| Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
| unknown | 88.0 | Died | Attilio Amalteo † | Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Germany |
| Appointed | Alberto Badoer † | Bishop of Crema, Italy |
| 68.8 | Ordained Bishop | Domingo Cano de Haro, O.P. † | Bishop of Cádiz, Spain |
| Born | Fernando de Carvajal y Ribera (Rivera), O. de M. † | Salamanca, Spain | Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
| Appointed | Feliciano de la Vega Padilla † | Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia | Archbishop of México, Federal District |
| Appointed | Lorenzo Gavotti, C.R. † | Bishop of Ventimiglia, Italy | Bishop Emeritus |
| Born | François Letellier † | | Bishop of Digne, France |
| 63.0 | Died | João Manuel de Ataíde † | Archbishop of Lisboa, Portugal |
| Born | Francesco Martelli † | Florence | Cardinal, Titular Patriarch of Gerusalemme {Jerusalem}, Palestine |
| 45.0 | Ordained Bishop | Melchor Maldonado y Saavedra, O.S.A. † | Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina |
| Died | Miguel Santos de Sampedro † | Archbishop of Granada, Spain |
| 3 Jan | | Died | Jerónimo Ruiz Camargo † | Bishop of Córdoba, Spain |
| 10 Jan | | Appointed | Martín Carrillo Alderete † | Bishop of Oviedo, Spain | Archbishop of Granada, Spain |
| 12 Jan | 42.0 | Appointed | Marcantonio Bragadin † | Bishop of Ceneda, Italy | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Vicenza, Italy |
| 18 Jan | 11.3 | Appointed | Max Heinrich Herzog von Bayern † | Coadjutor Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany | Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany |
| 31 Jan | | Appointed | Gonzalo Chacón Velasco y Fajardo † | Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain |
| 61.6 | Appointed | Gregorio Pedrosa Casares, O.S.H. † | Bishop of Valladolid, Spain | Bishop Emeritus |
| 40.8 | Appointed | Marcos Ramírez de Prado y Ovando, O.F.M. † | Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), Chiapas, México | Archbishop of México, Federal District |
| Feb | 61.1 | Ordained Bishop | Pedro da Silva Sampaio † | Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil |
| 4 Feb | | Born | Louis Foucquet † | Paris | Bishop of Agde, France |
| 19 Feb | 23.1 | Ordained Priest | Adam Adami, O.S.B. † | Priest of Order of Saint Benedict | Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany |
| 21 Feb | 70.8 | Appointed | Antonio Pérez, O.S.B. † | Bishop of Lérida, Spain | Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain |
| 27 Feb | | Born | Pierre de Montenbach † | Fribourg | Bishop of Lausanne, Switzerland |
| Mar | | Appointed | Giovanni Battista Landi † | Bishop of Fossombrone, Italy |
| 6 Mar | | Born | Marcello Durazzo † | Genoa, Italy | Cardinal, Bishop of Faenza, Italy |
| 14 Mar | | Appointed | Fernando Núñez Sagredo, O.SS.T. † | Bishop of León en Nicaragua |
| 56.2 | Appointed | Diego de Zambrana de Villalobos y Cordero † | Bishop of Concepción, Chile | Bishop of Santiago de Chile |
| 16 Mar | 25.6 | Ordained Priest | Sebastian Ignaz von Rostock † | Priest of Olomouc, Czech Republic | Bishop of Wrocław, Poland |
| 29 Mar | 46.9 | Died | Johann Georg Fuchs von Dornheim † | Bishop of Bamberg, Germany |
| Born | Pierre-Jean-François Percin de Montgaillard † | Toulouse | Bishop of Saint-Pons-de-Thomières, France |
| Apr | | Born | Alonso Vargas y Barca, O.S.A. † | Toledo | Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras |
| 4 Apr | | Died | Antonio Corrionero † | Bishop of Salamanca, Spain |
| 17 May | 56.4 | Died | Gonzalo de Angulo, O.M. † | Bishop of Coro, Venezuela |
| 20 May | | Ordained Bishop | Martín Carrillo Alderete † | Bishop of Oviedo, Spain | Archbishop of Granada, Spain |
| 21 May | 24.4 | Ordained Priest | Franz Virgil Reichsgraf von Spaur und Valör † | Priest of Salzburg, Austria | Bishop of Chiemsee, Germany |
| 73.4 | Died | Christoph Weber † | Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany |
| 6 Jun | 54.6 | Appointed | Cristóbal Guzmán Santoyo † | Bishop of Palencia, Spain |
| 61.4 | Appointed | Juan Guzmán, O.F.M. † | Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain |
| 41.1 | Ordained Bishop | Marcos Ramírez de Prado y Ovando, O.F.M. † | Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), Chiapas, México | Archbishop of México, Federal District |
| 51.3 | Appointed | Bartolomé Santos de Risoba † | Bishop of Almería, Spain | Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain |
| 20 Jun | | Appointed | Miguel Avellán, O.F.M. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain |
| Appointed | Ambrosio de Córdoba, O.P. † | Bishop of Tropea, Italy |
| 8 Jul | | Ordained Bishop | Fernando Núñez Sagredo, O.SS.T. † | Bishop of León en Nicaragua |
| 18 Jul | 64.5 | Appointed | Mendo de Benavides † | Bishop of Segovia, Spain | Bishop of Cartagena (en España) |
| 47.8 | Appointed | Domingo Pimentel Zúñiga, O.P. † | Bishop of Córdoba, Spain | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain |
| 58.0 | Appointed | Fernando Valdés Llano † | Archbishop of Granada, Spain |
| 23 Jul | 32.0 | Appointed | Otto (Johann Theodor) von Senheim, O.P. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany |
| 32.0 | Appointed | Otto (Johann Theodor) von Senheim, O.P. † | Titular Bishop of Azotus | Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany |
| 4 Aug | 36.9 | Appointed | Franz Graf von Hatzfeld † | Bishop of Bamberg, Germany | Bishop of Würzburg, Germany |
| 8 Aug | 66.1 | Appointed | Pedro Apaolaza Ramírez, O.S.B. † | Bishop of Teruel, Spain | Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain |
| 21 Aug | | Ordained Bishop | Ambrosio de Córdoba, O.P. † | Bishop of Tropea, Italy |
| 22 Aug | 40.8 | Appointed | Johannes Markus Freiherr von Aldringen † | Bishop of Seckau, Austria |
| 28 Aug | 40.8 | Ordained Bishop | Johannes Markus Freiherr von Aldringen † | Bishop of Seckau, Austria |
| Sep | 91.0 | Died | Juan Bartolome de Bohórquez e Hinojosa, O.P. † | Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México |
| 5 Sep | 59.1 | Resigned | Juan Boldames Ibáñez, O.C.D. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus |
| 47.9 | Appointed | Juan Cebrián Pedro, O. de M. † | Bishop of Albarracin, Spain | Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain |
| Appointed | Antonio Henriquez Porres, O.F.M. † | Bishop of Málaga, Spain |
| 40.1 | Appointed | Diego Montoya Mendoza † | Bishop of Popayán, Colombia | Bishop of Trujillo, Peru |
| Appointed | Francisco Villafañe † | Bishop of Osma, Spain |
| 24 Sep | 24.3 | Ordained Priest | Adrian Walenburch † | Priest of Utrecht, Netherlands | Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany |
| 25 Sep | 44.0 | Ordained Bishop | Pedro de Villagómez Vivanco † | Bishop of Arequipa, Peru | Archbishop of Lima, Peru |
| 26 Sep | 54.2 | Died | Bernardino de Almansa Carrión † | Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia |
| 51.6 | Appointed | Bartolomé Santos de Risoba † | Bishop of León, Spain | Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain |
| Appointed | Pedro Miguel Valsorga † | Coadjutor Bishop of Huesca, Spain |
| Oct | | Died | Diego Vargas † | Bishop of Potenza, Italy |
| 2 Oct | 57.8 | Died | Scipione Caffarelli-Borghese † | Cardinal, Bishop of Sabina, Italy |
| 9 Oct | 29.4 | Ordained Bishop | Léonor I de Goyon de Matignon † | Bishop of Coutances, France | Bishop Emeritus of Lisieux, France |
| 28 Oct | 66.8 | Died | Diego Correia Valente, S.J. † | Bishop of Funay (Funai), Japan |
| 31 Oct | 37.1 | Confirmed | Franz Graf von Hatzfeld † | Bishop of Bamberg, Germany | Bishop of Würzburg, Germany |
| 8 Nov | | Born | Johann Philipp Burkard † | Speyer | Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer, Germany |
| 23 Nov | 12.1 | Confirmed | Max Heinrich Herzog von Bayern † | Coadjutor Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany | Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany |
| 28 Nov | 41.6 | Appointed | Francesco Maria Brancaccio † | Cardinal-Priest of Ss. XII Apostoli | Cardinal, Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina, Italy |
| 41.6 | Elevated to Cardinal | Francesco Maria Brancaccio † | Cardinal, Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina, Italy |
| 38.4 | Elevated to Cardinal | Ulderico Carpegna † | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Todi, Italy |
| 41.9 | Elevated to Cardinal | Marcantonio Franciotti † | In Pectore | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Lucca, Italy |
| Appointed | García Gil Manrique † | Bishop of Barcelona, Spain |
| 40.9 | Elevated to Cardinal | Cesare Monti † | Cardinal, Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy |
| 40.9 | Resigned | Cesare Monti † | Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch}, Syria | Cardinal, Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy |
| 71.6 | Appointed | Antonio Pérez, O.S.B. † | Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain |
| 52.9 | Elevated to Cardinal | Ciriaco Rocci † | Cardinal, Titular Archbishop of Patrae (Veters) |
| Dec | | Ordained Bishop | Gonzalo Chacón Velasco y Fajardo † | Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain |
| 25.9 | Ordained Priest | Andrzej Leszczyński † | Priest | Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland |
| 13 Dec | | Born | Heinrich Hartard Freiherr von Rollingen † | Ansemburg | Bishop of Speyer, Germany |
| 19 Dec | | Appointed | Antonio González Acevedo † | Bishop of Almería, Spain | Bishop of Coria, Spain |
| 67.8 | Appointed | Gregorio Parcero de Castro, O.S.B. † | Bishop of Gerona, Spain | Bishop of Tortosa, Spain |
| 56.0 | Appointed | Antonio Valdés Herrera † | Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain | Bishop of Córdoba, Spain |
| 26 Dec | | Born | Ernst Reichsgraf von Trautson zu Falkenstein † | Wien | Bishop of Wien, Austria |