Pope Leo XIII made him a cardinal in an open consistory on 12 June 1893. The new cardinals were formally installed at the consistory celebrated on 5 October 2019. In his first consistory in 1879, he elevated his older brother, Giuseppe, to the cardinalate. The total number of cardinals reached 225 after the consistory. The executive body of that ecclesiastical province, the consistory (est. A general superintendent chaired each consistory. The two consistories merged into one, now called royal consistory. Danzig's consistory functioned as an executive body for that region. Bengel exerted himself on the side of the members of the consistory. Coudersport is home to a Scottish Rite Consistory. In 1993, external representatives joined the consistory. The term "consistory" comes from the ; "stand together". After his death it was led by the Utraquist Consistory headed by the administrator. All these members in the consistory have the right to vote. The pallium was granted him in the Consistory of 28 July 1670.