| Elevated | Name | Current Title |
|---|
| 24 May 1976 | Juan Carlos Cardinal Aramburu † | Archbishop Emeritus of Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| 24 May 1976 | Corrado Cardinal Bafile † | Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints |
| 24 May 1976 | William Wakefield Cardinal Baum | Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary |
| 24 May 1976 | Octavio Antonio Cardinal Beras Rojas † | Archbishop Emeritus of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
| 24 May 1976 | Reginald John Cardinal Delargey † | Archbishop of Wellington, New Zealand |
| 24 May 1976 | Dominic Ignatius Cardinal Ekandem † | Bishop Emeritus of Abuja, Nigeria |
| 24 May 1976 | Boleslaw Cardinal Filipiak † | Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giovanni Bosco in via Tuscolana |
| 24 May 1976 | George Basil Cardinal Hume, O.S.B. † | Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain |
| 24 May 1976 | László Cardinal Lékai † | Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary |
| 24 May 1976 | Aloísio Leo Arlindo Cardinal Lorscheider, O.F.M. | Archbishop Emeritus of Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| 24 May 1976 | Emmanuel Kiwanuka Cardinal Nsubuga † | Archbishop Emeritus of Kampala, Uganda |
| 24 May 1976 | Lawrence Trevor Cardinal Picachy, S.J. † | Archbishop Emeritus of Calcutta, India |
| 24 May 1976 | Eduardo Francisco Cardinal Pironio † | President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Laity |
| 24 May 1976 | Victor Cardinal Razafimahatratra, S.J. † | Archbishop of Antananarivo, Madagascar |
| 24 May 1976 | Opilio Cardinal Rossi † | President Emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses |
| 24 May 1976 | Joseph Cardinal Schröffer † | Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation of Seminaries and Universities |
| 24 May 1976 | Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Sensi † | Official of the Roman Curia - Other |
| 24 May 1976 | Jaime Lachica Cardinal Sin † | Archbishop Emeritus of Manila, Philippines |
| 24 May 1976 | Hyacinthe Cardinal Thiandoum † | Archbishop Emeritus of Dakar, Senegal |
| 24 May 1976 | František Cardinal Tomášek † *** | Archbishop Emeritus of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic |
| 24 May 1976 | Joseph Marie Cardinal Trinh-nhu-Khuê † | Archbishop of Hà Nôi, Viêt Nam |
*** these Cardinal(s) were held 
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