| Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
| unknown | | Born | François Berger de Malissoles † | Vienne | Bishop of Gap, France |
| Died | Bernardino de Cárdenas Ponce † | Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia |
| 27.0 | Ordained Priest | Juan Duran, O. de M. † | Priest of Order of Our Lady of Mercy | Auxiliary Bishop of Cebu, Philippines |
| Born | Louis Frétat de Boissieu † | Auvergne | Bishop of Saint-Brieuc, France |
| 64.0 | Appointed | Nicolas Franch † | Auxiliary Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium |
| Appointed | Ján Gubasóczy † | Bishop of Pécs, Hungary | Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary |
| Born | Diego Muñoz Baquerizo † | Pinto | Bishop of Segorbe, Spain |
| Ordained Priest | François Perez † | Priest | Vicar Apostolic of Cochin {Cocincina}, Viêt Nam |
| Born | Giuseppe Maria Positano † | | Archbishop of Salerno, Italy |
| 52.9 | Ordained Priest | Johann Franz Reichsgraf von Preysing-Hohenaschau † | Priest of Salzburg, Austria | Bishop of Chiemsee, Germany |
| Died | Esuperanzio Raffaelli † | Bishop of Penne-Atri, Italy |
| Appointed | Giuseppe Spinucci † | Bishop of Penne-Atri, Italy |
| 26.6 | Ordained Priest | Jaroslav František Ignác von Sternberg (Šternberka) † | Priest of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic | Bishop of Litomĕrice, Czech Republic |
| Born | Jean-Jacques Tessier de Quéralay † | Chantenay, France | Vicar Apostolic of Siam, Thailand |
| Appointed | Gothard Jan Tyzenhaus † | Bishop of Smoleńsk, Poland |
| Born | Jacinto Valledor Fresno † | Osma | Bishop of Osma, Spain |
| 43.4 | Ordained Bishop | Stephan Weinberger † | Titular Bishop of Domitiopolis | Auxiliary Bishop of Würzburg, Germany |
| 43.0 | Resigned | Alexander Dunbar Winchester (Winster) † | Prefect of Scotland, Great Britain | Prefect Emeritus |
| 9 Jan | 46.2 | Appointed | Sigmund Alphons Reichsgraf von Thun † | Bishop of Trento, Italy | Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy |
| 11 Jan | | Died | Etienne de Puget † | Bishop of Marseille, France |
| 16 Jan | | Appointed | Payo Enríquez de Rivera Manrique, O.S.A. † | Bishop of Michoacán, Michoacán, México | Archbishop Emeritus of México, Federal District |
| 42.0 | Confirmed | Christoph de Rojas y Spinola, O.F.M. † | Bishop of Foreign Diocese | Bishop of Wiener Neustadt, Austria |
| 22 Jan | 74.0 | Died | Giovanni Battista Maria Pallotta † | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati |
| 27 Jan | 37.3 | Appointed | Toussaint de Forbin-Janson † | Bishop of Marseille, France | Cardinal, Bishop of Beauvais, France |
| 30 Jan | 75.8 | Appointed | Francesco Maria Brancaccio † | Bishop of Frascati, Italy | Cardinal, Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina, Italy |
| 75.8 | Appointed | Francesco Maria Brancaccio † | Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati | Cardinal, Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina, Italy |
| 8 Feb | 39.1 | Appointed | Francisco de Borja † | Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina |
| 13 Feb | 19.0 | Professed | Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † | Member of Order of Friars Preachers | Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy) |
| 18 Feb | 36.7 | Succeeded | François de Coëtlogon-Méjusseaume † | Bishop of Quimper, France |
| 84.1 | Died | René du Louët de Coetjunval † | Bishop of Quimper, France |
| 19 Feb | 31.1 | Ordained Bishop | Charles-François de Loménie de Brienne † | Bishop of Coutances, France |
| 27 Feb | 40.4 | Appointed | Galeazzo Marescotti † | Titular Archbishop of Corinthus | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Tivoli, Italy |
| 35.4 | Appointed | Opizio Pallavicini † | Titular Archbishop of Ephesus | Cardinal, Bishop of Osimo, Italy |
| 57.2 | Appointed | Juan de Sancto Mathía Sáenz de Mañozca y Murillo † | Bishop of Guatemala (Santiago de Guatemala), Guatemala |
| Mar | 42.5 | Resigned | Federico Baldeschi Colonna † | Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland | Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council |
| 36.3 | Ordained Priest | Leopold Karl Graf von Kollonitsch Lipót † | Priest of Nitra, Slovakia | Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary |
| 52.0 | Appointed | Antonio Pignatelli del Rastrello † | Apostolic Nuncio to Austria | Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy) |
| 4 Mar | 40.4 | Ordained Bishop | Galeazzo Marescotti † | Titular Archbishop of Corinthus | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Tivoli, Italy |
| 10 Mar | 40.4 | Appointed | Galeazzo Marescotti † | Apostolic Nuncio to Poland | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Tivoli, Italy |
| 11 Mar | 42.2 | Ordained Bishop | Christoph de Rojas y Spinola, O.F.M. † | Bishop of Foreign Diocese | Bishop of Wiener Neustadt, Austria |
| 12 Mar | 52.0 | Appointed | Friedrich Landgraf von Hessen-Darmstadt † | Cardinal-Deacon of S. Nicola in Carcere | Cardinal, Bishop of Wrocław, Poland |
| 16 Mar | | Born | Francisco Cepeda Guerrero † | Cádiz | Bishop of Segorbe, Spain |
| 9 Apr | | Born | João de Sahagún, O.A.D. † | Metras, Portugal | Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe |
| 20 Apr | 41.5 | Confirmed | Ferdinand Reichsfreiherr von Fürstenberg † | Coadjutor Bishop of Münster, Germany | Bishop of Paderborn, Germany |
| 29 Apr | | Born | José Platas † | Chinchón | Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain |
| 30 Apr | 36.5 | Confirmed | Leopold Karl Graf von Kollonitsch Lipót † | Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia | Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary |
| 41.9 | Appointed | Angelo Maria Ranuzzi † | Titular Archbishop of Tamiathis | Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy |
| 6 May | 47.3 | Appointed | Martin Geiger † | Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany |
| 47.3 | Appointed | Martin Geiger † | Titular Bishop of Lampsacus | Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany |
| 7 May | 42.7 | Appointed | Federico Baldeschi Colonna † | Secretary of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith | Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council |
| 14 May | | Appointed | Luis Alfonso de los Cameros † | Archbishop of Valencia, Spain |
| 36.4 | Appointed | Ambrosio Ignacio Spínola y Guzmán † | Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain | Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain |
| 26 May | 24.1 | Ordained Priest | Marquard Rudolf Reichsritter von Rodt † | Priest of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany | Bishop |
| 27 May | 51.5 | Ordained Bishop | Gilles de La Baume le Blanc de la Valière † | Bishop of Nantes, France | Bishop Emeritus |
| 1 Jun | 51.5 | Died | Guidobald Reichsgraf von Thun † | Cardinal, Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria |
| 10 Jun | 49.7 | Appointed | Matthäus Ferdinand Sobek von Bilenberg, O.S.B. † | Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic |
| 11 Jun | 57.6 | Appointed | Alexander Dirre † | Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc, Czech Republic |
| 57.6 | Appointed | Alexander Dirre † | Titular Bishop of Nicopolis ad Iaterum | Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc, Czech Republic |
| 13 Jun | 57.4 | Installed | Juan de Sancto Mathía Sáenz de Mañozca y Murillo † | Bishop of Guatemala (Santiago de Guatemala), Guatemala |
| 16 Jun | 25.8 | Appointed | Johann Friedrich Reichsgraf von Waldstein † | Bishop of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic | Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic |
| 24 Jun | 42.1 | Ordained Bishop | Angelo Maria Ranuzzi † | Titular Archbishop of Tamiathis | Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy |
| Jul | 36.7 | Ordained Bishop | Leopold Karl Graf von Kollonitsch Lipót † | Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia | Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary |
| Born | Nuno Álvares Pereira de Melo † | | Bishop of Lamego, Portugal |
| 8 Jul | 26.0 | Appointed | Charles-Maurice Le Tellier † | Coadjutor Archbishop of Reims, France | Archbishop |
| 26.0 | Appointed | Charles-Maurice Le Tellier † | Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus | Archbishop of Reims, France |
| 9 Jul | 37.8 | Confirmed | Toussaint de Forbin-Janson † | Bishop of Marseille, France | Cardinal, Bishop of Beauvais, France |
| 30 Jul | 45.0 | Appointed | Albrecht Sigmund Herzog von Bayern † | Bishop of Regensburg, Germany | Bishop-Elect of Freising, Germany |
| 45.7 | Appointed | Maximilian Gandolf Reichsgraf von Kuenburg † | Cardinal, Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria |
| 31 Jul | | Born | Juan Ignacio de Castorena y Ursúa y Goyeneche † | Zacatecas | Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida), Yucatán, México |
| 16 Aug | 57.8 | Ordained Bishop | Alexander Dirre † | Titular Bishop of Nicopolis ad Iaterum | Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc, Czech Republic |
| 19 Aug | | Installed | Luis Alfonso de los Cameros † | Archbishop of Valencia, Spain |
| 27 Aug | | Died | Benito de Rivas, O.S.B. † | Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico) |
| 3 Sep | 26.1 | Confirmed | Charles-Maurice Le Tellier † | Coadjutor Archbishop of Reims, France | Archbishop |
| 17 Sep | 39.7 | Confirmed | Francisco de Borja † | Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina |
| 42.7 | Appointed | Alonso Bernardo de Ríos y Guzmán, O.SS.T. † | Bishop of Santiago de Cuba | Archbishop of Granada, Spain |
| Appointed | Payo Enríquez de Rivera Manrique, O.S.A. † | Archbishop of México, Federal District | Archbishop Emeritus |
| 23 Sep | | Born | Pompeio Aldrovandi † | Bologna | Cardinal, Bishop of Montefiascone, Italy |
| Oct | | Born | Francesco Maria Tansj (Tansi) † | Materanen | Bishop of Teramo, Italy |
| 1 Oct | 50.8 | Confirmed | Paul Budimir, O.F.M. † | Bishop of Pedena, Austria |
| 7 Oct | | Born | Caspar Adolph Schnernauer † | Mainz | Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany |
| 36.8 | Appointed | Ambrosio Ignacio Spínola y Guzmán † | Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain |
| Nov | | Born | Nicolás Carlos Gómez de Cervantes y Velázquez de la Cadena † | Mexico | Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México |
| 11 Nov | 26.3 | Ordained Bishop | Charles-Maurice Le Tellier † | Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus | Archbishop of Reims, France |
| 12 Nov | 46.0 | Confirmed | Maximilian Gandolf Reichsgraf von Kuenburg † | Cardinal, Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria |
| 16 Nov | 81.9 | Died | Alonso de Briceño (Brizeño), O.F.M. † | Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela |
| 18 Nov | 24.4 | Ordained Priest | Savo (Savio) Millini (Mellini) † | Priest | Cardinal, Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy |
| 24 Nov | | Born | Felicjan Konstanty Szaniawski † | Posteniecz | Bishop of Kraków, Poland |
| 8 Dec | | Born | Tomás Crespo Agüero † | Rucandio | Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain |
| 12 Dec | | Installed | Francisco Antonio Sarmiento y Luna, O.S.A. † | Bishop of Michoacán, Michoacán, México | Bishop of Foreign Diocese |
| 16 Dec | | Born | Jean-Paul-François Le Févre de Caumartin † | Châlons | Bishop of Blois, France |
| 30 Dec | 51.0 | Ordained Bishop | Paul Budimir, O.F.M. † | Bishop of Pedena, Austria |