Ordained Bishop | Years | Name | Current Title |
| Most Senior |
| 19 Mar 1959 |
| Bishop John Jobst, S.A.C. | Bishop Emeritus of Broome, Australia |
| 11 Jun 1968 |
| Bishop Alfred Kleinermeilert | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Trier |
| 29 Jun 1968 |
| Friedrich Cardinal Wetter | Archbishop Emeritus of München und Freising {Munich} |
| 14 Dec 1969 |
| Bishop Hubert Luthe | Bishop Emeritus of Essen |
| 11 Apr 1970 |
| Bishop Ernst Franz Gerd Werner Dicke | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Aachen |
| 12 Sep 1971 |
| Bishop Ernst Gutting | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Speyer |
| 13 Feb 1972 |
| Paul Augustin Cardinal Mayer, O.S.B. | President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”, Roman Curia |
| 18 Mar 1972 |
| Bishop Franz Xaver Schwarzenböck | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of München und Freising {Munich} |
| 25 Mar 1972 |
| Bishop Manfred Müller | Bishop Emeritus of Regensburg |
| 25 Mar 1972 |
| Bishop Rudolf Schmid | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Augsburg |
| 24 Jun 1972 |
| Bishop Vinzenz Guggenberger | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Regensburg |
| 24 Feb 1973 |
| Archbishop Ludwig Averkamp | Archbishop Emeritus of Hamburg |
| Most Junior |
| 30 Aug 2009 |
| Bishop Thomas Löhr | Auxiliary Bishop of Limburg |
| 9 May 2009 |
| Bishop Bernardo Johannes Bahlmann, O.F.M. | Prelate of Óbidos, Para, Brazil |
| 19 Apr 2009 |
| Bishop Matthias Heinrich | Auxiliary Bishop of Berlin |
| 25 Jan 2009 |
| Bishop Ulrich Boom | Auxiliary Bishop of Würzburg |
| 16 Nov 2008 |
| Archbishop Martin Krebs | Apostolic Nuncio to Guinea |
| 19 Sep 2008 |
| Bishop Ludger Schepers | Auxiliary Bishop of Essen |
| 5 Sep 2008 |
| Bishop Éric Marie de Moulins d'Amieu de Beaufort | Auxiliary Bishop of Paris, France |
| 8 Aug 2008 |
| Bishop Adolfo Eduardo José Bittschi Mayer | Auxiliary Bishop of Sucre, Bolivia |
| 15 Jun 2008 |
| Bishop Hubert Berenbrinker | Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn |
| 24 Feb 2008 |
| Bishop Michael Wüstenberg | Bishop of Aliwal, South Africa |
| 1 Sep 2007 |
| Bishop Franz-Josef Overbeck | Bishop of Essen |
| 23 Jun 2007 |
| Bishop Konrad Zdarsa | Bishop of Görlitz |