Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
unknown | | Born | Antonio de Aguilar † | | Bishop of Ceuta and Tanger, Spain |
| Resigned | Pietro Giovanni Aliotti † | Bishop of Forli, Italy | Bishop Emeritus |
50.0 | Resigned | Giovanni Campeggi † | Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal | Bishop of Bologna, Italy |
| Died | Tommaso Cervino, O.P. † | Bishop of Trebinje e Mrkan, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Died | Marcantonio della Croce † | Bishop Emeritus of Tivoli, Italy |
| Ordained Bishop | François de St-Marcel d’Avançon † | Bishop of Grenoble, France |
| Died | Joannes Domaniewski † | Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania |
| Born | François de Donnadieu, O.S.B. † | | Bishop of Saint-Papoul, France |
| Born | Claude d’Ormy † | | Bishop of Boulogne (-Sur-Mer), France |
30.0 | Appointed | Andrija Dudić (Dudith Sbardellati) † | Bishop of Csanád, Hungary | Bishop Emeritus of Pécs, Hungary |
25.0 | Ordained Priest | Nikolaus Elgard † | Priest of Trier, Germany | Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany |
| Born | Jerónimo Fernando † | | Bishop of Funchal, Portugal |
42.0 | Resigned | Sebastiano Ferrero † | Bishop of Ivrea, Italy | Bishop Emeritus |
23.0 | Ordained Priest | Jakob Feucht † | Priest of Bamberg, Germany | Auxiliary Bishop |
| Born | Azarias Friton, O.P. † | | Archbishop of Nachitschewan (Naxivan, Nakhtchevan, Nakhchivan), Armenia |
| Born | Claude de Gelas † | | Bishop of Agen, France |
| Born | Francesco Andrea Gelsomini, O.E.S.A. † | | Bishop of Ascoli Satriano (Puglia), Italy |
52.0 | Died | Giulio Giovio † | Bishop Emeritus of Nocera de’ Pagani, Italy |
58.0 | Ordained Bishop | Antonio Giustiniani, O.P. † | Archbishop of Naxos, Greece | Bishop of Lipari, Italy |
| Born | Petar Katić (Catich) † | | Bishop of Prizren, Serbia |
| Born | Giovanni Giacomo Macedonio † | | Bishop of Monopoli, Italy |
| Born | Andrea Mastrillo † | | Archbishop of Messina, Italy |
| Died | Borso Merli † | Bishop Emeritus of Bobbio, Italy |
| Born | Charles Miron † | | Archbishop of Lyon, France |
| Born | Demetrii Napragyi † | | Bishop of Kalocsa, Hungary |
| Born | Flaminio Parisio † | | Bishop of Bitonto, Italy |
| Born | Giacomo Passamar † | | Archbishop of Sassari, Italy |
| Born | Domenico Pichi † | | Bishop of Amelia, Italy |
| Born | Paolo Pico, O.P. † | | Bishop of Vulturara e Montecorvino, Italy |
| Born | Gregorio Pomodoro † | | Bishop of Larino, Italy |
| Born | Maciej Pstrokoński † | | Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland |
| Died | Sante Sacco † | Bishop of Bisignano, Italy |
| Died | Pietro Sanna † | Archbishop of Oristano, Italy |
| Born | Miguel Santos de Sampedro † | | Archbishop of Granada, Spain |
| Born | Innocenzo Stoilino, O.S.B. † | | Bishop of Lezhë {Lesh, Alessio}, Albania |
| Ordained Bishop | Jean-Baptiste Tiercelin † | Bishop of Luçon, France | Bishop Emeritus |
| Died | Brandelisio Trotti † | Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France |
| Died | Juan del Valle † | Bishop of Popayán, Colombia |
| Born | Diego Vela Becerril † | | Bishop of Tuy, Spain |
| Resigned | Nicolò Vernely (Verneey) † | Bishop of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea), Italy | Bishop Emeritus |
| Appointed | Danijel Vocacio (Vocazio, Vocatius), O.F.M. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain | Bishop of Muro Lucano, Italy |
2 Jan | 58.0 | Died | Girolamo Foscari † | Bishop of Torcello (Turris), Italy |
3 Jan | 28.0 | Appointed | Iñigo Avalos de Aragón, O.S. † | Administrator of Torino {Turin}, Italy | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina |
33.5 | Appointed | Giovanni Delfino † | Bishop of Torcello (Turris), Italy | Bishop of Brescia, Italy |
4 Jan | | Died | Philippe Nigri † | Bishop-Elect of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers}, Belgium |
5 Jan | | Died | Domingo Romeo, O.P. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Gerona, Spain |
6 Jan | 13.4 | Elevated to Cardinal | Ferdinando de’ Medici † | |
22.5 | Elevated to Cardinal | Federico Gonzaga † | Cardinal, Bishop-Elect of Mantova, Italy |
| Born | Johann Christoph von Westerstetten † | | Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany |
24 Jan | 29.0 | Ordained Bishop | Antonio Puteo (del Pozzo) † | Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy |
30 Jan | | Appointed | Luigi Cavalcanti † | Bishop of Bisignano, Italy |
| Appointed | Nicolo Cicala † | Bishop of Accia and Mariana, France | Bishop Emeritus |
| Appointed | Egidio Falcetta de Cingulo † | Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy |
| Appointed | Alessandro Gadaletta † | Bishop of Nusco, Italy |
| Appointed | Antonio Giannotti da Montagnana † | Bishop of Forli, Italy | Archbishop of Urbino, Italy |
| Appointed | Donato Laurenti † | Bishop of Ariano, Italy |
| Appointed | Giulio (Egidio) Soperchio (Superchio), O. Carm. † | Bishop of Caorle, Italy |
4 Feb | | Died | Wilhelm von Brandeburg † | Archbishop of Riga, Latvia |
15 Feb | | Appointed | Alessandro Mollo (Moro) † | Bishop of Minori, Italy |
20 Feb | 79.1 | Died | Pedro Alvarez de Acosta † | Bishop of Osma, Spain |
3 Mar | 57.2 | Died | Ercole Gonzaga † | Cardinal, Bishop of Mantova, Italy |
17 Mar | 56.6 | Appointed | Girolamo Garimberti (Galimbertu) † | Bishop of Gallese, Italy | Bishop Emeritus |
44.2 | Appointed | Girolamo Guglielmi (Vielmi), O.P. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy | Bishop of Novigrad (Cittanova), Croatia |
44.2 | Appointed | Girolamo Guglielmi (Vielmi), O.P. † | Titular Bishop of Argos | Bishop of Novigrad (Cittanova), Croatia |
| Appointed | Leonhard de Sittard (Zittardus), O.P. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany |
| Appointed | Leonhard de Sittard (Zittardus), O.P. † | Titular Bishop of Missene (Mysia) | Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany |
23 Mar | | Died | Esteban Almeida † | Bishop of Cartagena (en España) |
27 Mar | 22.7 | Installed | Federico Gonzaga † | Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Nuova | Cardinal, Bishop-Elect of Mantova, Italy |
| Died | Agostinho Ribeiro † | Bishop Emeritus of Lamego, Portugal |
31 Mar | 48.2 | Resigned | Antoine Caracciolo, C.R.S.A. † | Bishop of Troyes, France | Bishop Emeritus |
45.7 | Resigned | Odet de Coligny de Châtillon † | Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Adriano al Foro | |
45.7 | Resigned | Odet de Coligny de Châtillon † | Administrator of Beauvais, France | |
| Ordained Bishop | Jerónimo de Corella (Covella), O.S.H. † | Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras |
59.2 | Appointed | Gerard d’Hamericourt, O.S.B. † | Bishop of Saint-Omer, France |
4 Apr | 40.2 | Ordained Bishop | Guillaume Damasi Van der Linden (Lindanus) † | Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands | Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium |
9 Apr | | Born | Pierre de Donnauld, O.S.B. † | | Bishop of Mirepoix, France |
16 Apr | 65.2 | Died | Francisco de Navarra y Hualde † | Archbishop of Valencia, Spain |
17 Apr | 69.9 | Died | Girolamo Seripando, O.E.S.A. † | Cardinal, Archbishop of Salerno, Italy |
19 Apr | 85.2 | Died | Francisco Marroquín Hurtado † | Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala |
26 Apr | 68.2 | Died | Giacomo Puteo (del Pozzo) † | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa), Italy |
May | | Resigned | Berardo Bongiovanni † | Apostolic Nuncio to Poland | Bishop of Camerino, Italy |
2 May | | Died | Georg Schweicker † | Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer, Germany |
7 May | | Died | Gilles Gaude (Gardz, Gundz), O.P. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Nantes, France |
9 May | 34.3 | Ordained Bishop | Claude-Charles-Roger de Bauffremont † | Bishop of Troyes, France |
12 May | | Died | Pedro López de Mendoza † | Auxiliary Bishop of Burgos, Spain |
21 May | 72.3 | Died | Pietro Contarini † | Bishop Emeritus of Paphos, Cyprus |
23 May | | Ordained Bishop | Antoine de Saint Néctaire, O.S.B. † | Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay, France |
Jun | | Died | Hermann Weiland (Wessal) † | Bishop of Dorpat (Tartu), Estonia |
4 Jun | | Appointed | Daniele Barboli, O.P. † | Bishop of Pedena, Austria |
24.6 | Appointed | St. Charles Borromeo † | Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti | Cardinal, Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy |
27.4 | Appointed | Ferdinando Ferrero Fieschi † | Bishop of Ivrea, Italy |
22.9 | Appointed | Federico Gonzaga † | Apostolic Administrator of Mantova, Italy | Cardinal, Bishop-Elect |
| Appointed | Dionizy Secygniowski † | Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec), Ukraine |
8 Jun | 63.4 | Appointed | Ludovico Simonetta † | Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Pesaro, Italy |
29 Jun | 28.4 | Ordained Bishop | Francesco Contarini (Contareno) † | Bishop of Paphos, Cyprus |
4 Jul | 65.5 | Ordained Bishop | Pedro del Frago Garcés † | Bishop of Ales e Terralba, Italy | Bishop of Huesca, Spain |
7 Jul | 55.5 | Appointed | Felice Tiranni † | Archbishop of Urbino, Italy |
16 Jul | | Installed | Fernando de Villagómez † | Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles), México |
20 Jul | 50.5 | Appointed | Giacomo Luccari, O.F.M. Obs. † | Bishop of Trebinje e Mrkan, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
22 Jul | 33.5 | Resigned | Robert de Berghes † | Bishop of Liège, Belgium | Bishop Emeritus |
25 Jul | 43.5 | Ordained Bishop | Girolamo Gaddi † | Bishop of Cortona, Italy |
30 Jul | 28.5 | Appointed | Iñigo Avalos de Aragón, O.S. † | Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Adriano al Foro | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina |
29.9 | Appointed | Mark Sittich von Hohenems (Altemps) † | Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany |
14 Aug | | Born | Jean Marie Malderus (van Malderen) † | | Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers}, Belgium |
16 Aug | 50.6 | Ordained Bishop | Giacomo Luccari, O.F.M. Obs. † | Bishop of Trebinje e Mrkan, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
18 Aug | | Died | Matija Bruman † | Bishop of Zagreb (Agram), Croatia |
Sep | 40.4 | Appointed | Gianfrancesco Commendone † | Apostolic Nuncio to Poland | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Cefalonia e Zante, Greece |
3 Sep | | Died | Pierre Bertrand † | Bishop of Cahors, France |
4 Sep | 24.9 | Ordained Priest | St. Charles Borromeo † | Priest | Cardinal, Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy |
11 Sep | | Died | Johann Pennarius, O.F.M. Conv. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany |
12 Sep | 59.6 | Ordained Bishop | Gerard d’Hamericourt, O.S.B. † | Bishop of Saint-Omer, France |
17 Sep | 50.7 | Died | Giovanni Campeggi † | Bishop of Bologna, Italy |
8 Oct | | Appointed | Jean de Balaguier † | Bishop of Bazas, France | Bishop of Cahors, France |
54.1 | Appointed | Ippolito d’Este (II) † | Administrator of Narbonne, France | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Novara, Italy |
25.7 | Appointed | Luigi d’Este † | Cardinal, Administrator of Auch, France |
69.7 | Resigned | Francesco Pisani † | Administrator of Narbonne, France | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri) |
| Appointed | Alfonso Rossetti † | Bishop of Ferrara, Italy |
| Succeeded | Ercole Sacrati † | Bishop of Comacchio, Italy |
15 Oct | | Appointed | Louis (Jacob) de Bourbon (de Helvis) † | Bishop of Langres, France |
50.7 | Appointed | Alfonso Merchante de Valeria † | Auxiliary Bishop of Burgos, Spain | Auxiliary Bishop of Burgos, Spain |
50.7 | Appointed | Alfonso Merchante de Valeria † | Titular Bishop of Sidon | Auxiliary Bishop of Burgos, Spain |
| Appointed | Roland de Neuville † | Bishop of Saint-Pol-de-Léon, France |
51.7 | Appointed | Galeazzo Gegald (Regardus) † | Bishop of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea), Italy | Bishop Emeritus |
16 Oct | | Died | Galeazzo Roscio † | Bishop of Assisi, Italy |
22 Oct | 25.8 | Appointed | Luigi d’Este † | Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Lucia in Septisolio | Cardinal, Administrator of Auch, France |
23.0 | Appointed | Alfonso Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) † | Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia | Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy |
28 Oct | | Born | Berlinghiero Gessi † | | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Rimini, Italy |
31 Oct | 86.8 | Died | Anthony Dunstan Kitchin † | Bishop of Llandaff, Wales, Great Britain |
Nov | 67.9 | Died | John Balgus, O. Carm. † | Bishop of Ossory, Ireland |
11 Nov | 48.7 | Selected | György Drašković † | Bishop of Zagreb (Agram), Croatia | Cardinal, Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary |
25 Nov | 31.5 | Resigned | Roland de Chauvigné † | Bishop-Elect of Saint-Pol-de-Léon, France | Former Bishop-Elect |
Dec | | Appointed | Francesco Maria Piccolomini † | Bishop of Pienza, Italy | Bishop of Montalcino, Italy |
4 Dec | 58.9 | Died | Alessandro Piccolomini † | Bishop of Pienza, Italy |
5 Dec | | Ordained Bishop | Johan Knijf, O.F.M. Obs. † | Bishop of Groningen, Netherlands |
7 Dec | 25.1 | Ordained Bishop | St. Charles Borromeo † | Administrator of Milano {Milan}, Italy | Cardinal, Archbishop |
10 Dec | | Died | Georg Marschalk von Pappenheim † | Bishop of Regensburg, Germany |
28 Dec | 17.9 | Professed | Jerónimo Xavierre, O.P. † | Member of Order of Friars Preachers | Cardinal, Priest |
29 Dec | | Selected | Veit von Fraunberg † | Bishop of Regensburg, Germany |