Cardinals Created by Paul IV (1555-7)

Consistory of 1555.06.07 (1)

Italy1. Cardinal Carlo Carafa

former Cardinal-Deacon of S. Nicola in Carcere

Born:1517.03.29 (Italy)
Created Cardinal:1555.06.07
Deposed as Cardinal:1560.06.07
Died:1561.03.04 († 43)

Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Vito e Modesto in Macello Martyrum (1555.08.23 – 1560.01.31)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Nicola in Carcere (1560.01.31 – 1560.06.07)

Consistory of 1555.12.20 (7)

Spain1. Cardinal Juan Martínez Silíceo

former Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo
former Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo (Spain)

Born:1486 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:1541
Created Cardinal:1555.12.20
Died:1557.05.31 († 70)

Bishop of Cartagena (Spain) (1541.02.23 – 1546.01.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo (Spain) (1546.01.08 – 1557.05.31)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo (1556.02.01 – 1557.05.31)

Italy2. Cardinal Gianbernardino Scotti, C.R.

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Matteo in Merulana
former Bishop of Piacenza (Italy)

Born:1478? (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Created Cardinal:1555.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:1556
Died:1568.12.11 († 89)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Trani (Italy) (1555.12.20 – 1559.08.09)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Matteo in Merulana (1556.01.13 – 1568.12.11)

Bishop of Piacenza (Italy) (1559.08.09 – 1568)

Italy3. Cardinal Diomede Carafa

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Martino ai Monti
former Bishop of Ariano (Italy)

Born:1492.01.07 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:
Created Cardinal:1555.12.20
Died:1560.08.12 († 68)

Bishop of Ariano (Italy) (1511.04.09 – 1560.08.12)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Martino ai Monti (1556.01.13 – 1560.08.12)

Italy4. Cardinal Scipione Rebiba

former Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
former Grand Inquisitor of Commission of Roman and Universal Inquisition

Born:1504.02.02 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:1541
Created Cardinal:1555.12.20
Died:1577.07.23 († 73)

Titular Bishop of Amyclae (1541.03.16 – 1551.10.12)

Auxiliary Bishop of Chieti (Italy) (1541.03.16 – 1551.10.12)

Apostolic Administrator of Mottola (1551.10.12 – 1556.04.13)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pudenziana (1556.01.24 – 1565.02.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Pisa (Italy) (1556.04.13 – 1560.06.19)

Bishop of Troia (Italy) (1560.06.19 – 1560.09.04)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Anastasia (1565.02.07 – 1566.10.07)

Patriarch of Constantinople (1565.12.08 – 1573.04.08)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Angelo in Pescheria pro hac vice Title (1566.10.07 – 1570.07.03)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere (1570.07.03 – 1573.04.08)

Grand Inquisitor of Commission of Roman and Universal Inquisition (1573 – 1577.07.23)

Cardinal-Bishop of Albano (1573.04.08 – 1574.05.05)

Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina (1574.05.05 – 1577.07.23)

France5. Cardinal Jean Suau (Jean Reuman Suavius)

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Prisca
former Bishop of Mirepoix (France)

Born:1503 (France)
Ordained Priest:
Created Cardinal:1555.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:1556
Died:1566.04.29 († 62)

Bishop of Mirepoix (France) (1555.12.20 – 1560)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni a Porta Latina (1556.01.13 – 1560.04.26)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Prisca (1560.04.26 – 1566.04.29)

Germany6. Cardinal Johann Gropper

former Cardinal-Deacon of S. Lucia in Silice

Born:1503.02.24 (Germany)
Created Cardinal:1555.12.20
Died:1559.03.13 († 56)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Lucia in Silice (1556.01.13 – 1559.03.13)

Italy7. Cardinal Gianantonio Capizzuchi

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Clemente
former Bishop of Lodi (Italy)

Born:1515.10.24 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Created Cardinal:1555.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:1557.12.21
Died:1569.01.28 († 53)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pancrazio (1556.01.13 – 1562.07.06)

Bishop of Lodi (Italy) (1557.07.05 – 1569.01.28)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Croce in Gerusalemme (1562.07.06 – 1565.11.07)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Clemente (1565.11.07 – 1569.01.28)

Consistory of 1557.03.15 (10)

Italy1. Cardinal Taddeo Gaddi

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Silvestro in Capite
former Metropolitan Archbishop of Cosenza (Italy)

Born:1520.01.22 (Firenze, Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:1547?
Created Cardinal:1557.03.15
Died:1561.12.22 (Apullia, Italy † 41)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cosenza (Italy) (1535.06.21 – 1561.12.22)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Silvestro in Capite (1557.03.24 – 1561.12.22)

France2. Cardinal Antonio Trivulzio

former Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo
former Bishop of Toulon (France)

Born:1514 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:1535
Created Cardinal:1557.03.15
Died:1559.06.25 († 44)

Bishop of Toulon (France) (1535.06.07 – 1559.06.25)

Apostolic Nuncio to France (1550.04.25 – ?)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo (1557.10.11 – 1559.06.25)

France3. Cardinal Lorenzo Strozzi

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Balbina
former Metropolitan Archbishop of Aix (France)

Born:1523.12.03 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:1550.06.08
Created Cardinal:1557.03.15
Died:1571.12.14 († 48)

Bishop of Béziers (France) (1547.12.07 – 1561.05.09)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Balbina (1557.09.20 – 1571.12.14)

Apostolic Administrator of Albi (France) (1561.05.09 – 1568.02.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Aix (France) (1568.02.06 – 1568.02.08)

Italy4. Cardinal Virgilio Rosario

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Simeone Profeta
former Bishop of Ischia (Italy)
former Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy)

Born:1499 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:1555.02.24
Created Cardinal:1557.03.15
Died:1559.05.22 († 59)

Bishop of Ischia (Italy) (1554.08.27 – 1559.05.22)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Simeone Profeta (1557.03.24 – 1559.05.22)

Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy) (1558 – 1559.05.22)

France5. Cardinal Jean Bertrand

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Crisogono
former Bishop of Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges (France)

Born:1482 (France)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:1556
Created Cardinal:1557.03.15
Died:1560.12.04 († 77)

Bishop of Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges (France) (1555.12.16 – 1556)

Apostolic Administrator of Sens (France) (1557.07.05 – 1560.12.04)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo (1557.08.09 – 1560.01.16)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Prisca (1560.01.16 – 1560.03.13)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Crisogono (1560.03.13 – 1560.12.04)

Italy6. Cardinal Antonio-Michele Ghislieri, O.P. (later Pope Pius V, Saint)

Utinam dirigantur viæ meæ ad custodiendas

former Supreme Pontiff

Born:1504.01.17 (Bosco, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1528
Consecrated Bishop:1556.09.14
Created Cardinal:1557.03.15
Elected as Supreme Pontiff:1566.01.07
Installed as Supreme Pontiff:1566.01.17
Died:1572.05.01 (Roma, Italy † 68)
Beatified:1672.05.01
Canonised:1712.05.22
Feast:04.30

Bishop of Nepi (1556.09.04 – 1560.03.17)

Bishop of Sutri (1556.09.04 – 1560.03.17)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria sopra Minerva (1557.03.24 – 1561.04.14)

Grand Inquisitor of Commission of Roman and Universal Inquisition (1558 – 1566.01.07)

Bishop of Mondovì (Italy) (1560.03.17 – 1566.01.07)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Sabina (1561.04.14 – 1565.05.15)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria sopra Minerva (1565.05.15 – 1566.01.07)

Supreme Pontiff (1566.01.07 [1566.01.17] – 1572.05.01)

Pope and religious of Order of Preachers (Dominicans).

Italy7. Cardinal Clemente d’Olera, O.F.M. Obs.

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Ara Coeli
former Bishop of Foligno (Italy)

Born:1501.06.20 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Created Cardinal:1557.03.15
Consecrated Bishop:1560
Died:1568.01.06 († 66)

Minister General of Order of Observant Friars Minor (1553 – 1557.03.15)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Ara Coeli (1557.03.24 – 1568.01.06)

Bishop of Foligno (Italy) (1560.03.13 – 1568.01.06)

Italy8. Cardinal Alfonso Carafa

former Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo
former Metropolitan Archbishop of Napoli (Italy)
former Librarian of Vatican Apostolic Library

Born:1540.07.16 (Italy)
Created Cardinal:1557.03.15
Ordained Priest:1564.04.16
Consecrated Bishop:1565.06.30
Died:1565.08.29 († 25)

Apostolic Administrator of Benevento (Italy) (1556 – 1560)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Nicola fra le Immagini pro illa vice Deaconry (1557.03.24 – 1558.12.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Napoli (Italy) (1557.04.09 – 1565.08.29)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Portico Octaviae (1558.12.16 – 1559.03.06)

Librarian of Vatican Apostolic Library (1559 – 1565.08.29?)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Domnica (1559.03.06 – 1560.04.26)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo (1560.04.26 – 1565.08.29)

France9. Cardinal Vitellozzo Vitelli

former Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Via Lata
former Bishop of Città di Castello (Italy)
former Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Reverend Apostolic Camera

Born:1531 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:1554
Created Cardinal:1557.03.15
Died:1568.11.19 († 36)

Bishop of Città di Castello (Italy) (1554.03.20 – 1560.02.07)

Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Sergio e Bacco (1557.03.24 – 1559.03.06)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Portico Octaviae (1559.03.06 – 1564.11.17)

Apostolic Administrator of Imola (Italy) (1560.02.07 – 1561.10.24)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Via Lata (1564.11.17 – 1568.11.19)

Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Reverend Apostolic Camera (1564.11.17 – 1568.11.19)

Apostolic Administrator of Carcassonne (France) (1567 – 1568.11.19)

Italy10. Cardinal Giovanni Battista Consiglieri

former Cardinal-Deacon of S. Nicola in Carcere

Born:1491 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Created Cardinal:1557.03.15
Died:1559.08.25 († 67)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Lucia in Septisolio (1557.03.24 – 1558.12.16)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Nicola in Carcere (1558.12.16 – 1559.08.25)

Consistory of 1557.06.14 (1)

England1. Cardinal William Petow, O.F.M. Obs.

former Bishop of Salisbury (England)

Born:1485? (England)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:1543
Created Cardinal:1557.06.14
Died:1558.04 († 72)

Bishop of Salisbury (England) (1543.03.30 – 1558.04)

Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned (1557.06.14 – 1558.04)

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