Ordained Bishop | Years | Name | Current Title |
| Most Senior |
| 12 Sep 1962 |
| Bishop Myles McKeon | Bishop Emeritus of Bunbury, Australia |
| 9 Nov 1969 |
| Bishop Eamon Casey | Bishop Emeritus of Galway and Kilmacduagh |
| 1 Apr 1970 |
| Bishop Daniel Joseph Mullins | Bishop Emeritus of Menevia, Wales, Great Britain |
| 6 Jan 1971 |
| Bishop Patrick Francis Sheehan, O.S.A. | Bishop Emeritus of Kano, Nigeria |
| 19 Jan 1974 |
| Bishop David Cremin | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sydney, Australia |
| 31 Mar 1974 |
| Bishop Edward Kevin Daly | Bishop Emeritus of Derry |
| 30 Jun 1974 |
| Bishop John Mackey | Bishop Emeritus of Auckland, New Zealand |
| 13 Apr 1975 |
| Bishop Dermot Patrick O’Mahony | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dublin |
| 4 Jul 1976 |
| Bishop William Dermott Molloy McDermott | Bishop Emeritus of Huancavélica, Peru |
| 20 Feb 1977 |
| Bishop Thomas Flynn | Bishop Emeritus of Achonry |
| 30 Jul 1978 |
| Archbishop Thomas A. White | Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Fiji, Pacific (Oceania) |
| 2 Sep 1979 |
| Bishop Joseph Duffy | Bishop Emeritus of Clogher |
| Most Junior |
| 11 Feb 2012 |
| Bishop Michael Lenihan, O.F.M. | Bishop of La Ceiba, Honduras |
| 6 Jan 2012 |
| Archbishop Charles John Brown | Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland |
| 29 Aug 2010 |
| Bishop Kieran O’Reilly, S.M.A. | Bishop of Killaloe |
| 25 Jul 2010 |
| Bishop Liam Seán MacDaid | Bishop of Clogher |
| 18 Mar 2010 |
| Archbishop Eugene Martin Nugent | Apostolic Nuncio to Madagascar |
| 22 Mar 2009 |
| Bishop Derek John Christopher Byrne, S.P.S. | Bishop of Guiratinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil |
| 20 Mar 2009 |
| Bishop Séamus Cunningham | Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain |
| 29 Jun 2008 |
| Bishop Noël Treanor | Bishop of Down and Connor |
| 31 Mar 2008 |
| Bishop Michael Gregory Campbell, O.S.A. | Bishop of Lancaster, England, Great Britain |
| 27 Jan 2008 |
| Bishop Brendan Kelly | Bishop of Achonry |
| 2 Dec 2007 |
| Bishop Séamus Freeman, S.A.C. | Bishop of Ossory |
| 14 May 2006 |
| Bishop Robert Patrick Ellison, C.S.Sp. | Bishop of Banjul, Gambia |