| Elevated | Name | Current Title |
|---|
| 30 Jun 1979 | Anastasio Alberto Cardinal Ballestrero, O.C.D. † | Archbishop Emeritus of Torino {Turin}, Italy |
| 30 Jun 1979 | Giuseppe (Joseph) Cardinal Caprio † | Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem |
| 30 Jun 1979 | Gerald Emmett Cardinal Carter † | Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| 30 Jun 1979 | Agostino Cardinal Casaroli † | Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State |
| 30 Jun 1979 | Marco Cardinal Cé | Patriarch Emeritus of Venezia {Venice}, Italy |
| 30 Jun 1979 | Ernesto Cardinal Civardi † | Secretary of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation |
| 30 Jun 1979 | Ernesto Cardinal Corripio y Ahumada | Archbishop Emeritus of México, Federal District |
| 30 Jun 1979 | Roger Marie Élie Cardinal Etchegaray | President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace |
| 30 Jun 1979 | Ignatius Cardinal Kung Pin-mei † *** | Bishop of Shanghai [Shanghai], China |
| 30 Jun 1979 | Franciszek Cardinal Macharski | Archbishop Emeritus of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland |
| 30 Jun 1979 | Tomás Cardinal Ó Fiaich † | Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland |
| 30 Jun 1979 | Egano Cardinal Righi-Lambertini † | Official of the Roman Curia - Other |
| 30 Jun 1979 | Wladyslaw Cardinal Rubin † | Prelate Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches |
| 30 Jun 1979 | Joseph Asjiro Cardinal Satowaki † | Archbishop Emeritus of Nagasaki, Japan |
| 30 Jun 1979 | Joseph-Marie Cardinal Trinh van-Can † | Archbishop of Hà Nôi, Viêt Nam |
*** these Cardinal(s) were held 
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