| Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
| unknown | 62.6 | Resigned | Francesco Buonvisi † | Apostolic Nuncio to Austria | Cardinal, Bishop of Lucca, Italy |
| Died | Domingos de Gusmão, O.P. † | Archbishop of Évora, Portugal |
| Appointed | Diego Ladrón de Guevara † | Bishop of Panamá | Bishop of Quito, Ecuador |
| Appointed | Manuel de Moura Manuel † | Bishop of Miranda, Portugal |
| Died | Patrick Tyrrell † | Bishop of Clogher, Ireland |
| 24 Jan | 64.7 | Died | Henri Fuchs † | Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Lausanne, Switzerland |
| 31 Jan | | Died | Manuel de Herrera, O.F.M. † | Bishop of Durango, Durango, México |
| 4 Feb | 78.7 | Died | Francesco Alberti di Poja † | Bishop of Trento, Italy |
| 13 Feb | 66.8 | Died | Carlo Pio di Savoia † | Cardinal, Bishop of Sabina, Italy |
| 28 Feb | 65.7 | Appointed | Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † | Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Ravenna, Italy |
| 2 Mar | | Born | José Félix Valverde † | Granada, Spain | Bishop of Michoacán, Michoacán, México |
| 7 Mar | 77.3 | Died | Franz Johann Reichsfreiherr von Vogt von Altensumerau und Prasberg † | Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany |
| 9 Mar | 85.5 | Died | François Adhémar de Monteil de Grignan † | Archbishop of Arles, France |
| 51.2 | Succeeded | Jean-Baptiste Adhémar de Monteil de Grignan † | Archbishop of Arles, France |
| 16 Mar | 61.2 | Died | Sebastian Graf von Pötting-Persing † | Bishop of Passau, Germany |
| 17 Mar | | Born | Kornylij Lebeckyj, O.S.B.M. † | Slomin | Bishop of Foreign Diocese |
| 9 Apr | 38.2 | Ordained Priest | Franz Ferdinand Reichsgraf von Kuenburg † | Priest of Salzburg, Austria | Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic |
| 23.3 | Ordained Priest | Tomás José Ruiz Montes † | Priest | Bishop of Cartagena (en España) |
| 13 Apr | 60.3 | Died | Francisco de Borja † | Bishop of Trujillo, Peru | Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina |
| 14 Apr | 45.0 | Appointed | Marquard Rudolf Reichsritter von Rodt † | Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany |
| 24 Apr | 45.3 | Ordained Bishop | Sigmund Ignaz Reichgraf von Wolkenstein-Trostburg † | Bishop of Chiemsee, Germany |
| 28 Apr | 65.8 | Appointed | Giuseppe Vittorio Alberti d’Enno † | Bishop of Trento, Italy |
| May | 56.2 | Ordained Bishop | Pierre de Montenbach † | Bishop of Lausanne, Switzerland |
| 11 May | 77.4 | Died | Gregório dos Anjos, C.S.J. † | Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil |
| 20 May | 59.4 | Died | Estevão Brioso de Figueiredo † | Bishop of Funchal, Portugal |
| 24 May | 37.0 | Appointed | Johann Philipp Reichsgraf von Lamberg † | Cardinal, Bishop of Passau, Germany |
| 27 May | | Born | Andreas Jakob Reichsgraf von Dietrichstein † | Iglau | Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria |
| 28 May | 35.4 | Appointed | Martin de Ratabon † | Bishop of Ypres (Ieper), Belgium | Bishop Emeritus of Viviers (Aps), France |
| 7 Jun | | Died | Alphonse de Berghes † | Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium |
| 2 Jul | 69.6 | Ordained Bishop | Jobst Edmund Freiherr von Brabeck † | Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany |
| 6 Jul | | Born | Johann Friedrich Karl Reichgraf von Ostein † | Amorbach | Archbishop of Mainz, Germany |
| 12 Jul | 61.8 | Appointed | Humbertus Guilielmus de Precipiano † | Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium |
| 26 Jul | 26.3 | Ordained Priest | Alexander Sigmund Pfalzgraf am Rhein zu Neuburg † | Priest of Augsburg, Germany | Bishop |
| 1 Aug | 76.6 | Died | Tomasz Ujejski, S.J. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Warmia, Poland |
| 11 Aug | | Born | Pedro Gómez de la Torre † | Riaño | Bishop of Plasencia, Spain |
| 12 Aug | 78.2 | Died | Bl. Benedetto Odescalchi † | Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy) |
| 5 Sep | | Born | Enrique Laso de la Vega † | Sevilla, Spain | Titular Bishop of Thaumacus |
| 27 Sep | 63.4 | Died | Angelo Maria Ranuzzi † | Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy |
| 6 Oct | 79.5 | Elected | Pietro Vito Ottoboni † | Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy) |
| 14 Oct | 60.3 | Appointed | Bandino Panciatici † | Titular Patriarch of Gerusalemme {Jerusalem}, Palestine | Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council |
| 16 Oct | 79.5 | Installed | Pietro Vito Ottoboni † | Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy) |
| 64.8 | Installed | Jan Stanisław Zbaski † | Bishop of Warmia, Poland |
| 19 Oct | 34.2 | Appointed | Fulvio Astalli † | Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Cosma e Damiano | Cardinal, Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy |
| 46.2 | Appointed | Emmanuel-Theódose de la Tour d'Auvergne de Bouillon † | Bishop of Albano, Italy | Cardinal, Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy |
| 46.2 | Appointed | Emmanuel-Theódose de la Tour d'Auvergne de Bouillon † | Cardinal-Bishop of Albano | Cardinal, Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy |
| 58.4 | Appointed | Flavio Chigi (Sr.) † | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina |
| 14 Nov | 63.5 | Installed | Francesco Buonvisi † | Cardinal-Priest of S. Stefano al Monte Celio | Cardinal, Bishop of Lucca, Italy |
| 56.7 | Installed | Marcello Durazzo † | Cardinal-Priest of S. Prisca | Cardinal, Bishop of Faenza, Italy |
| 59.9 | Installed | Wilhelm Egon Fürst von Fürstenberg † | Cardinal-Priest of S. Onofrio | Cardinal, Bishop of Strasbourg, France |
| 57.1 | Installed | Opizio Pallavicini † | Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Silvestro e Martino ai Monti | Cardinal, Bishop of Osimo, Italy |
| 43.9 | Installed | Augustyn Michal Stefan Radziejowski † | Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Pace | Cardinal, Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland |
| 20 Nov | 46.2 | Ordained Bishop | Emmanuel-Theódose de la Tour d'Auvergne de Bouillon † | Bishop of Albano, Italy | Cardinal, Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy |
| 28 Nov | 57.1 | Appointed | Opizio Pallavicini † | Archbishop (Personal Title) of Spoleto, Italy | Cardinal, Bishop of Osimo, Italy |
| 12 Dec | 45.4 | Appointed | Savo (Savio) Millini (Mellini) † | Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Vincoli | Cardinal, Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy |
| 63.7 | Confirmed | Johann Markus Rosetti † | Bishop of Pedena, Austria |
| 17 Dec | 24.2 | Ordained Priest | Raimundo Rubí, O. Cart. † | Priest of Other | Bishop of Catania, Italy |
| 21 Dec | 60.4 | Ordained Bishop | Bandino Panciatici † | Titular Patriarch of Gerusalemme {Jerusalem}, Palestine | Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council |
| 31 Dec | 78.9 | Died | Felipe Fernandez de Pardo, O.P. † | Archbishop of Manila, Philippines |