Ordained Priest | Years | Name | Current Title |
| Most Senior |
| 9 May 1943 |
| Bishop Georges-Hilaire Dupont, O.M.I. | Bishop Emeritus of Pala, Chad |
| 5 Apr 1947 |
| Archbishop Bernardino Piñera Carvallo | Archbishop Emeritus of La Serena, Chile |
| 13 Jul 1947 |
| Roger Marie Élie Cardinal Etchegaray | Vice-Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals, Roman Curia |
| 29 Jun 1948 |
| Bishop Jean Pierre Marie Orchampt | Bishop Emeritus of Angers |
| 10 Oct 1948 |
| Bishop Paul Émile Joseph Bertrand | Bishop Emeritus of Mende |
| 29 Jun 1950 |
| Bishop Guy Alexis Herbulot | Bishop Emeritus of Evry-Corbeil-Essonnes |
| 2 Jul 1950 |
| Bishop Jacques Moïse Eugène Noyer | Bishop Emeritus of Amiens |
| 19 May 1951 |
| Bishop Didier-Léon Marchand | Bishop Emeritus of Valence (-Die-Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux) |
| 29 Jun 1951 |
| Bishop Georges Marcel Émile Nicolas Perron, O.F.M. Cap. | Bishop Emeritus of Djibouti |
| 29 Mar 1952 |
| Bishop Jacques Marie Sébastien de Saint-Blanquat | Bishop Emeritus of Montauban |
| 24 Jun 1952 |
| Bishop Jacques Joseph Marie Despierre, Ist. del Prado | Bishop Emeritus of Carcassonne |
| 30 Jun 1952 |
| Bishop François-Marie-Christian Favreau | Bishop Emeritus of Nanterre |
| Most Junior |
| 24 Jun 2001 |
| Bishop Jean-Paul Vesco, O.P. | Bishop of Oran, Algeria |
| 24 Jun 2001 |
| Bishop Bertrand Didier Marie Joseph Lacombe | Auxiliary Bishop of Bordeaux (-Bazas) |
| 23 Jun 2001 |
| Archbishop David Thomas Daniel Macaire, O.P. | Archbishop of Fort-de-France (e Saint Pierre), Martinique, Antilles |
| 2 Jul 2000 |
| Bishop Xavier Maurice Henri Malle, Comm. l'Emm. | Bishop of Gap (-Embrun) |
| 29 Jun 2000 |
| Bishop Bruno Paul Marie Valentin | Auxiliary Bishop of Versailles |
| 27 Jun 1999 |
| Bishop Dominique Marie Joseph Blanchet, Ist. del Prado | Bishop of Belfort-Montbéliard |
| 22 May 1999 |
| Bishop Pierre Olivier Tremblay, O.M.I. | Auxiliary Bishop of Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada |
| 26 Nov 1998 |
| Archbishop Borys Andrij Gudziak | Archbishop of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA |
| 5 Jul 1998 |
| Bishop Jean-Philippe Paul Nault, S.J.M.V. | Bishop of Digne (-Riez-Sisteron) |
| 28 Jun 1998 |
| Bishop Olivier Michel Marie Schmitthaeusler, M.E.P. | Vicar Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia |
| 27 Jun 1998 |
| Bishop Thibault Verny | Auxiliary Bishop of Paris |
| 17 May 1998 |
| Bishop Olivier Jacques Marie de Germay de Cirfontaine | Bishop of Ajaccio |