Ordained Bishop | Years | Name | Current Title |
| Most Senior |
| 29 Nov 1956 |
| Bishop Pierre-Eugène Rouanet, S.M.A. | Bishop Emeritus of Daloa, Côte d’Ivoire |
| 28 Apr 1960 |
| Bishop Samuel-Louis-Marie-Antoine Gaumain, O.F.M. Cap. | Bishop Emeritus of Moundou, Chad |
| 22 Apr 1961 |
| Bishop Albert-Georges-Yves Malbois | Bishop Emeritus of Evry-Corbeil-Essonnes |
| 24 Feb 1963 |
| Bishop Yves-Georges-René Ramousse, M.E.P. | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia |
| 9 May 1963 |
| Bishop Géry-Jacques-Charles Leuliet | Bishop Emeritus of Amiens |
| 1 May 1964 |
| Bishop Georges-Hilaire Dupont, O.M.I. | Bishop Emeritus of Pala, Chad |
| 13 Dec 1964 |
| Bishop Jean-Félix-Albert-Marie Vilnet | Bishop Emeritus of Lille |
| 6 Mar 1966 |
| Bishop Paul-Marie François Rousset, Ist. del Prado | Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Etienne |
| 7 Jul 1967 |
| Archbishop Jean-Berchmans-Marcel-Yves-Marie-Bernard Chabbert, O.F.M. | Bishop Emeritus of Perpignan-Elne |
| 27 Sep 1967 |
| Bishop Jean-Pierre Urkia, M.E.P. | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Paksé, Laos |
| 12 May 1968 |
| Lorenzo Cardinal Antonetti | President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See, Roman Curia |
| 12 Jan 1969 |
| Bishop Jean-Pierre-Dominique Zévaco, C.M. | Bishop Emeritus of Tôlagnaro, Madagascar |
| Most Junior |
| 29 Nov 2009 |
| Bishop Luc Ravel, C.R.S.V. | Bishop of France, Military |
| 29 Nov 2009 |
| Bishop Henri Coudray, S.J. | Vicar Apostolic of Mongo, Chad |
| 11 Oct 2009 |
| Bishop Marie Pierre François Auguste Gaschy, C.S.Sp. | Vicar Apostolic of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon |
| 27 Sep 2009 |
| Bishop Gérard Émile Jean-Louis Coliche | Auxiliary Bishop of Lille |
| 17 May 2009 |
| Bishop François Michel Pierre Kalist | Bishop of Limoges |
| 26 Apr 2009 |
| Archbishop Philippe Gabriel Marie Augustin Ballot | Archbishop of Chambéry (, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, et Tarentaise) |
| 15 Mar 2009 |
| Bishop Philippe Mousset | Bishop of Pamiers |
| 12 Feb 2009 |
| Bishop Paul Jacques Marie Desfarges, S.J. | Bishop of Constantine (-Hippone), Algeria |
| 25 Jan 2009 |
| Bishop Yves Le Saux, Comm. l'Emm. | Bishop of Le Mans |
| 18 Jan 2009 |
| Bishop Nicolas Jean-Marie Souchu | Auxiliary Bishop of Rennes (, Dol, e Saint-Malo) |
| 10 Jan 2009 |
| Bishop Jean-Pierre Louis Roger Sylvain Batut | Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon |
| 30 Nov 2008 |
| Bishop Marc Marie Max Aillet | Bishop of Bayonne (-Lescar e Oloron) |