Ordained Priest | Years | Name | Current Title |
| Most Senior |
| 18 Apr 1937 |
| Ersilio Cardinal Tonini | Archbishop Emeritus of Ravenna-Cervia, Italy |
| 23 Dec 1939 |
| Domenico Cardinal Bartolucci | Official Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other |
| 3 Feb 1940 |
| Fiorenzo Cardinal Angelini | President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers, Roman Curia |
| 12 Apr 1941 |
| Giovanni Cardinal Canestri | Archbishop Emeritus of Genova {Genoa}, Italy |
| 25 Jun 1944 |
| Carlo Cardinal Furno | Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, Roman Curia |
| 8 Jul 1945 |
| Stanisław Kazimierz Cardinal Nagy, S.C.I. | Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria della Scala |
| 22 Sep 1945 |
| Jorge María Cardinal Mejía | Archivist Emeritus of the Vatican Secret Archives, Roman Curia |
| 30 Nov 1945 |
| Paulo Evaristo Cardinal Arns, O.F.M. | Archbishop Emeritus of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| 20 Apr 1946 |
| Gilberto Cardinal Agustoni | Prefect Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura, Roman Curia |
| 13 Jul 1946 |
| Achille Cardinal Silvestrini | Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches, Roman Curia |
| 13 Jul 1947 |
| Roger Marie Élie Cardinal Etchegaray | President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, Roman Curia |
| 13 Jul 1947 |
| Silvano Cardinal Piovanelli | Archbishop Emeritus of Firenze {Florence}, Italy |
| Most Junior |
| 11 Jun 1986 |
| Baselios Cleemis (Isaac) Cardinal Thottunkal | Major Archbishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankarese), India |
| 14 Jun 1985 |
| Rainer Maria Cardinal Woelki | Archbishop of Berlin, Germany |
| 1 Jun 1985 |
| Willem Jacobus Cardinal Eijk | Archbishop of Utrecht, Netherlands |
| 20 Jun 1982 |
| Kurt Cardinal Koch | President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, Roman Curia |
| 27 Feb 1982 |
| Luis Antonio Gokim Cardinal Tagle | Archbishop of Manila, Philippines |
| 2 Jun 1979 |
| Reinhard Cardinal Marx | Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany |
| 17 Dec 1977 |
| Philippe Xavier Ignace Cardinal Barbarin | Archbishop of Lyon, France |
| 21 Aug 1977 |
| Juan Luis Cardinal Cipriani Thorne | Archbishop of Lima, Peru |
| 16 Jul 1977 |
| Daniel Nicholas Cardinal DiNardo | Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA |
| 7 Dec 1976 |
| Odilo Pedro Cardinal Scherer | Archbishop of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| 20 Jul 1976 |
| José Francisco Cardinal Robles Ortega | Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México |
| 19 Jun 1976 |
| Timothy Michael Cardinal Dolan | Archbishop of New York, New York, USA |