| Cardinal-Bishops (6) |
| 1 |  | Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Tisserant (74), Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia, Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Ceremonies, President of Pontifical Biblical Commission, Librarian of Vatican Apostolic Library, Archivist of Vatican Secret Archives, Cardinal Dean of Sacred College of Cardinals, Secretary of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches and Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals |
| 2 |  | Clemente Micara (78), Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria sopra Minerva in commendum, President of Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology, Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy) and Cardinal Vice-Dean of Sacred College of Cardinals |
| 3 | | Giuseppe Pizzardo (81), Cardinal-Bishop of Albano, Prefect of Sacred Congregation for Catholic Education and Secretary of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office |
| 4 | | Benedetto Aloisi Masella (79), Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina, Prefect of Sacred Congregation for Sacramental Discipline, Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Apostolic Camera and Archpriest of Papal Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran |
| 5 | | Federico Tedeschini (85), Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati, Datary of His Holiness of Apostolic Dataria, President of Sacred Congregation of the Reverend Basilica of Saint Peter and Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Peter |
| 6 | | Marcello Mimmi (76), Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto, President of Pontifical Commission for Latin America, President of Commission of Cardinals for the Shrine of Pompeii and Secretary of Sacred Consistorial Congregation |
| Cardinal-Priests (43) |
| 7 |  | Jozef-Ernest van Roey (84), Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Ara Coeli, Metropolitan Archbishop of Mechelen (Belgium), Military Vicar of Belgium (Belgium), President of Episcopal Conference of Belgium and Protopriest of Sacred College of Cardinals |
| 8 |  | Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira (69), Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Marcellino e Pietro, Patriarch of Lisboa (Portugal) and President of Episcopal Conference of Portugal |
| 9 | | Achille Liénart (74), Cardinal-Priest of S. Sisto, Bishop of Lille (France) and Bishop-Prelate of Mission de France (France) |
| 10 | | Pietro Fumasoni Biondi (86), Cardinal-Priest of S. Croce in Gerusalemme and Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith |
| 11 | | Maurilio Fossati, O.Ss.G.C.N. (82), Cardinal-Priest of S. Marcello and Metropolitan Archbishop of Torino (Italy) |
| 12 | | Venerable Elia Dalla Costa (86), Cardinal-Priest of S. Marco and Metropolitan Archbishop of Firenze (Italy) |
| 13 |  | Ignace Gabriel I Tappouni (78), Cardinal-Priest of Ss. XII Apostoli, Patriarch of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon) and Bishop of Mardin and Amida of the Syriacs (Turkiye) |
| 14 |  | Santiago Luis Copello (78), Cardinal-Priest of S. Girolamo dei Croati and Metropolitan Archbishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina) |
| 15 | | Pierre-Marie Gerlier (78), Cardinal-Priest of SS. Trinità al Monte Pincio and Metropolitan Archbishop of Lyon (France) |
| 16 | | Krikor Bédros XV Agagianian (63), Cardinal-Priest of S. Bartolomeo all’Isola, Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians (Lebanon), President of Pontifical Commission for the Codification of Oriental Canon Law and Pro-Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith |
| 17 |  | James Charles McGuigan (63), Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria del Popolo, Metropolitan Archbishop of Toronto (Canada) and President of Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops |
| 18 | | Clément-Émile Roques (77), Cardinal-Priest of S. Balbina and Metropolitan Archbishop of Rennes (France) |
| 19 |  | Carlos Carmelo de Vasconcelos Motta (68), Cardinal-Priest of S. Pancrazio, Metropolitan Archbishop of São Paulo (Brazil) and Apostolic Administrator of Aparecida (Brazil) |
| 20 |  | Norman Thomas Gilroy (62), Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Quattro Coronati, Metropolitan Archbishop of Sydney (Australia) and President of Australian Catholic Bishops Conference |
| 21 |  | Francis Joseph Spellman (69), Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo, Metropolitan Archbishop of New York (USA) and Military Vicar of United States of America (USA) |
| 22 |  | José María Caro Rodríguez (92), Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Scala pro hac vice Title and Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago (Chile) |
| 23 |  | Teódosio Clemente de Gouveia (69), Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Vincoli and Metropolitan Archbishop of Lourenço Marques (Mozambique) |
| 24 | | Jaime de Barros Câmara (64), Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Bonifacio ed Alessio, Metropolitan Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Ordinary of Ordinariato para os Fiéis de Ritos Orientais no Brasil of the Eastern Rite (Brazil), Military Vicar of Brazil (Brazil) and President of National Conference of Bishops of Brazil |
| 25 |  | Enrique Pla y Deniel (81), Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Montorio, Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo (Spain) and President of Episcopal Conference of Spain |
| 26 |  | Manuel Arteaga y Betancourt (78), Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina, Metropolitan Archbishop of La Habana (Cuba) and President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Cuba |
| 27 |  | Joseph Frings (71), Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni a Porta Latina, Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) and President of German Episcopal Conference |
| 28 | | Ernesto Ruffini (70), Cardinal-Priest of S. Sabina, Metropolitan Archbishop of Palermo (Italy) and Apostolic Administrator of Piana degli Albanesi of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) |
| 29 | | Antonio Caggiano (69), Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Panisperna, Bishop of Rosario (Argentina) and President of Episcopal Conference of Argentina |
| 30 |  | Thomas Tien Ken-sin (田耕莘), S.V.D. (68), Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Via and Metropolitan Archbishop of Beijing 北京 (China) |
| 31 | | Augusto Álvaro da Silva (82), Cardinal-Priest of S. Angelo in Pescheria pro hac vice Title and Metropolitan Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) |
| 32 | | Gaetano Cicognani (76), Cardinal-Priest of S. Cecilia and Pro-Prefect of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura |
| 33 | | Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli (76), Cardinal-Priest of S. Prisca and Patriarch of Venezia (Italy) |
| 34 | | Valerio Valeri (74), Cardinal-Priest of S. Silvestro in Capite and Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Religious |
| 35 | | Pietro Ciriaci (72), Cardinal-Priest of S. Prassede, Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Council and President of Pontifical Commission for the Revision of the Code of Canon Law |
| 36 | | Maurice Feltin (75), Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Pace, Metropolitan Archbishop of Paris (France), Ordinary of France of the Eastern Rite (France) and Military Vicar of France (France) |
| 37 |  | Carlos María Javier de la Torre (84), Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Aquiro pro hac vice Title, Metropolitan Archbishop of Quito (Ecuador) and President of Episcopal Conference of Ecuador |
| 38 | | Georges-François-Xavier-Marie Grente (86), Cardinal-Priest of S. Bernardo alle Terme and Archbishop-Bishop of Le Mans (France) |
| 39 | | Giuseppe Siri (52), Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Vittoria and Metropolitan Archbishop of Genova (Italy) |
| 40 |  | John Francis d’Alton (76), Cardinal-Priest of S. Agata de’ Goti pro hac vice Title, Metropolitan Archbishop of Armagh (Northern Ireland) and President of Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference |
| 41 | | James Francis McIntyre (72), Cardinal-Priest of S. Anastasia and Metropolitan Archbishop of Los Angeles (USA) |
| 42 | | Giacomo Lercaro (66), Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Traspontina and Metropolitan Archbishop of Bologna (Italy) |
| 43 |  | Stefan Wyszyński (57), Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere, Metropolitan Archbishop of Warszawa (Poland), Metropolitan Archbishop of Gniezno (Poland) and President of Episcopal Conference of Poland |
| 44 | | Benjamin de Arriba y Castro (72), Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Vitale, Valeria, Gervasio e Protasio and Metropolitan Archbishop of Tarragona (Spain) |
| 45 | | Fernando Quiroga y Palacios (58), Cardinal-Priest of S. Agostino and Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) |
| 46 | | Paul-Émile Léger, P.S.S. (54), Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria degli Angeli and Metropolitan Archbishop of Montréal (Canada) |
| 47 |  | Crisanto Luque Sánchez (69), Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Cosma e Damiano pro hac vice Title, Metropolitan Archbishop of Bogotá (Colombia), Military Vicar of Colombia (Colombia) and President of Episcopal Conference of Colombia |
| 48 |  | Valerian Gracias (57), Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Via Lata pro hac vice Title, Metropolitan Archbishop of Bombay (India) and President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India |
| 49 | | Joseph Wendel (57), Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Nuova, Metropolitan Archbishop of München und Freising (Germany) and Military Vicar of Germany (Germany) |
| Cardinal-Deacons (2) |
| 50 | | Nicola Canali (84), Cardinal-Deacon of S. Nicola in Carcere, Major Penitentiary of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary, President of Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State, Grand Master of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (Knights of the Holy Sepulchre), Pro-President of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See and Protodeacon of Sacred College of Cardinals |
| 51 | | Alfredo Ottaviani (67), Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Domnica and Pro-Secretary of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office |
Venerable József Mindszenty (66), Cardinal-Priest of S. Stefano al Monte Celio and Metropolitan Archbishop of Esztergom (Hungary)
Alojzije Stepinac (60), Metropolitan Archbishop of Zagreb (Croatia)