| Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
| unknown | 66.7 | Resigned | Diego Arce Reinoso † | Bishop of Plasencia, Spain | Bishop Emeritus |
| Died | Louis-Doni d'Attichy † | Bishop of Riez, France |
| Born | Gilles-Jean-François de Beauvau † | | Bishop of Nantes, France |
| Born | Isidoro Bertrán García † | Urgel | Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain |
| 51.7 | Resigned | Francesco Boccapaduli † | Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland | Bishop Emeritus of Città di Castello, Italy |
| Died | Vicente Agustín Clavería † | Archbishop of Alghero, Italy |
| Born | Gabriel de Cosnac † | | Bishop Emeritus of Die, France |
| 31.0 | Appointed | Henri de Villars † | Coadjutor Archbishop of Vienne, France | Archbishop |
| Born | Philip Michael Ellis, O.S.B. † | Waddesdon | Bishop of Segni, Italy |
| 48.0 | Appointed | Nicolas Franch † | Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain | Auxiliary Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium |
| Died | Guglielmo Gaddi † | Bishop of Bisceglie, Italy |
| Appointed | Juan Garcilaso de la Vega † | Bishop of Guatemala (Santiago de Guatemala), Guatemala |
| 31.0 | Ordained Priest | Giacomo Ferdinando de Gorizzutti † | Priest of Wien, Austria | Bishop of Trieste, Italy |
| 38.0 | Ordained Priest | Johannes Holler † | Priest of Trier, Germany | Auxiliary Bishop |
| Appointed | Ludovico Alfonso de Los Cameros † | Bishop of Patti, Italy |
| Appointed | Giuseppe Lomellini † | Bishop of Bisceglie, Italy |
| Born | Kazimierz Łubieński † | | Bishop of Kraków, Poland |
| 80.0 | Died | Maciej Łubieński † | Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland |
| Born | Charles Maigrot, M.E.P. † | Paris, France | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Fo-Kien, China |
| Born | Denis Moriarty † | | Bishop of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe, Ireland |
| Appointed | Francisco Naranjo, O.P. † | Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico) |
| 63.0 | Resigned | Johann Sternenberg † | Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus |
| 21 Jan | | Ordained Bishop | Francisco de Godoy † | Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga, Peru | Bishop of Trujillo, Peru |
| 28 Jan | | Born | Johann Christoph Haus † | Stein-Säckingen | Auxiliary Bishop of Basel, Switzerland |
| 7 Feb | 33.3 | Succeeded | Karl Kaspar Reichsfreiherr von Leyen-Hohengeroldseck † | Archbishop of Trier, Germany |
| 84.2 | Died | Philipp Christoph Reichsritter von Sötern † | Archbishop of Trier, Germany |
| 13 Feb | | Born | Johann Philipp Reichsfreiherr von Greifenclau zu Vollraths † | Amorbach | Bishop of Würzburg, Germany |
| 19 Feb | 53.0 | Elevated to Cardinal | Fabio Chigi † | Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy) |
| 38.4 | Elevated to Cardinal | Jean-François-Paul de Gondi de Retz † | Cardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France |
| 36.0 | Elevated to Cardinal | Friedrich Landgraf von Hessen-Darmstadt † | Cardinal, Bishop of Wrocław, Poland |
| 41.8 | Appointed | Pietro Vito Ottoboni † | Cardinal-Priest of S. Salvatore in Lauro | Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy) |
| 41.8 | Elevated to Cardinal | Pietro Vito Ottoboni † | Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy) |
| 66.4 | Elevated to Cardinal | Domingo Pimentel Zúñiga, O.P. † | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain |
| 20 Feb | | Born | Andrés Orueta Barasorda † | Bilbao | Bishop of Valladolid, Spain |
| 30 Mar | 23.6 | Ordained Priest | Paulinus Mayr † | Priest of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy | Bishop |
| 7 Apr | | Born | Lorenzo Corsini † | Florence | Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy) |
| 11 Apr | 34.5 | Appointed | Lothar Friedrich Reichsfreiherr von Metternich-Burscheid † | Bishop of Speyer, Germany | Archbishop of Mainz, Germany |
| 72.3 | Died | Hernando de Ramírez y Sánchez, O.SS.T. † | Bishop of Panamá |
| 19 Apr | 83.3 | Died | Marcello Lante della Rovere † | Cardinal, Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy |
| 26 Apr | 67.5 | Died | Jean-Pierre Camus † | Bishop Emeritus of Belley, France |
| 29 Apr | | Appointed | Marcelo Lopez de Azcona † | Archbishop of México, Federal District |
| 67.6 | Appointed | Giulio Roma † | Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri) | Cardinal, Bishop of Tivoli, Italy |
| 66.3 | Appointed | Giulio Cesare Sacchetti † | Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere | Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council |
| 70.3 | Appointed | Diego Serrano Sotomayor, O. de M. † | Bishop of Guadix, Spain |
| 58.0 | Appointed | Bernardino Spada † | Bishop of Frascati, Italy | Cardinal, Bishop of Palestrina, Italy |
| 10 May | | Appointed | Nicolas de Valavoir (Vallavoire) † | Bishop of Riez, France |
| 25 May | | Born | Franz Theodor Reichsritter von Guttenberg † | Neunkirchen | Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg, Germany |
| Born | Johann Philipp Reichsgraf von Lamberg † | Wien | Cardinal, Bishop of Passau, Germany |
| 27 May | 58.3 | Appointed | Pierre de Marca † | Archbishop of Toulouse, France | Archbishop of Paris, France |
| 28 May | 41.6 | Appointed | Pietro Vidoni (Sr.) † | Apostolic Nuncio to Poland | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Lodi, Italy |
| 1 Jul | | Appointed | Jan Rakowski † | Auxiliary Bishop of Chelmno (Culma), Poland |
| Appointed | Jan Rakowski † | Titular Bishop of Orthosias in Caria | Auxiliary Bishop of Chelmno (Culma), Poland |
| 2 Jul | | Born | Gaspar Fuster, C.O. † | Albocácer | Archbishop of Sassari, Italy |
| 84.5 | Died | Domingo de Villaescusa y Ramírez de Arellano, O.S.H. † | Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida), Yucatán, México |
| 26 Jul | 57.9 | Died | Bartolomé de Benavente y Benavides † | Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México |
| 20 Aug | | Born | Rudolf Joseph Reichsgraf von Thun † | Vigo | Bishop of Seckau, Austria |
| 26 Aug | | Appointed | Johann Gobar † | Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc, Czech Republic |
| Appointed | Johann Gobar † | Titular Bishop of Megara | Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc, Czech Republic |
| 2 Sep | | Born | Johann Edmund Geduld von Jungenfeld † | Mainz | Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany |
| 10 Sep | 33.9 | Ordained Priest | Karl Kaspar Reichsfreiherr von Leyen-Hohengeroldseck † | Priest of Trier, Germany | Archbishop |
| 15 Sep | 33.9 | Ordained Bishop | Karl Kaspar Reichsfreiherr von Leyen-Hohengeroldseck † | Archbishop of Trier, Germany |
| 16 Sep | 68.0 | Died | Giulio Roma † | Cardinal, Bishop of Tivoli, Italy |
| 23 Sep | 55.0 | Appointed | Francesco Barberini (Sr.) † | Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri) |
| 48.5 | Appointed | Girolamo Colonna † | Cardinal-Priest of S. Silvestro in Capite | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bologna, Italy |
| 58.7 | Appointed | Giovanni Battista Maria Pallotta † | Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Vincoli | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati |
| 66.7 | Appointed | Giulio Cesare Sacchetti † | Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati | Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council |
| 58.4 | Appointed | Bernardino Spada † | Bishop of Sabina, Italy | Cardinal, Bishop of Palestrina, Italy |
| 70.6 | Appointed | Pedro Tapia, O.P. † | Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain |
| 55.7 | Appointed | Giangiacomo Teodoro Trivulzio † | Cardinal-Deacon of S. Eustachio | Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria del Popolo |
| 5 Oct | 70.8 | Died | Diego Serrano Sotomayor, O. de M. † | Bishop of Guadix, Spain |
| 14 Oct | 36.6 | Appointed | Antonio Pignatelli del Rastrello † | Archbishop of Larissa in Thessalia | Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy) |
| 24 Oct | | Born | Sancho Antonio Belunza Corcuera † | Haro | Bishop of Coria, Spain |
| 27 Oct | 36.6 | Ordained Bishop | Antonio Pignatelli del Rastrello † | Archbishop of Larissa in Thessalia | Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy) |
| 29 Oct | 36.6 | Appointed | Antonio Pignatelli del Rastrello † | Apostolic Nuncio to Other | Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy) |
| 30 Oct | 73.1 | Died | George Anton Reichsritter von Rodenstein † | Bishop of Worms, Germany |
| 12 Nov | | Born | Diego Camacho y Ávila † | Bajadoz | Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México |
| 30 Nov | 36.9 | Died | Franz Reichsgraf von Lodron † | Bishop of Gurk, Austria |
| 2 Dec | 67.2 | Resigned | Domingo Pimentel Zúñiga, O.P. † | Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus |
| 8 Dec | | Ordained Bishop | Nicolas de Valavoir (Vallavoire) † | Bishop of Riez, France |
| 11 Dec | 45.0 | Died | Juan Coello Ribera y Sandoval † | Bishop of Zamora, Spain |
| 16 Dec | 43.0 | Appointed | Adam Adami, O.S.B. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany |
| 43.0 | Appointed | Adam Adami, O.S.B. † | Titular Bishop of Hierapolis in Isauria | Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany |
| 67.0 | Appointed | Mauro Diego (Marcos) de Tovar y Valle Maldonado, O.S.B. † | Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), Chiapas, México |
| 59.7 | Appointed | Jost Knab † | Bishop of Lausanne, Switzerland |
| 17 Dec | 35.2 | Ordained Priest | Lothar Friedrich Reichsfreiherr von Metternich-Burscheid † | Priest of Speyer, Germany | Archbishop of Mainz, Germany |