Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
unknown | | Born | Louis Aleman, C.R.S.J. † | | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Arles, France |
| Born | Thomas Beckington † | | Bishop of Bath and Wells, England, Great Britain |
77.0 | Died | Jean de Cardaillac † | Titular Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria} |
| Born | Antonio Cerdà i Lloscos † | | Cardinal, Bishop of Lérida, Spain |
| Born | Niccolò de Diano † | | Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy |
| Appointed | Francesco Falier † | Bishop of Castello, Italy |
| Appointed | Heinrich , O.F.M. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Magdeburg, Germany |
| Appointed | Heinrich , O.F.M. † | Titular Bishop of Shkodrë (Scutari), Albania | Auxiliary Bishop of Magdeburg, Germany |
| Ordained Bishop | Maffiolus de Lampugnano † | Archbishop of Messina, Italy | Bishop of Płock, Poland |
| Appointed | Giacomo Loredan † | Bishop of Capodistria (Capo d’Istria)(Koper), Slovenia |
| Born | Otón de Montcada y de Luna † | | Bishop of Tortosa, Spain |
| Died | John of Peblys † | Bishop of Dunkeld, Scotland, Great Britain |
| Died | Johann Potho von Pothenstein † | Bishop of Schwerin, Germany |
| Born | Enrico Rampini † | | Cardinal, Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy |
| Born | Krzysztof von Rotenhan † | | Bishop of Lebus, Germany |
| Died | Bonanat Tarín, O.F.M. † | Bishop of Telde-Canarias, Spain |
| Died | Adam de Tyninghame † | Bishop of Aberdeen, Scotland, Great Britain |
8 Jan | | Installed | Robert de la Motte d’Acigné † | Bishop of Saint-Malo, France |
19 Jan | | Appointed | Gilbert de Greenlaw † | Bishop of Aberdeen, Scotland, Great Britain |
29 Jan | | Appointed | Charles de Poitiers † | Bishop of Chalons-sur-Marne, France | Bishop of Langres, France |
6 Feb | 37.0 | Died | Adolf von Nassau † | Archbishop of Mainz, Germany |
11 Feb | | Appointed | Antonio Cipolloni, O.P. † | Bishop of Volterra, Italy | Archbishop of Torres, Italy |
15 Feb | | Appointed | Jacopo Altoviti, O.P. † | Bishop of Fiesole, Italy |
28 Feb | | Appointed | Alexander Bache † | Bishop of Saint Asaph, Wales, Great Britain |
2 Mar | | Died | Magnus Nielsen † | Archbishop of Lund, Sweden |
| Selected | John Trevor † | Bishop of Saint Asaph, Wales, Great Britain | Bishop Emeritus |
3 Mar | | Appointed | Johannes von Bayern-Hennegau † | Bishop of Liège, Belgium | Former Bishop-Elect |
2 May | | Appointed | Nicolas Jung-Bunzau † | Bishop of Aulon, Greece |
8 May | | Ordained Bishop | Alexander Bache † | Bishop of Saint Asaph, Wales, Great Britain |
| Ordained Bishop | Richard Metford † | Bishop of Chichester, England, Great Britain | Bishop of Salisbury, England, Great Britain |
27 May | 45.4 | Appointed | Simon de Cramaud † | Archbishop of Sens, France | Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina |
| Appointed | Guy de Roye † | Archbishop of Reims, France |
28 Jun | | Appointed | Diego de Anaya Maldonado † | Bishop of Orense, Spain | Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain |
| Appointed | Juan Ramírez de Guzmán † | Bishop of Tuy, Spain | Bishop of Ávila, Spain |
8 Jul | 74.5 | Died | Albert von Rickmersdorf (von Sachsen) † | Bishop of Halberstadt, Germany |
14 Jul | | Born | Magnus von Sachsen-Lauenburg † | | Bishop Emeritus of Hildesheim, Germany |
28 Jul | | Appointed | Ernst von Hohnstein † | Bishop of Halberstadt, Germany |
17 Aug | | Died | Pierre de Sortenac † | Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina | Cardinal, |
23 Aug | | Appointed | Corrado de Cloaco † | Bishop of Amelia, Italy | Bishop of Noli, Italy |
24 Aug | | Died | Reinhard von Sayn † | Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland |
2 Sep | | Appointed | Jean Gérard de Poitiers † | Bishop of Valence and Die, France | Archbishop Emeritus of Vienne, France |
7 Oct | | Appointed | Peder Jensen † | Archbishop of Lund, Sweden |
10 Oct | 49.7 | Appointed | Antonio Calvi † | Bishop of Imola, Italy | Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Marco |
17 Oct | | Appointed | Pierre Aymery (Aimerici) † | Archbishop of Bourges, France | Titular Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria} |
| Appointed | Géraud du Breuil † | Bishop of (Saint-Lizier de) Couserans (or Conserans), France | Bishop of Uzés, France |
| Appointed | Guilleume de Dormans † | Archbishop of Sens, France |
| Appointed | Jean Fillet † | Bishop of Apt, France |
| Elevated to Cardinal | Jean Flandrin † | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Auch, France |
| Resigned | Jean Flandrin † | Archbishop of Auch, France | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus |
29 Oct | | Appointed | Agostino da Lanzano † | Bishop of Perugia, Italy | Bishop of Spoleto, Italy |
14 Nov | | Appointed | Antonio Uberti † | Bishop of Mantova, Italy |
| Appointed | Robert Waldby, O.S.A. † | Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland | Archbishop of York, England, Great Britain |
21 Nov | 63.8 | Appointed | Angelo Correr {Corrario} † | Titular Patriarch of Constantinople | Bishop Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy |
| Appointed | Lodovico Morosini † | Bishop of Modon (Medone, Methone), Greece |
27 Nov | | Appointed | Pavo de Griffis † | Bishop of Tropea, Italy |
1 Dec | | Appointed | Rolandino Malatacchi, O.E.S.A. † | Bishop of Giovinazzo, Italy |
14 Dec | | Appointed | Bernard de Bonneval † | Bishop of Limoges, France |
20 Dec | | Appointed | Nikolaus Bock de Schippenbeil, O.T. † | Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland | Bishop Emeritus of Kammin (Camin), Germany |