Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
unknown | | Born | Timocrate (Democrate) Aloigi (Aloisi) † | | Bishop of Cagli, Italy |
| Died | Iñigo de Avalos, O.S.B. † | Bishop of Aquino, Italy |
| Born | Andrés Bacallar † | | Archbishop of Sassari, Italy |
| Died | Antonio Beccari (Becariis), O.P. † | Bishop of Shkodrë (Scutari), Albania |
| Died | Benoit Berzati, O.P. † | Archbishop of Nachitschewan (Naxivan, Nakhtchevan, Nakhchivan), Armenia |
| Born | Emiliano Bombini † | | Bishop of Umbriatico (Umbriaticum), Italy |
| Born | Giovanni Battista Centurione † | | Bishop Emeritus of Savona, Italy |
47.0 | Appointed | Bonaventura Fauni-Pio, O.F.M. Conv. † | Minister General of Order of Friars Minor Conventual | Bishop Emeritus of Acqui, Italy |
| Born | Ladislao d’Aquino † | | Cardinal, Bishop of Venafro, Italy |
| Selected | George Day † | Bishop | Bishop of Chichester, England, Great Britain |
| Born | Giovanni Battista del Tufo, C.R. † | | Bishop Emeritus of Acerra, Italy |
| Died | Godefroid d’Estissac † | Bishop of Maillezais, France |
56.0 | Selected | George Dowdall, O. Crucif. † | Archbishop | Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland |
24.0 | Ordained Priest | Remigius (Remi) Driutius (Drieux) † | Priest | Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium |
| Born | Giovanni Francesco Fara † | | Bishop of Bosa, Italy |
22.2 | Appointed | Alessandro Farnese (Jr.) † | Archpriest of the Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano {Saint Peter Basilica} | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri) |
| Died | Franz Frangipane, O.F.M. Obs. † | Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary |
| Died | Giovanni Antonio Gallo † | Bishop of Calvi Risorta, Italy |
| Born | Coriolano Garzadori † | | Bishop Emeritus of Ossero (Osor), Croatia |
| Died | Johann Gellingshausen † | Bishop of Dorpat (Tartu), Estonia |
| Born | Giulio Giustiniani † | | Bishop of Ajaccio, France |
| Born | Marcantonio Gonzaga † | | Bishop of Casale Monferrato, Italy |
| Died | Luis Gómez † | Bishop of Sarno, Italy |
38.6 | Ordained Priest | Stanislaw Hosius (Hozjusz) † | Priest of Kraków, Poland | Cardinal, Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland |
| Born | Giovanni Francesco Leoni † | | Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy |
| Resigned | Jean de Lettes † | Bishop of Montauban, France | Bishop Emeritus |
| Died | Antonio Lupicino † | Bishop Emeritus of Bisceglie, Italy |
| Born | Jacques Martin, O.S.B. † | | Bishop of Senez, France |
| Died | Marco Antonio Marzolini † | Bishop of Guardialfiera (Guardia), Italy |
| Died | Francisco Mendoza † | Bishop of Jaén, Spain |
49.9 | Appointed | Miklós Oláh † | Bishop of Zagreb (Agram), Croatia | Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary |
| Born | Lazaro Pellizzari, O.P. † | | Bishop of Modena, Italy |
| Born | Bartolomeo Peretti † | | Bishop of Marsi, Italy |
| Died | Albin de Rochechouart † | Bishop of Sisteron, France |
| Born | Antonmaria Sauli † | | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri) |
24.1 | Appointed | Guido Ascanio Sforza di Santa Fiora † | Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica} | Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber |
| Born | Christoph Andreas von Spaur † | | Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy |
| Born | Piotr Tylicki † | | Bishop of Kraków, Poland |
| Died | Gianfrancesco Ugoni † | Bishop of Famagusta, Cyprus |
53.0 | Died | Vicente de Valverde, O.P. † | Bishop of Panamá |
| Born | Johann Georg Zobel von Giebelstadt † | | Bishop-Elect of Bamberg, Germany |
| Born | Giovanni Battista Zuccato † | | Bishop Emeritus of Nusco, Italy |
2 Jan | 67.0 | Died | Bonifacio Ferrero † | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina |
8 Jan | 58.2 | Appointed | Antonio Pucci † | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina |
42.0 | Appointed | Niccolò Ridolfi † | Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy | Cardinal, Administrator of Vicenza, Italy |
52.7 | Appointed | Giovanni Salviati † | Cardinal-Bishop of Albano | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina |
66.0 | Appointed | Antonio Sanseverino, O.S.Io.Hieros. † | Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina | Cardinal, Archbishop of Taranto, Italy |
20.0 | Appointed | Giacomo Savelli † | Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Cosma e Damiano | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina |
21 Jan | | Died | Rowland Lee † | Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, England, Great Britain |
| Died | Francesco Minerbetti † | Bishop Emeritus of Arezzo, Italy |
Feb | 47.0 | Ordained Bishop | Friedrich Nausea † | Bishop of Wien, Austria |
4 Feb | | Ordained Bishop | Thaddée Fumer, O.S.B. † | Titular Bishop of Selymbria | Auxiliary Bishop of Nevers, France |
6 Feb | | Died | Diego Ribera de Toledo † | Bishop of Segovia, Spain |
16 Feb | | Appointed | Toussaint d’Hocédy (Hossey) † | Bishop of Toul, France |
| Appointed | Giovanni Battisti de Lisulis † | Bishop of Guardialfiera (Guardia), Italy |
| Appointed | Rodolphe Tillon, O.F.M. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Saintes, France |
| Appointed | Rodolphe Tillon, O.F.M. † | Titular Bishop of Thermopylae | Auxiliary Bishop of Saintes, France |
26 Feb | | Died | Edmund O’Gallagher † | Bishop of Raphoe, Ireland |
Mar | | Born | Martin von Eyb † | | Former Bishop-Elect of Bamberg, Germany |
3 Mar | | Born | Pierre de Villars (II) † | | Archbishop Emeritus of Vienne, France |
14 Mar | 24.2 | Professed | Melchior Miguel Carneiro Leitão, S.J. † | Member of Society of Jesus | Patriarch of Ethiopia |
30 Mar | 47.2 | Appointed | Jan Dziaduski † | Bishop of Chełm, Poland | Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland |
53.2 | Appointed | Mikołaj Dzierżgowski † | Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland | Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland |
| Appointed | Jean de Narbonne, O.S.B. † | Bishop of Béziers, France |
60.2 | Appointed | William Peto, O.F.M. Obs. † | Cardinal, Bishop of Salisbury, England, Great Britain |
| Appointed | Martín Valero Cuesta † | Bishop of Lérida, Spain | Bishop-Elect |
47.2 | Appointed | Andrzej Zebrzydowski † | Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec), Ukraine | Bishop of Kraków, Poland |
31 Mar | | Died | Franz Katzianer † | Bishop of Ljubljana (Laybach; Laibach), Slovenia |
15 Apr | 65.1 | Died | Christoph von Stadion † | Bishop of Augsburg, Germany |
2 May | | Died | Angelo Archilegi di Amelia † | Bishop of Assisi, Italy |
4 May | 65.0 | Appointed | Galeazzo Florimonte † | Bishop of Aquino, Italy | Bishop Emeritus of Sessa Aurunca, Italy |
6 May | | Ordained Bishop | George Day † | Bishop | Bishop of Chichester, England, Great Britain |
10 May | 29.2 | Selected | Otto Truchseß von Waldburg † | Cardinal, Bishop of Augsburg, Germany |
11 May | | Died | Francesco Guastaferro † | Bishop of Sessa Aurunca, Italy |
| Appointed | Balthasar de Jarente † | Bishop of Saint-Flour, France | Archbishop of Embrun, France |
| Succeeded | Nicolas de Jarente † | Bishop of Vence, France |
18 May | | Appointed | Nicolas Mangin (Dumeguin) † | Auxiliary Bishop of Rodez, France |
| Appointed | Nicolas Mangin (Dumeguin) † | Titular Bishop of Salona | Auxiliary Bishop of Rodez, France |
Jun | | Died | Martín Valero Cuesta † | Bishop-Elect of Lérida, Spain |
1 Jun | | Appointed | Miguel Ponte, O.F.M. Conv. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Tarragona, Spain |
| Appointed | Miguel Ponte, O.F.M. Conv. † | Titular Bishop of Nicopolis in Palaestina | Auxiliary Bishop of Tarragona, Spain |
| Appointed | Lorenzo Spada, O.F.M. Conv. † | Bishop of Calvi Risorta, Italy |
29.2 | Confirmed | Otto Truchseß von Waldburg † | Cardinal, Bishop of Augsburg, Germany |
2 Jun | | Died | Šimun Erdődy † | Bishop of Zagreb (Agram), Croatia |
7 Jun | 54.3 | Resigned | Uberto Gambara † | Administrator of Policastro, Italy | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Tortona, Italy |
| Appointed | Niccolò Francesco Missanelli † | Bishop of Policastro, Italy |
8 Jun | | Appointed | Diego Alava Esquivel † | Bishop of Astorga, Spain | Bishop of Córdoba, Spain |
27 Jun | 66.4 | Resigned | Pierre de La Baume † | Archbishop of Besançon, France | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus |
| Appointed | Jacques d’Escoubleau † | Bishop of Maillezais, France |
9.4 | Appointed | Claude de La Baume † | Cardinal, Archbishop of Besançon, France |
| Appointed | Rostaing de La Baume de Suze, O. Cist. † | Bishop of Orange, France |
| Died | Filippo Trivulzio † | Archbishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia |
6 Jul | 45.4 | Appointed | Tiberio Crispi † | Bishop of Sessa Aurunca, Italy | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina |
66.5 | Resigned | Pierre de La Baume † | Bishop of Genève {Geneva}, Switzerland | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Besançon, France |
| Appointed | Girolamo Maccabei de Toscanella † | Bishop of Castro [del Lazio], Italy | Bishop Emeritus |
| Appointed | Luigi Magnasco di Santa Fiora † | Bishop of Assisi, Italy |
| Appointed | Louis de Rye, O. Cist. † | Bishop of Genève {Geneva}, Switzerland |
19 Jul | 78.5 | Died | Berthold Pürstinger † | Bishop Emeritus of Chiemsee, Germany |
22 Jul | 47.5 | Appointed | Fabio Mignanelii † | Apostolic Nuncio to Venice, Italy | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Lucera, Italy |
25 Jul | 85.5 | Died | Jorge de Almeida † | Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal |
6 Aug | 31.4 | Appointed | Pedro Agustín y Albanell † | Bishop of Elne, France | Bishop of Huesca, Spain |
46.5 | Appointed | Fernando de Loaces (Loazes), O.P. † | Bishop of Lérida, Spain | Archbishop of Valencia, Spain |
| Appointed | Antonio Ramírez de Haro † | Bishop of Segovia, Spain |
| Appointed | Girolamo de Termini † | Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy |
7 Aug | | Died | Jean Le Veneur † | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Lisieux, France |
17 Aug | 66.6 | Died | Antonio Sanseverino, O.S.Io.Hieros. † | Cardinal, Archbishop of Taranto, Italy |
Sep | 29.5 | Ordained Priest | Otto Truchseß von Waldburg † | Priest | Cardinal, Bishop of Augsburg, Germany |
24 Sep | 67.2 | Appointed | Gian Pietro Carafa † | Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere | Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy) |
55.7 | Appointed | Marino Grimani † | Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina | Cardinal, Titular Patriarch of Constantinople |
73.7 | Appointed | Bartolomeo Guidiccioni † | Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca | Cardinal, Bishop of Lucca, Italy |
| Appointed | Louis Hiullart, O. Cist. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Périgueux (Vesuna), France |
| Appointed | Louis Hiullart, O. Cist. † | Titular Bishop of Thessalonica | Auxiliary Bishop of Périgueux (Vesuna), France |
53.7 | Appointed | Philippe de La Chambre, O.S.B. † | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati |
| Appointed | Jacques Meutravee, O.F.M. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Noyon, France |
| Appointed | Jacques Meutravee, O.F.M. † | Titular Bishop of Rosmen (Russionen, Rusköi) | Auxiliary Bishop of Noyon, France |
43.5 | Appointed | Rodolfo Pio † | Cardinal-Priest of San Clemente | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri) |
| Appointed | Almerico de Rochechouart † | Bishop of Sisteron, France |
| Appointed | Juan Yañez † | Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain |
26 Sep | 65.7 | Died | Francesco Cornaro (Sr.) † | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina |
Oct | 29.6 | Ordained Bishop | Otto Truchseß von Waldburg † | Cardinal, Bishop of Augsburg, Germany |
5 Oct | 56.0 | Appointed | Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte † | Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina | Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy) |
63.7 | Appointed | Miguel da Silva † | Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede | Cardinal, Administrator of Massa Marittima, Italy |
| Appointed | Valerien de Varsovie, O.P. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland |
| Appointed | Valerien de Varsovie, O.P. † | Titular Bishop of Margarita | Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland |
12 Oct | 49.9 | Appointed | Francesco Sfondrati † | Bishop of Sarno, Italy | Cardinal, Bishop of Cremona, Italy |
20 Oct | | Died | Thomas Chard, O.S.B. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Exeter, England, Great Britain |
28 Oct | | Ordained Bishop | Girolamo Maccabei de Toscanella † | Bishop of Castro [del Lazio], Italy | Bishop Emeritus |
29 Oct | | Appointed | Filippo Bona † | Bishop of Famagusta, Cyprus |
6 Nov | | Born | Anselmo Marzato, O.F.M. Cap. † | | Cardinal, Archbishop of Chieti, Italy |
11 Nov | 21.8 | Died | Eduardo de Portugal † | Archbishop-Elect of Braga, Portugal |
25 Nov | 58.8 | Died | Augustin Mair, C.R.S.A. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Würzburg, Germany |
27 Nov | | Died | Girolamo Grimaldi † | Cardinal, Administrator of Albenga, Italy |
Dec | 56.9 | Ordained Bishop | George Dowdall, O. Crucif. † | Archbishop | Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland |
| Died | Alberto Pascaleo de Utino, O.P. † | Bishop of Chioggia, Italy |
3 Dec | | Born | Alessandro Riario † | | Cardinal, Titular Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria} |
5 Dec | 33.4 | Appointed | Giovanni Battista Cicala (Cicada) † | Administrator of Albenga, Italy | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina |
19 Dec | 42.9 | Appointed | Martín de Calatayud, O.S.H. † | Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia |
69.1 | Appointed | Bartolomé de las Casas (Casaus), O.P. † | Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México | Bishop Emeritus |
| Appointed | Urbain Textorig † | Bishop of Ljubljana (Laybach; Laibach), Slovenia |
21 Dec | 33.5 | Ordained Bishop | Giovanni Battista Cicala (Cicada) † | Administrator of Albenga, Italy | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina |
22 Dec | 42.9 | Selected | Nicholas Heath † | Bishop of Worcester, England, Great Britain | Archbishop Emeritus of York, England, Great Britain |
30 Dec | 48.9 | Died | Giovanni Matteo Giberti † | Bishop of Verona, Italy |