Pope Lucius III created fifteen new cardinals.
Pedro de Cardona, archbishop-elect of Toledo – cardinal-priest of S. Lorenzo in Damaso, † 26 June 1182
Hugo Etherianis – cardinal-deacon of S. Angelo, † August 1182
Bobo – cardinal-deacon of S. Angelo, then (12 March 1188) cardinal-priest of S. Anastasia, finally (May 1189) cardinal-bishop of Porto e S. Rufina, † 1189
Ottaviano di Paoli – cardinal-deacon of SS. Sergio e Bacco, then (May 1189) cardinal-bishop of Ostia e Velletri, † 5 April 1206
Gerardo – cardinal-deacon of S. Adriano, † 1208
Soffredo – cardinal-deacon of S. Maria in Via Lata, then (20 February 1193) cardinal-priest of S. Prassede, † 14 December 1210
Albino, Can.Reg. – cardinal-deacon of S. Maria Nuova, then (15 March 1185) cardinal-priest of S. Croce in Gerusalemme, finally (May 1189) cardinal-bishop of Albano, † 1196
Pandolfo – cardinal-priest of SS. XII Apostoli, † ca.1210
Uberto Crivelli – cardinal-priest of S. Lorenzo in Damaso, from 9 January 1185 also archbishop of Milan, became Pope Urban III (25 November 1185) † 20 October 1187
Thibaud, O.S.B.Cluny, abbot of Cluny – cardinal-bishop of Ostia e Velletri, † 4 November 1188
Melior, camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church – cardinal-priest of SS. Giovanni e Paolo, † 1197
Adelardo Cattaneo – cardinal-priest of S. Marcello, then (November 1188) bishop of Verona and cardinalis Sancte Romane Ecclesie, † before October 1214
Rolando, bishop-elect of Dol – cardinal-deacon of S. Maria in Portico, † shortly before 19 December 1187
Pietro Diana – cardinal-deacon of S. Nicola in Carcere, then (12 March 1188) cardinal-priest of S. Cecilia, † 1206
Radulf Nigellus – cardinal-deacon of S. Giorgio in Velabro, dann (12. March 1188) cardinal-priest of S.Prassede, † 30 December 1188
In older literature are mentioned also the following other cardinals ostensibly created by Lucius III, who, according to modern research should be eliminated from that list because there is no documentary proof of their promotion or they are confused with another cardinals:
