Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
unknown | | Died | Giovanni Battista Albani † | Titular Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria} |
| Died | José Anglés, O.F.M. Obs. † | Bishop of Bosa, Italy |
| Born | Aurelio Archinto † | | Bishop of Como, Italy |
| Born | Robert Barry † | | Bishop of Cork and Cloyne, Ireland |
| Died | Pedro Bonet Santamaría † | Bishop of Elne, France |
| Born | Pietro Paolo Bonsi † | | Bishop of Conversano, Italy |
| Born | Henri Boivin de Péricard † | | Coadjutor Bishop of Avranches, France |
| Born | Juan Domingo Briz Trujillo † | | Bishop of Jaca, Spain |
| Born | Vittore Capello, C.R.S. † | | Titular Bishop of Famagusta |
| Born | Fabrizio Carafa † | | Bishop of Bitonto, Italy |
| Born | Gregorio Carafa, C.R. † | | Archbishop of Salerno, Italy |
| Born | Tommaso Carafa † | | Bishop of Capaccio, Italy |
| Died | Tiberio Carafa † | Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy |
| Born | Gian Giacomo Cristoforo † | | Bishop of Lacedonia, Italy |
| Ordained Bishop | Gaspar de Andrada (Anorada), O.F.M. Obs. † | Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras |
64.0 | Died | Pedro Martín Fernández, O.P. † | Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México |
| Born | Arthur d’Épinay de Saint Luc † | | Bishop of Marseille, France |
| Born | Patrizio Donati † | | Bishop Emeritus of Minori, Italy |
| Born | Onorio de Verme † | | Bishop of Ravello e Scala, Italy |
| Born | Pierre de Villars (III) † | | Archbishop of Vienne, France |
41.0 | Ordained Bishop | Nicolas de Villars † | Bishop of Agen, France |
26.0 | Ordained Priest | Tomás Espinosa † | Priest | Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain |
46.0 | Died | Giuseppe Faraoni † | Bishop of Crotone (Cotrone), Italy |
| Died | Francesco Figo † | Archbishop of Oristano, Italy |
| Died | Serafino Fortibraccia, O.P. † | Bishop of Nemosia (Limasol), Cyprus |
| Born | Martín de Funes Lafiguera † | | Bishop of Albarracin, Spain |
| Born | Ludovico Gonzaga † | | Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy |
| Resigned | Odoardo Gualandi (Galanti) † | Bishop of Cesena, Italy | Bishop Emeritus |
| Born | Ladislas Hosszutotky † | | Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania |
61.0 | Died | Bernardo Lauro, O.P. † | Bishop of Santorini {Thira}, Greece |
61.0 | Appointed | Philippe de Lénoncourt † | Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Index |
| Died | Charles de Marcilly, O.S.B. † | Bishop of Autun, France |
| Resigned | Giovanni Paolo Marincola † | Bishop of Teano, Italy | Bishop Emeritus |
| Born | Pietro Marioni † | | Bishop Emeritus of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy |
| Born | Melchor Maldonado y Saavedra, O.S.A. † | | Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina |
37.7 | Ordained Bishop | Andrés Pacheco † | Bishop of Segovia, Spain | Bishop Emeritus of Cuenca, Spain |
| Died | Anto Matković (Poli de Mathaeis), O.F.M. Obs. † | Bishop of Bosnia (Bosna, Diacovar, Diakovar), Croatia |
| Born | Juan de Ribera, O.S.A. † | | Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia |
69.0 | Died | Diego de Salamanca, O.E.S.A. † | Bishop Emeritus of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico) |
| Born | Jean Henri de Salette † | | Bishop of Lescar, France |
| Appointed | Jean (a Grignasco) Saliaschi, O.F.M. Cap. † | Titular Archbishop of Antiochia in Pisidia | Auxiliary Bishop of Poitiers, France |
| Born | Raffaele Schiattini † | | Archbishop of Naxos, Greece |
| Born | Wolther Heinrich von Strevesdorff, O.E.S.A. † | | Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany |
| Died | Nicola Stridoni, O.S.C. † | Bishop of Mylopotamos, Greece |
| Born | Marcos de Torres y Rueda † | | Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida), México |
| Born | Benedetto Ubaldi † | | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Perugia, Italy |
| Born | Giovanni Tommaso Venetiani † | | Bishop of Troia, Italy |
| Born | Dominique de Vic † | | Archbishop of Auch, France |
| Died | Jan Wegorszewski, O. Cist. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland |
1 Jan | 61.0 | Resigned | Giovanni Andrea Caligari † | Apostolic Nuncio to Gratz | Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy |
8 Jan | | Appointed | Fabio Biondi (Blondus de Montealto) † | Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine |
39.0 | Appointed | François de Péricard † | Bishop of Avranches, France |
15 Jan | 67.0 | Installed | Stefano (Agostino) Bonucci, O.S.M. † | Cardinal-Priest of Santi Marcellino e Pietro | Cardinal, Bishop of Arezzo, Italy |
23.4 | Installed | Federico Borromeo (Sr.) † | Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Domnica | Cardinal, Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy |
45.1 | Installed | Scipione Gonzaga † | Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo |
61.0 | Installed | Philippe de Lénoncourt † | Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Onofrio | Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Index |
56.7 | Installed | Hughes de Loubenx de Verdalle, O.S.Io.Hieros. † | Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Portico (Octaviae) |
39.9 | Installed | Giovanni Evangelista Pallotta † | Cardinal-Priest of San Matteo in Merulana | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina |
45.0 | Installed | Antonmaria Sauli † | Cardinal-Priest of San Vitale | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri) |
66.0 | Appointed | Girolamo Simoncelli † | Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina |
60.5 | Appointed | Jean Vendeville † | Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium |
17 Jan | | Ordained Bishop | Fabio Biondi (Blondus de Montealto) † | Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine |
| Born | Gian Antonio Paravicini † | | Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy |
22 Jan | 47.2 | Appointed | Alfonso Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) † | Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites | Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy |
| Appointed | Pompée de Periglio, O.F.M. Conv. † | Bishop of Apt, France |
36.0 | Appointed | Ludovico de Torres (II) † | Cardinal, Archbishop of Monreale, Italy |
24 Jan | 40.0 | Ordained Bishop | Bernard Maciejowski † | Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck), Ukraine | Cardinal, Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland |
26 Jan | | Died | Louis de La Haye † | Bishop of Vannes, France |
29 Jan | 35.1 | Appointed | Domenico Bollani (Bolano), O.P. † | Bishop of Canea (Cydonia, Egée), Greece |
58.0 | Appointed | Andrés Capilla, O. Cart. † | Bishop of Urgell, Spain |
31 Jan | | Ordained Bishop | Henri de La Marthonie † | Bishop of Limoges, France |
36.0 | Ordained Bishop | Ludovico de Torres (II) † | Cardinal, Archbishop of Monreale, Italy |
Feb | | Died | Guillaume Le Blanc † | Bishop of Toulon, France |
3 Feb | 54.1 | Appointed | Owen (Audoenus) Lewis (Ludovisi) † | Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy |
7 Feb | | Ordained Bishop | Alfonso Laso Sedeño † | Bishop of Gaeta, Italy | Bishop of Mallorca, Spain |
12 Feb | 65.1 | Appointed | Guillaume Damasi Van der Linden (Lindanus) † | Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium |
56.1 | Appointed | Nicolás de Ramos y Santos, O.F.M. Obs. † | Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico) | Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
14 Feb | 54.1 | Ordained Bishop | Owen (Audoenus) Lewis (Ludovisi) † | Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy |
| Died | Antonio Torres † | Bishop of Astorga, Spain |
19 Feb | | Appointed | Andrés de Santa Maria, O.F.M. Obs. † | Bishop of Cochin, India | Bishop Emeritus |
| Appointed | Mateus de Medina, O. Mil. J. Chr. † | Archbishop of Goa, India |
52.1 | Appointed | Sebastião de Morais, S.J. † | Bishop of Funay (Funai), Japan |
27 Feb | | Appointed | Orazio Marzani † | Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy | Bishop of San Severino (Marche), Italy |
| Resigned | Giulio Ricci † | Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy | Bishop of Teramo, Italy |
9 Mar | 68.1 | Appointed | Antonio Avendaño y Paz, O.F.M. Obs. † | Bishop of Quito, Ecuador |
| Appointed | Vincenzo Brancaleoni † | Bishop of Teano, Italy |
| Appointed | Melchiorre Pelletta † | Auxiliary Bishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus |
| Appointed | Melchiorre Pelletta † | Titular Bishop of Chrysopolis in Arabia | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Torino {Turin}, Italy |
16 Mar | 51.2 | Appointed | Jean de L’Aubespine † | Bishop of Orléans, France |
| Appointed | Antonio de Marchi † | Bishop of Santorini {Thira}, Greece |
41.9 | Appointed | Bernardo de Rojas y Sandoval † | Bishop of Pamplona, Spain | Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain |
23 Mar | 48.2 | Appointed | Laurentius Fabritius † | Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany |
48.2 | Appointed | Laurentius Fabritius † | Titular Bishop of Cyrene | Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany |
| Appointed | Pedro Maldonado † | Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain |
27 Mar | 52.2 | Ordained Bishop | Sebastião de Morais, S.J. † | Bishop of Funay (Funai), Japan |
| Ordained Bishop | Antonio de Marchi † | Bishop of Santorini {Thira}, Greece |
30 Mar | 60.2 | Appointed | Nicolas Boucher † | Bishop of Verdun, France |
| Appointed | Camillo Gualandi † | Bishop of Cesena, Italy |
Apr | | Born | Juan de Arguinao y Gutiérrez, O.P. † | | Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia |
4 Apr | | Died | Raffaele Bonelli † | Archbishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia |
15 Apr | | Died | Martin Radwiger, O.S.A. † | Bishop-Elect of Wiener Neustadt, Austria |
16 Apr | 27.8 | Ordained Priest | Jean Dauvin † | Priest of Namur {Namen}, Belgium | Bishop |
22 Apr | | Died | Giuseppe Donzelli, O.P. † | Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy |
23 Apr | | Died | Andino de Garidelli † | Bishop of Vence, France |
| Born | Vitalis de L’Estang † | | Bishop of Carcassonne, France |
24 Apr | | Ordained Bishop | Pompée de Periglio, O.F.M. Conv. † | Bishop of Apt, France |
25 Apr | | Ordained Bishop | Camillo Gualandi † | Bishop of Cesena, Italy |
27 Apr | | Appointed | Muzio Bongiovanni † | Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy |
51.3 | Appointed | Stefano Lusignano, O.P. † | Bishop of Nemosia (Limasol), Cyprus |
1 May | | Born | Joseph de Bergaigne, O.F.M. Obs. † | | Archbishop of Cambrai, France |
4 May | 56.4 | Installed | Nicolás de Ramos y Santos, O.F.M. Obs. † | Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico) | Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
11 May | | Appointed | Jerónimo García, O.SS.T. † | Bishop of Bosa, Italy |
23 May | 56.3 | Installed | Pierre de Gondi † | Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Paris, France |
24 May | | Died | Juan Méndez de Salvatierra † | Archbishop of Granada, Spain |
25 May | 37.3 | Resigned | Bernhard von Waldeck † | Bishop-Elect of Osnabrück, Germany | Former Bishop-Elect |
28 May | 83.4 | Died | Francesco Bandini Piccolomini † | Archbishop of Siena, Italy |
| Succeeded | Ascanio Piccolomini † | Archbishop of Siena, Italy |
29 May | 60.9 | Ordained Bishop | Jean Vendeville † | Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium |
8 Jun | | Born | François Villain de Gand † | | Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium |
13 Jun | | Appointed | Jakub Brezwiczki † | Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland |
| Appointed | Jakub Brezwiczki † | Titular Bishop of Aenos | Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland |
50.6 | Appointed | Agostinho a Jesu (Pedro) de Castro, O.S.A. † | Archbishop of Braga, Portugal |
46.4 | Appointed | Juan de Izquierdo, O.F.M. Obs. † | Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida), México |
20 Jun | 25.4 | Appointed | Charles Miron † | Bishop of Angers, France | Archbishop of Lyon, France |
22 Jun | 65.4 | Installed | Guillaume Damasi Van der Linden (Lindanus) † | Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium |
25 Jun | | Died | Gerolamo Mazzarelli † | Bishop of Nona (Nin), Croatia |
26 Jun | 35.5 | Ordained Bishop | Domenico Bollani (Bolano), O.P. † | Bishop of Canea (Cydonia, Egée), Greece |
30 Jun | 67.5 | Died | Juan de Medina Rincón y de la Vega, O.S.A. † | Bishop of Michoacán, México |