| 1. |  Archbishop Joseph Othmar von Rauscher (58), Metropolitan Archbishop of Wien (Austria) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 2. | Archbishop Karl August Graf von Reisach (55), Metropolitan Archbishop of München und Freising (Germany) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 3. | Bishop Clément Villecourt (68), Bishop of La Rochelle (France) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 4. | Fr. Francesco Gaude, O.P. (46) | Cardinal-Priest |
| Consistory of 1856.06.16 (at the time of creation) (5) |
| 1. |  Archbishop Mihail Lewicki (82), Metropolitan of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 2. |  Archbishop Juraj Haulik Váralyai (68), Metropolitan Archbishop of Zagreb (Croatia) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 3. | Fr. Alessandro Barnabó (55) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 4. | Fr. Gaspare Grassellini, C.O. (60), Vice-Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church emeritus of Reverend Apostolic Camera | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 5. | Msgr. Francesco de’ Medici di Ottaiano (47), Prefect of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces | Cardinal-Deacon |
| Consistory of 1858.03.15 (at the time of creation) (7) |
| 1. | Archbishop Cirilo de Alameda y Brea, O.F.M. (76), Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo (Spain) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 2. | Archbishop Antonio Benedetto Antonucci (59), Archbishop-Bishop of Ancona e Umana (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 3. | Archbishop Manuel Joaquín Tarancón y Morón (75), Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 4. | Bishop Enrico Orfei (57), Bishop of Cesena (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 5. | Fr. Giuseppe Milesi Pironi Ferretti (40) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 6. |  Msgr. Pietro De Silvestri (55), Dean of Sacred Roman Rota and Regent of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 7. | Mr. Teodolfo Mertel (52) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| Consistory of 1858.06.25 (at the time of creation) (1) |
| 1. | Patriarch Manuel Bento Rodrigues da Silva (57), Patriarch of Lisboa (Portugal) | Cardinal-Priest |
| Consistory of 1861.09.27 (at the time of creation) (7) |
| 1. | Archbishop Alexis Billiet (78), Metropolitan Archbishop of Chambéry (France) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 2. | Archbishop Carlo Sacconi (53), Titular Archbishop of Nicæa | Cardinal-Priest |
| 3. | Archbishop Miguel García Cuesta (57), Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 4. | Archbishop Gaetano Bedini (55), Archbishop-Bishop of Viterbo (Italy) and Archbishop-Bishop of Tuscanella (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 5. | Archbishop Fernando de la Puente y Primo de Rivera (53), Metropolitan Archbishop of Burgos (Spain) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 6. | Msgr. Angelo Quaglia (59), Secretary of Sacred Congregation of the Council | Cardinal-Priest |
| 7. | Fr. Antonio Maria Panebianco, O.F.M. Conv. (53) | Cardinal-Priest |
| Consistory of 1863.03.16 (at the time of creation) (7) |
| 1. | Patriarch Giuseppe Luigi Trevisanato (62), Patriarch of Venezia (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 2. | Archbishop Antonio Saverio De Luca (57), Titular Archbishop of Tarsus and Apostolic Nuncio to Austria-Hungary | Cardinal-Priest |
| 3. | Archbishop Giuseppe Andrea Bizzarri (60), Titular Archbishop of Philippi | Cardinal-Priest |
| 4. | Archbishop Luis de la Lastra y Cuesta (59), Metropolitan Archbishop of Valladolid (Spain) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 5. | Fr. Jean-Baptiste-François Pitra, O.S.B. (50) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 6. | Fr. Filippo Maria Guidi, O.P. (47) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 7. | Fr. Francesco Pentini (65) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| Consistory of 1863.12.11 (at the time of creation) (1) |
| 1. | Archbishop Henri-Marie-Gaston Boisnormand de Bonnechose (63), Metropolitan Archbishop of Rouen (France) | Cardinal-Priest |
| Consistory of 1866.06.22 (at the time of creation) (5) |
| 1. |  Archbishop Paul Cullen (63), Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 2. | Archbishop Gustav Adolf von Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (43), Titular Archbishop of Edessa | Cardinal-Priest |
| 3. | Fr. Luigi Bilio, B. (40) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 4. | Fr. Antonio Matteucci (64), Vice-Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Reverend Apostolic Camera | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 5. | Fr. Domenico Consolini (59) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| Consistory of 1868.03.13 (at the time of creation) (9) |
| 1. | Fr. Lucien-Louis-Joseph-Napoléon Bonaparte (39) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 2. |  Archbishop Innocenzo Ferrieri (57), Titular Archbishop of Side and Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal | Cardinal-Priest |
| 3. | Archbishop Matteo Eustachio Gonella (56), Archbishop-Bishop of Viterbo (Italy) and Archbishop-Bishop of Tuscanella (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 4. | Archbishop Lorenzo Barili (66), Titular Archbishop of Tianæ and Apostolic Nuncio to Spain | Cardinal-Priest |
| 5. | Archbishop Giuseppe Berardi (57), Titular Archbishop of Nicæa and Substitute for General Affairs of Apostolic Secretariat | Cardinal-Priest |
| 6. | Archbishop Juan de la Cruz Ignacio Moreno y Maisonave (50), Metropolitan Archbishop of Valladolid (Spain) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 7. | Msgr. Raffaele Monaco La Valletta (40), Assessor of Commission of Roman and Universal Inquisition | Cardinal-Priest |
| 8. | Msgr. Edoardo Borromeo (45), Prefect of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 9. | Msgr. Annibale Capalti (57), Secretary of Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith | Cardinal-Deacon |
| Consistory of 1873.12.22 (at the time of creation) (12) |
| 1. | Patriarch Inácio do Nascimento Morais Cardoso (61), Patriarch of Lisboa (Portugal) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 2. | Archbishop René-François Régnier (79), Metropolitan Archbishop of Cambrai (France) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 3. | Archbishop Maximilian Joseph von Tarnóczy (67), Metropolitan Archbishop of Salzburg (Austria) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 4. | Archbishop Flavio Chigi (63), Titular Archbishop of Myra | Cardinal-Priest |
| 5. | Archbishop Alessandro Franchi (54), Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica and Secretary emeritus of Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs | Cardinal-Priest |
| 6. | Archbishop Joseph-Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. (70), Metropolitan Archbishop of Paris (France) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 7. |  Archbishop Mariano Falcinelli Antoniacci, O.S.B. Cas. (67), Titular Archbishop of Athenæ and Bishop emeritus of Forlì (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 8. | Archbishop Mariano Benito Barrio y Fernández (68), Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia (Spain) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 9. | Archbishop Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano (45), Titular Archbishop of Tamiathis and Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal | Cardinal-Priest |
| 10. | Archbishop János Simor (60), Metropolitan Archbishop of Esztergom (Hungary) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 11. | Fr. Camillo Tarquini, S.J. (63) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 12. | Fr. Tommaso Maria Martinelli, O.E.S.A. (46) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| Consistory of 1875.03.15 (at the time of creation) (11) |
| (1) | Patriarch Ruggero Luigi Emidio Antici Mattei (63), Patriarch of Constantinople and Auditor General of Reverend Apostolic Camera | Cardinal-Priest |
| 2. | Archbishop Pietro Gianelli (67), Titular Archbishop of Sardes and Secretary of Sacred Congregation of the Council | Cardinal-Priest |
| 3. | Archbishop Mieczysław Halka Ledóchowski (52), Metropolitan Archbishop of Poznań (Poland) and Metropolitan Archbishop of Gniezno (Poland) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 4. |  Archbishop John McCloskey (64), Metropolitan Archbishop of New York (USA) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 5. | Archbishop Henry Edward Manning (66), Metropolitan Archbishop of Westminster (England) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 6. |  Archbishop Victor-Auguste-Isidore Dechamps, C.SS.R. (64), Metropolitan Archbishop of Mechelen (Belgium) | Cardinal-Priest |
| (7) | Archbishop Salvatore Nobili Vitelleschi (56), Titular Archbishop of Seleucia Trachea, Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Osimo (Italy) and Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Cingoli (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| (8) | Fr. Giovanni Simeoni (58) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 9. | Fr. Domenico Bartolini (61) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| (10) | Fr. Lorenzo Ilarione Randi (56), Vice-Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Reverend Apostolic Camera | Cardinal-Deacon |
| (11) | Msgr. Bartolomeo Pacca (57), Prefect of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces | Cardinal-Deacon |
| Consistory of 1875.09.17 (at the time of creation) (1) |
| 1. | Archbishop Geoffroi Brossais Saint-Marc (73), Metropolitan Archbishop of Rennes (France) | Cardinal-Priest |
| Consistory of 1876.04.03 (at the time of creation) (2) |
| 1. | Bishop Bartolomeo D’Avanzo (64), Bishop of Calvi (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 2. | Fr. Johannes Baptiste Franzelin, S.J. (59) | Cardinal-Priest |
| Consistory of 1877.03.12 (at the time of creation) (11) |
| 1. | Patriarch Francisco de Paula Benavides y Navarrete (66), Patriarch of Indias Occidentales and Bishop emeritus of Sigüenza (Spain) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 2. | Archbishop Francesco Saverio Apuzzo (69), Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 3. | Archbishop Manuel García Gil, O.P. (74), Metropolitan Archbishop of Zaragoza (Spain) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 4. | Archbishop Edward Henry Howard (68), Titular Archbishop of Neocæsarea | Cardinal-Priest |
| 5. | Archbishop Miguel Payá y Rico (65), Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 6. | Archbishop Louis-Marie-Joseph-Eusèbe Caverot (70), Metropolitan Archbishop of Lyon (France) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 7. | Bishop Luigi Di Canossa (67), Bishop of Verona (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 8. | Bishop Luigi Serafini (68), Bishop of Viterbo (Italy) and Bishop of Tuscanella (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 9. | Fr. Lorenzo Nina (64) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 10. | Fr. Enea Sbarretti (69), Secretary emeritus of Sacred Congregation of Bishops and Regulars | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 11. | Fr. Frédéric de Falloux du Coudray (61) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| Consistory of 1877.06.22 (at the time of creation) (3) |
| 1. | Archbishop Josip Mihalović (63), Metropolitan Archbishop of Zagreb (Croatia) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 2. | Archbishop Johannes Baptiste Kutschker (67), Metropolitan Archbishop of Wien (Austria) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 3. | Archbishop Lucido Maria Parocchi (43), Metropolitan Archbishop of Bologna (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| Consistory of 1877.12.28 (at the time of creation) (2) |
| 1. | Archbishop Vincenzo Moretti (62), Metropolitan Archbishop of Ravenna (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 2. | Fr. Antonio Pellegrini (65) | Cardinal-Deacon |
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