Cardinals Created by Paul III (1544-9)

1. Cardinal Gaspar de Ávalos de la Cueva

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)

Born:	1485 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:	1524?
Created Cardinal:	1544.12.19
Died:	1545.11.02 († 59)

Bishop of Guadix–Baza (Spain) (1524.11.14 – 1529.01.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Granada (Spain) (1529.01.22 – 1542.03.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1542.03.29 – 1545.11.02)

Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned (1544.12.19 – 1545.11.02)

2. Cardinal Francisco Mendoza de Bobadilla

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Eusebio
former Bishop of Burgos (Spain)

Born:	1508.09.25 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:	1533
Created Cardinal:	1544.12.19
Died:	1566.12.01 († 58)

Bishop of Coria (Spain) (1533.02.14 – 1550.06.27)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Ara Coeli (1545.12.04 – 1550.02.28)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni a Porta Latina (1550.02.28 – 1550.02.28)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Eusebio (1550.02.28 – 1566.12.01)

Bishop of Burgos (Spain) (1550.06.27 – 1566.12.01)

3. Cardinal Bartolomé de la Cueva y Toledo

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Croce in Gerusalemme
former Metropolitan Archbishop of Manfredonia (Italy)

Born:	1499.08.24 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:
Created Cardinal:	1544.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1549.06.08
Died:	1562.06.29 († 62)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Matteo in Merulana (1546.05.05 – 1551.12.04)

Apostolic Administrator of Avellino (Italy) (1548.09.12 – 1549.03.10)

Apostolic Administrator of Frigento (Italy) (1548.09.12 – 1549.03.10)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Bartolomeo all’Isola (1551.12.04 – 1555.05.29)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Croce in Gerusalemme (1555.05.29 – 1562.06.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Manfredonia (Italy) (1560.09.13 – 1562.06.29)

4. Cardinal Georges d’Armagnac

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Nicola in Carcere pro hac vice Title
former Bishop of Rodez (France)

Born:	1501 (France)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:	1531.01.25
Created Cardinal:	1544.12.19
Died:	1585.07.10 († 83)

Bishop of Rodez (France) (1530.01.19 – 1561.06.27)

Apostolic Administrator of Vabres (France) (1536.06.17 – 1536.07.03)

Bishop of Vabres (France) (1536.07.03 – 1548.01.13)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo (1545.01.09 – 1556.06.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tours (France) (1548.01.13 – 1551.04.06)

Apostolic Administrator of Lescar (France) (1555 – 1555)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina (1556.06.12 – 1562.07.06)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Nicola in Carcere pro hac vice Title (1562.07.06 – 1585.07.10)

Apostolic Administrator of Toulouse (France) (1562.08.31 – 1582.11.05)

Apostolic Administrator of Avignon (France) (1577.01.06 – 1584.06.08)

Apostolic Administrator of Toulouse (France) (1584.06.08 – 1585.07.10)

5. Cardinal Jacques d’Annebaut

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Susanna
former Bishop of Lisieux (France)

Born:	1500? (France)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:	1539?
Created Cardinal:	1544.12.19
Died:	1557.06.06 († 56)

Bishop of Lisieux (France) (1539.08.18 – 1557.06.06)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Bartolomeo all’Isola (1547.11.16 – 1548.03.22)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Susanna (1548.03.22 – 1557.06.06)

6. Cardinal Otto Truchsess von Waldburg

former Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
former Bishop of Augsburg (Germany)
former Prince-Provost of Ellwangen (Germany)

Born:	1514.02.25 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1543.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1543.10
Created Cardinal:	1544.12.19
Died:	1573.04.02 († 59)

Bishop of Augsburg (Germany) (1543.06.01 – 1573.04.02)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Balbina (1545.11.27 – 1550.02.28)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Sabina (1550.02.28 – 1561.04.14)

Prince-Provost of Ellwangen (Germany) (1552 – 1573.04.02)

Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals (1553.01.23 – 1554.01.12)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere (1561.04.14 – 1562.05.18)

Cardinal-Bishop of Albano (1562.05.18 – 1570.04.12)

Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina (1570.04.12 – 1570.07.03)

Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina (1570.07.03 – 1573.04.02)

7. Cardinal Andrea Cornaro

former Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Domnica
former Bishop of Brescia (Italy)

Born:	1511.12.18 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Created Cardinal:	1544.12.19
Died:	1551.01.30 († 39)

Coadjutor Bishop of Brescia (Italy) (? – 1532.03.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Split (Croatia) (1527 – 1537)

Bishop of Brescia (Italy) (1532.03.13 – 1551.01.30)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Teodoro (1545.01.09 – 1550.06.27)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Domnica (1550.06.27 – 1551.01.30)

8. Cardinal Francesco Sfondrati

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Anastasia
former Bishop of Cremona (Italy)

Born:	1493.10.26 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:	1543?
Created Cardinal:	1544.12.19
Died:	1550.07.31 († 56)

Bishop of Sarno (Italy) (1543.10.12 – 1544.10.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Amalfi (Italy) (1544.10.27 – 1547.03.23)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo (1545.03.02 – 1547.10.10)

Bishop of Capaccio (Italy) (1547.03.23 – 1549.11.09)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Anastasia (1547.10.10 – 1550.07.31)

Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (1549.11.09 – 1550.07.31)

9. Cardinal Federico Cesi

former Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
former Bishop of Todi (Italy)

Born:	1500.07.02 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:	1538.09.22
Created Cardinal:	1544.12.19
Died:	1565.01.28 († 64)

Bishop of Todi (Italy) (1523.06.12 – 1545.03.11)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pancrazio (1545.01.09 – 1550.02.28)

Apostolic Administrator of Caserta (Italy) (1549.11.09 – 1552.02.12)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Prisca (1550.02.28 – 1557.09.20)

Apostolic Administrator of Montecorvino (Italy) (1550.07.15 – 1551.03.14)

Apostolic Administrator of Vulturara (Italy) (1550.07.15 – 1551.03.14)

Apostolic Administrator of Cremona (Italy) (1551.03.18 – 1560.03.13)

Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina (1557.09.20 – 1562.05.18)

Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati (1562.05.18 – 1564.05.12)

Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina (1564.05.12 – 1565.01.28)

Cardinal Vice-Dean of Sacred College of Cardinals (1564.05.12 – 1565.01.28)

10. Cardinal Durante Duranti

Moderata durant

former Cardinal-Priest of Ss. XII Apostoli
former Bishop of Brescia (Italy)

Born:	1507.10.05 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:	1540.03.12
Created Cardinal:	1544.12.19
Died:	1557.12.24 († 50)

Bishop of Alghero (Italy) (1538.06.25 – 1541.02.18)

Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio (Italy) (1541.02.18 – 1551.02.18)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. XII Apostoli (1545.01.09 – 1557.12.24)

Bishop of Brescia (Italy) (1551.02.18 – 1557.12.24)

11. Cardinal Niccolò Ardinghelli

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Apollinare
former Bishop of Fossombrone (Italy)

Born:	1503.03.17 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:	1541
Created Cardinal:	1544.12.19
Died:	1547.08.23 († 44)

Bishop of Fossombrone (Italy) (1541.07.13 – 1547.03.16)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Apollinare (1545.01.09 – 1547.08.23)

12. Cardinal Girolamo Recanati Capodiferro

former Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giorgio in Velabro
former Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne (France)

Born:	1502.06.22 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Created Cardinal:	1544.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:
Died:	1559.12.01 († 57)

Bishop of Nice (France) (1542.02.06 – 1544.07.30)

Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne (France) (1544.07.30 – 1559.12.01)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giorgio in Velabro (1545.01.09 – 1559.12.01)

13. Cardinal Tiberio Crispo

former Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
former Bishop of Sessa Aurunca (Italy)

Born:	1498.01.31 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Created Cardinal:	1544.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:
Died:	1566.10.06 († 68)

Bishop of Sessa Aurunca (Italy) (1543.07.06 – 1546.06.07)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Agata alla Suburra (1545.01.09 – 1551.11.20)

Apostolic Administrator of Amalfi (Italy) (1547.04.01 – 1561.03.17)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Agata alla Suburra pro hac vice Title (1551.11.20 – 1562.05.18)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere (1562.05.18 – 1565.11.07)

Apostolic Administrator of Amalfi (Italy) (1564.06.21 – 1565.09.07)

Apostolic Administrator of Sessa Aurunca (Italy) (1565 – 1566.01.27)

Apostolic Administrator of Nepi (Italy) (1565.01.19 – 1566.10.06)

Apostolic Administrator of Sutri (Italy) (1565.01.19 – 1566.10.06)

Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina (1565.11.07 – 1566.10.06)

Consistory of 1545.12.16 (4)

1. Cardinal Pedro Pacheco de Villena

former Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
former Bishop of Sigüenza (Spain)

Born:	1488.06.29 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:
Created Cardinal:	1545.12.16
Died:	1560.03.05 († 71)

Bishop of Mondoñedo (Spain) (1532.09.06 – 1537.04.11)

Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo (Spain) (1537.04.11 – 1539.05.21)

Bishop of Pamplona (Spain) (1539.05.21 – 1545.01.09)

Bishop of Jaén (Spain) (1545.01.09 – 1554.04.30)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Balbina (1550.03.10 – 1557.09.20)

Bishop of Sigüenza (Spain) (1554.04.30 – 1560.03.05)

Cardinal-Bishop of Albano (1557.09.20 – 1560.03.05)

2. Cardinal Georges d’Amboise

former Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Marcellino e Pietro
former Metropolitan Archbishop of Rouen (France)

Born:	1488 (France)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:	1513.12.11
Created Cardinal:	1545.12.16
Died:	1550.08.25 († 61)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Rouen (France) (1511.08.08 – 1550.08.25)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Susanna (1546.09.07 – 1550.02.28)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Marcellino e Pietro (1550.02.28 – 1550.08.25)

3. Cardinal Henrique de Portugal

Festina lente

former Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Quattro Coronati
former Metropolitan Archbishop of Évora (Portugal)

Born:	1512.01.31 (Portugal)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:	1539.04.13
Created Cardinal:	1545.12.16
Died:	1580.01.31 († 68)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Braga (Portugal) (1533.04.30 – 1540.09.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Évora (Portugal) (1540.09.24 – 1564.06.21)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Quattro Coronati (1547.01.24 – 1580.01.31)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lisboa (Portugal) (1564.06.21 – 1569.11.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Évora (Portugal) (1574.12.15 – 1578.07.04)

4. Cardinal Ranuccio Farnese, S.M.O.M.

former Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
former Major Penitentiary of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary
former Archpriest of Papal Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran

Born:	1530.08.11 (Italy)
Created Cardinal:	1545.12.16
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:
Died:	1565.10.29 († 35)

Apostolic Administrator of Napoli (Italy) (1544.08.13 – 1549.02.22)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Lucia in Silice (1546.05.05 – 1546.10.08)

Patriarch of Constantinople (1546.10.08 – 1550.03.19)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Angelo in Pescheria (1546.10.08 – 1565.02.07)

Major Penitentiary of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary (1547.02.12 – 1565.10.29)

Apostolic Administrator of Ravenna (Italy) (1549.10.11 – 1558)

Archpriest of Papal Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran (1553 – 1565.10.29)

Patriarch of Constantinople (1554 – 1565.10.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ravenna (Italy) (1558 – 1564.04.28)

Apostolic Administrator of Bologna (Italy) (1564.04.28 – 1565.10.29)

Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina (1565.02.07 – 1565.10.29)

Consistory of 1547.07.27 (2)

1. Cardinal Charles de Guise de Lorraine

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Apollinare
former Metropolitan Archbishop of Reims (France)
former Abbot nullius of Cluny (France)

Born:	1524.02.17 (France)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:	1545.02.08
Created Cardinal:	1547.07.27
Died:	1574.12.25 († 50)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Reims (France) (1538.02.06 – 1574.12.25)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Cecilia (1547.11.04 – 1555.12.11)

Coadjutor Bishop of Metz (France) (1547.11.16 – 1550.05.18)

Abbot nullius of Cluny (France) (1550 – 1574.12.25)

Bishop of Metz (France) (1550.05.18 – 1551.04.22)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Apollinare (1555.12.11 – 1574.12.25)

[2] Cardinal Giulio della Rovere

former Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
former Metropolitan Archbishop of Ravenna (Italy)

Born:	1533.04.05 (Italy)
Created Cardinal in pectore:	1547.07.27
Revealed as Cardinal:	1548.01.09
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:	1566.04.15
Died:	1578.09.03 († 45)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Pietro in Vincoli pro illa vice Deaconry (1548.04.09 – 1567.08.08)

Bishop of Urbino (Italy) (1548.09.24 – 1551.11.18)

Apostolic Administrator of Novara (Italy) (1551.11.18 – 1552.09.10)

Bishop of Vicenza (Italy) (1560.09.13 – 1566.04.13)

Protodeacon of Sacred College of Cardinals (1566? – 1567.08.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ravenna (Italy) (1566.03.06 – 1578.09.03)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Vincoli (1567.08.08 – 1570.04.12)

Protopriest of Sacred College of Cardinals (1567.08.08 – 1570.04.12)

Cardinal-Bishop of Albano (1570.04.12 – 1570.07.03)

Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina (1570.07.03 – 1573.04.08)

Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina (1573.04.08 – 1578.09.03)

Consistory of 1548.01.09 (1)

1. Cardinal Charles de Bourbon-Vendôme

Folium ejus non defluet

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Crisogono
former Metropolitan Archbishop of Rouen (France)

Born:	1523.09.22 (France)
Ordained Priest:
Created Cardinal:	1548.01.09
Consecrated Bishop:
Died:	1590.05.09 († 66)

Bishop of Nevers (France) (1540.07.05 – 1546.05.05)

Bishop of Saintes (France) (1544.01.23 – 1550.03.19)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Sisto pro illa vice Deaconry (1549.02.25 – 1561.01.15)

Apostolic Administrator of Nantes (France) (1550 – 1553)

Apostolic Administrator of Carcassonne (France) (1550.03.09 – 1553.12.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Rouen (France) (1550.10.03 – 1590.05.09)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Crisogono (1561.01.15 – 1590.05.09)

Apostolic Administrator of Carcassonne (France) (1565.10.04 – 1567)

Apostolic Administrator of Beauvais (France) (1569.08.26 – 1575.08.24)

Consistory of 1549.04.08 (4)

1. Cardinal Girolamo Verallo

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Marcello
former Bishop of Capaccio (Italy)

Born:	1497 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:	1540?
Created Cardinal:	1549.04.08
Died:	1555.10.10 († 57)

Bishop of Bertinoro (Italy) (1540.08.20 – 1541.11.14)

Apostolic Nuncio to Austria-Hungary (1541.06.17 – 1545.03)

Bishop of Caserta (Italy) (1541.11.14 – 1544.11.14)

Archbishop of Rossano (Italy) (1544.11.14 – 1551)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Martino ai Monti (1549.05.10 – 1553.11.29)

Bishop of Capaccio (Italy) (1549.11.09 – 1553.03.01)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Marcello (1553.11.29 – 1555.10.10)

2. Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Medici (later Pope Pius IV)

former Supreme Pontiff

Born:	1499.03.31 (Milano, Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:	1546.04.20
Created Cardinal:	1549.04.08
Elected as Supreme Pontiff:	1559.12.26
Installed as Supreme Pontiff:	1560.01.06
Died:	1565.12.09 (Roma, Italy † 66)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ragusa (Croatia) (1545.12.14 – 1553.03.01)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pudenziana (1549.05.10 – 1550.09.01)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Anastasia (1550.09.01 – 1552.03.23)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pudenziana (1552.03.23 – 1553.12.11)

Apostolic Administrator of Cassano all’Jonio (Italy) (1553.03.01 – 1556.06.25)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Stefano al Monte Celio (1553.12.11 – 1557.09.20)

Bishop of Foligno (Italy) (1556.06.25 – 1557.05.07)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Prisca (1557.09.20 – 1559.12.25)

Apostolic Administrator of Milano (Italy) (1559 – 1560)

Supreme Pontiff (1559.12.26 [1560.01.06] – 1565.12.09)

3. Cardinal Filiberto Ferrero

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Vitale
former Bishop of Ivrea (Italy)

Born:	1500 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1531.12.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1531.12.28
Created Cardinal:	1549.04.08
Died:	1549.08.14 († 48)

Bishop of Ivrea (Italy) (1518.05.17 – 1549.08.14)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Vitale (1549.05.10 – 1549.08.14)

4. Cardinal Bernardino Maffei

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Ciriaco alle Terme Diocleziane
former Metropolitan Archbishop of Chieti (Italy)

Born:	1514.01.27 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:	1547.05.30
Created Cardinal:	1549.04.08
Died:	1553.07.16 († 39)

Bishop of Massa Marittima e Populonia (Italy) (1547.04.22 – 1549.06.07)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Ciriaco alle Terme Diocleziane (1549.05.10 – 1553.07.16)

Bishop of Caserta (Italy) (1549.06.07 – 1549.11.09)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Chieti (Italy) (1549.11.09 – 1553.07.14)