Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
unknown | | Ordained Priest | Adrien Aernoult, O. Carm. † | Priest of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel | Auxiliary Bishop of Cambrai, France |
31.2 | Ordained Priest | Adolf von Anhalt-Zerbst † | Priest | Bishop of Merseburg, Germany |
| Born | Cornelis de Bergen † | | Bishop Emeritus of Ličge, Belgium |
| Born | Konrad von Bibra † | | Bishop-Elect of Würzburg, Germany |
| Born | Georg von Blumenthal † | | Bishop of Lebus, Germany |
| Born | Giovanni Vincenzo Acquaviva d’Aragona † | | Cardinal, Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy |
| Born | Gavin Dunbar † | | Archbishop of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain |
| Born | Mikołaj Dzierżgowski † | | Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland |
| Died | Angelo Fasolo † | Bishop of Feltre, Italy |
59.0 | Resigned | Johann (Jan) Filipec z Prostějov, O.F.M. † | Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania | Bishop Emeritus |
59.0 | Resigned | Johann (Jan) Filipec z Prostějov, O.F.M. † | Administrator of Olomouc (Olmütz), Czech Republic | Bishop Emeritus of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania |
| Professed | Johannes von Helmont, O.S.B. † | Member of Order of Saint Benedict | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Trier, Germany |
| Died | Bernardo Jover † | Bishop of Castro [di Sardegna], Italy |
| Born | Philippe de La Chambre, O.S.B. † | | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati |
| Died | Miguel López de la Serna, O.F.M. † | Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain |
| Resigned | Ejler Madsen Břlle † | Bishop of Aarhus, Denmark | Bishop Emeritus |
| Born | Miguel Maiques Pérez, O.S.A. † | | Bishop of Ales e Terralba, Italy |
| Born | Bernardo Manrique, O.P. † | | Bishop of Málaga, Spain |
| Died | Corrado Marcellini † | Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy |
| Born | Christoph Metzler von Andelberg † | | Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany |
| Born | Sebastián Ramírez de Fuenleal (Arellano) † | | Bishop of Cuenca, Spain |
| Born | Edward Staples † | | Bishop Emeritus of Meath, Ireland |
| Died | Nicola Tomacelli † | Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy |
| Born | Vicente de Valverde, O.P. † | | Bishop of Panamá |
| Selected | Valentin Vlk † | Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania |
| Born | Mikołaj Wolski † | | Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland |
15 Jan | | Appointed | Georg Fabri, O.P. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany |
| Appointed | Georg Fabri, O.P. † | Titular Bishop of Bir Seba | Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany |
7 Feb | | Confirmed | Thomas Grote † | Bishop of Lübeck, Germany | Former Bishop-Elect |
26 Feb | | Appointed | Stjepan Crispo † | Bishop of Sirmio (Srijem; Sirmium), Croatia |
3 Mar | | Appointed | Henri d’Aradon, O. Carm. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Vannes, France |
| Appointed | Henri d’Aradon, O. Carm. † | Titular Bishop of Citrus | Auxiliary Bishop of Vannes, France |
31.1 | Died | Friedrich von Öttingen † | Bishop-Elect of Passau, Germany |
| Appointed | Francesco Rosa † | Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy |
50.7 | Confirmed | Friedrich von Schaumberg † | Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria |
11 Mar | 43.1 | Selected | Christoph Schachner † | Bishop of Passau, Germany |
13 Mar | | Ordained Bishop | Georg Fabri, O.P. † | Titular Bishop of Bir Seba | Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany |
14 Mar | | Ordained Bishop | Henri d’Aradon, O. Carm. † | Titular Bishop of Citrus | Auxiliary Bishop of Vannes, France |
40.2 | Appointed | Maciej ze Starej Łomży † | Bishop of Chełm, Poland |
24 Mar | | Born | Giovanni Salviati † | | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina |
Apr | 69.2 | Resigned | Jean Balue † | Bishop of Autun, France | Cardinal, Bishop of Angers, France |
2 May | | Died | Jean Bureau † | Bishop of Béziers, France |
50.8 | Ordained Bishop | Friedrich von Schaumberg † | Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria |
5 May | | Appointed | Niels Clausen † | Bishop of Aarhus, Denmark | Bishop Emeritus |
21 May | | Appointed | García de Quijada, O.F.M. † | Bishop of Guadix, Spain |
Jun | | Died | Ludwig Burgsdorf † | Bishop of Lebus, Germany |
7 Jun | | Appointed | Antonio Lascaris de Tenda † | Bishop of Riez, France |
13 Jun | | Appointed | Gonzalo Fernández de Heredia † | Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain |
14 Jun | | Appointed | Pedro Garcia † | Bishop of Barcelona, Spain |
24 Jun | | Born | Juan Lopez de Zárate † | | Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México |
| Ordained Bishop | Nicolai de Sirkilax † | Bishop of Ĺbo, Finland |
26 Jun | 43.4 | Confirmed | Christoph Schachner † | Bishop of Passau, Germany |
28 Jun | | Born | Albrecht von Brandenburg † | | Cardinal, Archbishop of Mainz, Germany |
30 Jun | 31.3 | Ordained Priest | Adriaan Florenszoom Dedel † | Priest | Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy) |
5 Jul | | Appointed | Pierre Javailhac † | Bishop of Béziers, France | Bishop Emeritus |
3 Aug | 82.5 | Died | Jaime Perez de Valencia, O.E.S.A. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain |
10 Aug | 41.5 | Died | Pierre de Foix (Jr.) † | Cardinal, Bishop of Vannes, France |
| Died | Giovanni Venier † | Archbishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia |
29 Aug | | Appointed | Giovanni Sacco † | Archbishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia |
20 Oct | 30.8 | Selected | Dietrich von Bülow † | Bishop of Lebus, Germany |
5 Nov | 30.8 | Confirmed | Dietrich von Bülow † | Bishop of Lebus, Germany |
| Appointed | Antoine Champion † | Bishop of Genčve {Geneva}, Switzerland |
| Appointed | Gerolamo Calagrano † | Bishop of Mondovi, Italy |
25.8 | Appointed | Jean-François de la Trémoille † | Cardinal, Archbishop of Auch, France |
40.8 | Appointed | Giovanni Battista Orsini † | Administrator of Taranto, Italy | Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo |
20 Dec | | Appointed | Juan Crespo, O.S.A. † | Bishop of Castro [di Sardegna], Italy | Bishop of Ales (Uselli), Italy |
| Appointed | Vicente Trilles, O.F.M. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Urgell, Spain |
| Appointed | Vicente Trilles, O.F.M. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Lérida, Spain | Auxiliary Bishop of Urgell, Spain |
| Appointed | Vicente Trilles, O.F.M. † | Titular Bishop of Marocco o Marruecos, Titular Sees | Auxiliary Bishop of Urgell, Spain |
30 Dec | | Died | John Hales † | Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, England, Great Britain |