| Elevated | Name | Current Title |
|---|
| 28 Apr 1969 | Sebastiano Cardinal Baggio † | President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State |
| 28 Apr 1969 | Paolo Cardinal Bertoli † | Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber |
| 28 Apr 1969 | John Joseph Cardinal Carberry † | Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA |
| 28 Apr 1969 | Mario Cardinal Casariego y Acevedo, C.R.S. † | Archbishop of Guatemala |
| 28 Apr 1969 | Terence James Cardinal Cooke † | Archbishop of New York, New York, USA |
| 28 Apr 1969 | Jean Guénolé Louis Marie Cardinal Daniélou, S.J. † | Official of the Roman Curia - Other |
| 28 Apr 1969 | Eugênio Cardinal de Araújo Sales | Archbishop Emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| 28 Apr 1969 | John Francis Cardinal Dearden † | Archbishop Emeritus of Detroit, Michigan, USA |
| 28 Apr 1969 | Vicente Cardinal Enrique y Tarancón † | Archbishop Emeritus of Madrid, Spain |
| 28 Apr 1969 | George Bernard Cardinal Flahiff, C.S.B. † | Archbishop Emeritus of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
| 28 Apr 1969 | Paul Joseph Marie Cardinal Gouyon † | Archbishop Emeritus of Rennes (, Dol, e Saint-Malo), France |
| 28 Apr 1969 | Gordon Joseph Cardinal Gray † | Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain |
| 28 Apr 1969 | Sergio Cardinal Guerri † | Official Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other |
| 28 Apr 1969 | Joseph Cardinal Höffner † | Archbishop Emeritus of Köln {Cologne}, Germany |
| 28 Apr 1969 | Juliu Cardinal Hossu † *** | Bishop of Cluj-Gherla (Romanian), Romania |
| 28 Apr 1969 | Stephen Cardinal Kim Sou-hwan | Archbishop Emeritus of Seoul, Korea (South) |
| 28 Apr 1969 | Joseph-Albert Cardinal Malula † | Archbishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.) |
| 28 Apr 1969 | Gabriel Auguste François Cardinal Marty † | Archbishop Emeritus of Paris, France |
| 28 Apr 1969 | Peter Thomas Cardinal McKeefry † | Archbishop of Wellington, New Zealand |
| 28 Apr 1969 | Miguel Darío Cardinal Miranda y Gómez † | Archbishop Emeritus of México, Federal District |
| 28 Apr 1969 | Pablo Cardinal Muñoz Vega, S.J. † | Archbishop Emeritus of Quito, Ecuador |
| 28 Apr 1969 | Mario Cardinal Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano † | Prefect of the Apostolic Chamber |
| 28 Apr 1969 | Silvio Angelo Pio Cardinal Oddi † | Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy |
| 28 Apr 1969 | Joseph Cardinal Parecattil † | Archbishop Emeritus of Ernakulam (Syro-Malabarese), India |
| 28 Apr 1969 | Giuseppe Cardinal Paupini † | Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary |
| 28 Apr 1969 | Antonio Cardinal Poma † | Archbishop Emeritus of Bologna, Italy |
| 28 Apr 1969 | Jérôme Louis Cardinal Rakotomalala † | Archbishop of Tananarive, Madagascar |
| 28 Apr 1969 | Julio Cardinal Rosales y Ras † | Archbishop Emeritus of Cebu, Philippines |
| 28 Apr 1969 | Alfredo Vicente Cardinal Scherer † | Archbishop Emeritus of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil |
| 28 Apr 1969 | Arturo Cardinal Tabera Araoz, C.M.F. † | Prefect of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious |
| 28 Apr 1969 | Stepán Cardinal Trochta, S.D.B. † *** | Bishop of Litomerice, Czech Republic |
| 28 Apr 1969 | Giacomo Cardinal Violardo † | Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments |
| 28 Apr 1969 | Johannes Gerardus Maria Cardinal Willebrands † | President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity |
| 28 Apr 1969 | John Joseph Cardinal Wright † | Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy |
| 28 Apr 1969 | Paul Cardinal Yü Pin † | Archbishop of Nanking [Nanjing], China |
*** these Cardinal(s) were held 
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