| Year | Age | Bishop | Event | Title | Current Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1922 | Jožef Smej | Born | Bogojina | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Maribor, Slovenia | |
| 1927 | Carlo Maria Martini, S.J. | Born | Torino | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy | |
| 1928 | Pietro Bottaccioli | Born | Umbertide | Bishop Emeritus of Gubbio, Italy | |
| 1930 | Jean Marie Louis Bonfils, S.M.A. | Born | Montpellier | Bishop Emeritus of Nice, France | |
| Robert Edward Mulvee | Born | Boston, MA | Bishop Emeritus of Providence, Rhode Island, USA | ||
| Giorgio Zur | Born | Görlitz, Germany | Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Austria | ||
| 1932 | Alexius Obabu Makozi | Born | Okene | Bishop Emeritus of Port Harcourt, Nigeria | |
| 1933 | Kelvin Edward Felix | Born | Roseau | Archbishop Emeritus of Castries, Saint Lucia, Antilles | |
| 1937 | Raymundo Damasceno Assis | Born | Capela Nova | Cardinal, Archbishop of Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Brazil | |
| 1943 | Heinz Josef Algermissen | Born | Hermeskeil | Bishop of Fulda, Germany | |
| 1946 | Joaquín Mariano Sucunza | Born | Pamplona, Spain | Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina | |
| 1950 | Demetrio Fernández González | Born | Puente del Arzobispo | Bishop of Córdoba, Spain | |
| Stephanus Tri Buu Thien | Born | Tra Long | Bishop of Cân Tho, Viêt Nam | ||
| 1952 | George Antonysamy | Born | Tiruchy, India | Apostolic Nuncio to Liberia | |
| 1955 | Zbigņev Stankevičs | Born | Lejasciema | Archbishop of Riga, Latvia | |
| 1959 | 25.2 | Grégoire III (Loutfi) Laham, B.S. | Ordained Priest | Priest of Arrouhbaniat Albassiliat Almoukhalissiat | Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria |
| 1960 | Berislav Grgić | Born | Novo Selo | Prelate of Tromsø, Norway | |
| 1970 | 45.8 | Settimio Todisco | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Bigastro | Archbishop Emeritus of Brindisi-Ostuni, Italy |
| 1974 | 46.8 | Leo Rajendram Antony | Succeeded | Bishop of Trincomalee-Batticaloa, Sri Lanka | Bishop Emeritus |
| 1975 | 41.6 | José Dimas Cedeño Delgado | Appointed | Bishop of Santiago de Veraguas, Panama | Archbishop Emeritus of Panamá |
| 19.5 | Vladimír Fekete, S.D.B. | Professed | Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco | Prefect of Azerbaijan | |
| 47.7 | Edvaldo Gonçalves Amaral, S.D.B. | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Aracajú, Sergipe, Brazil | Archbishop Emeritus of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil | |
| 47.7 | Edvaldo Gonçalves Amaral, S.D.B. | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Zallata | Archbishop Emeritus of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil | |
| 1977 | 47.0 | Robert Edward Mulvee | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA | Bishop Emeritus of Providence, Rhode Island, USA |
| 47.0 | Robert Edward Mulvee | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Summa | Bishop Emeritus of Providence, Rhode Island, USA | |
| 1978 | 49.0 | Jorge Bernal Vargas, L.C. | Resigned | Titular Bishop of Velefi | Prelate Emeritus of Cancún-Chetumal, Quintana Roo, México |
| 43.6 | Luciano Giovannetti | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Arezzo, Italy | Bishop Emeritus of Fiesole, Italy | |
| 43.6 | Luciano Giovannetti | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Zaba | Bishop Emeritus of Fiesole, Italy | |
| 48.8 | Hermenegildo Ramírez Sánchez, M.J. | Resigned | Titular Bishop of Santa Giusta | Prelate Emeritus of Huautla, Oaxaca, México | |
| 1980 | 44.0 | Roger Michael Mahony | Appointed | Bishop of Stockton, California, USA | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Los Angeles, California, USA |
| 1982 | 54.8 | Joseph Ratzinger | Resigned | Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany | Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy) |
| 38.6 | Rémy Victor Vancottem | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium | Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium | |
| 38.6 | Rémy Victor Vancottem | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Unizibira | Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium | |
| 1984 | 58.3 | José Freire Falcão | Appointed | Archbishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus |
| 1987 | 40.6 | Piotr Skucha | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Segisama | Auxiliary Bishop of Sosnowiec, Poland |
| 1992 | 53.9 | José Foralosso, S.D.B. | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Guiratinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil | Bishop of Marabá, Para, Brazil |
| 46.8 | Felipe Padilla Cardona | Appointed | Bishop of Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca, México | Bishop of Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, México | |
| 1993 | 51.6 | Maurice Piat, C.S.Sp. | Succeeded | Bishop of Port-Louis, Mauritius | |
| 1995 | 55.3 | Michael John Malone | Ordained Bishop | Coadjutor Bishop of Maitland, Australia | Bishop Emeritus of Maitland-Newcastle, Australia |
| 1997 | 67.7 | Pedro Nicolás Bermúdez Villamizar, C.I.M. | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus |
| 67.7 | Pedro Nicolás Bermúdez Villamizar, C.I.M. | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Lamsorti | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela | |
| 49.4 | José de la Trinidad Valera Angulo | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela | Bishop of Guanare, Venezuela | |
| 49.4 | José de la Trinidad Valera Angulo | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Mozotcori | Bishop of Guanare, Venezuela | |
| 65.8 | Francesco Zerrillo | Appointed | Bishop of Lucera-Troia, Italy | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 2000 | 66.0 | Vicente Rodrigo Cisneros Durán | Appointed | Archbishop of Cuenca, Ecuador | Archbishop Emeritus |
| 76.2 | Luis Alberto Luna Tobar, O.C.D. | Retired | Archbishop of Cuenca, Ecuador | Archbishop Emeritus | |
| 67.5 | Cormac Murphy-O’Connor | Appointed | Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus | |
| 54.3 | Vincent Gerard Nichols | Appointed | Archbishop of Birmingham, England, Great Britain | Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain | |
| 2001 | 49.5 | Tomasz Peta | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Benda | Archbishop of Maria Santissima in Astana, Kazakhstan |
| 63.7 | Robert Joseph Shaheen | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles (Maronite), California, USA | ||
| 2002 | 52.2 | Héctor Cubillos Peña | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Bucaramanga, Colombia | Bishop of Zipaquirá, Colombia |
| 52.2 | Héctor Cubillos Peña | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Fesseë | Bishop of Zipaquirá, Colombia | |
| 52.5 | Stephan Meniok, C.SS.R. | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Acarassus | Archiepiscopal Exarch of Donets’k-Kharkiv (Ukrainian), Ukraine | |
| 58.5 | Luis Antonio Nova Rocha | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Barranquilla, Colombia | Bishop of Facatativá, Colombia | |
| 58.5 | Luis Antonio Nova Rocha | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Equizetum | Bishop of Facatativá, Colombia | |
| 2004 | 65.7 | Carlo Caffarra | Installed | Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy | |
| 61.7 | Afonso Fioreze, C.P. | Ordained Bishop | Coadjutor Bishop of Luziânia, Goias, Brazil | Bishop | |
| 54.6 | Musie Ghebreghiorghis, O.F.M. Cap. | Installed | Bishop of Emdeber (Ethiopian), Ethiopia | ||
| 53.3 | Gil Antônio Moreira | Installed | Bishop of Jundiaí, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Archbishop of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
| 2005 | 53.1 | José Horacio Gómez | Installed | Archbishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA | Archbishop of Los Angeles, California, USA |
| 53.7 | Harold Anthony Perera | Appointed | Bishop of Galle, Sri Lanka | Bishop of Kurunegala, Sri Lanka | |
| 2006 | 38.9 | Bohdan Dzyurakh, C.SS.R. | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Vagada | Auxiliary Bishop of Kyiv-Vyshhorod (Ukrainian), Ukraine |
| 68.5 | Michael Louis Fitzgerald, M. Afr. | Appointed | Apostolic Nuncio to Egypt, Arab Republic of | ||
| 69.7 | George Hugh Niederauer | Installed | Archbishop of San Francisco, California, USA | ||
| 2007 | 55.8 | Juan Ignacio Arrieta Ochoa de Chinchetru | Appointed | Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts | |
| 71.3 | Bruno Bertagna | Appointed | Titular Archbishop of Drivastum | Vice President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts | |
| 71.3 | Bruno Bertagna | Appointed | Vice President of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts | Vice President Emeritus | |
| 68.9 | Francesco Coccopalmerio | Appointed | President of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts | ||
| 68.9 | Francesco Coccopalmerio | Appointed | Titular Archbishop of Coeliana | President of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts | |
| 76.9 | Julián Herranz Casado | Retired | President of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts | Cardinal, President Emeritus | |
| 45.2 | Jean Claude Randrianarisoa | Appointed | Bishop of Miarinarivo, Madagascar | ||
| 79.2 | Raymond Razakarinvony | Retired | Bishop of Miarinarivo, Madagascar | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 2008 | 75.0 | Kelvin Edward Felix | Retired | Archbishop of Castries, Saint Lucia, Antilles | Archbishop Emeritus |
| 61.7 | Robert Rivas, O.P. | Succeeded | Archbishop of Castries, Saint Lucia, Antilles | ||
| 2009 | 44.9 | Neri José Tondello | Installed | Bishop of Juína, Mato Grosso, Brazil | |
| 64.3 | Ignace Joseph III (Ephrem) Younan | Installed | Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon | ||
| 2010 | 48.7 | Jude Ayodeji Arogundade | Appointed | Coadjutor Bishop of Ondo, Nigeria | Bishop |
| 2011 | 43.5 | Evans Chinyama Chinyemba, O.M.I. | Appointed | Bishop of Mongu, Zambia | |
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