Ordained Bishop | Years | Name | Current Title |
| Most Senior |
| 10 Oct 1971 |
| Archbishop Edoardo Rovida | Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Portugal |
| 12 Dec 1975 |
| Bishop Karl Josef Romer | Secretary Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Family, Roman Curia |
| 17 Sep 1977 |
| Henri Cardinal Schwery | Bishop Emeritus of Sion {Sitten} |
| 17 Sep 1978 |
| Bishop Ernesto Togni | Bishop Emeritus of Lugano |
| 7 Jan 1979 |
| Bishop Cristiano Jakob Krapf | Bishop Emeritus of Jequié, Baia, Brazil |
| 6 Jan 1983 |
| Archbishop Karl-Josef Rauber | Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Belgium |
| 20 Oct 1984 |
| Archbishop Pier Giacomo De Nicolò | Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Switzerland |
| 12 Jul 1986 |
| Archbishop Francesco Canalini | Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Switzerland |
| 6 Jan 1987 |
| Gilberto Cardinal Agustoni | Prefect Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura, Roman Curia |
| 12 Apr 1987 |
| Bishop Amédée (Antoine-Marie) Grab, O.S.B. | Bishop Emeritus of Chur |
| 28 May 1987 |
| Bishop Martin Gächter | Auxiliary Bishop of Basel |
| 22 May 1988 |
| Archbishop Wolfgang Haas | Archbishop of Vaduz, Liechtenstein |
| Most Junior |
| 11 Dec 2011 |
| Bishop Charles Morerod, O.P. | Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg) |
| 16 Jan 2011 |
| Bishop Felix Gmür | Bishop of Basel |
| 31 Jan 2010 |
| Bishop Marian Eleganti, O.S.B. | Auxiliary Bishop of Chur |
| 12 May 2008 |
| Bishop Stephan Turnovszky | Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria |
| 8 Sep 2007 |
| Bishop Vitus Huonder | Bishop of Chur |
| 17 Sep 2006 |
| Bishop Markus Büchel | Bishop of Sankt Gallen |
| 30 Jan 2004 |
| Bishop Paul Hinder, O.F.M. Cap. | Vicar Apostolic of Southern Arabia, Yemen |
| 25 Jan 2004 |
| Bishop Pier Giacomo Grampa | Bishop of Lugano |
| 20 Oct 2003 |
| Georges Marie Martin Cardinal Cottier, O.P. | Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Domenico e Sisto |
| 22 Jun 2000 |
| Bishop Denis Theurillat | Auxiliary Bishop of Basel |
| 11 Apr 1997 |
| Bishop Carlos Bürgler, C.SS.R. | Vicar Apostolic of Reyes, Bolivia |
| 6 Jan 1997 |
| Archbishop Jean-Claude Périsset | Apostolic Nuncio to Germany |