Ordained Priest | Years | Name | Current Title |
| Most Senior |
| 22 Jun 1941 |
| Cahal Brendan Cardinal Daly | Archbishop Emeritus of Armagh |
| 23 Nov 1941 |
| Bishop John Mackey | Bishop Emeritus of Auckland, New Zealand |
| 1 Aug 1943 |
| Archbishop Emanuele Gerada | Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Ireland |
| 9 Dec 1945 |
| Bishop Bernard Patrick Devlin | Bishop Emeritus of Gibraltar, Gibraltar |
| 22 Jun 1947 |
| Bishop Myles McKeon | Bishop Emeritus of Bunbury, Australia |
| 19 Jun 1949 |
| Bishop Francis Gerard Brooks | Bishop Emeritus of Dromore |
| 9 Apr 1950 |
| Bishop Edmund Joseph Fitzgibbon, S.P.S. | Bishop Emeritus of Warri, Nigeria |
| 19 May 1951 |
| Desmond Cardinal Connell | Archbishop Emeritus of Dublin |
| 17 Jun 1951 |
| Bishop Eamon Casey | Bishop Emeritus of Galway and Kilmacduagh |
| 17 Jun 1951 |
| Bishop Thomas Anthony Finnegan | Bishop Emeritus of Killala |
| 29 Jun 1952 |
| Bishop John C. O'Riordan, C.S.Sp. | Bishop Emeritus of Kenema, Sierra Leone |
| 12 Apr 1953 |
| Bishop Daniel Joseph Mullins | Bishop Emeritus of Menevia, Wales, Great Britain |
| Most Junior |
| 23 Sep 1983 |
| Bishop John Gerard Noonan | Auxiliary Bishop of Miami, Florida, USA |
| 24 Dec 1978 |
| Bishop Kevin Joseph Farrell | Bishop of Dallas, Texas, USA |
| 3 Jul 1977 |
| Bishop Donal McKeown | Auxiliary Bishop of Down and Connor |
| 13 Jun 1976 |
| Bishop Noël Treanor | Bishop of Down and Connor |
| 18 May 1975 |
| Archbishop Richard Anthony Burke, S.P.S. | Archbishop of Benin City, Nigeria |
| 10 Jun 1973 |
| Bishop John McAreavey | Bishop of Dromore |
| 9 Jun 1973 |
| Bishop Derek John Christopher Byrne, S.P.S. | Bishop of Guiratinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil |
| 21 Jul 1972 |
| Bishop Patrick Kevin Lynch, SS.CC. | Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark, England, Great Britain |
| 18 Jun 1972 |
| Bishop John Fleming | Bishop of Killala |
| 21 May 1972 |
| Bishop George Stack | Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain |
| 16 Dec 1971 |
| Bishop Thomas Matthew Burns, S.M. | Bishop of Menevia, Wales, Great Britain |
| 16 Sep 1971 |
| Bishop Michael Gregory Campbell, O.S.A. | Bishop of Lancaster, England, Great Britain |