Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
unknown | | Died | John Babynge, O.P. † | Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland |
| Born | Johann Beckenschlager † | | Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria |
| Resigned | Antoine Clément, O.F.M. † | Bishop of Belley, France | Bishop Emeritus |
| Died | Homobonus d’Armagnac † | Bishop of Tarbes, France |
| Born | Ladislao Dentice † | | Bishop of Lucera, Italy |
| Born | Georg Heßler (Hessler) † | | Cardinal, Bishop of Passau, Germany |
| Born | William Percy (Gray) † | | Bishop of Carlisle, England, Great Britain |
| Died | Pietro Piczus † | Bishop of Molfetta, Italy |
| Died | Giovanni Strada † | Bishop of Forli, Italy |
18 Jan | | Died | Eberhard von Neuhaus † | Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria |
| Died | Otto von Rohr † | Bishop of Havelberg, Germany |
4 Feb | 67.0 | Selected | Eberard von Starhemberg † | Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria |
11 Feb | | Died | Mirosław Brudzewski † | Bishop-Elect of Poznań, Poland |
12 Feb | | Appointed | Luis de La Guerra † | Bishop of Guarda, Portugal |
16 Feb | | Appointed | Dietrich Gronow † | Bishop of Dorpat (Tartu), Estonia |
17 Feb | | Appointed | Jacques du Chatelier (Castellano) † | Bishop of Paris, France |
19 Feb | | Appointed | Thomas Barry † | Bishop of Ossory, Ireland |
26 Feb | | Appointed | Bernard de La Planche, O.S.B. † | Bishop of Acqs (Dax), France | Bishop Emeritus |
| Appointed | Francesco Piccolpasso † | Bishop of Pavia, Italy | Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy |
27 Feb | | Born | Ruprecht von Rhein † | | Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany |
8 Mar | | Appointed | Giacomo Campora, O.P. † | Archbishop of Cambaluc (Peking, Khanbaliq), China | Bishop of Caffa, Italy |
17 Mar | | Appointed | Louis de Glandèves † | Bishop of Vence, France |
27 Mar | | Died | Rinaldo Brancaccio † | Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia |
| Appointed | Paul de Caire † | Bishop of Glandèves, France |
1 Apr | | Died | Hugo de Lupia y Bagés † | Bishop of Valencia, Spain |
11 Apr | 67.2 | Confirmed | Eberard von Starhemberg † | Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria |
27 Apr | | Died | Francesco Carosio † | Archbishop of Trani, Italy |
30 Apr | | Appointed | Raymond de Bernard † | Bishop of Tarbes, France |
1 May | | Died | Michel Etienne de L’Isle † | Archbishop of Embrun, France |
7 May | | Appointed | Nicolas Cesari † | Bishop of Tivoli, Italy |
23 May | | Died | Rudolf von Planitz † | Bishop of Meißen (Meissen), Germany |
1 Jun | | Ordained Bishop | Jacques du Chatelier (Castellano) † | Bishop of Paris, France |
67.4 | Ordained Bishop | Eberard von Starhemberg † | Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria |
4 Jun | | Appointed | Robert Strathbrock † | Bishop of Caithness, Scotland, Great Britain |
6 Jun | 58.4 | Selected | Johannes Hoffmann † | Bishop of Meißen (Meissen), Germany |
16 Jun | | Appointed | Giacomo Barrili † | Archbishop of Trani, Italy |
| Appointed | Paolo Capranica † | Archbishop of Benevento, Italy |
| Appointed | Martial Formier † | Bishop of Evreux, France |
9 Jul | 23.5 | Appointed | Robert Nevill † | Bishop of Salisbury, England, Great Britain | Bishop of Durham, England, Great Britain |
22 Jul | | Died | Gerhard Stolpmann † | Bishop of Pomesania (Pomezania), Poland |
28 Jul | | Appointed | Pietro degli Scaleri † | Bishop of Bovino, Italy |
30 Jul | 51.5 | Appointed | Philippe de Coëtquis † | Archbishop of Tours, France |
| Appointed | Jacques Gélu † | Archbishop of Embrun, France |
| Appointed | Jean de Saint-Léon Validire, O.P. † | Bishop of Saint-Pol-de-Léon, France | Bishop of Vannes, France |
Sep | 22.6 | Selected | Konrad von Lintorff, O. Praem. † | Bishop of Havelberg, Germany | Bishop Emeritus |
1 Sep | | Died | Anselme de Chantemerle † | Bishop of Rennes, France |
4 Sep | | Died | Bernard de Châteauneuf de Paule, O.P. † | Bishop of Grasse, France |
8 Sep | | Died | Tommaso Brancaccio † | Cardinal, Administrator of Tricarico, Italy |
10 Sep | 58.6 | Confirmed | Johannes Hoffmann † | Bishop of Meißen (Meissen), Germany |
12 Sep | | Appointed | Carlo Bartoli † | Bishop of Siena, Italy |
| Appointed | Antonio Casini † | Cardinal, Administrator of Grosseto, Italy |
| Appointed | Giordano de Lavello † | Bishop of Crotone (Cotrone), Italy |
26 Sep | | Appointed | Guillaume Brillet † | Bishop of Rennes, France | Bishop Emeritus |
13 Oct | | Appointed | Pietro Janatella † | Bishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi, Italy | Bishop Emeritus |
17 Oct | 47.7 | Appointed | Biaggio Molino † | Patriarch of Grado, Italy | Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine |
| Appointed | Antonius de Romulis, O.P. † | Bishop of Grasse, France |
22 Oct | | Died | Raymond Mairose † | Bishop of Castres, France |
24 Oct | | Appointed | Aimon de Chissé † | Bishop of Nice, France |
| Appointed | Aimon de Chissé † | Bishop of Grenoble, France |
| Appointed | Pierre de Cotigny † | Bishop of Castres, France |
| Appointed | Ferrier Galbert † | Bishop of Cavaillon, France |
| Appointed | Bernard de La Roche Fontenilles (Carbonet de Riez), O.F.M. † | Bishop of Montauban, France |
26 Oct | 23.8 | Ordained Bishop | Robert Nevill † | Bishop of Salisbury, England, Great Britain | Bishop of Durham, England, Great Britain |
29 Oct | | Appointed | Stefano Carrara † | Bishop of Tricarico, Italy | Bishop Emeritus |
22.8 | Confirmed | Konrad von Lintorff, O. Praem. † | Bishop of Havelberg, Germany | Bishop Emeritus |
| Appointed | Bartolomeo Vincio † | Bishop of Valva e Sulmona, Italy |
3 Dec | | Appointed | Guglielmo Didier † | Bishop of Belley, France | Bishop Emeritus of Vercelli, Italy |
26 Dec | | Died | Francesco Lando † | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina |