| Year | Age | Bishop | Event | Title | Current Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 | Herman Ferdinandus Maria Münninghoff, O.F.M. | Born | Woerden, Netherlands | Bishop Emeritus of Jayapura, Indonesia | |
| 1931 | Vital João Geraldo Wilderink, O. Carm. | Born | Devender, Netherlands | Bishop Emeritus of Itaguaí, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |
| 1932 | Fernando Mario Chávez Ruvalcaba | Born | Zacatecas | Bishop Emeritus of Zacatecas, México | |
| 1935 | Reynald Rouleau, O.M.I. | Born | Saint-Jean-de-Dieu | Bishop Emeritus of Churchill-Baie d’Hudson, Manitoba, Canada | |
| 1936 | Henry Apaloryamam Ssentongo | Born | Villa Maria | Bishop of Moroto, Uganda | |
| 1940 | Moacyr José Vitti, C.S.S. | Born | Piracicaba | Archbishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil | |
| 1944 | Joseph Alessandro, O.F.M. Cap. | Born | Paola, Malta | Coadjutor Bishop of Garissa, Kenya | |
| 1945 | 24.2 | Paulo Evaristo Arns, O.F.M. | Ordained Priest | Priest of Order of Friars Minor | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| Telesphore Mkude | Born | Pinde | Bishop of Morogoro, Tanzania | ||
| 1946 | Edward William Clark | Born | Minneapolis, MN | Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA | |
| 1947 | 24.7 | Maximiano Tuazon Cruz | Ordained Priest | Priest of Calbayog, Philippines | Bishop Emeritus |
| 24.1 | Antonio Troyo Calderón | Ordained Priest | Priest of San José de Costa Rica | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
| 1952 | 25.1 | José Goncalves Heleno | Ordained Priest | Priest | Bishop Emeritus of Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
| 26.8 | Jacó (Jacob) Roberto Hilgert | Ordained Priest | Priest | Bishop Emeritus of Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | |
| 1956 | 25.9 | Cirilo R. Almario | Ordained Priest | Priest | Bishop Emeritus of Malolos, Philippines |
| 26.8 | Pedro Rosales Dean | Ordained Priest | Priest | Archbishop Emeritus of Palo, Philippines | |
| 27.9 | Lucas Liu Hsien-tang | Ordained Priest | Priest of Taipei, Taiwan | Bishop Emeritus of Hsinchu, Taiwan | |
| 24.1 | Diosdado Aenlle Talamayan | Ordained Priest | Priest | Archbishop Emeritus of Tuguegarao, Philippines | |
| 23.3 | Ricardo Pido Tancinco | Ordained Priest | Priest of Calbayog, Philippines | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 1959 | András Veres | Born | Nyírbátor | Bishop of Szombathely, Hungary | |
| 1963 | 25.2 | George Valiamattam | Ordained Priest | Priest | Archbishop of Tellicherry (Syro-Malabarese), India |
| 1967 | 38.8 | Edgerton Roland Clarke | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Montego Bay, Jamaica, Antilles | Archbishop Emeritus of Kingston in Jamaica, Antilles |
| 1968 | 26.2 | Joaquin Maria López de Andújar y Cánovas del Castillo | Ordained Priest | Priest of Madrid, Spain | Bishop of Getafe, Spain |
| 49.3 | Phocas Nikwigize | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Ruhengeri, Rwanda | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 1969 | Stephen Dami Mamza | Born | Bazza | Bishop of Yola, Nigeria | |
| 1970 | 40.7 | Victor Hugo Martínez Contreras | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Huehuetenango, Guatemala | Archbishop Emeritus of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán, Guatemala |
| 40.7 | Victor Hugo Martínez Contreras | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Naissus | Archbishop Emeritus of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán, Guatemala | |
| 1971 | 42.7 | John Raphael Quinn | Appointed | Bishop of Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA | Archbishop Emeritus of San Francisco, California, USA |
| 40.8 | Ricardo Jamin Vidal | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Claternae | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Cebu, Philippines | |
| 1972 | 30.0 | Emmanuel Okombo Wandera | Ordained Priest | Priest of Kisumu, Kenya | Bishop of Kericho, Kenya |
| 37.2 | Paul Ri Moun-hi | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Forconium | Archbishop Emeritus of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South) | |
| 43.4 | Henri Antoine Marie Teissier | Appointed | Bishop of Oran, Algeria | Archbishop Emeritus of Alger, Algeria | |
| 1973 | 25.2 | Francisco Antonio Nieto Súa | Ordained Priest | Priest of Bogotá, Colombia | Bishop of San José del Guaviare, Colombia |
| 26.6 | Oscar Urbina Ortega | Ordained Priest | Priest of Bogotá, Colombia | Archbishop of Villavicencio, Colombia | |
| 1974 | 25.8 | Luigi Moretti | Ordained Priest | Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy | Archbishop of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno, Italy |
| 1977 | 52.9 | Dante Frasnelli Tarter, O.S.I. | Resigned | Titular Bishop of Urusi | Prelate Emeritus of Huarí, Peru |
| 50.0 | Angelo Sodano | Appointed | Titular Archbishop of Nova Caesaris | Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State | |
| 50.0 | Angelo Sodano | Appointed | Apostolic Nuncio to Chile | Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State | |
| 1978 | 47.8 | Bernard Louis Auguste Paul Panafieu | Appointed | Archbishop of Aix (-Arles-Embrun), France | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Marseille, France |
| 1979 | 50.5 | Osório Bebber, O.F.M. Cap. | Appointed | Coadjutor Bishop of Tubarão, Santa Catarina, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus of Joaçaba, Santa Catarina, Brazil |
| 48.4 | Giuseppe Malandrino | Appointed | Bishop of Acireale, Italy | Bishop Emeritus of Noto, Italy | |
| 1981 | 44.0 | Christian Vicente F. Noel | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Thuccabora | Bishop of Talibon, Philippines |
| 54.2 | Boniface Tshosa Setlalekgosi | Appointed | Bishop of Gaborone, Botswana | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 1983 | 59.9 | René Fernández Apaza | Succeeded | Archbishop of Sucre, Bolivia | Archbishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia |
| 40.3 | Thomas Meram | Appointed | Archbishop of Urmyā {Rezayeh} (Chaldean), Iran | ||
| 40.3 | Thomas Meram | Appointed | Bishop of Salmas {Shahpour} (Chaldean), Iran | Archbishop of Urmyā {Rezayeh} (Chaldean), Iran | |
| 1984 | 50.1 | Paulo Cardoso da Silva, O. Carm. | Appointed | Bishop of Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus |
| 1985 | 56.5 | Pier Giuliano Tiddia | Appointed | Archbishop of Oristano, Italy | Archbishop Emeritus |
| 45.0 | Donald William Wuerl | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Seattle, Washington, USA | Cardinal, Archbishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA | |
| 45.0 | Donald William Wuerl | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Rossmarkaeum | Cardinal, Archbishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA | |
| 1986 | 45.6 | Józef Michalik | Installed | Bishop of Gorzów, Poland | Archbishop of Przemyśl, Poland |
| 27.5 | Petar Antun Rajič | Ordained Deacon | Deacon of Mostar-Duvno (-Trebinje e Mrkan), Bosnia and Herzegovina | Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait | |
| 1987 | 54.0 | Ercole Lupinacci | Appointed | Bishop of Lungro degli Italo-Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), Italy | Bishop Emeritus |
| 1991 | 47.2 | Jean-Paul Maurice Jaeger | Succeeded | Bishop of Nancy (-Toul), France | Bishop of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France |
| 27.7 | Sebastião Lima Duarte | Ordained Priest | Priest of Zé-Doca, Maranho, Brazil | Bishop of Viana, Maranho, Brazil | |
| 59.6 | Justo Mullor García | Appointed | Apostolic Nuncio to Estonia | President Emeritus of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, Roman Curia | |
| 59.6 | Justo Mullor García | Appointed | Apostolic Nuncio to Latvia | President Emeritus of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, Roman Curia | |
| 59.6 | Justo Mullor García | Appointed | Apostolic Nuncio to Lithuania | President Emeritus of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, Roman Curia | |
| 1992 | 59.1 | Florencio Olvera Ochoa | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Tabasco, México | Bishop Emeritus of Cuernavaca, Morelos, México |
| 1993 | 72.2 | Francis Anthony Quinn | Retired | Bishop of Sacramento, California, USA | Bishop Emeritus |
| 56.5 | William Keith Weigand | Appointed | Bishop of Sacramento, California, USA | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 1994 | 54.4 | Guillermo José Garlatti | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Aquae Regiae | Archbishop of Bahía Blanca, Argentina |
| 1995 | 51.4 | Eugène Lambert Adrian Rixen | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Assis, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Bishop of Goiás, Goias, Brazil |
| 51.4 | Eugène Lambert Adrian Rixen | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Tabbora | Bishop of Goiás, Goias, Brazil | |
| 1996 | 63.1 | Antonio Bayter Abud, M.X.Y. | Appointed | Vicar Apostolic of Inírida, Colombia | |
| 63.1 | Antonio Bayter Abud, M.X.Y. | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Sucarda | Vicar Apostolic of Inírida, Colombia | |
| 48.3 | Rigoberto Corredor Bermúdez | Appointed | Bishop of Buenaventura, Colombia | Bishop of Pereira, Colombia | |
| 46.5 | Basílio do Nascimento | Appointed | Apostolic Administrator of Baucau, Timor-Leste | Bishop | |
| 46.5 | Basílio do Nascimento | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Septimunicia | Bishop of Baucau, Timor-Leste | |
| 52.4 | Gustavo García Naranjo | Appointed | Bishop of Guarenas, Venezuela | ||
| 44.3 | Edward Janiak | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Scilium | Bishop of Kalisz, Poland | |
| 57.0 | Delio Lucarelli | Appointed | Bishop of Rieti (-S. Salvatore Maggiore), Italy | ||
| 43.9 | Cyprian Kizito Lwanga | Appointed | Bishop of Kasana-Luweero, Uganda | Archbishop of Kampala, Uganda | |
| 65.2 | Medardo Joseph Mazombwe | Appointed | Archbishop of Lusaka, Zambia | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus | |
| 55.3 | Bernard Blasius Moras | Appointed | Bishop of Belgaum, India | Archbishop of Bangalore, India | |
| 46.2 | Martin Igwe Uzoukwu | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Minna, Nigeria | ||
| 45.2 | Augustine Ndeliakyama Shao, C.S.Sp. | Appointed | Bishop of Zanzibar, Tanzania | ||
| 60.1 | Matthias Ssekamaanya | Appointed | Bishop of Lugazi, Uganda | ||
| 49.1 | Oscar Julio Vian Morales, S.D.B. | Appointed | Vicar Apostolic of El Petén, Guatemala | Archbishop of Guatemala | |
| 49.1 | Oscar Julio Vian Morales, S.D.B. | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Pupiana | Archbishop of Guatemala | |
| 2000 | 71.1 | Manuel Batakian, I.C.P.B. | Appointed | Apostolic Exarch of United States of America and Canada (Armenian), New York | Eparch Emeritus of Our Lady of Nareg in New York (Armenian), USA |
| 64.2 | Andreas Choi Chang-mou | Succeeded | Archbishop of Kwangju, Korea (South) | Archbishop Emeritus | |
| 50.2 | Philip Edward Wilson | Appointed | Coadjutor Archbishop of Adelaide, Australia | Archbishop | |
| 48.1 | Józef Wróbel, S.C.I. | Appointed | Bishop of Helsinki, Finland | Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin, Poland | |
| 76.1 | Victorinus Youn Kong-hi | Retired | Archbishop of Kwangju, Korea (South) | Archbishop Emeritus | |
| 2001 | 76.1 | Jean-Guy Hamelin | Retired | Bishop of Rouyn-Noranda, Québec, Canada | Bishop Emeritus |
| 54.4 | Dorylas Moreau | Appointed | Bishop of Rouyn-Noranda, Québec, Canada | ||
| 44.4 | Joe Steve Vásquez | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA | Bishop of Austin, Texas, USA | |
| 44.4 | Joe Steve Vásquez | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Cova | Bishop of Austin, Texas, USA | |
| 2002 | 58.3 | Tommaso Ghirelli | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Imola, Italy | |
| 60.7 | Joseph John Oudeman, O.F.M. Cap. | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Brisbane, Australia | ||
| 60.7 | Joseph John Oudeman, O.F.M. Cap. | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Respecta | Auxiliary Bishop of Brisbane, Australia | |
| 75.6 | Joseph Ratzinger | Appointed | Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia | Pope Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy | |
| 75.6 | Joseph Ratzinger | Confirmed | Dean of the College of Cardinals | Pope Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy | |
| 75.0 | Angelo Sodano | Confirmed | Vice-Dean (Sub-Dean) of the College of Cardinals | Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State | |
| 67.1 | Pio Vittorio Vigo | Installed | Bishop of Acireale, Italy | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 2004 | 62.4 | Luis Guillermo Eichhorn | Appointed | Bishop of Morón, Argentina | |
| 2005 | 52.2 | Joércio Gonçalves Pereira, C.SS.R. | Appointed | Coadjutor Prelate of Coari, Amazonas, Brazil | Prelate Emeritus |
| 52.1 | Ruy Rendón Leal | Ordained Bishop | Prelate of El Salto, Durango, México | Bishop of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, México | |
| 2006 | 76.6 | Pius Suh Awa | Retired | Bishop of Buéa, Cameroon | Bishop Emeritus |
| 62.3 | Emmanuel Bushu | Appointed | Bishop of Buéa, Cameroon | ||
| 56.2 | Gérard Pettipas, C.SS.R. | Appointed | Archbishop of Grouard-McLennan, Alberta, Canada | ||
| 50.8 | Joseph Chusak Sirisut | Appointed | Bishop of Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand | ||
| 45.5 | Christophe Zoa | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Yaoundé, Cameroon | Bishop of Sangmélima, Cameroon | |
| 45.5 | Christophe Zoa | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Hilta | Bishop of Sangmélima, Cameroon | |
| 2007 | 51.1 | Alfonso Carrasco Rouco | Appointed | Bishop of Lugo, Spain | |
| 75.9 | Eugene Jerome Cooney | Retired | Bishop of Nelson, British Columbia, Canada | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 66.3 | John Dennis Corriveau, O.F.M. Cap. | Appointed | Bishop of Nelson, British Columbia, Canada | ||
| 64.0 | Martin William Currie | Installed | Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada | ||
| 53.1 | César Daniel Fernández | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Caltadria | Bishop of Jujuy, Argentina | |
| 58.5 | Michael Joseph Hoeppner | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Crookston, Minnesota, USA | ||
| 66.7 | Vittorio Lupi | Appointed | Bishop of Savona-Noli, Italy | ||
| 54.2 | Reinhard Marx | Appointed | Cardinal, Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany | ||
| 60.6 | Oscar Urbina Ortega | Appointed | Archbishop of Villavicencio, Colombia | ||
| 79.8 | Friedrich Wetter | Resigned | Apostolic Administrator of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus | |
| 2008 | 51.6 | Marc Marie Max Aillet | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Bayonne (-Lescar e Oloron), France | |
| 2009 | 58.9 | Nikola Eterović | Appointed | Titular Archbishop of Cibalae | Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops |
| 2010 | 75.5 | William Joseph Kurtz, S.V.D. | Retired | Archbishop of Madang, Papua New Guinea | Archbishop Emeritus |
| 67.5 | Stephen Joseph Reichert, O.F.M. Cap. | Appointed | Archbishop of Madang, Papua New Guinea | ||
| 2011 | 62.4 | Esmeraldo Barreto de Farias, Ist. del Prado | Appointed | Archbishop of Porto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil | |
| 57.5 | Paul-André Durocher | Installed | Archbishop of Gatineau, Québec, Canada | ||
| 75.9 | Moacyr Grechi, O.S.M. | Retired | Archbishop of Porto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil | Archbishop Emeritus | |
| 62.1 | David Dennis Kagan | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Bismarck, North Dakota, USA | ||
| 48.0 | Modeste Kambou | Appointed | Bishop of Gaoua, Burkina Faso | ||
| 73.0 | Theodor Kettmann | Resigned | Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
| 68.5 | Nicholas Mang Thang | Appointed | Coadjutor Archbishop of Mandalay, Myanmar | ||
| 68.5 | Nicholas Mang Thang | Appointed | Apostolic Administrator of Hakha, Myanmar | Coadjutor Archbishop of Mandalay, Myanmar | |
| 76.1 | Alano Maria Pena, O.P. | Retired | Archbishop of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Archbishop Emeritus | |
| 55.7 | José Francisco Rezende Dias | Appointed | Archbishop of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||
| 2012 | 47.5 | Ángel Francisco Caraballo Fermín | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Maracaibo, Venezuela | |
| 47.5 | Ángel Francisco Caraballo Fermín | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Dagnum | Auxiliary Bishop of Maracaibo, Venezuela | |
| 76.2 | Vincent Michael Concessao | Retired | Archbishop of Delhi, India | Archbishop Emeritus | |
| 53.0 | Vital Corbellini | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Marabá, Para, Brazil | ||
| 58.2 | Anil Joseph Thomas Couto | Appointed | Archbishop of Delhi, India | ||
| 48.9 | Binay Kandulna | Appointed | Bishop of Khunti, India | ||
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