| Year | Age | Bishop | Event | Title | Current Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1925 | Ernest Bertrand Boland, O.P. | Born | Providence, RI, USA | Bishop Emeritus of Multan, Pakistan | |
| 1929 | Daniel Joseph Mullins | Born | Kilfinane, Ireland | Bishop Emeritus of Menevia, Wales, Great Britain | |
| 1934 | François Colímon, S.M.M. | Born | Les Gonaïves | Bishop Emeritus of Port-de-Paix, Haïti | |
| 1937 | Emilio Patriarca | Born | Varese, Italy | Bishop Emeritus of Monze, Zambia | |
| 1940 | Raffaele Calabro | Born | Minervino di Lecce | Bishop of Andria, Italy | |
| 1941 | Juan Frausto Pallares | Born | Tomelópez | Auxiliary Bishop of León, Guanajuato, México | |
| 1943 | Joseph Augustine Di Noia, O.P. | Born | New York, NY, USA | Official of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith | |
| Stanislav Lipovšek | Born | Vojnik | Bishop of Celje, Slovenia | ||
| 1949 | Alexander Pyone Cho | Born | Oatshitpin | Bishop of Pyay, Myanmar | |
| 1951 | Wilson Tadeu Jönck, S.C.I. | Born | Vidal Ramos | Archbishop of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil | |
| Romulo Geolina Valles | Born | Maribojoc | Archbishop of Davao, Philippines | ||
| 1954 | Manoel Delson Pedreira da Cruz, O.F.M. Cap. | Born | Biritinga | Bishop of Campina Grande, Paraiba, Brazil | |
| 1955 | Johan Jozef Bonny | Born | Oostende | Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp}, Belgium | |
| 24.0 | Egidio Caporello | Ordained Priest | Priest of Padova {Padua}, Italy | Bishop Emeritus of Mantova, Italy | |
| 26.0 | Malcolm Patrick Galt, C.S.Sp. | Ordained Priest | Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit | Bishop Emeritus of Bridgetown, Barbados, Antilles | |
| 1957 | Giovanni Battista Piccioli | Born | Erbusco, Italy | Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador | |
| 1958 | John Balthasar Brungardt | Born | Salina, KS | Bishop of Dodge City, Kansas, USA | |
| 1960 | 23.2 | Antonio Franco | Ordained Priest | Priest of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy | Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Israel |
| 27.7 | Joseph Minj | Ordained Priest | Priest | Bishop Emeritus of Simdega, India | |
| 1971 | 24.2 | Giorgio Corbellini | Ordained Priest | Priest of Piacenza, Italy | President of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See |
| 27.5 | Jean Zerbo | Ordained Priest | Priest of Ségou, Mali | Archbishop of Bamako, Mali | |
| 1972 | 36.4 | Moacyr Grechi, O.S.M. | Appointed | Prelate of Acre e Purus, Acre, Brazil | Archbishop Emeritus of Porto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil |
| 1975 | 42.9 | Pierre-Antonio-Jean Bach, M.E.P. | Resigned | Vicar Apostolic of Savannakhet, Laos | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus |
| 53.2 | Dante Bernini | Appointed | Bishop of Velletri, Italy | Bishop Emeritus of Albano, Italy | |
| 53.2 | Dante Bernini | Appointed | Bishop of Segni, Italy | Bishop Emeritus of Albano, Italy | |
| 50.5 | Gaetano Bonicelli | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Albano, Italy | Archbishop Emeritus of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino, Italy | |
| 50.5 | Gaetano Bonicelli | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Musti | Archbishop Emeritus of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino, Italy | |
| 50.8 | Fulgence Werner Le Roy, O.S.B. | Appointed | Abbot of Pietersburg, South Africa | Bishop Emeritus of Pietersburg, South Africa | |
| 50.8 | Fulgence Werner Le Roy, O.S.B. | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Ausafa | Bishop Emeritus of Pietersburg, South Africa | |
| 1976 | 23.3 | Ralph Heskett, C.SS.R. | Ordained Priest | Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer | Bishop of Hallam, England, Great Britain |
| 1977 | 31.6 | Joseph Francis Kweku Essien | Ordained Priest | Priest of Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana | Bishop of Wiawso, Ghana |
| 25.1 | Ángel Fernández Collado | Ordained Priest | Priest of Toledo, Spain | Auxiliary Bishop | |
| 45.7 | Jacques Louis Marie Joseph Fihey | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Remesiana | Bishop Emeritus of Coutances (-Avranches), France | |
| 23.3 | Léon Lemmens | Ordained Priest | Priest of Hasselt, Belgium | Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium | |
| 27.1 | Thomas Osman, O.F.M. Cap. | Ordained Priest | Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin | Bishop of Barentu (Ethiopian), Eritrea | |
| 23.8 | Carlos Alberto de Pinho Moreira Azevedo | Ordained Priest | Priest of Porto, Portugal | Official of the Pontifical Council for Culture | |
| 1980 | 23.7 | Joseph Anthony Toal | Ordained Priest | Priest of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain | Bishop of Motherwell, Scotland, Great Britain |
| 1982 | 28.0 | Severino Clasen, O.F.M. | Ordained Priest | Priest of Order of Friars Minor | Bishop of Caçador, Santa Catarina, Brazil |
| 1983 | 44.2 | Ferdinand Maemba Liwoke | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Baliana | Bishop of Lolo, Congo (Dem. Rep.) |
| 28.2 | Ludovikus Simanullang, O.F.M. Cap. | Ordained Priest | Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin | Bishop of Sibolga, Indonesia | |
| 1984 | 60.6 | Giovanni Moretti | Appointed | Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Egypt, Arab Republic of | Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Belgium |
| 1985 | 54.6 | Leonard Anthony Boyle | Succeeded | Bishop of Dunedin, New Zealand | Bishop Emeritus |
| 1990 | 51.8 | Robert Henry Brom | Succeeded | Bishop of San Diego, California, USA | Bishop Emeritus |
| 53.4 | Francis Eugene George, O.M.I. | Appointed | Bishop of Yakima, Washington, USA | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Chicago, Illinois, USA | |
| 1991 | 57.6 | Kevin Michael Manning | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Armidale, Australia | Bishop Emeritus of Parramatta, Australia |
| 61.0 | José Carlos Melo, C.M. | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil | Archbishop Emeritus of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil | |
| 61.0 | José Carlos Melo, C.M. | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Ceramus | Archbishop Emeritus of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil | |
| 43.1 | José Antônio Aparecido Tosi Marques | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil | Archbishop of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil | |
| 43.1 | José Antônio Aparecido Tosi Marques | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Lysinia | Archbishop of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil | |
| 1993 | 28.0 | Joseph Gébara | Ordained Priest | Priest of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon | Bishop of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo (Melkite Greek), Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| 55.8 | Oscar Páez Garcete | Appointed | Bishop of Alto Paraná, Paraguay | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 50.6 | Franciscus Jozef Maria Wiertz | Appointed | Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands | ||
| 1994 | 55.8 | Antoni Pacyfik Dydycz, O.F.M. Cap. | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Drohiczyn, Poland | Bishop Emeritus |
| 1995 | 34.9 | Michael Ekwoy Apochi | Incardinated | Priest of Otukpo, Nigeria | Bishop |
| 37.6 | Joseph Danlami Bagobiri | Appointed | Bishop of Kafanchan, Nigeria | ||
| 49.6 | Martin Albert Happe, M. Afr. | Appointed | Bishop of Nouakchott, Mauritania | ||
| 58.7 | Thomas Menamparampil, S.D.B. | Appointed | Archbishop of Guwahati, India | Archbishop Emeritus | |
| 63.9 | Joseph Mittathany | Appointed | Archbishop of Imphal, India | Archbishop Emeritus | |
| 53.5 | Noel Charles O’Regan, S.M.A. | Appointed | Bishop of Solwezi, Zambia | Bishop Emeritus of Ndola, Zambia | |
| 1996 | 45.7 | Philip Edward Wilson | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Wollongong, Australia | Archbishop of Adelaide, Australia |
| 1997 | 68.5 | Bede Vincent Heather | Resigned | Bishop of Parramatta, Australia | Bishop Emeritus |
| 63.6 | Kevin Michael Manning | Appointed | Bishop of Parramatta, Australia | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 1998 | 62.1 | Alphonse Émile Georger | Appointed | Bishop of Oran, Algeria | Bishop Emeritus |
| 1999 | 54.5 | Vincent Boi-Nai, S.V.D. | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Yendi, Ghana | |
| 48.4 | Nikola Eterović | Ordained Bishop | Titular Archbishop of Siscia | Apostolic Nuncio to Germany | |
| 55.7 | Thomas Kaboré | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Kaya, Burkina Faso | ||
| 67.8 | Bassano Staffieri | Appointed | Bishop of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato, Italy | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 2001 | 42.4 | Andrés Arteaga Manieu | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile | |
| 42.4 | Andrés Arteaga Manieu | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Baliana | Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile | |
| 59.5 | Ricardo Ezzati Andrello, S.D.B. | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile | Cardinal, Archbishop | |
| 59.5 | Ricardo Ezzati Andrello, S.D.B. | Appointed | Titular Bishop of La Imperial | Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Chile | |
| 65.3 | Luis Gleisner Wobbe | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of La Serena, Chile | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
| 54.2 | Mariano José Parra Sandoval | Appointed | Bishop of Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela | ||
| 2002 | 49.3 | Thomas Aquinas Lephonse | Appointed | Bishop of Coimbatore, India | |
| 76.2 | Sydney Anicetus Charles | Retired | Bishop of Saint George’s in Grenada, Grenada, Antilles | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 46.8 | Vincent Matthew Darius, O.P. | Appointed | Bishop of Saint George’s in Grenada, Grenada, Antilles | ||
| 54.5 | John Michael Kudrick | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Parma (Ruthenian), Ohio, USA | ||
| 44.7 | Gabriel Malzaire | Appointed | Bishop of Roseau, Dominica, Antilles | ||
| 2003 | 51.0 | Enrique Díaz Díaz | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Izirzada | Coadjutor Bishop of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, México |
| 63.3 | Alejandro Goic Karmelic | Appointed | Coadjutor Bishop of Rancagua, Chile | Bishop | |
| 2004 | 42.8 | Ignace Bessi Dogbo | Installed | Bishop of Katiola, Côte d’Ivoire | |
| 65.4 | Carlito J. Cenzon, C.I.C.M. | Appointed | Bishop of Baguio, Philippines | ||
| 2005 | 77.6 | Angelo Sodano | Installed | Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia | Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State |
| 2006 | 62.3 | Gianfranco Agostino Gardin, O.F.M. Conv. | Appointed | Secretary of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life | Bishop of Treviso, Italy |
| 62.3 | Gianfranco Agostino Gardin, O.F.M. Conv. | Appointed | Titular Archbishop of Cissa | Bishop of Treviso, Italy | |
| 47.3 | Pablo Virgilio Siongco David | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Guardialfiera | Auxiliary Bishop of San Fernando, Philippines | |
| 2009 | 61.9 | Alfonso Cortés Contreras | Appointed | Bishop of Cuernavaca, Morelos, México | Archbishop of León, Guanajuato, México |
| 62.3 | Hyginus Kim Hee-jong | Appointed | Coadjutor Archbishop of Gwangju, Korea (South) | Archbishop | |
| 64.0 | Jesús Antonio Lerma Nolasco | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Aulon | Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District | |
| 75.7 | Florencio Olvera Ochoa | Retired | Bishop of Cuernavaca, Morelos, México | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 2010 | 59.6 | Bernard Bober | Installed | Archbishop of Košice, Slovakia | |
| 63.0 | Josef De Kesel | Installed | Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium | ||
| 57.3 | Ralph Heskett, C.SS.R. | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Gibraltar | Bishop of Hallam, England, Great Britain | |
| 59.7 | Joaquín Hermes Robledo Romero | Succeeded | Bishop of Carapeguá, Paraguay | ||
| 2011 | 49.8 | Virgilio do Nascimento Antunes | Installed | Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal | |
| 43.3 | João Carlos Hatoa Nunes | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Amudarsa | Auxiliary Bishop of Maputo, Mozambique | |
| 55.2 | Dimas Lara Barbosa | Installed | Archbishop of Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil | ||
| 2012 | 54.7 | Pedro Mario Ossandón Buljevic | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile | |
| 2013 | 48.5 | Pedro Alberto Bustamante López | Appointed | Prelate of Sicuani, Peru | |
| 57.4 | Ramón Castro Castro | Installed | Bishop of Cuernavaca, Morelos, México | ||
| 47.8 | Andrew Nkea Fuanya | Appointed | Coadjutor Bishop of Mamfe, Cameroon | Bishop | |
| 78.6 | Miguel La Fay Bardi, O. Carm. | Retired | Prelate of Sicuani, Peru | Prelate Emeritus | |
| 76.1 | Robert Joseph Shaheen | Retired | Bishop of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles (Maronite), California, USA | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 50.3 | Abdallah Elias Zaidan, M.L. | Appointed | Bishop of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles (Maronite), California, USA | ||
| 2014 | 55.7 | Luis Horacio Gomez González | Appointed | Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Gaitán, Colombia | |
| 55.7 | Luis Horacio Gomez González | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Liberalia | Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Gaitán, Colombia | |
| 61.3 | Ralph Heskett, C.SS.R. | Installed | Bishop of Hallam, England, Great Britain | ||
| 48.5 | Joseph Mlola, ALCP/OSS | Appointed | Bishop of Kigoma, Tanzania | ||
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