| Year | Age | Bishop | Event | Title | Current Title |
| 1980 | 44.2 | Franc Kramberger | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Maribor, Slovenia | Archbishop of Maribor, Slovenia |
| 1982 | 43.2 | Zenon Grocholewski | Appointed | Titular Archbishop of Acropolis | Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Seminaries and Institutes of Study) |
| 43.2 | Zenon Grocholewski | Appointed | Secretary of the Apostolic Signatura | Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Seminaries and Institutes of Study) |
| 1983 | 55.2 | Francisco Barroso Filho | Appointed | Bishop of Oliveira, Minas Gerais, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus |
| 1985 | 47.5 | Marian Dus | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland |
| 47.5 | Marian Dus | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Thenae | Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland |
| 40.2 | Peter Kang U-il | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul, Korea (South) | Bishop of Cheju, Korea (South) |
| 40.2 | Peter Kang U-il | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Balecium | Bishop of Cheju, Korea (South) |
| 44.2 | Girulfus Kherubim Pareira, S.V.D. | Appointed | Bishop of Weetebula, Indonesia | Bishop of Maumere, Indonesia |
| 43.5 | Norberto Rivera Carrera | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Tehuacán, Puebla, México | Cardinal, Archbishop of México, Federal District |
| 49.7 | Luis Teodorico Stöckler | Installed | Bishop of Goya, Argentina | Bishop of Quilmes, Argentina |
| 54.8 | Jean Alix Verrier | Appointed | Coadjutor Bishop of Les Cayes, Haïti | Bishop |
| 43.7 | Rodolfo Pedro Wirz Kraemer | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Maldonado-Punta del Este, Uruguay |
| 1986 | 26.5 | Adair José Guimarães | Ordained Priest | Priest of Uruaçu (Uruassu), Goias, Brazil | Bishop of Rubiataba-Mozarlândia, Goias, Brazil |
| 48.4 | Werner Radspieler | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Thugga | Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany |
| 1987 | 65.4 | Jean Rémond | Resigned | Auxiliary Bishop of Mission de France o Pontigny, France | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus |
| 1988 | 60.8 | Georg Eder | Appointed | Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria | Archbishop Emeritus |
| 58.6 | William Joseph Winter | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus |
| 58.6 | William Joseph Winter | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Uthina | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 1989 | 66.1 | Ján Hirka | Appointed | Bishop of Prešov (Prjašev) (Byzantine), Slovakia | Bishop Emeritus of Prešov (Prjašev) (Byzantine), Slovakia |
| 69.7 | Karel Otcenášek | Appointed | Bishop of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic | Bishop Emeritus |
| 54.7 | Justin Francis Rigali | Appointed | Secretary of the Congregation for Bishops | Cardinal, Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 1990 | 60.0 | Gérard Denis Auguste Defois | Succeeded | Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre), France | Bishop Emeritus of Lille, France |
| 56.6 | Fernand Franck | Appointed | Archbishop of Luxembourg |
| 48.2 | Pier Giorgio Micchiardi | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy | Bishop of Acqui, Italy |
| 48.2 | Pier Giorgio Micchiardi | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Macriana Maior | Bishop of Acqui, Italy |
| 47.9 | Giovanni Battista Pichierri | Appointed | Bishop of Cerignola-Ascoli Satriano, Italy | Archbishop of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie (-Nazareth), Italy |
| 1991 | 51.2 | Cesare Bonivento, P.I.M.E. | Appointed | Bishop of Vanimo, Papua New Guinea |
| 49.2 | Marampudi Joji | Appointed | Bishop of Khammam, India | Archbishop of Hyderabad, India |
| 1992 | 60.7 | Antonio Juan Baseotto, C.SS.R. | Succeeded | Bishop of Añatuya, Argentina | Bishop Emeritus of Argentina, Military |
| 52.2 | Woldetensaé Ghebreghiorghis, O.F.M. Cap. | Appointed | Vicar Apostolic of Harar, Ethiopia |
| 52.2 | Woldetensaé Ghebreghiorghis, O.F.M. Cap. | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Asuoremixta | Vicar Apostolic of Harar, Ethiopia |
| 1995 | 74.1 | Carlo Furno | Appointed | Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem | Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus |
| 57.4 | Georges Kahhalé Zouhaïraty, B.A. | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Abila Lysaniae | Bishop of Venezuela, Faithful of the Oriental Rite (Melkite) |
| 1996 | 59.4 | Fernando Torres Durán | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Abaradira | Bishop of Chitré, Panama |
| 1999 | 68.5 | Luis del Castillo Estrada, S.J. | Appointed | Bishop of Melo, Uruguay |
| 2000 | 46.5 | Juan-José Aguirre Muñoz, M.C.C.I. | Succeeded | Bishop of Bangassou, Central African Republic |
| 43.3 | Stanislaw Dowlaszewicz Billman, O.F.M. Conv. | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia |
| 43.3 | Stanislaw Dowlaszewicz Billman, O.F.M. Conv. | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Tigimma | Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia |
| 2001 | 73.3 | Elie Amsini Kiswaya | Resigned | Bishop of Sakania-Kipushi, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Bishop Emeritus |
| 57.2 | Jean-Pierre Bernard Ricard | Appointed | Cardinal, Archbishop of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France |
| 2002 | 47.9 | Antonios Aziz Mina | Confirmed | Auxiliary Bishop of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt | Bishop of Guizeh (Coptic), Egypt |
| 47.9 | Antonios Aziz Mina | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Mareotes | Bishop of Guizeh (Coptic), Egypt |
| 45.8 | Esteban María Laxague, S.D.B. | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Viedma, Argentina |
| 2003 | 41.7 | Jean-Jacques Koffi Oi Koffi | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Abengourou, Côte d’Ivoire |
| 48.9 | Jesús Sanz Montes, O.F.M. | Installed | Bishop of Jaca, Spain | Bishop of Huesca, Spain |
| 2004 | 57.1 | Manuel da Rocha Felício | Appointed | Coadjutor Bishop of Guarda, Portugal | Bishop |
| 56.3 | António Francisco dos Santos | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Braga, Portugal | Bishop of Aveiro, Portugal |
| 56.3 | António Francisco dos Santos | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Magnetum | Bishop of Aveiro, Portugal |
| 76.5 | Maurice Lucien Fréchard, C.S.Sp. | Retired | Archbishop of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France | Archbishop Emeritus |
| 59.9 | Maurice Marcel Gardès | Appointed | Archbishop of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France |
| 2005 | 38.8 | Bohdan Dzyurakh, C.SS.R. | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Kyiv-Vyshhorod (Ukrainian), Ukraine |
| 38.8 | Bohdan Dzyurakh, C.SS.R. | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Vagada | Auxiliary Bishop of Kyiv-Vyshhorod (Ukrainian), Ukraine |
| 67.8 | Jacques Ishaq | Appointed | Titular Archbishop of Nisibis dei Caldei | Auxiliary Bishop of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq |
| 67.8 | Jacques Ishaq | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq |
| 49.8 | Józef Piotr Kupny | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Katowice, Poland |
| 49.8 | Józef Piotr Kupny | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Vanariona | Auxiliary Bishop of Katowice, Poland |
| 59.5 | Dionisio Lachovicz (Liakhovych), O.S.B.M. | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Kyiv-Halyc {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine |
| 59.5 | Dionisio Lachovicz (Liakhovych), O.S.B.M. | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Egnatia | Auxiliary Bishop of Kyiv-Halyc {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine |
| 43.9 | Meron Mazur, O.S.B.M. | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of São João Batista em Curitiba (Ukrainian), Brazil |
| 43.9 | Meron Mazur, O.S.B.M. | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Simitthu | Auxiliary Bishop of São João Batista em Curitiba (Ukrainian), Brazil |
| 50.4 | Michel Armand Alexis Jean Pansard | Appointed | Bishop of Chartres, France |
| 50.7 | Marian Rojek | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland |
| 50.7 | Marian Rojek | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Tisedi | Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland |
| 2006 | 52.7 | Carlo Chenis, S.D.B. | Appointed | Bishop of Civitavecchia-Tarquinia, Italy |
| 76.3 | Girolamo Grillo | Retired | Bishop of Civitavecchia-Tarquinia, Italy | Bishop Emeritus |
| 54.3 | Pedro María Laxague | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Castra Severiana | Auxiliary Bishop of Bahía Blanca, Argentina |
| 2007 | 57.5 | William Patrick Callahan, O.F.M. Conv. | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Lares | Auxiliary Bishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA |
| 62.5 | James C. Gould, S.J. | Resigned | Prefect of Marshall Islands, Pacific (Oceania) | Prefect Emeritus |
| 61.8 | Raymundo Sabio, M.S.C. | Appointed | Prefect of Marshall Islands, Pacific (Oceania) |