| Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
| unknown | | Born | Miguel Bayot, O.F.M. † | Belmonte, Spain | Bishop of Cebu, Philippines |
| Born | Konstanty Kazimierz Brzostowski † | | Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania |
| Died | Carlo Carafa † | Bishop of Aversa, Italy |
| Appointed | Francesco Carducci † | Bishop of Campagna, Italy | Bishop of Sulmona, Italy |
| 33.6 | Appointed | François-Etienne de Caulet † | Bishop of Pamiers, France |
| Born | Francisco de San José, O.F.M. † | Madrid | Bishop of Málaga, Spain |
| Born | Pedro Granell † | Tortosa | Bishop of Barbastro, Spain |
| Born | Louis Habert de Montmort † | Paris | Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France |
| Died | Giacobino Marenco † | Bishop of Foreign Diocese | Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy |
| Died | Annibale Mascambruno † | Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy |
| Died | Ferdinando Millini † | Bishop of Imola, Italy |
| Born | Carlo Giuseppe Morozzo, O. Cist. † | Mondovì | Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy |
| Born | Rodrigo de Moura Telles † | Braga | Archbishop of Braga, Portugal |
| Ordained Bishop | Pedro Orozco, O.F.M. † | Titular Bishop of Temnus | Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain |
| Born | José Sicardo, O.S.A. † | Madrid, Spain | Archbishop of Sassari, Italy |
| Born | Franz Caspar Reichsfreiherr von Stadion † | Solothurn | Bishop of Lavant, Slovenia |
| Born | Sigmund Ignaz Reichgraf von Wolkenstein-Trostburg † | | Bishop of Chiemsee, Germany |
| 5 Jan | | Born | Jean-François Salgues de Valderies de Lescure † | Lescure-d'Albigeois | Bishop of Luçon, France |
| 10 Jan | | Born | Celestino Sfondrati, O.S.B. † | Milan | Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Cecilia |
| 24 Jan | | Died | Juan de Santander, O.F.M. † | Bishop of Mallorca, Spain |
| 25 Jan | 52.1 | Died | Alessandro Cesarini (Jr.) † | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy |
| 31 Jan | 30.4 | Ordained Bishop | Jean-François-Paul de Gondi de Retz † | Titular Archbishop of Corinthus | Cardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France |
| 13 Feb | | Born | Sigmund Christoph Reichsgraf von Herberstein † | Graz | Bishop Emeritus of Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 14 Feb | 62.4 | Ordained Bishop | Damián Lopez de Haro y Villarda, O.SS.T. † | Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico) |
| 5 Mar | 28.2 | Appointed | Franz Reichsgraf von Lodron † | Bishop of Gurk, Austria |
| 6 Mar | | Born | Pierre de Langle † | Évreux | Bishop of Boulogne (-Sur-Mer), France |
| 28.2 | Ordained Bishop | Franz Reichsgraf von Lodron † | Bishop of Gurk, Austria |
| 12 Mar | 30.5 | Ordained Priest | Adrian von Riedmatten (Sr.) † | Priest of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland | Bishop |
| 14 Mar | 53.2 | Ordained Bishop | Diego Chueca † | Bishop of Barbastro, Spain | Bishop of Teruel, Spain |
| 40.0 | Appointed | Girolamo Colonna † | Cardinal-Deacon of S. Angelo in Pescheria | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bologna, Italy |
| 28.8 | Appointed | Virginio Orsini † | Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Cosmedin | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati |
| 44.1 | Appointed | Giulio Rospigliosi † | Titular Archbishop of Tarsus | Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy) |
| 15 Mar | 61.2 | Appointed | Nicolò Guidi di Bagno † | Titular Archbishop of Atene | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Senigallia, Italy |
| 23 Mar | 66.2 | Died | Juan García Arlés † | Bishop of Orihuela, Spain |
| 27 Mar | | Died | Louis de Bretel † | Archbishop of Aix, France |
| 28 Mar | 68.8 | Died | Diego Salcedo Benacos † | Bishop of Astorga, Spain |
| 29 Mar | 26.8 | Ordained Deacon | Federico Borromeo (Jr.) † | Deacon | Cardinal, Secretary of the Secretariat of State |
| 61.2 | Ordained Bishop | Nicolò Guidi di Bagno † | Titular Archbishop of Atene | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Senigallia, Italy |
| 44.2 | Ordained Bishop | Giulio Rospigliosi † | Titular Archbishop of Tarsus | Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy) |
| 31 Mar | 40.6 | Appointed | François Adhémar de Monteil de Grignan † | Archbishop of Arles, France |
| 3 Apr | | Appointed | Gianfrancesco Morosini † | Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy |
| 6 Apr | 38.6 | Appointed | Wacław Leszczyński † | Bishop of Warmia, Poland | Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland |
| 9 Apr | | Born | Marquard Rudolf Reichsritter von Rodt † | Konstanz | Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany |
| 15 Apr | 36.3 | Appointed | Ferdinand de Neufville de Villeroy † | Coadjutor Bishop of Saint-Malo, France | Bishop of Chartres, France |
| 18 Apr | 58.5 | Appointed | Juan Cebrián Pedro, O. de M. † | Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain |
| Appointed | Crispin Fuk von Hradiste, O. Praem. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic |
| Appointed | Crispin Fuk von Hradiste, O. Praem. † | Titular Bishop of Trapezus | Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic |
| Confirmed | Etienne de Puget † | Bishop of Marseille, France |
| 38.7 | Confirmed | Johann Philipp Reichsgraf von Schönborn † | Bishop of Würzburg, Germany | Archbishop of Mainz, Germany |
| 23 Apr | 61.3 | Appointed | Nicolò Guidi di Bagno † | Apostolic Nuncio to France | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Senigallia, Italy |
| 28 Apr | | Resigned | Federico Corner † | Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy | Patriarch Emeritus |
| 2 May | 58.7 | Appointed | Pedro de Urbina de Montoya, O.F.M. † | Bishop of Foreign Diocese | Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain |
| Appointed | Nicolas de Zaldivar y Zapata, O.S.A. † | Bishop of Nueva Caceres, Philippines | Bishop-Elect |
| 3 May | 55.2 | Died | Gregor Kathmann von Maurugk † | Prefect of Meissen (Meißen) {Lusazia o Lausitz; Sassonia}, Germany |
| 12 May | 56.4 | Appointed | Marcos de Torres y Rueda † | Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida), Yucatán, México |
| 14 May | | Born | Marquard Sebastian Reichsgraf von Schenk von Stauffenberg † | Eichstätt | Bishop of Bamberg, Germany |
| 15 May | 60.8 | Ordained Bishop | Diego Martínez Zarzosa † | Bishop of Tui, Spain | Bishop of Málaga, Spain |
| 23 May | 64.4 | Appointed | Diego Castejón Fonseca † | Bishop of Tarazona, Spain |
| 77.4 | Died | François Van Der Burch † | Archbishop of Cambrai, France |
| 13 Jun | 37.4 | Appointed | Alessandro Crescenzi, C.R.S. † | Bishop of Ortona, Italy | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Recanati-Loreto, Italy |
| 62.7 | Installed | Damián Lopez de Haro y Villarda, O.SS.T. † | Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico) |
| 36.4 | Appointed | Ferdinand de Neufville de Villeroy † | Titular Bishop of Sebaste in Cilicia | Bishop of Chartres, France |
| 36.4 | Confirmed | Ferdinand de Neufville de Villeroy † | Coadjutor Bishop of Saint-Malo, France | Bishop of Chartres, France |
| 22 Jun | 63.5 | Died | Jerónimo Manrique de Lara y de Herrera, O. de M. † | Bishop of Santiago de Cuba | Bishop of Santiago de Cuba |
| 23 Jun | | Died | Francisco Vega Borja, O.S.B. † | Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia |
| 5 Jul | | Born | Savo (Savio) Millini (Mellini) † | Roma | Cardinal, Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy |
| 13 Jul | | Appointed | Domingo Abad Herta † | Bishop of Teruel, Spain |
| 33.2 | Appointed | Carlo Carafa della Spina, C.R. † | Bishop of Aversa, Italy | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus |
| Appointed | Adam Groß † | Auxiliary Bishop of Würzburg, Germany | Auxiliary Bishop-Elect |
| Appointed | Adam Groß † | Titular Bishop of Domitiopolis | Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Würzburg, Germany |
| 45.7 | Appointed | Ernst Adalbert Reichsgraf von Harrach zu Rohrau † | Cardinal-Priest of S. Prassede | Cardinal, Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic |
| Appointed | Mansueto Merati, B. † | Bishop of Acerra (Cerenthia, Acerrae), Italy |
| 59.8 | Appointed | Giulio Roma † | Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati | Cardinal, Bishop of Tivoli, Italy |
| 33.7 | Appointed | Pietro Vidoni (Sr.) † | Bishop of Lodi, Italy | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus |
| 14 Jul | 44.5 | Appointed | Giulio Rospigliosi † | Apostolic Nuncio to Spain | Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy) |
| 24 Jul | | Ordained Bishop | Crispin Fuk von Hradiste, O. Praem. † | Titular Bishop of Trapezus | Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic |
| 29 Jul | 76.3 | Died | Maffeo Barberini † | Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy) |
| Aug | | Died | Mario Filonardi † | Archbishop of Avignon, France |
| 8 Aug | | Born | Friedrich Christian von Plettenberg zu Lenhausen † | Lenhausen | Bishop of Münster, Germany |
| 14 Aug | 68.6 | Died | Gonzalo Sánchez de Somoza Quiroga † | Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain |
| 28 Aug | 36.7 | Ordained Bishop | Ferdinand de Neufville de Villeroy † | Titular Bishop of Sebaste in Cilicia | Bishop of Chartres, France |
| 7 Sep | 66.9 | Died | Guido Bentivoglio d'Aragona † | Bishop of Palestrina, Italy | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina |
| 9 Sep | | Born | Ferdinando Nuzzi † | Orte | Cardinal, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Orvieto, Italy |
| 11 Sep | 59.1 | Ordained Bishop | Pedro Urbina Montoya, O.F.M. † | Bishop of Coria, Spain | Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain |
| 13 Sep | 60.7 | Appointed | Johann Hasius von Lichenfeld † | Prefect of Meissen (Meißen) {Lusazia o Lausitz; Sassonia}, Germany |
| 14 Sep | | Died | Vicente Domec † | Bishop of Albarracin, Spain |
| 15 Sep | 70.4 | Elected | Giovanni Battista Pamphilj † | Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy) |
| 4 Oct | 70.4 | Installed | Giovanni Battista Pamphilj † | Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy) |
| 9 Oct | 33.9 | Ordained Bishop | Pietro Vidoni (Sr.) † | Bishop of Lodi, Italy | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus |
| 17 Oct | 75.8 | Died | Mendo de Benavides † | Bishop of Cartagena (en España) |
| 72.8 | Appointed | Alfonso de la Cueva-Benavides y Mendoza-Carrillo † | Cardinal, Bishop of Palestrina, Italy |
| Appointed | Vicente Agustín Clavería † | Archbishop of Alghero, Italy |
| 49.2 | Installed | Girolamo (Jérome) Grimaldi-Cavalleroni † | Cardinal-Priest of S. Eusebio | Cardinal, Archbishop of Aix, France |
| Appointed | Mario Theodoli † | Bishop of Imola, Italy | Bishop Emeritus |
| 47.8 | Appointed | Giangiacomo Teodoro Trivulzio † | Cardinal-Deacon of S. Nicola in Carcere | Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria del Popolo |
| 20 Oct | 60.7 | Died | Sebastian Müller † | Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg, Germany |
| 22 Oct | | Died | José Valle de la Cerda, O.S.B. † | Bishop of Badajoz, Spain |
| 23 Oct | 24.0 | Ordained Priest | Jean Antoine Blavier, O.F.M. Conv. † | Priest of Order of Friars Minor Conventual | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Liège, Belgium |
| 72.8 | Ordained Bishop | Alfonso de la Cueva-Benavides y Mendoza-Carrillo † | Cardinal, Bishop of Palestrina, Italy |
| 28 Oct | | Born | Franz Ferdinand Freiherr von Rummel † | Weiden | Bishop of Wien, Austria |
| 12 Nov | | Appointed | Bernardo Atayde de Lima Perera † | Bishop of Astorga, Spain | Bishop of Avila, Spain |
| 14 Nov | 54.9 | Appointed | Pedro (de Santiago) Anglada Sánchez, O.S.A. † | Bishop of Lérida, Spain |
| 47.1 | Appointed | Francesco Barberini (Sr.) † | Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Damaso | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri) |
| 57.9 | Appointed | Alonso de Briceño (Brizeño), O.F.M. † | Bishop of León en Nicaragua | Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela |
| 55.9 | Elevated to Cardinal | Domenico Cecchini † | In Pectore | Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Sisto |
| 33.3 | Elevated to Cardinal | Giancarlo de' Medici † | Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giorgio in Velabro |
| 25.3 | Elevated to Cardinal | Francesco Maria Farnese † | In Pectore | Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon |
| 46.9 | Appointed | Bernhard Frick † | Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany |
| Appointed | Félix Guzmán, O.P. † | Bishop of Orihuela, Spain |
| 22.7 | Elevated to Cardinal | Camillo Francesco Maria Pamphilj † | Cardinal, |
| 48.9 | Appointed | Tomás Rocamora, O.P. † | Bishop of Mallorca, Spain |
| 17 Nov | | Born | Claude Le Tonnelier de Breteuil † | | Bishop of Boulogne (-Sur-Mer), France |
| 20 Nov | 73.9 | Died | Ambrosius Seibaeus † | Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany |
| 28 Nov | | Appointed | Fernando Andrade Castro † | Archbishop of Palermo, Italy | Bishop of Jaén, Spain |
| 30.9 | Installed | Carlo Rossetti † | Cardinal-Deacon of S. Cesareo in Palatio | Cardinal, Bishop of Faenza, Italy |
| 30 Nov | | Ordained Bishop | Fernando Andrade Castro † | Archbishop of Palermo, Italy | Bishop of Jaén, Spain |
| 12 Dec | 40.7 | Appointed | Girolamo Colonna † | Cardinal-Deacon of S. Eustachio | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bologna, Italy |
| Appointed | Gaspar de Creales Arce † | Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy |
| 22.8 | Installed | Camillo Francesco Maria Pamphilj † | Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Domnica | Cardinal, |
| 47.9 | Appointed | Giangiacomo Teodoro Trivulzio † | Cardinal-Deacon of S. Angelo in Pescheria | Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria del Popolo |
| 15 Dec | 46.7 | Died | Johannes Truchseß von Waldburg-Wolfegg † | Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany |
| 16 Dec | 39.3 | Confirmed | Wacław Leszczyński † | Bishop of Warmia, Poland | Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland |
| 27 Dec | 33.7 | Ordained Bishop | Carlo Carafa della Spina, C.R. † | Bishop of Aversa, Italy | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus |
| Ordained Bishop | Gaspar de Creales Arce † | Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy |
| 31 Dec | | Born | Johann Franz Christoph Freiherr von Talmberg † | Rattagen | Bishop of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic |