1. December 18, 1534

2. May 21, 1535

3. December 22, 1536

4. October 18, 1538

5. December 20, 1538

6. December 19, 1539

7. June 2, 1542

8. December 19, 1544

9. December 16, 1545

10. July 27, 1547

11. January 9, 1548

12. April 8, 1549

13. References

Pope Paul III (r. 1534–1549) created 71 cardinals in twelve consistories.

December 18, 1534

1. Alessandro Farnese, iuniore
2. Guido Ascanio Sforza di Santa Fiora

May 21, 1535

1. Nikolaus von Schönberg
2. Girolamo Ghinucci
3. Giacomo Simoneta
4. John Fisher
5. Jean du Bellay
6. Gasparo Contarini
7. Marino Caracciolo

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December 22, 1536

1. Gian Pietro Carafa
2. Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte
3. Ennio Filonardi
4. Jacopo Sadoleto
5. Cristoforo Giacobazzi
6. Charles de Hémard de Denonville
7. Rodolfo Pio da Carpi
8. Reginald Pole
9. Rodrigo Luis de Borja y de Castre-Pinós
10. Girolamo Aleandro (created in pectore)
11. Niccolò Caetani

October 18, 1538

1. Pedro Sarmiento

December 20, 1538

1. Juan Álvarez de Toledo
2. Pedro Fernández Manrique
3. Robert de Lénoncourt
4. David Beaton
5. Ippolito II d'Este
6. Pietro Bembo

December 19, 1539

1. Federigo Fregoso
2. Pierre de La Baume
3. Antoine Sanguin
4. Uberto Gambara
5. Pierpaolo Parisio
6. Marcello Cervini
7. Bartolomeo Guidiccioni
8. Ascanio Parisani
9. Dionisio Laurerio
10. Enrique de Borja y Aragón
11. Giacomo Savelli
12. Miguel da Silva

June 2, 1542

1. Giovanni Morone
2. Marcello Crescenzi
3. Giovanni Vincenzo Acquaviva d'Aragona
4. Pomponio Cecci
5. Roberto Pucci
6. Tommaso Badia
7. Giovanni Andrea Cortese
8. Cristoforo Madruzzo

December 19, 1544

1. Gaspar de Ávalos de la Cueva
2. Francisco Mendoza de Bobadilla
3. Bartolomé de la Cueva y Toledo
4. Georges d'Armagnac
5. Jacques d'Annebaut
6. Otto Truchsess von Waldburg
7. Andrea Cornaro
8. Francesco Sfondrati
9. Federico Cesi
10. Durante Duranti
11. Niccolò Ardinghelli
12. Girolamo Recanati Capodiferro
13. Tiberio Crispo

December 16, 1545

1. Pedro Pacheco de Villena
2. Georges II d'Amboise
3. Henrique de Portugal
4. Ranuccio Farnese

July 27, 1547

1. Charles de Guise
2. Giulio della Rovere

January 9, 1548

1. Charles de Bourbon-Vendôme

April 8, 1549

1. Girolamo Verallo
2. Giovanni Angelo de' Medici
3. Filiberto Ferrero
4. Bernardino Maffei

References

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