| Bishops (129) | Elected | Consecrated |
 Bishop Silas Silvius Njiruformer Bishop of Meru (Kenya) | 1975.10.02 | 1976.01.01 |
 Bishop Pierre-Marie Cotyformer Bishop of Daloa (Cote d’Ivoire) | 1975.11.20 | 1976.01.04 |
 Bishop Edmund Joseph Fitzgibbon, S.P.S.former Bishop of Warri (Nigeria) | 1975.11.20 | 1976.01.06 |
 Bishop Enrico Assiformer Bishop of Cremona (Italy) | 1975.12.07 | 1976.01.06 |
 Bishop Theodor Hubrichformer Apostolic Administrator of Schwerin (Germany) | 1975.12.05 | 1976.01.07 |
| Cardinal Giacomo Biffi former Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Giovanni Evangelista e Petronio former Metropolitan Archbishop of Bologna (Italy) | 1975.12.07 | 1976.01.11 |
 Bishop Joseph Ek Thabpingformer Bishop of Ratchaburi (Thailand) | 1975.10.02 | 1976.01.17 |
 Bishop Francis Gerard Brooksformer Bishop of Dromore (Northern Ireland) | 1975.11.20 | 1976.01.25 |
| Cardinal Paul Josef Cordes former Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Piscibus pro hac vice Title former President of Pontifical Council “Cor unum” | 1975.10.27 | 1976.02.01 |
 Bishop Otto Wüstformer Bishop of Basel (Switzerland) | 1975.11.27 | 1976.02.01 |
 Bishop Joseph Devellerez Thaung Shweformer Bishop of Pyay (Myanmar) | 1975.10.02 | 1976.02.02 |
 Bishop Alberto Seteleformer Bishop of Inhambane (Mozambique) | 1975.11.20 | 1976.02.08 |
 Bishop Andreas Suwiyata Henrisoesanta, S.C.I.former Bishop of Tanjungkarang (Indonesia) | 1975.08.29 | 1976.02.11 |
 Bishop Elie Amsini Kiswayaformer Bishop of Sakania–Kipushi (Congo-Kinshasa) | 1975.11.20 | 1976.02.21 |
 Bishop Giovanni Bernardo Gremoli, O.F.M. Cap.former Vicar Apostolic of Arabia (United Arab Emirates) | 1975.10.02 | 1976.02.22 |
 Bishop Jacques Huỳnh Văn Củaformer Coadjutor Bishop of Phú Cuong (Vietnam) | 1976.02.22 | 1976.02.22 |
| Cardinal Agostino Cacciavillan former Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Angeli Custodi a Città Giardino pro hac vice Title former President of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See | 1976.01.17 | 1976.02.28 |
 Bishop Philip Francis Murphyformer Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore (USA) | 1976.01.11 | 1976.02.29 |
 Cardinal James Francis Stafford (93)Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Montorio Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Denver (USA) Major Penitentiary emeritus of Apostolic Penitentiary | 1976.01.19 | 1976.02.29 |
 Bishop Angel Nicolás Acha Duarteformer Bishop of Carapeguá (Paraguay) | 1975.12.22 | 1976.03.01 |
 Bishop Ireneo Ali Amantillo, C.SS.R.former Bishop of Tandag (Philippines) | 1976.01.02 | 1976.03.15 |
 Bishop Pietro Salvatore Colombo, O.F.M.former Bishop of Mogadishu (Somalia) | 1975.11.20 | 1976.03.16 |
 Bishop Raymond Augustin Chihiro Sato (ライムンド 佐藤千敬), O.P.former Bishop of Sendai 仙台 (Japan) | 1976.01.24 | 1976.03.20 |
| Bishop Francesco Tarcisio Carboni former Bishop of Macerata–Tolentino–Recanati–Cingoli–Treia (Italy) | 1976.02.11 | 1976.03.20 |
 Bishop François Xavier Tabao Manjarimanana, S.J.former Bishop of Mananjary (Madagascar) | 1975.11.20 | 1976.03.21 |
 Bishop Arquimínio Rodrigues da Costa (高秉常)former Bishop of Macau 澳門 (Macau) | 1976.01.20 | 1976.03.25 |
 Cardinal George Basil Hume, E.B.C.former Cardinal-Priest of S. Silvestro in Capite former Metropolitan Archbishop of Westminster (England) | 1976.02.09 | 1976.03.25 |
 Bishop Emilio Bianchi di Cárcanoformer Bishop of Azul (Argentina) | 1976.02.24 | 1976.03.25 |
| Archbishop Jaime Pedro Gonçalves former Metropolitan Archbishop of Beira (Mozambique) | 1975.12.19 | 1976.03.28 |
| Bishop Antonio Isauro Alzate Buenafe, S.V.D. former Auxiliary Bishop of Caceres (Philippines) | 1976.02.09 | 1976.03.30 |
| Bishop Joseph Phan Văn Hoa former Coadjutor Bishop of Quy Nhon (Vietnam) | 1976.03.30 | 1976.03.30 |
 Bishop Joseph Peter O’Connellformer Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne (Australia) | 1976.01.24 | 1976.03.31 |
| Archbishop Paul Zinghtung Grawng former Metropolitan Archbishop of Mandalay (Myanmar) | 1976.01.24 | 1976.04.03 |
 Bishop António dos Santosformer Bishop of Guarda (Portugal) | 1975.12.06 | 1976.04.04 |
| Archbishop Giuseppe Costanzo former Metropolitan Archbishop of Siracusa (Italy) | 1976.02.21 | 1976.04.04 |
| Bishop Dante Carlos Sandrelli former Bishop of Formosa (Argentina) | 1976.01.02 | 1976.04.25 |
 Archbishop Elden Francis Curtiss (93)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Omaha (USA) | 1976.03.04 | 1976.04.28 |
 Bishop Ulises Aurelio Casiano Vargasformer Bishop of Mayagüez (Puerto Rico) | 1976.03.04 | 1976.04.30 |
| Bishop André Ilunga Kaseba former Bishop of Kalemie–Kirungu (Congo-Kinshasa) | 1975.12.19 | 1976.05.01 |
 Archbishop Alejandro Mestre Descals, S.J.former Coadjutor Archbishop of La Paz (Bolivia) | 1976.03.06 | 1976.05.01 |
 Bishop Claudio Silvero Acosta, S.C.I. (90)Titular Bishop of Curubis Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Encarnación (Paraguay) | 1976.03.15 | 1976.05.01 |
 Bishop Gilbert Guillaume Marie-Jean Aubry (83)Bishop emeritus of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion (Réunion) former Vice-President of Episcopal Conferences of Indian Ocean | 1975.11.20 | 1976.05.02 |
 Archbishop Philippe Fanoko Kossi Kpodzroformer Metropolitan Archbishop of Lomé (Togo) | 1975.12.19 | 1976.05.02 |
 Archbishop Luciano Pedro Mendes de Almeida, S.J.former Metropolitan Archbishop of Mariana (Brazil) | 1976.02.25 | 1976.05.02 |
| Bishop Otmar Mäder former Bishop of Sankt Gallen (Switzerland) | 1976.03.25 | 1976.05.02 |
| Archbishop Oscar Valero Cruz former Metropolitan Archbishop of Lingayen–Dagupan (Philippines) | 1976.03.04 | 1976.05.03 |
 Archbishop Luis Morales Reyesformer Metropolitan Archbishop of San Luis Potosí (Mexico) | 1976.03.08 | 1976.05.04 |
 Cardinal Bolesław Filipiakformer Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giovanni Bosco in Via Tuscolana former Dean of Sacred Roman Rota | 1976.05.01 | 1976.05.14 |
 Bishop Aloysius Isaac Mandlenkhosi Zwaneformer Bishop of Manzini (Eswatini) | 1976.01.24 | 1976.05.16 |
 Bishop Michael Murphyformer Bishop of Cork and Ross (Ireland) | 1976.04.01 | 1976.05.23 |
| Archbishop Hieronymus Herculanus Bumbun, O.F.M. Cap. former Metropolitan Archbishop of Pontianak (Indonesia) | 1975.12.19 | 1976.05.27 |
 Cardinal Aloysius Matthew Ambrozic (Alojzij Matej Ambrožič)former Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Marcellino e Pietro former Metropolitan Archbishop of Toronto (Canada) | 1976.03.26 | 1976.05.27 |
| Archbishop Luigi Bommarito former Metropolitan Archbishop of Catania (Italy) | 1976.03.18 | 1976.06.01 |
| Bishop Leo Morris Clarke former Bishop of Maitland–Newcastle (Australia) | 1976.04.10 | 1976.06.02 |
| Bishop Sennen Corrà former Bishop of Concordia–Pordenone (Italy) | 1976.05.01 | 1976.06.06 |
| Bishop Heinrich Machens former Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) | 1976.03.24 | 1976.06.07 |
 Bishop László Tóthformer Auxiliary Bishop of Veszprém (Hungary) | 1976.04.02 | 1976.06.08 |
| Bishop Gilbert Ignatius Sheldon former Bishop of Steubenville (USA) | 1976.04.12 | 1976.06.11 |
| Bishop Michael Joseph Murphy former Bishop of Erie (USA) | 1976.04.20 | 1976.06.11 |
 Bishop Gabriel Dwatuka Wagiformer Bishop of Rumbek (South Sudan) | 1976.01.24 | 1976.06.13 |
 Bishop Juan José Larrañeta Olleta, O.P. (85)Titular Bishop of Marazanæ regiæ Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Puerto Maldonado (Peru) | 1976.04.10 | 1976.06.20 |
| Bishop Emílio Pignoli (93) Bishop emeritus of Campo Limpo (Brazil) | 1976.04.29 | 1976.06.24 |
| Bishop Tarcísio Ariovaldo Amaral, C.SS.R. former Bishop of Campanha (Brazil) | 1976.04.29 | 1976.06.25 |
| Bishop Joseph Abel Francis, S.V.D. former Auxiliary Bishop of Newark (USA) | 1976.05.03 | 1976.06.25 |
| Bishop Robert Francis Garner former Auxiliary Bishop of Newark (USA) | 1976.05.03 | 1976.06.25 |
 Bishop Dominic Anthony Marconi (99)Titular Bishop of Bure Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Newark (USA) | 1976.05.03 | 1976.06.25 |
| Bishop Edward Kisiel former Bishop of Białystok (Poland) | 1976.05.03 | 1976.06.27 |
| Archbishop Giuseppe Ferraioli former Titular Archbishop of Volturno | 1976.05.31 | 1976.06.27 |
| Bishop James Leonard Doyle former Bishop of Peterborough (Canada) | 1976.05.24 | 1976.06.28 |
| Bishop Pietro Giachetti former Bishop of Pinerolo (Italy) | 1976.05.01 | 1976.06.29 |
 Cardinal Antonio María Javierre Ortas, S.D.B.former Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Liberatrice a Monte Testaccio pro hac vice Title former Prefect of Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments | 1976.05.20 | 1976.06.29 |
| Bishop John Aloysius O’Mara former Bishop of Saint Catharines (Canada) | 1976.05.24 | 1976.06.29 |
| Bishop Stanley Joseph Ott former Bishop of Baton Rouge (USA) | 1976.05.24 | 1976.06.29 |
| Bishop Vincenzo Zarri former Bishop of Forlì–Bertinoro (Italy) | 1976.05.24 | 1976.06.29 |
| Bishop Alfredo Mario Espósito Castro, C.M.F. former Bishop of Zárate–Campana (Argentina) | 1976.04.21 | 1976.07.04 |
| Bishop William Dermott Molloy McDermott former Bishop of Huancavélica (Peru) | 1976.05.19 | 1976.07.04 |
| Bishop Joseph Banchong Aribarg former Bishop of Nakhon Sawan (Thailand) | 1976.05.24 | 1976.07.12 |
 Bishop Victor León Esteban San Miguel y Erce, O.C.D.former Vicar Apostolic of Kuwait (Kuwait) | 1976.05.31 | 1976.07.16 |
| Bishop George Avis Fulcher former Bishop of Lafayette in Indiana (USA) | 1976.05.24 | 1976.07.18 |
 Bishop Ronald Gerard Connors, C.SS.R.former Bishop of San Juan de la Maguana (Dominican Republic) | 1976.04.24 | 1976.07.20 |
| Bishop Edward Thomas Hughes former Bishop of Metuchen (USA) | 1976.06.14 | 1976.07.21 |
 Archbishop Nestor Assogbaformer Metropolitan Archbishop of Cotonou (Benin) | 1976.04.10 | 1976.07.25 |
 Bishop Eugeen Laridonformer Auxiliary Bishop of Brugge (Belgium) | 1976.06.11 | 1976.07.25 |
| Bishop Federico Ocampo Escaler, S.J. former Bishop-Prelate of Ipil (Philippines) | 1976.06.12 | 1976.07.31 |
| Bishop Michael Bunluen Mansap former Bishop of Ubon Ratchathani (Thailand) | 1976.05.21 | 1976.08.12 |
| Bishop John Nicholas Wurm former Bishop of Belleville (USA) | 1976.06.25 | 1976.08.17 |
| Bishop Fabio Mamerto Rivas Santos, S.D.B. former Bishop of Barahona (Dominican Republic) | 1976.04.24 | 1976.08.28 |
| Bishop Joseph Hubert Hart former Bishop of Cheyenne (USA) | 1976.07.01 | 1976.08.31 |
| Bishop Victor Herman Balke (94) Bishop emeritus of Crookston (USA) | 1976.07.07 | 1976.09.02 |
| Bishop Juvenal Porcayo Uribe former Bishop of Tapachula (Mexico) | 1976.07.03 | 1976.09.08 |
| Bishop Johannes Kapp former Auxiliary Bishop of Fulda (Germany) | 1976.07.08 | 1976.09.12 |
| Bishop Jorge Novak, S.V.D. former Bishop of Quilmes (Argentina) | 1976.08.07 | 1976.09.19 |
| Bishop Lorenzo Miccheli Filippetti, O.S.A. former Bishop-Prelate of Chuquibambilla (Peru) | 1976.08.12 | 1976.09.19 |
| Bishop James Clifford Timlin former Bishop of Scranton (USA) | 1976.07.26 | 1976.09.21 |
| Bishop Raymond Ken’ichi Tanaka (ライムンド 田中健一) former Bishop of Kyoto 京都 (Japan) | 1976.07.08 | 1976.09.23 |
 Bishop Athanasios Abadir (Coptic Rite)former Bishop of Ismayliah of the Copts (Egypt) | 1976.05.18 | 1976.09.26 |
 Bishop Athanase Bala, C.S.Sp.former Bishop of Bafia (Cameroon) | 1976.05.31 | 1976.09.26 |
| Bishop Paulo Mandlate, S.S.S. former Bishop of Tete (Mozambique) | 1976.05.31 | 1976.09.26 |
| Bishop Jacó Roberto Hilgert former Bishop of Cruz Alta (Brazil) | 1976.07.19 | 1976.09.26 |
| Bishop Ferdinand Botsy, O.F.M. Cap. former Bishop of Ambanja (Madagascar) | 1976.07.08 | 1976.10.03 |
| Bishop Amaury Castanho former Bishop of Jundiaí (Brazil) | 1976.07.19 | 1976.10.07 |
 Archbishop Jacques Louis Léon Delaporteformer Metropolitan Archbishop of Cambrai (France) | 1976.06.22 | 1976.10.09 |
| Archbishop Georges Edmond Robert Gilson former Archbishop of Sens (France) former Bishop-Prelate of Mission de France (France) | 1976.07.13 | 1976.10.09 |
| Bishop Bernardo Filipe Governo, O.F.M. Cap. former Bishop of Quelimane (Mozambique) | 1976.05.31 | 1976.10.10 |
| Bishop Juan María Uriarte Goiricelaya former Bishop of San Sebastián (Spain) | 1976.09.17 | 1976.10.11 |
| Bishop Ignacio Noguer Carmona former Bishop of Huelva (Spain) | 1976.09.10 | 1976.10.17 |
| Bishop José Goncalves Heleno former Bishop of Governador Valadares (Brazil) | 1976.07.19 | 1976.10.18 |
| Bishop Daniel Anthony Hart former Bishop of Norwich (USA) | 1976.08.24 | 1976.10.18 |
| Cardinal Júlio Duarte Langa (98) Cardinal-Priest of S. Gabriele dell’Addolorata Bishop emeritus of Xai-Xai (Mozambique) | 1976.05.31 | 1976.10.24 |
| Bishop Stanisław Adam Sygnet former Auxiliary Bishop of Sandomierz–Radom (Poland) | 1976.09.20 | 1976.10.24 |
| Cardinal Sergio Sebastiani former Cardinal-Priest of S. Eustachio pro hac vice Title former President of Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See | 1976.09.27 | 1976.10.30 |
| Cardinal Antonio María Rouco Varela (89) Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Damaso Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Madrid (Spain) | 1976.09.17 | 1976.10.31 |
| Bishop Antonio Vilaplana Molina former Bishop of León (Spain) | 1976.09.17 | 1976.10.31 |
| Cardinal Frédéric Etsou-Nzabi-Bamungwabi, C.I.C.M. former Cardinal-Priest of S. Lucia a Piazza d’Armi former Metropolitan Archbishop of Kinshasa (Congo-Kinshasa) | 1976.07.08 | 1976.11.07 |
| Archbishop Kevin McNamara former Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland) | 1976.08.22 | 1976.11.07 |
| Bishop Joseph Phan Thế Hinh former Bishop of Hung Hoá (Vietnam) | 1976.04.14 | 1976.11.14 |
| Bishop Guy Gérard Deroubaix former Bishop of Saint-Denis (France) | 1976.10.02 | 1976.11.21 |
| Bishop Eduardo Poveda Rodriguez former Bishop of Zamora (Spain) | 1976.10.11 | 1976.11.21 |
| Archbishop Thomas Victor Dolinay (Ruthenian Rite) former Metropolitan of Pittsburgh of the Ruthenians (USA) | 1976.06.28 | 1976.11.23 |
| Bishop Jorge Adolfo Carlos Livieres Banks former Bishop of Encarnación (Paraguay) | 1976.10.12 | 1976.11.25 |
| Bishop Franz Josef Kuhnle former Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg–Stuttgart (Germany) | 1976.10.13 | 1976.11.27 |
| Bishop Pierre Jean Marie Kervennic former Bishop of Saint-Brieuc (France) | 1976.10.02 | 1976.11.28 |
| Bishop Felipe Fernández García former Bishop of San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Spain) | 1976.10.22 | 1976.11.28 |
| Bishop Patrick Dougherty former Bishop of Bathurst (Australia) | 1976.10.15 | 1976.12.08 |
 Bishop Edward Russell Gainesformer Bishop of Hamilton (New Zealand) former Military Ordinary of New Zealand (New Zealand) | 1976.10.28 | 1976.12.08 |
| Bishop Antônio Pedro Misiara former Bishop of Bragança Paulista (Brazil) | 1976.10.27 | 1976.12.10 |
| Bishop Raymundo Joseph Peña former Bishop of Brownsville (USA) | 1976.10.16 | 1976.12.13 |
| Bishop Eugene John Gerber former Bishop of Wichita (USA) | 1976.10.16 | 1976.12.14 |
 Archbishop Michael Kpakala Francisformer Metropolitan Archbishop of Monrovia (Liberia) | 1976.10.28 | 1976.12.19 |
