Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
unknown | 80.0 | Died | Antonio del Aguila Vela y Paz † | Bishop of Zamora, Spain |
| Born | Giovanni Antonio Angrisani, C.R. † | | Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy |
| Died | Fabrizio Arcella † | Archbishop of Capua, Italy |
| Born | Richard Arthur † | | Bishop of Limerick, Ireland |
70.0 | Died | Corneille Van Berghen † | Bishop Emeritus of Liège, Belgium |
23.0 | Ordained Priest | Giovanni Francesco Bonomigni (Bonomi, Bonhomini) † | Priest | Bishop of Vercelli, Italy |
| Died | Gui Bouchard d’Aubeterre † | Bishop of Périgueux (Vesuna), France |
| Died | Angelo Bragadino, O.P. † | Bishop of Vicenza, Italy |
83.0 | Appointed | Michel Briçonnet † | Bishop of Lodève, France | Bishop Emeritus |
| Ordained Bishop | Gentien de Bussy d’Amboise † | Bishop of Tarbes, France |
45.0 | Ordained Priest | Nicolò Canelles (Canyelles) † | Priest | Bishop of Bosa, Italy |
| Born | Giacomo Antonio Caporali † | | Bishop of Minervino Murge, Italy |
| Born | Pietro Capullio, O.F.M. Conv. † | | Bishop of Conversano, Italy |
55.0 | Died | Giacomo Antonio Carrozza † | Bishop of Conversano, Italy |
| Died | Leonello Cibo (Cybo) † | Bishop Emeritus of Penne e Atri, Italy |
| Born | Baltazar de Covarrubias y Múñoz, O.S.A. † | | Bishop of Michoacán, México |
48.0 | Died | Francesco Colonna † | Archbishop of Taranto, Italy |
36.7 | Resigned | Gianfrancesco Commendone † | Bishop of Cefalonia e Zante, Greece | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus |
| Born | Ottavio Acquaviva d’Aragona (Sr.) † | | Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy |
| Born | Annibale D’Afflitto † | | Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy |
| Born | Adrien d’Amboise † | | Bishop of Tréguier, France |
| Resigned | Bernard d’Elbène † | Bishop of Lodève, France | Bishop of Nîmes, France |
| Born | Domingo (Pedro) de Oña, O. de M. † | | Bishop of Gaeta, Italy |
| Born | Bertrand d’Eschaux (de Chaux) † | | Archbishop of Tours, France |
| Died | Pablo de Torres, O.P. † | Bishop of Panamá |
| Born | Marc’Antonio de Dominis † | | Archbishop Emeritus of Split (Spalato), Croatia |
| Died | Jean de Domo de Saint Julien † | Bishop of Aire, France |
| Born | Lorenz Eiszepf † | | Auxiliary Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany |
| Resigned | Jacques d’Escoubleau † | Bishop of Maillezais, France |
| Born | Juan (Giovanni) de Espila (Spilla), O.P. † | | Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy |
39.2 | Appointed | Alessandro Farnese (Jr.) † | Administrator of Avignon, France | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri) |
| Died | Giacomo Antonio Ferduzzi, O.F.M. Conv. † | Bishop of Martirano (Martoranum), Italy |
50.0 | Appointed | Pier Francesco Ferrero † | Apostolic Nuncio to Venice, Italy | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Vercelli, Italy |
| Died | Antonio Filonardi † | Bishop of Veroli, Italy |
| Born | Virgilio Fiorenzi (Fiorentini) † | | Bishop of Nocera Umbra, Italy |
| Resigned | Amand de Foix † | Bishop of Mâcon, France | Bishop Emeritus |
| Resigned | Jean de Fonsec † | Administrator of Tulle, France | Former Administrator |
| Resigned | Giulio Galletto † | Bishop of Alessano, Italy | Bishop Emeritus |
| Died | Lorenzo de Gerardis, O.P. † | Bishop of Modruš, Croatia |
| Resigned | Giulio de Grandis † | Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, Italy | Bishop Emeritus |
| Died | Guy Grégoire, O. Cist. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Angers, France |
| Born | Vittorio Guarini † | | Bishop of Anagni, Italy |
| Born | Francisco García Guerra, O.P. † | | Archbishop of México, Federal District |
| Died | Guillaume Hauwere † | Auxiliary Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium |
| Born | Roland Hébert † | | Archbishop of Bourges, France |
| Born | Gonzalo Hernandez y Hermosillo y Gonzalez, O.S.A. † | | Bishop of Durango, México |
| Born | Paul Hurault de l’Hospital † | | Archbishop of Aix, France |
| Appointed | Jean † | Archbishop of Urmyā {Rezayeh} (Chaldean), Iran |
| Appointed | Joseph † | Bishop of Salmas {Shahpour} (Chaldean), Iran |
| Born | Tomaž Hren (Chrön, Krein) † | | Bishop of Ljubljana (Laybach; Laibach), Slovenia |
| Died | Rostaing de La Baume de Suze, O. Cist. † | Bishop of Orange, France |
| Born | Christophe de L’Estang † | | Bishop of Carcassonne, France |
| Died | Sebastian Żydowski (Lidvinsky) † | Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland |
25.0 | Entered | Reginaldo de Lizárraga, O.P. † | Member of Order of Friars Preachers | Bishop of Paraguay (o Ssma Assunzione) |
| Born | Valerianus Łubieniecki, O.F.M. † | | Bishop of Bacău, Romania |
38.0 | Appointed | Marcantonio Maffei † | Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Chieti, Italy |
| Born | Placido della Marra † | | Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy |
| Died | Camillo Mentovato † | Bishop of Satriano e Campagna, Italy |
| Resigned | Borso Merli † | Bishop of Bobbio, Italy | Bishop Emeritus |
| Born | Alfonso Manrique † | | Archbishop of Burgos, Spain |
| Born | András Monoszlóy † | | Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary |
| Died | Sébastien di Montfalcon (Montfaucon) † | Bishop of Lausanne, Switzerland |
| Born | Tommaso Monti, C.R. † | | Bishop of Crotone (Cotrone), Italy |
24.0 | Ordained Priest | Sebastião de Morais, S.J. † | Priest of Society of Jesus | Bishop of Funay (Funai), Japan |
| Born | Pedro Ordóñez y Flórez † | | Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia |
| Died | Pedro Oriona, O. de M. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain |
| Died | Ferdinando Pandolfini † | Bishop of Troia, Italy |
| Born | Alessandro Papatodoro † | | Bishop of Belcastro, Italy |
| Died | Balázs Péterváradi † | Bishop of Vác, Hungary |
| Died | Silverio Petrucci † | Bishop of Muro Lucano, Italy |
| Died | Caesar Podocathor, O.S.Io.Hieros. † | Archbishop of Nicosia, Cyprus |
44.0 | Resigned | Ottaviano della Raverta (Rovere) † | Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland | Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy |
| Born | Giandomenico Ridolfi, C.R. † | | Bishop of Oria, Italy |
34.0 | Ordained Bishop | Mikhail Rizzi el-Bkoufani † | Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon | Patriarch |
| Died | Dionisio de Robertis, O.S.M. † | Archbishop of Manfredonia, Italy |
| Born | Gérard de Robin, O.S.A. † | | Bishop of Lodève, France |
| Born | Giacomo Sannesio † | | Cardinal, Bishop of Orvieto, Italy |
32.0 | Resigned | Gianfrancesco Sanseverino † | Bishop of Acerra, Italy | Bishop Emeritus |
| Born | Paolo Emilio Santoro † | | Archbishop of Urbino, Italy |
| Born | Guillaume Simonin † | | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Besançon, France |
70.0 | Died | Edward Staples † | Bishop Emeritus of Meath, Ireland |
| Died | Ferenc Thurzó † | Bishop-Elect of Nitra, Slovakia |
6.0 | Professed | Fernando Trexo y Senabria, O.F.M. Obs. † | Member of Order of Observant Friars Minor | Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina |
| Born | Antonio Valente, O.P. † | | Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe |
| Born | Jacques van den Borgh † | | Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands |
58.0 | Died | Marco Quinto Vigerio della Rovere † | Bishop of Senigallia, Italy |
| Succeeded | Urbano Vigerio della Rovere † | Bishop of Senigallia, Italy |
| Born | Christoph Weber † | | Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany |
| Born | Paweł Wołucki † | | Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland |
6 Jan | 60.7 | Installed | Giovanni Angelo de’ Medici † | Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy) |
| Born | Jean Le Mire (Miraeus) † | | Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers}, Belgium |
12 Jan | 50.0 | Died | John White † | Bishop of Winchester, England, Great Britain |
16 Jan | 78.0 | Appointed | Jean Bertrand † | Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca | Cardinal, Administrator of Sens, France |
47.5 | Appointed | Cristoforo Madruzzo † | Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono | Cardinal, Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy |
19 Jan | 42.0 | Appointed | Giovanni Andrea Mercurio † | Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello | Cardinal, Archbishop of Messina, Italy |
37.0 | Appointed | Giacomo Savelli † | Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Cosmedin | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina |
37.0 | Ordained Priest | Giacomo Savelli † | Priest | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina |
21 Jan | 48.5 | Appointed | Ippolito Capilupi † | Bishop of Fano, Italy | Bishop Emeritus |
26 Jan | 47.5 | Appointed | Diego de Covarrubias y Leiva † | Archbishop (Personal Title) of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain | Bishop of Cuenca, Spain |
30.0 | Appointed | Girolamo della Rovere † | Bishop of Toulon, France | Cardinal, Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy |
40.5 | Appointed | Giovanni Antonio Facchinetti de Nuce † | Bishop of Nicastro, Italy | Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy) |
| Appointed | Filippo Geri † | Bishop of Ischia, Italy | Bishop of Assisi, Italy |
50.0 | Appointed | Marco Lauro, O.P. † | Bishop of Satriano e Campagna, Italy |
27.0 | Appointed | François L’Estrange † | Bishop of Alet, France |
51.0 | Appointed | Leonardo Marini, O.P. † | Bishop of Lanciano, Italy | Bishop Emeritus of Alba (Pompea), Italy |
| Appointed | Juan Battista (Giovanni Battista) de Ojeda (Hogeda, Oxeda) † | Archbishop of Trani, Italy | Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy |
50.0 | Appointed | Filip Padniewski † | Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland | Bishop of Kraków, Poland |
34.0 | Appointed | Pompeo Piccolomini de Aragona † | Bishop of Tropea, Italy |
50.0 | Appointed | Pedro Ponce de Léon † | Bishop of Plasencia, Spain |
37.0 | Appointed | Giacomo Savelli † | Administrator of Benevento, Italy | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina |
37.0 | Resigned | Giacomo Savelli † | Administrator of Nicastro, Italy | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina |
31 Jan | 21.3 | Elevated to Cardinal | St. Charles Borromeo † | Cardinal, Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy |
42.8 | Appointed | Carlo Carafa † | Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Nicola in Carcere |
15.3 | Elevated to Cardinal | Giovanni de’ Medici (Jr.) † | Cardinal, Administrator of Pisa, Italy |
| Confirmed | Johann Gebhard von Mansfeld † | Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany | Archbishop-Elect |
41.0 | Elevated to Cardinal | Giovanni Antonio Serbelloni † | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri) |
Feb | 32.7 | Confirmed | Johann Leisentrit † | Prefect of Meißen (Meissen) {Lusazia o Lausitz; Sassonia}, Germany |
7 Feb | 35.0 | Appointed | Costantino Bonelli † | Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy |
21.3 | Appointed | St. Charles Borromeo † | Administrator of Milano {Milan}, Italy | Cardinal, Archbishop |
24.7 | Appointed | Guillaume de St-Marcel d’Avançon † | Archbishop of Embrun, France |
75.0 | Appointed | Robert de Lénoncourt † | Cardinal, Archbishop of Arles, France |
75.0 | Resigned | Robert de Lénoncourt † | Archbishop of Embrun, France | Cardinal, Archbishop of Arles, France |
75.0 | Resigned | Robert de Lénoncourt † | Administrator of Auxerre, France | Cardinal, Archbishop of Arles, France |
33.0 | Appointed | Philippe de Lénoncourt † | Bishop of Auxerre, France | Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Index |
| Appointed | Odo Hugh O’Sheridan (Ogendriamus) † | Bishop of Kilmore, Ireland |
| Appointed | Donagh O’Tighe † | Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland |
| Appointed | Sante Sacco † | Bishop of Bisignano, Italy |
| Appointed | Jean-Baptiste Raimbaud de Simiane † | Bishop of Apt, France | Bishop Emeritus |
29.0 | Appointed | Vitellozzo Vitelli † | Administrator of Imola, Italy | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Città di Castello, Italy |
29.0 | Resigned | Vitellozzo Vitelli † | Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus |
| Appointed | Jurja (Georgius/Giorgio) Živković (Xiwowich/Sincout), O.F.M. † | Bishop of Senj, Croatia |
14 Feb | 21.3 | Installed | St. Charles Borromeo † | Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia | Cardinal, Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy |
59.1 | Appointed | Matteo Concini † | Bishop of Cortona, Italy | Bishop Emeritus |
| Appointed | Giovambattista Ricasoli † | Bishop of Pistoia, Italy |
41.1 | Installed | Giovanni Antonio Serbelloni † | Cardinal-Priest of San Giorgio in Velabro | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri) |
| Appointed | Stanisław Słomowski (Szbomowski) † | Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków, Poland | Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine |
| Appointed | Stanisław Słomowski (Szbomowski) † | Titular Bishop of Laodicea in Phrygia | Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine |
| Appointed | Giulio (Egidio) Soperchio (Superchio), O. Carm. † | Bishop of Acci (Accia), France | Bishop of Caorle, Italy |
56.5 | Appointed | Giovanni Trevisan, O.S.B. † | Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy |
16 Feb | 68.1 | Died | Jean du Bellay † | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Paris, France |
17 Feb | | Died | Antoine Olivier † | Bishop of Lombez, France |
26 Feb | 74.1 | Appointed | Melchiorre Crivelli (Cribelli), O.P. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy |
60.1 | Died | Feliks Ligęza † | Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine |
Mar | 53.5 | Resigned | Salvatore Pacini † | Apostolic Nuncio to Spain | Bishop of Chiusi, Italy |
5 Mar | 71.6 | Died | Pedro Pacheco de Villena (Ladrón de Guevara) † | Cardinal, Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain |
| Died | Andrzej Spot, O. Cist. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków, Poland |
6 Mar | | Died | Johann von Münchhausen † | Bishop of Curland, Latvia |
10 Mar | 44.1 | Appointed | Ottaviano della Raverta (Rovere) † | Apostolic Nuncio to Spain | Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy |
13 Mar | | Appointed | Girolamo Beliardi † | Auxiliary Bishop of Parma, Italy |
| Appointed | Girolamo Beliardi † | Titular Bishop of Constantia in Arabia | Auxiliary Bishop of Parma, Italy |
78.1 | Appointed | Jean Bertrand † | Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono | Cardinal, Administrator of Sens, France |
| Appointed | Ventura Buffalini † | Bishop of Massa Marittima, Italy |
59.6 | Resigned | Federico Cesi † | Administrator of Cremona, Italy | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina |
43.0 | Appointed | Luigi Cornaro † | Administrator of Bergamo, Italy | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Zadar (Zara), Croatia |
58.7 | Appointed | Clemente d’Olera, O.F.M. Obs. † | Cardinal, Bishop of Foligno, Italy |
| Appointed | Cesare Gesualdo † | Bishop of Mottola (Motula), Italy |
| Appointed | Louis Grimaldi de Beuil † | Bishop of Vence, France | Bishop Emeritus |
75.1 | Appointed | Robert de Lénoncourt † | Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina | Cardinal, Archbishop of Arles, France |
36.1 | Appointed | Kaspar von Logau † | Bishop of Wiener Neustadt, Austria | Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland |
47.6 | Appointed | Cristoforo Madruzzo † | Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere | Cardinal, Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy |
35.9 | Appointed | Filippo Mocenigo † | Archbishop of Nicosia, Cyprus |
51.1 | Appointed | Giovanni Gerolamo Morone (Moroni) † | Cardinal-Bishop of Albano | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri) |
51.1 | Resigned | Giovanni Gerolamo Morone (Moroni) † | Bishop of Novara, Italy | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri) |
38.1 | Appointed | Charles d’Escars de Pérusse † | Bishop of Poitiers, France | Bishop of Langres, France |
| Appointed | Georges Salomo de Chypro, O.S.A. † | Archbishop of Damas (Maronite), Syria |
46.1 | Confirmed | Moritz von Sandizell † | Bishop of Freising, Germany | Bishop Emeritus |
| Appointed | Giovanni Fabrizio Sanseverino † | Bishop of Acerra, Italy | Bishop of Trivento, Italy |
41.1 | Appointed | Giovanni Antonio Serbelloni † | Bishop of Novara, Italy | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri) |
25.0 | Appointed | Niccolò Sfondrati † | Bishop of Cremona, Italy | Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy) |
71.1 | Appointed | François de Tournon, C.R.S.A. † | Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri) | Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon, France |
17 Mar | 55.8 | Appointed | Stanislaw Hosius (Hozjusz) † | Apostolic Nuncio to Emperor | Cardinal, Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland |
21 Mar | | Born | Paolo Emilio Sfondrati † | | Cardinal, Bishop of Cremona, Italy |
25 Mar | 46.2 | Appointed | Giovanni Antonio Volpi † | Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland | Bishop of Como, Italy |
27 Mar | 27.2 | Appointed | Giovanni Andrea Belloni † | Bishop of Massa Lubrense, Italy |
| Appointed | Crispin de Brichanteau † | Bishop of Senlis, France | Bishop-Elect |
28.7 | Appointed | Federico Cornaro (Sr.), O.S.Io.Hieros. † | Bishop of Trogir (Traù), Croatia | Cardinal, Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy |
| Appointed | Giovanni Pietro Delfino, O.S.A. † | Bishop of Cefalonia e Zante, Greece | Bishop Emeritus |
| Appointed | Girolamo Gallarati † | Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy | Bishop of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy |
56.1 | Appointed | St. Antonio (Michele) Ghislieri, O.P. † | Bishop of Mondovi, Italy | Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy) |
| Appointed | Brandelisio Trotti † | Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France |
29 Mar | 47.1 | Appointed | Sebastiano Gualterio † | Apostolic Nuncio to France | Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy |
43.2 | Resigned | Lorenzo Lenti † | Apostolic Nuncio to Venice, Italy | Bishop of Fermo, Italy |
Apr | 35.2 | Ordained Priest | Costantino Bonelli † | Priest | Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy |
| Born | Giovanni Battista Salvago † | | Bishop of Luni e Sarzana, Italy |
3 Apr | | Appointed | Giovanni Betta, O.S.B. † | Bishop of Trieste, Italy |
| Born | Ascanio Colonna † | | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina |
5 Apr | 60.2 | Appointed | Julião de Alva † | Bishop of Miranda (do Douro), Portugal | Bishop Emeritus |
| Appointed | Giovanni Paolo Amanio † | Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, Italy |
| Appointed | Etienne Bouchier † | Bishop of Quimper, France |
38.2 | Appointed | Andrés de Noronha † | Bishop of Portalegre, Portugal | Bishop of Plasencia, Spain |
34.1 | Resigned | Niccolò Caetani di Sermoneta † | Administrator of Quimper, France | Cardinal, Administrator of Capua, Italy |
7 Apr | 77.2 | Died | Robert Cénalis † | Bishop of Avranches, France |
8 Apr | 25.1 | Ordained Priest | Niccolò Sfondrati † | Priest | Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy) |
15 Apr | | Ordained Bishop | Gaspar de Leão Pereira † | Archbishop of Goa, India |
| Ordained Bishop | Jorge Temudo, O.P. † | Bishop of Cochin, India | Archbishop of Goa, India |
17 Apr | 35.2 | Ordained Bishop | Costantino Bonelli † | Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy |
| Ordained Bishop | Giulio (Egidio) Soperchio (Superchio), O. Carm. † | Bishop of Acci (Accia), France | Bishop of Caorle, Italy |
23 Apr | | Appointed | Berardo Bongiovanni † | Apostolic Nuncio to Poland | Bishop of Camerino, Italy |
25 Apr | 67.3 | Ordained Bishop | Bernardino Scotti, C.R. † | Archbishop (Personal Title) of Piacenza, Italy | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus |
26 Apr | 63.3 | Appointed | Tossolus (Teobaldo) Blancus (Bianchi) † | Bishop of Sapë, Albania |
19.7 | Appointed | Alfonso Carafa † | Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo | Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy |
63.3 | Appointed | Fernando de Loaces (Loazes), O.P. † | Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain | Archbishop of Valencia, Spain |
15.5 | Appointed | Giovanni de’ Medici (Jr.) † | Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Domnica | Cardinal, Administrator of Pisa, Italy |
| Appointed | Domenico di Grammatica † | Bishop of Santorini {Thira}, Greece |
62.3 | Appointed | Jean Hennuyer † | Bishop of Lisieux, France |
41.4 | Resigned | Guido Ascanio Sforza di Santa Fiora † | Administrator of Parma, Italy | Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber |
26.3 | Appointed | Alessandro Sforza † | Bishop of Parma, Italy | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus |
57.3 | Appointed | Jean Suau † | Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Mirepoix, France |
28 Apr | 47.7 | Ordained Bishop | Diego de Covarrubias y Leiva † | Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain | Bishop of Cuenca, Spain |
| Died | Diego Tavera Ponce de Léon † | Bishop of Jaén, Spain |
30 Apr | 78.3 | Ordained Bishop | Jean Bertrand † | Bishop | Cardinal, Administrator of Sens, France |