| Year | Age | Bishop | Event | Title | Current Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1927 | Abraham Than | Born | Bishop Emeritus of Kengtung, Myanmar | ||
| 1931 | Marcel André Joseph Gervais | Born | Archbishop Emeritus of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Oscar Hugh Lipscomb | Born | Archbishop Emeritus of Mobile, Alabama, USA | |||
| 1935 | Santos Abril y Castelló | Born | Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica} | ||
| 1937 | Denis George Browne | Born | Bishop Emeritus of Hamilton in New Zealand | ||
| 1938 | Nicolás Cotugno Fanizzi, S.D.B. | Born | Archbishop Emeritus of Montevideo, Uruguay | ||
| Macram Max Gassis, M.C.C.I. | Born | Bishop Emeritus of El Obeid, Sudan | |||
| 1940 | Rutilio del Riego Jáñez | Born | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Bernardino, California, USA | ||
| Alessio Saccardo, S.J. | Born | Bishop Emeritus of Ponta de Pedras, Para, Brazil | |||
| 1942 | Oscar Aníbal Salazar Gómez | Born | Bishop Emeritus of La Dorada-Guaduas, Colombia | ||
| 1949 | Odilo Pedro Scherer | Born | Cardinal, Archbishop of São Paulo, Brazil | ||
| 1950 | Václav Malý | Born | Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic | ||
| Denis Theurillat | Born | Auxiliary Bishop of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}, Switzerland | |||
| 1951 | Jesús Galeote Tormo, O.F.M. | Born | Vicar Apostolic of Camiri, Bolivia | ||
| 1952 | Dominique Marie Jean Rey, Comm. l'Emm. | Born | Bishop of Fréjus-Toulon, France | ||
| 1953 | Reinhard Marx | Born | Cardinal, Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany | ||
| 1957 | 28.2 | Viktor Josef Dammertz, O.S.B. | Ordained Priest | Priest of Order of Saint Benedict | Bishop Emeritus of Augsburg, Germany |
| 26.7 | Abílio Rodas de Sousa Ribas, C.S.Sp. | Ordained Priest | Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit | Bishop Emeritus of São Tomé e Príncipe | |
| 1958 | 23.9 | Gustavo Rodolfo Mendoza Hernández | Ordained Priest | Priest of Guatemala | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de Guatemala, Guatemala |
| 1959 | Enrique Figaredo Alvargonzález, S.J. | Born | Prefect of Battambang, Cambodia | ||
| 1963 | 23.9 | Armando Umberto Gianni, O.F.M. Cap. | Ordained Priest | Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin | Bishop Emeritus of Bouar, Central African Republic |
| 26.6 | Joseph Pathalil | Ordained Priest | Priest of Ajmer and Jaipur, India | Bishop Emeritus of Udaipur, India | |
| 23.9 | Juan Piris Frígola | Ordained Priest | Priest of Valencia, Spain | Bishop Emeritus of Lleida, Spain | |
| 24.8 | José Soleibe Arbeláez | Ordained Priest | Priest of Cartagena, Colombia | Bishop Emeritus of Caldas, Colombia | |
| 1966 | 33.3 | Joseph James Potocnak, S.C.I. | Ordained Priest | Priest of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart | Bishop Emeritus of De Aar, South Africa |
| 1967 | 26.7 | Albert Vanbuel, S.D.B. | Ordained Priest | Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco | Bishop Emeritus of Kaga-Bandoro, Central African Republic |
| 1968 | 27.0 | Héctor Sabatino Cardelli | Ordained Priest | Priest of Rosario, Argentina | Bishop Emeritus of San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Argentina |
| 1969 | 23.9 | Juan José Asenjo Pelegrina | Ordained Priest | Priest of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain | Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain |
| 23.4 | Jesús Murgui Soriano | Ordained Priest | Priest of Valencia, Spain | Bishop of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain | |
| 1971 | 36.9 | Bernard Rooney, O.S.B. | Appointed | Superior of Kalumburu, Australia | Abbot Emeritus of New Norcia, Australia |
| 1972 | 44.7 | Bernhard Franz Kühnel Langer, M.S.C. | Installed | Apostolic Administrator of Caravelí, Peru | Prelate Emeritus |
| Ábel Antal Szocska, O.S.B.M. | Born | Bishop of Nyíregyháza (Hungarian), Hungary | |||
| 1973 | 26.8 | Cristián Enrique Contreras Molina, O. de M. | Solemn Vows | Member of Order of Our Lady of Mercy | Bishop Emeritus of San Felipe, Chile |
| 25.6 | Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, S.D.B. | Professed | Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco | Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Díli, Timor-Leste | |
| 1974 | Edinson Edgardo Farfán Córdova, O.S.A. | Born | Prelate of Chuquibambilla, Peru | ||
| 25.4 | Angelo Massafra, O.F.M. | Ordained Priest | Priest of Order of Friars Minor | Archbishop of Shkodrë-Pult, Albania | |
| 1976 | 49.1 | James Clifford Timlin | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Gunugus | Bishop Emeritus of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 1977 | 48.2 | Viktor Josef Dammertz, O.S.B. | Appointed | Abbot Primate of Order of Saint Benedict | Bishop Emeritus of Augsburg, Germany |
| 1978 | 47.2 | Juan de Dios Caballero Reyes | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Huejutla, Hidalgo, México | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Durango, México |
| 48.3 | Lawrence Sabatini, C.S. | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Nasai | Bishop Emeritus of Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada | |
| 1979 | 28.3 | Maximino Martínez Miranda | Ordained Priest | Priest of Toluca, México, México | Auxiliary Bishop of Toluca, México, México |
| 1982 | 53.7 | Anton Pain Ratu, S.V.D. | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Zaba | Bishop Emeritus of Atambua, Indonesia |
| 1985 | 25.4 | Stanisław Jan Dziuba, O.S.P.P.E. | Perpetual Vows | Member of Order of Saint Paul the First Hermit | Bishop of Umzimkulu, South Africa |
| 1986 | 25.5 | Hovsep Joseph Bezazian (Bezouzou) | Ordained Priest | Priest | Apostolic Administrator of Greece (Armenian) |
| 53.9 | Heinrich Janssen | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Aquae Sirenses | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Münster, Germany | |
| 32.9 | Pedro Ignacio Wolcan Olano | Ordained Priest | Priest of Mercedes, Uruguay | Bishop of Tacuarembó, Uruguay | |
| 1991 | 29.3 | John Alphonse Asiedu, S.V.D. | First Vows | Member of Society of the Divine Word | Vicar Apostolic of Donkorkrom, Ghana |
| 29.7 | Jean Claude Randrianarisoa | Ordained Priest | Priest of Antananarivo, Madagascar | Bishop of Miarinarivo, Madagascar | |
| 49.8 | Angelo Scola | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Grosseto, Italy | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy | |
| 1992 | 36.7 | Dmytro (Bohdan) Hryhorak, O.S.B.M. | Ordained Deacon | Deacon of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great) | Bishop of Buchach {Bučač} (Ukrainian), Ukraine |
| 1993 | 31.3 | César Essayan, O.F.M. Conv. | Perpetual Vows | Priest of Order of Friars Minor Conventual | Vicar Apostolic of Beirut {Bairut}, Lebanon |
| 54.1 | Michael Jarboe Sheehan | Installed | Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA | Archbishop Emeritus | |
| 1996 | 53.5 | Heinz Josef Algermissen | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Labicum | Bishop Emeritus of Fulda, Germany |
| 55.3 | Luigi Conti | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Macerata-Tolentino-Recanati-Cingoli-Treia, Italy | Archbishop Emeritus of Fermo, Italy | |
| 43.0 | Reinhard Marx | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Petina | Cardinal, Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany | |
| 1997 | 53.7 | Martin Drennan | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Aquae Regiae | Bishop Emeritus of Galway and Kilmacduagh, Ireland |
| 53.3 | Raymond W. Field | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Árd Mór | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dublin, Ireland | |
| 30.7 | Djalwana Laurent Lompo | Ordained Priest | Priest of Niamey, Niger | Archbishop of Niamey, Niger | |
| 38.4 | Pascal N’Koué | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Natitingou, Benin | Archbishop of Parakou, Benin | |
| 31.8 | Thibault Verny | Ordained Deacon | Deacon of Paris, France | Auxiliary Bishop | |
| 1998 | 49.5 | Blase Joseph Cupich | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA | Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| 2001 | 66.3 | Manuel Camilo Vial Risopatrón, P. Schönstatt | Appointed | Bishop of Temuco, Chile | Bishop Emeritus |
| 2002 | 64.4 | Vittorino Girardi Stellin, M.C.C.I. | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Tilarán, Costa Rica | Bishop Emeritus of Tilarán-Liberia, Costa Rica |
| 63.0 | Paolino Schiavon | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Trebia | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy | |
| 2003 | 66.3 | Héctor Luis Gutiérrez Pabón | Installed | Bishop of Engativá, Colombia | Bishop Emeritus |
| 2004 | 47.2 | Robert Anthony Daniels | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of London, Ontario, Canada | Bishop of Grand Falls, Newfoundland, Canada |
| 47.2 | Robert Anthony Daniels | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Scebatiana | Bishop of Grand Falls, Newfoundland, Canada | |
| 45.4 | Liborius Ndumbukuti Nashenda, O.M.I. | Appointed | Archbishop of Windhoek, Namibia | ||
| 59.5 | Dennis Joseph Sullivan | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Enera | Bishop of Camden, New Jersey, USA | |
| 62.4 | Gerald Thomas Walsh | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Altiburus | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA | |
| 2005 | 53.5 | George Antonysamy | Ordained Bishop | Titular Archbishop of Sulci | Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor), India |
| 59.6 | Ottorino Assolari, C.S.F. | Appointed | Bishop of Serrinha, Bahia, Brazil | ||
| 60.1 | José Belisário da Silva, O.F.M. | Appointed | Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil | ||
| 54.8 | Jacinto Agcaoili Jose | Appointed | Bishop of Urdaneta, Philippines | ||
| 2007 | 47.7 | Antoni Dziemianko | Ceased | Apostolic Administrator of Minsk-Mohilev, Belarus | Bishop of Pinsk, Belarus |
| 61.7 | Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz | Appointed | Archbishop of Minsk-Mohilev, Belarus | ||
| 42.5 | Joseph Li Shan | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Beijing [Peking], China | ||
| 45.5 | Michael Mulhall | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Pembroke, Ontario, Canada | Archbishop of Kingston, Ontario, Canada | |
| 47.1 | Paolo Pezzi, F.S.C.B. | Appointed | Archbishop of Madre di Dio a Mosca (Moscow), Russian Federation | ||
| 47.4 | Dominikus Saku | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Atambua, Indonesia | ||
| 2008 | 71.2 | Giovanni Battista Morandini | Retired | Apostolic Nuncio to Syria | Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus |
| 2009 | 63.5 | Richard John Grecco | Installed | Bishop of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada | |
| 56.3 | Albert LeGatt | Installed | Archbishop of Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Canada | ||
| 2010 | 49.2 | Thomas Eusebios Naickamparampil | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Lares | Bishop of Parassala (Syro-Malankara), India |
| 56.9 | Daniel Nlandu Mayi | Succeeded | Bishop of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | ||
| 2011 | 53.2 | Christopher James Coyne | Appointed | Apostolic Administrator of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA | Bishop of Burlington, Vermont, USA |
| 52.5 | Charles Jason Gordon | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Bridgetown, Barbados, Antilles | Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles | |
| 67.2 | Eugène Lambert Adrian Rixen | Appointed | Apostolic Administrator of São Félix, Mato Grosso, Brazil | Bishop of Goiás, Brazil | |
| 60.8 | Leonardo Ulrich Steiner, O.F.M. | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil | Archbishop of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil | |
| 60.8 | Leonardo Ulrich Steiner, O.F.M. | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Thisiduo | Archbishop of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil | |
| 50.2 | Lucio Ángel Vallejo Balda | Appointed | Secretary of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See | Secretary Emeritus | |
| 68.1 | Giuseppe Versaldi | Appointed | President of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See | Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Institutes of Study) | |
| 68.1 | Giuseppe Versaldi | Appointed | Archbishop (Personal Title) | Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Institutes of Study) | |
| 2012 | 75.8 | Tod David Brown | Retired | Bishop of Orange in California, USA | Bishop Emeritus |
| 75.1 | Matthew Harvey Clark | Retired | Bishop of Rochester, New York, USA | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 69.2 | Robert Joseph Cunningham | Appointed | Apostolic Administrator of Rochester, New York, USA | Bishop Emeritus of Syracuse, New York, USA | |
| 45.9 | José Rico Pavés | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Mentesa | Auxiliary Bishop of Getafe, Spain | |
| 61.3 | Kevin William Vann | Appointed | Bishop of Orange in California, USA | ||
| 2013 | 51.1 | Mirosław Adamczyk | Appointed | Apostolic Nuncio to Sierra Leone | Apostolic Nuncio to Panama |
| 72.9 | Lorenzo Baldisseri | Appointed | Cardinal, Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops | ||
| 52.2 | Leo William Cushley | Ordained Bishop | Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain | ||
| 70.1 | Joseph Augustine Di Noia, O.P. | Appointed | Adjunct Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith | ||
| 62.6 | Nikola Eterović | Appointed | Apostolic Nuncio to Germany | ||
| 55.3 | Giampiero Gloder | Appointed | President of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy | Apostolic Nuncio to Cuba | |
| 55.3 | Giampiero Gloder | Appointed | Titular Archbishop of Telde | Apostolic Nuncio to Cuba | |
| 75.4 | Manuel Monteiro de Castro | Retired | Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary | Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus | |
| 55.7 | Jorge Carlos Patrón Wong | Appointed | Official of the Congregation for the Clergy | ||
| 55.7 | Jorge Carlos Patrón Wong | Appointed | Archbishop (Personal Title) | Official of the Congregation for the Clergy | |
| 74.4 | Jean-Claude Périsset | Resigned | Apostolic Nuncio to Germany | Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus | |
| 69.0 | Mauro Piacenza | Appointed | Cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary | ||
| 59.9 | Orazio Francesco Piazza | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Sessa Aurunca, Italy | ||
| 57.7 | Ansgar Puff | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Gordus | Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany | |
| 52.4 | Jose Puthenveettil | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Rusubbicari | Auxiliary Bishop of Faridabad (Syro-Malabar), India | |
| 53.5 | Joseph Mopeli Sephamola, O.M.I. | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Qacha’s Nek, Lesotho | ||
| 72.0 | Beniamino Stella | Appointed | Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy | ||
| 62.6 | Philip Tartaglia | Ceased | Apostolic Administrator of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain | Archbishop of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain | |
| 2014 | 47.5 | Fernando Barbosa dos Santos, C.M. | Installed | Prelate of Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil | |
| 59.2 | Jean-Paul Gabriel Émile Gusching | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Verdun, France | ||
| 2015 | 75.7 | Nándor Bosák | Retired | Bishop of Debrecen-Nyíregyháza, Hungary | Bishop Emeritus |
| 51.5 | Ferenc Palánki | Appointed | Bishop of Debrecen-Nyíregyháza, Hungary | ||
| 2016 | 75.0 | Héctor Sabatino Cardelli | Retired | Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Argentina | Bishop Emeritus |
| 62.4 | Hugo Norberto Santiago | Appointed | Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Argentina | ||
| 66.0 | David Prescott Talley | Appointed | Coadjutor Bishop of Alexandria, Louisiana, USA | Bishop of Memphis, Tennessee, USA | |
| 50.1 | Kurian Mathew Vayalunkal | Appointed | Apostolic Nuncio to Solomon Islands | Apostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea | |
| 2017 | 61.9 | Hyacinth Oroko Egbebo, M.S.P.N. | Appointed | Bishop of Bomadi, Nigeria | |
| 59.1 | Geevarghese Makarios Kalayil | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Puthur (Syro-Malankara), India | ||
| 58.4 | Yoohanon Theodosius Kochuthundil | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Thuburbo Maius | Bishop of Muvattupuzha (Syro-Malankara), India | |
| 2018 | 67.2 | Charles Daniel Balvo | Appointed | Apostolic Nuncio to Czech Republic | |
| 71.8 | Cristián Enrique Contreras Molina, O. de M. | Resigned | Bishop of San Felipe, Chile | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 74.5 | Juliusz Janusz | Resigned | Apostolic Nuncio to Slovenia | Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus | |
| 74.5 | Juliusz Janusz | Resigned | Apostolic Delegate to Kosovo | Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Slovenia | |
| 75.7 | Giuseppe Leanza | Resigned | Apostolic Nuncio to Czech Republic | Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus | |
| 49.1 | Jaime Cesar Ortiz de Lazcano Piquer | Appointed | Apostolic Administrator of San Felipe, Chile | ||
| 55.0 | Sergio Hernán Pérez de Arce Arriagada, SS.CC. | Appointed | Apostolic Administrator of San Bartolomé de Chillán, Chile | ||
| 60.1 | Carlos Eduardo Pellegrín Barrera, S.V.D. | Resigned | Bishop of San Bartolomé de Chillán, Chile | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 2019 | 64.1 | Faustino Armendáriz Jiménez | Appointed | Archbishop of Durango, México | |
| 43.3 | Marco Ganci | Appointed | Permanent Observer to Council of Europe | ||
| 52.1 | José Ruy Gonçalves Lopes, O.F.M. Cap. | Installed | Bishop of Caruaru, Pernambuco, Brazil | ||
| 57.1 | Francis Meli | Appointed | Apostolic Administrator of Aitape, Papua New Guinea | Bishop of Vanimo, Papua New Guinea | |
| 50.5 | Augusto Martín Quijano Rodríguez, S.D.B. | Ordained Bishop | Vicar Apostolic of Pucallpa, Peru | ||
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