| Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
| unknown | | Died | Hugh de Burgo, O.F.M. † | Bishop of Kilmacduagh, Ireland |
| Born | François de Carbonnel de Canisy † | | Bishop Emeritus of Limoges, France |
| Died | Marco Antonio Coccini † | Bishop of Imola, Italy |
| Died | Pier Francesco Costa † | Bishop of Albenga, Italy |
| Born | Matias de Figueiredo e Mello † | Arganil | Bishop of Olinda, Brazil |
| 21.3 | Appointed | Toussaint de Forbin-Janson † | Coadjutor Bishop of Digne, France | Cardinal, Bishop of Beauvais, France |
| 21.3 | Appointed | Toussaint de Forbin-Janson † | Titular Bishop of Philadelphia in Lydia | Cardinal, Bishop of Beauvais, France |
| Born | Stefan Antonin Mdzewski, O.P. † | | Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland |
| Born | Joseph-Ignace-Jean-Baptiste de Mesgrigny † | Aix | Bishop of Grasse, France |
| 51.8 | Died | Sigismund Graf Miutini von Spilenberg † | Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc, Czech Republic |
| Born | Juan Navarro Gilaberte, O. de M. † | Calatayud | Bishop Emeritus of Albarracin, Spain |
| Died | Rickard O’Connell † | Bishop of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe, Ireland |
| Died | Niccolò Orsini † | Bishop of Ripatransone, Italy |
| Appointed | Ulisse Orsini † | Bishop of Ripatransone, Italy |
| Born | Manuel Pérez Araciel y Rada † | Alfaro | Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain |
| Born | Miguel Pérez Lara † | La Salceda | Bishop of Coria, Spain |
| Died | Giovanni Battista Rinuccini † | Archbishop of Fermo, Italy |
| 57.0 | Appointed | François de Robles † | Bishop of Ypres (Ieper), Belgium |
| 73.0 | Died | Nicolas Sanguin † | Bishop Emeritus of Senlis, France |
| Jan | 52.9 | Appointed | Giulio Rospigliosi † | Official of the Roman Curia - Other | Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy) |
| 4 Jan | 49.5 | Died | Melchior Otto Reichsritter von Voit von Salzburg † | Bishop of Bamberg, Germany | Bishop-Elect |
| 8 Jan | 45.0 | Appointed | Andrzej Leszczyński † | Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland |
| 17 Jan | | Resigned | Lorenzo Gavotti, C.R. † | Bishop of Ventimiglia, Italy | Bishop Emeritus |
| Feb | 25.0 | Appointed | César d'Estrées † | Bishop of Laon, France | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus |
| 2 Feb | 42.1 | Ordained Bishop | Charles de Bourlon † | Coadjutor Bishop of Soissons, France | Bishop |
| 5 Feb | | Born | Timóteo do Sacramento, O.S.P. † | Lisboa, Portugal | Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil |
| 13 Feb | 41.1 | Appointed | Philipp Valentin Albrecht Reichritter Voit von Rieneck † | Bishop of Bamberg, Germany |
| 16 Feb | | Born | José Gasch (Casch), O.M. † | Alcora, Spain | Archbishop of Palermo, Italy |
| 22 Feb | | Born | Vidal Marin Fernandez † | Mora | Bishop of Ceuta, Spain |
| 26 Feb | 73.2 | Died | Tiberio Cenci † | Cardinal, Bishop of Jesi, Italy |
| 3 Mar | 33.6 | Confirmed | Johann Franz Reichsritter von Schönau † | Bishop of Basel, Switzerland |
| 7 Mar | 40.3 | Appointed | François Faure † | Bishop of Amiens, France |
| 16 Mar | | Born | Johann Sigmund Reichsfreiherr Zeller von und zu Leibersdorf † | Aichach | Auxiliary Bishop of Freising, Germany |
| 17 Mar | 76.2 | Appointed | Diego de Zambrana de Villalobos y Cordero † | Bishop of Santiago de Chile |
| 22 Mar | 67.2 | Died | François de Harlay de Champvallon † | Archbishop Emeritus of Rouen, France |
| 23 Mar | 43.2 | Ordained Bishop | Adam Adami, O.S.B. † | Titular Bishop of Hierapolis in Isauria | Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany |
| 71.2 | Died | Alphonse-Louis du Plessis de Richelieu † | Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon, France |
| 2 Apr | | Born | Egidio Quinto † | Armento | Archbishop of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro |
| 20 Apr | | Died | Nicola Dalmatico, O.S.A. † | Bishop of Fossano, Italy |
| 21 Apr | 51.3 | Appointed | Giacomo Corradi † | Bishop of Jesi, Italy | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus |
| 51.3 | Appointed | Jan Gembicki † | Bishop of Chelmno (Culma), Poland | Bishop of Płock, Poland |
| 24 Apr | | Died | Bartolomeo Giustiniani † | Bishop of Avellino-Frigento, Italy |
| 25 Apr | | Born | Benedetto Pamphilj † | Rome | Cardinal, Librarian of the Vatican Library |
| 1 May | 51.3 | Ordained Bishop | Giacomo Corradi † | Bishop of Jesi, Italy | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus |
| 5 May | 32.1 | Appointed | Francesco Maidalchini † | Cardinal-Deacon of S. Pancrazio | Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Prassede |
| 36.3 | Appointed | Paolo Emilio Rondinini † | Cardinal, Bishop of Assisi, Italy |
| 11 May | | Died | Petronio Veroni, O.S.A. † | Bishop of Boiano, Italy |
| 13 May | 54.3 | Appointed | Fabio Chigi † | Archbishop (Personal Title) of Imola, Italy | Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy) |
| 25 May | 36.4 | Ordained Bishop | Paolo Emilio Rondinini † | Cardinal, Bishop of Assisi, Italy |
| 26 May | | Born | Vincenzo Grimani † | Venice | Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Eustachio |
| 28 May | 46.8 | Appointed | Camille de Neufville de Villeroy † | Archbishop of Lyon, France |
| 2 Jun | 42.6 | Ordained Bishop | Ludwik Stempkowski † | Titular Bishop of Heliopolis in Augustamnica | Bishop of Foreign Diocese |
| 5 Jun | 73.6 | Died | Federico Baldissera Bartolomeo Cornaro † | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano |
| 9 Jun | 49.2 | Appointed | Girolamo Colonna † | Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bologna, Italy |
| 67.3 | Appointed | Marzio Ginetti † | Cardinal-Bishop of Albano | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina |
| 35.7 | Confirmed | Lothar Friedrich Reichsfreiherr von Metternich-Burscheid † | Bishop of Speyer, Germany | Archbishop of Mainz, Germany |
| 13 Jun | 40.6 | Confirmed | François Faure † | Bishop of Amiens, France |
| Born | Henri Feydeau de Brou † | Paris | Bishop of Amiens, France |
| 15 Jun | 33.9 | Ordained Bishop | Johann Franz Reichsritter von Schönau † | Bishop of Basel, Switzerland |
| 20 Jun | 51.5 | Appointed | Michel Tuboeuf † | Bishop of Saint-Pons-de-Thomières, France | Bishop of Castres, France |
| 22 Jun | | Born | André-Hercule de Fleury † | Lodève | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Fréjus, France |
| 23 Jun | 23.1 | Elevated to Cardinal | Carlo Barberini † | Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith |
| 67.7 | Installed | Domingo Pimentel Zúñiga, O.P. † | Cardinal-Priest of S. Silvestro in Capite | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain |
| 24 Jun | 53.5 | Appointed | Dionisio de Cimbrón, O. Cist. † | Bishop of Concepción, Chile |
| 29 Jun | | Died | Martín Carrillo Alderete † | Archbishop of Granada, Spain |
| 4 Jul | 64.5 | Died | Nicolás de la Torre Muñoz † | Bishop of Santiago de Cuba | Bishop of Santiago de Cuba |
| 9 Jul | | Appointed | Gerolamo Bollini, O.S.B. † | Bishop of Isernia, Italy |
| 21 Jul | 46.0 | Appointed | Antonio Barberini (Jr.) † | Cardinal-Priest of SS. Trinità al Monte Pincio | Cardinal, Archbishop of Reims, France |
| 41.6 | Appointed | Vincenzo Costaguti † | Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Cosmedin | Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Callisto |
| 65.8 | Appointed | Francisco Diego Díaz de Quintanilla y de Hevía y Valdés, O.S.B. † | Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México |
| 38.2 | Appointed | Virginio Orsini † | Cardinal-Deacon of S. Eustachio | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati |
| 38.6 | Appointed | Lorenzo Raggi † | Cardinal-Deacon of S. Angelo in Pescheria | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina |
| 56.6 | Appointed | Giangiacomo Teodoro Trivulzio † | Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Via Lata | Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria del Popolo |
| 22 Jul | | Installed | Rodrigo Cárdenas, O.P. † | Bishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines |
| 49.6 | Installed | Miguel de Poblete Casasola † | Archbishop of Manila, Philippines |
| 25 Jul | | Ordained Bishop | Marcelo Lopez de Azcona † | Archbishop of México, Federal District |
| Aug | 51.6 | Ordained Bishop | Jan Gembicki † | Bishop of Chelmno (Culma), Poland | Bishop of Płock, Poland |
| 18 Aug | 23.2 | Installed | Carlo Barberini † | Cardinal-Deacon of S. Cesareo in Palatio | Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith |
| 66.6 | Appointed | Alonso de Briceño (Brizeño), O.F.M. † | Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela |
| 54.0 | Appointed | Antonio Paiño Sevilla † | Bishop of Zamora, Spain | Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain |
| 39.6 | Appointed | Carlo Rossetti † | Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Via | Cardinal, Bishop of Faenza, Italy |
| 23 Aug | | Appointed | Celestino Bruni, O.S.A. † | Bishop of Boiano, Italy |
| Died | Crispin Fuk von Hradiste, O. Praem. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic |
| 1 Sep | 51.7 | Installed | Jan Gembicki † | Bishop of Chelmno (Culma), Poland | Bishop of Płock, Poland |
| 24 Sep | | Born | Prospero Marefoschi † | Monte Santo della Marca | Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Silvestro in Capite |
| 1 Oct | | Died | Scipione Agnelli † | Bishop of Casale Monferrato, Italy |
| 5 Oct | | Born | Daniello Marco Delfino † | Venice | Cardinal, Bishop of Brescia, Italy |
| 6 Oct | | Appointed | Juan Bautista Verchi de Campania, O.F.M. † | Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy |
| 7 Oct | 72.6 | Died | Faustus Poli † | Cardinal, Bishop of Orvieto, Italy |
| 13 Oct | 35.8 | Appointed | William Ballantine † | Prefect of Scotland, Great Britain |
| 17 Oct | 55.8 | Appointed | Benito Sanchez de Herrera † | Bishop of Monopoli, Italy | Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy |
| 1 Nov | | Ordained Bishop | Louis de Rechignevoisin de Guron † | Bishop of (Saint-Bernard de) Comminges, France |
| 2 Nov | 22.9 | Appointed | Sigmund Franz Erzherzog von Österreich † | Bishop of Gurk, Austria | Bishop Emeritus of Augsburg, Germany |
| 8 Nov | | Born | Simon Judas Thaddäus Schmidt † | München | Auxiliary Bishop of Freising, Germany |
| 10 Nov | | Appointed | Lorenzo Pollicini † | Bishop of Avellino-Frigento, Italy |
| 75.9 | Appointed | Antonio Valdés Herrera † | Bishop of Córdoba, Spain |
| 13 Nov | 76.9 | Died | Diego de Zambrana de Villalobos y Cordero † | Bishop of Santiago de Chile |
| 14 Nov | | Born | Jean-Baptiste de la Croix Chevrière de St. Vallier † | Grenoble, France | Bishop of Québec, Québec, Canada |
| 15 Nov | 57.9 | Died | Tomás Rocamora, O.P. † | Bishop of Mallorca, Spain |
| 16 Nov | | Born | Nicola Centomani † | Potenza | Bishop of Monopoli, Italy |
| 19 Nov | | Appointed | Giulio Berlendis † | Bishop of Belluno, Italy |
| 22 Nov | 45.9 | Died | Francesco Maria Macchiavelli † | Cardinal, Bishop of Ferrara, Italy |
| 24 Nov | 53.4 | Appointed | Juan de Palafox y Mendoza † | Bishop of Osma, Spain |
| 2 Dec | 68.2 | Died | Domingo Pimentel Zúñiga, O.P. † | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain |
| 4 Dec | | Born | Giovanni Battista Tolomei, S.J. † | Camberaia | Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Stefano al Monte Celio |
| 15 Dec | 67.8 | Died | Paris Reichsgraf von Lodron † | Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria |
| 34.0 | Appointed | Camillo Massimo (Massimi) † | Cardinal, Titular Patriarch of Gerusalemme {Jerusalem}, Palestine |
| 29 Dec | | Born | Alexandre de Chevriers de Saint-Mauris † | Maconnais | Bishop of Saintes, France |
| 31 Dec | | Died | Martín de Funes Lafiguera † | Bishop of Albarracin, Spain |