Cardinals Created by Paul III (1539-42)

1. Cardinal Federico Fregóso

former Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo
former Metropolitan Archbishop of Salerno (Italy)

Born:	1480 (Genova, Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:	1508?
Created Cardinal:	1539.12.19
Died:	1541.11.11 (Gubbio, Italy † 60)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Salerno (Italy) (1507.05.05 – 1533.01)

Apostolic Administrator of Gubbio (Italy) (1508.07.28 – 1541.11.11)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo (1541.02.04 – 1541.11.11)

2. Cardinal Pierre de La Baume, O. Cist.

former Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo
former Abbot nullius of Saint-Claude (France)

Born:	1477 (Montrevel, France)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:	1522.10.16?
Created Cardinal:	1539.12.19
Died:	1544.05.04 (Arbois, France † 66)

Abbot nullius of Saint-Claude (France) (1510 – 1544.05.04)

Bishop of Genève (Switzerland) (1522.10.10 – 1543)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Besançon (France) (1530.07.13 – 1541.12.29)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo (1541.11.21 – 1544.05.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Besançon (France) (1541.12.29 – 1543.06.27)

3. Cardinal Antoine Sanguin de Meudon

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Crisogono
former Bishop of Orléans (France)

Born:	1493 (France)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:	1533?
Created Cardinal:	1539.12.19
Died:	1559.11.25 (Paris, France † 65)

Bishop of Orléans (France) (1533.11.06 – 1550.10.20)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Portico Octaviae pro hac vice Title (1541.07.15 – 1550.02.28)

Bishop of Limoges (France) (1544.08.13 – 1547.10.26)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Crisogono (1550.02.28 – 1559.11.25)

Apostolic Administrator of Toulouse (France) ([1550.10.20] 1553 – 1559.11.25)

4. Cardinal Uberto Gàmbara

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Crisogono
former Bishop of Tortona (Italy)

Born:	1489.01.23 (Brescia, Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:	1533.02
Created Cardinal:	1539.12.19
Died:	1549.02.14 (Roma, Italy † 60)

Bishop of Tortona (Italy) (1528.05.08 – 1548.03.22)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Silvestro in Capite (1540.01.28 – 1541.03.23)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Martino ai Monti (1541.03.23 – 1542.02.15)

Apostolic Administrator of Policastro (Italy) (1542.01.09 – 1543.06.07)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Apollinare (1542.02.15 – 1544.10.17)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Crisogono (1544.10.17 – 1549.02.14)

5. Cardinal Pierpaolo Parisio

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Balbina
former Bishop of Nusco (Italy)

Born:	1473 (Cosenza, Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:	1528?
Created Cardinal:	1539.12.19
Died:	1545.05.11 (Roma, Italy † 71)

Bishop of Anglona (Italy) (1528.09 – 1538.01.11)

Bishop of Nusco (Italy) (1538.01.11 – 1545.05.11)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Balbina (1540.01.28 – 1545.05.11)

6. Cardinal Marcello Cervini (later Pope Marcellus II)

former Supreme Pontiff

Born:	1501.05.06 (Montefano, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1535
Created Cardinal:	1539.12.19
Elected as Supreme Pontiff:	1555.04.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1555.04.10
Installed as Supreme Pontiff:	1555.04.10
Died:	1555.05.01 (Roma, Italy † 53)

Bishop of Nicastro (Italy) (1539.08.27 – 1540.09.24)

Apostolic Administrator of Acerno (Italy) (1539.12.10 – 1539.12.19)

Bishop of Reggio Emilia (Italy) (1540.09.24 – 1544.02.29)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Croce in Gerusalemme (1540.11.05 – 1555.04.09)

Bishop of Gubbio (Italy) (1544.02.29 – 1555.04.09)

Librarian of Vatican Apostolic Library (1550.05.24 – 1555.04.09)

Supreme Pontiff (1555.04.09 [1555.04.10] – 1555.05.01)

7. Cardinal Bartolomeo Guidiccioni

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Prisca
former Bishop of Lucca (Italy)

Born:	1470 (Lucca, Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Created Cardinal:	1539.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1546.08.28
Died:	1549.11.04 (Roma, Italy † 78)

Bishop of Teramo (Italy) (1539.12.12 – 1542.03.22)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Cesareo in Palatio pro hac vice Title (1540.01.28 – 1543.09.24)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Prisca (1543.09.24 – 1549.11.04)

Apostolic Administrator of Chiusi (Italy) (1544.04.02 – 1545.02.20)

Bishop of Lucca (Italy) (1546.05.26 – 1549.11.04)

8. Cardinal Ascanio Parisani

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Pudenziana
former Bishop of Rimini (Italy)

Born:	(Benevento, Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:	1529.06.20
Created Cardinal:	1539.12.19
Died:	1549.04.03 (Roma, Italy)

Bishop of Caiazzo (Italy) (1528.01.03 – 1529.05.24)

Bishop of Rimini (Italy) (1529.05.24 – 1549.04.03)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pudenziana (1540.01.28 – 1549.04.03)

Apostolic Administrator of Muro Lucano (Italy) (1540.11.15 – 1541.06.27)

9. Cardinal Dionisio Neagrus Laurerio, O.S.M.

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

Born:	1497 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Created Cardinal:	1539.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1540?
Died:	1542.09.17 († 44)

Prior General of Order of Friar Servants of Mary (Servites) (1535 – 1539.12.19)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Marcello (1540.01.28 – 1542.09.17)

Bishop of Urbino (Italy) (1540.02.13 – 1542.09.17)

10. Cardinal Enrique de Borja y Aragón

former Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo pro illa vice Deaconry
former Bishop of Squillace (Italy)

Born:	1518.12.19 (Gandia, Spain)
Created Cardinal:	1539.12.19
Died:	1540.09.16 († 21)

Bishop of Squillace (Italy) (1539.12.17 – 1540.09.16)

Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo pro illa vice Deaconry (1540.05.31 – 1540.09.16)

11. Cardinal Giacomo Savelli

former Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
former Grand Inquisitor of Commission of Roman and Universal Inquisition

Born:	1523 (Roma, Italy)
Created Cardinal:	1539.12.19
Ordained Priest:	1560.01.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1577?
Died:	1587.12.05 (Roma, Italy † 63)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Lucia in Silice (1540.04.16 – 1543.01.08)

Apostolic Administrator of Nicastro (Italy) (1540.11.05 – 1554.11.19)

Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Cosma e Damiano (1543.01.08 – 1552.03.09)

Apostolic Administrator of Teramo (Italy) (1545.04.13 – 1546.05.26)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Nicola in Carcere (1552.03.09 – 1558.12.16)

Apostolic Administrator of Gubbio (Italy) (1555.05.29 – 1560.02.06)

Apostolic Administrator of Nicastro (Italy) (1556.02.06 – 1560.01.26)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Cosmedin (1558.12.16 – 1560.01.19)

Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy) (1560 – 1587)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Cosmedin pro hac vice Title (1560.01.19 – 1573.04.08)

Apostolic Administrator of Benevento (Italy) (1560.01.26 – 1574.05.17)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere (1573.04.08 – 1577.07.31)

Grand Inquisitor of Commission of Roman and Universal Inquisition (1577 – 1587.12.05)

Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina (1577.07.31 – 1578.07.09)

Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati (1578.07.09 – 1583.03.09)

Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina (1583.03.09 – 1587.12.05)

Cardinal Vice-Dean of Sacred College of Cardinals (1583.03.09 – 1587.12.05)

[12] Cardinal Miguel da Silva

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere
former Bishop of Viseu (Portugal)

Born:	1480 (Évora, Portugal)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:	1529.12?
Created Cardinal in pectore:	1539.12.19
Revealed as Cardinal:	1541.12.02
Died:	1556.06.05 (Roma, Italy † 75)

Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Guarda (Portugal) (1516 – 1519)

Bishop of Viseu (Portugal) (1526.11.21 – 1547.04.22)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. XII Apostoli (1542.02.06 – 1543.10.05)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Prassede (1543.10.05 – 1552.06.27)

Apostolic Administrator of Massa Marittima e Populonia (Italy) (1549.05.20 – 1555)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Marcello (1552.06.27 – 1553.11.29)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pancrazio (1553.11.29 – 1553.12.11)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere (1553.12.11 – 1556.06.05)

Consistory of 1542.06.02 (8)

1. Cardinal Giovanni Girolamo Morone

former Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia–Velletri
former Bishop of Modena (Italy)

Born:	1509.01.25 (Milano, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1533.01.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1533.01.12
Created Cardinal:	1542.06.02
Died:	1580.12.01 (Roma, Italy † 71)

Bishop of Modena (Italy) (1529.04.07 – 1550.05.23)

Apostolic Nuncio to Austria-Hungary (1536 – 1538)

Apostolic Nuncio to Austria-Hungary (1539 – 1541)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Vitale (1542.10.16 – 1549.02.25)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Stefano al Monte Celio (1549.02.25 – 1553.12.11)

Apostolic Administrator of Novara (Italy) (1552.09.12 – 1560.03.13)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina (1553.12.11 – 1556.06.12)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere (1556.06.12 – 1560.03.13)

Cardinal-Bishop of Albano (1560.03.13 – 1561.03.10)

Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina (1561.03.10 – 1562.05.18)

Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina (1562.05.18 – 1564.05.12)

Bishop of Modena (Italy) (1564.02.23 – 1571.11.16)

Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati (1564.05.12 – 1565.02.07)

Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina (1565.02.07 – 1570.07.03)

Cardinal Vice-Dean of Sacred College of Cardinals (1565.02.07 – 1570.07.03)

Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia–Velletri (1570.07.03 – 1580.12.01)

Cardinal Dean of Sacred College of Cardinals (1570.07.03 – 1580.12.01)

2. Cardinal Marcello Crescenzi

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

Born:	1500 (Roma, Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:
Created Cardinal:	1542.06.02
Died:	1552.05.28 (Verona, Italy † 51)

Bishop of Marsi (Italy) (1534.01.19 – 1546.05.17)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Marcello (1542.11.06 – 1552.05.28)

Apostolic Administrator of Conza (Italy) (1546.05.05 – 1552.05.28)

3. Cardinal Giovanni Vincenzo Acquaviva d’Aragona

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

Born:	1490? (Napoli, Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:	1537?
Created Cardinal:	1542.06.02
Died:	1546.08.16 (Itri, Italy † 55)

Bishop of Melfi (Italy) (1537.02.07 – 1546.08.16)

Bishop of Rapolla (Italy) (1537.02.07 – 1546.08.16)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Martino ai Monti (1542.06.12 – 1546.08.16)

4. Cardinal Pomponio Cecci

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Ciriaco alle Terme Diocleziane
former Bishop of Sutri (Italy)
former Bishop of Nepi (Italy)
former Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy)

Born:	(Roma, Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:	1538?
Created Cardinal:	1542.06.02
Died:	1542.08.04 (Roma, Italy)

Bishop of Civita Castellana (Italy) (1538.08.12 – 1539.11.24)

Bishop of Orte (Italy) (1538.08.12 – 1539.11.24)

Bishop of Nepi (Italy) (1539.11.24 – 1542.08.04)

Bishop of Sutri (Italy) (1539.11.24 – 1542.08.04)

Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy) (1540? – 1542.08.04)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Ciriaco alle Terme Diocleziane (1542.06.12 – 1542.08.04)

5. Cardinal Roberto Pucci

former Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Quattro Coronati
former Bishop of Melfi (Italy)
former Major Penitentiary of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary

Born:	1464.05.29 (Firenze, Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:	1541
Created Cardinal:	1542.06.02
Died:	1547.01.17 (Roma, Italy † 82)

Bishop of Pistoia (Italy) (1541.08.08 – 1546.12.07)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo (1542.06.12 – 1544.10.17)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Quattro Coronati (1544.10.17 – 1547.01.17)

Major Penitentiary of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary (1545.03.31 – 1547.01.17)

Bishop of Melfi (Italy) (1546.12.07 – 1546.12.10)

Bishop of Rapolla (Italy) (1546.12.07 – 1546.12.10)

6. Cardinal Tommaso Badia, O.P.

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Silvestro in Capite
former Master of the Sacred Palace of Sacred Apostolic Palaces

Born:	1483.12.10 (Modena, Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Created Cardinal:	1542.06.02
Died:	1547.09.06 († 63)

Master of the Sacred Palace of Sacred Apostolic Palaces (1523 – 1542.06.02)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Silvestro in Capite (1542.06.12 – 1547.09.06)

7. Cardinal Gregorio Cortese, O.S.B. Cas.

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Ciriaco alle Terme Diocleziane

Born:	1483 (Modena, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1504.08.16
Created Cardinal:	1542.06.02
Died:	1548.09.21 († 64)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Ciriaco alle Terme Diocleziane (1542.10.16 – 1548.09.21)

Apostolic Administrator of Urbino (Italy) (1542.11.06 – 1548.09.21)

[8] Cardinal Cristoforo Madruzzo

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

Born:	1512.07.05 (Madruzzo, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1542
Consecrated Bishop:	1542.05.28
Created Cardinal in pectore:	1542.06.02
Revealed as Cardinal:	1545.01.07
Died:	1578.07.05 (Tivoli, Italy † 66)

Bishop of Trento (Italy) (1539.11.10 – 1567.11.14)

Coadjutor Bishop of Brixen (Italy) ([1542.12.01] 1542.12.11 – 1542.12.17)

Bishop of Brixen (Italy) ([1542.12.11] 1542.12.17 – 1578.07.05)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Cesareo in Palatio pro hac vice Title (1545.01.09 – 1560.01.16)

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

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere (1560.03.13 – 1561.04.14)

Cardinal-Bishop of Albano (1561.04.14 – 1562.05.18)

Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina (1562.05.18 – 1564.05.12)

Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina (1564.05.12 – 1570.07.03)

Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina (1570.07.03 – 1578.07.05)

Cardinal Vice-Dean of Sacred College of Cardinals (1570.07.03 – 1578.07.05)