| Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
| unknown | | Born | Jean-Baptiste-Armand Bazin de Besons † | | Archbishop of Rouen, France |
| 64.0 | Resigned | Marcantonio Bragadin † | Bishop of Vicenza, Italy | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus |
| 30.0 | Ordained Priest | Johannes Brassert † | Priest of Speyer, Germany | Auxiliary Bishop |
| Appointed | Gregorio Carducci † | Bishop of Valva, Italy |
| Appointed | Cristoval de Castilla y Zamora † | Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia |
| Born | Henri du Puget † | | Bishop of Digne, France |
| 34.0 | Ordained Bishop | Henri de Villars † | Titular Archbishop of Philippopolis in Thracia | Archbishop of Vienne, France |
| Died | García Gil Manrique † | Bishop of Barcelona, Spain |
| Born | Manuel Antonio Gómez de Silva † | Santiago | Bishop of Popayán, Colombia |
| Born | José Pérez de Lanciego Eguiluz y Mirafuentes, O.S.B. † | Viana, Spain | Archbishop of México, Federal District |
| Born | Raimondo Lezzoli, O.P. † | Milan, Italy | Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Tonking {Tonkino Orientale}, Viêt Nam |
| 31.8 | Ordained Priest | Karl Graf von Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn † | Priest of Salzburg, Austria | Bishop of Olomouc, Czech Republic |
| Born | Arthus de Lionne † | Rome, Italy | Vicar Apostolic of Se-Ciuen, China |
| 32.0 | Ordained Priest | Jan (Kazimierz) Małachowski † | Priest of Lviv, Ukraine | Bishop of Kraków, Poland |
| Died | Francisco Naranjo, O.P. † | Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico) |
| 59.0 | Ordained Bishop | François de Robles † | Bishop of Ypres (Ieper), Belgium |
| 54.9 | Appointed | Giulio Rospigliosi † | Secretary of the Secretariat of State | Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy) |
| 44.0 | Appointed | Hieronim Wladysław Sanguszko † | Bishop of Smoleńsk, Poland |
| 55.0 | Resigned | Martin Saudrius von Sternfeld † | Prefect of Meissen (Meißen) {Lusazia o Lausitz; Sassonia}, Germany | Prefect Emeritus |
| Appointed | Bernhard Graf von Schrattenbach, O. Cist. † | Prefect of Meissen (Meißen) {Lusazia o Lausitz; Sassonia}, Germany |
| 23.0 | Ordained Priest | Ambrosio Ignacio Spínola y Guzmán † | Priest | Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain |
| 25.4 | Ordained Priest | Wenzeslaus Reichsgraf von Thun † | Priest of Passau, Germany | Bishop |
| 6 Jan | | Born | Andrea Sarnelli † | Bracigliano | Bishop of Muro Lucano, Italy |
| 7 Jan | 80.7 | Died | Giovanni Battista Pamphilj † | Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy) |
| 21 Jan | 76.1 | Died | Fernando Andrade Sotomayor † | Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain |
| 14 Feb | | Born | Jacques-Nicolas de Colbert † | Paris | Archbishop of Rouen, France |
| 15 Feb | 73.6 | Died | Pier Luigi Carafa (Sr.) † | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Tricarico, Italy |
| 19 Feb | 75.1 | Died | Diego Castejón Fonseca † | Bishop of Tarazona, Spain |
| 18 Mar | 86.4 | Died | Richard Smith † | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of England, Great Britain |
| 19 Mar | 26.3 | Ordained Priest | Matthias Starck † | Priest of Mainz, Germany | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus |
| 31 Mar | 57.2 | Died | Bernhard Frick † | Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany |
| 7 Apr | 56.2 | Elected | Fabio Chigi † | Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy) |
| 18 Apr | 56.2 | Installed | Fabio Chigi † | Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy) |
| 21 Apr | 65.2 | Appointed | Berthold Nihus † | Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany |
| 1 May | | Born | Felipe Antonio Gil Taboada † | Bergazos | Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain |
| 9 May | 41.6 | Died | Karl Ferdinand Prinz von Vasa (Wasa) † | Bishop of Wrocław, Poland |
| 11 May | 53.4 | Appointed | Jan Gembicki † | Bishop of Płock, Poland |
| 13 May | | Born | Michelangelo dei Conti † | Rome | Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy) |
| 14 May | 41.7 | Installed | Jean-François-Paul de Gondi de Retz † | Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria sopra Minerva | Cardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France |
| Appointed | Juan de Montiel † | Bishop of Santiago de Cuba |
| 58.4 | Appointed | Giangiacomo Teodoro Trivulzio † | Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria del Popolo |
| 16 May | | Born | George Witham † | Cliffe Hall, Yorkshire | Vicar Apostolic of Northern District, England, Great Britain |
| 28 May | | Born | Juan Bautista Alvarez de Toledo, O.F.M. † | San Salvador, El Salvador | Bishop Emeritus of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México |
| 31 May | | Appointed | Pedro de Barrientos Lomelin † | Bishop of Durango, Durango, México |
| 41.4 | Appointed | Kazimierz Florian Czartoryski † | Bishop of Włocławek, Poland | Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland |
| 39.3 | Appointed | Friedrich Landgraf von Hessen-Darmstadt † | Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Aquiro | Cardinal, Bishop of Wrocław, Poland |
| 45.4 | Appointed | Jan Stefan Wydzga † | Bishop of Luceoria o Łuck, Ukraine | Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland |
| 6 Jun | 65.3 | Ordained Bishop | Berthold Nihus † | Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany |
| 23 Jun | | Born | Honoré Quiqueran de Beaujeu † | Arles | Bishop of Castres, France |
| 2 Jul | 49.5 | Appointed | Maxmilián Rudolf Schleinitz † | Bishop of Litomĕrice, Czech Republic |
| 3 Jul | 49.5 | Ordained Bishop | Maxmilián Rudolf Schleinitz † | Bishop of Litomĕrice, Czech Republic |
| 5 Jul | 24.8 | Confirmed | Toussaint de Forbin-Janson † | Coadjutor Bishop of Digne, France | Cardinal, Bishop of Beauvais, France |
| 6 Jul | 27.5 | Appointed | Johann Heinrich von Anethan † | Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany | Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany |
| 11 Jul | 40.2 | Ordained Bishop | Georg Sigismund Müller † | Titular Bishop of Heliopolis in Augustamnica | Auxiliary Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany |
| 29 Jul | | Born | Fulvio Astalli † | Sambuco | Cardinal, Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy |
| 41.6 | Confirmed | Kazimierz Florian Czartoryski † | Bishop of Włocławek, Poland | Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland |
| 2 Aug | 46.9 | Appointed | Cesare Facchinetti † | Archbishop (Personal Title) of Spoleto, Italy | Cardinal, Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy |
| Appointed | Ettore Molza † | Bishop of Modena, Italy |
| Appointed | Diego Osorio de Escobar y Mendoza (Llamas) † | Bishop of Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala, México | Bishop Emeritus |
| 33.3 | Appointed | Carlo Pio di Savoia † | Bishop of Ferrara, Italy | Cardinal, Bishop of Sabina, Italy |
| 3 Aug | 32.8 | Ordained Bishop | Maximilian Gandolf Reichsgraf von Kuenburg † | Bishop of Lavant, Slovenia | Cardinal, Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria |
| 7 Aug | 50.6 | Died | Matej Tarnoczy † | Bishop of Vác, Hungary |
| 10 Aug | 83.6 | Died | Alfonso de la Cueva-Benavides y Mendoza-Carrillo † | Cardinal, Bishop of Palestrina, Italy |
| 30 Aug | 27.6 | Confirmed | César d'Estrées † | Bishop of Laon, France | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus |
| 58.0 | Confirmed | Girolamo (Jérome) Grimaldi-Cavalleroni † | Cardinal, Archbishop of Aix, France |
| Sep | 27.6 | Ordained Bishop | César d'Estrées † | Bishop of Laon, France | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus |
| 19 Sep | 50.7 | Appointed | Mateo de Sagade (Lazo de) Bugueiro † | Archbishop of México, Federal District | Archbishop of Cartagena (en España) |
| 21 Sep | 27.7 | Ordained Bishop | Johann Heinrich von Anethan † | Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany | Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany |
| Ordained Bishop | Louis Cazet de Vautorte † | Bishop of Lectoure, France | Bishop of Vannes, France |
| 27 Sep | | Born | Angelo Acerno † | Guardiae Tricaricen | Bishop of Muro Lucano, Italy |
| 4 Oct | | Born | Lothar Franz Reichsgraf von Schönborn † | Steinheim | Archbishop of Mainz, Germany |
| 11 Oct | 48.8 | Appointed | Antonio Barberini (Jr.) † | Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati | Cardinal, Archbishop of Reims, France |
| Appointed | Juan Pérez Delgado † | Bishop of Salamanca, Spain | Archbishop of Burgos, Spain |
| 69.8 | Appointed | Giulio Cesare Sacchetti † | Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina | Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council |
| 66.8 | Confirmed | André du Saussay † | Bishop of Toul, France |
| 61.5 | Appointed | Bernardino Spada † | Cardinal, Bishop of Palestrina, Italy |
| 22 Oct | | Born | Fabio Brulart de Sillery † | Pressigny | Bishop of Soissons, France |
| 24 Oct | 48.8 | Ordained Bishop | Antonio Barberini (Jr.) † | Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati | Cardinal, Archbishop of Reims, France |
| 29.4 | Ordained Bishop | Daniel de Cosnac † | Bishop of Valence, France | Archbishop of Aix, France |
| 45.8 | Ordained Bishop | Jan Stefan Wydzga † | Bishop of Luceoria o Łuck, Ukraine | Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland |
| 25 Oct | | Appointed | Ramón Senmenat Lanuza † | Bishop of Barcelona, Spain |
| 5 Nov | | Born | Francisco Rodríguez Mendarozqueta y Zárate † | Trespuentes | Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain |
| 15 Nov | 70.9 | Died | Martín de León Cárdenas, O.S.A. † | Archbishop of Palermo, Italy |
| Born | Charles-Gaspard-Guillaume de Vintimille du Luc † | Luc-en-Provence | Archbishop of Paris, France |
| 29 Nov | 60.5 | Appointed | Ägidius Gelenius † | Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany |
| 60.5 | Appointed | Ägidius Gelenius † | Titular Bishop of Aureliopolis in Lydia | Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany |
| 89.7 | Appointed | Gregorio Parcero de Castro, O.S.B. † | Bishop of Tortosa, Spain |
| 21 Dec | 30.3 | Ordained Priest | St. Gregorio Giovanni Gasparo Barbarigo † | Priest | Cardinal, Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy |
| 23 Dec | | Died | Bernardo Lacabra † | Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy |
| 27 Dec | 31.9 | Ordained Priest | Pierre Lambert de la Motte, M.E.P. † | Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères | Vicar Apostolic of Cochin {Cocincina}, Viêt Nam |
| 69.0 | Died | Francisco de Manso Zuñiga y Sola † | Bishop of Burgos, Spain |