| Year | Age | Bishop | Event | Title | Current Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 46.5 | Julius Jia Zhiguo (Kia Zhi Cuo, Jia Shoushen) | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Zhengding [Chengting], China | |
| 1981 | 34.1 | Peter Hugh Brown, C.Ss.R. | Ordained Priest | Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer | Bishop Emeritus of Samoa-Pago Pago, American Samoa, Pacific (Oceania) |
| 25.3 | Selvister Ponnumuthan | Ordained Priest | Priest of Trivandrum, India | Bishop of Punalur, India | |
| 39.0 | Basile Tapsoba | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Koudougou, Burkina Faso | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 39.0 | Basile Tapsoba | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Mesarfelta | Bishop Emeritus of Koudougou, Burkina Faso | |
| 1982 | 24.7 | Wilson Luís Angotti Filho | Ordained Priest | Priest of Jaboticabal, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Bishop of Taubaté, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| 52.8 | Miguel Caviedes Medina | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Osorno, Chile | Bishop Emeritus of Los Angeles, Chile | |
| 26.3 | Georg Gänswein | Ordained Deacon | Deacon of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany | Apostolic Nuncio to Lithuania | |
| 25.5 | Luc Marie Daniel Ravel, C.R.S.V. | Professed | Member of Canons Regular of the Congregation of Saint Victor | Archbishop Emeritus of Strasbourg, France | |
| 1984 | 25.5 | Alex Joseph Vadakumthala | Ordained Priest | Priest of Verapoly, India | Bishop of Kannur, India |
| 1985 | 44.5 | Pablo Lizama Riquelme | Appointed | Prelate of Illapel, Chile | Archbishop Emeritus of Antofagasta, Chile |
| 31.6 | Hugo Norberto Santiago | Ordained Priest | Priest of Rafaela, Argentina | Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Argentina | |
| 1987 | 29.7 | Renauld Marie François Dupont de Dinechin | Ordained Deacon | Deacon of Paris, France | Bishop of Luçon, France |
| 28.0 | Bruno Ann-Marie Feillet | Ordained Deacon | Deacon of Cambrai, France | Bishop of Sées {Séez}, France | |
| 54.7 | Henryk Józef Muszyński | Appointed | Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland | Archbishop Emeritus of Gniezno, Poland | |
| 46.1 | Manuel Pelino Domingues | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Porto, Portugal | Bishop Emeritus of Santarém, Portugal | |
| 46.1 | Manuel Pelino Domingues | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Lemellefa | Bishop Emeritus of Santarém, Portugal | |
| 26.3 | Clemens Pickel | Ordained Deacon | Deacon of Dresden-Meißen (Meissen), Germany | Bishop of San Clemente a Saratov, Russian Federation | |
| 27.0 | Juan José Pineda Fasquelle, C.M.F. | Ordained Deacon | Deacon of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Tegucigalpa, Honduras | |
| 26.9 | Edward Joseph Weisenburger | Ordained Priest | Priest of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA | Archbishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA | |
| 1989 | 24.9 | Thomas Jessayyan Netto | Ordained Priest | Priest of Trivandrum, India | Archbishop |
| 1992 | 33.7 | Steven Robert Biegler | Ordained Deacon | Deacon of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA | Bishop of Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA |
| 27.0 | Roberto José Ferrari | Ordained Deacon | Deacon of Río Cuarto, Argentina | Auxiliary Bishop of Tucumán, Argentina | |
| 46.3 | Norbert Klemens Strotmann Hoppe, M.S.C. | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru | Bishop Emeritus of Chosica, Peru | |
| 46.3 | Norbert Klemens Strotmann Hoppe, M.S.C. | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Caere | Bishop Emeritus of Chosica, Peru | |
| 28.0 | Michael Kalu Ukpong | Ordained Deacon | Deacon of Umuahia, Nigeria | Bishop | |
| 1993 | 27.2 | Melchor Sánchez de Toca y Alameda | Ordained Priest | Priest of Toledo, Spain | Official of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints |
| 1994 | 54.6 | Anthony Kwami Adanuty | Appointed | Bishop of Keta-Akatsi, Ghana | Bishop Emeritus |
| 54.9 | Paul Bemile | Appointed | Bishop of Wa, Ghana | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 45.5 | Frederick Joseph Colli | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | Bishop Emeritus of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada | |
| 45.5 | Frederick Joseph Colli | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Afufenia | Bishop Emeritus of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada | |
| 60.0 | Paul Dacoury-Tabley | Appointed | Bishop of Grand-Bassam, Côte d’Ivoire | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 44.8 | Patrick James Dunn | Appointed | Bishop of Auckland, New Zealand | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 64.7 | Julián Herranz Casado | Appointed | President of the Pontifical Council for the Interpretation of Legislative Texts | Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts | |
| 56.9 | Maurice Konan Kouassi | Appointed | Bishop of Odienné, Côte d’Ivoire | Bishop Emeritus of Daloa, Côte d’Ivoire | |
| 57.0 | Francis Anani Kofi Lodonu | Appointed | Bishop of Ho, Ghana | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 40.5 | Jean-Claude Makaya Loembe | Appointed | Bishop of Pointe-Noire, Congo | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 47.3 | Gabriel Akwasi Ababio Mante | Appointed | Bishop of Jasikan, Ghana | ||
| 40.4 | Joseph Mairura Okemwa | Appointed | Bishop of Kisii, Kenya | ||
| 50.9 | Jean Zerbo | Appointed | Bishop of Mopti, Mali | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bamako, Mali | |
| 1996 | 29.0 | Hélio Pereira dos Santos | Ordained Priest | Priest of Palmeira dos Índios, Alagoas, Brazil | Bishop of Serrinha, Bahia, Brazil |
| 26.9 | Mauricio Rueda Beltz | Ordained Priest | Priest of Bogotá, Colombia | Apostolic Nuncio to Côte d’Ivoire | |
| 1997 | 58.1 | John Buckley | Appointed | Bishop of Cork and Ross, Ireland | Bishop Emeritus |
| 49.1 | Salvatore Ligorio | Appointed | Bishop of Tricarico, Italy | Archbishop Emeritus of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo, Italy | |
| 1998 | 30.1 | Rudolf Nyandoro | Ordained Priest | Priest of Masvingo, Zimbabwe | Bishop of Gweru, Zimbabwe |
| 66.8 | Giulio Sanguineti | Appointed | Bishop of Brescia, Italy | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 2001 | 45.4 | Airton José dos Santos | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Santo André, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Archbishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
| 45.4 | Airton José dos Santos | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Phelbes | Archbishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
| 26.2 | Andriy Rabiy | Ordained Priest | Priest of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA | Auxiliary Bishop of Winnipeg (Ukrainian), Manitoba, Canada | |
| 2002 | 47.8 | Antonios Aziz Mina | Selected | Curial Bishop of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt | Bishop Emeritus of Guizeh (Coptic), Egypt |
| 58.8 | Brian Farrell, L.C. | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Abitinae | Secretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity | |
| 58.8 | Brian Farrell, L.C. | Appointed | Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity | Secretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity | |
| 2003 | 26.2 | Christian Carlassare, M.C.C.I. | Solemn Vows | Member of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus | Bishop of Bentiu, South Sudan |
| 55.3 | Rigoberto Corredor Bermúdez | Appointed | Bishop of Garzón, Colombia | Bishop Emeritus of Pereira, Colombia | |
| 71.7 | Arthur Luysterman | Resigned | Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 41.8 | Thomas Luke Msusa, S.M.M. | Appointed | Bishop of Zomba, Malawi | Archbishop of Blantyre, Malawi | |
| 57.6 | Juan José Omella Omella | Ceased | Apostolic Administrator of Huesca, Spain | Cardinal, Archbishop of Barcelona, Spain | |
| 64.8 | Edgar Hernando Tirado Mazo, M.X.Y. | Appointed | Vicar Apostolic of Tierradentro, Colombia | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus | |
| 64.8 | Edgar Hernando Tirado Mazo, M.X.Y. | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Zaba | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tierradentro, Colombia | |
| 62.2 | Lucas Van Looy, S.D.B. | Appointed | Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 2004 | 62.2 | Joaquin Maria López de Andújar y Cánovas del Castillo | Installed | Bishop of Getafe, Spain | Bishop Emeritus |
| 50.3 | José Carmelo Martínez Lázaro, O.A.R. | Installed | Bishop of Cajamarca, Peru | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 64.0 | Claude Jean Narcisse Rault, M. Afr. | Installed | Bishop of Laghouat, Algeria | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 2005 | 48.4 | Georges Nicolas Haddad, S.M.S.P. | Resigned | Apostolic Exarch of Argentina (Melkite Greek) | Archbishop of Bāniyās {Cesarea di Filippo; Paneade} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon |
| 53.3 | Tommaso Valentinetti | Installed | Archbishop of Pescara-Penne, Italy | ||
| 2006 | 76.2 | Salvatore De Giorgi | Retired | Archbishop of Palermo, Italy | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus |
| 68.8 | Paolo Romeo | Appointed | Archbishop of Palermo, Italy | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus | |
| 76.2 | Sylvester Donovan Ryan | Retired | Bishop of Monterey in California, USA | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 2007 | 54.5 | Roberto Francisco Ferrería Paz | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Bishop of Campos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| 54.5 | Roberto Francisco Ferrería Paz | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Accia | Bishop of Campos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |
| 47.3 | Karl-Heinz Wiesemann | Appointed | Bishop of Speyer, Germany | ||
| 53.4 | Michael Wüstenberg | Appointed | Bishop of Aliwal, South Africa | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 2008 | 62.6 | Jesús Carlos Cabrero Romero | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Zacatecas, México | Archbishop Emeritus of San Luis Potosí, México |
| 58.7 | Felix Genn | Appointed | Bishop of Münster, Germany | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 52.4 | Jorge Anibal Quintero Chacón | Appointed | Bishop of Margarita, Venezuela | Bishop of Barcelona, Venezuela | |
| 2009 | 64.7 | Giuseppe Filippi, M.C.C.I. | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Kotido, Uganda | Bishop Emeritus |
| 41.5 | Maurice Muhatia Makumba | Appointed | Bishop of Nakuru, Kenya | Archbishop of Kisumu, Kenya | |
| 2010 | 58.3 | Vito Angiuli | Installed | Bishop of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy | |
| 54.7 | Józef Guzdek | Installed | Bishop of Poland, Military | Archbishop of Białystok, Poland | |
| 2012 | 51.8 | Peter Loy Chong | Appointed | Archbishop of Suva, Fiji, Pacific (Oceania) | |
| 2013 | 54.9 | Jean-Marc Noël Aveline | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Marseille, France | Cardinal, Archbishop |
| 54.9 | Jean-Marc Noël Aveline | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Simidicca | Cardinal, Archbishop of Marseille, France | |
| 49.6 | Gabriel Bernardo Barba | Appointed | Bishop of Gregorio de Laferrere, Argentina | Bishop of San Luis, Argentina | |
| 75.7 | Juan Horacio Suárez | Retired | Bishop of Gregorio de Laferrere, Argentina | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 2014 | 59.5 | Adolfo Armando Uriona, F.D.P. | Installed | Bishop of Villa de la Concepción del Río Cuarto, Argentina | |
| 2015 | 49.2 | Aristide Gonsallo | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Porto Novo, Benin | |
| 63.2 | Pedro María Laxague | Installed | Bishop of Zárate-Campana, Argentina | ||
| 45.6 | Leszek Leszkiewicz | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Tarnów, Poland | ||
| 45.6 | Leszek Leszkiewicz | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Bossa | Auxiliary Bishop of Tarnów, Poland | |
| 73.0 | Lorenzo Piretto, O.P. | Ordained Bishop | Archbishop of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey | Archbishop Emeritus | |
| 54.1 | Eugeniusz Mirosław Popowicz | Installed | Archbishop of Przemyśl-Warszawa {-Warsaw} (Ukrainian), Poland | ||
| 61.0 | Justo Rodríguez Gallego | Ceased | Administrator of Zárate-Campana, Argentina | Auxiliary Bishop | |
| 63.7 | Joseph Raja Rao Thelegathoti, S.M.M. | Appointed | Bishop of Vijayawada, India | ||
| 57.8 | Paul Desmond Tighe | Appointed | Adjunct Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Culture | Secretary of the Dicastery for Culture and Education | |
| 57.8 | Paul Desmond Tighe | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Drivastum | Secretary of the Dicastery for Culture and Education | |
| 2017 | 64.6 | Thomas Thanh Thai Nguyen | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Acalissus | Auxiliary Bishop of Orange in California, USA |
| 53.8 | Gustavo Óscar Zanchetta | Appointed | Official of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See | Bishop Emeritus of Orán, Argentina | |
| 2018 | 51.5 | João Aparecido Bergamasco, S.A.C. | Appointed | Bishop of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil | Bishop of Primavera do Leste-Paranatinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil |
| 53.2 | Manoel de Oliveira Soares Filho | Appointed | Bishop of Palmeira dos Índios, Alagoas, Brazil | ||
| 69.0 | Alexander Salazar | Resigned | Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
| 2020 | 45.4 | Francisco Agamenilton Damascena | Installed | Bishop of Rubiataba-Mozarlândia, Goias, Brazil | Bishop of Luziânia, Goias, Brazil |
| 54.9 | Miguel Fernando González Mariño | Appointed | Bishop of Espinal, Colombia | ||
| 47.3 | Jacek Grzybowski | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Nova | Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa-Praga, Poland | |
| 57.5 | Luis Ángel de las Heras Berzal, C.M.F. | Installed | Bishop of León, Spain | ||
| 59.2 | Pietro Lagnese | Appointed | Bishop of Caserta, Italy | Archbishop of Capua, Italy | |
| 47.7 | Raúl Pizarro | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of San Isidro, Argentina | ||
| 47.7 | Raúl Pizarro | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Ausana | Auxiliary Bishop of San Isidro, Argentina | |
| 2021 | 61.9 | Jan Glapiak | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Bisica | Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland |
| 2022 | 48.9 | Juan Rafael Esposito-Garcia | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA | |
| 48.9 | Juan Rafael Esposito-Garcia | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Tabla | Auxiliary Bishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA | |
| 52.3 | Evelio Menjivar-Ayala | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA | ||
| 52.3 | Evelio Menjivar-Ayala | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Aëtus | Auxiliary Bishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA | |
| 2023 | 75.0 | Heriberto Cavazos Pérez | Retired | Auxiliary Bishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus |
| 60.2 | Pedro Collar Noguera | Appointed | Bishop of Ciudad del Este, Paraguay | ||
| 63.7 | Simeon Okezuo Nwobi, C.M.F. | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Rusguniae | Bishop of Ahiara, Nigeria | |
| 76.6 | Heinz Wilhelm Steckling, O.M.I. | Retired | Bishop of Ciudad del Este, Paraguay | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 2024 | 54.7 | Bernardino Giordano | Appointed | Bishop of Grosseto, Italy | |
| 54.7 | Bernardino Giordano | Appointed | Bishop of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello, Italy | Bishop of Grosseto, Italy | |
| 75.3 | Giovanni Roncari, O.F.M. Cap. | Retired | Bishop of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello, Italy | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 75.3 | Giovanni Roncari, O.F.M. Cap. | Retired | Bishop of Grosseto, Italy | Bishop Emeritus of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello, Italy | |
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