| Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
| unknown | 42.1 | Succeeded | Joseph Clemens von Bayern von Wittelsbach † | Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany | Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany |
| Appointed | François de Berton de Crillon † | Archbishop of Vienne, France |
| Appointed | Julian Cano y Tovar † | Bishop of Avila, Spain |
| Died | Charles Joachim Colbert de Croissy † | Bishop of Montpellier, France |
| Appointed | Fernando de Faro † | Bishop of Elvas, Portugal |
| Died | Fernando de Faro † | Bishop of Elvas, Portugal |
| Born | Joaquim Borges de Figueroa † | Lisboa, Portugal | Archbishop Emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil |
| 55.0 | Ordained Bishop | Simeón Guinda Apéztegui, O.S.A. † | Bishop of Urgell, Spain |
| 17.7 | Professed | Ludwig Hatteisen, O.S.B. † | Member of Order of Saint Benedict | Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany |
| Born | Félicien Bocon de La Merlière † | Merlière | Bishop Emeritus of Apt, France |
| 58.0 | Ordained Bishop | Juan Miguélez Mendaña † | Bishop of Tortosa, Spain |
| Died | António Vieira Leitão † | Bishop of Angra, Portugal |
| Appointed | Alessandro Zondadari † | Archbishop of Siena, Italy |
| Born | Francesco Zunica † | | Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy |
| 6 Jan | 56.4 | Died | Pedro de los Reyes Ríos de la Madrid, O.S.B. † | Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida), Yucatán, México |
| 11 Jan | 54.3 | Died | Anton Ignaz Müntzer † | Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław, Poland |
| 17 Jan | 42.3 | Appointed | Giberto Borromeo † | Cardinal, Bishop of Novara, Italy |
| 57.0 | Appointed | Francisco Solís Hervás, O. de M. † | Bishop of Córdoba, Spain |
| 26 Jan | 32.8 | Appointed | Elias Daniel von Sommerfeld † | Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław, Poland | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus |
| 32.8 | Appointed | Elias Daniel von Sommerfeld † | Titular Bishop of Leontopolis in Pamphylia | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Wrocław, Poland |
| 7 Feb | 72.1 | Appointed | Martin Bernhard Just von Friedenfeld † | Prefect of Meissen (Meißen) {Lusazia o Lausitz; Sassonia}, Germany |
| 16 Feb | | Born | Vigilius Augustin Maria Graf von Firmian † | Trento | Bishop Emeritus of Lavant, Slovenia |
| 26 Feb | 64.1 | Appointed | Francisco del Rincón, O.M. † | Archbishop (Personal Title) of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela | Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia |
| Appointed | Jacques des Maretz † | Archbishop of Auch, France |
| 50.4 | Appointed | Louis-François Du Plessis de Mornay, O.F.M. Cap. † | Titular Bishop of Eumenia | Bishop Emeritus of Québec, Québec, Canada |
| 50.4 | Confirmed | Louis-François Du Plessis de Mornay, O.F.M. Cap. † | Coadjutor Bishop of Québec, Québec, Canada | Bishop Emeritus |
| 47.8 | Appointed | Jaime de Mimbela, O.P. † | Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia | Bishop of Trujillo, Peru |
| 52.7 | Appointed | Manuel de Mimbela y Morlans, O.F.M. † | Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México |
| 55.2 | Appointed | Jacinto Olivera y Pardo † | Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), Chiapas, México |
| 43.2 | Appointed | Giuseppe Maria Perrimezzi, O.M. † | Bishop of Oppido Mamertina, Italy | Bishop Emeritus |
| 41.2 | Appointed | Pedro de Tapiz y Garcia † | Bishop of Durango, Durango, México |
| 11 Mar | 61.4 | Ordained Bishop | Sancho Antonio Belunza Corcuera † | Bishop of Ceuta, Spain | Bishop of Coria, Spain |
| 14 Mar | 25.3 | Ordained Priest | Johann Friedrich Adolf Freiherr von Hörde zu Schönholthausen † | Priest of Hildesheim, Germany | Vicar Apostolic of Nordic Missions, Germany |
| 17 Mar | | Born | Maximilian Reichsgraf von Hamilton † | München | Bishop of Olomouc, Czech Republic |
| 21 Mar | 59.2 | Appointed | José Pérez de Lanciego Eguiluz y Mirafuentes, O.S.B. † | Archbishop of México, Federal District |
| 72.2 | Appointed | Diego Morcillo Rubio de Suñón de Robledo, O.SS.T. † | Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia | Archbishop of Lima, Peru |
| 63.8 | Appointed | Jerónimo del Valle Ledesma † | Bishop of Almería, Spain |
| Apr | 61.2 | Died | Timóteo do Sacramento, O.S.P. † | Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil |
| 4 Apr | | Born | Adam Stanisław Krasiński † | | Bishop Emeritus of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine |
| 6 Apr | 88.9 | Died | Gasparo Carpegna † | Cardinal, Prefect of the Roman Curia - Other |
| 8 Apr | 69.3 | Ordained Bishop | Andrés Capero Agramunt, O. Carm. † | Bishop of Lugo, Spain |
| 15 Apr | | Ordained Bishop | Ambrose O'Madden † | Bishop of Clonfert, Ireland |
| 16 Apr | 58.7 | Appointed | Fulvio Astalli † | Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina | Cardinal, Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy |
| 58.7 | Appointed | Fulvio Astalli † | Bishop of Sabina, Italy | Cardinal, Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy |
| 63.6 | Appointed | Ferdinando d'Adda † | Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Vincoli | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano |
| 51.1 | Appointed | Giulio Piazza † | Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Panisperna | Cardinal, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Faenza, Italy |
| 58.4 | Appointed | Francisco Rodríguez Mendarozqueta y Zárate † | Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain |
| 22 Apr | 50.6 | Ordained Bishop | Louis-François Du Plessis de Mornay, O.F.M. Cap. † | Titular Bishop of Eumenia | Bishop Emeritus of Québec, Québec, Canada |
| 26 Apr | | Born | Diego Antonio Díez Madroñero † | Talarrubias, Spain | Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela |
| 2 May | | Born | Ludwig Philipp Behelm † | Duderstadt | Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany |
| 13 May | 58.8 | Ordained Bishop | Fulvio Astalli † | Bishop of Sabina, Italy | Cardinal, Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy |
| 17 May | 65.2 | Died | Gianalberto Badoaro † | Cardinal, Bishop of Brescia, Italy |
| 19 May | 35.3 | Appointed | François-Firmin Trudaine † | Bishop of Senlis, France |
| 21 May | 59.5 | Appointed | Esteban Bellido Guevara † | Bishop of Palencia, Spain |
| Installed | Antonio de Zuloaga † | Archbishop of Lima, Peru |
| 22 May | 59.5 | Appointed | Francisco Olaso Hipenza, O.S.A. † | Bishop of Lérida, Spain |
| 28 May | 50.2 | Appointed | Lucas Conejero Molina † | Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain | Archbishop of Burgos, Spain |
| 60.2 | Appointed | José Díez Santos de San Pedro † | Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain |
| 57.2 | Appointed | José Espejo Cisneros † | Bishop of Orihuela, Spain | Bishop Emeritus of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain |
| 55.4 | Appointed | Rodrigo Marín Rubio † | Bishop of Jaén, Spain |
| 8 Jun | 84.4 | Died | Claude de Saint Georges † | Archbishop of Lyon, France |
| 13 Jun | 67.4 | Appointed | Silvestre García Escalona † | Bishop of Salamanca, Spain |
| 55.4 | Appointed | Juan José Llamas Rivas, O. Carm. † | Bishop of Panamá |
| 61.4 | Appointed | Manuel Pérez Araciel y Rada † | Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain |
| 58.4 | Appointed | Antonio Prado Sandoval y Rojas † | Titular Bishop of Thermae Basilicae | Bishop of the unknown of Titular See |
| 1 Jul | 58.7 | Ordained Bishop | Francisco Rodríguez Mendarozqueta y Zárate † | Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain |
| 9 Jul | 46.5 | Appointed | Diego Muñoz Baquerizo † | Bishop of Segorbe, Spain |
| 14 Jul | 48.5 | Died | Francisco de Paula Garcés Marcilla, O.M. † | Bishop of Huesca, Spain |
| 76.9 | Died | Léonor II de Goyon de Matignon † | Bishop of Lisieux, France |
| 15 Jul | 59.7 | Ordained Bishop | Francisco Olaso Hipenza, O.S.A. † | Bishop of Lérida, Spain |
| 22 Jul | 57.3 | Ordained Bishop | José Espejo Cisneros † | Bishop of Orihuela, Spain | Bishop Emeritus of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain |
| 25 Jul | 60.3 | Ordained Bishop | José Díez Santos de San Pedro † | Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain |
| 9 Aug | 63.2 | Succeeded | Edme Bélot, M.E.P. † | Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking {Tonkino Occidentale}, Viêt Nam |
| 80.6 | Died | Jacques de Bourges, M.E.P. † | Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking {Tonkino Occidentale}, Viêt Nam |
| 15 Aug | 36.9 | Appointed | François-Paul de Neufville de Villeroy † | Archbishop of Lyon, France |
| 19 Aug | 33.4 | Ordained Bishop | Elias Daniel von Sommerfeld † | Titular Bishop of Leontopolis in Pamphylia | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Wrocław, Poland |
| 20 Aug | 56.5 | Appointed | Johann Franz Reichsgraf von Schenk von Stauffenberg † | Coadjutor Bishop of Augsburg, Germany | Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany |
| 35.6 | Confirmed | François-Firmin Trudaine † | Bishop of Senlis, France |
| 21 Aug | | Born | Bernardo Lorca Quiñones, O.S.H. † | Horcajo de Santiago | Bishop of Guadix, Spain |
| 6 Sep | | Born | Claude-Mathias-Joseph de Barral † | Grenoble | Bishop Emeritus of Troyes, France |
| 10 Sep | 59.8 | Ordained Bishop | Esteban Bellido Guevara † | Bishop of Palencia, Spain |
| 17 Sep | 50.7 | Appointed | Antonio María Casiani, O.S.Bas. † | Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia |
| 55.7 | Appointed | Simeón Guinda Apéztegui, O.S.A. † | Bishop of Urgell, Spain |
| 58.7 | Appointed | Juan Miguélez Mendaña † | Bishop of Tortosa, Spain |
| Appointed | Pedro Gregorio Padilla † | Bishop of Huesca, Spain |
| 55.7 | Appointed | José Ulzurrun de Asanza y Civera † | Bishop of León, Spain |
| 24 Sep | 56.6 | Confirmed | Johann Franz Reichsgraf von Schenk von Stauffenberg † | Coadjutor Bishop of Augsburg, Germany | Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany |
| 1 Oct | 62.2 | Appointed | Gaspar Fuster, C.O. † | Archbishop of Sassari, Italy |
| 70.8 | Appointed | Pedro Granell † | Bishop of Barbastro, Spain |
| 37.0 | Confirmed | François-Paul de Neufville de Villeroy † | Archbishop of Lyon, France |
| 4 Oct | 50.8 | Died | Ildefonso de Mena y Borja † | Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain |
| 14 Oct | 50.6 | Ordained Bishop | Lucas Conejero Molina † | Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain | Archbishop of Burgos, Spain |
| 58.8 | Ordained Bishop | Antonio Prado Sandoval y Rojas † | Titular Bishop of Thermae Basilicae | Bishop of the unknown of Titular See |
| 20 Oct | | Born | Christoph Bartholomäus Anton Graf Migazzi † | Trento, Italy | Cardinal, Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria |
| 28 Oct | 46.8 | Ordained Bishop | Diego Muñoz Baquerizo † | Bishop of Segorbe, Spain |
| 4 Nov | 59.8 | Ordained Bishop | José Pérez de Lanciego Eguiluz y Mirafuentes, O.S.B. † | Archbishop of México, Federal District |
| 55.8 | Ordained Bishop | Juan José Llamas Rivas, O. Carm. † | Bishop of Panamá |
| 53.4 | Ordained Bishop | Manuel de Mimbela y Morlans, O.F.M. † | Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México |
| 19 Nov | 56.3 | Appointed | Juan Bravo Otálora de Lagunas † | Bishop of Arequipa, Peru |
| 48.9 | Appointed | Juan Gómez de Neva y Frías † | Bishop of Popayán, Colombia | Bishop of Quito, Ecuador |
| 53.4 | Installed | Manuel de Mimbela y Morlans, O.F.M. † | Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México |
| 25 Nov | 62.4 | Ordained Bishop | Gaspar Fuster, C.O. † | Archbishop of Sassari, Italy |
| 35.9 | Ordained Bishop | François-Firmin Trudaine † | Bishop of Senlis, France |
| 30 Nov | 37.2 | Ordained Bishop | François-Paul de Neufville de Villeroy † | Archbishop of Lyon, France |
| 7 Dec | 54.2 | Appointed | Wolfgang Hannibal Graf von Schrattenbach † | Cardinal-Priest of S. Marcello | Cardinal, Bishop of Olomouc, Czech Republic |
| 9 Dec | 70.9 | Ordained Bishop | Pedro Granell † | Bishop of Barbastro, Spain |
| 55.9 | Ordained Bishop | José Ulzurrun de Asanza y Civera † | Bishop of León, Spain |
| 18 Dec | | Born | Francisco Javier Delgado Benegas † | Villanueva de Ariscal | Cardinal, Patriarch of West Indies, Antilles |
| 86.9 | Died | César d'Estrées † | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Laon, France |
| 27 Dec | 56.0 | Ordained Bishop | Jacinto Olivera y Pardo † | Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), Chiapas, México |
| 29 Dec | 64.0 | Died | Andrés Soto de la Fuente † | Bishop of Osma, Spain |