| Cardinal-Bishops (6) |
| 1 |  | Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Tisserant (79), 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 and Grand Master of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (Knights of the Holy Sepulchre) |
| 2 |  | Clemente Micara (83), 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), Apostolic Administrator of Ostia (Italy) and Cardinal Vice-Dean of Sacred College of Cardinals |
| 3 | | Giuseppe Pizzardo (85), Cardinal-Bishop of Albano and Prefect of Sacred Congregation for Catholic Education |
| 4 | | Benedetto Aloisi Masella (83), Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina, Prefect of Sacred Congregation for Sacramental Discipline, Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Apostolic Camera, Archpriest of Papal Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran and Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals |
| 5 | | Giuseppe Antonio Ferretto (64), Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto, Titular Archbishop emeritus of Serdica, Assessor emeritus of Sacred Consistorial Congregation, Referendary Prelate emeritus of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura and former Secretary of Sacred College of Cardinals |
| 6 | | Amleto Giovanni Cicognani (80), Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati, Secretary of State of Secretariat of State, President of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See, Prefect of Council for the Public Affairs of the Church, President of Commission for the Coordination of Conciliar Work, President of Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State and Cardinal Protector of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy |
| Cardinal-Priests (62) |
| 7 |  | Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira (74), Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Marcellino e Pietro, Patriarch of Lisboa (Portugal), President of Episcopal Conference of Portugal and Protopriest of Sacred College of Cardinals |
| 8 | | Achille Liénart (79), Cardinal-Priest of S. Sisto, Bishop of Lille (France) and Bishop-Prelate of Mission de France (France) |
| 9 | | Maurilio Fossati, O.Ss.G.C.N. (87), Cardinal-Priest of S. Marcello and Metropolitan Archbishop of Torino (Italy) |
| 10 |  | Ignace Gabriel I Tappouni (83), Cardinal-Priest of Ss. XII Apostoli and Patriarch of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon) |
| 11 |  | Santiago Luis Copello (83), Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Damaso, Chancellor of Apostolic Chancery and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Buenos Aires (Argentina) |
| 12 | | Pierre-Marie Gerlier (83), Cardinal-Priest of SS. Trinità al Monte Pincio and Metropolitan Archbishop of Lyon (France) |
| 13 | | Krikor Bédros XV Agagianian (67), Cardinal-Priest of S. Bartolomeo all’Isola, Prefect of Sacred Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, President of Pontifical Commission for the Codification of Oriental Canon Law and Patriarch emeritus of Cilicia of the Armenians (Lebanon) |
| 14 |  | James Charles McGuigan (68), Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria del Popolo and Metropolitan Archbishop of Toronto (Canada) |
| 15 | | Clément-Émile Roques (82), Cardinal-Priest of S. Balbina and Metropolitan Archbishop of Rennes (France) |
| 16 |  | Carlos Carmelo de Vasconcelos Motta (72), Cardinal-Priest of S. Pancrazio, Metropolitan Archbishop of São Paulo (Brazil) and Apostolic Administrator of Aparecida (Brazil) |
| 17 |  | Norman Thomas Gilroy (67), Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Quattro Coronati, Metropolitan Archbishop of Sydney (Australia) and President of Australian Catholic Bishops Conference |
| 18 |  | Francis Joseph Spellman (74), Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo, Metropolitan Archbishop of New York (USA) and Military Vicar of United States of America (USA) |
| 19 | | Jaime de Barros Câmara (68), 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 |
| 20 |  | Enrique Pla y Deniel (86), Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Montorio, Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo (Spain) and President of Episcopal Conference of Spain |
| 21 |  | Joseph Frings (76), Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni a Porta Latina, Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) and President of German Episcopal Conference |
| 22 | | Ernesto Ruffini (75), Cardinal-Priest of S. Sabina, Metropolitan Archbishop of Palermo (Italy) and Apostolic Administrator of Piana degli Albanesi of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) |
| 23 | | Antonio Caggiano (74), Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Panisperna, Metropolitan Archbishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina), Military Vicar of Argentina (Argentina) and President of Episcopal Conference of Argentina |
| 24 |  | Thomas Tien Ken-sin (田耕莘), S.V.D. (72), Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Via, Metropolitan Archbishop of Beijing 北京 (China) and Apostolic Administrator of Taipei 臺北 (Taiwan) |
| 25 | | Augusto Álvaro da Silva (87), Cardinal-Priest of S. Angelo in Pescheria pro hac vice Title and Metropolitan Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) |
| 26 | | Valerio Valeri (79), Cardinal-Priest of S. Silvestro in Capite and Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Religious |
| 27 | | Pietro Ciriaci (77), 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 |
| 28 | | Maurice Feltin (80), 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) |
| 29 | | Giuseppe Siri (57), Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Vittoria, Metropolitan Archbishop of Genova (Italy) and President of Episcopal Conference of Italy |
| 30 | | James Francis McIntyre (76), Cardinal-Priest of S. Anastasia and Metropolitan Archbishop of Los Angeles (USA) |
| 31 | | Giacomo Lercaro (71), Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Traspontina and Metropolitan Archbishop of Bologna (Italy) |
| 32 |  | Stefan Wyszyński (61), Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere, Metropolitan Archbishop of Warszawa (Poland), Metropolitan Archbishop of Gniezno (Poland) and President of Episcopal Conference of Poland |
| 33 | | Benjamin de Arriba y Castro (77), Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Vitale, Valeria, Gervasio e Protasio and Metropolitan Archbishop of Tarragona (Spain) |
| 34 | | Fernando Quiroga y Palacios (63), Cardinal-Priest of S. Agostino and Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) |
| 35 | | Paul-Émile Léger, P.S.S. (59), Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria degli Angeli and Metropolitan Archbishop of Montréal (Canada) |
| 36 |  | Valerian Gracias (61), 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 |
| 37 | | Giovanni Battista Montini (65), Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Silvestro e Martino ai Monti and Metropolitan Archbishop of Milano (Italy) |
| 38 | | Giovanni Urbani (63), Cardinal-Priest of S. Marco and Patriarch of Venezia (Italy) |
| 39 | | Paolo Giobbe (83), Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Vallicella, Datary of His Holiness of Apostolic Dataria and Patron of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Knights of Malta) |
| 40 | | Fernando Cento (79), Cardinal-Priest of S. Eustachio pro hac vice Title, Major Penitentiary of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary and Bishop emeritus of Acireale (Italy) |
| 41 | | Carlo Chiarlo (81), Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Portico pro hac vice Title |
| 42 |  | José Garibi Rivera (74), Cardinal-Priest of S. Onofrio and Metropolitan Archbishop of Guadalajara (Mexico) |
| 43 |  | Antonio María Barbieri, O.F.M. Cap. (70), Cardinal-Priest of S. Crisogono, Metropolitan Archbishop of Montevideo (Uruguay) and President of Episcopal Conference of Uruguay |
| 44 | | Carlo Confalonieri (69), Cardinal-Priest of S. Agnese fuori le mura, President of Pontifical Commission for Latin America, Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major, President of Commission of Cardinals for the Pontifical Shrines of Pompeii and Loreto, Secretary of Sacred Consistorial Congregation and Archbishop emeritus of L’Aquila (Italy) |
| 45 | | Richard James Cushing (67), Cardinal-Priest of S. Susanna and Metropolitan Archbishop of Boston (USA) |
| 46 | | Alfonso Castaldo (72), Cardinal-Priest of S. Callisto, Metropolitan Archbishop of Napoli (Italy) and Bishop of Pozzuoli (Italy) |
| 47 | | Paul-Marie Richaud (76), Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Quirico e Giulitta and Metropolitan Archbishop of Bordeaux (France) |
| 48 | | José María Bueno y Monreal (58), Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia pro hac vice Title and Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) |
| 49 |  | Franz König (57), Cardinal-Priest of S. Eusebio, Metropolitan Archbishop of Wien (Austria), Ordinary of Austria of the Eastern Rite (Austria), Military Vicar of Austria (Austria) and President of Episcopal Conference of Austria |
| 50 | | Julius Döpfner (49), Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Scala pro hac vice Title and Metropolitan Archbishop of München und Freising (Germany) |
| 51 | | Paolo Marella (68), Cardinal-Priest of S. Andrea delle Fratte, President of Sacred Congregation of the Reverend Basilica of Saint Peter and Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Peter |
| 52 | | Gustavo Testa (76), Cardinal-Priest of S. Girolamo dei Croati, Secretary of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches and Pro-President of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See |
| 53 | | Albert Gregory Meyer (60), Cardinal-Priest of S. Cecilia and Metropolitan Archbishop of Chicago (USA) |
| 54 | | Luigi Traglia (68), Cardinal-Priest of S. Andrea della Valle and Pro-Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy) |
| 55 |  | Peter Tatsuo Doi (ペトロ 土井辰雄) (70), Cardinal-Priest of S. Antonio da Padova in Via Merulana, Metropolitan Archbishop of Tokyo 東京 (Japan) and President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan |
| 56 | | Joseph-Charles Lefèbvre (71), Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini and Metropolitan Archbishop of Bourges (France) |
| 57 |  | Bernardus Johannes Alfrink (62), Cardinal-Priest of S. Gioacchino ai Prati di Castello, Metropolitan Archbishop of Utrecht (Netherlands) and Military Vicar of Netherlands (Netherlands) |
| 58 |  | Rufino Jiao Santos (54), Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria ai Monti, Metropolitan Archbishop of Manila (Philippines) and Military Vicar of Philippines (Philippines) |
| 59 |  | Laurean Rugambwa (50), Cardinal-Priest of S. Francesco d’Assisi a Ripa Grande and Bishop of Bukoba (Tanzania) |
| 60 | | Joseph Elmer Ritter (70), Cardinal-Priest of SS. Redentore e S. Alfonso in Via Merulana and Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint Louis (USA) |
| 61 |  | José Humberto Quintero Parra (60), Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Andrea e Gregorio al Monte Celio, Metropolitan Archbishop of Caracas (Venezuela) and President of Episcopal Conference of Venezuela |
| 62 |  | Luis Concha Córdoba (71), Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Nuova, Metropolitan Archbishop of Bogotá (Colombia), Military Vicar of Colombia (Colombia) and President of Episcopal Conference of Colombia |
| 63 | | José da Costa Nuñes (高若瑟) (83), Cardinal-Priest of S. Prisca, Patriarch ad personam, Patriarch emeritus of East Indies and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Goa and Daman (India) |
| 64 | | Ildebrando Antoniutti (64), Cardinal-Priest of S. Sebastiano alle Catacombe |
| 65 | | Efrem Forni (74), Cardinal-Priest of S. Croce in Gerusalemme |
| 66 |  | Juan Landázuri Ricketts, O.F.M. (49), Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Ara Coeli, Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru) and President of Episcopal Conference of Peru |
| 67 |  | Raúl Silva Henríquez, S.D.B. (55), Cardinal-Priest of S. Bernardo alle Terme, Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago (Chile), President of Caritas Internationalis and President of Episcopal Conference of Chile |
| 68 |  | Leo Jozef Suenens (58), Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Vincoli, Metropolitan Archbishop of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium), Military Vicar of Belgium (Belgium) and President of Episcopal Conference of Belgium |
| Cardinal-Deacons (12) |
| 69 | | Alfredo Ottaviani (72), Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Domnica, Secretary of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office and Protodeacon of Sacred College of Cardinals |
| 70 | | Alberto Di Jorio (78), Cardinal-Deacon of S. Pudenziana pro illa vice Deaconry and Pro-President of Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State |
| 71 | | Francesco Bracci (83), Cardinal-Deacon of S. Cesareo in Palatio, former Priest of Civita Castellana (Italy), Secretary emeritus of Sacred Congregation of Sacramental Discipline and Referendary Prelate emeritus of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura |
| 72 | | Francesco Roberti (73), Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Cosmedin and Prefect of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura |
| 73 | | André-Damien-Ferdinand Jullien, P.S.S. (80), Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giorgio in Velabro and Dean emeritus of Sacred Roman Rota |
| 74 | | Arcadio María Larraona, C.M.F. (75), Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Biagio e Carlo ai Catinari, Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Rites and Superior General of Congregation of Saint John the Baptist Precursor |
| 75 | | Francesco Morano (91), Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Cosma e Damiano, Secretary emeritus of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura and Referendary Prelate emeritus of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura |
| 76 |  | William Theodore Heard (79), Cardinal-Deacon of S. Teodoro and Dean emeritus of Sacred Roman Rota |
| 77 | | Augustin Bea, S.J. (82), Cardinal-Deacon of S. Saba and President of Secretariat for Christian Unity |
| 78 | | Antonio Bacci (77), Cardinal-Deacon of S. Eugenio, former Priest of Firenze (Italy) and Secretary emeritus of Secretariat of Briefs to Princes |
| 79 |  | Michael Browne, O.P. (76), Cardinal-Deacon of S. Paolo alla Regola and Master of the Order emeritus of Order of Preachers (Dominicans) |
| 80 | | Joaquín Anselmo María Albareda, O.S.B. Subl. (71), Cardinal-Deacon of S. Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine and Prefect emeritus of Vatican Apostolic Library |
Venerable József Mindszenty (71), Cardinal-Priest of S. Stefano al Monte Celio and Metropolitan Archbishop of Esztergom (Hungary)
Carlos María Javier de la Torre (89), Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Aquiro pro hac vice Title, Metropolitan Archbishop of Quito (Ecuador) and President of Episcopal Conference of Ecuador