Ordained Bishop | Years | Name | Current Title |
| Most Senior |
| 4 Jul 1993 |
| Bishop Augustinus Jun-ichi Nomura | Bishop Emeritus of Nagoya |
| 20 Mar 1996 |
| Archbishop Leo Jun Ikenaga, S.J. | Archbishop Emeritus of Osaka |
| 25 May 1997 |
| Bishop Berard Toshio Oshikawa, O.F.M. Conv. | Bishop Emeritus of Naha |
| 15 Jun 1997 |
| Bishop Paul Yoshinao Otsuka | Bishop of Kyōto |
| 15 May 1999 |
| Bishop Rafael Masahiro Umemura | Bishop of Yokohama |
| 17 Jul 1999 |
| Bishop Michael Gorō Matsuura | Bishop of Nagoya |
| 15 Sep 2000 |
| Bishop Marcellino Taiji Tani | Bishop Emeritus of Saitama |
| 1 Oct 2000 |
| Bishop Dominic Ryōji Miyahara | Bishop Emeritus of Fukuoka |
| 29 Apr 2002 |
| Archbishop Joseph Mitsuaki Takami, P.S.S. | Archbishop Emeritus of Nagasaki |
| 20 Sep 2004 |
| Tarcisio Isao Cardinal Kikuchi, S.V.D. | Archbishop of Tōkyō |
| 19 Feb 2005 |
| Bishop James Kazuo Koda | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Tōkyō |
| 29 Jan 2006 |
| Bishop Paul Kenjiro Koriyama | Bishop Emeritus of Kagoshima |
| Most Junior |
| 16 Dec 2023 |
| Bishop Andrea Lembo, P.I.M.E. | Auxiliary Bishop of Tōkyō |
| 3 Jul 2022 |
| Bishop Sulpizio Shinzo Moriyama | Bishop of Oita |
| 19 Mar 2022 |
| Bishop Edgar Cuntapay Gacutan, C.I.C.M. | Bishop of Sendai |
| 22 Sep 2020 |
| Bishop Paul Daisuke Narui, S.V.D. | Bishop of Niigata |
| 16 Sep 2019 |
| Archbishop Peter Michiaki Nakamura | Archbishop of Nagasaki |
| 8 Oct 2018 |
| Bishop Francis Xavier Hiroaki Nakano | Bishop of Kagoshima |
| 24 Sep 2018 |
| Bishop Mario Michiaki Yamanouchi, S.D.B. | Bishop of Saitama |
| 16 Jul 2018 |
| Bishop Paul Toshihiro Sakai | Auxiliary Bishop of Osaka-Takamatsu |
| 16 Jul 2018 |
| Bishop Josep Maria Abella Batlle, C.M.F. | Bishop of Fukuoka |
| 12 Feb 2018 |
| Bishop Wayne Francis Berndt, O.F.M. Cap. | Bishop of Naha |
| 19 Sep 2016 |
| Bishop Alexis Mitsuru Shirahama, P.S.S. | Bishop of Hiroshima |
| 28 May 2016 |
| Archbishop Francisco Gerardo Escalante Molina | Apostolic Nuncio to Japan |