| Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| unknown | Died | Giovanni Argentino † | Bishop of Concordia (Sagittaria), Italy | ||
| Died | Niccolò Bonafede † | Bishop of Chiusi, Italy | |||
| Died | Antonio Bonsius † | Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy | |||
| Resigned | Girolamo Campeggi † | Bishop of Poreč (Parenzo), Croatia | Bishop Emeritus | ||
| Appointed | Cinzio Filonardi † | Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy | |||
| Appointed | Gaspar Flores † | Auxiliary Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain | Bishop of Foreign Diocese | ||
| 27.0 | Ordained Priest | Michael Helding † | Priest of Mainz, Germany | Bishop of Merseburg, Germany | |
| 33.0 | Ordained Priest | Jodocus Hoetfilter † | Priest | Bishop of Lübeck, Germany | |
| Died | Leonardo Levato † | Bishop of Belcastro, Italy | |||
| Died | Giovanni Dionisio Maccafani † | Bishop of Marsi, Italy | |||
| Born | Hannibal Muzi † | Bishop of Termoli, Italy | |||
| Died | Johannes Pettendorfer † | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Würzburg, Germany | |||
| Born | Gerolamo Provenzale † | Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy | |||
| Died | Mauro de Pretis † | Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy | |||
| Born | Juan Fernández de Rosillo (Rovillo) † | Spain | Bishop of Michoacán, México | ||
| Resigned | Domenico Scribonio dei Cerboni † | Bishop of Imola, Italy | Bishop Emeritus | ||
| 43.0 | Appointed | Vicente de Valverde, O.P. † | Bishop of Panamá | ||
| Resigned | Girolamo Vascheri, O.F.M. † | Bishop of Guardialfiera (Guardia), Italy | Bishop Emeritus | ||
| Born | Diego Vázquez de Mercado † | Arévalo, Spain | Archbishop of Manila, Philippines | ||
| Born | Alonso Velázquez † | Tudela del Duero | Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain | ||
| Born | Juan Vila † | Cervera | Bishop of Vic, Spain | ||
| 2 Jan | Died | Girolamo Schio † | Bishop of Vaison, France | ||
| 5 Jan | Ordained Bishop | Miguel Ramírez de Salamanca, O.P. † | Bishop of Santiago de Cuba | Bishop of Santiago de Cuba | |
| Died | Giuliano Visconti † | Bishop-Elect of Alba (Pompea), Italy | |||
| 10 Jan | Died | Pedro Jordán de Urríes, O.S.B. † | Bishop of Urgell, Spain | ||
| 12 Jan | 24.0 | Ordained Bishop | Giovanni Gerolamo Moroni (Morone) † | Bishop of Modena, Italy | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri) |
| 24.0 | Ordained Priest | Giovanni Gerolamo Moroni (Morone) † | Priest | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri) | |
| 13 Jan | 20.0 | Appointed | Philibert Babou de La Bourdaisière † | Bishop of Angoulême, France | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus |
| 24 Jan | Appointed | Alexander Scutarinus † | Bishop of Tinos, Greece | ||
| 31 Jan | Appointed | Francisco de Mello † | Bishop of Goa, India | ||
| Appointed | Braz Neto, O.F.M. † | Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde | |||
| Appointed | Diego de Ortiz de Vilhegas † | Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe | Bishop of Ceuta, Spain | ||
| Feb | 44.0 | Ordained Bishop | Uberto Gambara † | Bishop of Tortona, Italy | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus |
| 4 Feb | Born | Fernando Suárez Figueroa † | Sabiote | Bishop of Zamora, Spain | |
| 7 Feb | 32.1 | Appointed | Niccolò Ridolfi † | Administrator of Salerno, Italy | Cardinal, Administrator of Vicenza, Italy |
| Appointed | Marco Gerolamo Vida, C.R.L. † | Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy | |||
| 10 Feb | Appointed | Pietro Lamberti † | Bishop of Caserta, Italy | ||
| Appointed | Martin de Portugal † | Bishop of Funchal, Portugal | |||
| 14 Feb | Appointed | Sebastiano de Bonfiliis † | Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 24.4 | Appointed | Francisco Mendoza Bobadilla † | Bishop of Coria, Spain | Cardinal, Bishop of Burgos, Spain | |
| 16 Feb | Born | Giovanni Francesco Gàmbara † | Brescia | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina | |
| 21 Feb | Appointed | Thomas Cranmer † | Archbishop of Canterbury, England, Great Britain | Archbishop Emeritus | |
| 61.1 | Elevated to Cardinal | Esteban Gabriel Merino † | Cardinal, Patriarch of West Indies, Spain | ||
| 24 Feb | Ordained Bishop | Mikolaj Brolinski † | Titular Bishop of Lacedaemonia | Auxiliary Bishop of Płock, Poland | |
| 3 Mar | 40.2 | Appointed | Louis de Bourbon de Vendôme (II) † | Cardinal-Priest of Santa Sabina | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Laon, France |
| Appointed | Tommaso Cortesi † | Bishop of Vaison, France | Bishop Emeritus | ||
| 49.2 | Appointed | Jean d’Orléans-Longueville † | Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti | Cardinal, Archbishop of Toulouse, France | |
| 49.2 | Elevated to Cardinal | Jean d’Orléans-Longueville † | Cardinal, Archbishop of Toulouse, France | ||
| 61.2 | Installed | Esteban Gabriel Merino † | Cardinal-Priest of San Vitale | Cardinal, Patriarch of West Indies, Spain | |
| Appointed | Taddeo Pepoli, O.S.B. † | Bishop of Cariati e Cerenzia, Italy | Bishop of Carinola (Calina), Italy | ||
| Appointed | Nicola Regitano † | Bishop of Nicastro, Italy | |||
| 30 Mar | Ordained Bishop | Thomas Cranmer † | Archbishop of Canterbury, England, Great Britain | Archbishop Emeritus | |
| 5 Apr | Born | Giulio della Rovere † | Urbino | Cardinal, Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy | |
| 21 Apr | 69.4 | Appointed | Andrea Della Valle † | Cardinal-Bishop of Albano | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina |
| 27 Apr | Ordained Bishop | Miguel Torcella † | Bishop of Alife, Italy | Bishop of Anagni, Italy | |
| 65.3 | Ordained Bishop | Juan de Zumárraga, O.F.M. † | Bishop of México, Federal District | Archbishop | |
| 28 Apr | Died | Nicholas West † | Bishop of Ely, England, Great Britain | ||
| 30 Apr | 21.2 | Appointed | Henrique de Portugal † | Archbishop of Braga, Portugal | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Évora, Portugal |
| 8 May | 38.4 | Appointed | Girolamo Doria † | Cardinal, Administrator of Tarragona, Spain | |
| 20 May | Born | Girolamo Bernardino Pallantieri, O.F.M. Conv. † | Castel Bolognese | Bishop of Bitonto, Italy | |
| Jun | Died | Thomas Skevington † | Bishop of Bangor, Wales, Great Britain | ||
| 6 Jun | 58.6 | Appointed | Lorenzo Campeggio † | Administrator of Poreč (Parenzo), Croatia | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina |
| Appointed | Giampietro Grassi † | Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy | |||
| 32.4 | Resigned | Niccolò Ridolfi † | Administrator of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy | Cardinal, Administrator of Vicenza, Italy | |
| Jul | 45.5 | Appointed | Marino Grimani † | Administrator of Concordia (Sagittaria), Italy | Cardinal, Titular Patriarch of Constantinople |
| 18 Jul | Appointed | Pedro Gil Falcón † | Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain | ||
| Appointed | Pedro Gil Falcón † | Titular Bishop of Tripolis in Phoenicia | Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain | ||
| Aug | Born | Mark Sittich von Hohenems (Altemps) † | Hohenems, Germany | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany | |
| 4 Aug | Appointed | Girolamo Fornari, O.P. † | Bishop of Belcastro, Italy | ||
| 32.6 | Appointed | Niccolò Ridolfi † | Administrator of Imola, Italy | Cardinal, Administrator of Vicenza, Italy | |
| 17 Aug | Ordained Bishop | Martin de Portugal † | Bishop of Funchal, Portugal | ||
| 27 Aug | Appointed | Christopher Lord, O. Praem. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Canterbury, England, Great Britain | ||
| Appointed | Christopher Lord, O. Praem. † | Titular Bishop of Sidon | Auxiliary Bishop of Canterbury, England, Great Britain | ||
| Appointed | Marco Antonio Marzolinus † | Bishop of Guardialfiera (Guardia), Italy | |||
| Appointed | Antonio Zanetti † | Auxiliary Bishop of Bologna, Italy | Auxiliary Bishop of Civita Castellana e Orte, Italy | ||
| Appointed | Antonio Zanetti † | Titular Bishop of Sebaste in Cilicia | Auxiliary Bishop of Civita Castellana e Orte, Italy | ||
| Sep | Died | Nicola Regitano † | Bishop of Nicastro, Italy | ||
| 2 Sep | Resigned | Leonhard Pewerl (Peurl) † | Bishop of Lavant, Slovenia | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 3 Sep | Appointed | Francisco Mejía de Molina, O.P. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Sassari, Italy | Auxiliary Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain | |
| Appointed | Francisco Mejía de Molina, O.P. † | Titular Bishop of Fesseë | Auxiliary Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain | ||
| 20 Sep | 72.7 | Died | Antonio Maria Ciocchi del Monte † | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina | |
| 24 Sep | 49.7 | Died | Jean d’Orléans-Longueville † | Cardinal, Archbishop of Toulouse, France | |
| 26 Sep | 58.0 | Appointed | Giovanni Piccolomini † | Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Siena, Italy |
| Oct | Died | Jacques de Larmandie, O.S.B. † | Bishop of Sarlat, France | ||
| 17 Oct | 47.8 | Appointed | Gabriel de Gramont † | Archbishop of Toulouse, France | Cardinal, Bishop of Tarbes, France |
| 4 Nov | Born | Ludovico de Torres (I) † | Málaga, Spain | Archbishop of Monreale, Italy | |
| 6 Nov | 40.8 | Appointed | Antoine Sanguin de Meudon † | Bishop of Orléans, France | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus |
| 7 Nov | Appointed | Paolo Capizucchi † | Bishop of Nicastro, Italy | ||
| 16.3 | Elevated to Cardinal | Odet de Coligny de Châtillon † | |||
| 43.8 | Elevated to Cardinal | Philippe de La Chambre, O.S.B. † | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati | ||
| Elevated to Cardinal | Jean Le Veneur † | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Lisieux, France | |||
| 52.8 | Elevated to Cardinal | Claude de Longwy de Givry † | Cardinal, Administrator of Langres, France | ||
| 10 Nov | 16.3 | Installed | Odet de Coligny de Châtillon † | Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Sergio e Bacco | |
| 43.9 | Installed | Philippe de La Chambre, O.S.B. † | Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati | |
| Installed | Jean Le Veneur † | Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Lisieux, France | ||
| 52.9 | Installed | Claude de Longwy de Givry † | Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Agnese in Agone | Cardinal, Administrator of Langres, France | |
| 2 Dec | Appointed | Sebastián Obregón, O.S.B. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain | ||
| Appointed | Sebastián Obregón, O.S.B. † | Titular Bishop of Marocco o Marruecos, Titular Sees | Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain | ||
| 12 Dec | 70.0 | Appointed | Andrea Della Valle † | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina | |
| 57.9 | Appointed | Bonifacio Ferrero † | Cardinal-Bishop of Albano | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina | |
| 34.9 | Appointed | Niccolò Gaddi † | Administrator of Sarlat, France | Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Via Lata | |
| 15 Dec | Born | Owen (Audoenus) Lewis (Ludovisi) † | Llanfeirian, Anglesey, Great Britain | Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy | |
| 16 Dec | 46.8 | Confirmed | Johannes von Lupfen † | Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany | Former Bishop-Elect |
| 17 Dec | 23.0 | Selected | Adolf von Schaumberg † | Coadjutor Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany | Archbishop |
| 18 Dec | Died | Alfonso de Tobes † | Priest | ||
| 28 Dec | 34.0 | Ordained Bishop | Filiberto Ferrero † | Cardinal, Bishop of Ivrea, Italy | |
| 33.8 | Ordained Bishop | Rodolfo Pio † | Bishop of Faenza, Italy | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri) | |
| 66.0 | Installed | Juan de Zumárraga, O.F.M. † | Bishop of México, Federal District | Archbishop | |
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