Ordained Priest | Years | Name | Current Title |
| Most Senior |
| 23 Nov 1941 |
| Bishop John Mackey | Bishop Emeritus of Auckland, New Zealand |
| 22 Jun 1947 |
| Bishop Myles McKeon | Bishop Emeritus of Bunbury, Australia |
| 19 May 1951 |
| Desmond Cardinal Connell | Archbishop Emeritus of Dublin |
| 17 Jun 1951 |
| Bishop Eamon Casey | Bishop Emeritus of Galway and Kilmacduagh |
| 29 Jun 1952 |
| Bishop John C. O’Riordan, C.S.Sp. | Bishop Emeritus of Kenema, Sierra Leone |
| 12 Apr 1953 |
| Bishop Daniel Joseph Mullins | Bishop Emeritus of Menevia, Wales, Great Britain |
| 5 Jun 1955 |
| Bishop William Dermott Molloy McDermott | Bishop Emeritus of Huancavélica, Peru |
| 12 Jun 1955 |
| Bishop David Cremin | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sydney, Australia |
| 17 Jul 1955 |
| Bishop Senan Louis O’Donnell, O.S.A. | Bishop Emeritus of Maiduguri, Nigeria |
| 21 Dec 1955 |
| Bishop Laurence Forristal | Bishop Emeritus of Ossory |
| 25 Feb 1956 |
| Bishop Patrick Francis Sheehan, O.S.A. | Bishop Emeritus of Kano, Nigeria |
| 25 Feb 1956 |
| Bishop Patrick Joseph Walsh | Bishop Emeritus of Down and Connor |
| Most Junior |
| 13 May 1989 |
| Archbishop Charles John Brown | Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland |
| 23 Sep 1983 |
| Bishop John Gerard Noonan | Bishop of Orlando, Florida, USA |
| 9 Jul 1983 |
| Archbishop Eugene Martin Nugent | Apostolic Nuncio to Madagascar |
| 12 Jul 1980 |
| Bishop Michael Lenihan, O.F.M. | Bishop of La Ceiba, Honduras |
| 24 Dec 1978 |
| Bishop Kevin Joseph Farrell | Bishop of Dallas, Texas, USA |
| 17 Jun 1978 |
| Bishop Kieran O’Reilly, S.M.A. | Bishop of Killaloe |
| 3 Jul 1977 |
| Bishop Donal McKeown | Auxiliary Bishop of Down and Connor |
| 13 Jun 1976 |
| Bishop Noël Treanor | Bishop of Down and Connor |
| 18 May 1975 |
| Archbishop Richard Anthony Burke, S.P.S. | Archbishop Emeritus of Benin City, Nigeria |
| 10 Jun 1973 |
| Bishop John McAreavey | Bishop of Dromore |
| 9 Jun 1973 |
| Bishop Derek John Christopher Byrne, S.P.S. | Bishop of Guiratinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil |
| 21 Jul 1972 |
| Bishop Patrick Kevin Lynch, SS.CC. | Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark, England, Great Britain |