| Year | Age | Bishop | Event | Title | Current Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1927 | Raymond Emil Goedert | Born | Oak Park | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chicago, Illinois, USA | |
| 1930 | Christian Wiyghan Tumi | Born | Kikaikelaki | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Douala, Cameroon | |
| 1932 | Daniel Camille Victor Marie Labille | Born | Nouvion-sur-Meuse | Bishop Emeritus of Créteil, France | |
| 1936 | Matthias Ssekamaanya | Born | Kasolo | Bishop Emeritus of Lugazi, Uganda | |
| 1937 | Hugo María Van Steekelenburg, O.F.M. | Born | Wateringen, Netherlands | Bishop Emeritus of Almenara, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
| 1939 | Telesphore Placidus Toppo | Born | Chainpur | Cardinal, Archbishop of Ranchi, India | |
| 1941 | Wojciech Ziemba | Born | Wampierzów | Archbishop of Warmia, Poland | |
| 1944 | Orlando Antonini | Born | Villa Sant'Angelo, Italy | Apostolic Nuncio to Serbia | |
| 1945 | Juan José Asenjo Pelegrina | Born | Sigüenza | Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain | |
| Antonio Cañizares Llovera | Born | Utiel | Cardinal, Archbishop of Valencia, Spain | ||
| Salvatore Paruzzo | Born | Montedoro, Italy | Bishop of Ourinhos, Sao Paulo, Brazil | ||
| 1946 | Óscar Vicente Ojea Quintana | Born | Buenos Aires | Bishop of San Isidro, Argentina | |
| 1947 | Freddy Antonio de Jesús Bretón Martínez | Born | Licey | Bishop of Baní, Dominican Republic | |
| 1950 | 25.3 | José Gabriel Diaz Cueva | Ordained Priest | Priest | Bishop Emeritus of Azogues, Ecuador |
| 1954 | 21.2 | José Cardoso Sobrinho, O. Carm. | Solemn Professed | Member of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel | Archbishop Emeritus of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil |
| 1960 | 22.6 | Januário Torgal Mendes Ferreira | Ordained Priest | Priest | Bishop Emeritus of Portugal, Military |
| 1961 | Urbain Ngassongo | Born | Kinshasa | Bishop of Gamboma, Congo | |
| 41.8 | Andrés Sapelak, S.D.B. | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Sebastopolis in Thracia | Bishop Emeritus of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires (Ukrainian), Argentina | |
| 1965 | 24.5 | Fausto Gabriel Trávez Trávez, O.F.M. | Solemn Professed | Member of Order of Friars Minor | Archbishop of Quito, Ecuador |
| 1966 | Carlos Alberto Novoa de Agustini, O.F.M. Cap. | Born | Lomas de Zamora | Former Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Lomas de Zamora, Argentina | |
| 1967 | 38.3 | Léon Lesambo Ndamwize | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Inongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Bishop Emeritus |
| 1970 | 29.7 | Evaristo Marc Chengula, I.M.C. | Ordained Priest | Priest of Consolata Missionaries | Bishop of Mbeya, Tanzania |
| 1972 | 47.6 | Edmond-Marie-Henri Abelé | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Monaco | Bishop Emeritus of Digne (-Riez-Sisteron), France |
| 46.7 | José Manuel Estepa Llaurens | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Tisili | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Spain, Military | |
| 31.8 | Catalino Claudio Giménez Medina | Ordained Priest | Priest | Bishop of Caacupé, Paraguay | |
| 1977 | 50.4 | Joseph Ratzinger | Installed | Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Consolatrice al Tiburtino | Pope Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy |
| 1979 | 20.0 | Enrique Figaredo Alvargonzález, S.J. | Professed | Member of Society of Jesus | Prefect of Battambang, Cambodia |
| 1980 | 22.8 | Filippo Iannone, O. Carm. | Solemn Professed | Member of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel | Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy |
| 25.4 | Benjamin Marc Balthason Ramaroson, C.M. | Professed | Member of Congregation of the Mission | Archbishop of Antsiranana, Madagascar | |
| 1981 | 41.8 | Filomeno Gonzales Bactol | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Germaniciana | Bishop of Naval, Philippines |
| 1982 | 48.4 | Kevin Joseph Aje | Appointed | Coadjutor Bishop of Sokoto, Nigeria | Bishop Emeritus |
| 55.9 | Domenico Crescentino Marinozzi, O.F.M. Cap. | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Iucundiana | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Soddo-Hosanna, Ethiopia | |
| 55.9 | Domenico Crescentino Marinozzi, O.F.M. Cap. | Appointed | Vicar Apostolic of Soddo-Hosanna, Ethiopia | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus | |
| 44.4 | Ildefonso Obama Obono | Appointed | Bishop of Ebebiyin, Equatorial Guinea | Archbishop of Malabo, Equatorial Guinea | |
| 1983 | 27.4 | Philip Arnold Subira Anyolo | Ordained Priest | Priest | Bishop of Homa Bay, Kenya |
| 1988 | 50.8 | Sotìr Ferrara | Appointed | Bishop of Piana degli Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), Italy | Bishop Emeritus |
| 61.2 | Gaston Élie Poulain, P.S.S. | Succeeded | Bishop of Périgueux (-Sarlat), France | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 1990 | 25.5 | Cyril Vasil’, S.J. | Professed | Member of Society of Jesus | Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches |
| 1993 | 47.8 | Rubén Oscar Frassia | Installed | Bishop of San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina | Bishop of Avellaneda-Lanús, Argentina |
| 1994 | 57.8 | Ramón Antonio Linares Sandoval | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Puerto Cabello, Venezuela | Bishop Emeritus of Barinas, Venezuela |
| 26.4 | Maurice Muhatia Makumba | Ordained Priest | Priest of Kakamega, Kenya | Bishop of Nakuru, Kenya | |
| 1995 | 61.7 | José Ignacio Alemany Grau, C.SS.R. | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Chachapoyas, Peru | Bishop Emeritus |
| 1996 | 62.2 | Patrick Coveney | Appointed | Apostolic Nuncio to Fiji, Pacific (Oceania) | Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Greece |
| 62.2 | Patrick Coveney | Appointed | Apostolic Nuncio to Kiribata, Pacific (Oceania) | Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Greece | |
| 62.2 | Patrick Coveney | Appointed | Apostolic Nuncio to Micronesia, Federated States of, Pacific (Oceania) | Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Greece | |
| 62.2 | Patrick Coveney | Appointed | Apostolic Nuncio to Vanuatu, Pacific (Oceania) | Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Greece | |
| 77.6 | José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez | Retired | Archbishop of Manizales, Colombia | Archbishop Emeritus | |
| 1999 | 46.3 | José Câmnate na Bissign | Appointed | Bishop of Bissau, Guinea-Bissau | |
| 59.6 | Angel Floro Martínez, I.E.M.E. | Appointed | Bishop of Gokwe, Zimbabwe | ||
| 64.3 | William Joseph Kurtz, S.V.D. | Appointed | Coadjutor Archbishop of Madang, Papua New Guinea | Archbishop Emeritus | |
| 64.9 | Miguel La Fay Bardi, O. Carm. | Ordained Bishop | Prelate of Sicuani, Peru | Prelate Emeritus | |
| 41.7 | Gabriel Mbilingi, C.S.Sp. | Appointed | Coadjutor Bishop of Lwena, Angola | Archbishop of Lubango, Angola | |
| 68.3 | Donald Joseph Leo Pelletier, M.S. | Appointed | Bishop of Morondava, Madagascar | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 2000 | 56.0 | Franz Josef Meinrad Merkel, C.S.Sp. | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Humaitá, Amazonas, Brazil | |
| 2001 | 53.3 | Giovanni Angelo Becciu | Appointed | Titular Archbishop of Rusellae | Substitute (Sostituto) of the Secretariat of State |
| 53.3 | Giovanni Angelo Becciu | Appointed | Apostolic Nuncio to Angola | Substitute (Sostituto) of the Secretariat of State | |
| 61.3 | Ludwig Schwarz, S.D.B. | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria | Bishop of Linz, Austria | |
| 61.3 | Ludwig Schwarz, S.D.B. | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Simidicca | Bishop of Linz, Austria | |
| 2002 | 66.9 | Pio Vittorio Vigo | Appointed | Archbishop (Personal Title) of Acireale, Italy | Bishop Emeritus |
| 2003 | 47.2 | José Soares Filho, O.F.M. Cap. | Succeeded | Bishop of Carolina, Maranho, Brazil | |
| 2004 | 49.7 | Dieudonné Bogmis | Appointed | Bishop of Eséka, Cameroon | |
| 48.4 | Jean Mbarga | Appointed | Bishop of Ebolowa-Kribi, Cameroon | Archbishop of Yaoundé, Cameroon | |
| 53.5 | Jean-Bosco Ntep | Appointed | Bishop of Edéa, Cameroon | ||
| 2005 | 65.6 | Giuseppe Cavallotto | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Cuneo, Italy | |
| 51.0 | Héctor Luis Morales Sánchez | Appointed | Prelate of Huautla, Oaxaca, México | Bishop of Netzahualcóyotl, México, México | |
| 76.5 | Hermenegildo Ramírez Sánchez, M.J. | Retired | Prelate of Huautla, Oaxaca, México | Prelate Emeritus | |
| 57.2 | Giovanni Ricchiuti | Installed | Archbishop of Acerenza, Italy | Bishop of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy | |
| 44.5 | Jorge Solórzano Pérez | Appointed | Bishop of Matagalpa, Nicaragua | Bishop of Granada, Nicaragua | |
| 58.5 | Fortunato Pablo Urcey, O.A.R. | Appointed | Prelate of Chota, Peru | ||
| 2007 | 50.0 | Julius Dusin Gitom | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Sandakan, Malaysia | |
| 70.1 | Erwin Josef Ender | Resigned | Apostolic Nuncio to Germany | Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus | |
| 46.8 | Jesús González de Zárate Salas | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela | ||
| 46.8 | Jesús González de Zárate Salas | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Suava | Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela | |
| 68.5 | Jean-Claude Périsset | Appointed | Apostolic Nuncio to Germany | Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus | |
| 2008 | 51.4 | Marc Marie Max Aillet | Appointed | Bishop of Bayonne (-Lescar e Oloron), France | |
| 64.8 | Laurent Chu Van Minh | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Hà Nôi, Viet Nam | ||
| 64.8 | Laurent Chu Van Minh | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Thinisa in Numidia | Auxiliary Bishop of Hà Nôi, Viet Nam | |
| 75.9 | Pierre Jean Marie Marcel Molères | Retired | Bishop of Bayonne (-Lescar e Oloron), France | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 56.0 | Pierre Nguyên Van Kham | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh (Hôchiminh Ville), Viet Nam | Bishop of My Tho, Viet Nam | |
| 56.0 | Pierre Nguyên Van Kham | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Trofimiana | Bishop of My Tho, Viet Nam | |
| 62.8 | John Michael Quinn | Appointed | Coadjutor Bishop of Winona, Minnesota, USA | Bishop | |
| 2009 | 62.1 | Robert Charles Evans | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA | |
| 62.1 | Robert Charles Evans | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Aquae Regiae | Auxiliary Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA | |
| 51.0 | Fernando Isern | Appointed | Bishop of Pueblo, Colorado, USA | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 51.7 | Jorge Carlos Patrón Wong | Appointed | Coadjutor Bishop of Papantla, Puebla, México | Official of the Congregation for the Clergy | |
| 49.1 | Paul David Sirba | Appointed | Bishop of Duluth, Minnesota, USA | ||
| 76.6 | Arthur Nicholas Tafoya | Retired | Bishop of Pueblo, Colorado, USA | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 75.0 | Paul Vollmar, S. M. | Retired | Auxiliary Bishop of Chur, Switzerland | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
| 2010 | 56.4 | Gonzalo de Villa y Vásquez, S.J. | Installed | Apostolic Administrator of Los Altos, Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán, Guatemala | Bishop of Sololá-Chimaltenango, Guatemala |
| 62.0 | Joaquín Gimeno Lahoz | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina | ||
| 60.5 | Jose Serofia Palma | Appointed | Archbishop of Cebu, Philippines | ||
| 79.6 | Ricardo Jamin Vidal | Retired | Archbishop of Cebu, Philippines | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus | |
| 2011 | 61.3 | James Patrick Green | Appointed | Apostolic Nuncio to Peru | |
| 2012 | 62.9 | Gerald Isaac Lobo | Installed | Bishop of Udupi, India | |
| 2013 | 59.9 | Narciso Villaver Abellana, M.S.C. | Appointed | Bishop of Romblon, Philippines | |
| 78.8 | Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Bertone, S.D.B. | Retired | Secretary of State | Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus | |
| 50.7 | Murray Chatlain | Resigned | Apostolic Administrator of Mackenzie-Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, Canada | Archbishop of Keewatin-Le Pas, Manitoba, Canada | |
| 52.1 | Mark Andrew Hagemoen | Appointed | Bishop of Mackenzie-Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, Canada | ||
| 55.4 | Sébastien-Joseph Muyengo Mulombe | Appointed | Bishop of Uvira, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | ||
| 75.9 | Mario Paciello | Retired | Bishop of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 58.7 | Pietro Parolin | Appointed | Cardinal, Secretary of State | ||
| 65.2 | Giovanni Ricchiuti | Appointed | Archbishop (Personal Title) of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy | Bishop | |
| 68.6 | Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, L.C. | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Villamagna in Proconsulari | Secretary of the Governatorate of Vatican City State | |
| 2014 | 67.9 | Fernando Antônio Brochini, C.S.S. | Appointed | Bishop of Itumbiara, Goias, Brazil | |
| 76.2 | Martino Canessa | Retired | Bishop of Tortona, Italy | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 49.0 | Vittorio Francesco Viola, O.F.M. | Appointed | Bishop of Tortona, Italy | ||
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