| Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
| unknown | 25.0 | Ordained Priest | Martin Ferdinand Brückner von Brückenstein † | Priest of Meissen (Meißen) {Lusazia o Lausitz; Sassonia}, Germany | Prefect |
| 23.1 | Ordained Priest | Johann Philipp Burkard † | Priest of Speyer, Germany | Auxiliary Bishop |
| 50.6 | Appointed | Jean Caramuel y Lobkowitz, O. Cist. † | Bishop of Campagna, Italy | Bishop of Vigevano, Italy |
| Born | Jean-François Chamillart † | Paris | Bishop of Senlis, France |
| Ordained Priest | Antonio de León y Becerra † | Priest | Bishop of Arequipa, Peru |
| Appointed | Payo Enríquez de Rivera Manrique, O.S.A. † | Bishop of Guatemala (Santiago de Guatemala), Guatemala | Archbishop Emeritus of México, Federal District |
| Born | Vincent-François des Maretz † | | Bishop of Saint-Malo, France |
| Died | Giuseppe Lomellini † | Bishop of Bisceglie, Italy |
| Died | Antonio de Mariz Loureiro † | Prelate of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Died | Giovanni Francesco Passionei † | Bishop of Pesaro, Italy |
| Died | Stanislaw Pstrokonski † | Bishop of Chelm, Poland |
| Died | Jan Rakowski † | Auxiliary Bishop of Chelmno (Culma), Poland |
| Born | Salvador Rodríguez Castelblanco, T.O.R. † | Palermo, Italy | Bishop of Orihuela, Spain |
| Born | Michel-Gabriel Rossillon de Bernex † | | Bishop of Genève {Geneva}, Switzerland |
| 46.0 | Died | Hieronim Wladysław Sanguszko † | Bishop of Smoleńsk, Poland |
| Resigned | Henri de Savoie-Nemours † | Archbishop of Reims, France | Archbishop Emeritus |
| Born | Francisco Solís Hervás, O. de M. † | Gibraltar | Bishop of Córdoba, Spain |
| 44.0 | Ordained Bishop | Tomasz Ujejski, S.J. † | Bishop of Foreign Diocese | Auxiliary Bishop of Warmia, Poland |
| 15 Jan | | Appointed | Juan Pérez Delgado † | Archbishop of Burgos, Spain |
| 8 Feb | 74.9 | Died | Bartolomé Santos de Risoba † | Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain |
| 22 Feb | | Born | Johannes Petrus Verhorst † | Köln | Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany |
| 27 Feb | | Born | Juan Álvaro Cienfuegos Villazón, S.J. † | Agüerina-Miranda, Spain | Cardinal, Archbishop of Monreale, Italy |
| 10 Mar | 67.1 | Died | Berthold Nihus † | Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany |
| 31 Mar | | Born | Giovanni Battista (Giambattista) Bussi † | Viterbo | Cardinal, Bishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy |
| Born | José Espejo Cisneros † | Alhama de Murcia | Bishop Emeritus of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain |
| 9 Apr | 25.9 | Appointed | Flavio Chigi (Sr.) † | Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria del Popolo | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina |
| 25.9 | Elevated to Cardinal | Flavio Chigi (Sr.) † | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina |
| 74.3 | Appointed | Nicolò Guidi di Bagno † | Cardinal-Priest of S. Eusebio | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Senigallia, Italy |
| 74.3 | Elevated to Cardinal | Nicolò Guidi di Bagno † | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Senigallia, Italy |
| 57.2 | Appointed | Giulio Rospigliosi † | Cardinal-Priest of S. Sisto | Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy) |
| 57.2 | Elevated to Cardinal | Giulio Rospigliosi † | Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy) |
| 13 Apr | 79.3 | Died | Antonio Valdés Herrera † | Bishop of Córdoba, Spain |
| 7 May | | Born | Ulrich Freiherr von Federspiel † | Domat | Bishop of Chur, Switzerland |
| 19 May | 49.4 | Appointed | Ferdinand de Neufville de Villeroy † | Bishop of Chartres, France |
| 22 May | 42.4 | Appointed | Jacques Adhémar de Monteil de Grignan † | Coadjutor Bishop of Uzés, France | Bishop |
| 25 May | | Born | Henri-Pons de Thiard de Bissy † | Pierre-de-Bresse | Cardinal, Bishop of Meaux, France |
| 28 May | 74.4 | Appointed | Nicolò Guidi di Bagno † | Archbishop (Personal Title) of Senigallia, Italy | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus |
| 9 Jun | | Born | Antonio Folch y Cardona, O.F.M. † | Valencia | Archbishop of Valencia, Spain |
| 15 Jun | 52.5 | Appointed | Jean de Montpezat de Carbon † | Bishop of Saint-Papoul, France | Archbishop of Sens, France |
| 18 Jun | 61.2 | Appointed | Martín López de Ontiveros † | Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain | Archbishop of Valencia, Spain |
| 27 Jun | 50.5 | Appointed | Antonio Barberini (Jr.) † | Cardinal, Archbishop of Reims, France |
| Jul | | Died | Juan Pérez Delgado † | Archbishop of Burgos, Spain |
| 7 Jul | | Born | Gaston-Jean-Baptiste-Louis de Noailles † | | Bishop of Chalons-sur-Marne, France |
| 9 Jul | 31.8 | Appointed | St. Gregorio Giovanni Gasparo Barbarigo † | Bishop of Bergamo, Italy | Cardinal, Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy |
| 44.5 | Appointed | Johann Bischopinck † | Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany |
| 44.5 | Appointed | Johann Bischopinck † | Titular Bishop of Aureliopolis in Lydia | Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany |
| 14 Jul | | Born | Feliks Ignacy Kretowski † | Chelmno | Bishop of Chelmno (Culma), Poland |
| 21 Jul | | Born | Marcello d'Aste † | Aversa | Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio to Germany |
| 2 Aug | | Born | Pedro de los Reyes Ríos de la Madrid, O.S.B. † | Sevilla, Spain | Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida), Yucatán, México |
| 25 Aug | 75.5 | Died | Pedro Tapia, O.P. † | Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain |
| 28 Aug | | Born | Johann Konrad Reichsfreiherr von Reinach-Hirzbach † | Michelstadt | Bishop of Basel, Switzerland |
| 24 Sep | 68.5 | Appointed | Francisco Díaz Alarcón y Covarrubias † | Bishop of Córdoba, Spain |
| 49.7 | Confirmed | Ferdinand de Neufville de Villeroy † | Bishop of Chartres, France |
| 21 Oct | 44.8 | Ordained Bishop | Johann Bischopinck † | Titular Bishop of Aureliopolis in Lydia | Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany |
| 11 Nov | 57.9 | Appointed | Luís de Cifuentes y Sotomayor, O.P. † | Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida), Yucatán, México |
| Appointed | Adam Kos † | Bishop of Chelmno (Culma), Poland |
| 2 Dec | | Born | Johannes Werner Reichsritter von Veyder † | Neumagen | Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany |
| 23 Dec | | Died | Juan de Montiel † | Bishop of Santiago de Cuba |