Cardinals created by Paul III
# Cardinals created by Paul III

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

## 18 December 1534

* Alessandro Farnese, iuniore
* Guido Ascanio Sforza di Santa Fiora

## 21 May 1535

* Nikolaus von Schönberg
* Girolamo Ghinucci
* Giacomo Simoneta
* John Fisher
* Jean du Bellay
* Gasparo Contarini
* Marino Caracciolo

Desiderius Erasmus was offered a cardinal's hat, but he declined.

## 22 December 1536

* Gian Pietro Carafa
* Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte
* Ennio Filonardi
* Jacopo Sadoleto
* Cristoforo Giacobazzi
* Charles de Hémard de Denonville
* Rodolfo Pio da Carpi
* Reginald Pole
* Rodrigo Luis de Borja y de Castre-Pinós
* Girolamo Aleandro (created in pectore)
* Niccolò Caetani

## 18 October 1538

* Pedro Sarmiento

## 20 December 1538

* Juan Álvarez de Toledo
* Pedro Fernández Manrique
* Robert de Lénoncourt
* David Beaton
* Ippolito II d'Este
* Pietro Bembo

## 19 December 1539

* Federigo Fregoso
* Pierre de La Baume
* Antoine Sanguin
* Uberto Gambara
* Pierpaolo Parisio
* Marcello Cervini
* Bartolomeo Guidiccioni
* Ascanio Parisani
* Dionisio Laurerio
* Enrique de Borja y Aragón
* Giacomo Savelli
* Miguel da Silva

## 2 June 1542

* Giovanni Morone
* Marcello Crescenzi
* Giovanni Vincenzo Acquaviva d'Aragona
* Pomponio Cecci
* Roberto Pucci
* Tommaso Badia
* Giovanni Andrea Cortese
* Cristoforo Madruzzo

## 19 December 1544

* Gaspar de Ávalos de la Cueva
* Francisco Mendoza de Bobadilla
* Bartolomé de la Cueva y Toledo
* Georges d'Armagnac
* Jacques d'Annebaut
* Otto Truchsess von Waldburg
* Andrea Cornaro
* Francesco Sfondrati
* Federico Cesi
* Durante Duranti
* Niccolò Ardinghelli
* Girolamo Recanati Capodiferro
* Tiberio Crispo

## 16 December 1545

* Pedro Pacheco de Villena
* Georges II d'Amboise
* Henrique de Portugal
* Ranuccio Farnese

## 27 July 1547

* Charles de Guise
* Giulio della Rovere

## 9 January 1548

* Charles de Bourbon-Vendôme

## 8 April 1549

* Girolamo Verallo
* Giovanni Angelo de' Medici
* Filiberto Ferrero
* Bernardino Maffei
