Ordained Priest | Years | Name | Current Title |
Most Senior |
29 Mar 1952 |
| Bishop Jacques Marie Sébastien de Saint-Blanquat | Bishop Emeritus of Montauban |
24 Jun 1952 |
| Bishop Jacques Joseph Marie Despierre, Ist. del Prado | Bishop Emeritus of Carcassonne |
29 Jun 1953 |
| Bishop René Marie Albert Dupont, M.E.P. | Bishop Emeritus of Andong, Korea (South) |
7 Dec 1954 |
| Bishop Jean Marie Louis Bonfils, S.M.A. | Bishop Emeritus of Nice |
18 Dec 1954 |
| Paul Joseph Jean Cardinal Poupard | President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Culture, Roman Curia |
9 Apr 1955 |
| Bishop Paul-Marie Joseph André Guillaume | Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Dié |
18 Sep 1955 |
| Archbishop Hubert Marie Pierre Dominique Barbier | Archbishop Emeritus of Bourges |
11 Oct 1956 |
| Archbishop Gérard Denis Auguste Defois | Bishop Emeritus of Lille |
29 Jun 1957 |
| Archbishop Émile Marcus, P.S.S. | Archbishop Emeritus of Toulouse (-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux) |
29 Jun 1960 |
| Bishop Georges Pierre Soubrier, P.S.S. | Bishop Emeritus of Nantes |
7 Sep 1960 |
| Archbishop Charles Louis Joseph Vandame, S.J. | Archbishop Emeritus of N’Djaména, Chad |
23 Dec 1961 |
| Archbishop Joseph Pierre Aimé Marie Doré, P.S.S. | Archbishop Emeritus of Strasbourg |
Most Junior |
30 Jun 2012 |
| Bishop Emmanuel Michel François Tois | Auxiliary Bishop of Paris |
1 Jul 2007 |
| Bishop Grégoire François Bruno Drouot | Bishop of Nevers |
25 Jun 2006 |
| Father Étienne Guillet | Bishop-Elect of Saint-Denis |
26 Jun 2005 |
| Bishop Loïc Philippe Lagadec | Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon |
27 Jun 2004 |
| Bishop Philippe Médard Guiougou | Bishop of Basse-Terre (et Pointe-à-Pitre), Guadeloupe, Antilles |
27 Jun 2004 |
| Bishop Yves Henri Marcel Marie Baumgarten | Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay |
22 May 2004 |
| Archbishop Nicolas Pierre Jean Lhernould | Archbishop of Tunis, Tunisia |
29 Jun 2003 |
| Bishop Matthieu Henri Fabien Dupont | Bishop of Laval |
30 Jun 2002 |
| Bishop François Hervé Marie Durand | Bishop of Valence (-Die-Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux) |
24 Jun 2001 |
| Jean-Paul Cardinal Vesco, O.P. | Archbishop of Alger, Algeria |
24 Jun 2001 |
| Archbishop Bertrand Didier Marie Joseph Lacombe | Archbishop of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez) |
23 Jun 2001 |
| Archbishop David Thomas Daniel Macaire, O.P. | Archbishop of Fort-de-France (e Saint Pierre), Martinique, Antilles |