| Year | Age | Bishop | Event | Title | Current Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | Marin Srakić | Born | Archbishop Emeritus of Ðakovo-Osijek, Croatia | ||
| 1950 | Jozef Daniel Pravda, S.D.B. | Born | Superior Emeritus of Baku, Azerbaijan | ||
| 1953 | Anthony Bernard Paul | Born | Bishop of Melaka-Johor, Malaysia | ||
| 1954 | Giuseppe Pasotto, C.S.S. | Born | Apostolic Administrator of Caucaso, Armenia | ||
| 1956 | Yosyf (Ivan) Milan, M.S.U. | Born | Auxiliary Bishop of Kyiv {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine | ||
| 1957 | Linus Lee Seong-hyo | Born | Bishop of Masan, Korea (South) | ||
| 1958 | 23.2 | Ovidio Poletto | Ordained Priest | Priest of Vittorio Veneto, Italy | Bishop Emeritus of Concordia-Pordenone, Italy |
| Paul Su Yongda | Born | Bishop of Beihai [Pakhoi], China | |||
| Edmund James Whalen | Born | Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA | |||
| 1960 | Mathieu Madega Lebouankehan | Born | Bishop of Mouila, Gabon | ||
| 1961 | Lionginas Virbalas, S.J. | Born | Archbishop Emeritus of Kaunas, Lithuania | ||
| 1963 | Thomas Halim Habib | Born | Bishop of Sohag (Coptic), Egypt | ||
| 1965 | 32.6 | Francis Arinze | Appointed | Coadjutor Bishop of Onitsha, Nigeria | Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments |
| 32.6 | Francis Arinze | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Fissiana | Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments | |
| Wolfgang Pisa, O.F.M. Cap. | Born | Bishop of Lindi, Tanzania | |||
| 1966 | Alfonso Gerardo Miranda Guardiola | Born | Bishop of Piedras Negras, Coahuila, México | ||
| Antonino Spadaro, S.J. | Born | Under Secretary of the Dicastery for Culture and Education | |||
| 1967 | 26.0 | Pablo Lizama Riquelme | Ordained Priest | Priest of Santiago de Chile | Archbishop Emeritus of Antofagasta, Chile |
| 1968 | 25.1 | Isidro Barrio Barrio | Ordained Priest | Priest of Burgos, Spain | Bishop Emeritus of Huancavélica, Peru |
| 26.0 | Norbert Brunner | Ordained Priest | Priest of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 1969 | 28.0 | Marie Pierre François Auguste Gaschy, C.S.Sp. | Ordained Priest | Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon |
| 24.2 | Jesús Moraza Ruiz de Azúa, O.A.R. | Ordained Priest | Priest of Order of Augustinian Recollects | Prelate Emeritus of Lábrea, Amazonas, Brazil | |
| Mauricio Urrea Carrillo | Born | Bishop of Parral, Chihuahua, México | |||
| 1973 | 27.2 | Georges Michel Bakar, Ist. del Prado | Ordained Priest | Priest of Egypt and Sudan (Melkite Greek) | Protosyncellus Emeritus of Egypt, Sudan, and South Sudan (Melkite Greek) |
| 1974 | 28.2 | Orlando Brandes | Ordained Priest | Priest of Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil | Archbishop of Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| 32.1 | Álvaro Corrada del Río, S.J. | Ordained Priest | Priest of Society of Jesus | Bishop Emeritus of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico | |
| 27.6 | Jonás Guerrero Corona | Ordained Priest | Priest of Autlán, Jalisco, México | Bishop Emeritus of Culiacán, Sinaloa, México | |
| 43.0 | Richard Charles Patrick Hanifen | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Denver, Colorado, USA | Bishop Emeritus of Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA | |
| 43.0 | Richard Charles Patrick Hanifen | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Abercornia | Bishop Emeritus of Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA | |
| 1977 | 24.0 | Kevin Peter Doran | Ordained Priest | Priest of Dublin, Ireland | Bishop of Elphin, Ireland |
| 1978 | 24.8 | Gabriel Marchesi | Ordained Priest | Priest of Fiesole, Italy | Bishop of Floresta, Pernambuco, Brazil |
| 1980 | 25.6 | Justo Rodríguez Gallego | Ordained Priest | Priest of Toledo, Spain | Auxiliary Bishop of Zárate-Campana, Argentina |
| 1985 | 25.3 | Giuseppe Favale | Ordained Priest | Priest of Castellaneta, Italy | Bishop of Conversano-Monopoli, Italy |
| 26.0 | Robert Philip Reed | Ordained Priest | Priest of Boston, Massachusetts, USA | Auxiliary Bishop | |
| 29.6 | Augustin Traoré | Ordained Priest | Priest of Ségou, Mali | Bishop | |
| 1986 | 27.1 | Almeida Kanda (Canda) | Ordained Priest | Priest of Uije, Angola | Bishop of Ndalatando, Angola |
| 28.7 | Novatus Rugambwa | Ordained Priest | Priest of Bukoba, Tanzania | Apostolic Nuncio | |
| 1987 | 47.1 | Jerome George Hanus, O.S.B. | Appointed | Bishop of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA | Archbishop Emeritus of Dubuque, Iowa, USA |
| 1988 | 38.1 | Georgi Ivanov Yovchev | Appointed | Apostolic Administrator of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria | Bishop |
| 38.1 | Georgi Ivanov Yovchev | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Lamphua | Bishop of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria | |
| 1989 | 44.8 | Nicholas James Samra | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Gerasa | Bishop Emeritus of Newton (Our Lady of the Annunciation in Boston) (Melkite Greek), USA |
| 1991 | 27.9 | John Bosco MacDonald | Ordained Priest | Priest of Clifton, England, Great Britain | Bishop |
| 31.5 | Francesco Neri, O.F.M. Cap. | Ordained Priest | Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin | Archbishop of Otranto, Italy | |
| 46.7 | Cesare Nosiglia | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy | Archbishop Emeritus of Torino {Turin}, Italy | |
| 46.7 | Cesare Nosiglia | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Victoriana | Archbishop Emeritus of Torino {Turin}, Italy | |
| 29.3 | Joachim Hermenegilde Ouédraogo | Ordained Priest | Priest of Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso | Bishop of Koudougou, Burkina Faso | |
| 41.1 | Alberto Taveira Corrêa | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Sinnipsa | Archbishop of Belém do Pará, Brazil | |
| 1992 | 37.5 | Joseph Kwaku Afrifah-Agyekum | Incardinated | Priest of Koforidua, Ghana | Bishop |
| 46.8 | Norbert Wendelin Mtega | Appointed | Archbishop of Songea, Tanzania | Archbishop Emeritus | |
| 42.0 | Gabriel Charles Palmer-Buckle | Appointed | Bishop of Koforidua, Ghana | Archbishop of Cape Coast, Ghana | |
| 53.9 | Thomas Emmanuel Savundaranayagam | Appointed | Bishop of Jaffna, Sri Lanka | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 1996 | 29.2 | Moses Chikwe | Ordained Priest | Priest of Owerri, Nigeria | Auxiliary Bishop |
| 29.8 | Martin Boucar Tine, S.S.S. | Ordained Priest | Priest of Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament | Bishop of Kaolack, Senegal | |
| 1997 | 50.7 | Luís Flávio Cappio, O.F.M. | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Barra (do Rio Grande), Bahia, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus |
| 26.2 | Paul Dempsey | Ordained Priest | Priest of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland | Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, Ireland | |
| 28.0 | Denilson Geraldo, S.A.C. | Ordained Priest | Priest of Society of the Catholic Apostolate | Auxiliary Bishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil | |
| 60.0 | Louis Nkinga Bondala, C.I.C.M. | Succeeded | Bishop of Lisala, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 28.2 | Xavier Novell Gomà | Ordained Priest | Priest of Solsona, Spain | ||
| 1998 | 56.7 | Cándido Cárdenas Villalba | Appointed | Bishop of Benjamín Aceval, Paraguay | Bishop Emeritus |
| 1999 | 58.7 | Martín de Elizalde, O.S.B. | Appointed | Bishop of Nueve de Julio, Argentina | Bishop Emeritus |
| 2001 | 48.8 | Heinrich Timmerevers | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany | Bishop of Dresden-Meißen (Meissen), Germany |
| 48.8 | Heinrich Timmerevers | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Tulana | Bishop of Dresden-Meißen (Meissen), Germany | |
| 2002 | 33.4 | Gerhard Schneider | Ordained Priest | Priest of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany | Auxiliary Bishop |
| 2003 | 53.3 | Felix Genn | Installed | Bishop of Essen, Germany | Bishop Emeritus of Münster, Germany |
| 30.4 | Ephrem Ndjoni | Ordained Priest | Priest of Franceville, Gabon | Bishop | |
| 2004 | 57.7 | Gordon Dunlap Bennett, S.J. | Appointed | Bishop of Mandeville, Jamaica, Antilles | Bishop Emeritus |
| 60.2 | Arthur Joseph Serratelli | Installed | Bishop of Paterson, New Jersey, USA | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 2005 | 65.0 | Ludwig Schwarz, S.D.B. | Appointed | Bishop of Linz, Austria | Bishop Emeritus |
| 2006 | 56.9 | Markus Büchel | Appointed | Bishop of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland | Bishop Emeritus |
| 46.6 | Ivan Tilak Jayasundera | Resigned | Bishop-Elect of Ratnapura, Sri Lanka | Priest of Kandy, Sri Lanka | |
| 64.9 | Gregory O’Kelly, S.J. | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Adelaide, Australia | Bishop Emeritus of Port Pirie, Australia | |
| 64.9 | Gregory O’Kelly, S.J. | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Ath Truim | Bishop Emeritus of Port Pirie, Australia | |
| 2007 | 55.2 | António José da Rocha Couto, S.M.P. | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Braga, Portugal | Bishop of Lamego, Portugal |
| 55.2 | António José da Rocha Couto, S.M.P. | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Azura | Bishop of Lamego, Portugal | |
| 2008 | 33.2 | Rui Augusto Jardim Gouveia | Ordained Priest | Priest of Setúbal, Portugal | Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal |
| 59.7 | Gerardo Melgar Viciosa | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Osma-Soria, Spain | Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Real, Spain | |
| 49.4 | Thierry Marie Scherrer | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Laval, France | Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France | |
| 2010 | 56.4 | Robert Walter McElroy | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco, California, USA | Cardinal, Archbishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA |
| 56.4 | Robert Walter McElroy | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Gemellae in Byzacena | Cardinal, Archbishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA | |
| 2011 | 57.0 | Severino Clasen, O.F.M. | Appointed | Bishop of Caçador, Santa Catarina, Brazil | Archbishop of Maringá, Parana, Brazil |
| 69.1 | Álvaro Corrada del Río, S.J. | Appointed | Bishop of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 69.1 | Álvaro Corrada del Río, S.J. | Appointed | Apostolic Administrator of Tyler, Texas, USA | Bishop Emeritus of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico | |
| 43.3 | Simon Ok Hyun-jjn | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Pederodiana | Archbishop of Gwangju, Korea (South) | |
| 67.8 | Alessandro Carmelo Ruffinoni, C.S. | Succeeded | Bishop of Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 2012 | 45.7 | José Rico Pavés | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Getafe, Spain | Bishop of Jerez de la Frontera, Spain |
| 45.7 | José Rico Pavés | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Mentesa | Bishop of Jerez de la Frontera, Spain | |
| 66.5 | Aloysius Sudarso, S.C.I. | Appointed | Apostolic Administrator of Tanjungkarang, Indonesia | Archbishop Emeritus of Palembang, Indonesia | |
| 48.2 | Joseph Yue Fusheng | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Harbin [Harbin], China | ||
| 2013 | 68.4 | George Kocherry | Appointed | Apostolic Nuncio to Bangladesh | Apostolic Nuncio |
| 64.9 | Manuel José Macário do Nascimento Clemente | Installed | Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal | Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus | |
| 45.3 | Rafael Valdivieso Miranda | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Chitré, Panama | ||
| 2014 | 50.1 | José Trinidad Fernández Angulo | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Pumentum | Bishop of Trujillo, Venezuela |
| 2016 | 57.8 | Kenneth David Oswin Richards | Installed | Archbishop of Kingston in Jamaica, Antilles | |
| 78.2 | Genival Saraiva de França | Appointed | Apostolic Administrator of Paraíba, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus of Palmares, Pernambuco, Brazil | |
| 2017 | 51.4 | Oscar Jaime Llaneta Florencio | Appointed | Apostolic Administrator of Philippines, Military | Bishop |
| 2018 | 51.5 | Ettore Balestrero | Appointed | Administrator to Congo, Democratic Republic of | Permanent Observer to United Nations Office and Specialized Agencies in Geneva |
| 2019 | 58.7 | Andrea Bellandi | Ordained Bishop | Archbishop of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno, Italy | |
| 65.6 | Guillermo Teodoro Elías Millares | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Turres in Numidia | Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru | |
| 79.0 | Petru Gherghel | Retired | Bishop of Iaşi, Romania | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 56.9 | Serverus Jjumba | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Masaka, Uganda | ||
| 64.7 | Iosif Păuleţ | Appointed | Bishop of Iaşi, Romania | ||
| 53.6 | José Bolivar Piedra Aguirre | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Maronana | Bishop of Riobamba, Ecuador | |
| 57.0 | Ricardo Augusto Rodríguez Álvarez | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Aeliae | Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru | |
| 61.4 | Giuseppe Schillaci | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Lamezia Terme, Italy | Bishop of Nicosia, Italy | |
| 53.9 | Michele Tomasi | Appointed | Bishop of Treviso, Italy | ||
| 2020 | 75.7 | Francisco Cases Andreu | Retired | Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain | Bishop Emeritus |
| 59.7 | José Mazuelos Pérez | Appointed | Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain | ||
| 2021 | 54.6 | Rolando José Álvarez Lagos | Appointed | Apostolic Administrator of Esteli, Nicaragua | Bishop of Matagalpa, Nicaragua |
| 55.6 | Peter Nworie Chukwu | Appointed | Bishop of Abakaliki, Nigeria | ||
| 75.0 | Juan Abelardo Mata Guevara, S.D.B. | Retired | Bishop of Esteli, Nicaragua | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 63.3 | Thomas Joseph Neylon | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain | ||
| 63.3 | Thomas Joseph Neylon | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Plestia | Auxiliary Bishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain | |
| 80.6 | Michael Nnachi Okoro | Retired | Bishop of Abakaliki, Nigeria | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 2022 | 53.8 | Philippe Curbelié | Appointed | Under Secretary of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith | |
| 63.2 | Stefano Manetti | Installed | Bishop of Fiesole, Italy | ||
| 63.2 | Stefano Manetti | Appointed | Apostolic Administrator of Montepulciano-Chiusi-Pienza, Italy | Bishop of Fiesole, Italy | |
| 46.0 | Piotr Przyborek | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Gdańsk, Poland | ||
| 46.0 | Piotr Przyborek | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Musti in Numidia | Auxiliary Bishop of Gdańsk, Poland | |
| 2024 | 48.9 | José Antonio Álvarez Sánchez | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Vergi | Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain |
| 54.0 | José Antonio Da Conceição Ferreira | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Puerto Cabello, Venezuela | ||
| 52.5 | Ryan Pagente Jimenez | Appointed | Archbishop of Agaña, Guam, Pacific (Oceania) | ||
| 54.8 | Vicente Martín Muñoz | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Valliposita | Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain | |
| 60.8 | Sergio Hernán Pérez de Arce Arriagada, SS.CC. | Installed | Archbishop of Concepción (Santissima Concezione), Chile | ||
| 58.4 | Petko Valov | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Saint John XXIII of Sofia (Bulgarian), Bulgaria | ||
| 2025 | 58.9 | Joseph Mopepe Ngongo | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Molegbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | |
| 59.3 | Marek Ochlak, O.M.I. | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Fenoarivo Atsinanana, Madagascar | ||
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