| Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
| unknown | 63.0 | Resigned | Louis Abelly † | Bishop of Rodez, France | Bishop Emeritus |
| 69.0 | Appointed | Gabriel de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson † | Bishop of Rodez, France |
| Born | Giovanni Battista Braschi † | | Bishop Emeritus of Sarsina, Italy |
| Born | Andrea Luigi Cattani † | | Bishop of San Miniato, Italy |
| 34.6 | Appointed | François de Coëtlogon-Méjusseaume † | Coadjutor Bishop of Quimper, France | Bishop |
| Died | Ignazio d'Amico † | Bishop of Patti, Italy |
| Born | Louis Philippe d'Auneau de Visé † | Paris | Auxiliary Bishop of Strasbourg, France |
| Born | Atanasio Esterriga Trajanáuregui † | Bilbao | Bishop of Mallorca, Spain |
| 62.0 | Appointed | Nicolas Franch † | Auxiliary Bishop of Paris, France | Auxiliary Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium |
| Born | Francisco de Paula Garcés Marcilla, O.M. † | Teruel | Bishop of Huesca, Spain |
| Born | Juan Gómez de Neva y Frías † | Cebolla | Bishop of Quito, Ecuador |
| Born | Louis-François-Gabriel de Hennin-Liétard † | | Archbishop of Embrun, France |
| 34.2 | Appointed | Leopold Karl Graf von Kollonitsch Lipót † | Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia | Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary |
| 49.0 | Appointed | Mikołaj Prażmowski † | Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland |
| Appointed | Giovanni Battista del Tinto † | Archbishop of Trani, Italy |
| 53.0 | Appointed | Tomasz Ujejski, S.J. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Warmia, Poland |
| 9 Jan | | Born | Tomás José Ruiz Montes † | Granada | Bishop of Cartagena (en España) |
| 11 Jan | 67.0 | Died | Johannes Thuanus † | Bishop of Wiener Neustadt, Austria |
| 20 Jan | | Born | Manuel Santa Maria Salazar † | Nogales | Bishop of Lugo, Spain |
| 8 Feb | 74.1 | Died | Marcantonio Franciotti † | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Lucca, Italy |
| 15 Feb | 42.7 | Appointed | Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † | Cardinal-Priest of Ss. XII Apostoli | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Ravenna, Italy |
| 42.7 | Elevated to Cardinal | Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Ravenna, Italy |
| 25 Feb | | Born | Johann Franz Riccius † | Haselünne | Auxiliary Bishop of Strasbourg, France |
| 1 Mar | | Born | Carlos Alamán Ferrer † | Naval | Bishop of Barbastro, Spain |
| 7 Mar | 49.2 | Appointed | Guidobald Reichsgraf von Thun † | Bishop of Regensburg, Germany | Cardinal, Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria |
| 18 Mar | | Born | Giuseppe Riganti † | Melphiten | Bishop of Teramo, Italy |
| 29 Mar | 29.4 | Confirmed | Pierre-Armand du Camboust de Coislin † | Cardinal, Bishop of Orléans, France |
| 42.8 | Appointed | Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † | Bishop of Montefiascone, Italy | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Ravenna, Italy |
| 1 Apr | 60.6 | Died | Wacław Leszczyński † | Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland |
| 18 Apr | 34.9 | Ordained Bishop | François de Coëtlogon-Méjusseaume † | Titular Bishop of Madaurus | Bishop of Quimper, France |
| 19 Apr | | Ordained Bishop | Johann Kaspar Kühner † | Titular Bishop of Centuria | Auxiliary Bishop of Freising, Germany |
| 20 Apr | | Born | Jaime de Mimbela, O.P. † | Fraga, Spain | Bishop of Trujillo, Peru |
| 1 May | 42.3 | Appointed | Gabriel de Roquette † | Bishop of Autun, France |
| 2 May | 42.9 | Ordained Bishop | Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † | Bishop of Montefiascone, Italy | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Ravenna, Italy |
| 15 May | | Born | Lodovico Forni † | Modena | Bishop Emeritus of Reggio Emilia, Italy |
| 16 May | 64.6 | Died | Johann Melchior Söllner † | Auxiliary Bishop of Würzburg, Germany |
| 19 Jun | 23.3 | Ordained Priest | Callisto Lodigeri, O.S.M. † | Priest of Order of Friar Servants of Mary | Bishop of Montepulciano, Italy |
| 20 Jun | 29.6 | Ordained Bishop | Pierre-Armand du Camboust de Coislin † | Cardinal, Bishop of Orléans, France |
| 27 Jun | | Ordained Bishop | Francisco Verdín y Molina † | Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México | Bishop of Michoacán, Michoacán, México |
| 3 Jul | 40.5 | Appointed | Christoph de Rojas y Spinola, O.F.M. † | Bishop of Foreign Diocese | Bishop of Wiener Neustadt, Austria |
| 30 Jul | 66.6 | Died | Antonio Vigo, O. de M. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru |
| Aug | | Born | José Luis Palos Bord, O.F.M. † | Morella, Spain | Bishop of Paraguay |
| 16 Aug | 52.0 | Died | Adam Lorenz Reichsgraf von Törring-Stein † | Bishop of Regensburg, Germany |
| 28 Aug | | Died | Giulio M. Odescalchi, O.S.B. † | Bishop of Novara, Italy |
| 4 Sep | 62.4 | Died | Girolamo Colonna † | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bologna, Italy |
| 5 Sep | 70.4 | Died | Martín López de Ontiveros † | Archbishop of Valencia, Spain |
| 8 Sep | 29.7 | Appointed | Édouard Valot † | Bishop of Nevers, France | Bishop Emeritus |
| 24 Sep | 21.7 | Professed | Juan a Santa Cruz, O.P. † | Member of Order of Friars Preachers | Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Tonking {Tonkino Orientale}, Viêt Nam |
| 9 Oct | | Born | Christian August von Sachsen-Zeitz † | Moritzburg | Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary |
| 11 Oct | 69.1 | Appointed | Francesco Barberini (Sr.) † | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri) |
| 74.5 | Appointed | Francesco Maria Brancaccio † | Bishop of Sabina, Italy | Cardinal, Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina, Italy |
| 74.5 | Appointed | Francesco Maria Brancaccio † | Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina | Cardinal, Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina, Italy |
| 50.0 | Confirmed | Johann Christoph Reichsritter von Freyberg-Allmendingen † | Bishop of Augsburg, Germany |
| 72.7 | Appointed | Giovanni Battista Maria Pallotta † | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati |
| 22 Oct | 80.8 | Died | Mauro Diego (Marcos) de Tovar y Valle Maldonado, O.S.B. † | Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), Chiapas, México |
| 15 Nov | | Born | Francisco Eustaquio Perea Porras † | Albuñuelas | Archbishop of Granada, Spain |
| 5 Dec | 29.9 | Appointed | Charles-François de Loménie de Brienne † | Bishop of Coutances, France |
| 15 Dec | 51.9 | Appointed | Laurenz Aidinger † | Bishop of Wiener Neustadt, Austria |
| 74.6 | Appointed | Marcos Ramírez de Prado y Ovando, O.F.M. † | Archbishop of México, Federal District |