Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
unknown | | Born | Scipione Agnelli † | | Bishop of Casale Monferrato, Italy |
| Born | Andrés Aguado de Valdés, O.S.A. † | | Bishop of Ariano, Italy |
| Died | Silvester de Albania, O.F.M. Obs. † | Bishop of Stefaniaco e Benda, Albania |
22.1 | Entered | Antonio (Marcello) Barberini (Sr.), O.F.M. Cap. † | Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin | Cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary |
49.0 | Died | Emiliano Bombini † | Bishop of Umbriatico (Umbriaticum), Italy |
| Died | Agostino Buzio di Varese, O.F.M. Obs. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy |
| Born | Prospero Caffarelli † | | Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Callisto |
| Born | Bernardo Cardona † | | Bishop of Gerona, Spain |
| Born | Pietro Carpegna † | | Bishop of Gubbio, Italy |
| Born | Alessandro Cesarini (Jr.) † | | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy |
| Born | Louis Dinet † | | Bishop of Mâcon, France |
| Born | Edmund Dungan † | | Bishop of Down and Connor, Ireland |
19.0 | Ordained Priest | Pietro Emo, C.R. † | Priest | Bishop of Crema, Italy |
| Appointed | Eusebe (Joseph) † | Bishop of Salmas {Shahpour} (Chaldean), Iran |
| Ordained Bishop | Eusebe (Joseph) † | Bishop of Salmas {Shahpour} (Chaldean), Iran |
49.0 | Died | Giovanni Francesco Fara † | Bishop of Bosa, Italy |
| Born | Christophe de France † | | Bishop of Saint-Omer, France |
| Born | Marcantonio Franciotti † | | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Lucca, Italy |
24.2 | Ordained Priest | Jakob Fugger von Kirchberg Weissen Horn † | Priest of Augsburg, Germany | Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany |
| Died | Gabriel-Elie † | Bishop of Gazireh (Gezira) (Chaldean), Turkey |
23.0 | Professed | Miguel García Serrano, O.E.S.A. † | Member of Order of Hermits of St. Augustine | Archbishop of Manila, Philippines |
| Born | Charles-Jacques de Gelas de Léberon † | | Bishop of Valence and Die, France |
| Resigned | Angelo Gradi, O.F.M. Conv. † | Bishop of Nona (Nin), Croatia | Bishop Emeritus |
| Born | Adrian Grodecki † | | Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland |
| Born | Giovanni Battista Indelli † | | Bishop of San Marco (Argentano), Italy |
| Born | François Lefèvre de Caumartin † | | Bishop of Amiens, France |
| Died | Lucio Maranta † | Bishop of Montepeloso, Italy |
73.0 | Died | Ugolino Martelli † | Bishop of Glandèves, France |
46.0 | Resigned | Nicolò Mascardi † | Apostolic Nuncio to Poland | Bishop of Accia and Mariana, France |
| Born | Lorenzo Massimi † | | Bishop of Marsi, Italy |
| Born | Marco Antonio Martinengo † | | Bishop of Torcello (Turris), Italy |
| Born | Antonio Nusco (Nuseo) † | | Bishop of Alghero, Italy |
| Born | John O’Mollony † | | Bishop of Killaloe, Ireland |
| Born | Alessandro Orsini † | | Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Cosmedin |
| Died | Roberto Pierbenedetti † | Bishop of Martirano (Martoranum), Italy |
| Died | Giovanni Battista Potentia, O.F.M. Conv. † | Coadjutor Archbishop of Amalfi, Italy |
33.0 | Appointed | Girolamo di Porzia † | Apostolic Nuncio to Gratz | Bishop of Adria, Italy |
| Born | Giovanni Pusky † | | Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary |
| Died | Jean (a Grignasco) Saliaschi, O.F.M. Cap. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Poitiers, France |
| Born | Papirio Silvestri † | | Bishop of Macerata e Tolentino, Italy |
| Born | Alexander Sokołowski † | | Bishop of Kyiv and Chernihiv (Kijów and Czernihow), Ukraine |
| Born | Eugene Sweeney † | | Bishop of Kilmore, Ireland |
| Born | György Széchényi † | | Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary |
| Died | Štefan da Trnava, O.S.P.P.E. † | Bishop of Sirmio (Srijem; Sirmium), Croatia |
| Resigned | Martinho de Ulhoa, O. Cist. † | Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe | Bishop Emeritus |
| Born | Charles Vialart de Saint-Paul, O.S.B. † | | Bishop of Avranches, France |
| Died | Francisco de Vitoria, O.P. † | Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina |
Jan | 68.0 | Died | Guillaume de Joyeuse † | Bishop Emeritus of Alet, France |
1 Jan | | Died | Juan Manual Martínez de Manzanillo, O.P. † | Bishop of Coro, Venezuela |
6 Jan | 44.0 | Died | Juan Hurtado de Mendoza † | Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Traspontina |
21 Jan | | Born | Francesco Boncompagni † | | Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy |
29 Jan | | Resigned | François Bonard, O.F.M. Obs. † | Bishop of (Saint-Lizier de) Couserans (or Conserans), France | Bishop Emeritus |
| Born | Giulio del Pozzo † | | Bishop of Accia and Mariana, France |
| Died | Horatius Sanminiato † | Archbishop of Chieti, Italy |
30 Jan | 55.9 | Elected | Ippolito Aldobrandini (Sr.) † | Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy) |
Feb | | Born | Jean de Wachtendonck † | | Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium |
2 Feb | 55.9 | Ordained Bishop | Ippolito Aldobrandini (Sr.) † | Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy) |
6 Feb | 31.7 | Appointed | Guido Pepoli † | Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Eustachio | Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Montorio |
7 Feb | 62.0 | Died | Girolamo della Rovere † | Cardinal, Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy |
8 Feb | 59.6 | Appointed | Giulio Antonio Santorio † | Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina |
9 Feb | 55.9 | Installed | Ippolito Aldobrandini (Sr.) † | Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy) |
50.1 | Appointed | Rutilio Benzoni † | Bishop of Recanati e Loreto, Italy |
| Resigned | Galeazzo Moroni † | Bishop of Recanati, Italy | Bishop of Macerata e Tolentino, Italy |
58.1 | Ordained Bishop | Juan Bautista Pérez Rubert † | Bishop of Segorbe, Spain |
14 Feb | 42.6 | Appointed | Francesco Maria Bourbon Del Monte Santa Maria † | Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri) |
51.1 | Appointed | Giovanni Battista Castrucci † | Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Chieti, Italy |
56.6 | Appointed | Alessandro Ottaviano de’ Medici † | Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli | Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy) |
31.1 | Appointed | Guillaume Le Blanc † | Bishop of Vence, France |
31.1 | Appointed | Guillaume Le Blanc † | Bishop of Grasse, France | Bishop of Vence, France |
16 Feb | | Ordained Bishop | Claudio de Curtis † | Bishop of Crotone (Cotrone), Italy |
45.0 | Appointed | Girolamo Mattei † | Cardinal-Priest | Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio |
53.1 | Ordained Bishop | Lorenzo Asensio Otaduy Avendaño † | Bishop of Lugo, Spain | Bishop of Ávila, Spain |
17 Feb | 55.1 | Appointed | Antonio Maria Graziani † | Bishop of Amelia, Italy |
50.1 | Appointed | Pedro Martins (Martinez), S.J. † | Bishop of Funay (Funai), Japan |
| Appointed | Francisco de Villanova, O.F.M. Obs. † | Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe |
67.1 | Died | François de Wallon-Capelle, O.F.M. † | Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium |
18 Feb | | Born | Nicolas de Netz † | | Bishop of Orléans, France |
21 Feb | 73.1 | Died | Girolamo Mannelli † | Bishop of Nocera Umbra, Italy |
25 Feb | 56.1 | Ordained Bishop | Jean-François Bordini, C.O. † | Bishop of Cavaillon, France | Archbishop of Avignon, France |
55.1 | Ordained Bishop | Antonio Maria Graziani † | Bishop of Amelia, Italy |
| Ordained Bishop | François Sadoleto † | Titular Bishop of Nicomedia | Bishop of Carpentras, France |
26 Feb | | Died | Giovanni Goffredo Ginod † | Bishop of Aosta, Italy |
57.1 | Appointed | Ludovico Taverna † | Apostolic Nuncio to Venice, Italy | Bishop Emeritus of Lodi, Italy |
27 Feb | 56.1 | Appointed | Jean-François Bordini, C.O. † | Bishop of Cavaillon, France | Archbishop of Avignon, France |
| Resigned | Carlo Montigli † | Apostolic Nuncio to Florence (Tuscany), Italy | Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy |
| Died | Marcantonio Venier † | Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia |
33.1 | Appointed | Marino Zorzi (Giorgi) † | Apostolic Nuncio to Florence (Tuscany), Italy | Bishop of Brescia, Italy |
29 Feb | 63.1 | Died | Giovanni Battista Santorio † | Bishop of Tricarico, Italy |
Mar | | Appointed | Jacopo Aldobrandini † | Apostolic Nuncio to Naples, Italy | Bishop of Troia, Italy |
4 Mar | | Appointed | Ferdinando (Pietro) D’Avila, O.F.M. Obs. † | Bishop of Rethymo (Calamona), Greece | Bishop of Ascoli Satriano (Puglia), Italy |
16.9 | Installed | Giovanni Antonio Facchinetti (Jr.) † | Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati |
| Appointed | Roberto Pierbenedetti † | Bishop of Nocera Umbra, Italy |
| Appointed | Matteo Sanminiato † | Archbishop of Chieti, Italy |
33.1 | Appointed | Giovanni Vitelli, C.R. † | Coadjutor Bishop of Carinola (Calina), Italy | Bishop of Capaccio, Italy |
33.1 | Appointed | Giovanni Vitelli, C.R. † | Titular Bishop of Tiberias | Bishop of Capaccio, Italy |
5 Mar | 56.1 | Died | Girolamo Ragazzoni † | Bishop of Bergamo, Italy |
46.3 | Died | Hermann von Schaumberg † | Former Bishop-Elect of Minden, Germany |
9 Mar | 47.9 | Appointed | Ottavio Mirto Frangipani † | Bishop of Tricarico, Italy | Archbishop of Taranto, Italy |
| Appointed | Alfonso Guerra, O.P. † | Bishop of Michoacán, México |
45.0 | Appointed | Girolamo Mattei † | Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio |
39.6 | Appointed | Ottavio Paravicini † | Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Alessio | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy |
39.6 | Appointed | Flaminio Piatti † | Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Cosma e Damiano | Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace |
12 Mar | | Ordained Bishop | Roberto Pierbenedetti † | Bishop of Nocera Umbra, Italy |
15 Mar | | Ordained Bishop | António de Matos de Noronha † | Bishop of Elvas, Portugal |
19 Mar | | Born | José de Argáiz Pérez † | | Archbishop of Granada, Spain |
| Ordained Bishop | Matteo Sanminiato † | Archbishop of Chieti, Italy |
24 Mar | | Died | Mariano de Racciacari, O.F.M. Obs. † | Bishop of L’Aquila, Italy |
Apr | | Born | José de la Peña García de Ceniceros † | | Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain |
3 Apr | | Appointed | Alvise Baroccia † | Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia |
4 Apr | | Ordained Bishop | Francesco Monaco † | Bishop of Martirano (Martoranum), Italy |
8 Apr | | Appointed | Orazio Bellotti, O.F.M. Conv. † | Bishop of Nona (Nin), Croatia |
| Appointed | Giambattista Milani, C.R. † | Bishop of Bergamo, Italy | Bishop Emeritus |
15 Apr | 65.2 | Appointed | Pedro de Aragón † | Bishop of Lérida, Spain |
| Born | Francesco Maria Brancaccio † | | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina |
58.2 | Appointed | Camillo Daddeo (Doddeo) † | Bishop of Fossano, Italy |
22 Apr | | Appointed | Orazio Giraldi † | Bishop of Comacchio, Italy |
26.3 | Appointed | Filippo Spinelli † | Coadjutor Bishop of Policastro, Italy | Cardinal, Bishop of Aversa, Italy |
26.3 | Appointed | Filippo Spinelli † | Titular Bishop of Rhodus | Cardinal, Bishop of Aversa, Italy |
24 Apr | | Born | Marcos Ramírez de Prado y Ovando, O.F.M. † | | Archbishop of México, Federal District |
28 Apr | | Ordained Bishop | Ferdinando (Pietro) D’Avila, O.F.M. Obs. † | Bishop of Rethymo (Calamona), Greece | Bishop of Ascoli Satriano (Puglia), Italy |
29 Apr | | Born | Deodato (Zanucca) Scaglia, O.P. † | | Bishop of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy |
2 May | | Died | Alvise Baroccia † | Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia |
54.2 | Died | Jean de Manderscheid-Blankenheim † | Bishop of Strasbourg, France |
6 May | 26.3 | Ordained Bishop | Filippo Spinelli † | Titular Bishop of Rhodus | Cardinal, Bishop of Aversa, Italy |
7 May | 49.3 | Died | Marcantonio Gonzaga † | Bishop of Casale Monferrato, Italy |
23.5 | Ordained Priest | Richard Smith † | Priest | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of England (and Wales), Great Britain |
10 May | 31.3 | Ordained Priest | Johann Konrad von Gemmingen † | Priest of Augsburg, Germany | Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany |
55.3 | Ordained Bishop | Gilbert Génébrard, O.S.B. † | Archbishop of Aix, France |
11 May | | Appointed | Stefano Bagliani (Baliano) † | Bishop of Brugnato, Italy |
36.3 | Appointed | Maffeo Gambara † | Bishop of Tortona, Italy |
14 May | 40.3 | Resigned | Camillo Caetani † | Apostolic Nuncio to Emperor | Titular Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria} |
52.7 | Appointed | Cesare Speciano (Speciani) † | Apostolic Nuncio to Emperor | Bishop of Cremona, Italy |
21 May | 52.3 | Appointed | Andrés de Ubilla, O.P. † | Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México | Bishop of Michoacán, México |
22 May | 67.3 | Appointed | Jerónimo de Escobar, O.S.A. † | Bishop of Nicaragua |
| Appointed | Alfonso Fernández de Bonilla † | Archbishop of México, Federal District |
| Appointed | Jerónimo de Menezes † | Bishop of Porto, Portugal |
57.3 | Appointed | Francisco Santos García de Ontiveros y Martínez † | Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México |
| Appointed | Giovanni Wagenring (Bogarino) † | Bishop of Trieste, Italy |
25 May | | Born | Bernardo Caballero Paredes † | | Bishop of Oviedo, Spain |
35.9 | Installed | Jerzy Radziwiłł † | Bishop of Kraków, Poland | Cardinal, Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania |
| Born | Jerónimo Rodríguez de Valderas, O. de M. † | | Bishop of Jaén, Spain |
31 May | 31.4 | Ordained Bishop | Guillaume Le Blanc † | Bishop of Vence, France |
Jun | | Died | Jacques du Plessis de Richelieu † | Bishop of Luçon, France |
1 Jun | | Died | François Pétrart, O.F.M. Obs. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Cambrai, France |
5 Jun | 50.4 | Appointed | Diego Monreal † | Bishop of Jaca, Spain | Bishop of Huesca, Spain |
| Appointed | Usimbardo Usimbardi † | Bishop of Colle di Val d’Elsa, Italy |
61.4 | Appointed | Józef Wereszczyński † | Bishop of Kyiv (Kijów), Ukraine |
6 Jun | 42.4 | Appointed | Germanico Malaspina † | Apostolic Nuncio to Poland | Bishop of San Severo, Italy |
9 Jun | 24.9 | Selected | Charles de Lorraine-Vaudémont (III) † | Administrator of Strasbourg, France | Cardinal, Bishop of Metz, France |
12 Jun | | Appointed | Settimio Borserio † | Bishop of Casale Monferrato, Italy |
59.4 | Appointed | Juan Fernández de Rosillo (Rovillo) † | Bishop of Verapaz, Guatemala | Bishop of Michoacán, México |
19 Jun | | Appointed | Orazio Acquaviva d’Aragona, O. Cist. † | Bishop of Caiazzo, Italy |
| Appointed | Sextilius Mazuca (Massuca) † | Bishop of Alessano, Italy | Bishop Emeritus |
| Appointed | Nicolaus Necansus, O.F.M. Obs. † | Bishop of Stefaniaco e Benda, Albania |
24 Jun | | Ordained Bishop | Orazio Giraldi † | Bishop of Comacchio, Italy |
25 Jun | | Died | Alfonso de la Cerda, O.P. † | Bishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia |