Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
unknown | 81.0 | Died | Vincenzo de Andreis, O.P. † | Bishop of Otočac (Ottochaz), Croatia | Bishop Emeritus |
| Died | Jean d’Aure (de La Salle) † | Bishop of Lescar, France |
| Died | Arnaud Guillaume de Aydia † | Bishop of Aire, France |
| Born | Germanico Bandini † | | Coadjutor Archbishop of Siena, Italy |
| Born | Francesco Beltramini † | | Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy |
| Died | Jean-Baptiste Bonjean † | Bishop of Vence, France |
| Born | Tommaso de Bonsi † | | Bishop Emeritus of Béziers, France |
| Appointed | Luca Borsciani Cybo, O.S.M. † | Titular Archbishop of Ephesus |
| Resigned | Luca Borsciani Cybo, O.S.M. † | Bishop of Foligno, Italy | Titular Archbishop of Ephesus |
| Died | Otto (Olaf) Boynstruet (Svinhufvud, Olovsson) † | Bishop of Västerås (Westeraes), Sweden |
| Ordained Priest | Anton Braun † | Priest of Eichstätt, Germany | Auxiliary Bishop |
| Born | Afonso de Castelo-Branco † | | Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal |
| Died | Pedro Cardona, C.R.S.A. † | Bishop of Shkodrë (Scutari), Albania |
| Resigned | Georges de Castelnau † | Bishop of Périgueux (Vesuna), France | Bishop Emeritus |
| Died | Bonifacio Catagnano † | Bishop-Elect of Malta |
| Born | Pierdonato Cesi (Sr.) † | | Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia |
| Ordained Priest | Francesco Cherigato † | Priest | Bishop of Teramo, Italy |
| Died | Bernardino de Cherio, O.F.M. † | Bishop of Caiazzo, Italy |
| Died | Andrea Cibo (Cybo) † | Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy |
| Died | Massimo Bruni Corvino † | Bishop of Isernia, Italy |
| Born | Marco Fedele Gonzaga † | | Bishop of Mantova, Italy |
| Born | István Fejérkövy † | | Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary |
| Appointed | Artur Fillon † | Bishop of Senlis, France |
| Born | Francesco Galbiati † | | Bishop of Ventimiglia, Italy |
| Died | Vincenzo Galeotti (Galeota) † | Administrator of Capaccio, Italy |
| Ordained Bishop | John Hepburn † | Bishop of Brechin, Scotland, Great Britain |
| Born | Giovanni Ingegneri (Ingenerio) † | | Bishop of Capodistria (Capo d’Istria)(Koper), Slovenia |
| Born | Juan de Liermo Hermosa † | | Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain |
| Born | Miler Magrath, O.F.M. Conv. † | | Bishop Emeritus of Down and Connor, Ireland |
| Died | Konrad Mayr † | Auxiliary Bishop of Freising, Germany |
| Died | Corrado Manili † | Bishop of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea), Italy |
| Born | Aymar de Maugiron † | | Bishop of Glandèves, France |
| Died | Gaspart de Montpezat, O. Cist. † | Bishop of Rieux, France |
| Born | Andrés de Noronha † | | Bishop of Plasencia, Spain |
| Died | Benedetto Paganotti, O.P. † | Bishop of Vaison, France |
| Resigned | Guillaume de Pélissier, O.S.A. † | Bishop of Orange, France | Bishop Emeritus |
| Born | Charles d’Escars de Pérusse † | | Bishop of Langres, France |
| Born | Luigi (Alvise) Pisani † | | Cardinal, Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy |
| Born | François de Pisseleu † | | Bishop Emeritus of Amiens, France |
| Born | Eduardo de Portugal † | | Archbishop-Elect of Braga, Portugal |
| Died | Camillo Porzj (Porcaro) † | Bishop of Teramo, Italy |
| Died | García de Quijada, O.F.M. † | Bishop of Guadix, Spain |
| Died | Pedro Ruiz de la Mota, O.S.B. † | Bishop of Palencia, Spain |
| Died | Michel de Savoie † | Bishop of Beauvais, France |
| Selected | Martin Skytte, O.P. † | Bishop of Åbo, Finland |
| Born | Girolamo Simoncelli † | | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina |
| Born | Gianfrancesco Sormani † | | Bishop of Montefeltro, Italy |
34.0 | Appointed | Johannes von Weeze † | Archbishop of Lund, Sweden | Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany |
1 Jan | 29.0 | Appointed | Giovanni Domenico de Cupis † | Administrator of Recanati, Italy | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri) |
5 Jan | | Born | Giovanni Carlo Bovio † | | Archbishop of Brindisi, Italy |
7 Jan | 23.7 | Appointed | Jean de Lorraine † | Administrator of Thérouanne, France | Cardinal, Bishop of Metz, France |
9 Jan | 62.8 | Elected | Adriaan Florenszoon Dedel † | Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy) |
15 Jan | | Died | Richard FitzJames † | Bishop of London, England, Great Britain |
24 Jan | | Died | Didrik Slagheck † | Archbishop of Lund, Sweden |
2 Feb | | Born | Francesco Alciati † | | Cardinal, Bishop of Civitate (Città or Civita), Italy |
11 Mar | 54.1 | Resigned | Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg † | Bishop of Gurk, Austria | Cardinal, Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria |
22 Mar | | Born | Daniel Brendel von Homburg † | | Archbishop of Mainz, Germany |
Apr | | Ordained Bishop | George Cromer † | Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland | Archbishop Emeritus |
12 Apr | | Ordained Bishop | Bernardino (Benedetto) de Luca † | Bishop of Acci (Accia), France | Bishop Emeritus |
15 Apr | | Died | Galeotto Graziani, O.S.B. † | Bishop of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro), Italy |
16 Apr | 28.2 | Appointed | Leonardo Tornabuoni † | Bishop of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro), Italy | Bishop of Ajaccio, France |
24 Apr | | Died | Afonso de Portugal † | Bishop of Évora, Portugal |
26 Apr | 66.3 | Died | Georg von Slatkonia † | Bishop of Wien, Austria |
28 Apr | 46.7 | Appointed | Juan (Johannes) de Witte Hoos (Ubite), O.P. † | Bishop of Santiago de Cuba | Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de Cuba |
31 May | 52.4 | Died | Georg Schenk von Limpurg † | Bishop of Bamberg, Germany |
Jun | | Died | Jean Cavelli (Calvi) † | Bishop of Senlis, France |
1 Jun | | Died | Andor Ketilsson † | Bishop of Bjørgvin (Bergen), Norway |
8 Jun | | Died | Jean de Savoie † | Bishop of Genève {Geneva}, Switzerland |
15 Jun | | Ordained Bishop | Ricomanni Buffalini † | Bishop of Venafro, Italy |
18 Jun | 46.4 | Selected | Weigand von Redwitz † | Bishop of Bamberg, Germany |
5 Jul | | Died | Jean de Mayer, O. Carm. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Utrecht, Netherlands |
9 Jul | | Ordained Bishop | Artur Fillon † | Bishop of Senlis, France |
22 Jul | | Died | Arvid Kurki † | Bishop of Åbo, Finland |
23 Aug | | Died | Juan Castellanos de Villalba † | Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain |
31 Aug | 54.5 | Resigned | Alessandro Farnese † | Administrator of Benevento, Italy | Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy) |
63.4 | Installed | Adriaan Florenszoon Dedel † | Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy) |
28.6 | Appointed | Alfonso Sforza † | Archbishop of Benevento, Italy |
Sep | | Died | Gavin Douglas † | Bishop of Dunkeld, Scotland, Great Britain |
4 Sep | 58.7 | Appointed | Andrea Della Valle † | Bishop of Crotone (Cotrone), Italy | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina |
7 Sep | | Appointed | Francesco Cherigato † | Bishop of Teramo, Italy |
9 Sep | 48.6 | Died | Erazm Ciołek † | Bishop of Płock, Poland |
10 Sep | 58.7 | Resigned | Andrea Della Valle † | Administrator of Umbriatico (Umbriaticum), Italy | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina |
26.6 | Appointed | Giovanni Matteo Lucifero † | Bishop of Umbriatico (Umbriaticum), Italy | Bishop of Crotone (Cotrone), Italy |
64.0 | Appointed | Lorenzo Pucci † | Administrator of Capaccio, Italy | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina |
48.6 | Appointed | Cuthbert Tunstall † | Bishop of London, England, Great Britain | Bishop Emeritus of Durham, England, Great Britain |
26 Sep | 54.7 | Selected | Busso von Alvensleben † | Coadjutor Bishop of Havelberg, Germany | Bishop |
| Appointed | Johann von Brandenburg † | Bishop of Płock, Poland | Bishop-Elect |
44.3 | Resigned | Giulio de’ Medici † | Administrator of Worcester, England, Great Britain | Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy) |
42.7 | Appointed | Girolamo Ghinucci {Ginucci} † | Cardinal, Bishop of Worcester, England, Great Britain |
66.0 | Appointed | Bernardino López de Carvajal y Sande † | Administrator of Foligno, Italy | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri) |
37.7 | Appointed | Agostino Trivulzio † | Administrator of Bobbio, Italy | Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Adriano al Foro |
30 Sep | 57.7 | Died | Matthäus Schiner (Schinner) † | Cardinal, Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland |
3 Oct | | Appointed | Girolamo Vascheri, O.F.M. † | Bishop of Shkodrë (Scutari), Albania | Bishop Emeritus of Guardialfiera (Guardia), Italy |
4 Oct | | Born | Gabriele Paleotti † | | Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy |
10 Oct | 49.7 | Appointed | James Beaton † | Archbishop of Saint Andrews, Scotland, Great Britain |
45.7 | Appointed | Pierre de La Baume † | Bishop of Genève {Geneva}, Switzerland | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Besançon, France |
16 Oct | | Appointed | Paul de Béarn † | Bishop of Lescar, France |
45.7 | Ordained Bishop | Pierre de La Baume † | Bishop of Genève {Geneva}, Switzerland | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Besançon, France |
19 Oct | 48.7 | Ordained Bishop | Cuthbert Tunstall † | Bishop of London, England, Great Britain | Bishop Emeritus of Durham, England, Great Britain |
20 Oct | 50.8 | Died | Erich von Sachsen-Lauenburg † | Bishop of Münster, Germany |
29 Oct | | Appointed | Vianesius Albergati † | Bishop of Caiazzo, Italy |
54.8 | Succeeded | Busso von Alvensleben † | Bishop of Havelberg, Germany |
| Appointed | Giovanni de Copis † | Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy |
| Appointed | Louis † | Auxiliary Bishop of Angers, France |
| Appointed | Louis † | Auxiliary Bishop of Chartres, France | Auxiliary Bishop of Angers, France |
| Appointed | Louis † | Titular Bishop of Sebaste in Cilicia | Auxiliary Bishop of Angers, France |
| Died | Hieronymus Schultz, O. Praem. † | Bishop of Havelberg, Germany |
Nov | | Died | Ottobono Fieschi † | Bishop of Mondovi, Italy |
| Died | Edward Vaughan † | Bishop of Saint David’s, Wales, Great Britain |
6 Nov | 44.8 | Selected | Friedrich zu Wied † | Bishop of Münster, Germany | Former Bishop-Elect |
10 Nov | 54.8 | Ordained Bishop | Busso von Alvensleben † | Bishop of Havelberg, Germany |
12 Nov | 41.8 | Appointed | Paolo Emilio Cesi † | Administrator of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland | Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Eustachio |
27 Nov | | Born | Andrzej Patrycy Nidecki † | | Bishop of Wenden (Windau), Poland |
28 Nov | 57.9 | Died | Erik Valkendorf † | Archbishop of Nidaros (Trondheim), Norway |
10 Dec | | Appointed | Giovanni Armani † | Bishop of Dulcigno (Olcini, Olgun), Montenegro |
| Appointed | Ugo de Spina † | Bishop of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea), Italy | Bishop-Elect |
11 Dec | | Appointed | Lactance (Lattanzio) Petrucci † | Bishop of Sovana (Soana), Italy |
50.9 | Died | Raffaello Petrucci † | Cardinal, Bishop of Grosseto, Italy |
17 Dec | | Appointed | Louis de Pélissier, O.S.A. † | Bishop of Orange, France |
22 Dec | | Appointed | Jacques de Castelnau † | Bishop of Périgueux (Vesuna), France |
39.9 | Appointed | Robert Cénalis † | Bishop of Vence, France | Bishop of Avranches, France |
52.9 | Appointed | Jean Dupin (de Pins) † | Bishop of Rieux, France |
78.9 | Appointed | Ferdinando Ponzetti (Poncetti) † | Bishop of Grosseto, Italy | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus |
27 Dec | | Ordained Bishop | Vincenzo de Massari † | Bishop of Mylopotamos, Greece |
28 Dec | | Ordained Bishop | Giovanni de Copis † | Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy |