Ordained Bishop | Years | Name | Current Title |
| Most Senior |
| 29 Jun 1968 |
| Friedrich Cardinal Wetter | Archbishop Emeritus of München und Freising {Munich} |
| 11 Apr 1970 |
| Bishop Ernst Franz Gerd Werner Dicke | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Aachen |
| 23 Oct 1977 |
| Bishop Gerhard Pieschl | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Limburg |
| 18 Feb 1979 |
| Bishop Theodor Kettmann | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Osnabrück |
| 4 Oct 1979 |
| Bishop Martinho Lammers, O.F.M. | Prelate Emeritus of Óbidos, Para, Brazil |
| 26 Nov 1980 |
| Bishop Joachim Wanke | Bishop Emeritus of Erfurt |
| 5 Jul 1981 |
| Bishop Paul Friedrich Wehrle | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Freiburg im Breisgau |
| 16 Jun 1984 |
| Archbishop Karl Heinrich Braun | Archbishop Emeritus of Bamberg |
| 17 Dec 1985 |
| Bishop Luis Teodorico Stöckler | Bishop Emeritus of Quilmes, Argentina |
| 21 Dec 1985 |
| Bishop Rodolfo Pedro Wirz Kraemer | Bishop Emeritus of Maldonado-Punta del Este, Uruguay |
| 21 May 1986 |
| Bishop Lucio Alfert, O.M.I. | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Pilcomayo, Paraguay |
| 20 Feb 1988 |
| Bishop Joachim Friedrich Reinelt | Bishop Emeritus of Dresden-Meißen (Meissen) |
| Most Junior |
| 14 Jul 2025 |
| Bishop Miguel Fritz, O.M.I. | Vicar Apostolic of Pilcomayo, Paraguay |
| 2 Feb 2025 |
| Bishop Stephan Lipke, S.J. | Auxiliary Bishop of Trasfigurazione a Novosibirsk, Russian Federation |
| 2 Feb 2025 |
| Bishop Andreas Geßmann | Auxiliary Bishop of Essen |
| 1 Dec 2024 |
| Bishop Klaus Matthias Krämer | Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart |
| 9 May 2024 |
| Bishop Paul Reder | Auxiliary Bishop of Würzburg |
| 25 Nov 2023 |
| Bishop Antuan Ilgit, S.J. | Apostolic Administrator of Anatolia, Turkey |
| 26 Sep 2021 |
| Bishop Josef Holtkotte | Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn |
| 8 Sep 2021 |
| Bishop Vincenzo Viva | Bishop of Albano, Italy |
| 27 Feb 2021 |
| Bishop Norbert Hans Christoph Foerster, S.V.D. | Bishop of Ji-Paraná, Rondonia, Brazil |
| 6 Jun 2020 |
| Bishop Bertram Johannes Meier | Bishop of Augsburg |
| 13 Jul 2019 |
| Bishop Gerhard Schneider | Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart |
| 30 Jun 2019 |
| Bishop Christian Würtz | Auxiliary Bishop of Freiburg im Breisgau |