 
 
| Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| unknown | Died | Vianesius Albergati † | Bishop of Caiazzo, Italy | ||
| Born | Pedro de Aragón † | Bishop of Lérida, Spain | |||
| Born | Johann Bruhesen † | Archbishop-Elect of Utrecht, Netherlands | |||
| Born | Giovanni Andrea Caligari † | Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy | |||
| 50.0 | Died | Guillermo Casador † | Bishop of Alghero, Italy | ||
| Died | Marco Copula, O.S.B. † | Bishop of Montepeloso, Italy | |||
| 15.0 | Appointed | Andrea Cornaro † | Bishop of Split (Spalato), Croatia | Cardinal, Bishop of Brescia, Italy | |
| Appointed | Martin de Bejar, O.F.M. † | Bishop of Panamá | |||
| 49.0 | Resigned | Niklaus Diesbach † | Coadjutor Bishop of Basel, Switzerland | Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus | |
| Appointed | Giovanni † | Auxiliary Bishop of Sorrento, Italy | |||
| Appointed | Giovanni † | Titular Bishop of Spiga(z) (or Pegae) | Auxiliary Bishop of Sorrento, Italy | ||
| Born | Joannes Hauchin † | Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium | |||
| Appointed | Oudart Hennequin † | Bishop of Senlis, France | Bishop of Troyes, France | ||
| Died | Dietrich Huls, O.F.M. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Schwerin, Germany | |||
| Born | Scipione Lancellotti † | Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Salvatore in Lauro | |||
| Born | Bernardo Lauro, O.P. † | Bishop of Santorini {Thira}, Greece | |||
| Born | Philippe de Lénoncourt † | Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Index | |||
| Died | Camillo Leonini † | Bishop of Tivoli, Italy | |||
| Appointed | László de Macedonia † | Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania | |||
| Died | Vincenzo Maffei † | Bishop of Segni, Italy | |||
| Died | Girolamo Magnani, O.F.M. † | Bishop of Vieste, Italy | |||
| Appointed | Matthew Makarell, O. Praem. † | Auxiliary Bishop of York, England, Great Britain | |||
| Died | Cristoforo Marcello † | Archbishop of Corfů, Greece | |||
| Appointed | János Musinai Gerván † | Bishop of Csanád, Hungary | |||
| Died | Agostino de Nabe, O.P. † | Bishop of Trebinje e Mrkan, Bosnia and Herzegovina | |||
| Appointed | János Ország de Guth † | Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary | Bishop of Vác, Hungary | ||
| Born | Mikołaj Pac † | Bishop of Kyiv (Kijów), Ukraine | |||
| Died | Lactance (Lattanzio) Petrucci † | Bishop of Sovana (Soana), Italy | |||
| Died | Andrea Piperari † | Bishop of Ossero (Osor), Croatia | |||
| Died | Barthelemy Portaligni, O. Carm. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Avignon, France | |||
| Died | Orlando Carretto della Rovere † | Archbishop of Avignon, France | |||
| Died | Giovanni Ruffo de Theodoli † | Archbishop of Cosenza, Italy | |||
| Died | Joannes Rynel † | Bishop of Ösell (Oesell) [Saare-Lääne], Estonia | |||
| 32.0 | Died | Raimondo Sanilio (Senilis) † | Bishop of Rapolla, Italy | ||
| Died | Alessandro Sanseverino † | Archbishop of Vienne, France | |||
| Died | Robert Shaw † | Bishop of Moray, Scotland, Great Britain | |||
| Died | Felice Trofino † | Archbishop of Chieti, Italy | |||
| Ordained Priest | Marcus (Avunculus) Vetter † | Priest of Augsburg, Germany | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | ||
| 1 Jan | 44.0 | Appointed | Pál Várdai † | Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary | |
| 7 Jan | Appointed | Robert King, O. Cist. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Lincoln, England, Great Britain | Titular Bishop of Rheon | |
| Appointed | Robert King, O. Cist. † | Titular Bishop of Rheon | |||
| 11 Jan | Appointed | Jan Busiński † | Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland | ||
| Appointed | Jan Busiński † | Titular Bishop of Athyra | Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland | ||
| 13 Jan | Appointed | Gian Francesco Cina, O.F.M. Obs. † | Titular Archbishop of Nazareth | Bishop Emeritus of Larino, Italy | |
| 28 Jan | Appointed | Carlo degli Ariosti † | Bishop of Acerra, Italy | ||
| Feb | Ordained Bishop | Jan Busiński † | Titular Bishop of Athyra | Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland | |
| 18 Feb | Appointed | Luigi Buoni † | Bishop of Vieste, Italy | ||
| 23.1 | Appointed | Gabriel de Clermont † | Bishop of Gap, France | ||
| Appointed | Pierre Faget, O.F.M. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Auch, France | |||
| Appointed | Pierre Faget, O.F.M. † | Titular Bishop of Berytus | Auxiliary Bishop of Auch, France | ||
| 24 Feb | 53.1 | Ordained Bishop | Livio Podocatharo † | Archbishop of Nicosia, Cyprus | Archbishop Emeritus | 
| 25 Feb | Appointed | Wolfgang Goler † | Bishop of Grosseto, Italy | ||
| 83.1 | Resigned | Ferdinando Ponzetti (Poncetti) † | Bishop of Grosseto, Italy | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus | |
| 28 Feb | 40.1 | Selected | Philippe von Gundelsheim † | Bishop of Basel, Switzerland | |
| Mar | 42.1 | Appointed | Augustin Mair, C.R.S.A. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Basel, Switzerland | Auxiliary Bishop of Würzburg, Germany | 
| 8 Mar | Born | Marcin Gerstmann † | Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland | ||
| 11 Mar | Appointed | Rodrigo de Beniambras † | Bishop of Santorini {Thira}, Greece | ||
| 12 Mar | Ordained Bishop | Pierre Faget, O.F.M. † | Titular Bishop of Berytus | Auxiliary Bishop of Auch, France | |
| 16 Mar | 77.2 | Died | Christoph von Utenheim † | Bishop of Basel, Switzerland | |
| 18 Mar | 28.6 | Appointed | François de Dinteville † | Bishop of Riez, France | Bishop of Auxerre, France | 
| Resigned | Cristoforo Numai, O.F.M. Obs. † | Administrator of Riez, France | Cardinal, Administrator of Alatri, Italy | ||
| 62.2 | Appointed | Scaramuccia Trivulzio † | Administrator of Vienne, France | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Como, Italy | |
| 21 Mar | Ordained Bishop | Carlo degli Ariosti † | Bishop of Acerra, Italy | ||
| 24 Mar | 157.6 | Beatified | Bl. Pierre de Luxembourg † | Bishop Emeritus of Metz, France | |
| 47.2 | Died | Rafał Leszczyński † | Bishop of Płock, Poland | ||
| 27 Mar | 34.2 | Resigned | Louis de Bourbon de Vendôme (II) † | Administrator of Luçon, France | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Laon, France | 
| Appointed | Alonso de So de Castro y Pinós † | Bishop of Huesca, Spain | |||
| Appointed | Milon d’Illiers † | Bishop of Luçon, France | |||
| 29 Mar | Born | Zaccaria Delfino † | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Hvar (Lesina), Croatia | ||
| 31 Mar | Ordained Bishop | Louis de Pélissier, O.S.A. † | Bishop of Orange, France | ||
| 3 Apr | 57.2 | Appointed | Dominik Malachowski, O.P. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków, Poland | |
| 57.2 | Appointed | Dominik Malachowski, O.P. † | Titular Bishop of Laodicea in Phrygia | Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków, Poland | |
| Appointed | Francisco Mendoza † | Bishop of Zamora, Spain | Bishop of Palencia, Spain | ||
| 10 Apr | Appointed | Matthew Sanders † | Bishop of Leighlin, Ireland | ||
| 12 Apr | Died | André Hamon † | Bishop of Vannes, France | ||
| 14 Apr | Ordained Bishop | William Chisholm † | Bishop of Dunblane, Scotland, Great Britain | ||
| 18 Apr | Appointed | John Stanywell, O.S.B. † | Titular Bishop of Doliche | Bishop of Pult (Pulati), Albania | |
| 23 Apr | Appointed | Diego Acuńa † | Bishop of Oviedo, Spain | ||
| 29 Apr | 55.3 | Appointed | Jan Karnkowski † | Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland | Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland | 
| 44.8 | Appointed | Andrzej Krzycki † | Bishop of Płock, Poland | Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland | |
| May | Born | Johann Leisentrit † | Prefect of Lausitz (Lusatia), Germany | ||
| 3 May | 29.5 | Elevated to Cardinal | Benedetto de Accolti † | Cardinal, Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy | |
| 28.3 | Appointed | Niccolň Gaddi † | Cardinal-Deacon of San Teodoro | Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Via Lata | |
| 28.3 | Elevated to Cardinal | Niccolň Gaddi † | Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Via Lata | ||
| 21.4 | Elevated to Cardinal | Ercole Gonzaga † | Cardinal, Bishop of Mantova, Italy | ||
| 39.3 | Elevated to Cardinal | Marino Grimani † | Cardinal, Titular Patriarch of Constantinople | ||
| 33.3 | Appointed | Francesco Pisani † | Cardinal-Priest of San Marco | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri) | |
| 45.3 | Elevated to Cardinal | Agostino Spínola † | Cardinal, Administrator of Savona, Italy | ||
| 5 May | 29.5 | Appointed | Benedetto de Accolti † | Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Eusebio | Cardinal, Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy | 
| 72.1 | Resigned | Pietro de Accolti de Aretio † | Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Eusebio | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina | |
| 21.4 | Installed | Ercole Gonzaga † | Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria Nuova | Cardinal, Bishop of Mantova, Italy | |
| 33.3 | Ordained Bishop | Francesco Pisani † | Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri) | |
| 6 May | 48.3 | Selected | Balthasar Maerklin † | Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany | |
| 44.3 | Resigned | Johann von Sachsen-Lauenburg † | Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 20 May | Appointed | Jürgen (Georg) de Tisenhusan † | Bishop of Ösell (Oesell) [Saare-Lääne], Estonia | Bishop of Reval (Rewel), Estonia | |
| 26 May | Died | Giovanni Mercurio de Vipera † | Bishop of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea), Italy | ||
| 12 Jun | Appointed | Guido de’ Medici † | Bishop of Venosa, Italy | Archbishop of Chieti, Italy | |
| 15 Jun | Ordained Bishop | Claude Prato (du Prat), O.S.B. † | Bishop of Mende, France | ||
| 27 Jun | Died | Antonio de Rojas Manrique † | Patriarch of West Indies, Spain | ||
| Born | Jean Vendeville † | Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium | |||
| 28 Jun | 62.4 | Died | Bernardo de’ Rossi † | Bishop of Treviso, Italy | |
| Jul | Died | Gian Francesco Cina, O.F.M. Obs. † | Titular Archbishop of Nazareth | Bishop Emeritus of Larino, Italy | |
| Died | Wolfgang Goler † | Bishop of Grosseto, Italy | |||
| 2 Jul | 30.5 | Died | Martin Fourier de Beaune † | Archbishop of Tours, France | |
| 22 Jul | Died | Michel Boudet † | Bishop of Langres, France | ||
| 2 Aug | Died | Galeso Nichesola † | Bishop of Belluno, Italy | ||
| 3 Aug | 45.5 | Installed | Agostino Spínola † | Cardinal-Priest of San Ciriaco alle Terme Diocleziane | Cardinal, Administrator of Savona, Italy | 
| 62.5 | Died | Scaramuccia Trivulzio † | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Como, Italy | ||
| 7 Aug | Ordained Bishop | Johann von Revellis † | Bishop of Wien, Austria | ||
| 12 Aug | Born | Renaud de Beaune † | Archbishop of Sens, France | ||
| 15 Aug | Died | Giovanni de Copis † | Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy | ||
| 25 Aug | 36.6 | Died | Ercole Rangone † | Cardinal, Bishop of Modena, Italy | |
| 31 Aug | 40.6 | Confirmed | Philippe von Gundelsheim † | Bishop of Basel, Switzerland | |
| Sep | 48.6 | Selected | Balthasar Maerklin † | Coadjutor Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany | Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany | 
| 5 Sep | 22.6 | Appointed | Pirro Gonzaga † | Cardinal, Bishop of Modena, Italy | |
| 9 Sep | 56.6 | Died | Johann Blankenfeld † | Archbishop of Riga, Latvia | |
| 83.6 | Died | Ferdinando Ponzetti (Poncetti) † | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Grosseto, Italy | ||
| 18 Sep | Appointed | Giovanni Battista Casale † | Bishop of Belluno, Italy | ||
| Appointed | Oudart Hennequin † | Bishop of Troyes, France | |||
| Appointed | Guillaume Petit, O.P. † | Bishop of Senlis, France | |||
| 25 Sep | Born | Tolomeo Gallio † | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri) | ||
| 29 Sep | Born | John Lesley (Leslie) † | Bishop of Ross (Rosemarkie, Fortrose), Scotland, Great Britain | ||
| 13 Oct | Born | Tomás Dacio (d’Anio) † | Bishop of Orihuela, Spain | ||
| 21 Oct | Born | Louis de Guise de Lorraine † | Cardinal, Bishop of Metz, France | ||
| Nov | Died | Charles de Bonneval † | Bishop of Sarlat, France | ||
| Died | János Gosztonyi † | Bishop of Transilvania, Erdély, Siebenbürgen, Romania | |||
| Born | Aleksander Mieliński, C.R.S.A. † | Bishop-Elect of Wenden (Windau), Poland | |||
| 21 Nov | 50.8 | Elevated to Cardinal | Gianvincenzo Carafa † | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina | |
| 42.8 | Elevated to Cardinal | Enrique de Cardona y Enríquez † | Cardinal, Archbishop of Monreale, Italy | ||
| 64.8 | Elevated to Cardinal | Antoine du Prat † | Cardinal, Archbishop of Sens, France | ||
| 22.8 | Elevated to Cardinal | Pirro Gonzaga † | Cardinal, Bishop of Modena, Italy | ||
| Elevated to Cardinal | Girolamo Grimaldi † | Cardinal, Administrator of Albenga, Italy | |||
| 34.2 | Appointed | Andrea Matteo Palmieri † | Cardinal-Priest of San Clemente | Cardinal, Administrator of Policastro, Italy | |
| 34.2 | Elevated to Cardinal | Andrea Matteo Palmieri † | Cardinal, Administrator of Policastro, Italy | ||
| 71.6 | Appointed | Sigismondo Pappacoda † | Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria degli Angeli | Bishop of Tropea, Italy | |
| 71.6 | Elevated to Cardinal | Sigismondo Pappacoda † | Bishop of Tropea, Italy | ||
| 50.8 | Elevated to Cardinal | Antonio Sanseverino, O.S.Io.Hieros. † | Cardinal, Archbishop of Taranto, Italy | ||
| 24 Nov | 42.8 | Installed | Enrique de Cardona y Enríquez † | Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello | Cardinal, Archbishop of Monreale, Italy | 
| Dec | 71.6 | Resigned | Sigismondo Pappacoda † | Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria degli Angeli | Bishop of Tropea, Italy | 
| 7 Dec | 52.9 | Elevated to Cardinal | Francisco de los Ángeles (Enrique) Quińones, O.F.M. Obs. † | Cardinal, Former Administrator of Acerno, Italy | |
| 8 Dec | 47.9 | Selected | Matthias von Jagow † | Bishop of Brandenburg, Germany | Bishop Emeritus | 
| 20 Dec | 49.9 | Elevated to Cardinal | Francesco Cornaro (Sr.) † | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina | |
| 21 Dec | 40.9 | Ordained Bishop | Philippe von Gundelsheim † | Bishop of Basel, Switzerland | |
| 26 Dec | Appointed | Antonio de Cappo † | Bishop of Ossero (Osor), Croatia | Bishop Emeritus | |
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