- Leonardo Sandri, Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
- John Patrick Foley, Pro-Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
- Giovanni Lajolo, President of the Governatorate of Vatican City State.
- Paul Josef Cordes, President of the Pontifical Council "Cor Unum"
- Angelo Comastri, President of the Fabric of St. Peter
- Stanisław Ryłko, President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity
- Raffaele Farina, S.D.B., Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archives
- Agustín García-Gasco y Vicente, Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
- Seán B. Brady, Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
- Lluís Martínez Sistach, Archbishop of Barcelona, Spain
- André Armand Vingt-Trois, Archbishop of Paris, France
- Angelo Bagnasco, Archbishop of Genova {Genoa}, Italy
- Théodore-Adrien Sarr, Archbishop of Dakar, Senegal
- Oswald Gracias, Archbishop of Bombay, India
- Francisco Robles Ortega, Archbishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
- Daniel Nicholas DiNardo, Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA
- Odilo Pedro Scherer, Archbishop of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- John Njue, Archbishop of Nairobi, Kenya
Plus 5 over 80, namely:
- Emmanuel III (Emmanuel-Karim) Delly, Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
- Giovanni Coppa, Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Czech Republic
- Estanislao Esteban Karlic, Archbishop Emeritus of Paraná, Argentina
- Urbano Navarrete, S.J., già Rettore della Pontificia Università Gregoriana
- Umberto Betti, O.F.M., già Rettore della Pontificia Università
Lateranense
In addition, Bishop Ignacy Ludwik Jeż, who died yesterday, was to be named a Cardinal. May he rest in peace.
