Ordained Priest | Years | Name | Current Title |
Most Senior |
12 Jun 1955 |
| Bishop David Cremin | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sydney, Australia |
8 Jun 1957 |
| Bishop Edmond Carmody | Bishop Emeritus of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA |
22 Jun 1958 |
| Bishop Joseph Duffy | Bishop Emeritus of Clogher |
21 Feb 1959 |
| Bishop William Walsh | Bishop Emeritus of Killaloe |
14 Jun 1959 |
| Bishop John Kevin Boland | Bishop Emeritus of Savannah, Georgia, USA |
19 Jun 1960 |
| Bishop Colm O’Reilly | Bishop Emeritus of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois) |
18 Jun 1961 |
| Bishop William Murphy | Bishop Emeritus of Kerry |
25 Jun 1961 |
| Bishop Brendan Oliver Comiskey, SS.CC. | Bishop Emeritus of Ferns |
17 Mar 1962 |
| Bishop John Magee, S.P.S. | Bishop Emeritus of Cloyne |
22 Apr 1962 |
| Father Thomas Vincent Greenan, S.P.S. | Superior Emeritus of Bomadi, Nigeria |
9 Mar 1963 |
| Bishop Michael Smith | Bishop Emeritus of Meath |
23 Jun 1963 |
| Bishop John Kirby | Bishop Emeritus of Clonfert |
Most Junior |
6 Jul 1997 |
| Bishop Paul Dempsey | Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin |
7 Jun 1997 |
| Bishop Paul Horan, O. Carm. | Bishop of Mutare, Zimbabwe |
17 Jul 1994 |
| Bishop Michael Gerard Duignan | Bishop of Clonfert |
3 Jul 1994 |
| Archbishop Michael Francis Crotty | Apostolic Nuncio to Nigeria |
12 Jun 1994 |
| Bishop Alphonsus Cullinan | Bishop of Waterford and Lismore |
11 Jun 1994 |
| Archbishop Séamus Patrick Horgan | Apostolic Nuncio to South Sudan |
13 Jul 1993 |
| Archbishop John Joseph Kennedy | Secretary of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, Roman Curia |
11 Jul 1993 |
| Father Joseph Murphy | Under Secretary of the Secretariat of State, Roman Curia |
16 Jun 1991 |
| Bishop Fintan Monahan | Bishop of Killaloe |
15 Jun 1991 |
| Bishop Gerard Nash | Bishop of Ferns |
7 Jun 1991 |
| Bishop Fintan Gavin | Bishop of Cork and Ross |
1 Jun 1991 |
| Bishop Thomas Deenihan | Bishop of Meath |