| Rank | Name | Country | Born | Order | Consistory | Office | Ref. |
| 1 | Giovanni Battista Re* | Italy | 30 January 1934(age 91) | CB | 21 February 2001John Paul II | Prefect emeritus of the Congregation for Bishops (Dean) | |
| 2 | Leonardo Sandri* | Argentina | 18 November 1943(age 81) | CB | 24 November 2007Benedict XVI | Prefect emeritus of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches (Vice Dean) | |
| 3 | Francis Arinze* | Nigeria | 1 November 1932(age 93) | CB | 25 May 1985John Paul II | Prefect emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments | |
| 4 | Tarcisio Bertone SDB* | Italy | 2 December 1934(age 90) | CB | 21 October 2003John Paul II | Secretary of State emeritus of His Holiness and Camerlengo emeritus of the Holy Roman Church | |
| 5 | José Saraiva Martins CMF* | Portugal | 6 January 1932(age 93) | CB | 21 February 2001John Paul II | Prefect emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints | |
| 6 | Pietro Parolin | Italy | 17 January 1955(age 70) | CB | 22 February 2014Francis | Secretary of State of His Holiness | |
| 7 | Marc Ouellet PSS* | Canada | 8 June 1944(age 81) | CB | 21 October 2003John Paul II | Prefect emeritus of the Dicastery for Bishops | |
| 8 | Fernando Filoni | Italy | 15 April 1946(age 79) | CB | 18 February 2012Benedict XVI | Grand Master of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre | |
| 9 | Beniamino Stella* | Italy | 18 August 1941(age 84) | CB | 22 February 2014Francis | Prefect emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy | |
| 10 | Luis Antonio Tagle | Philippines | 21 June 1957(age 68) | CB | 24 November 2012Benedict XVI | Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization | |
| 11 | Bechara Boutros al-Rahi OMM* | Lebanon | 25 February 1940(age 85) | CB | 24 November 2012Benedict XVI | Patriarch of Antioch(Maronite Church) | |
| 12 | Louis Raphaël I Sako | Iraq | 4 July 1948(age 77) | CB | 28 June 2018Francis | Patriarch of Baghdad(Chaldean Church) | |
| 13 | Michael Michai Kitbunchu* | Thailand | 25 January 1929(age 96) | CP | 2 February 1983John Paul II | Archbishop emeritus of Bangkok | |
| 14 | Paul Poupard* | France | 30 August 1930(age 95) | CP | 25 May 1985John Paul II | President emeritus of the Pontifical Councils for Culture and for Interreligious Dialogue | |
| 15 | Friedrich Wetter* | Germany | 20 February 1928(age 97) | CP | 25 May 1985John Paul II | Archbishop emeritus of Munich and Freising | |
| 16 | Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez* | Dominican Republic | 31 October 1936(age 89) | CP | 28 June 1991John Paul II | Archbishop emeritus of Santo Domingo | |
| 17 | Roger Mahony* | United States | 27 February 1936(age 89) | CP | 28 June 1991John Paul II | Archbishop emeritus of Los Angeles | |
| 18 | Camillo Ruini* | Italy | 19 February 1931(age 94) | CP | 28 June 1991John Paul II | Vicar General emeritus for Rome and Archpriest emeritus of the Papal Basilica of Saint John Lateran | |
| 19 | Julius Darmaatmadja SJ* | Indonesia | 20 December 1934(age 90) | CP | 26 November 1994John Paul II | Archbishop emeritus of Jakarta | |
| 20 | Emmanuel Wamala* | Uganda | 15 December 1926(age 98) | CP | 26 November 1994John Paul II | Archbishop emeritus of Kampala | |
| 21 | Adam Maida* | United States | 18 March 1930(age 95) | CP | 26 November 1994John Paul II | Archbishop emeritus of Detroit | |
| 22 | Vinko Puljić* | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 8 September 1945(age 80) | CP | 26 November 1994John Paul II | Archbishop emeritus of Vrhbosna | |
| 23 | Juan Sandoval Íñiguez* | Mexico | 28 March 1933(age 92) | CP | 26 November 1994John Paul II | Archbishop emeritus of Guadalajara | |
| 24 | James Stafford* | United States | 26 July 1932(age 93) | CP | 21 February 1998John Paul II | Major Penitentiary emeritus | |
| 25 | Salvatore De Giorgi* | Italy | 6 September 1930(age 95) | CP | 21 February 1998John Paul II | Archbishop emeritus of Palermo | |
| 26 | Antonio María Rouco Varela* | Spain | 20 August 1936(age 89) | CP | 21 February 1998John Paul II | Archbishop emeritus of Madrid | |
| 27 | Polycarp Pengo* | Tanzania | 5 August 1944(age 81) | CP | 21 February 1998John Paul II | Archbishop emeritus of Dar-es-Salaam | |
| 28 | Christoph Schönborn OP* | Austria | 22 January 1945(age 80) | CP | 21 February 1998John Paul II | Archbishop emeritus of Vienna | |
| 29 | Norberto Rivera Carrera* | Mexico | 6 June 1942(age 83) | CP | 21 February 1998John Paul II | Archbishop emeritus of Mexico | |
| 30 | Jānis Pujats* | Latvia | 14 November 1930(age 94) | CP | 21 February 1998John Paul II | Archbishop emeritus of Riga | |
| 31 | Crescenzio Sepe* | Italy | 2 June 1943(age 82) | CP | 21 February 2001John Paul II | Archbishop emeritus of Naples | |
| 32 | Walter Kasper* | Germany | 5 March 1933(age 92) | CP | 21 February 2001John Paul II | President emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity | |
| 33 | Audrys Bačkis* | Lithuania | 1 February 1937(age 88) | CP | 21 February 2001John Paul II | Archbishop emeritus of Vilnius | |
| 34 | Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa ISch* | Chile | 5 September 1933(age 92) | CP | 21 February 2001John Paul II | Archbishop emeritus of Santiago de Chile | |
| 35 | Wilfrid Napier OFM* | South Africa | 8 March 1941(age 84) | CP | 21 February 2001John Paul II | Archbishop emeritus of Durban | |
| 36 | Óscar Rodríguez Maradiaga SDB* | Honduras | 29 December 1942(age 82) | CP | 21 February 2001John Paul II | Archbishop emeritus of Tegucigalpa and Coordinator emeritus of the Council of Cardinals | |
| 37 | Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne* | Peru | 28 December 1943(age 81) | CP | 21 February 2001John Paul II | Archbishop emeritus of Lima | |
| 38 | Julián Herranz Casado* | Spain | 31 March 1930(age 95) | CP | 21 October 2003John Paul II | President emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts | |
| 39 | Angelo Scola* | Italy | 7 November 1941(age 83) | CP | 21 October 2003John Paul II | Archbishop emeritus of Milan | |
| 40 | Anthony Olubunmi Okogie* | Nigeria | 16 June 1936(age 89) | CP | 21 October 2003John Paul II | Archbishop emeritus of Lagos | |
| 41 | Gabriel Zubeir Wako* | Sudan | 27 February 1941(age 84) | CP | 21 October 2003John Paul II | Archbishop emeritus of Khartoum | |
| 42 | Justin Rigali* | United States | 19 April 1935(age 90) | CP | 21 October 2003John Paul II | Archbishop emeritus of Philadelphia | |
| 43 | Ennio Antonelli* | Italy | 18 November 1936(age 88) | CP | 21 October 2003John Paul II | President emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Family | |
| 44 | Peter Turkson | Ghana | 11 October 1948(age 77) | CP | 21 October 2003John Paul II | Chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences | |
| 45 | Josip Bozanić | Croatia | 20 March 1949(age 76) | CP | 21 October 2003John Paul II | Archbishop emeritus of Zagreb | |
| 46 | Jean-Baptiste Phạm Minh Mẫn* | Vietnam | 5 March 1934(age 91) | CP | 21 October 2003John Paul II | Archbishop emeritus of Ho Chi Minh City | |
| 47 | Philippe Barbarin | France | 17 October 1950(age 75) | CP | 21 October 2003John Paul II | Archbishop emeritus of Lyon | |
| 48 | Péter Erdő | Hungary | 25 June 1952(age 73) | CP | 21 October 2003John Paul II | Archbishop of Esztergom–Budapest | |
| 49 | Franc Rodé CM* | Slovenia | 23 September 1934(age 91) | CP | 24 March 2006Benedict XVI | Prefect emeritus of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life | |