| Date | Age | Bishop | Title |
| unknown | 80.0 | Antonio del Aguila Vela y Paz † | Bishop of Zamora, Spain |
| unknown | | Pablo de Torres, O.P. † | Bishop of Panamá |
| unknown | | Dionisio de Robertis † | Archbishop of Manfredonia, Italy |
| unknown | | Vitellozzo Vitelli † | Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy |
| 16 Feb | 68.1 | Jean du Bellay † | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Paris, France |
| 5 Mar | 71.7 | Pedro Pacheco Ladrón de Guevara † | Cardinal, Bishop of Albano, Italy |
| 28 Apr | | Diego Tavera Ponce de Léon † | Bishop of Jaén, Spain |
| 15 May | | Francisco de Santa María Benavides Velasco, O.S.H. † | Bishop of Segovia, Spain |
| 21 Jun | 36.5 | Rudolf Freiherr von Frankenstein † | Bishop of Speyer, Germany |
| 4 Jul | 66.5 | Eberhard von Hirnheim † | Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany |
| 27 Jul | | Georg Waldeisen † | Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany |
| 23 Sep | | Juan García Pérez y Oliván † | Bishop of Urgell, Spain |
| 30 Sep | 51.7 | Melchor Cano, O.P. † | Bishop Emeritus of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain |
| 17 Nov | 46.1 | Michael von Kuenburg † | Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria |
| 7 Dec | 60.5 | Ernst Herzog von Bayern † | Apostolic Administrator of Passau, Germany |