| Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
| unknown | | Born | Jean Le Jeune † | Arras | Cardinal, Bishop of Thérouanne, France |
| Born | Johannes Nix von Hoheneck † | | Bishop Emeritus of Speyer, Germany |
| Born | Sigfried Piscator, O.P. † | Mainz | Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany |
| Born | Pierre Spitznagel, O. Carm. † | Frankfurt | Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer, Germany |
| 2 Jan | | Appointed | Tommaso Peronduli † | Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy |
| 9 Jan | | Selected | Rudolf von Planitz † | Bishop of Meißen (Meissen), Germany |
| 12 Jan | | Appointed | Ogerio Moriset † | Bishop of Aosta, Italy | Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France |
| 11 Mar | | Confirmed | Rudolf von Planitz † | Bishop of Meißen (Meissen), Germany |
| 23 Mar | | Appointed | Konrad von Hebenstreit † | Bishop of Freising, Germany |
| Resigned | Degenhard von Weichs † | Bishop-Elect of Freising, Germany | Former Bishop-Elect |
| 6 Apr | | Died | Luigi Aliotti † | Bishop of Volterra, Italy |
| 22 Apr | | Died | Giacomo Loredan † | Bishop of Capodistria (Capo d'Istria)(Koper), Slovenia |
| 31 May | | Ordained Bishop | Rudolf von Planitz † | Bishop of Meißen (Meissen), Germany |
| 6 Jun | | Elevated to Cardinal | Robert Hallam † | Bishop of Salisbury, England, Great Britain |
| 16 Jun | | Appointed | Cristoforo Zeno † | Bishop of Capodistria (Capo d'Istria)(Koper), Slovenia |
| 28 Jun | | Ordained Bishop | Robert Lancaster † | Bishop of Saint Asaph, Wales, Great Britain |
| 1 Jul | | Died | Garsías Fernández de Heredia † | Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain |
| 3 Aug | | Died | Walter Kocheritz † | Bishop of Merseburg, Germany |
| 27 Aug | | Appointed | Alessio di Siregno, O.F.M. † | Bishop of Piacenza, Italy |
| 22 Nov | | Died | Johann von Egloffstein † | Bishop of Würzburg, Germany |
| 8 Dec | | Selected | Johann von Brunn † | Bishop of Würzburg, Germany |