Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
unknown | | Died | Jean de Barthon † | Titular Bishop of Nazareth |
| Died | Bartholomo Giovanni Bartoli † | Bishop of Alife, Italy |
| Born | Tomás de Berlanga, O.P. † | | Bishop Emeritus of Panamá |
| Died | Paolo di Bosnia, O.F.M. † | Bishop of Senj, Croatia |
| Born | Gianfrancesco Bruno † | | Bishop of Nola, Italy |
| Died | Sanche de Casanova † | Bishop of Oloron (Oloron-Sainte-Marie), France |
| Died | Alessandro Contarini † | Bishop of Rethymo (Calamona), Greece |
| Born | Melchiorre Crivelli (Cribelli), O.P. † | | Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy |
| Born | Ferenc (Franciskus) Csaholi (Chahol) † | | Bishop of Csanád, Hungary |
| Died | Simon Dantici, O.F.M. † | Bishop of Montemarano, Italy |
80.0 | Appointed | Jorge da Costa, O. Cist. † | Archbishop of Braga, Portugal | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina |
| Died | Jacopo-Antonio dalla Torre † | Bishop of Cremona, Italy |
30.0 | Resigned | Niccolň Fieschi † | Bishop-Elect of Fréjus, France | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri) |
| Born | Thomas de Foix † | | Former Bishop-Elect of Tarbes, France |
| Appointed | Alonso de Fonseca y Acevedo † | Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain |
| Died | Alonso de Fonseca y Ulloa † | Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain |
| Died | Giovanni Frangipane † | Bishop of Bisignano, Italy |
| Died | Alessandro (Angelo) Geraldini † | Bishop of Sessa Aurunca, Italy |
| Died | Antonio de Goppo † | Bishop of Trieste, Italy |
| Born | Gabriel de Gramont † | | Cardinal, Bishop of Tarbes, France |
| Born | Charles de Gramont, O.S.A. † | | Archbishop of Bordeaux, France |
| Died | Jacques † | Bishop of Lavant, Slovenia |
| Died | James † | Bishop of Clonmacnoise, Ireland |
| Died | Ludovico Joannis, O.F.M. † | Bishop of Ampurias, Italy |
| Resigned | Jacques Joumond, O.S.B. † | Bishop of Milos (Melos), Greece | Bishop Emeritus |
| Died | Stephan Karrer, O.P. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer, Germany |
| Died | Jean L’Espervier † | Bishop of Saint-Malo, France |
| Died | Bernardo Margarit, O.S.B. † | Bishop of Catania, Italy |
| Born | Juan Martínez Silíceo † | | Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain |
| Died | Meolo de Mascabruni † | Bishop of Muro Lucano, Italy |
| Died | Lorenzo Michaelis † | Bishop of Hvar (Lesina), Croatia |
| Died | Guy de Montbrun † | Bishop of Condom, France |
| Died | Giovanni de Monteaperto † | Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy |
| Resigned | Jorge Martins † | Bishop of Silves (Sylves), Portugal | Bishop Emeritus |
| Appointed | Jean Neveu † | Bishop of Senlis, France |
| Born | Andrzej Noskowski † | | Bishop of Płock, Poland |
| Died | Guillaume Olivieri † | Bishop of Alet, France |
| Born | Andrea Pastore † | | Bishop-Elect of Andria, Italy |
| Died | Kilian Pflüger † | Auxiliary Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany |
| Died | Giorgio Pinna, O. Camald. † | Bishop of Galtelli, Italy |
| Died | Giovanni dei Porcari † | Bishop of Lacedonia, Italy |
| Appointed | Ulrich Pramberger, O.F.M. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Freising, Germany | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus |
| Appointed | Thomas Purcell † | Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland | Bishop Emeritus |
| Died | Alfonso de Rabanal, O.S.A. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Burgos, Spain |
| Born | Aegidius Rehm † | | Bishop of Chiemsee, Germany |
| Died | Antonio Rocca † | Bishop of Ruvo (Ruo)(di Puglia), Italy |
| Appointed | Heinrich von Rübenach, O.P. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany |
| Died | Carlo Setari † | Bishop of Isernia, Italy |
| Born | Jan Dubravius (Skála z Doubravky a Hradiště) † | | Bishop of Olomouc (Olmütz), Czechia |
| Died | William Westkarre, C.R.S.A. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Winchester, England, Great Britain | Auxiliary Bishop of Canterbury, England, Great Britain |
| Died | Stabilis Zarrilo † | Bishop of Carinola (Calina), Italy |
9 Jan | | Appointed | Giovanbattista Gaglioffi † | Bishop of L’Aquila, Italy |
18 Jan | | Appointed | Pedro Ximénez de Préxamo (Jimenez de Prexamo) † | Bishop of Badajoz, Spain | Bishop of Coria, Spain |
| Appointed | Afonso de Portugal † | Bishop of Évora, Portugal |
27 Jan | | Appointed | Joăo Camelo de Madureira, O.S.A. † | Bishop of Silves (Sylves), Portugal | Bishop Emeritus of Lamego, Portugal |
| Appointed | Giovanni di Castello † | Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy | Bishop of Carinola (Calina), Italy |
| Appointed | Diego de Fonseca † | Bishop of Coria, Spain |
45.0 | Appointed | Antonio Gentile Pallavicini † | Cardinal, Bishop of Orense, Spain |
| Appointed | Rodrigo de San Martín, O.S.A. † | Titular Bishop of Sebaste in Palaestina |
6 Feb | | Professed | Gilles Van Der Heyden (Merica), O. Carm. † | Member of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel | Auxiliary Bishop of Cambrai, France |
9 Feb | | Appointed | Giacomo Antonio Leofanti † | Bishop of Patti, Italy |
10 Feb | | Born | Georg von Rhein (Bayern) † | | Bishop of Speyer, Germany |
15 Feb | | Appointed | Bernard d’Abbadie † | Bishop of Aire, France |
27.1 | Confirmed | Friedrich von Öttingen † | Bishop of Passau, Germany | Bishop-Elect |
| Appointed | Nicolň Antonio Pesci (Piscibus) † | Bishop of Muro Lucano, Italy | Bishop Emeritus |
23 Feb | 55.1 | Died | Johann von Werdenberg † | Bishop of Augsburg, Germany |
25 Feb | | Appointed | Jean Bonaldi † | Bishop of Bazas, France |
27 Feb | | Appointed | Pons de Salignac † | Bishop of Sarlat, France |
15 Mar | 18.2 | Appointed | Giovanni Castrinot † | Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy | Bishop Emeritus |
| Appointed | Jean d’Espinay † | Bishop of Mirepoix, France | Bishop of Saint-Pol-de-Léon, France |
40.2 | Appointed | Gabriel du Mas † | Bishop of Périgueux (Vesuna), France |
55.8 | Appointed | Geoffroy de Melie de Pompadour † | Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay, France |
| Appointed | Comines de Pontevico † | Auxiliary Bishop of Mantova, Italy |
| Appointed | Comines de Pontevico † | Titular Bishop of Lamus | Auxiliary Bishop of Mantova, Italy |
| Appointed | Antonio Zio † | Bishop of Rethymo (Calamona), Greece |
17 Mar | | Born | Bl. Jan Chojeński † | | Bishop of Kraków, Poland |
21 Mar | 37.2 | Selected | Friedrich von Hohenzollern † | Bishop of Augsburg, Germany |
27 Mar | 32.7 | Ordained Priest | Francesco Soderini † | Priest | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri) |
28 Mar | | Ordained Bishop | Niccolň Bucciardi Cybo † | Archbishop of Cosenza, Italy | Archbishop of Arles, France |
36.2 | Ordained Bishop | Lorenzo Cibo de’ Mari † | Archbishop of Benevento, Italy | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus |
| Ordained Bishop | Jean Monissart † | Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium |
32.7 | Ordained Bishop | Francesco Soderini † | Bishop of Volterra, Italy | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri) |
29 Mar | | Appointed | Miguel López de la Serna, O.F.M. † | Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain |
30 Mar | 74.2 | Died | Thomas Bourchier † | Cardinal, Archbishop of Canterbury, England, Great Britain |
10 Apr | 29.2 | Appointed | Francesco de Adamo Lucharo † | Bishop of Isernia, Italy |
16 Apr | | Ordained Bishop | Joachim Bredow, O. Praem. † | Bishop of Brandenburg, Germany |
24 Apr | | Appointed | Antoine Pierre de Narbonne, O. Cist. † | Bishop of Vabres, France |
27 Apr | | Died | Liborius von Schlieben † | Bishop of Lebus, Germany |
4 May | | Died | Simon Bonnet † | Bishop of Senlis, France |
10 May | | Appointed | Ottaviano Bentivoglio † | Archbishop of Salerno, Italy |
| Appointed | Giovanni di Castello † | Bishop of Carinola (Calina), Italy |
| Appointed | Giovanni Antonio Gotti † | Bishop of Strongoli, Italy |
15 May | | Appointed | García de Quijada, O.F.M. † | Bishop of Bisarcio, Italy | Bishop of Guadix, Spain |
21 May | | Ordained Bishop | Pons de Salignac † | Bishop of Sarlat, France |
26 May | | Appointed | Jan z Targowiska † | Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland |
2 Jun | | Appointed | Niccolň de Rubini † | Bishop of Lacedonia, Italy |
9 Jun | | Appointed | Acacio de Sobriach † | Bishop of Trieste, Italy |
21 Jun | 37.4 | Confirmed | Friedrich von Hohenzollern † | Bishop of Augsburg, Germany |
24 Jun | | Appointed | Francesco Caracciolo (Carazoli) † | Bishop of Melfi, Italy |
29 Jun | | Died | Silvestro Daziari † | Bishop of Chioggia, Italy |
19 Jul | | Died | Thomas Arthur † | Bishop of Limerick, Ireland |
28 Jul | | Appointed | Pierre de Chambre, O. Cist. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Angers, France |
| Appointed | Pierre de Chambre, O. Cist. † | Titular Bishop of Nazareth | Auxiliary Bishop of Angers, France |
55.5 | Appointed | Jakob Raschauer, O.S.A. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany |
55.5 | Appointed | Jakob Raschauer, O.S.A. † | Titular Bishop of Microcomien | Auxiliary Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany |
31.4 | Appointed | Ascanio Maria Sforza † | Administrator of Cremona, Italy | Cardinal, Administrator of Pavia, Italy |
| Appointed | Marco Stella, O.P. † | Bishop of Milos (Melos), Greece |
4 Aug | | Appointed | Pietro (Pyrrhus) Ajosa † | Bishop of Sessa Aurunca, Italy |
| Appointed | Angelo Pechinoli † | Bishop of Civita Castellana e Orte, Italy |
11 Aug | 88.6 | Died | William Waynflete (Pattyn) † | Bishop of Winchester, England, Great Britain |
14 Aug | 43.6 | Appointed | Pierre (de Montfort) de Laval † | Administrator of Saint-Malo, France | Archbishop of Reims, France |
23 Aug | | Died | Giovanni Venturelli † | Bishop of Cesena, Italy |
1 Sep | | Appointed | Girolamo Dieda † | Bishop of Hvar (Lesina), Croatia |
6 Sep | | Appointed | Giovanni Zefra † | Bishop of Alife, Italy |
17 Sep | 37.7 | Ordained Bishop | Friedrich von Hohenzollern † | Bishop of Augsburg, Germany |
18 Sep | | Appointed | Richard Stackpolls † | Bishop of Limerick, Ireland | Bishop-Elect |
19 Sep | | Died | Richard Oldham, O.S.B. † | Bishop of The Isles (Sodor), Scotland, Great Britain |
21 Sep | 68.7 | Died | Johann Hinderbach † | Bishop of Trento, Italy |
22 Sep | | Appointed | Bernardino Ferrari de Achrio † | Bishop of Bisignano, Italy |
27 Sep | 71.7 | Died | Gabriele Rangone, O.F.M. Obs. † | Cardinal, Bishop of Eger, Hungary |
2 Oct | | Appointed | Diego de Nava † | Bishop of Ampurias, Italy |
| Appointed | Francesco Spalluccia † | Bishop of Ruvo (Ruo)(di Puglia), Italy |
6 Oct | 56.7 | Appointed | John Alcock † | Bishop of Ely, England, Great Britain |
66.7 | Appointed | John Morton † | Cardinal, Archbishop of Canterbury, England, Great Britain |
16 Oct | 51.7 | Appointed | Robert Morton † | Bishop of Worcester, England, Great Britain |
Nov | | Ordained Bishop | Antoine de Croy † | Bishop of Thérouanne, France |
| Born | St. Tomás Garcia Martinez (de Villanueva), O.E.S.A. † | | Archbishop of Valencia, Spain |
8 Nov | | Appointed | Alfonso Carrillo de Albornoz † | Bishop of Catania, Italy | Bishop of Ávila, Spain |
20 Nov | | Appointed | John Dunowe † | Bishop of Limerick, Ireland |
| Appointed | Francesco Rosa † | Bishop of Foligno, Italy | Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy |
| Died | Richard Stackpolls † | Bishop-Elect of Limerick, Ireland |
| Appointed | Niels Stygge, O.P. † | Bishop of Börglum (Aalborg), Denmark | Bishop Emeritus |
1 Dec | | Appointed | Andrea Campana † | Bishop of Senj, Croatia |
15 Dec | | Appointed | Antoine de Pompadour † | Bishop of Condom, France |
18 Dec | 38.9 | Appointed | Heinrich Schertlin † | Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer, Germany |
38.9 | Appointed | Heinrich Schertlin † | Titular Bishop of Thermopylae | Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer, Germany |