| Year | Age | Bishop | Event | Title | Current Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | Joseph Zhao Fengchang | Born | Bishop of Yanggu [Yangku], China | ||
| 1937 | John Baptist Thakur, S.J. | Born | Bishop Emeritus of Muzaffarpur, India | ||
| 1941 | José Luis Chávez Botello | Born | Archbishop Emeritus of Antequera, Oaxaca, México | ||
| 1942 | Domenico Angelo Scotti | Born | Bishop Emeritus of Trivento, Italy | ||
| 1943 | Nicolas Sawaf | Born | Archbishop Emeritus of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Melkite Greek), Syria | ||
| 1944 | Brian Farrell, L.C. | Born | Secretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity | ||
| Jaume Pujol Balcells | Born | Archbishop Emeritus of Tarragona, Spain | |||
| 1945 | Emiliano Antonio Cisneros Martínez, O.A.R. | Born | Bishop Emeritus of Chachapoyas, Peru | ||
| 1948 | Joseph Osei-Bonsu | Born | Bishop Emeritus of Konongo-Mampong, Ghana | ||
| 1949 | Jan Sergiusz Gajek, M.I.C. | Born | Apostolic Administrator of Belarus, Faithful of Byzantine Rite (Byzantine) | ||
| 1950 | Callistus Rubaramira | Born | Bishop of Kabale, Uganda | ||
| 1955 | Peter Sebastian Goveas | Born | Bishop of Bettiah, India | ||
| 1956 | Augustinus Kim Jong Soo | Born | Bishop of Daejeon {Taejon}, Korea (South) | ||
| 1958 | Peter Leslie Smith | Born | Auxiliary Bishop of Portland in Oregon, USA | ||
| 1959 | Nirmol Vincent Gomes, S.D.B. | Born | Bishop of Krishnagar, India | ||
| Claudio Maniago | Born | Archbishop of Catanzaro-Squillace, Italy | |||
| 1960 | Habib Hormiz Jajou Al Nawfali | Born | Archbishop of Bassorah {Basra} (Chaldean), Iraq | ||
| 1963 | Emmanuel Kanon Rozario | Born | Bishop of Barishal, Bangladesh | ||
| 1966 | Joel Maria dos Santos | Born | Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil | ||
| 1970 | 29.7 | Antoine Ntalou | Ordained Priest | Priest | Archbishop Emeritus of Garoua, Cameroon |
| 1972 | 38.2 | Libardo Ramírez Gómez | Appointed | Bishop of Armenia, Colombia | Bishop Emeritus of Garzón, Colombia |
| Roberto Yenny García | Born | Bishop of Ciudad Valles, San Luís Potosí, México | |||
| 1974 | Domenico Beneventi | Born | Bishop of San Marino-Montefeltro, Italy | ||
| 1975 | 42.5 | Szilárd Keresztes | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Chunavia | Bishop Emeritus of Hajdúdorog (Hungarian), Hungary |
| 1977 | 28.6 | Dominic Lumon | Ordained Priest | Priest of Kohima, India | Archbishop Emeritus of Imphal, India |
| 1981 | 26.3 | Anil Joseph Thomas Couto | Ordained Priest | Priest | Archbishop of Delhi, India |
| 1982 | 45.3 | John Magee, S.P.S. | Appointed | Master of Pontifical Liturgical Celebrations of the Office of Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff | Bishop Emeritus of Cloyne, Ireland |
| 1986 | 26.0 | José Armando Álvarez Cano | Ordained Priest | Priest of Zamora, Michoacán, México | Coadjutor Archbishop of Morelia, Michoacán, México |
| 1990 | 49.6 | Gustavo Girón Higuita, O.C.D. | Appointed | Vicar Apostolic of Tumaco, Colombia | Bishop Emeritus of Tumaco, Colombia |
| 49.6 | Gustavo Girón Higuita, O.C.D. | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Bisica | Bishop Emeritus of Tumaco, Colombia | |
| 48.9 | Vincent Ri Pyung-ho | Appointed | Bishop of Jeonju {Chonju, Jeon Ju}, Korea (South) | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 49.8 | Joseph Theodorus Suwatan, M.S.C. | Appointed | Bishop of Manado, Indonesia | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 63.1 | Emmanuel Wamala | Succeeded | Archbishop of Kampala, Uganda | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus | |
| 1991 | 37.4 | Sylvester Anthony John David, O.M.I. | Ordained Priest | Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate | Auxiliary Bishop of Cape Town {Kaapstad}, South Africa |
| 1993 | 50.9 | Paolo Mario Virgilio Atzei, O.F.M. Conv. | Appointed | Bishop of Tempio-Ampurias, Italy | Archbishop Emeritus of Sassari, Italy |
| 1994 | 51.0 | Thomas John Curry | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus |
| 51.0 | Thomas John Curry | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Ceanannus Mór | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Los Angeles, California, USA | |
| 42.4 | Gabino Zavala | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
| 42.4 | Gabino Zavala | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Tamascani | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Los Angeles, California, USA | |
| 1996 | 46.0 | Christopher Alan Saunders | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Broome, Australia | Bishop Emeritus |
| 1997 | 71.3 | Angelo Acerbi | Appointed | Apostolic Nuncio to Netherlands | Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio |
| 46.8 | Thomas Elavanal, M.C.B.S. | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Kalyan (Syro-Malabar), India | ||
| 58.0 | Jesús Moliné Labarte | Appointed | Coadjutor Bishop of Chiclayo, Peru | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 1998 | 26.0 | João Batista Alves do Nascimento, C.Ss.R. | Professed | Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer | Bishop of Barra (do Rio Grande), Bahia, Brazil |
| 58.2 | John Buckley | Installed | Bishop of Cork and Ross, Ireland | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 2001 | 54.4 | Henryk Józef Nowacki | Appointed | Titular Archbishop of Blera | Apostolic Nuncio |
| 54.4 | Henryk Józef Nowacki | Appointed | Apostolic Nuncio to Slovakia | Apostolic Nuncio | |
| 2002 | 64.8 | Ad Abi Karam | Installed | Bishop of Saint Maron of Sydney (Maronite), Australia | Bishop Emeritus |
| 54.1 | Mario Aurelio Poli | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus | |
| 54.1 | Mario Aurelio Poli | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Abidda | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Buenos Aires, Argentina | |
| 2003 | 57.4 | José Benjamín Castillo Plascencia | Appointed | Bishop of Tabasco, México | Bishop Emeritus of Celaya, Guanajuato, México |
| 25.7 | José Roberto dos Reis, C.P. | Perpetual Vows | Member of Congregation of the Passion | Auxiliary Bishop of Goiânia, Goias, Brazil | |
| 49.5 | Pedro López Quintana | Appointed | Apostolic Nuncio to India | Apostolic Nuncio to Austria | |
| 49.5 | Pedro López Quintana | Appointed | Apostolic Nuncio to Nepal | Apostolic Nuncio to Austria | |
| 56.8 | Gianfranco Todisco, P.O.C.R. | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Melfi-Rapolla-Venosa, Italy | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 2004 | 43.3 | Gustavo Bombín Espino, O.SS.T. | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Tsiroanomandidy, Madagascar | Archbishop of Toliara, Madagascar |
| 47.4 | Robert Brahm | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Mimiana | Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany | |
| 54.5 | Musie Ghebreghiorghis, O.F.M. Cap. | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Emdeber (Ethiopian), Ethiopia | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 33.0 | Paul Ma Cunguo | Ordained Bishop | Coadjutor Bishop of Shuoxian [Shohchow], China | Bishop | |
| 43.8 | Jörg Michael Peters | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Forum Traiani | Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany | |
| 2006 | 50.5 | Dominique Marie Jean Denis You | Appointed | Bishop of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia, Brazil | |
| 2007 | 47.6 | Baselios Cleemis (Isaac) Thottunkal | Selected | Cardinal, Major Archbishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara), India | |
| 2008 | 46.2 | Anthony Poola | Appointed | Bishop of Kurnool, India | Cardinal, Archbishop of Hyderabad, India |
| 47.7 | Sithembele Anton Sipuka | Appointed | Bishop of Umtata, South Africa | ||
| 2009 | 51.2 | Francis Kalist | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Meerut, India | Archbishop of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, India |
| 2011 | 53.8 | Sanctus Lino Wanok | Appointed | Bishop of Nebbi, Uganda | Bishop of Lira, Uganda |
| 2012 | 54.3 | Gabriel Malzaire | Ceased | Apostolic Administrator of Saint John’s-Basseterre, Virgin Islands (British), Antilles | Archbishop of Castries, Saint Lucia, Antilles |
| 53.4 | Kenneth David Oswin Richards | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Saint John’s-Basseterre, Virgin Islands (British), Antilles | Archbishop of Kingston in Jamaica, Antilles | |
| 2013 | 75.8 | Salvatore Di Cristina | Retired | Archbishop of Monreale, Italy | Archbishop Emeritus |
| 66.2 | Michele Pennisi | Appointed | Archbishop of Monreale, Italy | Archbishop Emeritus | |
| 42.8 | Joseph Yang Yongqiang | Succeeded | Bishop of Zhoucun [Chowtsun], China | Bishop of Hangzhou [Hangchow], China | |
| 2014 | 51.2 | Raúl Biord Castillo, S.D.B. | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of La Guaira, Venezuela | Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela |
| 54.9 | Fabio Fabene | Appointed | Under Secretary of the Synod of Bishops | Secretary of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints | |
| 58.3 | Jesús Fernández González | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Rotdon | Bishop of Córdoba, Spain | |
| 49.1 | John Keenan | Appointed | Bishop of Paisley, Scotland, Great Britain | ||
| 52.0 | Thomas Luke Msusa, S.M.M. | Installed | Archbishop of Blantyre, Malawi | ||
| 56.5 | Giovanni Battista Piccioli | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Patara | Bishop Emeritus of Daule, Ecuador | |
| 2015 | 53.7 | Nicolò Anselmi | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Utica | Bishop of Rimini, Italy |
| 52.7 | Atanasio Amisse Canira | Appointed | Bishop of Lichinga, Mozambique | ||
| 76.2 | Elio Giovanni Greselin, S.C.I. | Retired | Bishop of Lichinga, Mozambique | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 62.5 | Kieran O’Reilly, S.M.A. | Installed | Archbishop of Cashel and Emly, Ireland | ||
| 2016 | 50.1 | Shorot Francis Gomes | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Dhaka, Bangladesh | Bishop of Sylhet, Bangladesh |
| 50.1 | Shorot Francis Gomes | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Forma | Bishop of Sylhet, Bangladesh | |
| 2017 | 56.3 | Gustavo Bombín Espino, O.SS.T. | Appointed | Bishop of Maintirano, Madagascar | Archbishop of Toliara, Madagascar |
| 54.2 | Timothy James Harris | Appointed | Bishop of Townsville, Australia | ||
| 2020 | 61.4 | Luis Augusto Campos Flórez | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia | |
| 44.8 | Nicolas Pierre Jean Lhernould | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Constantine (-Hippone), Algeria | Archbishop of Tunis, Tunisia | |
| 2021 | 70.3 | Denis Theurillat | Resigned | Auxiliary Bishop of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}, Switzerland | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus |
| 56.5 | Gerald (Jerry) Lee Vincke | Appointed | Apostolic Administrator of Dodge City, Kansas, USA | Bishop of Salina, Kansas, USA | |
| 2022 | 58.2 | Shelton Joseph Fabre | Appointed | Archbishop of Louisville, Kentucky, USA | |
| 75.4 | Joseph Edward Kurtz | Retired | Archbishop of Louisville, Kentucky, USA | Archbishop Emeritus | |
| 64.0 | Jorge Carlos Patrón Wong | Installed | Archbishop of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz, México | ||
| 62.7 | José Trinidad Zapata Ortiz | Ceased | Apostolic Administrator of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz, México | Bishop of Papantla, Puebla, México | |
| 2023 | 50.7 | Anthony Cerdan Celino | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of El Paso, Texas, USA | |
| 50.7 | Anthony Cerdan Celino | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Maronana | Auxiliary Bishop of El Paso, Texas, USA | |
| 59.7 | Peter Bryan Wells | Appointed | Apostolic Nuncio to Thailand | ||
| 59.7 | Peter Bryan Wells | Appointed | Apostolic Nuncio to Cambodia | Apostolic Nuncio to Thailand | |
| 59.7 | Peter Bryan Wells | Appointed | Apostolic Delegate to Laos | Apostolic Nuncio to Thailand | |
| 2025 | 63.0 | Selvarajan Dasan | Appointed | Coadjutor Bishop of Neyyattinkara, India | |
| 56.8 | Rubén Gregorio Delgado Carmona | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of San Felipe, Venezuela | ||
| 48.6 | Bernard Laloo | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Shillong, India | ||
| 48.6 | Bernard Laloo | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Trofimiana | Auxiliary Bishop of Shillong, India | |
| 70.2 | Philip Adisak Phorn-Ngam | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Chanthaburi, Thailand | ||
| 70.6 | Udumala Bala Showreddy | Appointed | Archbishop of Visakhapatnam, India | ||
| 64.4 | Jaime Spengler, O.F.M. | Installed | Cardinal-Priest of San Gregorio Magno alla Magliana Nuova | Cardinal, Archbishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | |
| 77.4 | Clement Tirkey | Retired | Bishop of Jalpaiguri, India | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 64.1 | Fabian Toppo | Appointed | Bishop of Jalpaiguri, India | ||
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