Rank Name Country Born Order Consistory Office 1 Eugène Tisserant France 24 March 1884 (age 74 ) CB 15 June 1936 Pius XI Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies , Librarian of the Vatican Library , Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archive (Dean ) 2 Clemente Micara Italy 24 December 1879 (age 78 ) CB 18 February 1946 Pius XII Vicar General of Rome (Vice-Dean ) 3 Giuseppe Pizzardo Italy 13 July 1877 (age 81 ) CB 13 December 1937 Pius XI Prefect of the Congregation of Seminaries and Universities 4 Benedetto Aloisi Masella Italy 29 June 1879 (age 79 ) CB 18 February 1946 Pius XII Prefect of the Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments , Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church 5 Federico Tedeschini Italy 12 October 1873 (age 84 ) CB 13 March 1933 Pius XI Datary of the Apostolic Dataria 6 Marcello Mimmi Italy 18 July 1882 (age 76 ) CB 12 January 1953 Pius XII Secretary of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation 7 Jozef-Ernest van Roey Belgium 13 January 1874 (age 84 ) CP 20 June 1927 Pius XI Archbishop of Mechelen–Brussels 8 Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira Portugal 29 November 1888 (age 69 ) CP 16 December 1929 Pius XI Patriarch of Lisbon 9 Achille Liénart France 7 February 1884 (age 74 ) CP 30 June 1930 Pius XI Bishop of Lille 10 Pietro Fumasoni Biondi Italy 4 September 1872 (age 86 ) CP 13 March 1933 Pius XI Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith 11 Maurilio Fossati OSSGCN Italy 24 May 1876 (age 82 ) CP 13 March 1933 Pius XI Archbishop of Turin 12 Elia Dalla Costa Italy 14 May 1872 (age 86 ) CP 13 March 1933 Pius XI Archbishop of Florence 13 Ignatius Gabriel I Tappouni Lebanon 3 November 1879 (age 78 ) CP 16 December 1935 Pius XI Syriac Patriarch of Antioch 14 Santiago Copello Argentina 7 January 1880 (age 78 ) CP 16 December 1935 Pius XI Archbishop of Buenos Aires 15 Pierre-Marie Gerlier France 14 January 1880 (age 78 ) CP 13 December 1937 Pius XI Archbishop of Lyon 16 Gregorio Pietro Agagianian Lebanon 18 September 1895 (age 63 ) CP 18 February 1946 Pius XII Armenian Patriarch of Cilicia 17 James McGuigan Canada 26 November 1894 (age 63 ) CP 18 February 1946 Pius XII Archbishop of Toronto 18 Clément Roques France 8 December 1880 (age 77 ) CP 18 February 1946 Pius XII Archbishop of Rennes 19 Carlos Carmelo Vasconcellos Motta Brazil 16 July 1890 (age 68 ) CP 18 February 1946 Pius XII Archbishop of São Paulo 20 Norman Gilroy Australia 22 January 1896 (age 62 ) CP 18 February 1946 Pius XII Archbishop of Sydney 21 Francis Spellman United States 4 May 1889 (age 69 ) CP 18 February 1946 Pius XII Archbishop of New York 22 José María Caro Rodríguez Chile 23 June 1866 (age 92 ) CP 18 February 1946 Pius XII Archbishop of Santiago de Chile 23 Teodósio de Gouveia Mozambique 13 May 1889 (age 69 ) CP 18 February 1946 Pius XII Archbishop of Lourenço Marques 24 Jaime de Barros Câmara Brazil 3 July 1894 (age 64 ) CP 18 February 1946 Pius XII Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro 25 Enrique Pla y Deniel Spain 19 December 1876 (age 81 ) CP 18 February 1946 Pius XII Archbishop of Toledo 26 Manuel Arteaga y Betancourt Cuba 28 December 1879 (age 78 ) CP 18 February 1946 Pius XII Archbishop of San Cristóbal de la Habana 27 Josef Frings Germany 6 February 1887 (age 71 ) CP 18 February 1946 Pius XII Archbishop of Cologne 28 Ernesto Ruffini Italy 19 January 1888 (age 70 ) CP 18 February 1946 Pius XII Archbishop of Palermo 29 Antonio Caggiano Argentina 30 January 1889 (age 69 ) CP 18 February 1946 Pius XII Bishop of Rosario 30 Thomas Tien Ken-sin SVD China 24 October 1890 (age 67 ) CP 18 February 1946 Pius XII Archbishop of Beijing 31 Augusto da Silva Brazil 8 April 1876 (age 82 ) CP 12 January 1953 Pius XII Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia 32 Gaetano Cicognani Italy 26 November 1881 (age 76 ) CP 12 January 1953 Pius XII Prefect of the Sacred Congregation of Rites 33 Angelo Roncalli * Italy 25 November 1881 (age 76 ) CP 12 January 1953 Pius XII Patriarch of Venice 34 Valerio Valeri Italy 7 November 1883 (age 74 ) CP 12 January 1953 Pius XII Prefect of the Congregation for Religious 35 Pietro Ciriaci Italy 2 December 1885 (age 72 ) CP 12 January 1953 Pius XII Prefect of the Congregation of the Council 36 Maurice Feltin France 15 May 1883 (age 75 ) CP 12 January 1953 Pius XII Archbishop of Paris 37 Carlos María de la Torre Ecuador 15 November 1873 (age 84 ) CP 12 January 1953 Pius XII Archbishop of Quito 38 Georges Grente France 5 May 1872 (age 86 ) CP 12 January 1953 Pius XII Archbishop of Le Mans 39 Giuseppe Siri Italy 20 May 1906 (age 52 ) CP 12 January 1953 Pius XII Archbishop of Genoa 40 John D'Alton Ireland 11 October 1882 (age 75 ) CP 12 January 1953 Pius XII Archbishop of Armagh 41 James Francis McIntyre United States 25 June 1886 (age 72 ) CP 12 January 1953 Pius XII Archbishop of Los Angeles 42 Giacomo Lercaro Italy 28 October 1891 (age 66 ) CP 12 January 1953 Pius XII Archbishop of Bologna 43 Stefan Wyszyński Poland 3 August 1901 (age 57 ) CP 12 January 1953 Pius XII Archbishop of Gniezno and Warsaw 44 Benjamín de Arriba y Castro Spain 8 April 1886 (age 72 ) CP 12 January 1953 Pius XII Archbishop of Tarragona 45 Fernando Quiroga Palacios Spain 21 January 1900 (age 58 ) CP 12 January 1953 Pius XII Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela 46 Paul-Émile Léger PSS Canada 26 April 1904 (age 54 ) CP 12 January 1953 Pius XII Archbishop of Montreal 47 Crisanto Luque Sánchez Colombia 1 February 1889 (age 69 ) CP 12 January 1953 Pius XII Archbishop of Bogotá 48 Valerian Gracias India 23 October 1900 (age 57 ) CP 12 January 1953 Pius XII Archbishop of Bombay 49 Joseph Wendel Germany 27 May 1901 (age 57 ) CP 12 January 1953 Pius XII Archbishop of Munich and Freising 50 Nicola Canali Italy 6 June 1874 (age 84 ) CD 16 December 1935 Pius XI Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary (Protodeacon ) 51 Alfredo Ottaviani Italy 29 October 1890 (age 67 ) CD 12 January 1953 Pius XII Pro-Secretary of the Congregation of the Holy Office