Ordained Bishop | Years | Name | Current Title |
| 31 Mar 1968 |
| Miguel Cardinal Obando Bravo, S.D.B. | Archbishop Emeritus of Managua |
| 12 May 1968 |
| Lorenzo Cardinal Antonetti | President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See, Roman Curia |
| 7 Oct 1972 |
| Bishop Leovigildo López Fitoria, C.M. | Bishop Emeritus of Granada |
| 4 Jun 1977 |
| Andrea Cardinal Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo | Archpriest of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica}, Roman Curia |
| 27 May 1979 |
| Bishop Rubén López Ardón | Bishop Emeritus of Esteli |
| 21 Nov 1981 |
| Bishop César Bosco Vivas Robelo | Bishop of León en Nicaragua |
| 8 Sep 1984 |
| Bishop Pedro Lisímaco de Jesús Vílchez Vílchez | Bishop Emeritus of Jinotega |
| 17 Sep 1984 |
| Bishop Pablo Ervin Schmitz Simon, O.F.M. Cap. | Vicar Apostolic of Bluefields |
| 8 Jun 1986 |
| Archbishop Paolo Giglio | Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Egypt, Arab Republic of |
| 19 Mar 1988 |
| Archbishop Leopoldo José Brenes Solórzano | Archbishop of Managua |
| 19 Mar 1988 |
| Bishop Juan Abelardo Mata Guevara, S.D.B. | Bishop of Esteli |
| 26 Apr 1992 |
| Archbishop Luigi Travaglino | Official of the Secretariat of State, Roman Curia |
| 6 Jan 1994 |
| Archbishop Jean-Paul Aimé Gobel | Apostolic Nuncio to Iran |
| 22 Apr 1995 |
| Bishop Bernardo Hombach Lütkermeier | Bishop of Granada |
| 13 Jul 2000 |
| Bishop Jorge Solórzano Pérez | Bishop of Matagalpa |
| 19 Mar 2001 |
| Archbishop Henryk Józef Nowacki | Apostolic Nuncio to Nicaragua |
| 13 Sep 2002 |
| Bishop David Albin Zywiec Sidor, O.F.M. Cap. | Auxiliary Bishop of Bluefields |
| 22 Jan 2005 |
| Bishop René Sócrates Sándigo Jiron | Bishop of Juigalpa |
| 19 Mar 2005 |
| Bishop Pedro Joaquin Hernández Cantarero, C.M.F. | Vicar Apostolic of Darién, Panama |
| 24 Jun 2005 |
| Bishop Carlos Enrique Herrera Gutiérrez, O.F.M. | Bishop of Jinotega |