| Consistory of 1946.02.18 (at the time of creation) (32) |
| 1. |   Patriarch Krikor Bédros XV Agagianian (50), Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians (Lebanon) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 2. |   Archbishop John Joseph Glennon (83), Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint Louis (USA) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 3. |  Archbishop Benedetto Aloisi Masella (66), Titular Archbishop of Cesarea in Mauretania and Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil | Cardinal-Priest |
| 4. | Archbishop Clemente Micara (66), Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Syria, Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium and Apostolic Internuncio to Luxembourg | Cardinal-Priest |
| 5. |  Archbishop Adam Stefan Stanisław Bonfatiusz Józef Sapieha (78), Metropolitan Archbishop of Kraków (Poland) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 6. | Archbishop Edward Aloysius Mooney (63), Metropolitan Archbishop of Detroit (USA) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 7. |  Archbishop Jules-Géraud Saliège (75), Metropolitan Archbishop of Toulouse (France) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 8. |  Archbishop James Charles McGuigan (51), Metropolitan Archbishop of Toronto (Canada) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 9. | Archbishop Samuel Alphonse Stritch (58), Metropolitan Archbishop of Chicago (USA) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 10. |  Archbishop Agustín Parrado García (73), Metropolitan Archbishop of Granada (Spain) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 11. | Archbishop Clément-Émile Roques (65), Metropolitan Archbishop of Rennes (France) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 12. |  Archbishop Jan de Jong (60), Metropolitan Archbishop of Utrecht (Netherlands) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 13. |  Archbishop Carlos Carmelo de Vasconcelos Motta (55), Metropolitan Archbishop of São Paulo (Brazil) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 14. | Archbishop Pierre-André-Charles Petit de Julleville (69), Metropolitan Archbishop of Rouen (France) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 15. |  Archbishop Norman Thomas Gilroy (50), Metropolitan Archbishop of Sydney (Australia) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 16. | Archbishop Francis Joseph Spellman (56), Metropolitan Archbishop of New York (USA) and Military Vicar of United States of America (USA) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 17. |  Archbishop José María Caro Rodríguez (79), Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago (Chile) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 18. |  Archbishop Teódosio Clemente de Gouveia (56), Metropolitan Archbishop of Lourenço Marques (Mozambique) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 19. | Archbishop Jaime de Barros Câmara (51), Metropolitan Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 20. | Archbishop Enrique Pla y Deniel (69), Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo (Spain) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 21. |  Archbishop Manuel Arteaga y Betancourt (66), Metropolitan Archbishop of La Habana (Cuba) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 22. |  Archbishop Joseph Frings (58), Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 23. |  Archbishop Juan Gualberto Guevara (63), Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru) and Military Vicar of Peru (Peru) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 24. |  Archbishop Bernard William Griffin (46), Metropolitan Archbishop of Westminster (England) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 25. | Archbishop Manuel Arce y Ochotorena (66), Metropolitan Archbishop of Tarragona (Spain) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 26. |  Venerable Archbishop József Mindszenty (53), Metropolitan Archbishop of Esztergom (Hungary) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 27. | Archbishop Ernesto Ruffini (58), Metropolitan Archbishop of Palermo (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 28. |  Bishop Konrad von Preysing Lichtenegg-Moos (65), Bishop of Berlin (Germany) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 29. | Bishop Clemens August von Galen (67), Bishop of Münster (Germany) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 30. |  Bishop Antonio Caggiano (56), Bishop of Rosario (Argentina) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 31. |  Bishop Thomas Tien Ken-sin (田耕莘), S.V.D. (55), Vicar Apostolic of Qingdao 青島 (China) and Titular Bishop of Ruspæ | Cardinal-Priest |
| 32. |  Msgr. Giuseppe Bruno (70), Secretary of Pontifical Commission for the Authentic Interpretation of the Code of Canon Law and Secretary of Sacred Congregation of the Council | Cardinal-Deacon |
| Consistory of 1953.01.12 (at the time of announcement) (24) |
| 1. |  Archbishop Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini (剛恆毅) (76), Titular Archbishop of Theodosiopolis in Arcadia and Secretary of Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith | Cardinal-Priest |
| 2. | Archbishop Augusto Álvaro da Silva (76), Metropolitan Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 3. | Archbishop Gaetano Cicognani (71), Titular Archbishop of Ancyra and Apostolic Nuncio to Spain | Cardinal-Priest |
| 4. | Archbishop Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli (71), Titular Archbishop of Mesembria and Apostolic Nuncio to France | Cardinal-Priest |
| 5. | Archbishop Valerio Valeri (69), Titular Archbishop of Ephesus and Assessor of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches | Cardinal-Priest |
| 6. | Archbishop Pietro Ciriaci (66), Titular Archbishop of Tarsus and Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal | Cardinal-Priest |
| 7. | Archbishop Francesco Borgongini Duca (68), Titular Archbishop of Heraclea in Europa, Pontifical Delegate for the Shrine of the Holy House of Loreto, Pontifical Administrator of the Patriarchal Basilica of Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls and Apostolic Nuncio to Italy | Cardinal-Priest |
| 8. | Archbishop Maurice Feltin (69), Metropolitan Archbishop of Paris (France) and Military Vicar of France (France) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 9. | Archbishop Marcello Mimmi (70), Metropolitan Archbishop of Napoli (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 10. |  Archbishop Carlos María Javier de la Torre (79), Metropolitan Archbishop of Quito (Ecuador) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 11. |  Archbishop Alojzije Stepinac (54), Metropolitan Archbishop of Zagreb (Croatia) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 12. | Archbishop Georges-François-Xavier-Marie Grente (80), Archbishop-Bishop of Le Mans (France) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 13. | Archbishop Giuseppe Siri (46), Metropolitan Archbishop of Genova (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 14. |  Archbishop John Francis d’Alton (70), Metropolitan Archbishop of Armagh (Northern Ireland) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 15. | Archbishop James Francis McIntyre (66), Metropolitan Archbishop of Los Angeles (USA) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 16. | Archbishop Giacomo Lercaro (61), Metropolitan Archbishop of Bologna (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 17. | Archbishop Stefan Wyszyński (51), Metropolitan Archbishop of Warszawa (Poland), Metropolitan Archbishop of Gniezno (Poland) and President of Episcopal Conference of Poland | Cardinal-Priest |
| 18. | Archbishop Benjamin de Arriba y Castro (66), Metropolitan Archbishop of Tarragona (Spain) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 19. | Archbishop Fernando Quiroga y Palacios (52), Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 20. | Archbishop Paul-Émile Léger, P.S.S. (48), Metropolitan Archbishop of Montréal (Canada) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 21. |  Archbishop Crisanto Luque Sánchez (63), Metropolitan Archbishop of Bogotá (Colombia) and Military Vicar of Colombia (Colombia) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 22. |  Archbishop Valerian Gracias (51), Metropolitan Archbishop of Bombay (India) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 23. | Archbishop Joseph Wendel (51), Metropolitan Archbishop of München und Freising (Germany) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 24. | Msgr. Alfredo Ottaviani (62), Assessor of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office | Cardinal-Deacon |
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