On 21 November 1935, Pope Pius named 20 prelates he planned to make cardinals at a consistory on 16 December, increasing the College to 69 members, 39 of them Italian.
On 21 November 1935, Pope Pius named 18 prelates he planned to make cardinals at a consistory on 16 December and revealed the names of two he added secretly in 1933. This increased the College to 69 members, 39 of them Italian.