| Year | Age | Bishop | Event | Title | Current Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | Leo Jun Ikenaga, S.J. | Born | Archbishop Emeritus of Osaka, Japan | ||
| 1939 | Orlando Beltran Quevedo, O.M.I. | Born | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Cotabato, Philippines | ||
| 1946 | Christo Proykov | Born | Bishop Emeritus of Saint John XXIII of Sofia (Bulgarian), Bulgaria | ||
| Maria Callist Soosa Pakiam | Born | Archbishop Emeritus of Trivandrum, India | |||
| 1955 | James Kazuo Koda | Born | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Tōkyō, Japan | ||
| Broderick Soncuaco Pabillo | Born | Vicar Apostolic of Taytay, Philippines | |||
| 1956 | 25.5 | Johannes Antonius de Kok, O.F.M. | Ordained Priest | Priest of Order of Friars Minor | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Utrecht, Netherlands |
| Theodoros Kontidis, S.J. | Born | Archbishop of Athēnai {Athens}, Greece | |||
| 1961 | Grégoire Marie Cador | Born | Bishop of Coutances (-Avranches), France | ||
| 1963 | Paul Kariuki Njiru | Born | Bishop of Wote, Kenya | ||
| Corrado Melis | Born | Bishop of Ozieri, Italy | |||
| 1964 | Ferenc Palánki | Born | Bishop of Debrecen-Nyíregyháza, Hungary | ||
| 1967 | 23.4 | Angelo Comastri | Ordained Priest | Priest of Sovana e Pitigliano, Italy | Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Fabric of St. Peter |
| 24.9 | Giuseppe Franzelli, M.C.C.I. | Ordained Priest | Priest of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus | Bishop Emeritus of Lira, Uganda | |
| 27.9 | Manfred Grothe | Ordained Priest | Priest of Paderborn, Germany | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
| 27.6 | Robert Joseph Kurtz, C. R. | Ordained Priest | Priest of Congregation of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ | Bishop Emeritus of Hamilton in Bermuda, Antilles | |
| 24.3 | George Panikulam | Ordained Priest | Priest of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India | Apostolic Nuncio | |
| 25.0 | Ignazio Sanna | Ordained Priest | Priest of Nuoro, Italy | President Emeritus of the Pontifical Academy of Theology | |
| 1971 | 32.7 | Felix Alaba Adeosin Job | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Ibadan, Nigeria | Archbishop Emeritus of Ibadan, Nigeria |
| 32.7 | Felix Alaba Adeosin Job | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Abthugni | Archbishop Emeritus of Ibadan, Nigeria | |
| 1978 | 25.7 | Enrique Alberto Martínez Ossola | Ordained Priest | Priest of La Rioja, Argentina | Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago del Estero, Argentina |
| 27.8 | Adelio Pasqualotto, C.S.I. | Ordained Priest | Priest of Congregation of Saint Joseph | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Napo, Ecuador | |
| 1984 | 40.5 | Thomas Meram | Ordained Bishop | Archbishop of Urmyā {Urmia, Rezayeh} (Chaldean), Iran | Archbishop Emeritus |
| 1989 | 24.6 | Sylvain Jean-Luc Bataille, S.J.M.V. | Ordained Priest | Priest of Beauvais (-Noyon-Senlis), France | Archbishop of Bourges, France |
| 24.2 | Ivan Ćurić | Ordained Deacon | Deacon of Djakovo o Bosna i Srijem, Croatia | Auxiliary Bishop of Ðakovo-Osijek, Croatia | |
| 28.7 | Henry Eikhlein | Ordained Priest | Priest of Bassein, Myanmar | Bishop of Pathein, Myanmar | |
| 53.3 | Gerald Andrew Gettelfinger | Appointed | Bishop of Evansville, Indiana, USA | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 28.7 | Marcelo Fabián Mazzitelli | Ordained Deacon | Deacon of San Isidro, Argentina | Auxiliary Bishop of Mendoza, Argentina | |
| 27.1 | Maurice Nyunt Wai | Ordained Priest | Priest of Bassein, Myanmar | Bishop of Mawlamyine, Myanmar | |
| 1990 | 24.1 | Fintan Gavin | Ordained Deacon | Deacon of Dublin, Ireland | Bishop of Cork and Ross, Ireland |
| 1994 | 25.0 | Moisés Carlos Atisha Contreras | Professed | Member of Order of the Pious Schools | Bishop of San Marcos de Arica, Chile |
| 1995 | 40.9 | Horacio del Carmen Valenzuela Abarca | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile | Bishop Emeritus of Talca, Chile |
| 40.9 | Horacio del Carmen Valenzuela Abarca | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Gummi in Proconsulari | Bishop Emeritus of Talca, Chile | |
| 1996 | 51.4 | Ilija Janjić | Appointed | Bishop of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro | Bishop Emeritus |
| 49.8 | Joseph Francis Martino | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Cellae in Mauretania | Bishop Emeritus of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA | |
| 1997 | 55.5 | José de Jesús Martínez Zepeda | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District | Bishop Emeritus of Irapuato, Guanajuato, México |
| 55.5 | José de Jesús Martínez Zepeda | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Naratcata | Bishop Emeritus of Irapuato, Guanajuato, México | |
| 27.5 | Juan José Salaverry Villarreal, O.P. | First Vows | Member of Order of Friars Preachers | Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru | |
| 1998 | 44.6 | Precioso Dacalos Cantillas, S.D.B. | Installed | Bishop of Maasin, Philippines | |
| 56.7 | Eduardo Benes de Sales Rodrigues | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | Archbishop Emeritus of Sorocaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil | |
| 56.7 | Eduardo Benes de Sales Rodrigues | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Casae Medianae | Archbishop Emeritus of Sorocaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil | |
| 2000 | 57.1 | Angelo Bagnasco | Appointed | Archbishop of Pesaro, Italy | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Genova {Genoa}, Italy |
| 2001 | 46.4 | Anil Joseph Thomas Couto | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Cenculiana | Archbishop of Delhi, India |
| 26.6 | Adenis Roberto de Oliveira, S.d.P. | Ordained Deacon | Deacon of Missionary Servants of the Poor | Auxiliary Bishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil | |
| 59.7 | Eduardo Benes de Sales Rodrigues | Installed | Bishop of Lorena, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Archbishop Emeritus of Sorocaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil | |
| 2003 | 53.7 | Michael Richard Cote | Appointed | Bishop of Norwich, Connecticut, USA | Bishop Emeritus |
| 62.6 | Guillermo José Garlatti | Appointed | Archbishop of Bahía Blanca, Argentina | Archbishop Emeritus | |
| 52.7 | Anton (Gerardo Antonio) Žerdín Bukovec, O.F.M. | Succeeded | Vicar Apostolic of San Ramón, Peru | ||
| 2006 | 48.6 | Nicola Girasoli | Ordained Bishop | Titular Archbishop of Egnazia Appula | Apostolic Nuncio to Slovakia |
| 51.0 | Jorge Eduardo Lozano | Installed | Bishop of Gualeguaychú, Argentina | Archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina | |
| 75.5 | Paul Joseph Jean Poupard | Appointed | President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue | Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Culture | |
| 2007 | 48.2 | Messias dos Reis Silveira | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Uruaçu (Uruassu), Goias, Brazil | Bishop of Teófilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
| 65.1 | Ricardo Ezzati Andrello, S.D.B. | Installed | Archbishop of Concepción (Santissima Concezione), Chile | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile | |
| 52.2 | Jaime Pedro Kohl, P.S.D.P. | Installed | Bishop of Osório, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | ||
| 60.2 | Ângelo Pignoli | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Quixadá, Ceara, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 2008 | 53.6 | Xolelo Thaddaeus Kumalo | Appointed | Bishop of Eshowe, South Africa | Bishop of Witbank, South Africa |
| 55.2 | Eusebio Ramos Morales | Appointed | Bishop of Fajardo-Humacao, Puerto Rico | Bishop of Caguas, Puerto Rico | |
| 67.4 | Felipe Salazar Villagrana | Appointed | Bishop of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, México | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 2009 | 59.8 | Jean-Pierre Blais | Installed | Bishop of Baie-Comeau, Québec, Canada | Bishop Emeritus |
| 2010 | 58.1 | John Douglas Deshotel | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Dallas, Texas, USA | Bishop of Lafayette, Louisiana, USA |
| 58.1 | John Douglas Deshotel | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Cova | Bishop of Lafayette, Louisiana, USA | |
| 76.4 | Bernardo Hombach Lütkermeier | Retired | Bishop of Granada, Nicaragua | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 56.1 | Mark Joseph Seitz | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Dallas, Texas, USA | Bishop of El Paso, Texas, USA | |
| 56.1 | Mark Joseph Seitz | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Cozyla | Bishop of El Paso, Texas, USA | |
| 48.9 | Jorge Solórzano Pérez | Appointed | Bishop of Granada, Nicaragua | ||
| 2011 | 64.8 | José Figueroa Gómez | Ceased | Apostolic Administrator of San José del Guaviare, Colombia | Bishop Emeritus of Granada en Colombia |
| 62.4 | Francisco Antonio Nieto Súa | Installed | Bishop of San José del Guaviare, Colombia | Bishop Emeritus of Engativá, Colombia | |
| 71.0 | John Huston Ricard, S.S.J. | Resigned | Bishop of Pensacola-Tallahassee, Florida, USA | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 2012 | 52.7 | Hervé Gaschignard | Installed | Bishop of Aire et Dax, France | Bishop Emeritus |
| 2014 | 54.3 | Placide Lubamba Ndjibu, M. Afr. | Appointed | Bishop of Kasongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | |
| 2016 | 54.2 | Victor Hugo Basabe | Appointed | Bishop of San Felipe, Venezuela | Archbishop of Coro, Venezuela |
| 76.6 | Alexis Habiyambere, S.J. | Retired | Bishop of Nyundo, Rwanda | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 71.7 | Nelson Antonio Martinez Rust | Resigned | Bishop of San Felipe, Venezuela | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 59.2 | Anaclet Mwumvaneza | Appointed | Bishop of Nyundo, Rwanda | ||
| 2017 | 54.9 | José Antonio Canales Motiño | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Danlí, Honduras | Bishop Emeritus |
| 64.7 | Enrique Díaz Díaz | Appointed | Bishop of Irapuato, Guanajuato, México | ||
| 53.1 | Abilio Martínez Varea | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Osma-Soria, Spain | Bishop of Ciudad Real, Spain | |
| 75.5 | José de Jesús Martínez Zepeda | Retired | Bishop of Irapuato, Guanajuato, México | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 2018 | 58.1 | Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, O.F.M. Cap. | Installed | Coadjutor Archbishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Cardinal, Archbishop |
| 63.3 | Dermot Pius Farrell | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Ossory, Ireland | Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland | |
| 61.7 | Carlo Roberto Maria Redaelli | Ceased | Apostolic Administrator of Acqui, Italy | Archbishop of Gorizia, Italy | |
| 65.8 | Luigi Testore | Installed | Bishop of Acqui, Italy | ||
| 2019 | 54.2 | Ivan Ćurić | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Ðakovo-Osijek, Croatia | |
| 54.2 | Ivan Ćurić | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Tela | Auxiliary Bishop of Ðakovo-Osijek, Croatia | |
| 60.6 | Ignatius Ayau Kaigama | Appointed | Coadjutor Archbishop of Abuja, Nigeria | Archbishop | |
| 60.6 | Ignatius Ayau Kaigama | Appointed | Apostolic Administrator of Jos, Nigeria | Archbishop of Abuja, Nigeria | |
| 2020 | 60.3 | Sérgio da Rocha | Appointed | Cardinal, Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil | |
| 76.4 | Murilo Sebastião Ramos Krieger, S.C.I. | Retired | Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil | Archbishop Emeritus | |
| 2021 | 67.9 | Leo Boccardi | Appointed | Apostolic Nuncio to Japan | Apostolic Nuncio |
| 2022 | 57.6 | Jamal Boulos Sleiman Daibes | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine | Bishop of Djibouti |
| 57.6 | Jamal Boulos Sleiman Daibes | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Patara | Bishop of Djibouti | |
| 63.1 | Rafic Nahra | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine | ||
| 63.1 | Rafic Nahra | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Verbe | Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine | |
| 44.2 | Benedek Szabolcs Fekete | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Szombathely, Hungary | ||
| 44.2 | Benedek Szabolcs Fekete | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Basti | Auxiliary Bishop of Szombathely, Hungary | |
| 2023 | 71.4 | Michael Lenihan, O.F.M. | Installed | Archbishop of San Pedro Sula, Honduras | |
| 71.4 | Michael Lenihan, O.F.M. | Ceased | Apostolic Administrator of La Ceiba, Honduras | Archbishop of San Pedro Sula, Honduras | |
| 62.5 | Sławomir Oder | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Gliwice, Poland | ||
| 2024 | 58.7 | Ivo Martinović, T.O.R. | Appointed | Bishop of Požega, Croatia | |
| 64.7 | Petar Antun Rajič | Appointed | Apostolic Nuncio to Italy | ||
| 64.7 | Petar Antun Rajič | Appointed | Apostolic Nuncio to San Marino | Apostolic Nuncio to Italy | |
| 76.8 | Antun Škvorčević | Retired | Bishop of Požega, Croatia | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 77.1 | Emil Paul Tscherrig | Retired | Apostolic Nuncio to Italy | Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio | |
| 77.1 | Emil Paul Tscherrig | Retired | Apostolic Nuncio to San Marino | Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio | |
| 2025 | 71.0 | Robert Walter McElroy | Installed | Cardinal, Archbishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA | |
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