| Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
| unknown | | Died | Garcerán Albañell † | Archbishop of Granada, Spain |
| Born | Otto Reinhold Andrimont, O.S.A. † | | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic |
| Born | Johannes Brassert † | Köln | Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer, Germany |
| 89.0 | Died | Miguel de Castro † | Archbishop of Lisboa, Portugal |
| Died | Martín Fernández Portocarrero † | Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain |
| Died | Antonio de Franchis, C.R. † | Bishop of Andria, Italy |
| 55.0 | Appointed | João Manuel de Ataíde † | Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal | Archbishop of Lisboa, Portugal |
| 25.0 | Ordained Priest | Heber MacMahon (McMahon) † | Priest | Bishop of Clogher, Ireland |
| Ordained Priest | Kaspar Münster, O. Carm. † | Priest of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel | Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany |
| 66.0 | Appointed | Lorenzo Nieto y Corrales Montero Nieto, O.S.B. † | Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy |
| Born | Louis-Marie-Armand de Simiane de Gordes † | | Bishop of Langres, France |
| Ordained Priest | Nikolaus Aliprandi von Thomasis † | Priest of Passau, Germany | Auxiliary Bishop |
| 37.0 | Appointed | Dominique de Vic † | Coadjutor Archbishop of Auch, France | Archbishop |
| 37.0 | Appointed | Dominique de Vic † | Titular Archbishop of Corinthus | Archbishop of Auch, France |
| Born | Alexander Dunbar Winchester (Winster) † | Garmouth | Prefect Emeritus of Scotland, Great Britain |
| Born | Jan Stanisław Zbaski † | Smardzenice | Bishop of Warmia, Poland |
| 12 Jan | 56.2 | Ordained Bishop | Richard Smith † | Titular Bishop of Chalcedon | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of England, Great Britain |
| 26 Jan | 56.1 | Appointed | Antonio (Marcello) Barberini (Sr.), O.F.M. Cap. † | Bishop of Senigallia, Italy | Cardinal, Secretary of the Roman Curia - Other |
| 2 Feb | 56.1 | Ordained Bishop | Antonio (Marcello) Barberini (Sr.), O.F.M. Cap. † | Bishop of Senigallia, Italy | Cardinal, Secretary of the Roman Curia - Other |
| 17 Feb | 43.9 | Ordained Bishop | Anton Crosini von Bonporto † | Titular Bishop of Belline | Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy |
| 19 Feb | | Appointed | Cristóbal Lobera Torres † | Bishop of Córdoba, Spain | Bishop of Plasencia, Spain |
| 16 Mar | 78.8 | Died | Alfonso de la Mota y Escobar † | Bishop of Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala, México |
| 17 Mar | 59.8 | Appointed | Juan Roco Campofrío, O.S.B. † | Bishop of Zamora, Spain | Bishop of Coria, Spain |
| 1 Apr | | Born | Johann Euchar Reichsgraf von Schenk von Castell † | Romanshorn | Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany |
| 7 Apr | 49.3 | Appointed | Julián de Cortázar † | Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia |
| 20 Apr | | Installed | Gonzalo López de Ocampo † | Archbishop of Lima, Peru |
| 3 May | 11.6 | Appointed | Karl Ferdinand Prinz von Vasa (Wasa) † | Bishop of Wrocław, Poland |
| 8 May | | Born | Gasparo Carpegna † | Rome | Cardinal, Prefect of the Roman Curia - Other |
| 53.4 | Appointed | Cristóbal Martínez de Salas, O. Praem. † | Bishop of Panamá |
| 25 May | 37.4 | Ordained Bishop | Dominique de Vic † | Titular Archbishop of Corinthus | Archbishop of Auch, France |
| 9 Jun | 63.4 | Appointed | Gabriel Trejo y Paniagua † | Cardinal, Archbishop of Salerno, Italy |
| 26 Jun | 70.4 | Died | Luis Fernández de Córdoba † | Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain |
| 29 Jun | 60.1 | Ordained Bishop | Juan Roco Campofrío, O.S.B. † | Bishop of Zamora, Spain | Bishop of Coria, Spain |
| 9 Jul | 49.9 | Appointed | Fernando Valdés Llano † | Bishop of Teruel, Spain | Archbishop of Granada, Spain |
| 18 Jul | 58.0 | Appointed | Pedro Apaolaza Ramírez, O.S.B. † | Bishop of Albarracin, Spain | Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain |
| 28 Jul | 58.7 | Appointed | José González Díez, O.P. † | Bishop of Pamplona, Spain | Archbishop of Burgos, Spain |
| 30 Jul | | Resigned | Hernando de Arias y Ugarte † | Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia | Archbishop of Lima, Peru |
| 14 Aug | | Born | François de Harlay de Champvallon † | Paris | Archbishop of Paris, France |
| 16 Aug | | Born | Hermann Werner Reichsfreiherr von Wolf-Metternich zu Gracht † | Gracht | Bishop of Paderborn, Germany |
| 18 Aug | | Appointed | Miguel Ayala † | Bishop of Palencia, Spain | Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain |
| 60.6 | Appointed | Lorenzo Garro † | Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde |
| 2 Sep | | Born | Federico Baldeschi Colonna † | Perugia | Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council |
| 15 Sep | 39.7 | Appointed | Baltasar Borja † | Bishop of Mallorca, Spain |
| 59.7 | Appointed | Diego Guzmán de Haros † | Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain |
| 16 Sep | | Born | St. Gregorio Giovanni Gasparo Barbarigo † | Venice | Cardinal, Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy |
| 19 Sep | 43.0 | Died | Eitel Friedrich Graf von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen † | Cardinal, Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany |
| 28 Sep | | Died | Andrés de San Jerónimo, O.S.H. † | Bishop of Vic, Spain |
| 6 Oct | 56.8 | Resigned | Marcello Lante della Rovere † | Bishop of Todi, Italy | Cardinal, Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy |
| 75.5 | Appointed | Andrés Pacheco † | Patriarch of West Indies, Spain | Bishop Emeritus of Cuenca, Spain |
| 55.8 | Appointed | Alfonso de Requeséns Fenollet, O.F.M. † | Bishop of Barbastro, Spain |
| 13 Oct | | Born | Johann Kaspar Schnorf † | Baden | Auxiliary Bishop of Basel, Switzerland |
| 16 Oct | 48.0 | Resigned | Guido Bentivoglio d'Aragona † | Bishop of Riez, France | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina |
| 22 Oct | 12.0 | Confirmed | Karl Ferdinand Prinz von Vasa (Wasa) † | Bishop of Wrocław, Poland |
| 27 Oct | 53.8 | Confirmed | Cristóbal Martínez de Salas, O. Praem. † | Bishop of Panamá |
| 32.7 | Appointed | Franz Wilhelm von Wartenberg † | Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany | Cardinal, Bishop of Regensburg, Germany |
| 1 Nov | | Born | St. Oliver Plunkett † | Loughcrew | Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland |
| 8 Nov | 11.8 | Appointed | Leopold Wilhelm Erzherzog von Österreich † | Bishop of Passau, Germany | Bishop-Elect |
| 16 Nov | 50.3 | Ordained Bishop | Fernando Valdés Llano † | Bishop of Teruel, Spain | Archbishop of Granada, Spain |
| 27 Nov | 33.3 | Appointed | Johann Balthasar Liesch von Hornau † | Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław, Poland |
| 33.3 | Appointed | Johann Balthasar Liesch von Hornau † | Titular Bishop of Nicopolis ad Iaterum | Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław, Poland |
| Dec | | Ordained Bishop | Miguel Ayala † | Bishop of Palencia, Spain | Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain |
| Died | Diego Cabeza de Vaca † | Bishop of Crotone (Cotrone), Italy |
| Died | Francisco Esquivel † | Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy |
| 1 Dec | | Appointed | Leonel de Cervantes y Caravajal † | Bishop of Santiago de Cuba | Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México |
| 31.9 | Appointed | Alfonso Pérez de Guzmán † | Archbishop of the unknown of Titular See | Patriarch Emeritus of West Indies, Spain |
| 3 Dec | | Died | Guy Hurault de l'Hospital † | Archbishop of Aix, France |
| 5 Dec | 73.9 | Died | Simón Bauzá, O.P. † | Bishop of Mallorca, Spain |
| 6 Dec | 43.9 | Appointed | Alphonse-Louis du Plessis de Richelieu † | Archbishop of Aix, France | Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon, France |
| 15 Dec | 39.0 | Appointed | Lucas García Miranda † | Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia |