| Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
| unknown | | Died | François Bochart de Saron † | Bishop of Clermont, France |
| Died | Antonio de Monroy, O.P. † | Archbishop of Foreign Archdiocese |
| Born | Jean-Georges Lefranc de Pompignan † | Montauban | Archbishop of Vienne, France |
| Died | Charles Le Goux de la Berchère † | Archbishop of Narbonne, France |
| Died | Bonaventura Martinelli † | Bishop of Sulmona, Italy |
| 48.7 | Ordained Bishop | Jaime de Mimbela, O.P. † | Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia | Bishop of Trujillo, Peru |
| Died | António Pereira da Silva † | Bishop of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal |
| 29.0 | Appointed | Athanasiy Sheptyskyi † | Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine | Archbishop of Foreign Archdiocese |
| Died | Michal Bartlomiej Tarlo † | Bishop of Poznań, Poland |
| Died | Antonio Tortorelli † | Bishop of Trivento, Italy |
| Jan | 70.0 | Died | Pietro Martire Giustiniani, O.P. † | Bishop of Tinos, Greece |
| 71.0 | Died | José Sicardo, O.S.A. † | Archbishop of Sassari, Italy |
| Born | José Antonio Umeres de Miranda (Humeres) † | Santiago, Chile | Bishop of Panamá |
| 7 Jan | 63.4 | Died | François de Salignac de La Mothe-Fénelon † | Archbishop of Cambrai, France |
| 15 Jan | 37.4 | Appointed | Jean-Joseph Languet de Gergy † | Bishop of Soissons, France | Archbishop of Sens, France |
| 21 Jan | 64.4 | Appointed | Ferdinando d'Adda † | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano |
| 69.3 | Appointed | Diego Montero del Aguila † | Bishop of Trujillo, Peru |
| 23 Jan | | Born | Jean-Olivier Briand † | Plérin, France | Bishop Emeritus of Québec, Québec, Canada |
| 3 Feb | | Born | Adam Dwerditsch † | Sierndorf | Auxiliary Bishop of Wien, Austria |
| 42.1 | Ordained Bishop | Pedro de Tapiz y Garcia † | Bishop of Durango, Durango, México |
| 4 Feb | 59.1 | Appointed | Guillaume Tual † | Auxiliary Bishop of Strasbourg, France |
| 59.1 | Appointed | Guillaume Tual † | Titular Bishop of Nyssa | Auxiliary Bishop of Strasbourg, France |
| 7 Feb | 30.5 | Appointed | Johann Hugo von Gärtz † | Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany |
| 30.5 | Appointed | Johann Hugo von Gärtz † | Titular Bishop of Dorylaëum | Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany |
| 8 Feb | | Born | Urbano Paracciani Rutili † | Rome | Cardinal, Archbishop of Fermo, Italy |
| 68.9 | Died | Johann Kasimir Röls † | Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg, Germany |
| 10 Feb | 46.1 | Ordained Bishop | Alonso del Pozo y Silva † | Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina | Archbishop Emeritus of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia |
| 12 Feb | | Born | Manuel Jiménez Pérez, O.S.B. † | Soto de Cameros, Spain | Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico) |
| 15 Feb | 30.5 | Appointed | Johann Hugo von Gärtz † | Vicar Apostolic of Nordic Missions, Germany | Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany |
| 23 Feb | | Born | Juan Ignacio de la Rocha † | Puerto de Santa María, Spain | Bishop of Michoacán, Michoacán, México |
| 2 Mar | 71.5 | Died | Emmanuel-Theódose de la Tour d'Auvergne de Bouillon † | Cardinal, Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy |
| 18 Mar | 57.2 | Appointed | Antonio Horcasitas Avellaneda † | Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain |
| 51.2 | Appointed | Francisco Valero Losa † | Archbishop of Toledo, Spain |
| 31 Mar | 30.6 | Ordained Bishop | Johann Hugo von Gärtz † | Titular Bishop of Dorylaëum | Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany |
| Apr | 56.6 | Died | Bartolomé Cernuda Rico y Piñeros † | Bishop of Plasencia, Spain |
| 1 Apr | 51.3 | Appointed | Juan de Necolalde † | Bishop of Concepción, Chile | Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia |
| 65.0 | Appointed | Sebastiano Antonio Tanara † | Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati | Cardinal, Titular Archbishop of Damascus |
| 5 Apr | 78.2 | Died | Varlaam Sheptyskyi † | Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine |
| 6 Apr | 24.1 | Ordained Priest | Anton Johann Wenzel Wokaun (Woknau) † | Priest of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic | Auxiliary Bishop |
| 9 Apr | | Born | Giovanni Carlo Boschi † | Faenza | Cardinal, Titular Archbishop of Atenia |
| 11 Apr | 28.2 | Ordained Priest | Johann Gottfried Freiherr Groß von Trockau † | Priest of Eichstätt, Germany | Auxiliary Bishop |
| Born | José Francis Laso de Castilla † | Granada | Bishop of Málaga, Spain |
| 21 Apr | 56.7 | Ordained Bishop | Juan Bravo Otálora de Lagunas † | Bishop of Arequipa, Peru |
| 3 May | 61.9 | Resigned | André-Hercule de Fleury † | Bishop of Fréjus, France | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus |
| 6 May | 51.5 | Appointed | Lorenzo Armengual del Pino de la Mota † | Bishop of Cádiz, Spain |
| 20 May | 66.4 | Died | Diego Gorospe de Irala, O.P. † | Bishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines |
| 22 May | | Born | François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis † | Saint-Marcel-d'Ardèche | Cardinal, Archbishop of Albi, France |
| 26 May | 57.4 | Ordained Bishop | Antonio Horcasitas Avellaneda † | Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain |
| 29 May | 37.8 | Confirmed | Jean-Joseph Languet de Gergy † | Bishop of Soissons, France | Archbishop of Sens, France |
| 38.7 | Elevated to Cardinal | Damian Hugo Philipp Reichsgraf von Schönborn Bushein † | Cardinal, Bishop of Speyer, Germany |
| 58.0 | Elevated to Cardinal | Henri-Pons de Thiard de Bissy † | Cardinal, Bishop of Meaux, France |
| 9 Jun | 46.4 | Ordained Bishop | Matthew Pritchard, O.F.M. † | Titular Bishop of Myra | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Western District, England, Great Britain |
| 16 Jun | 46.5 | Installed | Alonso del Pozo y Silva † | Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina | Archbishop Emeritus of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia |
| 23 Jun | 37.8 | Ordained Bishop | Jean-Joseph Languet de Gergy † | Bishop of Soissons, France | Archbishop of Sens, France |
| 30 Jun | | Ordained Bishop | Joseph-Pierre de Castellane † | Bishop of Fréjus, France |
| Jul | 43.6 | Ordained Priest | Álvaro Eugenio de Mendoza Caamaño y Sotomayor † | Priest | Cardinal, Patriarch of West Indies, Spain |
| Died | Ambrose O'Madden † | Bishop of Clonfert, Ireland |
| 1 Jul | 29.1 | Ordained Priest | Antoni Józef Zolkowski † | Priest | Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania |
| 5 Jul | 60.2 | Appointed | Felipe Antonio Gil Taboada † | Bishop of Osma, Spain | Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain |
| 8 Jul | 53.4 | Appointed | Pedro Francisco Levanto Vivaldo † | Bishop of Badajoz, Spain |
| 55.5 | Appointed | Hugh MacMahon (McMahon) † | Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland |
| 15 Jul | 65.1 | Ordained Bishop | Jerónimo del Valle Ledesma † | Bishop of Almería, Spain |
| 2 Aug | 73.6 | Died | João Franco de Oliveira † | Bishop of Miranda, Portugal |
| 5 Aug | 73.0 | Died | Simão da Gama † | Archbishop of Évora, Portugal |
| 11 Aug | | Installed | Alessandro Zondadari † | Archbishop of Siena, Italy |
| 12 Aug | 41.8 | Appointed | Antonio Monroy Meneses, O. de M. † | Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia | Bishop Emeritus |
| 11 Sep | | Appointed | Edward Murphy † | Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland | Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland |
| 13 Sep | 29.7 | Ordained Bishop | Athanasiy Sheptyskyi † | Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine | Archbishop of Foreign Archdiocese |
| 15 Sep | 52.8 | Ordained Priest | Francesco Barberini (Jr.) † | Priest | Cardinal, Prefect of the Roman Curia - Other |
| 16 Sep | 60.4 | Ordained Bishop | Felipe Antonio Gil Taboada † | Bishop of Osma, Spain | Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain |
| 18 Sep | 37.7 | Appointed | John Talbot Stonor † | Vicar Apostolic of Midland District, England, Great Britain |
| 37.7 | Appointed | John Talbot Stonor † | Titular Bishop of Thespiae | Vicar Apostolic of Midland District, England, Great Britain |
| 21 Sep | 24.8 | Ordained Priest | José Alfonso Meléndez, O.F.M. † | Priest of Order of Friars Minor | Archbishop of Palermo, Italy |
| 23 Sep | 48.9 | Appointed | Francisco Eustaquio Perea Porras † | Bishop of Plasencia, Spain | Archbishop of Granada, Spain |
| 50.0 | Installed | Antonfelice Zondadari † | Cardinal-Priest of S. Balbina | Cardinal, Titular Archbishop of Damascus |
| 9 Oct | 80.2 | Died | Albert Ernst Reichsgraf von Wartenberg † | Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany |
| 18 Oct | | Born | Lucas Ramírez Galán, O.F.M. † | Belalcázar, Spain | Bishop of Tui, Spain |
| 20 Oct | | Born | João Cosme da Cunha (de Nossa Senhora da Porta), O.C.S.A. † | Lisbon | Cardinal, Archbishop of Évora, Portugal |
| Nov | 50.8 | Died | Pedro de la Concepcion Urtiaga, O.F.M. † | Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico) |
| 49.0 | Ordained Bishop | Francisco Eustaquio Perea Porras † | Bishop of Plasencia, Spain | Archbishop of Granada, Spain |
| 5 Nov | | Died | Leonardo Cassiani † | Bishop of Teramo, Italy |
| 12 Nov | | Born | Kajetan Ignacy Sołtyk † | | Bishop of Kraków, Poland |
| 25 Nov | | Born | Johann Anton Freiherr von Zehmen † | Wahrberg | Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany |
| 27 Nov | | Born | Franz Xaver Twrdy † | Blatna | Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic |
| 28 Nov | 72.4 | Died | Hardouin Fortin de la Hoguette † | Archbishop of Sens, France |
| 29 Nov | 75.6 | Died | Francisco de Cosío y Otero † | Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia |
| 4 Dec | 35.0 | Died | Karl Joseph Ignaz Herzog von Lothringen † | Archbishop-Elect of Trier, Germany |
| 7 Dec | 37.7 | Appointed | Juan Leandro Gómez de Parada Valdez y Mendoza † | Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida), Yucatán, México | Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México |
| 16 Dec | 36.1 | Appointed | Thomas Philip Wallrad d'Alsace-Boussut de Chimay † | Cardinal, Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium |
| 56.8 | Elevated to Cardinal | Nicolás Spínola † | Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other |
| 46.9 | Appointed | Pablo Vilana Perlas † | Archbishop of Brindisi, Italy | Archbishop of Palermo, Italy |
| 18 Dec | | Ordained Bishop | Edward Murphy † | Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland | Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland |
| 22 Dec | 46.9 | Ordained Bishop | Pablo Vilana Perlas † | Archbishop of Brindisi, Italy | Archbishop of Palermo, Italy |