| Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
| unknown | | Died | Juan de Arguinao y Gutiérrez † | Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia |
| 26.0 | Appointed | Armand de Béthune † | Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay, France |
| Died | Gaspare Borghi (Burgi) † | Bishop of Penne-Atri, Italy |
| Died | Rodrigo Cárdenas, O.P. † | Bishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines |
| 41.0 | Appointed | Jean d’Arenthon d’Alex † | Bishop of Genève {Geneva}, Switzerland |
| Died | Edmund Dempsey, O.P. † | Bishop of Leighlin, Ireland |
| Died | Francesco Antonio Frasella, O.F.M. Conv. † | Apostolic Administrator of Japan |
| Born | Jean-Marie Henriau † | Paris | Bishop of Boulogne (-Sur-Mer), France |
| 15.1 | Professed | Jan Franciszek Kurdwanowski, S.J. † | Member of Society of Jesus | Auxiliary Bishop of Warmia, Poland |
| 59.0 | Appointed | Henri de La Mothe-Houdancourt † | Archbishop of Auch, France |
| Born | Louis Le Bel † | | Bishop of Bethléem, France |
| 24.6 | Ordained Priest | Pier Matteo Petrucci † | Priest of Confederation of Oratorians of St. Philip Neri | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Jesi, Italy |
| Appointed | Esuperanzio Raffaelli † | Bishop of Penne-Atri, Italy |
| Born | Manuel a Santa Catharina, O. Carm. † | Lisbonne, Portugal | Bishop of Angola e Congo, Angola |
| Born | Pierre de Baglion de la Salle de Saillant † | Lyon | Bishop of Mende, France |
| 43.3 | Appointed | Hyacinthe Serroni, O.P. † | Bishop of Mende, France | Archbishop of Albi, France |
| Died | Antonio de San Gregorio, O.F.M. † | Bishop-Elect of Nueva Caceres, Philippines |
| 49.0 | Ordained Bishop | Philipp Valentin Albrecht Reichritter Voit von Rieneck † | Bishop of Bamberg, Germany |
| 9 Jan | | Born | Sigmund Carl Reichsgraf von Castel-Barco † | Loppio | Bishop of Chiemsee, Germany |
| 19 Jan | 61.0 | Died | Dionisio de Cimbrón, O. Cist. † | Bishop of Concepción, Chile |
| 24 Jan | 65.1 | Died | Johann Flugi † | Bishop of Chur, Switzerland |
| 25 Jan | 25.3 | Ordained Priest | Godefroid-Udalric de la Margelle † | Priest of Roermond, Netherlands | Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany |
| 30 Jan | 59.6 | Died | Dietrich Adolf von Reck † | Bishop of Paderborn, Germany |
| Feb | 56.0 | Ordained Bishop | Juan de Almoguera, O.SS.T. † | Bishop of Arequipa, Peru | Archbishop of Lima, Peru |
| 8 Feb | 34.1 | Appointed | Nicolas de Colbert † | Bishop of Luçon, France | Titular Archbishop of Cartagine |
| 11 Feb | | Died | Adam Kos † | Bishop of Chelmno (Culma), Poland |
| 23 Feb | 37.1 | Appointed | Ulrich de Mont † | Bishop of Chur, Switzerland |
| 40.1 | Appointed | Andrzej Olszowski † | Bishop of Chelmno (Culma), Poland | Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland |
| Mar | 38.7 | Ordained Bishop | Antonio Sanz Lozano † | Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia | Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia |
| 8 Mar | | Born | Curzio Origo † | Rome | Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Eustachio |
| 9 Mar | 58.7 | Died | Jules Raymond Mazarin † | Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon |
| Died | Jerzy Karol Zawisza † | Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania |
| 23 Mar | | Born | Juan Bautista Pes Polo, O. Carm. † | San Pedro, Spain | Titular Bishop of Abila Lysaniae |
| 30 Mar | 45.1 | Appointed | Friedrich Landgraf von Hessen-Darmstadt † | Cardinal-Deacon of S. Cesareo in Palatio | Cardinal, Bishop of Wrocław, Poland |
| Apr | 51.3 | Died | Agustín Muñoz Sandoval † | Bishop of Cuzco, Peru |
| 4 Apr | | Died | Juan Francisco Arnaldo Isasi † | Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico) |
| 13 Apr | 68.9 | Died | Bernardo Caballero Paredes † | Bishop of Oviedo, Spain |
| 15 Apr | | Born | Juan Montalbán Gómez, O.P. † | Hinojosas de Calatrava | Bishop of Plasencia, Spain |
| 16 Apr | | Born | François-Hyacinthe de Ploeuc de Timeur † | Landudec, Finistère | Bishop of Quimper, France |
| 20 Apr | 34.5 | Appointed | Ferdinand Reichsfreiherr von Fürstenberg † | Bishop of Paderborn, Germany |
| 27 Apr | | Ordained Bishop | Arnauld-François de Maytie † | Bishop of Oloron, France |
| 1 May | | Ordained Bishop | Jean-Jacques Fauche de Domprel † | Archbishop of Besançon, France |
| 7 May | | Born | Francisco Dorda, O. Cist. † | Mataró | Bishop of Solsona, Spain |
| 15 May | 72.4 | Died | Jacques Raoul de La Guibourgère † | Bishop of La Rochelle, France |
| 30 May | 34.4 | Confirmed | Nicolas de Colbert † | Bishop of Luçon, France | Titular Archbishop of Cartagine |
| 34.6 | Confirmed | Ferdinand Reichsfreiherr von Fürstenberg † | Bishop of Paderborn, Germany |
| 6 Jun | 34.6 | Ordained Bishop | Ferdinand Reichsfreiherr von Fürstenberg † | Bishop of Paderborn, Germany |
| 7 Jun | | Born | Álvaro de Abranches e Noronha † | | Bishop of Leiria, Portugal |
| 11 Jun | 27.5 | Ordained Priest | Ernst Reichsgraf von Trautson zu Falkenstein † | Priest of Salzburg, Austria | Bishop of Wien, Austria |
| 13 Jun | | Born | Manuel de Mimbela y Morlans, O.F.M. † | Fraga en Aragón, Spain | Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México |
| 17 Jun | | Appointed | Juan de Dios Aguinao † | Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia |
| 1 Jul | 41.3 | Appointed | Henri-Marie de Laval de Bois-Dauphin † | Bishop of La Rochelle, France |
| 4 Jul | 42.5 | Appointed | Camillo Astallipamphilj † | Archbishop (Personal Title) of Catania, Italy | Cardinal, Bishop of Catania, Italy |
| 35.7 | Appointed | Johann Kaspar Schnorf † | Auxiliary Bishop of Basel, Switzerland |
| 35.7 | Appointed | Johann Kaspar Schnorf † | Titular Bishop of Chrysopolis in Arabia | Auxiliary Bishop of Basel, Switzerland |
| 50.7 | Installed | Pietro Vidoni (Sr.) † | Cardinal-Priest of S. Callisto | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Lodi, Italy |
| 9 Jul | | Born | Andrea Della Rocca, C.R.L. † | Genova | Bishop of Acci and Mariana, France |
| 79.9 | Died | Francesco Paolucci † | Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council |
| 24 Jul | 34.6 | Ordained Bishop | Nicolas de Colbert † | Bishop of Luçon, France | Titular Archbishop of Cartagine |
| 28 Jul | 30.2 | Appointed | Flavio Chigi (Sr.) † | Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina |
| 75.6 | Appointed | Giulio Cesare Sacchetti † | Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council |
| 8 Aug | 40.5 | Confirmed | Andrzej Olszowski † | Bishop of Chelmno (Culma), Poland | Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland |
| 52.2 | Appointed | Adrian Walenburch † | Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany |
| 52.2 | Appointed | Adrian Walenburch † | Titular Bishop of Hadrianopolis in Epiro | Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany |
| 16 Aug | | Born | Ottavio Picenardi (Piccinardi) † | Cremona | Bishop of Reggio Emilia, Italy |
| 1 Sep | | Born | Francesco Morgioni † | Ischia | Bishop of Minori, Italy |
| 2 Sep | 43.7 | Died | William Ballantine † | Prefect of Scotland, Great Britain |
| 5 Sep | 50.7 | Appointed | Juan de Sancto Mathía Sáenz de Mañozca y Murillo † | Bishop of Santiago de Cuba | Bishop of Guatemala (Santiago de Guatemala), Guatemala |
| 13 Sep | 69.1 | Died | Johann Balthasar Liesch von Hornau † | Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław, Poland |
| 2 Oct | 32.8 | Ordained Bishop | François de Clermont-Tonnerre † | Bishop of Noyon, France |
| 49.5 | Ordained Bishop | Mathieu Thoreau † | Bishop of Dol, France |
| 9 Oct | 41.8 | Ordained Bishop | Jean d’Arenthon d’Alex † | Bishop of Genève {Geneva}, Switzerland |
| 11 Oct | | Born | Melchior de Polignac † | Lavoûte-Sur-Loire | Cardinal, Archbishop of Auch, France |
| 10 Nov | 67.6 | Died | Bernardino Spada † | Cardinal, Bishop of Palestrina, Italy |
| 21 Nov | 35.9 | Installed | Pascual de Aragón-Córdoba-Cardona y Fernández de Córdoba † | Cardinal-Priest of S. Balbina | Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain |
| 54.9 | Appointed | Antonio Barberini (Jr.) † | Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina | Cardinal, Archbishop of Reims, France |
| Appointed | Jerzy Baiłłozor † | Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania |
| 66.4 | Appointed | Ulderico Carpegna † | Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Todi, Italy |
| 57.7 | Appointed | Girolamo Colonna † | Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bologna, Italy |
| 41.7 | Confirmed | Henri-Marie de Laval de Bois-Dauphin † | Bishop of La Rochelle, France |
| 67.8 | Appointed | Giovanni Battista Maria Pallotta † | Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati |
| 58.8 | Appointed | Federico Sforza † | Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Vincoli | Cardinal, Bishop of Tivoli, Italy |
| 29 Nov | 30.6 | Appointed | Flavio Chigi (Sr.) † | Prefect of the Roman Curia - Other | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina |
| 30 Nov | 52.5 | Ordained Bishop | Adrian Walenburch † | Titular Bishop of Hadrianopolis in Epiro | Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany |
| 1 Dec | 68.8 | Died | Franz Wilhelm von Wartenberg † | Cardinal, Bishop of Regensburg, Germany |
| 9 Dec | | Born | Giovanni Matteo Vitelloni † | Bagancavollo | Bishop of Catanzaro, Italy |
| 19 Dec | 38.0 | Confirmed | Ulrich de Mont † | Bishop of Chur, Switzerland |
| 21 Dec | 23.9 | Ordained Priest | Johann Ignaz Dlouhovesky † | Priest of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic | Auxiliary Bishop |