Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
unknown | | Died | Ambrogio † | Bishop-Elect of Minori, Italy |
| Died | Thomas Batcha de Zegedino, O.P. † | Bishop of Moldovita (Moldawitza, Suczawa), Romania |
| Died | Pedro Belorado, O.S.B. † | Archbishop of Messina, Italy |
| Born | Alfonso María Binarini † | | Bishop of Camerino, Italy |
| Died | Antonio Bonito de Cucharo, O.F.M. † | Bishop of Acerno, Italy |
| Resigned | Fabricius de Capua † | Bishop of Anglona, Italy | Bishop Emeritus |
| Born | Luis Zapata de Cárdenas, O.F.M. Rec. † | | Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia |
| Appointed | Francisco de Carta † | Archbishop (Personal Title), Auxiliary of Urgell, Spain | Auxiliary Bishop |
| Appointed | Francisco de Carta † | Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica | Auxiliary Bishop of Urgell, Spain |
| Ordained Bishop | Francisco de Carta † | Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica | Auxiliary Bishop of Urgell, Spain |
| Died | Gianluca Castellini (del Pozzo, Pontremoli) † | Bishop of Reggio Emilia, Italy |
| Born | Gaspar do Casal, O.S.A. † | | Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal |
35.1 | Ordained Priest | Bartolomé de las Casas (Casaus), O.P. † | Priest | Bishop Emeritus of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México |
| Born | Ivan Albert Gliričić Dujmić, O.P. † | | Bishop of Krk (Veglia), Croatia |
| Born | Jakob von Eltz † | | Archbishop of Trier, Germany |
| Died | Bernardino de Fabiis † | Bishop of Hvar (Lesina), Croatia |
| Born | Pier Francesco Ferrero † | | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Vercelli, Italy |
| Resigned | Francesco Filipperi † | Bishop of Ferentino, Italy | Bishop Emeritus |
| Born | James Fitzmaurice, O. Cist. † | | Bishop of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe, Ireland |
| Died | Antonio Flores † | Archbishop of Avignon, France |
| Succeeded | Guglielmo de’ Folchi † | Bishop of Fiesole, Italy |
| Resigned | Roberto Folchi † | Bishop of Fiesole, Italy | Bishop Emeritus |
55.0 | Appointed | Girolamo de Franciscis (de Franceschi), O.S.M. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Aquileia, Italy | Bishop of Coron (Coronea), Greece |
| Died | Giovanni Battista Gagliardi † | Bishop of Bovino, Italy |
| Died | Opizzoni de Gallis † | Bishop of Guardialfiera (Guardia), Italy |
| Appointed | Jean Geneva Gibellensis, O.P. † | Titular Bishop of Hebron |
| Born | Thomas Goldwell, C.R. † | | Bishop of Saint Asaph, Wales, Great Britain |
| Died | Agostino de Guarino † | Bishop of Tricarico, Italy |
50.0 | Appointed | Robert Guibé † | Administrator of Amalfi, Italy | Cardinal, Administrator of Vannes, France |
| Appointed | Michele Iorba (Jorba), Hisp. O. S. Hier † | Auxiliary Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy | Auxiliary Bishop of Trento, Italy |
| Appointed | Michele Iorba (Jorba), Hisp. O. S. Hier † | Titular Bishop of Arethusa | Auxiliary Bishop of Trento, Italy |
| Appointed | Pietro Isvalies (Isuali) † | Administrator of Messina, Italy | Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana |
| Born | Cornelis Jansen † | | Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium |
| Born | Marco Lauro, O.P. † | | Bishop of Satriano e Campagna, Italy |
| Born | Johann von Leyen † | | Archbishop-Elect of Trier, Germany |
| Resigned | Etienne de Longwy † | Bishop of Mâcon, France | Bishop Emeritus |
73.0 | Died | Giuliano Maffei (Matteis), O.F.M. † | Archbishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia |
| Born | Piotr Myszkowski † | | Bishop of Kraków, Poland |
| Appointed | Michael Marinoschi † | Bishop of Moldovita (Moldawitza, Suczawa), Romania |
| Born | Pedro Mártir Coma, O.P. † | | Bishop of Elne, France |
28.0 | Professed | Györgi Martinuzzi, O.S.P.P.E. † | Member of Order of Saint Paul the First Hermit | Cardinal, Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania |
| Born | Angelo Massarelli † | | Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy |
| Born | Jean Miles † | | Abbot of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland |
| Appointed | Miguel Morro † | Auxiliary Bishop of Mallorca, Spain |
| Appointed | Miguel Morro † | Titular Bishop of Bugia | Auxiliary Bishop of Mallorca, Spain |
| Ordained Bishop | Miguel Morro † | Titular Bishop of Bugia | Auxiliary Bishop of Mallorca, Spain |
| Died | Giovanni Olivieri † | Bishop of Isernia, Italy |
| Born | Filip Padniewski † | | Bishop of Kraków, Poland |
| Born | Giulio Pavesi, O.P. † | | Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy |
| Selected | Guillaume de Pélissier, O.S.A. † | Bishop of Orange, France | Bishop Emeritus |
| Resigned | Girolamo Piccolomini † | Bishop of Pienza e Montalcino, Italy | Bishop Emeritus |
| Born | Pedro Ponce de Léon † | | Bishop of Plasencia, Spain |
| Born | Jan Przerębski † | | Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland |
| Died | Tommaso Regolano † | Archbishop of Amalfi, Italy |
| Resigned | Gabriele Setario † | Bishop of Avellino e Frigento, Italy | Bishop Emeritus |
| Born | Shimun (Jean-Simon) Sulaqa (Sulaka) † | | Patriarch of Mossul (Chaldean), Iraq |
| Born | Gaspar de Torres, O. de M. † | | Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain |
| Died | Vicente Trilles, O.F.M. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Urgell, Spain |
| Resigned | Domenico Vaccari (Vacchiero) † | Bishop of Ventimiglia, Italy | Bishop Emeritus of Noli, Italy |
| Died | Bernardino Vacca (de Vachis de Salutis) † | Titular Bishop of Ascalon | Bishop |
| Appointed | Marco Antonio Vascheri † | Bishop of Guardialfiera (Guardia), Italy |
| Born | Christoph von Lamberg † | | Bishop Emeritus of Seckau, Austria |
| Born | John White † | | Bishop of Winchester, England, Great Britain |
5 Jan | | Died | Pierre Carré, O.P. † | Bishop of Orange, France |
10 Jan | 60.0 | Selected | Johannes Grimholt † | Bishop of Lübeck, Germany |
11 Jan | 31.0 | Appointed | Louis d’Amboise (II) † | Cardinal-Priest of Santi Marcellino e Pietro | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Albi, France |
| Appointed | Giovanni Francesco Setario † | Bishop of Avellino e Frigento, Italy |
21 Jan | | Ordained Bishop | Nicholas Comyn † | Bishop of Ferns, Ireland | Bishop Emeritus of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland |
1 Feb | | Died | Geoffroy Herbert † | Bishop of Coutances, France |
10 Feb | | Appointed | Jean † | Bishop of Orange, France |
15 Feb | | Appointed | Jean † | Titular Bishop of Sebaste in Cilicia |
22 Mar | 63.2 | Died | Fazio Giovanni Santori † | Cardinal, Bishop of Cesena, Italy |
5 Apr | | Died | Battista de' Canonici, O.S.B. † | Bishop of Faenza, Italy |
6 Apr | | Ordained Bishop | Claude de Rohan † | Bishop of Quimper, France |
8 Apr | 60.2 | Confirmed | Johannes Grimholt † | Bishop of Lübeck, Germany |
41.2 | Appointed | Giacomo Pasi † | Bishop of Faenza, Italy |
| Appointed | Cristoforo Spiriti † | Bishop of Cesena, Italy | Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine |
15 Apr | 31.2 | Appointed | Adrien Gouffier de Boissy † | Bishop of Coutances, France | Cardinal, Administrator of Albi, France |
16 Apr | | Ordained Bishop | Guillaume de Pélissier, O.S.A. † | Bishop of Orange, France | Bishop Emeritus |
20 Apr | 75.3 | Died | Andrzej Boryszewski † | Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland |
54.3 | Succeeded | Jan Łaski † | Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland |
24 Apr | 17.3 | Appointed | Louis de Bourbon de Vendôme (II) † | Bishop of Laon, France | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus |
80.1 | Appointed | Oliviero Carafa † | Administrator of Tricarico, Italy | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri) |
29.3 | Appointed | Claude de Longwy de Givry † | Bishop of Mâcon, France | Cardinal, Administrator of Langres, France |
| Appointed | Jan Milertynez † | Titular Bishop of Callipolis |
| Appointed | Giovanni Maria Poderico † | Archbishop of Taranto, Italy |
| Appointed | Orlando Carretto della Rovere † | Titular Archbishop of Nazareth | Archbishop of Avignon, France |
| Appointed | Giovanni Antonio Scotti † | Bishop of Anglona, Italy |
May | 73.3 | Died | Gaute Ivarsson † | Archbishop of Nidaros (Trondheim), Norway |
1 May | 44.3 | Died | Giuliano Cesarini (Jr.) † | Cardinal, Administrator of Ascoli Piceno, Italy |
| Ordained Bishop | Guglielmo de’ Folchi † | Bishop of Fiesole, Italy |
35.3 | Appointed | Federico Sanseverino † | Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Angelo in Pescheria | Cardinal, Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Novara, Italy |
13 May | 80.1 | Resigned | Oliviero Carafa † | Administrator of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri) |
32.3 | Appointed | Amanieu d’Albret † | Administrator of Pamplona, Spain | Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Nicola in Carcere |
| Appointed | Zaccaria de Moris † | Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy |
21 May | | Died | Juan Rodríguez Daza † | Bishop of Córdoba, Spain |
24 May | | Appointed | Lorenzo Fieschi † | Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy | Bishop of Mondovi, Italy |
| Appointed | Melchiorre Grimaldi † | Bishop of Brugnato, Italy |
25 May | 50.3 | Died | Georges d’Amboise (I) † | Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France |
26 May | 54.4 | Ordained Bishop | Jan Łaski † | Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland |
Jun | 38.4 | Appointed | Pedro Luis de Borja Lanzol de Romaní, O.S.Io.Hieros. † | Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica} | Cardinal, Archbishop of Valencia, Spain |
2 Jun | 31.4 | Ordained Bishop | Adrien Gouffier de Boissy † | Bishop of Coutances, France | Cardinal, Administrator of Albi, France |
3 Jun | | Appointed | Giovanni Francesco Salvino † | Titular Bishop of Spiga(z) (or Pegae) | Bishop of Vieste, Italy |
5 Jun | | Appointed | Jean-Baptiste Bonjean † | Bishop of Vence, France |
42.2 | Resigned | Alessandro Farnese † | Administrator of Vence, France | Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy) |
| Appointed | Rinaldo Graziani (Gratianis), O.F.M. † | Archbishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia | Archbishop Emeritus |
6 Jun | | Born | Giovanni Battista Cicala (Cicada) † | | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina |
9 Jun | | Appointed | Ligori de Ligorio † | Titular Bishop of Sidon |
| Died | Johannes Olavinpoika (Olavi) † | Bishop of Åbo, Finland |
| Born | Nicolaas Van Nieuwland † | | Auxiliary Bishop of Utrecht, Netherlands |
17 Jun | 40.4 | Appointed | Jakub Buczacki † | Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec), Ukraine | Bishop of Płock, Poland |
15 Jul | | Appointed | François de Melun † | Bishop of Arras, France | Bishop of Thérouanne, France |
27 Jul | | Died | Rostaing d’Ancezune † | Archbishop of Embrun, France |
Aug | | Succeeded | Giovanni Francesco della Rovere † | Bishop of Torino, Italy |
| Died | Giovanni Ludovico della Rovere † | Bishop of Torino, Italy |
11 Aug | | Died | Antonio Castriani (Crastini), O.F.M. † | Bishop of Montefeltro, Italy |
13 Aug | 60.6 | Died | Thomas Ruscher † | Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany |
14 Aug | 45.6 | Appointed | Erik Valkendorf † | Archbishop of Nidaros (Trondheim), Norway |
2 Sep | | Died | Jean de Pierrefonds † | Bishop of Meaux, France |
10 Sep | | Died | Jean de Barthon † | Bishop of Limoges, France |
22 Sep | | Died | Lukács Szegedi Baratin † | Bishop of Zagreb (Agram), Croatia |
30 Sep | | Appointed | Massimo Bruni Corvino † | Bishop of Isernia, Italy |
31.7 | Resigned | Louis d’Amboise (II) † | Bishop of Albi, France | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus |
| Appointed | Tommaso di Sicilia, O.P. † | Bishop of Minori, Italy |
| Appointed | Martín Fernández de Angulo Saavedra y Luna † | Bishop of Córdoba, Spain |
| Appointed | Agostino Fieschi † | Bishop of Sagone (Sagona), France |
50.7 | Appointed | Robert Guibé † | Administrator of Albi, France | Cardinal, Administrator of Vannes, France |
42.7 | Appointed | Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg † | Bishop of Cartagena (en España) | Cardinal, Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria |
1 Oct | 19.7 | Appointed | Alfonso Petrucci † | Bishop of Sovana (Soana), Italy | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Massa Marittima, Italy |
| Died | Adello Piccolomini † | Bishop of Sovana (Soana), Italy |
5 Oct | 36.4 | Died | Giovanni Stefano Ferrero † | Cardinal, Bishop of Bologna, Italy |
9 Oct | | Born | Guillermo Casador † | | Bishop of Barcelona, Spain |
11 Oct | | Appointed | Paolo Alessandri degli Strabuzzi † | Bishop of Montefeltro, Italy |
12 Oct | 54.7 | Appointed | Niccolò Fieschi † | Administrator of Embrun, France | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri) |
17 Oct | 76.7 | Died | Johannes Bonemilch † | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Mainz, Germany |
18 Oct | 50.7 | Appointed | Francesco Alidosi † | Apostolic Administrator of Bologna, Italy | Cardinal, Bishop of Pavia, Italy |
| Appointed | Ugo Rangone † | Bishop of Reggio Emilia, Italy |
21 Oct | | Died | Louis de Bourbon de Vendôme † | Bishop of Avranches, France |
30 Oct | 50.8 | Died | Juan de Castilla † | Bishop of Salamanca, Spain |
73.8 | Died | Nikolaus Schinner † | Bishop Emeritus of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland | Bishop |
16 Nov | | Appointed | Lamberto Arbaud † | Bishop of Venosa, Italy |
17 Nov | | Appointed | Gaspard de Savoie † | Titular Bishop of Sebaste in Cilicia |
18 Nov | | Appointed | Francisco Bobadilla † | Bishop of Salamanca, Spain |
| Died | Pedro Gamboa † | Bishop of Carinola (Calina), Italy |
| Appointed | Giovanni Antonio Orfei † | Bishop of Carinola (Calina), Italy |
| Appointed | Frane Pritić, O.F.M. † | Bishop of Hvar (Lesina), Croatia |
22 Nov | | Ordained Bishop | Rinaldo Graziani (Gratianis), O.F.M. † | Archbishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia | Archbishop Emeritus |
| Ordained Bishop | Gaspard de Savoie † | Titular Bishop of Sebaste in Cilicia |
25 Nov | 59.8 | Selected | René de Prie † | Bishop of Limoges, France | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus |
9 Dec | 34.9 | Appointed | Giovanni de’ Medici † | Administrator of Amalfi, Italy | Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy) |
| Appointed | Juan de Enguera, O.P. † | Bishop of Lérida, Spain | Bishop of Tortosa, Spain |
50.9 | Resigned | Robert Guibé † | Administrator of Amalfi, Italy | Cardinal, Administrator of Vannes, France |
| Appointed | Girolamo Piccolomini † | Bishop of Pienza e Montalcino, Italy | Bishop of Pienza, Italy |
82.9 | Resigned | Jaime Serra i Cau † | Archbishop of Oristano, Italy | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina |
| Appointed | Pedro Serra Muñoz † | Archbishop of Oristano, Italy | Archbishop-Elect |
| Appointed | Juan Tormo † | Bishop of Vic, Spain |
16 Dec | | Appointed | Tranquillo de Macarazzi † | Bishop of Ferentino, Italy |