| Elevated | Name | Current Title |
| 25 May 1985 | Francis Cardinal Arinze | Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments |
| 25 May 1985 | Giacomo Cardinal Biffi | Archbishop Emeritus of Bologna, Italy |
| 25 May 1985 | Rosalio José Cardinal Castillo Lara, S.D.B. | President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State |
| 25 May 1985 | Luigi Cardinal Dadaglio † | Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary |
| 25 May 1985 | Albert Florent Augustin Cardinal Decourtray † | Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France |
| 25 May 1985 | Andrzej Maria Cardinal Deskur | President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications |
| 25 May 1985 | Juan Francisco Cardinal Fresno Larraín † | Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile |
| 25 May 1985 | Edouard Cardinal Gagnon, P.S.S. † | President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Family |
| 25 May 1985 | Henryk Roman Cardinal Gulbinowicz | Archbishop Emeritus of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland |
| 25 May 1985 | Jean Jérôme Cardinal Hamer, O.P. † | Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life |
| 25 May 1985 | Antonio Cardinal Innocenti | Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy |
| 25 May 1985 | Bernard Francis Cardinal Law | Archpriest of the Saint Mary Major Basilica |
| 25 May 1985 | Duraisamy Simon Cardinal Lourdusamy | Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches |
| 25 May 1985 | Myroslav Ivan Cardinal Lubachivsky † | Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine |
| 25 May 1985 | Paul Augustin Cardinal Mayer, O.S.B. | President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission "Ecclesia Dei" |
| 25 May 1985 | Miguel Cardinal Obando Bravo, S.D.B. | Archbishop Emeritus of Managua, Nicaragua |
| 25 May 1985 | John Joseph Cardinal O'Connor † | Archbishop of New York, New York, USA |
| 25 May 1985 | Pietro Cardinal Pavan † | Priest of Treviso, Italy |
| 25 May 1985 | Silvano Cardinal Piovanelli | Archbishop Emeritus of Firenze {Florence}, Italy |
| 25 May 1985 | Paul Joseph Jean Cardinal Poupard | President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Culture |
| 25 May 1985 | Adrianus Johannes Cardinal Simonis | Archbishop Emeritus of Utrecht, Netherlands |
| 25 May 1985 | Alfons Maria Cardinal Stickler, S.D.B. | Archivist Emeritus of the Vatican Secret Archives |
| 25 May 1985 | Angel Cardinal Suquía Goicoechea † | Archbishop Emeritus of Madrid, Spain |
| 25 May 1985 | Jozef Cardinal Tomko | President Emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses |
| 25 May 1985 | Paulos Cardinal Tzadua † | Archbishop Emeritus of Addis Abeba, Ethiopia |
| 25 May 1985 | Louis-Albert Cardinal Vachon † | Archbishop Emeritus of Québec, Québec, Canada |
| 25 May 1985 | Ricardo Jamin Cardinal Vidal | Archbishop of Cebu, Philippines |
| 25 May 1985 | Friedrich Cardinal Wetter | Archbishop Emeritus of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany |