| Consistory of 1555.06.07 (at the time of creation) (1) |
| 1. |  Mr. Carlo Carafa (38) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| Consistory of 1555.12.20 (at the time of creation) (7) |
| 1. |   Archbishop Juan Martínez Silíceo (69), Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo (Spain) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 2. |  Fr. Gianbernardino Scotti, C.R. (77) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 3. |  Bishop Diomede Carafa (63), Bishop of Ariano (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 4. |  Bishop Scipione Rebiba (51), Apostolic Administrator of Mottola (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 5. |  Fr. Jean Suau (Jean Reuman Suavius) (52) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 6. |  Mr. Johann Gropper (52) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 7. | Fr. Gianantonio Capizzuchi (40) | Cardinal-Priest |
| Consistory of 1557.03.15 (at the time of creation) (10) |
| 1. | Archbishop Taddeo Gaddi (37), Metropolitan Archbishop of Cosenza (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 2. | Bishop Antonio Trivulzio (43), Bishop of Toulon (France) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 3. | Bishop Lorenzo Strozzi (33), Bishop of Béziers (France) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 4. | Bishop Virgilio Rosario (58), Bishop of Ischia (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 5. |  Bishop-elect Jean Bertrand (75), Bishop emeritus of Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges (France) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 6. | Bishop Antonio-Michele Ghislieri, O.P. (53), Bishop of Sutri (Italy) and Bishop of Nepi (Italy) | Cardinal-Priest |
| 7. |  Fr. Clemente d’Olera, O.F.M. Obs. (55), Minister General of Order of Observant Friars Minor | Cardinal-Priest |
| 8. | Mr. Alfonso Carafa (16), Apostolic Administrator of Benevento (Italy) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 9. | Bishop Vitellozzo Vitelli (26), Bishop of Città di Castello (Italy) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| 10. | Fr. Giovanni Battista Consiglieri (66) | Cardinal-Deacon |
| Consistory of 1557.06.14 (at the time of creation) (1) |
| 1. |  Bishop William Petow, O.F.M. Obs. (72), Bishop of Salisbury (England) | Cardinal-Priest |
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