Ordained Priest | Years | Name | Current Title |
Most Senior |
25 Jul 1952 |
| Bishop Ernst Franz Gerd Werner Dicke | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Aachen |
26 Jul 1953 |
| Walter Cardinal Brandmüller | President Emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences, Roman Curia |
10 Oct 1953 |
| Friedrich Cardinal Wetter | Archbishop Emeritus of München und Freising {Munich} |
29 Jun 1955 |
| Bishop Fritz Lobinger | Bishop Emeritus of Aliwal, South Africa |
10 May 1956 |
| Bishop Leopold Nowak | Bishop Emeritus of Magdeburg |
6 Apr 1957 |
| Walter Cardinal Kasper | President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, Roman Curia |
10 Oct 1958 |
| Archbishop Karl Heinrich Braun | Archbishop Emeritus of Bamberg |
29 Apr 1960 |
| Giovanni Cardinal Lajolo | President Emeritus of the Governatorate of Vatican City State, Roman Curia |
29 May 1960 |
| Bishop Josef Grünwald | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Augsburg |
17 Dec 1960 |
| Bishop Luis Teodorico Stöckler | Bishop Emeritus of Quilmes, Argentina |
28 Jun 1961 |
| Bishop Bernardo Hombach Lütkermeier | Bishop Emeritus of Granada, Nicaragua |
29 Jun 1961 |
| Bishop Joachim Friedrich Reinelt | Bishop Emeritus of Dresden-Meißen (Meissen) |
Most Junior |
7 Jun 2014 |
| Bishop Paul Reder | Auxiliary Bishop of Würzburg |
26 Jun 2010 |
| Bishop Antuan Ilgit, S.J. | Auxiliary Bishop of Anatolia, Turkey |
10 Oct 2009 |
| Monsignor Matthias Ambros | Under Secretary of the Dicastery for Culture and Education, Roman Curia |
14 May 2006 |
| Bishop Christian Würtz | Auxiliary Bishop of Freiburg im Breisgau |
28 Jun 2003 |
| Bishop Rupert Ferdinand Carl Thaddäus Antonius Maria Stolberg | Auxiliary Bishop of München und Freising {Munich} |
6 Jun 2003 |
| Father Andreas Geßmann | Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Essen |
6 Jul 2002 |
| Bishop Gerhard Schneider | Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart |
7 Jun 2002 |
| Father Stephan Lipke, S.J. | Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Trasfigurazione a Novosibirsk, Russian Federation |
24 Jun 2001 |
| Bishop Stefan Oster, S.D.B. | Bishop of Passau |
25 Jun 2000 |
| Father Daniel Pacho | Under Secretary of the Secretariat of State, Roman Curia |
12 Jul 1997 |
| Bishop Bernardo Johannes Bahlmann, O.F.M. | Bishop of Óbidos, Para, Brazil |
10 Jul 1997 |
| Bishop Vincenzo Viva | Bishop of Albano, Italy |