Cardinals created by John Paul II

Pope John Paul II (1920–2005) with Cardinal Alfonso López Trujillo (1935–2008).

Pope John Paul II (r. 1978–2005) created 231 cardinals in nine consistories.

June 30, 1979

1. Agostino Casaroli (1914–1998)
2. Giuseppe Caprio (1914–2005)
3. Marco Cé (1925–2014)
4. Egano Righi-Lambertini (1906–2000)
5. Joseph-Marie Trịnh Văn Căn (1921–1990)
6. Ernesto Civardi (1906–1989)
7. Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada (1919–2008)
8. Joseph Asajiro Satowaki (1904–1996)
9. Roger Etchegaray (1922–)
10. Anastasio Ballestrero (1913–1998)
11. Tomás Ó Fiaich (1923–1990)
12. Gerald Emmett Carter (1912–2003)
13. Franciszek Macharski (1927–2016)
14. Władysław Rubin (1917–1990)
15. Ignatius Kung Pin-mei (1901–2000)

February 2, 1983

Józef Glemp (1929–2013), made a cardinal on February 2, 1983.

1. Anthony Peter Khoraish (1907–1994)
2. Bernard Yago (1916–1997)
3. Aurelio Sabattani (1912–2003)
4. Franjo Kuharić (1919–2002)
5. Giuseppe Casoria (1908–2001)
6. José Lebrún Moratinos (1919–2001)
7. Joseph Bernardin (1928–1996)
8. Michael Michai Kitbunchu (1929–)
9. Alexandre do Nascimento (1925–)
10. Alfonso López Trujillo (1935–2008)
11. Godfried Danneels (1933–)
12. Tom Williams (1930–)
13. Carlo Maria Martini (1927–2012)
14. Jean-Marie Lustiger (1926–2007)
15. Józef Glemp (1929–2013)
16. Julijans Vaivods (1895–1990)
17. Joachim Meisner (1933–)
18. Henri de Lubac (1896–1991)

May 25, 1985

Francis Arinze (b. 1932), made a cardinal on May 25, 1985.

Henryk Gulbinowicz (b. 1923), made a cardinal on May 25, 1985.

1. Luigi Dadaglio (1914–1990)
2. Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy (1924–2014)
3. Francis Arinze (1932–)
4. Juan Francisco Fresno (1914–2004)
5. Antonio Innocenti (1915–2008)
6. Miguel Obando y Bravo (1926–)
7. Paul Mayer (1911–2010)
8. Ángel Suquía Goicoechea (1916–2006)
9. Jean Jérôme Hamer (1916–1996)
10. Ricardo Vidal (1931–)
11. Henryk Gulbinowicz (1923–)
12. Paulos Tzadua (1921–2003)
13. Jozef Tomko (1924–)
14. Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky (1914–2000)
15. Andrzej Maria Deskur (1924–2011)
16. Paul Poupard (1930–)
17. Louis-Albert Vachon (1912–2006)
18. Albert Decourtray (1923–1994)
19. Rosalio Lara (1922–2007)
20. Friedrich Wetter (1928– )
21. Silvano Piovanelli (1924–2016)
22. Adrianus Johannes Simonis (1931–)
23. Édouard Gagnon (1918–2007)
24. Alfons Maria Stickler (1910–2007)
25. Bernard Francis Law (1931–)
26. John Joseph O'Connor (1920–2000)
27. Giacomo Biffi (1928–2015)
28. Pietro Pavan (1903–1994)

June 28, 1988

José Freire Falcão (b. 1925), made a cardinal on June 28, 1988.

László Paskai (1927-2015), made a cardinal on June 28, 1988.

1. Eduardo Martínez Somalo (1927–)
2. Achille Silvestrini (1923–)
3. Angelo Felici (1919–2007)
4. Paul Grégoire (1911–1993)
5. Antony Padiyara (1921–2000)
6. José Freire Falcão (1925–)
7. Michele Giordano (1930–2010)
8. Alexandre José Maria dos Santos (1924–)
9. Giovanni Canestri (1918–2015)
10. Antonio María Javierre Ortas (1921–2007)
11. Simon Pimenta (1920–2013)
12. Mario Revollo Bravo (1919–1995)
13. Edward Bede Clancy (1923–2014)
14. Lucas Moreira Neves (1925–2002)
15. James Aloysius Hickey (1920–2004)
16. Edmund Szoka (1927–2014)
17. László Paskai (1927–2015)
18. Christian Tumi (1930–)
19. Hans Hermann Groër (1919–2003)
20. Jacques-Paul Martin (1908–1992)
21. Franz Hengsbach (1910–1991)
22. Vincentas Sladkevičius (1920–2000)
23. Jean Margéot (1916–2009)
24. John Wu (1925–2002)

June 28, 1991

1. Angelo Sodano (1927–)
2. Alexandru Todea (1912–2002)
3. Pio Laghi (1922–2009)
4. Edward Cassidy (1924–)
5. Robert-Joseph Coffy (1920–1995)
6. Frédéric Etsou-Nzabi-Bamungwabi (1930–2007)
7. Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez (1936–)
8. Jose Tomas Sanchez (1920–2012)
9. Virgilio Noè (1922–2011)
10. Antonio Quarracino (1923–1998)
11. Fiorenzo Angelini (1916– 2014)
12. Roger Mahony (1936–)
13. Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo (1926–1993)
14. Anthony Bevilacqua (1923–2012)
15. Giovanni Saldarini (1924–2011)
16. Cahal Daly (1917–2009)
17. Camillo Ruini (1931–)
18. Ján Chryzostom Korec (1924–2015)
19. Henri Schwery (1932–)
20. Georg Sterzinsky (1936–2011)
21. Guido del Mestri (1911–1993)
22. Paolo Dezza (1901–1999)

November 26, 1994

Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir (b. 1920), made a cardinal on November 26, 1994.

Jan Pieter Schotte (1928-2005), made a cardinal on November 26, 1994.

Kazimierz Świątek (1914-2011), made a cardinal on November 26, 1994.

1. Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir (1920–)
2. Miloslav Vlk (1932–)
3. Luigi Poggi (1917–2010)
4. Peter Shirayanagi (1928–2009)
5. Vincenzo Fagiolo (1918–2000)
6. Carlo Furno (1921–2015)
7. Carlos Oviedo Cavada (1927–1998)
8. Thomas Winning (1925–2001)
9. Adolfo Suárez Rivera (1927–2008)
10. Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino (1936–)
11. Julius Darmaatmadja (1934–)
12. Jan Pieter Schotte (1928–2005)
13. Pierre Eyt (1934–2001)
14. Gilberto Agustoni (1922–)
15. Emmanuel Wamala (1926–)
16. William Henry Keeler (1931–)
17. Augusto Vargas Alzamora (1922–2000)
18. Jean-Claude Turcotte (1936–2015)
19. Ricardo María Carles Gordó (1926–2013)
20. Adam Maida (1930–)
21. Vinko Puljić (1945–)
22. Armand Razafindratandra (1925–2010)
23. Pham Dinh Tung (1919–2009)
24. Juan Sandoval Íñiguez (1933–)
25. Bernardino Echeverría Ruiz (1912–2000)
26. Kazimierz Świątek (1914–2011)
27. Ersilio Tonini (1916–2013)
28. Mikel Koliqi (1900-1997)
29. Yves Congar (1905–1995)
30. Aloys Grillmeier (1910–1998)

February 21, 1998

1. Jorge Medina Estévez (1926–)
2. Alberto Bovone (1922–1998)
3. Darío Castrillón Hoyos (1929–)
4. Lorenzo Antonetti (1922–2013)
5. James Stafford (1932–)
6. Salvatore De Giorgi (1930–)
7. Serafim Fernandes de Araújo (1924–)
8. Antonio María Rouco Varela (1936–)
9. Aloysius Ambrozic (1930–2011)
10. Jean Marie Balland (1934–1998)
11. Dionigi Tettamanzi (1934–)
12. Polycarp Pengo (1944–)
13. Christoph Schönborn (1945–)
14. Norberto Rivera Carrera (1942–)
15. Francis George (1937–2015)
16. Paul Shan Kuo-Hsi (1924–2012)
17. Adam Kozłowiecki (1911–2007)
18. Giovanni Cheli (1918–2013)
19. Francesco Colasuonno (1925–2003)
20. Dino Monduzzi (1922–2006)
21. Marian Jaworski (1925–)
22. Jānis Pujats (1930–)

February 21, 2001

Jorge Mario Bergoglio (b. 1936), made a cardinal on February 21, 2001, elected Pope on 13 March 2013.

On 21 January 2001, Pope John Paul II announced plans to raise 37 prelates to the rank on cardinal at a consistory in February.^[1] He followed that by announcing the names of seven more on 28 January.^[2] The 44 cardinals created at this consistory was the largest ever created at a consistory.^[3] It increased the number of cardinals eligible to vote in a papal election to 135, despite the theoretical limit of 120 set by Pope Paul VI.^[2][3]

Cardinals Walter Kasper (b. 1933) and Godfried Danneels (b. 1933).

Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga (b. 1942), made a cardinal on February 21, 2001.

1. Giovanni Battista Re (1934–)
2. Nguyen Van Thuan (1928–2002)
3. Agostino Cacciavillan (1926–)
4. Sergio Sebastiani (1930–)
5. Zenon Grocholewski (1939–)
6. José Saraiva Martins (1932–)
7. Crescenzio Sepe (1943–)
8. Jorge María Mejía (1923–2014)
9. Ignatius Moses I Daoud (1930–2012)
10. Mario Francesco Pompedda (1929–2006)
11. Walter Kasper (1933–)
12. Johannes Joachim Degenhardt (1926–2002)
13. Antonio José González Zumárraga (1925–2008)
14. Ivan Dias (1936–)
15. Geraldo Majella Agnelo (1933–)
16. Pedro Rubiano Sáenz (1932–)
17. Theodore Edgar McCarrick (1930–)
18. Desmond Connell (1926–)
19. Audrys Bačkis (1937–)
20. Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa (1933–)
21. Julio Terrazas Sandoval (1936–2015)
22. Wilfrid Napier (1941–)
23. Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga (1942–)
24. Bernard Agré (1926–2014)
25. Louis-Marie Billé (1938–2002)
26. Ignacio Velasco (1929–2003)
27. Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne (1943–)
28. Francisco Álvarez Martínez (1925–)
29. Cláudio Hummes (1934–)
30. Varkey Vithayathil (1927–2011)
31. Jorge Mario Bergoglio (1936–) (Pope Francis, 2013– )
32. José Policarpo (1936–2014)
33. Severino Poletto (1933–)
34. Cormac Murphy-O'Connor (1932–)
35. Edward Egan (1932–2015)
36. Lubomyr Husar (1933–)
37. Karl Lehmann (1936–)
38. Stéphanos II Ghattas (1920–2009)
39. Jean Marcel Honoré (1920–2013)
40. Roberto Tucci (1921–2015)
41. Leo Scheffczyk (1920–2005)
42. Avery Dulles (1918–2008)

October 21, 2003

Attilio Nicora (b. 1937), made a cardinal on October 21, 2003.

Josip Bozanić (b. 1949), made a cardinal on October 21, 2003.

Pope John Paul II announced on 28 September 2003 that he would create 33 new cardinals in an October consistory, but withheld the name of one of them, which was interpreted to me that person lived a country where Catholicism was the object of government persecution.^[4]

1. Jean-Louis Tauran (1943–)
2. Renato Martino (1932–)
3. Francesco Marchisano (1929–2014)
4. Julián Herranz Casado (1930–)
5. Javier Lozano Barragán (1933–)
6. Stephen Fumio Hamao (1930–2007)
7. Attilio Nicora (1937–)
8. Angelo Scola (1941–)
9. Anthony Olubunmi Okogie (1936–)
10. Bernard Panafieu (1931–)
11. Gabriel Zubeir Wako (1941–)
12. Carlos Amigo Vallejo (1934–)
13. Justin Francis Rigali (1935–)
14. Keith Michael Patrick O'Brien (1938–)
15. Eusébio Scheid (1932–)
16. Ennio Antonelli (1936–)
17. Tarcisio Bertone (1934–)
18. Peter Turkson (1948–)
19. Telesphore Toppo (1939–)
20. George Pell (1941–)
21. Josip Bozanić (1949–)
22. Pham Minh Man (1934–)
23. Rodolfo Quezada Toruño (1932–2012)
24. Philippe Barbarin (1950–)
25. Péter Erdő (1952–)
26. Marc Ouellet (1944–)
27. Georges Cottier (1922–2016)
28. Gustaaf Joos (1923–2004)
29. Tomáš Špidlík (1919–2010)
30. Stanisław Nagy (1921–2013)

References

• List from Biographical Dictionary of the Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church

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