Ordained Bishop | Years | Name | Current Title |
| Most Senior |
| 12 Sep 1962 |
| Bishop Myles McKeon | Bishop Emeritus of Bunbury, Australia |
| 19 Dec 1965 |
| Bishop Michael Russell | Bishop Emeritus of Waterford and Lismore |
| 18 Jun 1967 |
| Archbishop Emanuele Gerada | Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Ireland |
| 16 Jul 1967 |
| Cahal Brendan Cardinal Daly | Archbishop Emeritus of Armagh |
| 9 Nov 1969 |
| Bishop Eamon Casey | Bishop Emeritus of Galway and Kilmacduagh |
| 1 Apr 1970 |
| Bishop Daniel Joseph Mullins | Bishop Emeritus of Menevia, Wales, Great Britain |
| 6 Jan 1971 |
| Bishop Patrick Francis Sheehan, O.S.A. | Bishop Emeritus of Kano, Nigeria |
| 19 Jan 1974 |
| Bishop David Cremin | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sydney, Australia |
| 31 Mar 1974 |
| Bishop Edward Kevin Daly | Bishop Emeritus of Derry |
| 30 Jun 1974 |
| Bishop John Mackey | Bishop Emeritus of Auckland, New Zealand |
| 13 Apr 1975 |
| Bishop Dermot Patrick O'Mahony | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dublin |
| 6 Jan 1976 |
| Bishop Edmund Joseph Fitzgibbon, S.P.S. | Bishop Emeritus of Warri, Nigeria |
| Most Junior |
| 29 Jun 2008 |
| Bishop Noël Treanor | Bishop of Down and Connor |
| 31 Mar 2008 |
| Bishop Michael Gregory Campbell, O.S.A. | Coadjutor Bishop of Lancaster, England, Great Britain |
| 27 Jan 2008 |
| Bishop Brendan Kelly | Bishop of Achonry |
| 2 Dec 2007 |
| Bishop Séamus Freeman, S.A.C. | Bishop of Ossory |
| 14 May 2006 |
| Bishop Robert Patrick Ellison, C.S.Sp. | Bishop of Banjul, Gambia |
| 23 Apr 2006 |
| Bishop Denis Brennan | Bishop of Ferns |
| 14 Feb 2006 |
| Bishop Patrick Kevin Lynch, SS.CC. | Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark, England, Great Britain |
| 24 Aug 2005 |
| Bishop John Gerard Noonan | Auxiliary Bishop of Miami, Florida, USA |
| 3 Jul 2004 |
| Bishop Richard Brendan Higgins | Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military |
| 6 Jan 2003 |
| Bishop Brian Farrell, L.C. | Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, Roman Curia |
| 17 Aug 2002 |
| Bishop Timothy Joseph Carroll, S.M.A. | Vicar Apostolic of Kontagora, Nigeria |
| 18 Jun 2002 |
| Bishop Thomas Matthew Burns, S.M. | Bishop of Menevia, Wales, Great Britain |