 1. Cardinal Giovanni Antonio Facchinetti de Nuce (later Pope Innocent IX) former Supreme PontiffBorn:1519.07.20 (Bologna, Italy)Ordained Priest:1544.03.11Consecrated Bishop:1560Created Cardinal:1583.12.12Elected as Supreme Pontiff:1591.10.29Installed as Supreme Pontiff:1591.11.03Died:1591.12.30 (Roma, Italy † 72)Bishop of Nicastro (Italy) (1560.01.26 – 1575.09.23)Patriarch of Jerusalem (1576.11.12 – 1583.12.12)Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Quattro Coronati (1584.01.09 – 1591.10.29)Supreme Pontiff (1591.10.29 [1591.11.03] – 1591.12.30) |
| 2. Cardinal Giambattista Castagna (later Pope Urban VII) former Supreme PontiffBorn:1521.08.04 (Roma, Italy)Ordained Priest:1553.03.30Consecrated Bishop:1553.04.04Created Cardinal:1583.12.12Elected as Supreme Pontiff:1590.09.15Died:1590.09.27 (Roma, Italy † 69)Archbishop of Rossano (Italy) (1553.03.01 – 1573.01.23)Apostolic Nuncio to Spain (1565.09 – 1572.07.03)Cardinal-Priest of S. Marcello (1584.01.09 – 1590.09.15)Supreme Pontiff (1590.09.15 – 1590.09.27) |
| 3. Cardinal Alessandro de’ Medici (later Pope Leo XI) former Supreme Pontiff |
 4. Cardinal Rodrigo de Castro Osorio former Cardinal-Priest of Ss. XII Apostoliformer Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain)Born:1523.03.05 (Spain)Ordained Priest:1559Consecrated Bishop:1574.11.07Created Cardinal:1583.12.12Died:1600.09.18 († 77)Bishop of Zamora (Spain) (1574.08.30 – 1578.06.13)Bishop of Cuenca (Spain) (1578.06.13 – 1581.10.20)Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1581.10.20 – 1600.09.18)Cardinal-Priest of Ss. XII Apostoli (1585.05.20 – 1600.09.18) |
 5. Cardinal François de Joyeuse former Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia–Velletriformer Metropolitan Archbishop of Rouen (France) |
| 6. Cardinal Michele Della Torre former Bishop of Ceneda (Italy)Born:1511 (Italy)Ordained Priest:Consecrated Bishop:1547.05.30Created Cardinal:1583.12.12Died:1586.02.21 († 74)Bishop of Ceneda (Italy) (1547.02.07 – 1586.02.21)Apostolic Nuncio to France (1547.08.20 – 1550)Apostolic Nuncio to France (1566.03.25 – 1568.08.12)Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned (1583.12.12 – 1586.02.21) |
| 7. Cardinal Giulio Canani former Cardinal-Priest of S. Anastasiaformer Bishop of Modena (Italy) |
| 8. Cardinal Niccolò Sfondrati (later Pope Gregory XIV) former Supreme PontiffBorn:1535.02.11 (Somma Lombardo, Italy)Ordained Priest:1551Consecrated Bishop:1560.03.13Created Cardinal:1583.12.12Elected as Supreme Pontiff:1590.12.05Installed as Supreme Pontiff:1590.12.08Died:1591.10.16 (Roma, Italy † 56)Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (1560.03.13 – 1590.12.05)Cardinal-Priest of S. Cecilia (1585.01.14 – 1590.12.05)Supreme Pontiff (1590.12.05 [1590.12.08] – 1591.10.16) |
| 9. Cardinal Antonmaria Salviati former Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevereformer Bishop of Saint-Papoul (France) |
| 10. Cardinal Agostino Valier former Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrinaformer Bishop of Verona (Italy) |
| 11. Cardinal Vincenzo Lauro former Cardinal-Priest of S. Clementeformer Bishop of Mondovì (Italy)Born:1523.03.28 (Italy)Ordained Priest:Consecrated Bishop:1566Created Cardinal:1583.12.12Died:1592.12.17 († 69)Bishop of Mondovì (Italy) (1566.01.30 – 1587.11.29)Apostolic Nuncio to Poland (1573.06.01 – 1578.04.09)Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Via (1585.05.20 – 1589.03.02)Bishop of Mondovì (Italy) (1587.12 – 1588.09.06)Cardinal-Priest of S. Clemente (1589.03.02 – 1592.12.17) |
| 12. Cardinal Filippo Spinola former Cardinal-Priest of S. Sabinaformer Bishop of Nola (Italy)Born:1535.12.01 (Italy)Ordained Priest:1566.02Consecrated Bishop:1566.02.15Created Cardinal:1583.12.12Died:1593.08.20 († 57)Bishop of Bisignano (Italy) (1566.02.08 – 1569.03.09)Bishop of Nola (Italy) (1569.03.09 – 1585.07.01)Cardinal-Priest of S. Sabina (1584.02.20 – 1593.08.20)Apostolic Administrator of Sora (Italy) (1585 – 1585) |
| 13. Cardinal Alberto Bolognetti former Bishop of Massa Marittima e Populonia (Italy)Born:1538.07.08 (Italy)Ordained Priest:Consecrated Bishop:1579Created Cardinal:1583.12.12Died:1585.05.17 († 46)Bishop of Massa Marittima e Populonia (Italy) (1579.04.27 – 1583)Apostolic Nuncio to Poland (1581.04.12 – 1585.02)Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned (1583.12.12 – 1585.05.17) |
 14. Cardinal Jerzy Radziwiłł former Cardinal-Priest of S. Sistoformer Bishop of Kraków (Poland)Born:1556.05.31 (Lithuania)Ordained Priest:1583.04.10Created Cardinal:1583.12.12Consecrated Bishop:1583.12.26Died:1600.01.21 († 43)Coadjutor Bishop of Vilnius (Lithuania) (1574.12.17 – 1579.12.31)Bishop of Vilnius (Lithuania) (1579.12.31 – 1591.08.09)Cardinal-Priest of S. Sisto (1586.07.14 – 1600.01.21)Bishop of Kraków (Poland) (1591.08.09 – 1600.01.21) |
| 15. Cardinal Matthieu Cointerel former Cardinal-Priest of S. Stefano al Monte Celio |
| 16. Cardinal Simeone Tagliavia d’Aragonia former Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina |
| 17. Cardinal Scipione Lancelotti former Cardinal-Priest of S. Salvatore in Lauro |
| 18. Cardinal Charles de Bourbon-Vendôme Gloria immortalisformer Metropolitan Archbishop of Rouen (France)Born:1562.03.30 (France)Created Cardinal:1583.12.12Died:1594.07.30 († 32)Coadjutor Archbishop of Rouen (France) (1582.08.01 – 1590.05.09)Cardinal-Deacon with no Deaconry assigned (1583.12.12 – 1594.07.30)Apostolic Administrator of Bayeux (France) (1586 – 1590)Metropolitan Archbishop of Rouen (France) (1590.05.09 – 1594.07.30) |
| 19. Cardinal Francesco Sforza former Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina |
| Consistory of 1584.07.04 (1) |
| 1. Cardinal Andrzej Bathóry former Cardinal-Deacon of S. Angelo in Pescheriaformer Bishop of Warmia (Poland) |