March 24, 2006 (I)
(1) 1. William Joseph Levada, archbishop emeritus of San Francisco, United States, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
(2) 2. Franc Rodé, C.M., archbishop emeritus of Ljubljana, Slovenia, prefect of the Congregation for the Institutes of Consecrated Life and the Societies of Apostolic Life.
(3) 3. Agostino Vallini, archbishop-bishop emeritus of Albano, prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signature.
(4) 4. Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino, archbishop of Caracas, Venezuela.
(5) 5. Gaudencio Borbon Rosales, archbishop of Manila, Philippines.
(6) 6. Jean-Pierre Ricard, archbishop of Bordeaux, France.
(7) 7. Antonio Cañizares Llovera, archbishop of Toledo, Spain.
(8) 8. Nicholas Cheong Jin-Suk, archbishop of Seoul, South Korea.
(9) 9. Seán Patrick O'Malley, O.F.M.Cap., archbishop of Boston, United States of America.
(10) 10. Stanisław Dziwisz, archbishop of Kraków, Poland.
(11) 11. Carlo Caffarra, archbishop of Bologna, Italy.
(12) 12. Joseph Zen Ze-Kiun, S.D.B., bishop of Hong Kong (Xianggang), China.
(13) 13. Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo, titular archbishop of Tuscania, archpriest of the papal basilica of S. Paolo fuori le Mura, Rome.
(14) 14. Peter Poreku Dery, archbishop emeritus of Tamale, Ghana. + March 6, 2008.
(15) 15. Albert Vanhoye, S.J., rector emeritus of the Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome, and secretary emeritus of the Pontifical Biblical Commission.

Note. The last three cardinals were older than 80 years at the time of their creation and, therefore, do not have the right to participate in the conclave.

November 24, 2007 (II)
(16) 1. Leonardo Sandri, titular archbishop of Cittanova, prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches.
(17) 2. John Patrick Foley, titular archbishop of Neapoli di Proconsolare, pro-grand master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, president emeritus of the Pontifical Council of Social Communications.
(18) 3. Giovanni Lajolo, titular archbishop of Cesarian, president of the Pontifical Commission for the State of Vatican City and president of the Governatorato of the same state.
(19) 4. Paul Josef Cordes, titular archbishop of Naisso, president of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum.
(20) 5. Angelo Comastri, archpriest of the papal basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican, vicar general of His Holiness for the State of Vatican City, and president of the Fabric of St. Peter's.
(21) 6. Stanisław Ryłko, titular archbishop of Novica, president of the Pontifical Council for the Laity.
(22) 7. Raffaele Farina, S.D.B., titular archbishop of Oderzo, archivist and librarian of the Holy Roman Church.
(23) 8. Agustín García-Gasco Vicente, archbishop of Valencia, Spain.
(24) 9. Seán Baptist Brady, archbishop of Armagh, Ireland.
(25) 10. Lluís Martínez Sistach, archbishop of Barcelona, Spain.
(26) 11. André Vingt-Trois, archbishop of Paris, France.
(27) 12. Angelo Bagnasco, archbishop of Genoa, Italy.
(28) 13. Théodore-Adrien Sarr, archbishop of Dakar, Sénégal.
(29) 14. Oswald Gracias, archbishop of Bombay, India.
(30) 15. Francisco Robles Ortega, archbishop of Monterrey, México.
(31) 16. Daniel Nicholas DiNardo, archbishop of Galveston-Houston, United States of America.
(32) 17. Odilo Pedro Scherer, archbishop of São Paulo, Brazil.
(33) 18. John Njue, archbishop of Nairobi, Kenya.
(34) 19. Emmanuel III Delly, patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans, Iraq.
(35) 20. Giovanni Coppa, titular archbishop of Serta, apostolic nuncio.
(36) 21. Estanislao Esteban Karlic, archbishop emeritus of Paraná, Argentina.
(37) 22. Urbano Navarrete Cortés, S.J., former rector of the Pontifical Gregorian University.
(38) 23. Umberto Betti, O.F.M., former rector of the Pontifical Lateran University.

Note 1. The last five cardinals were older than 80 years at the time of their elevation, and, therefore, do not have the right to participate in the conclave.

Note 2. The pope also announced that he intended to elevate Ignacy Ludwik Jeż, bishop emeritus of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg, Poland, to the cardinalate but he died unexpectedly the day before, October 16, 2007.

SUMMARY
Benedict XVI (2005-) - has created 38 cardinals in 2 consistories
Total - 38 cardinals in 2 consistories

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