Ordained Priest | Years | Name | Current Title |
| Most Senior |
| 8 Jul 1933 |
| Bishop Géry-Jacques-Charles Leuliet | Bishop Emeritus of Amiens |
| 29 Jun 1938 |
| Bishop Albert-Georges-Yves Malbois | Bishop Emeritus of Evry-Corbeil-Essonnes |
| 11 Oct 1942 |
| Bishop Maurice Paul Delorme, Ist. del Prado | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lyon |
| 9 May 1943 |
| Bishop Georges-Hilaire Dupont, O.M.I. | Bishop Emeritus of Pala, Chad |
| 29 Jun 1943 |
| Jean Marcel Cardinal Honoré | Archbishop Emeritus of Tours |
| 11 Jul 1943 |
| Archbishop Charles Amarin Brand | Archbishop Emeritus of Strasbourg |
| 18 Dec 1943 |
| Bishop Hervé-Maria Le Cléac’h, SS.CC. | Bishop Emeritus of Taiohae o Tefenuaenata, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania) |
| 22 Oct 1944 |
| Bishop Jean-Félix-Albert-Marie Vilnet | Bishop Emeritus of Lille |
| 24 Feb 1945 |
| Bishop Paul-Marie François Rousset, Ist. del Prado | Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Etienne |
| 26 May 1945 |
| Lorenzo Cardinal Antonetti | President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See, Roman Curia |
| 5 Apr 1947 |
| Bishop Joseph Théophile Louis Marie Madec | Bishop Emeritus of Fréjus-Toulon |
| 28 Jun 1947 |
| Archbishop Pierre Marie Léon Augustin Plateau | Archbishop Emeritus of Bourges |
| Most Junior |
| 28 Jun 1998 |
| Bishop Olivier Michel Marie Schmitthaeusler, M.E.P. | Vicar Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia |
| 27 Jun 1993 |
| Bishop Raymond Michel René Centène | Bishop of Vannes |
| 28 Jun 1992 |
| Bishop Vincent Alexandre Édouard Élie Jordy | Bishop of Saint-Claude |
| 27 Jun 1992 |
| Bishop Nicolas Jean René Brouwet | Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes |
| 29 Jun 1991 |
| Bishop Éric Marie de Moulins d’Amieu de Beaufort | Auxiliary Bishop of Paris |
| 30 Sep 1989 |
| Bishop Jacques Léon Jean Marie Habert | Bishop of Sées |
| 2 Jul 1989 |
| Bishop Jean Clément Marie Gérard Joseph Françoise Georges Laffitte | Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Family, Roman Curia |
| 1 Jul 1989 |
| Bishop Hervé Gaschignard | Bishop of Aire et Dax |
| 24 Jun 1989 |
| Bishop Jean-Yves André Michel Nahmias | Auxiliary Bishop of Paris |
| 4 Jun 1989 |
| Bishop Pascal Michel Ghislain Delannoy | Bishop of Saint-Denis |
| 20 Aug 1988 |
| Bishop Philippe Jean-Charles Jourdan | Apostolic Administrator of Estonia |
| 26 Jun 1988 |
| Bishop Thierry Marie Scherrer | Bishop of Laval |