| Elevated | Name | Current Title |
| 28 Jun 1988 | Giovanni Cardinal Canestri | Archbishop Emeritus of Genova {Genoa}, Italy |
| 28 Jun 1988 | Edward Bede Cardinal Clancy | Archbishop Emeritus of Sydney, Australia |
| 28 Jun 1988 | Angelo Cardinal Felici † | President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission "Ecclesia Dei" |
| 28 Jun 1988 | José Cardinal Freire Falcão | Archbishop Emeritus of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil |
| 28 Jun 1988 | Michele Cardinal Giordano | Archbishop Emeritus of Napoli {Naples}, Italy |
| 28 Jun 1988 | Paul Cardinal Grégoire † | Archbishop Emeritus of Montréal, Québec, Canada |
| 28 Jun 1988 | Hans Hermann Cardinal Groër, O.S.B. † | Archbishop Emeritus of Wien {Vienna}, Austria |
| 28 Jun 1988 | Franz Cardinal Hengsbach † | Bishop Emeritus of Essen, Germany |
| 28 Jun 1988 | James Aloysius Cardinal Hickey † | Archbishop Emeritus of Washington, District of Columbia, USA |
| 28 Jun 1988 | Antonio María Cardinal Javierre Ortas, S.D.B. † | Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments |
| 28 Jun 1988 | Jean Cardinal Margéot | Bishop Emeritus of Port-Louis, Mauritius |
| 28 Jun 1988 | Eduardo Cardinal Martínez Somalo | Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber |
| 28 Jun 1988 | Jacques-Paul Cardinal Martin † | Official of the Roman Curia - Other |
| 28 Jun 1988 | Lucas Cardinal Moreira Neves, O.P. † | Archbishop Emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil |
| 28 Jun 1988 | Antony Cardinal Padiyara † | Major Archbishop Emeritus of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabarese), India |
| 28 Jun 1988 | László Cardinal Paskai, O.F.M. | Archbishop Emeritus of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary |
| 28 Jun 1988 | Simon Ignatius Cardinal Pimenta | Archbishop Emeritus of Bombay, India |
| 28 Jun 1988 | Mario Cardinal Revollo Bravo † | Archbishop Emeritus of Bogotá, Colombia |
| 28 Jun 1988 | Alexandre José Maria Cardinal dos Santos, O.F.M. | Archbishop Emeritus of Maputo, Mozambique |
| 28 Jun 1988 | Achille Cardinal Silvestrini | Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches |
| 28 Jun 1988 | Vincentas Cardinal Sladkevicius, M.I.C. † | Archbishop Emeritus of Kaunas, Lithuania |
| 28 Jun 1988 | Edmund Casimir Cardinal Szoka | President Emeritus of the Governatorate of Vatican City State |
| 28 Jun 1988 | Christian Wiyghan Cardinal Tumi | Archbishop of Douala, Cameroon |
| 28 Jun 1988 | Father Hans Urs von Balthasar † | Priest of Chur, Switzerland |
| 28 Jun 1988 | John Baptist Cardinal Wu Cheng-chung † | Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China |