| Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
| unknown | | Born | Pedro Clemente de Aróstegui † | Villanueva de la Jara | Bishop of Osma, Spain |
| Appointed | Giuseppe Bologna † | Archbishop of Capua, Italy |
| 28.0 | Ordained Priest | Thomas Bottaro a Sextris, O.P. † | Priest of Order of Friars Preachers | Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Tonking {Tonkino Orientale}, Viêt Nam |
| 35.0 | Appointed | Jean-François Chamillart † | Bishop of Dol, France | Bishop of Senlis, France |
| Appointed | Nicola Cirillo † | Bishop of Nicastro, Italy |
| Died | Juan de los Ríos y Berriz † | Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia |
| Born | Pierre-Jean-Baptiste Durand de Missy † | Rouen | Bishop of Avranches, France |
| Died | Matteo Fazio † | Bishop of Patti, Italy |
| Born | Juan González Melgarejo † | Asuncion, Paraguay | Bishop of Arequipa, Peru |
| Died | Bartolome Gonzalez y Poveda † | Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia |
| 26.9 | Ordained Priest | James Gordon † | Priest | Vicar Apostolic of Lowland District, Scotland, Great Britain |
| Appointed | Charles-Béningne Hervé † | Bishop of Gap, France |
| Appointed | Charles-Antoine de la Garde de Chambonas † | Bishop of Viviers (Aps), France |
| 68.0 | Ordained Bishop | Eustache Le Séneschal de Carcado † | Bishop of Tréguier, France |
| Born | Gregorio de Molleda y Clerque † | Cartegena, Colombia | Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia |
| Appointed | François de Poudenx † | Bishop of Tarbes, France |
| 34.0 | Appointed | Gerolamo Ubertino Provana, C.R. † | Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy |
| Appointed | António de Saldanha † | Bishop of Portalegre, Portugal | Bishop of Guarda, Portugal |
| Born | Francisco de São Tiago, O.F.M. † | Tiagro de Sappro, Portugal | Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil |
| Appointed | Pompeo Sarnelli † | Bishop of Bisceglie, Italy |
| 46.3 | Appointed | António Vasconcelos e Sousa † | Bishop of Lamego, Portugal | Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal |
| 5 Jan | | Born | Diego García Medrano † | Robledo de Chavela | Bishop of Segovia, Spain |
| 9 Jan | 50.0 | Appointed | João Franco de Oliveira † | Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil | Bishop of Miranda, Portugal |
| 13 Jan | 50.1 | Ordained Bishop | Giovanni Battista Carrone † | Bishop of Strongoli |
| 34.5 | Ordained Bishop | Marcello d'Aste † | Titular Archbishop of Atenia | Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio to Germany |
| 47.0 | Ordained Bishop | Pietro Martire Giustiniani, O.P. † | Archbishop of Naxos, Greece | Bishop of Tinos, Greece |
| 15 Jan | 36.2 | Confirmed | Fabio Brulart de Sillery † | Bishop of Soissons, France |
| 18 Jan | 34.5 | Appointed | Marcello d'Aste † | Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland | Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio to Germany |
| 21 Jan | 48.6 | Confirmed | Hardouin Fortin de la Hoguette † | Archbishop of Sens, France |
| 36.2 | Confirmed | Charles-Gaspard-Guillaume de Vintimille du Luc † | Bishop of Marseille, France | Archbishop of Paris, France |
| 24 Jan | | Died | João de Mascarenhas † | Bishop of Guarda, Portugal |
| 31 Jan | 79.8 | Died | Mathieu Thoreau † | Bishop of Dol, France |
| 13 Feb | | Born | Louis-Bernard de La Taste, O.S.B. † | Bordeaux, France | Bishop of Bethléem, France |
| 18 Feb | | Born | Francisco Castillo Vintimilla † | Bruselas, Belgium | Bishop of Jaén, Spain |
| 28 Feb | 68.2 | Died | Ulrich de Mont † | Bishop of Chur, Switzerland |
| 6 Mar | | Confirmed | Mathurin Savary † | Bishop of Sées, France |
| 10 Mar | 34.8 | Confirmed | Henri-Pons de Thiard de Bissy † | Bishop of Toul, France | Cardinal, Bishop of Meaux, France |
| 15 Mar | 41.9 | Appointed | Sebastiano Antonio Tanara † | Apostolic Nuncio to Austria | Cardinal, Titular Archbishop of Damascus |
| 23 Mar | 36.4 | Ordained Bishop | Fabio Brulart de Sillery † | Bishop of Soissons, France |
| 25 Mar | | Born | Luiz de Santa Teresa da Cruz Salgado de Castilho, O.C.D. † | Lisboa, Portugal | Bishop of Olinda, Brazil |
| 36.4 | Ordained Bishop | Charles-Gaspard-Guillaume de Vintimille du Luc † | Bishop of Marseille, France | Archbishop of Paris, France |
| 30 Mar | | Ordained Bishop | François d'Argouges † | Bishop of Vannes, France |
| Apr | 68.7 | Ordained Bishop | Giuseppe Vittorio Alberti d’Enno † | Bishop of Trento, Italy |
| 11 Apr | | Born | José Francisco Biguezal † | Vitoria | Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain |
| 14 Apr | | Born | Francisco Xavier Aranha † | Arronches | Bishop of Olinda, Brazil |
| 16 Apr | | Born | Pascual de los Herreros † | Milmarcos | Bishop of León, Spain |
| 20 Apr | 62.3 | Ordained Bishop | Francisco de Lima (Lemos), O. Carm. † | Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil | Bishop of Olinda, Brazil |
| 28 Apr | 35.0 | Appointed | Ulrich Freiherr von Federspiel † | Bishop of Chur, Switzerland |
| 10 May | 64.6 | Appointed | Galeazzo Marescotti † | Pro-Prefect of the Congregation of the Council | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Tivoli, Italy |
| 15 May | 46.3 | Appointed | Peter Anton Gaus von Homberg † | Bishop of Pedena, Austria |
| 31 May | 23.1 | Ordained Priest | Francesco Antonio Finy † | Priest | Cardinal, Bishop of Tivoli, Italy |
| 8 Jun | 94.6 | Died | Henri Arnauld † | Bishop of Angers, France |
| 17 Jun | | Died | Juan Asensio † | Bishop of Jaén, Spain |
| 5 Jul | 22.5 | Ordained Priest | Karol Antoni Szembek † | Priest | Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland |
| 22 Jul | | Born | Ramón Nogués † | Albelda | Bishop of Jaca, Spain |
| 26 Jul | | Born | Jakob Johann Joseph Wosky von Bärenstamm † | Crostwitz | Prefect of Meissen (Meißen) {Lusazia o Lausitz; Sassonia}, Germany |
| 12 Aug | | Born | Aleixo de Miranda Henriques, O.P. † | Lisboa | Bishop of Porto, Portugal |
| 15 Aug | 32.0 | Appointed | Michel Le Peletier † | Bishop of Angers, France |
| 24 Aug | 62.5 | Ordained Bishop | Pierre-Daniel Huet † | Bishop of Avranches, France | Bishop Emeritus |
| Ordained Bishop | Mathurin Savary † | Bishop of Sées, France |
| 35.2 | Ordained Bishop | Henri-Pons de Thiard de Bissy † | Bishop of Toul, France | Cardinal, Bishop of Meaux, France |
| 31 Aug | 39.2 | Ordained Bishop | Henri Feydeau de Brou † | Bishop of Amiens, France |
| 2 Sep | 52.7 | Appointed | Peter Creagh † | Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland |
| 30 Sep | | Born | Domingo Pérez Rivera † | Sevilla | Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain |
| 1 Oct | 76.8 | Died | Diego de Aguilar, O.P. † | Bishop of Cebu, Philippines |
| 2 Oct | | Born | Francis Petre † | Fidlers | Vicar Apostolic of Northern District, England, Great Britain |
| 5 Oct | 66.8 | Died | Alonso Bernardo de Ríos y Guzmán, O.SS.T. † | Archbishop of Granada, Spain |
| 6 Oct | 54.2 | Confirmed | Giovanni Francesco Miller † | Bishop of Trieste, Italy |
| 39.6 | Appointed | Johann Sigmund Reichsfreiherr Zeller von und zu Leibersdorf † | Auxiliary Bishop of Freising, Germany |
| 39.6 | Appointed | Johann Sigmund Reichsfreiherr Zeller von und zu Leibersdorf † | Titular Bishop of Belline | Auxiliary Bishop of Freising, Germany |
| 15 Oct | | Born | Alessandro Albani † | Urbino | Cardinal, Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archives |
| 82.8 | Died | Johannes Maximus Stainer von Pleinfelden † | Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany |
| 44.7 | Appointed | Andrzej Chryzostom Załuski † | Bishop of Płock, Poland | Bishop of Warmia, Poland |
| 7 Nov | 49.7 | Ordained Bishop | García Felipe de Legazpi y Velasco Altamirano y Albornoz † | Bishop of Durango, Durango, México | Bishop of Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala, México |
| 16 Nov | 32.3 | Ordained Bishop | Michel Le Peletier † | Bishop of Angers, France |
| 27 Nov | 65.9 | Resigned | Luis de Lemos y Usategui, O.S.A. † | Bishop of Concepción, Chile | Bishop Emeritus |
| 30 Nov | 35.9 | Ordained Bishop | Jean-François Chamillart † | Bishop of Dol, France | Bishop of Senlis, France |
| 1 Dec | 35.6 | Confirmed | Ulrich Freiherr von Federspiel † | Bishop of Chur, Switzerland |
| 6 Dec | | Born | Jerzy Mikołaj Hylzen † | | Bishop Emeritus of Smoleńsk, Poland |
| 9 Dec | | Born | Camillo Paolucci † | Forli | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina |
| 12 Dec | 77.1 | Died | Verissimo de Lencastre † | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Braga, Portugal |
| 14 Dec | 54.3 | Ordained Bishop | Giovanni Francesco Miller † | Bishop of Trieste, Italy |
| 20 Dec | 23.0 | Ordained Priest | Tomás Vidal, O. Cist. † | Priest of Order of Cistercians | Archbishop of Messina, Italy |