| Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
| unknown | | Died | Jacinto de Boada y Montenegro † | Bishop of Valladolid, Spain |
| 29.4 | Ordained Bishop | Johann Joseph Reichsgraf von Breuner † | Titular Bishop of Nicopolis ad Iaterum | Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic |
| Ordained Bishop | Jacques-Théodore de Brias † | Bishop of Saint-Omer, France | Archbishop of Cambrai, France |
| 30.6 | Ordained Priest | Otto Wilhelm Reichsgraf von Bronckhorst zu Gronsfeld, S.J. † | Priest of Society of Jesus | Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany |
| Appointed | Paul-Philippe de Chaumont † | Bishop of Acqs (Dax), France | Bishop Emeritus |
| Born | Manuel Coutinho † | Vila Nova de Anços | Bishop of Lamego, Portugal |
| 26.6 | Ordained Priest | Bernardino della Chiesa, O.F.M. † | Priest of Order of Friars Minor | Bishop of Peking [Beijing], China |
| Appointed | Hugues de Bar † | Bishop of Lectoure, France |
| 42.0 | Ordained Bishop | Francisco de Borja † | Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina |
| 69.0 | Died | Pierre de Broc † | Bishop of Auxerre, France |
| Appointed | Antonio de León y Becerra † | Bishop of Panamá | Bishop of Arequipa, Peru |
| Appointed | Giovanni Geronimo Doria † | Bishop of Nebbio, France |
| Died | Gian Antonio de' Vecchi † | Bishop of Ischia, Italy |
| Appointed | Jean de Forcoal † | Bishop of Sées, France |
| Appointed | Bartolomé Garcia de Escañuela, O.F.M. † | Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico) |
| 45.0 | Appointed | Sébastien de Guémadeuc † | Bishop of Saint-Malo, France |
| Appointed | Charles-Antoine de la Garde de Chambonas † | Bishop of Lodève, France | Bishop of Viviers (Aps), France |
| 33.0 | Appointed | Louis de La Vergne-Montenard de Tressan † | Bishop of Le Mans, France |
| Appointed | Vincenzo Maffia † | Bishop of Patti, Italy |
| 37.0 | Appointed | Jules Mascaron † | Bishop of Tulle, France | Bishop of Agen, France |
| 37.0 | Ordained Bishop | Jules Mascaron † | Bishop of Tulle, France | Bishop of Agen, France |
| Appointed | Manuel de Molinedo Angulo † | Bishop of Cuzco, Peru |
| Appointed | Sancho Pardo de Andrade de Figueroa y Cárdenas † | Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga, Peru | Bishop of Quito, Ecuador |
| Died | Ascanio Piccolomini † | Archbishop of Siena, Italy |
| Appointed | Juan de Ribera † | Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia |
| 66.4 | Appointed | François de Rouxel de Médavy † | Archbishop of Rouen, France |
| Appointed | Francisco da Silveira Dias † | Prelate of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| 46.0 | Appointed | Louis-Marie-Armand de Simiane de Gordes † | Bishop of Langres, France |
| Appointed | Diogo de Sousa † | Archbishop of Évora, Portugal |
| Died | Charles-Joseph de Suarès † | Bishop of Vaison, France |
| 41.0 | Appointed | Stanisław Jacek Święcicki † | Auxiliary Bishop of Samogizia o Tels (Zmudz), Lithuania | Bishop of Chełm, Poland |
| 1 Jan | 65.0 | Died | Hardouin de Péréfixe de Beaumont † | Archbishop of Paris, France |
| 2 Jan | 45.4 | Appointed | François de Harlay de Champvallon † | Archbishop of Paris, France |
| 5 Jan | 56.0 | Appointed | Cosme Roger † | Bishop of Lombez, France |
| Appointed | Jean-Armand de Rotondy de Biscarras † | Bishop of Béziers, France |
| 6 Jan | | Born | Charles-François de Châteauneuf de Rochebonne † | Forez | Archbishop of Lyon, France |
| 8 Jan | 38.3 | Appointed | Étienne Le Camus † | Cardinal, Bishop of Grenoble, France |
| 10 Jan | 44.0 | Ordained Bishop | Andreas Daniel Freiherr von Rauchnach † | Bishop of Pedena, Austria |
| 19 Jan | 61.1 | Appointed | Mario Alberizzi † | Titular Archbishop of Neocaesarea in Ponto | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Tivoli, Italy |
| 64.0 | Appointed | Alessandro Crescenzi, C.R.S. † | Titular Patriarch of the Titular See | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Recanati-Loreto, Italy |
| 40.3 | Appointed | Luiz de Sousa † | Titular Bishop of Hippos | Cardinal, Archbishop of Lisboa, Portugal |
| 20 Jan | 57.1 | Died | Johannes Holler † | Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany |
| 25 Jan | 61.1 | Ordained Bishop | Mario Alberizzi † | Titular Archbishop of Neocaesarea in Ponto | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Tivoli, Italy |
| 28 Jan | 23.8 | Appointed | Charles de Rosmadec † | Archbishop of Tours, France |
| 23 Feb | 53.7 | Installed | Federico Borromeo (Jr.) † | Cardinal-Priest of S. Agostino | Cardinal, Secretary of the Secretariat of State |
| 45.8 | Installed | Gasparo Carpegna † | Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Portico | Cardinal, Prefect of the Roman Curia - Other |
| 45.5 | Confirmed | François de Harlay de Champvallon † | Archbishop of Paris, France |
| 51.1 | Installed | Camillo Massimo (Massimi) † | Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Domnica | Cardinal, Titular Patriarch of Gerusalemme {Jerusalem}, Palestine |
| Appointed | Giovanni Stefano Sanarica † | Bishop of Conversano, Italy |
| 24 Feb | 22.1 | Ordained Priest | Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † | Priest of Order of Friars Preachers | Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy) |
| 1 Mar | 85.1 | Died | Marzio Ginetti † | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina |
| 7 Mar | | Born | Kaspas Ignaz Freiherr von Künigl zu Ehrenburg † | Innsbruck | Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy |
| 18 Mar | 78.9 | Appointed | Francesco Maria Brancaccio † | Cardinal, Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina, Italy |
| 78.9 | Appointed | Francesco Maria Brancaccio † | Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina | Cardinal, Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina, Italy |
| 75.7 | Appointed | Ulderico Carpegna † | Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Todi, Italy |
| 45.9 | Appointed | Gasparo Carpegna † | Cardinal-Priest of S. Pudenziana | Cardinal, Prefect of the Roman Curia - Other |
| 53.2 | Appointed | Rinaldo d'Este † | Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina |
| 55.8 | Appointed | Virginio Orsini † | Cardinal-Bishop of Albano | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati |
| 62.2 | Appointed | Celio Piccolomini † | Cardinal, Archbishop of Siena, Italy |
| 30 Mar | 55.9 | Ordained Bishop | Virginio Orsini † | Bishop | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati |
| 4 Apr | | Installed | Ladislas Jonnart † | Archbishop of Cambrai, France |
| 17 Apr | | Appointed | Louis-Anne Aubert de Villeserin † | Bishop of Senez, France |
| 20 Apr | | Confirmed | Jean de Gaillard de Longjumeau † | Bishop of Apt, France |
| 21 Apr | | Born | Giovanni Battista Mesmer † | Milan | Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Onofrio |
| 22 Apr | 33.7 | Appointed | Louis de Thomassin † | Coadjutor Bishop of Vence, France | Bishop of Sisteron, France |
| May | 62.3 | Appointed | Gabriel de la Calle y Heredia † | Bishop of Valladolid, Spain | Bishop Emeritus |
| 2 May | 18.3 | Professed | Stefan Antonin Mdzewski, O.P. † | Member of Order of Friars Preachers | Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland |
| 4 May | 38.2 | Appointed | Marcello Durazzo † | Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon | Cardinal, Bishop of Faenza, Italy |
| 56.1 | Appointed | Antonio Pignatelli del Rastrello † | Archbishop (Personal Title) of Lecce, Italy | Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy) |
| 56.1 | Resigned | Antonio Pignatelli del Rastrello † | Apostolic Nuncio to Austria | Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy) |
| 10 May | | Born | Bernardino Pecci † | Siena | Bishop of Grosseto, Italy |
| 12 May | | Appointed | Patrick Duffy † | Bishop of Clogher, Ireland |
| 54.4 | Appointed | John O'Mollony † | Bishop of Killaloe, Ireland | Bishop of Limerick, Ireland |
| 81.6 | Died | Pedro de Villagómez Vivanco † | Archbishop of Lima, Peru |
| 13 May | 45.0 | Appointed | Angelo Maria Ranuzzi † | Apostolic Nuncio to Poland | Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy |
| 17 May | 28.9 | Ordained Bishop | Louis-Alphonse de Suarès † | Bishop of Vaison, France |
| 18 May | | Confirmed | Lourenço de Castro, O.P. † | Bishop of Angra, Portugal | Bishop of Miranda, Portugal |
| 22 May | | Born | Virgilio Giannotti † | Città di Castello | Bishop of Città della Pieve, Italy |
| 47.0 | Died | Aleksander Kazimierz Sapieha † | Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania |
| 24 May | 51.4 | Ordained Bishop | Estevão dos Santos Carneiro de Moraes, C.S.J. † | Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil |
| 26 May | 54.4 | Confirmed | John O'Mollony † | Bishop of Killaloe, Ireland | Bishop of Limerick, Ireland |
| 9 Jun | 63.8 | Died | Sebastian Ignaz von Rostock † | Bishop of Wrocław, Poland |
| 10 Jun | | Born | Lorenzo Altieri † | Rome | Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Via Lata |
| 14 Jun | 57.5 | Ordained Bishop | Stefano Agostini † | Titular Archbishop of Heraclea in Europa | Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni a Porta Latina |
| 22 Jun | 46.9 | Appointed | Michel Amelot de Gournay † | Bishop of Lavaur, France | Archbishop of Tours, France |
| 60.5 | Appointed | Pedro Sanches Farinha † | Bishop of Angola e Congo, Angola |
| 23 Jun | 46.9 | Ordained Bishop | Michel Amelot de Gournay † | Bishop of Lavaur, France | Archbishop of Tours, France |
| 24 Jun | | Born | Giovanni Battista Salerni, S.J. † | Cosenza | Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Stefano al Monte Celio |
| 1 Jul | 38.8 | Confirmed | Étienne Le Camus † | Cardinal, Bishop of Grenoble, France |
| 41.5 | Appointed | Richard Russell † | Bishop of Portalegre, Portugal | Bishop of Viseu, Portugal |
| 5 Jul | 45.5 | Ordained Bishop | Sébastien de Guémadeuc † | Bishop of Saint-Malo, France |
| 7 Jul | 29.1 | Installed | Louis-Alphonse de Suarès † | Bishop of Vaison, France |
| 9 Jul | | Born | Gioacchino Maria Oldo † | Crema | Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy |
| 12 Jul | 62.5 | Ordained Bishop | Pedro Vieira da Silva † | Bishop of Leiria, Portugal |
| 15 Jul | | Confirmed | Louis-Anne Aubert de Villeserin † | Bishop of Senez, France |
| 16 Jul | 44.5 | Appointed | Nicolas de Colbert † | Bishop of Auxerre, France | Titular Archbishop of Cartagine |
| 28 Jul | | Ordained Bishop | Jean de Gaillard de Longjumeau † | Bishop of Apt, France |
| 3 Aug | 64.0 | Died | Antonio Barberini (Jr.) † | Cardinal, Archbishop of Reims, France |
| 29.0 | Succeeded | Charles-Maurice Le Tellier † | Archbishop of Reims, France |
| 5 Aug | | Born | Franz Ludwig Reichsfreiherr von Schenk von Castell † | Arberg | Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany |
| 9 Aug | | Ordained Bishop | Louis-Anne Aubert de Villeserin † | Bishop of Senez, France |
| 24 Aug | 77.8 | Appointed | Francesco Albizzi † | Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Quattro Coronati | Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Prassede |
| 39.7 | Elevated to Cardinal | Bernhard Gustav von Baden-Durlach, O.S.B. † | In Pectore | Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Susanna |
| 53.6 | Appointed | Rinaldo d'Este † | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina |
| 43.6 | Elevated to Cardinal | César d'Estrées † | In Pectore | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus |
| 62.9 | Appointed | Cesare Facchinetti † | Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina | Cardinal, Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy |
| 38.9 | Ordained Bishop | Étienne Le Camus † | Cardinal, Bishop of Grenoble, France |
| 63.7 | Elevated to Cardinal | Johann Eberhard Nidhard (Neidhardt), S.J. † | In Pectore | Cardinal, Titular Archbishop of Edessa in Osrhoëne |
| 30 Aug | 28.4 | Ordained Priest | Sebastião Monteiro da Vida, S.J. † | Priest of Society of Jesus | Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil |
| Sep | 61.9 | Ordained Bishop | Francisco de Loyola y Vergara, O.S.A. † | Bishop of Concepción, Chile |
| 1 Sep | | Born | Marco Antonio Ansidei † | Perugia | Cardinal, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Perugia, Italy |
| 3 Sep | 55.5 | Appointed | Friedrich Landgraf von Hessen-Darmstadt † | Cardinal, Bishop of Wrocław, Poland |
| 7 Sep | 53.7 | Died | Vitaliano Visconti † | Cardinal, Archbishop of Monreale, Italy |
| 12 Sep | | Born | Giberto Bartolomeo Borromeo † | Milano | Cardinal, Bishop of Novara, Italy |
| 19 Sep | 33.7 | Ordained Priest | Francisco de São Jerõnimo de Andrade, C.S.J. † | Priest | Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| 20 Sep | | Ordained Bishop | Manuel de Saldanha † | Bishop of Viseu, Portugal |
| 21 Sep | 72.7 | Died | Juan Aguirre y Gorozpe † | Bishop of Durango, México |
| Ordained Bishop | Alfonso Bravo de Laguna, O.F.M. † | Bishop of León en Nicaragua |
| 27 Sep | 41.7 | Ordained Bishop | Richard Russell † | Bishop of Portalegre, Portugal | Bishop of Viseu, Portugal |
| 28 Sep | 40.5 | Appointed | Pierre de Bonzi † | Archbishop of Toulouse, France | Cardinal, Archbishop of Narbonne, France |
| Oct | 60.8 | Ordained Bishop | Pedro Sanches Farinha † | Bishop of Angola e Congo, Angola |
| 5 Oct | | Appointed | Gerolamo Rocca † | Bishop of Ischia, Italy |
| 7 Oct | | Died | Martin Prats † | Bishop of Ypres (Ieper), Belgium |
| 10 Oct | | Died | Riginaldo Lucarini, O.P. † | Bishop of Città della Pieve, Italy |
| 31 Oct | 44.1 | Resigned | Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet † | Bishop of Condom, France | Bishop of Meaux, France |
| 28.8 | Appointed | Jacques de Goyon de Matignon † | Bishop of Condom, France | Bishop Emeritus |
| Nov | | Appointed | Louis Cazet de Vautorte † | Bishop of Vannes, France |
| 5 Nov | | Born | Henri-Osvald de La Tour d'Auvergne de Bouillon † | Barcy | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Vienne, France |
| 6 Nov | 71.8 | Died | Angelo Celsi † | Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council |
| 14 Nov | | Born | Álvaro Eugenio de Mendoza Caamaño y Sotomayor † | Madrid, Spain | Cardinal, Patriarch of West Indies, Spain |
| 15 Nov | | Ordained Bishop | Charles-Antoine de la Garde de Chambonas † | Bishop of Lodève, France | Bishop of Viviers (Aps), France |
| 16 Nov | 44.9 | Confirmed | Nicolas de Colbert † | Bishop of Auxerre, France | Titular Archbishop of Cartagine |
| 45.9 | Appointed | Alonso Bernardo de Ríos y Guzmán, O.SS.T. † | Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain | Archbishop of Granada, Spain |
| 54.1 | Confirmed | Lothar Friedrich Reichsfreiherr von Metternich-Burscheid † | Coadjutor Archbishop of Mainz, Germany | Archbishop |
| 63.9 | Appointed | Johann Eberhard Nidhard (Neidhardt), S.J. † | Cardinal, Titular Archbishop of Edessa in Osrhoëne |
| 17 Nov | | Appointed | Bartolomé de Fontcalda, O.S.A. † | Bishop of Huesca, Spain |
| 22 Nov | 32.7 | Appointed | Henri de Barillon † | Bishop of Luçon, France |
| Born | Pedro Espinosa de los Monteros, O.F.M. † | Almajano | Bishop of Jaca, Spain |
| 30 Nov | 60.9 | Died | Pedro Sanches Farinha † | Bishop of Angola e Congo, Angola |
| 46.9 | Ordained Bishop | Louis-Marie-Armand de Simiane de Gordes † | Bishop of Langres, France |
| 2 Dec | | Born | José Cubero Ramírez de Arellano, O. de M. † | Madrid, Spain | Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), Chiapas, México |
| 3 Dec | | Born | Domenico Riviera † | Urbino | Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. XII Apostoli |
| 5 Dec | | Born | Joseph Clemens von Bayern von Wittelsbach † | München | Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany |
| 6 Dec | 75.3 | Died | Sebastian Denich † | Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany |
| 8 Dec | | Professed | Angelo Gabriele Gautieri, O.F.M. † | Member of Order of Friars Minor | Vicar Apostolic of Transilvania, Erdély, Siebenbürgen, Romania |
| 10 Dec | 58.4 | Resigned | Alderano Cibo † | Bishop of Jesi, Italy | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus |
| 14 Dec | 51.0 | Appointed | Gabriel Díaz Vara Calderón † | Bishop of Santiago de Cuba |
| Died | Antonio Possenti † | Bishop of Monte Feltre, Italy |
| 34.3 | Appointed | Louis de Thomassin † | Titular Bishop of Rhodiapolis | Bishop of Sisteron, France |
| 34.3 | Confirmed | Louis de Thomassin † | Coadjutor Bishop of Vence, France | Bishop of Sisteron, France |
| 26 Dec | | Died | Manuel de Saldanha † | Bishop of Viseu, Portugal |