| Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
|---|
| unknown | | Died | Gerolamo Barbarà † | Archbishop of Oristano, Italy |
| Born | Nicola Bellolatto † | | Bishop of Bisceglie, Italy |
| Born | Bonifazio Bevilacqua Aldobrandini † | | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati |
| Resigned | Jérôme Bourgois † | Bishop of Chalons-sur-Marne, France | Bishop Emeritus |
| Born | Istvan Szentandrássy (Cecchio), O.F.M. Obs. † | | Bishop Emeritus of Smederevo (Semendria), Serbia |
| 59.0 | Appointed | Christophe Cheffontaines (Capitefontium), O.F.M. Obs. † | Minister General of Order of Observant Friars Minor | Auxiliary Bishop of Sens, France |
| 67.0 | Died | Gabriel de Clermont † | Bishop of Gap, France |
| Born | Alessandro Damasceni Peretti † | | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano |
| Born | Manuel dos Anjos, O.F.M. Obs. † | | Auxiliary Bishop of Évora, Portugal |
| 28.0 | Ordained Priest | Ladislao d’Aquino † | Priest | Cardinal, Bishop of Venafro, Italy |
| Ordained Bishop | Manuel de Mercado Aldrete, O.S.H. † | Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico) | Bishop of Panamá |
| Born | Pietro Federici † | | Bishop of Vulturara e Montecorvino, Italy |
| Born | Merkelis Elijaševičius Heliaszewich (Geišas) † | | Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania |
| 35.0 | Ordained Priest | Melchior Giedroyć † | Priest | Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania |
| 66.0 | Died | Antonio Giustiniani, O.P. † | Bishop of Lipari, Italy |
| 69.0 | Died | Timoteo Giustiniani, O.P. † | Bishop of Strongoli, Italy |
| 31.0 | Appointed | Ignatiy Grek † | Bishop |
| 31.0 | Ordained Bishop | Ignatiy Grek † | Bishop |
| Born | Gereon Otto von Gutmann zu Sobernheim † | | Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany |
| Born | Jerónimo Herrera y Salazar † | | Bishop of Guadix, Spain |
| 16.0 | Entered | Augustin Hofmann, O.S.B. † | Member of Order of Saint Benedict | Abbot of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland |
| 40.0 | Ceased | Eberhard von Holle † | Apostolic Administrator of Verden, Germany | Former Bishop-Elect of Lübeck, Germany |
| 40.0 | Resigned | Eberhard von Holle † | Bishop-Elect of Lübeck, Germany | Former Bishop-Elect |
| Died | Thomas Jacomel, O.P. † | Bishop of Toulon, France |
| Born | Antonio Lambardi † | | Titular Archbishop of Nazareth |
| 61.0 | Died | Marco Lauro, O.P. † | Bishop of Satriano e Campagna, Italy |
| 21.0 | Ordained Priest | Gregor Leisentrit † | Priest | Prefect of Lausitz (Lusatia), Germany |
| 54.0 | Died | Lorenzo Lenti † | Bishop of Fermo, Italy |
| Born | Zerbino Lugo † | | Bishop of Feltre, Italy |
| Born | João Manuel de Ataíde † | | Archbishop of Lisboa, Portugal |
| Born | Simon Mascarenhas, O.F.M. † | | Bishop of Angola e Congo |
| 23.0 | Ordained Bishop | Jean de Monluc, O.S.Io.Hieros. † | Bishop of Condom, France |
| Born | Tomasz Oborski † | | Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków, Poland |
| 40.0 | Ordained Priest | Alfonso Paleotti † | Priest | Archbishop of Bologna, Italy |
| Born | Francesco Pendasio † | | Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy |
| Born | Panfilo Persico † | | Bishop of Belluno, Italy |
| Born | Miguel Da Cruz Rangel, O.P. † | | Bishop of Cochin, India |
| Died | Filippo Roccabella † | Bishop of Recanati, Italy |
| Born | Giulio Ruffo † | | Bishop of Oppido Mamertina, Italy |
| Died | Diego Sarmiento Sotomayor † | Bishop of Astorga, Spain |
| Born | Alessandro Scappi † | | Bishop of Piacenza, Italy |
| Died | Peter von Seebach (Sepacher) † | Bishop of Ljubljana (Laybach; Laibach), Slovenia |
| Resigned | Jean-Baptiste Raimbaud de Simiane † | Bishop of Apt, France | Bishop Emeritus |
| Born | Johannes Streck † | | Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer, Germany |
| 45.3 | Ordained Priest | François-Marie Tarugi, C.O. † | Priest of Confederation of Oratorians of St. Philip Neri | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Siena, Italy |
| Died | Juan Vázquez Coronado de Sayás † | Bishop of Acerra, Italy |
| Born | Fabrizio Verospi † | | Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council |
| Born | Francisco Villafañe † | | Bishop of Osma, Spain |
| 2 Jan | 64.0 | Died | Gaspar Zúñiga y Avellaneda † | Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain |
| 5 Jan | | Died | Eucherio Sanvitale † | Bishop of Viviers (Aps), France |
| 10 Jan | | Appointed | Giacomo Lomellino del Canto † | Archbishop of Palermo, Italy |
| Appointed | Malachy O’Moloney † | Bishop of Killaloe, Ireland | Bishop of Kilmacduagh, Ireland |
| 20 Jan | | Appointed | Marcantonio Alfieri † | Bishop of Montemarano, Italy |
| 21 Jan | | Died | Agostino Baglione † | Bishop of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy |
| 26 Jan | 49.0 | Appointed | István Fejérkövy † | Bishop of Knin (Tinin), Croatia | Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary |
| 51.4 | Installed | Vincenzo Giustiniani, O.P. † | Cardinal-Priest of San Nicola fra le Immagini | Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Sabina |
| 1 Feb | | Died | Pere (Pedro) de Castellet d’Icard † | Bishop of Urgell, Spain |
| 10 Feb | | Born | Pedro González de Mendoza, O.F.M. † | | Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain |
| Died | Fernando de Villagómez † | Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles), México |
| 11 Feb | 53.0 | Ordained Bishop | Godfried van Mierlo, O.P. † | Bishop of Haarlem, Netherlands | Bishop Emeritus |
| Ordained Bishop | Malachy O’Moloney † | Bishop of Killaloe, Ireland | Bishop of Kilmacduagh, Ireland |
| 61.1 | Died | Giulio Pavesi, O.P. † | Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy |
| 15 Feb | | Born | Philippe Cospéan † | | Bishop of Lisieux, France |
| Mar | 58.1 | Resigned | Francisco da Cruz, O.S.A. † | Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde | Bishop Emeritus |
| 5 Mar | | Appointed | Francisco Briceño † | Bishop of Almería, Spain |
| 10 Mar | 27.1 | Ordained Priest | Giovanni Ambrogio Caccia † | Priest | Bishop Emeritus of Castro [del Lazio], Italy |
| 19 Mar | | Appointed | Giulio Stauriano, O.P. † | Bishop of Bova, Italy |
| 25 Mar | 52.2 | Died | Carlo Grassi † | Cardinal, Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone, Italy |
| 31 Mar | | Born | Pietro Aldobrandini † | | Cardinal, Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy |
| 1 Apr | 43.4 | Ordained Bishop | Louis de Guise de Lorraine † | Cardinal, Bishop of Metz, France |
| 2 Apr | 28.4 | Confirmed | Louis de Berlaymont † | Archbishop of Cambrai, France |
| 3 Apr | | Appointed | Louis de Brezé † | Bishop of Meaux, France | Bishop Emeritus |
| 7 Apr | 60.2 | Died | John Hamilton † | Archbishop of Saint Andrews, Scotland, Great Britain |
| 13 Apr | 53.7 | Died | Odet de Coligny de Châtillon † | |
| Died | Stanisław Żelisławski, O. Cist. † | Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland |
| 15 Apr | 69.2 | Died | Juan de Muñatones, O.S.A. † | Bishop of Segorbe-Albarracin, Spain |
| 20 Apr | | Died | Francisco del Toral, O.F.M. † | Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida), México |
| 29 Apr | 57.5 | Ordained Bishop | Jacques Amyot † | Bishop of Auxerre, France |
| Died | Jorge Temudo, O.P. † | Archbishop of Goa, India |
| May | 61.3 | Ordained Bishop | Luis Zapata de Cárdenas, O.F.M. Rec. † | Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia |
| 18 May | | Appointed | Pedro Arévalos, O.S.H. † | Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia |
| Appointed | Bartolomé Pérez, O.S. † | Titular Bishop of Tunis |
| 68.8 | Appointed | Cristóbal Rojas Sandoval † | Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain |
| Appointed | François de Simiane, O. Cart. † | Bishop of Apt, France |
| 26 May | | Born | Bernardino de Sena (Senis; Senna), O.F.M. Obs. † | | Bishop of Viseu, Portugal |
| 29 May | 41.9 | Appointed | Giovanni Delfino † | Apostolic Nuncio to Emperor | Bishop of Brescia, Italy |
| 18 Jun | 43.8 | Appointed | Renaud de Beaune † | Bishop of Mende, France | Archbishop of Sens, France |
| 20 Jun | | Died | Nicolaus Bertholdi † | Bishop of Hierapetra, Greece |
| Appointed | Lelio Brancaccio † | Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy | Archbishop of Taranto, Italy |
| 57.4 | Appointed | Joachim van Oprode † | Auxiliary Bishop of Utrecht, Netherlands |
| 57.4 | Appointed | Joachim van Oprode † | Titular Bishop of Hebron | Auxiliary Bishop of Utrecht, Netherlands |
| 3 Jul | | Born | Gregorio Pedrosa Cásares, O.S.H. † | | Bishop Emeritus of Valladolid, Spain |
| 16 Jul | | Appointed | Antonio Paliettino (de Monelia), O.F.M. Obs. † | Bishop of Brugnato, Italy |
| Appointed | Gerolamo Scarampi † | Bishop of Satriano e Campagna, Italy |
| Appointed | Scipione Salernitano † | Bishop of Acerra, Italy |
| Appointed | Gaspare Viviani † | Bishop of Hierapetra et Sitia, Greece | Bishop of Anagni, Italy |
| 20 Jul | | Appointed | Francesco de Andreis † | Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom, Hungary |
| Appointed | Francesco de Andreis † | Titular Bishop of Scopien | Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom, Hungary |
| 22 Jul | 41.5 | Ordained Bishop | Jerónimo Albornoz, O.F.M. † | Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina |
| Ordained Bishop | Antonio Paliettino (de Monelia), O.F.M. Obs. † | Bishop of Brugnato, Italy |
| 26 Jul | | Died | Fernando de Barrionuevo, O.F.M. Obs. † | Bishop of Santiago de Chile |
| 30 Jul | | Died | Francisco Briceño † | Bishop of Almería, Spain |
| Appointed | Guillaume Le Blanc † | Bishop of Toulon, France |
| 8 Aug | 53.6 | Died | Pompeo Zambeccari † | Bishop of Valva e Sulmona, Italy |
| 12 Aug | | Ordained Bishop | Sebastián Lartaún † | Bishop of Cuzco, Peru |
| 19 Aug | | Ordained Bishop | Christian Kripper † | Titular Bishop of Symbalia (Cembalo, Balaclawa) | Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany |
| 27 Aug | | Appointed | Juan Battista (Giovanni Battista) de Ojeda (Hogeda, Oxeda) † | Archbishop (Personal Title) of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy | Bishop |
| Appointed | Francisco Soto Salazar † | Bishop of Segorbe-Albarracin, Spain | Bishop of Salamanca, Spain |
| Appointed | Guarnerio Trotti † | Bishop of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy |
| Appointed | Pierre d’Urre † | Bishop of Viviers (Aps), France |
| 7 Sep | | Died | Giovanni Antonio Locatelli † | Bishop of Venosa, Italy |
| 9 Sep | | Ordained Bishop | Guarnerio Trotti † | Bishop of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy |
| 16 Sep | | Ordained Bishop | Antonio Mendes de Carvalho † | Bishop of Elvas, Portugal |
| 24 Sep | | Appointed | Juan Beltrán de Guevara † | Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy | Bishop Emeritus |
| Appointed | Vincenzo de Doncelli (Donzelli), O.P. † | Bishop of Valva e Sulmona, Italy |
| Appointed | Louis de Saint-Gilles † | Auxiliary Bishop of Coutances, France |
| Appointed | Louis de Saint-Gilles † | Titular Bishop of Porphyreon | Auxiliary Bishop of Coutances, France |
| 3 Oct | | Appointed | Pietro Cancellieri (Cavalieri) † | Bishop of Lipari, Italy |
| Appointed | Nicolaus Don † | Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb (Agram), Croatia |
| Appointed | Nicolaus Don † | Titular Bishop of Rosmen (Russionen, Rusköi) | Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb (Agram), Croatia |
| 49.9 | Appointed | Lucio Sassi † | Bishop of Ripatransone, Italy | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus |
| 7 Oct | | Died | Giovanni Bruno † | Archbishop of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro |
| Ordained Bishop | Pietro Cancellieri (Cavalieri) † | Bishop of Lipari, Italy |
| Ordained Bishop | Vincenzo de Doncelli (Donzelli), O.P. † | Bishop of Valva e Sulmona, Italy |
| Ordained Bishop | Maurice MacBrien † | Bishop of Emly, Ireland |
| Born | Pedro Magarola Fontanet † | | Bishop of Lérida, Spain |
| 49.9 | Ordained Bishop | Lucio Sassi † | Bishop of Ripatransone, Italy | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus |
| 14 Oct | | Ordained Bishop | Nicolaus Don † | Titular Bishop of Rosmen (Russionen, Rusköi) | Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb (Agram), Croatia |
| 15 Oct | 51.7 | Appointed | Gaspar de Faria † | Bishop of Angra, Portugal |
| Appointed | Gerolamo Melchiori † | Bishop of Recanati, Italy | Bishop Emeritus of Macerata, Italy |
| 17 Oct | | Appointed | Konrad Adam Glušič † | Bishop of Ljubljana (Laybach; Laibach), Slovenia |
| 28 Oct | | Born | Giacomo Goria † | | Bishop of Vercelli, Italy |
| 1 Nov | | Born | Ignazio (Giovanni Battista) Imberti, O.F.M. Cap. † | | Prefect of Rhétie (Rezia, Rhaetia), Switzerland |
| 4 Nov | 29.0 | Ordained Bishop | Louis de Berlaymont † | Archbishop of Cambrai, France |
| 5 Nov | | Appointed | Pedro Buerba, O.S.A. † | Archbishop of Oristano, Italy |
| 10 Nov | 63.8 | Died | Jérôme Souchier, O. Cist. † | Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Matteo in Merulana |
| 16 Nov | | Resigned | Filesio Cittadini † | Bishop of Muro Lucano, Italy | Bishop Emeritus |
| 62.2 | Appointed | Bernardo de Fresneda, O.F.M. Obs. † | Bishop of Córdoba, Spain | Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain |
| 62.8 | Resigned | Giovanni Gerolamo Morone (Moroni) † | Bishop of Modena, Italy | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri) |
| Died | Christian Naponäus Radiducius, O.S.B. † | Bishop of Wiener Neustadt, Austria |
| Appointed | Noël Poncelet, O.P. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Luçon, France |
| Appointed | Noël Poncelet, O.P. † | Titular Bishop of Salona | Auxiliary Bishop of Luçon, France |
| 48.8 | Appointed | Sisto Visdomini (Vicedomini), O.P. † | Bishop of Modena, Italy |
| 26 Nov | | Appointed | Nicolas Clausse de Marchamont † | Bishop of Chalons-sur-Marne, France |
| Appointed | Bernardino Figueroa † | Archbishop of Brindisi, Italy |
| 27 Nov | 71.9 | Died | Alvaro Magellano † | Bishop of San Leone, Italy |
| 5 Dec | | Died | Charles d’Humières † | Bishop of Bayeux, France |
| 8 Dec | | Born | Orazio Lancellotti † | | Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council |
| 14 Dec | 48.0 | Died | Lorenzo Strozzi † | Cardinal, Archbishop of Aix, France |
| 16 Dec | 48.9 | Ordained Bishop | Sisto Visdomini (Vicedomini), O.P. † | Bishop of Modena, Italy |
| 17 Dec | 37.9 | Resigned | Bartolomeo Ferratini (Jr.) † | Bishop of Amelia, Italy | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus |
| 50.0 | Appointed | Felice Peretti Montalto, O.F.M. Conv. † | Bishop of Fermo, Italy | Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy) |
| 59.9 | Appointed | Gaspar de Quiroga y Vela † | Bishop of Cuenca, Spain | Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain |
| Appointed | Mariano Vittori † | Bishop of Amelia, Italy | Bishop of Rieti, Italy |
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