Pope Clement VII Pope Clement VII ( la, Clemens VII; it, Clemente VII; born Giulio de' Medici; 26 May 1478 – 25 September 1534) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 19 November 1523 to his death on 25 September 1534. Deemed "the ...

(r. 1523–1534) created 32 new cardinals:

Consistory of 3 May 1527

# Benedetto Accolti, archbishop of Ravenna – cardinal-priest of S. Eusebio (received the title on 5 May 1527), † 21 September 1549 #

Agostino Spinola Agostino Spinola (c. 1482–1537) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal. Biography A member of the Spinola family, Agostino Spinola was born in Savona, Italy ca. 1482, the son of Giovanni Spinola, ''consignore'' of Garessio, and P ...

, bishop of Perugia – cardinal-priest of S. Ciriaco (received the title on 3 August 1527), then cardinal-priest of S. Apollinare (5 September 1534), † 18 October 1537 #

Niccolò Gaddi Niccolò Gaddi (1499–1552) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal. Biography Niccolò Gaddi was born in Florence in 1499, the son of Taddeo Gaddi and Antonia Altoviti. He was a direct descendant of medieval painter Taddeo Gaddi. He was the ...

, elect of Fermo – cardinal-deacon of S. Teodoro, then cardinal-deacon of SS. Vito e Modesto (9 January 1545), cardinal-deacon of S. Maria in Domnica (28 February 1550), cardinal-deacon of S. Maria in Via Lata (27 June 1550), cardinal-priest of S. Maria in Via Lata (20 November 1551), † 16 January 1552 #

Ercole Gonzaga Ercole Gonzaga (23 November 1505 – 2 March 1563) was an Italian Cardinal (Catholicism), Cardinal. Biography Born in Mantua, he was the son of the Marquis Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua, Francesco Gonzaga and Isabella d'Este, and nephe ...

, bishop of Mantua – cardinal-deacon of S. Maria Nuova (received the title on 5 May 1527), then cardinal-priest of S. Maria Nuova (6 July 1556), † 3 March 1563 #

Marino Grimani Marino Grimani (c.1489–1546) was an Italian Cardinal and papal legate. He was from an aristocratic Venetian family. He was elected bishop of Ceneda in 1508, when he was under age. He was patriarch of Aquileia in 1517. He was created Cardin ...

, patriarch of Aquileia – cardinal-priest of S. Vitale (received the title on 7 February 1528), then cardinal-priest of S. Marcello (12 November 1532), cardinal-priest of S. Maria in Trastevere (4 August 1539), cardinal-bishop of Frascati (13 March 1541), cardinal-bishop of Porto e S. Rufina (24 September 1543), † 28 September 1546

Consistory of 21 November 1527

Antonio Sanseverino Antonio Sanseverino (died 1543) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal and bishop. Biography Antonio Sanseverino was born in Naples ca. 1477, the son of Giovanni Antonio Sanseverino, a Neapolitan patrician, and Enrichetta Carafa. Early in hi ...

, O.S.Io.Hieros. – cardinal-priest of S. Susanna (received the title on 27 April 1528), then cardinal-priest of S. Apollinare (16 May 1530), cardinal-priest of S. Maria in Trastevere (5 September 1534), cardinal-bishop of Palestrina (28 November 1537), cardinal-bishop of Sabina (4 August 1539), cardinal-bishop of Porto e S. Rufina (8 January 1543), † 17 August 1543 #

Gianvincenzo Carafa Gianvincenzo Carafa (1477–1541) was an Italians, Italian Catholic Church, Roman Catholic Bishop (Catholic Church), bishop and Cardinal (Catholicism), cardinal. Biography A member of the ''della Stadera'' branch of the House of Carafa, Gianvinc ...

, archbishop of Naples – cardinal-priest of S. Pudenziana (received the title on 27 April 1528), then cardinal-priest of S. Prisca (23 July 1537), cardinal-priest of S. Maria in Trastevere (28 November 1537), cardinal-bishop of Palestrina (4 August 1539), † 28 August 1541 #

Andrea Matteo Palmieri Andrea Matteo Palmieri (1493–1537) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal. Biography Andrea Matteo Palmieri was born in Naples on August 10, 1493. He was a cleric in Naples before being elected Archbishop of Averenza and Matera o ...

, archbishop of Acerenza e Matera – cardinal-priest of S. Clemente (tytu nadany 21 November 1527), † 20 January 1537 # Antoine Duprat, archbishop of Sens – cardinal-priest of S. Anastasia (received the title on 27 April 1528), † 9 July 1535 #

Enrique de Cardona y Enríquez Enrique de Cardona y Enríquez (1485–1530) was a Spanish Roman Catholic cardinal and bishop. Biography Enrique de Cardona y Enríquez was born in the County of Urgell in 1485, the son of Juan Folch de Cardona y Urgel, Duke of Cardona, and Al ...

, archbishop of Monreale – cardinal-priest of S. Marcello (received the title on 24 November 1527), † 7 February 1530 # Girolamo Grimaldi – cardinal-deacon of S. Giorgio in Velabro (received the title on 27 April 1528), † 27 November 1543 #

Pirro Gonzaga Pirro Gonzaga (1490 - 22 January 1529) was an Italian nobleman and condottiero during the Italian Wars of 1494–1559. He was accused of treason against the Holy Roman Empire, sided with France, and was eventually defeated and imprisoned in Lomb ...

, bishop of Modena – cardinal-deacon of S. Agata in Suburra (received the title on 27 January 1528), † 28 January 1529 Sigismondo Pappacoda, bishop of Tropea, declined the promotion to the cardinalate.

Consistory of 7 December 1527

# Francisco de Quiñones, O.F.M., master general of the Order of Friars Minor – cardinal-priest of S. Croce in Gerusalemme (received the title on 25 September 1528), † 5 November 1540

Consistory of 20 December 1527

Francesco Cornaro Francesco Cornaro may refer to: * Francesco Cornaro (1478–1543), Italian cardinal * Francesco Cornaro (1547–1598), Italian cardinal * Francesco Cornaro (Doge) (1585–1656), Doge of Venice See also * House of Cornaro The House of Cornaro ...

– cardinal-priest of S. Pancrazio (received the title on 27 April 1528), then cardinal-priest of S. Cecilia (27 April 1534), cardinal-priest of S. Ciriaco (5 September 1534), cardinal-priest of S. Prassede (31 May 1535), cardinal-priest of S. Maria in Trastevere (23 March 1541), cardinal-bishop of Albano (14 November 1541), cardinal-bishop of Palestrina (15 February 1542), † 26 September 1543

Promotions in January of 1529

Girolamo Doria Girolamo Doria (1495 – 25 March 1558) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal. Biography Girolamo Doria was born in Genoa in 1495, the son of Andrea Doria. Early in his life, he married Luisa Spinola and had several children. He entered the e ...

– cardinal-deacon of S. Tommaso in Parione (received the title on 15 November 1529), then cardinal-deacon of S. Maria in Portico (29 May 1555), † 25 March 1558 # Ippolito de' Medici, nephew of the Pope, archbishop of Avignon – cardinal-priest of S. Prassede (received the title on 10 January 1529), then cardinal-priest of S Lorenzo in Damaso (3 July 1532), † 10 August 1535

Consistory of 13 August 1529

Mercurino Gattinara Mercurino Arborio, marchese di Gattinara (10 June 1465 – 5 June 1530), was an Italian statesman and jurist best known as the chancellor of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. He was made cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church for San Giovanni ...

, chancellor of the Emperor Charles V – cardinal-priest of S. Giovanni a Porta Latina (received the title on 3 September 1529), † 5 June 1530

Consistory of 9 March 1530

François de Tournon François de Tournon (1489 in Tournon-sur-Rhône – 1562 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye) was a French Augustinian monk, an archbishop, diplomat, courtier, and cardinal. From 1536 he was also a military supply officer of French forces operating in P ...

, C.R.S.A., archbishop of Bourges – cardinal-priest of SS. Marcellino e Pietro (received the title on 16 May 1530), then cardinal-bishop of Sabina (28 February 1550), cardinal-bishop of Ostia e Velletri (13 March 1560), † 22 April 1562 #

Bernardo Clesio Bernardo Clesio (; 1 March 1484 – 30 July 1539) was an Italian Cardinal, bishop, diplomat, humanist and botanist. Born in Cles, in the Prince-Bishopric of Trent, today Trentino, he graduated from the University of Bologna. He later became Prin ...

, bishop of Trent – cardinal-priest of S Stefano in Montecelio (received the title on 16 May 1530), † 30 July 1539 #

Louis de Gorrevod Louis de Gorrevod (born c. 1473 – died 1535) was a Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal. Biography Louis de Gorrevod was born in the province of Bresse, the property of the House of Savoy, perhaps in the city of Bourg, c. 1472, the son of Jean ...

, bishop of Saint-Jean de Maurienne – cardinal-priest of S. Cesareo in Palatio (received the title on 16 May 1530), † 1535 #

García de Loaysa Juan García de Loaysa y Mendoza (1478 in Talavera de la Reina, near Toledo, Spain – 22 April 1546 in Madrid, Spain) was a Spanish Archbishop of Seville and Cardinal. Biography His parents were nobles; at a very early age he entered the Domi ...

, O.P., bishop of Osma – cardinal-priest of S. Susanna (received the title on 16 May 1530), † 22 April 1546 #

Íñigo López de Mendoza y Zúñiga Don Íñigo López de Mendoza y Zúñiga (1489 – 9 June 1535), cardinal, archbishop of Burgos and bishop of Coria, was a Castilian clergyman and diplomat in the service of Emperor Charles V. Biography Don Íñigo was born in Aranda de ...

, bishop of Burgos – cardinal-deacon of S. Nicola in Carcere (received the title on 21 June 1531), † 15 January 1537

Consistory of 8 June 1530

# Gabriel de Gramont, bishop of Tarbes, ambassador of the King of France – cardinal-priest of S. Giovanni a Porta Latina (received the title on 22 June 1530) then cardinal-priest of S. Cecilia (9 January 1531), † 26 March 1534

Consistory of 22 February 1531

# Alonso Manrique de Lara, archbishop of Seville – cardinal-priest of S. Callisto (received the title on 17 April 1531), then cardinal-priest of SS. XII Apostoli (12 July 1532), † 28 September 1538 #

Juan Pardo de Tavera Juan Pardo de Tavera (1472–1545) was a cardinal (from 1531) and was Archbishop of Toledo and Primate of Spain (1534–1545), Grand Inquisitor of Spain (1539–1545), Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (1524–1534), Bishop of Osma (1523– ...

, archbishop of Santiago de Compostela – cardinal-priest of S. Giovanni a Porta Latina (received the title on 17 April 1531), † 1 August 1545

Consistory of 22 September 1531

# Antonio Pucci, bishop of Pistoia, grand penitentiary – cardinal-priest of SS. IV Coronati (received the title on 27 September 1531), then cardinal-priest of S. Maria in Trastevere (14 November 1541), cardinal-bishop of Albano (15 February 1542), cardinal-bishop of Sabina (8 January 1543), † 12 October 1544

Consistory of 21 February 1533

Esteban Gabriel Merino Esteban Gabriel Merino (died 1535) was a Spanish Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal. Biography Merino was born in Santisteban del Puerto, ca. 1472, the son of Alonso Merino and Mayor de Amorcuende, a family of the lowest condition. His father d ...

, bishop of Jaén and patriarch of the West India – cardinal-priest of S. Vitale (received the title on 3 March 1533), then cardinal-priest of SS. Giovanni e Paolo (5 September 1534), † in July 1535

Consistory of 3 March 1533

# Jean d’Orléans-Longueville, archbishop of Toulouse and bishop of Orleans – cardinal-priest of SS. Marcellino e Pietro, † 24 September 1533

Consistory of 7 November 1533

All the new cardinals received their titular churches on 10 November 1533: #

Jean Le Veneur Jean Le Veneur (died 8 August 1543), son of a Norman baron, was a French Abbot, Bishop, Courtier, royal official, and Roman Catholic cardinal. Biography He was born into a noble family of Normandy. He was the second son of Philippe, baron of Till ...

, bishop of Lisieux – cardinal-priest of S. Bartolomeo all'Isola, † 7 August 1543 #

Claude de Longwy de Givry Claude de Longwy de Givry (1481–1561) was a French bishop and Cardinal (Catholicism), Cardinal, from an aristocratic background. He was the son of Philippe de Longuy, Seigneur de Givry and Jeanne de Beautremont, Dame de Mirabeau. He had four b ...

, bishop of Langres – cardinal-priest of S. Agnese in Agone, † 9 August 1561 #

Odet de Coligny Odet de Coligny (10 July 1517 – 21 March 1571) was a French aristocrat, cardinal, Bishop-elect of Beauvais, Peer of France, and member of the French Royal Council. From 1534 he was usually referred to as the Cardinal of Châtillon. Early li ...

– cardinal-deacon of SS. Sergio e Bacco, then cardinal-deacon of S. Adriano (25 February 1549); deposed and excommunicated for heresy on 31 March 1563, † 13 April 1571 #

Philippe de la Chambre Philippe de La Chambre (c. 1490 – 1550) was a French Benedictine monk and Abbot, and Cardinal. Family His father was Louis de la Chambre, vicomte de Maurienne. His mother (Louis' second wife) was Anne de la Tour, daughter of Bertrand de la Tour ...

, O.S.B. – cardinal-priest of SS. Silvestro e Martino, then cardinal-priest of S. Prassede (23 March 1541), cardinal-priest of S. Maria in Trastevere (15 February 1542), cardinal-bishop of Frascati (24 September 1543), † 21 February 1550

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