Ordained Priest | Years | Name | Current Title |
| Most Senior |
| 25 Aug 1935 |
| Paul Augustin Cardinal Mayer, O.S.B. | President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”, Roman Curia |
| 26 Jun 1938 |
| Bishop Rudolf Schmid | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Augsburg |
| 3 Jul 1949 |
| Bishop Ernst Gutting | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Speyer |
| 21 May 1950 |
| Bishop Maximilian Ziegelbauer | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Augsburg |
| 9 Jul 1950 |
| Bishop John Jobst, S.A.C. | Bishop Emeritus of Broome, Australia |
| 24 Jun 1951 |
| Bishop Emilio Lorenzo Stehle | Bishop Emeritus of Santo Domingo de los Colorados, Ecuador |
| 29 Jun 1951 |
| Pope Joseph Ratzinger | Pope (Roma {Rome}), Italy |
| 29 Jun 1951 |
| Bishop Franz Xaver Schwarzenböck | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of München und Freising {Munich} |
| 29 Jul 1951 |
| Bishop Bernhard Rieger | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rottenburg-Stuttgart |
| 29 Mar 1952 |
| Bishop Paul-Werner Scheele | Bishop Emeritus of Würzburg |
| 24 Jun 1952 |
| Bishop Manfred Müller | Bishop Emeritus of Regensburg |
| 20 Jul 1952 |
| Bishop Franz Josef Kuhnle | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rottenburg-Stuttgart |
| Most Junior |
| 12 Jul 1997 |
| Bishop Bernardo Johannes Bahlmann, O.F.M. | Prelate of Óbidos, Para, Brazil |
| 26 Sep 1992 |
| Bishop Karl Borsch | Auxiliary Bishop of Aachen |
| 29 Jun 1991 |
| Bishop Éric Marie de Moulins d'Amieu de Beaufort | Auxiliary Bishop of Paris, France |
| 10 Oct 1989 |
| Bishop Franz-Josef Overbeck | Bishop of Essen |
| 25 Jun 1988 |
| Bishop Clemens Pickel | Bishop of San Clemente a Saratov, Russian Federation |
| 10 Oct 1987 |
| Bishop Stephan Ackermann | Bishop of Trier |
| 18 Jul 1987 |
| Bishop Jörg Michael Peters | Auxiliary Bishop of Trier |
| 10 Oct 1985 |
| Bishop Karl-Heinz Wiesemann | Bishop of Speyer |
| 29 Jun 1985 |
| Bishop Reinhard Pappenberger | Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg |
| 14 Jun 1985 |
| Bishop Rainer Woelki | Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne} |
| 26 May 1985 |
| Bishop Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst | Bishop of Limburg |
| 25 May 1985 |
| Bishop Matthias König | Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn |