| Year | Age | Bishop | Event | Title | Current Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 | Theodorus van Ruijven (van Ruyven), C.M. | Born | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nekemte, Ethiopia | ||
| 1946 | Francesco Montenegro | Born | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Agrigento, Italy | ||
| 1948 | 23.4 | Gaetano Bonicelli | Ordained Priest | Priest of Bergamo, Italy | Archbishop Emeritus of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino, Italy |
| 1955 | Dominic Ryōji Miyahara | Born | Bishop Emeritus of Fukuoka, Japan | ||
| 1956 | Ramón Alfredo Dus | Born | Archbishop of Resistencia, Argentina | ||
| 1958 | Robertus Gerardus Leonia Maria Mutsaerts | Born | Auxiliary Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands | ||
| 23.3 | Paweł Socha, C.M. | Ordained Priest | Priest of Congregation of the Mission | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Zielona Góra-Gorzów, Poland | |
| 1961 | 39.3 | José de Jesús Sahagún de la Parra | Appointed | Bishop of Tula, Hidalgo, México | Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, México |
| 1965 | 24.8 | Giancarlo Vecerrica | Ordained Priest | Priest of Macerata e Tolentino, Italy | Bishop Emeritus of Fabriano-Matelica, Italy |
| 1971 | 26.6 | Franz Josef Meinrad Merkel, C.S.Sp. | Ordained Priest | Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit | Bishop Emeritus of Humaitá, Amazonas, Brazil |
| 1972 | 28.6 | Denis Komivi Amuzu-Dzakpah | Ordained Priest | Priest of Lomé, Togo | Archbishop Emeritus |
| 1973 | Nil Yuriy Lushchak, O.F.M. | Born | Auxiliary Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine | ||
| 1976 | 26.0 | George Leo Thomas | Ordained Priest | Priest of Seattle, Washington, USA | Archbishop of Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 25.0 | Robert Francis Vasa | Ordained Priest | Priest of Lincoln, Nebraska, USA | Bishop of Santa Rosa (in California), USA | |
| 1977 | 26.7 | Jānis Bulis | Ordained Priest | Priest of Riga, Latvia | Bishop of Rēzekne-Aglona, Latvia |
| 38.9 | Jonas Kauneckas | Ordained Priest | Priest of Telšiai, Lithuania | Bishop Emeritus of Panevėžys, Lithuania | |
| 1980 | 27.2 | Thomas Aquinas Lephonse | Ordained Priest | Priest of Vellore, India | Bishop of Coimbatore, India |
| 1982 | 24.9 | Gary Michael Gordon | Ordained Priest | Priest of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | Bishop of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada |
| 29.6 | William Francis Medley | Ordained Priest | Priest of Louisville, Kentucky, USA | Bishop of Owensboro, Kentucky, USA | |
| 1983 | 24.5 | Roman Pindel | Ordained Priest | Priest of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland | Bishop of Bielsko-Żywiec, Poland |
| 1986 | 27.9 | Jorge Enrique Concha Cayuqueo, O.F.M. | Ordained Deacon | Deacon of Order of Friars Minor | Bishop of Temuco, Chile |
| 1988 | 23.8 | Sylvain Jean-Luc Bataille, S.J.M.V. | Ordained Deacon | Deacon of Beauvais (-Noyon-Senlis), France | Bishop of Saint-Etienne, France |
| 39.7 | Wolfgang Haas | Ordained Bishop | Coadjutor Bishop of Chur, Switzerland | Archbishop Emeritus of Vaduz, Liechtenstein | |
| 32.9 | Philippe Mousset | Ordained Priest | Priest of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France | Bishop of Périgueux (-Sarlat), France | |
| 25.4 | Marco Prastaro | Ordained Priest | Priest of Torino {Turin}, Italy | Bishop of Asti, Italy | |
| 24.8 | Mauro Rivella | Ordained Priest | Priest of Torino {Turin}, Italy | Secretary Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See | |
| 24.2 | Grzegorz Wojciech Ryś | Ordained Priest | Priest of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland | Cardinal, Archbishop of Łódź, Poland | |
| 29.7 | Selim Jean Sfeir | Ordained Priest | Priest of Sarba (Maronite), Lebanon | Archbishop of Cyprus (Maronite) | |
| 36.3 | Norman King’oo Wambua | Ordained Priest | Priest | Bishop of Machakos, Kenya | |
| 1989 | 32.0 | Thomas Robert Zinkula | Ordained Deacon | Deacon of Dubuque, Iowa, USA | Archbishop |
| 1990 | 41.7 | Wolfgang Haas | Succeeded | Bishop of Chur, Switzerland | Archbishop Emeritus of Vaduz, Liechtenstein |
| 1992 | 28.1 | Peter Andrew Comensoli | Ordained Priest | Priest of Wollongong, Australia | Archbishop of Melbourne, Australia |
| 67.6 | Manuel Edmilson da Cruz | Appointed | Apostolic Administrator of Limoeiro do Norte, Ceara, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 1993 | 55.2 | Francesco Coccopalmerio | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Coeliana | Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts |
| 1994 | 29.6 | Graham Bell | Ordained Priest | Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy | Under Secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization |
| 28.1 | Dagoberto Campos Salas | Ordained Priest | Priest of Tilarán, Costa Rica | Apostolic Nuncio to Panama | |
| 26.0 | Dario Gervasi | Ordained Priest | Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy | Adjunct Secretary of the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life | |
| 45.8 | Joseph Shipandeni Shikongo, O.M.I. | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Capra | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Rundu, Namibia | |
| 1996 | 57.0 | Carmo João Rhoden, S.C.I. | Appointed | Bishop of Taubaté, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus |
| 1997 | 28.6 | Eduardo Muñoz Ochoa | Ordained Priest | Priest of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México | Bishop of Autlán, Jalisco, México |
| 1998 | 52.5 | Thomas Dabre | Appointed | Bishop of Vasai, India | Bishop Emeritus of Poona, India |
| 28.1 | Thomas Francis D’Souza | Incardinated | Priest of Vasai, India | Bishop | |
| 49.9 | Felix Anthony Machado | Incardinated | Priest of Vasai, India | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 49.3 | Prakash Mallavarapu | Appointed | Bishop of Cuddapah, India | Archbishop Emeritus of Visakhapatnam, India | |
| 55.4 | John Baptist Tseng Chien-tsi | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Hwalien, Taiwan | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
| 55.4 | John Baptist Tseng Chien-tsi | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Sululos | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Hwalien, Taiwan | |
| 1999 | 24.3 | Adam Piotr Bab | Ordained Priest | Priest of Lublin, Poland | Auxiliary Bishop |
| 48.3 | Nikola Eterović | Appointed | Titular Archbishop of Siscia | Apostolic Nuncio to Germany | |
| 48.3 | Nikola Eterović | Appointed | Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine | Apostolic Nuncio to Germany | |
| Richard Allen Gyhra | Ordained Priest | Priest of Lincoln, Nebraska, USA | Permanent Observer to United Nations Office and Specialized Agencies in Vienna | ||
| 35.6 | Robert John McClory | Ordained Priest | Priest of Detroit, Michigan, USA | Bishop of Gary, Indiana, USA | |
| 53.0 | Luigi Pezzuto | Appointed | Apostolic Nuncio to Tanzania | Apostolic Nuncio | |
| 28.5 | Pierre Olivier Tremblay, O.M.I. | Ordained Priest | Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate | Bishop of Hearst-Moosonee, Ontario, Canada | |
| 30.7 | Tuomo T. Vimpari | Ordained Priest | Priest of Helsinki, Finland | Under Secretary of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts | |
| 2000 | 62.6 | Daniel Francis Walsh | Installed | Bishop of Santa Rosa (in California), USA | Bishop Emeritus |
| 2001 | 48.9 | Alois Schwarz | Appointed | Bishop of Gurk, Austria | Bishop of Sankt Pölten, Austria |
| 2002 | Paul Kavanagh | Ordained Priest | Priest of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | Administrator | |
| 2003 | 55.1 | Guy Harpigny | Appointed | Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium | |
| 2004 | 55.6 | Ramón José Aponte Fernández | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Valle de la Pascua, Venezuela | Bishop Emeritus |
| 53.6 | Andrzej Franciszek Dziuba | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Łowicz, Poland | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 29.1 | Nicolas Pierre Jean Lhernould | Ordained Priest | Priest of Tunis, Tunisia | Archbishop of Tunis, Tunisia | |
| 25.0 | Maciej Małyga | Ordained Priest | Priest of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland | Auxiliary Bishop | |
| 67.9 | Anthony Olubunmi Okogie | Installed | Cardinal-Priest of Beata Vergine Maria del Monte Carmelo a Mostacciano | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Lagos, Nigeria | |
| 25.5 | Adrian Put | Ordained Priest | Priest of Zielona Góra-Gorzów, Poland | Auxiliary Bishop | |
| 47.1 | Gerardo de Jesús Rojas López | Appointed | Bishop of Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, México | Bishop of Tabasco, México | |
| 57.3 | Emil Paul Tscherrig | Appointed | Apostolic Nuncio to Korea | Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio | |
| 2005 | 72.5 | Francis Arinze | Installed | Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri-Segni | Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments |
| 2008 | 33.5 | Jonáš (Jozef) Maxim, M.S.U. | Solemn Vows | Priest of Ukrainian Studite Monks (Ukrainian) | Archbishop of Prešov (Prjašev) (Slovak), Slovakia |
| 47.8 | Taras Senkiv, O.M. | Confirmed | Auxiliary Bishop of Stryj (Ukrainian), Ukraine | Bishop | |
| 47.8 | Taras Senkiv, O.M. | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Siccenna | Bishop of Stryj (Ukrainian), Ukraine | |
| 2009 | 63.0 | William (Leonard) Kenney, C.P. | Appointed | Administrator of Birmingham, England, Great Britain | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus |
| 2010 | 50.4 | Felix Lian Khen Thang | Appointed | Bishop of Kalay, Myanmar | |
| 49.0 | Dominic Kimengich | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Tanaramusa | Bishop of Eldoret, Kenya | |
| 61.8 | Maroun Elias Nimeh Lahham | Appointed | Archbishop of Tunis, Tunisia | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine | |
| 63.5 | Luis Madrid Merlano | Installed | Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia | Archbishop Emeritus | |
| 58.9 | Frank Richard Spencer | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military | ||
| 58.9 | Frank Richard Spencer | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Auzia | Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military | |
| 2011 | 65.5 | Timoteo Hikmat Beylouni | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Sabrata | Apostolic Exarch of Venezuela (Syrian) |
| 51.2 | Inácio Saúre, I.M.C. | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Tete, Mozambique | Archbishop of Nampula, Mozambique | |
| 2014 | 49.7 | Markus Graulich, S.D.B. | Appointed | Under Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts | Under Secretary of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts |
| 2015 | 58.1 | Jean-Louis Marie Balsa | Appointed | Bishop of Viviers, France | Archbishop of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur), France |
| 75.1 | François Marie Joseph Pascal Louis Blondel | Retired | Bishop of Viviers, France | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 60.2 | José Leopoldo González González | Installed | Bishop of Nogales, Sonora, México | Bishop of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, México | |
| 41.3 | Teodor (Taras) Martynyuk, M.S.U. | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Mopta | Archbishop of Ternopil-Zboriv (Ukrainian), Ukraine | |
| 63.4 | Jean César Scarcella, C.R.A. | Confirmed | Abbot of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland | Abbot Emeritus | |
| 2016 | 51.6 | Raúl Alfonso Carrillo Martínez | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Afufenia | Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Gaitán, Colombia |
| 67.8 | Juan de la Caridad García Rodríguez | Installed | Cardinal, Archbishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba | ||
| 57.0 | Darci José Nicioli, C.Ss.R. | Installed | Archbishop of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil | ||
| 64.8 | Thomas Paulsamy | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Dindigul, India | ||
| 46.0 | Jaime Uriel Sanabria Arias | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Burca | Vicar Apostolic of San Andrés y Providencia, Colombia | |
| 2018 | 49.8 | Dante Gustavo Braida Lorenzón | Ceased | Apostolic Administrator of Mendoza, Argentina | Bishop of La Rioja, Argentina |
| 57.1 | Marcelo Daniel Colombo | Appointed | Archbishop of Mendoza, Argentina | ||
| 50.8 | Anthony Gaspar Lagwen | Appointed | Bishop of Mbulu, Tanzania | ||
| 2019 | 54.4 | Edson Batista de Mello | Appointed | Bishop of Cachoeira do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | |
| 67.6 | Jesús Galeote Tormo, O.F.M. | Ordained Bishop | Vicar Apostolic of Camiri, Bolivia | ||
| 53.1 | Carlos Eugenio Irarrázaval Errázuriz | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Santiago de Chile | Priest | |
| 53.1 | Carlos Eugenio Irarrázaval Errázuriz | Appointed | Titular Bishop-Elect of Tanudaia | Priest of Santiago de Chile | |
| 65.7 | Alberto Ricardo Lorenzelli Rossi, S.D.B. | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile | ||
| 65.7 | Alberto Ricardo Lorenzelli Rossi, S.D.B. | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Sesta | Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile | |
| 2020 | 45.3 | Adam Piotr Bab | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin, Poland | |
| 45.3 | Adam Piotr Bab | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Arna | Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin, Poland | |
| 2021 | 60.8 | Carlos Enrique Curiel Herrera, Sch. P. | Installed | Bishop of Carora, Venezuela | |
| 60.8 | Alessandro Damiano | Succeeded | Archbishop of Agrigento, Italy | ||
| 55.6 | Lawrence Subrata Howlader, C.S.C. | Installed | Archbishop of Chattogram, Bangladesh | ||
| 55.6 | Lawrence Subrata Howlader, C.S.C. | Appointed | Apostolic Administrator of Barishal, Bangladesh | Archbishop of Chattogram, Bangladesh | |
| 75.0 | Francesco Montenegro | Retired | Archbishop of Agrigento, Italy | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus | |
| 64.5 | Francisco Javier Múnera Correa, I.M.C. | Installed | Archbishop of Cartagena, Colombia | ||
| 58.8 | Fulgence Muteba Mugalu | Appointed | Archbishop of Lubumbashi, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | ||
| 58.8 | Fulgence Muteba Mugalu | Appointed | Apostolic Administrator of Kilwa-Kasenga, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Archbishop of Lubumbashi, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | |
| 73.1 | Gennaro Pascarella | Appointed | Bishop of Ischia, Italy | Bishop Emeritus of Pozzuoli, Italy | |
| 80.0 | Ubaldo Ramón Santana Sequera, F.M.I. | Ceased | Apostolic Administrator of Carora, Venezuela | Archbishop Emeritus of Maracaibo, Venezuela | |
| 52.7 | Pius Sin Hozel | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Busan {Pusan}, Korea (South) | ||
| 52.7 | Pius Sin Hozel | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Belesasa | Auxiliary Bishop of Busan {Pusan}, Korea (South) | |
| 60.0 | Ranko Vidović | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Hvar (-Brac e Vis), Croatia | ||
| 2022 | 78.4 | Gianni Ambrosio | Ceased | Apostolic Administrator of Massa Carrara-Pontremoli, Italy | Bishop Emeritus of Piacenza-Bobbio, Italy |
| 63.2 | Mario Vaccari, O.F.M. | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Massa Carrara-Pontremoli, Italy | ||
| 2023 | 60.9 | Álvaro Mon Peréz, C.Ss.R. | Ordained Bishop | Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Carreño, Colombia | |
| 64.9 | Nicolas Henry Marie Denis Thevenin | Appointed | Apostolic Nuncio to Oman | Apostolic Nuncio to Egypt, Arab Republic of | |
| 2024 | 71.2 | Gabriel Lionel Afagbegee, S.V.D. | Appointed | Apostolic Administrator of Francistown, Botswana | |
| 62.3 | Francis Bomansaan, M. Afr. | Appointed | Bishop of Wa, Ghana | ||
| 53.7 | Alexandre Marie Joseph de Bucy | Appointed | Bishop of Agen, France | ||
| 54.8 | Rubival Cabral Britto, O.F.M. Cap. | Installed | Bishop of Bom Jesus da Lapa, Bahia, Brazil | ||
| 2025 | 75.4 | Irineu Andreassa, O.F.M. | Retired | Bishop of Ituiutaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus |
| 72.9 | Vicente Bokalic Iglic, C.M. | Installed | Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Maddalena in Campo Marzio | Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago del Estero, Argentina | |
| 75.7 | Markus Büchel | Retired | Bishop of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 50.0 | Ignazio Ceffalia | Ordained Bishop | Titular Archbishop of Fiorentino | Apostolic Nuncio to Belarus | |
| 67.5 | Antônio Emídio Vilar, S.D.B. | Appointed | Archbishop of São José do Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil | ||
| 54.6 | Beat Grögli | Appointed | Bishop of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland | ||
| 52.2 | Valter Magno de Carvalho | Appointed | Bishop of Ituiutaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil | ||
| 65.6 | Tiziana Merletti, S.F.P. | Appointed | Secretary of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life | ||
| 58.3 | Michael (Micae) Phạm Minh Cường | Appointed | Bishop of San Diego, California, USA | ||
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