| Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
| unknown | | Appointed | Giambattista Candiotti † | Archbishop of Urbino, Italy |
| Died | Benedetto Cappelletti † | Archbishop of Manfredonia, Italy |
| 21.1 | Ordained Priest | Jean-Baptiste de la Croix Chevrière de St. Vallier † | Priest | Bishop of Québec, Québec, Canada |
| Born | Juan Manuel Jeronimo de Romaní y Carrillo † | Guam | Bishop of Cuzco, Peru |
| Born | Charles-François d'Hallencourt de Dromesnil † | Picardie | Bishop of Verdun, France |
| Appointed | Jean-Jacques d'Obeilh (d'Aubeil) † | Bishop of Orange, France |
| Died | Juan de Esturizada † | Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia |
| Appointed | Carlo Antonio Gozzano † | Bishop of Acqui, Italy |
| Appointed | François de Barthélemy de Grammont de Lanta † | Bishop of Saint-Papoul, France |
| Appointed | Agostino Isimbardi, O.S.B. † | Bishop of Cremona, Italy |
| Born | François de Madot † | Guéret | Bishop of Chalons-sur-Saône, France |
| Died | António de Mendonça † | Archbishop of Lisboa, Portugal |
| 33.0 | Appointed | Michel Phélypeaux de La Vrillière † | Bishop of Uzés, France | Archbishop of Bourges, France |
| Appointed | Charles de Pradel † | Coadjutor Bishop of Montpellier, France | Bishop |
| 23.4 | Ordained Priest | François de Salignac de La Mothe-Fénelon † | Priest | Archbishop of Cambrai, France |
| Born | Luciano Santiago † | | Bishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines |
| Born | Pedro Sanz de la Vega y Landaverde, O. de M. † | Lima, Peru | Bishop of Cebu, Philippines |
| 36.0 | Appointed | Henri-Félix de Tassy † | Bishop of Digne, France | Bishop of Chalons-sur-Saône, France |
| Appointed | Jean de Vintimille du Luc † | Bishop of Toulon, France |
| Appointed | Martino Ybanes y Villanueva † | Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy |
| Jan | 30.2 | Ordained Priest | Franz Ferdinand Freiherr von Rummel † | Priest of Regensburg, Germany | Bishop of Wien, Austria |
| 1 Jan | | Born | Diego González Toro y Villalobos † | Jerez de los Caballeros | Bishop of Cuenca, Spain |
| 6 Jan | 65.3 | Ordained Bishop | Johann Hartmann Reichsritter von Rosenbach † | Bishop of Würzburg, Germany |
| 9 Jan | 82.7 | Died | Francesco Maria Brancaccio † | Cardinal, Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina, Italy |
| 10 Jan | 49.7 | Appointed | Gasparo Carpegna † | Cardinal, Prefect of the Roman Curia - Other |
| 23 Jan | 77.4 | Died | Giambattista Spada † | Cardinal, Titular Patriarch of the Titular See |
| 28 Jan | 49.4 | Installed | Federico Baldeschi Colonna † | Cardinal-Priest of S. Marcello | Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council |
| 43.2 | Appointed | Augusto Bellincini † | Bishop of Reggio Emilia, Italy |
| 79.6 | Appointed | Ulderico Carpegna † | Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Todi, Italy |
| 55.6 | Confirmed | Peter Philipp Reichsgraf von Dernbach † | Bishop of Bamberg, Germany |
| 47.0 | Appointed | César d'Estrées † | Cardinal-Priest of SS. Trinità al Monte Pincio | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Laon, France |
| 79.4 | Appointed | Girolamo (Jérome) Grimaldi-Cavalleroni † | Cardinal-Bishop of Albano | Cardinal, Archbishop of Aix, France |
| 26.0 | Appointed | Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † | Archbishop of Manfredonia, Italy | Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy) |
| 59.7 | Appointed | Virginio Orsini † | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati |
| 52.8 | Appointed | Carlo Pio di Savoia † | Cardinal-Priest of S. Crisogono | Cardinal, Bishop of Sabina, Italy |
| 72.0 | Appointed | Federico Sforza † | Cardinal, Bishop of Tivoli, Italy |
| 63.1 | Appointed | Antonius Sotomayor, O.S.B. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic |
| 63.1 | Appointed | Antonius Sotomayor, O.S.B. † | Titular Bishop of Selymbria | Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic |
| 3 Feb | 26.0 | Ordained Bishop | Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † | Archbishop of Manfredonia, Italy | Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy) |
| 10 Feb | | Born | Antonio Maria Bacigalupi † | Genova | Bishop of Ventimiglia, Italy |
| 13 Feb | 64.1 | Died | Juan de Sancto Mathía Sáenz de Mañozca y Murillo † | Bishop of Guatemala (Santiago de Guatemala), Guatemala |
| 22 Feb | | Born | Franz Anton Adolph Graf von Wagensperg † | Graz | Bishop of Chiemsee, Germany |
| Mar | 73.2 | Died | Jan Gembicki † | Bishop of Włocławek, Poland | Bishop of Płock, Poland |
| 4 Mar | 32.5 | Ordained Bishop | Johann Friedrich Reichsgraf von Waldstein † | Bishop of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic | Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic |
| 12 Mar | | Born | Jean-François Boyer † | Paris | Bishop Emeritus of Mirepoix, France |
| 16 Mar | | Born | Felipe de los Tueros Huerta † | Valle de Trucios | Archbishop of Granada, Spain |
| 23 Mar | | Born | Filippo Maria de Monti † | Bologna | Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Stefano al Monte Celio |
| 27 Mar | 56.2 | Confirmed | Jacques de Fieux † | Coadjutor Bishop of Toul, France | Bishop |
| 31 Mar | | Born | Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † | Bologna | Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy) |
| 9 Apr | | Born | Francisco de la Torre Herrera † | Igollo de Camargo | Bishop of León, Spain |
| 12 Apr | | Died | Callisto Puccinelli † | Archbishop of Urbino, Italy |
| 13 Apr | 37.3 | Ordained Priest | Bl. Niels Stensen † | Priest of Firenze {Florence}, Italy | Vicar Apostolic of Nordic Missions, Germany |
| 19 Apr | 65.6 | Died | Johann Hartmann Reichsritter von Rosenbach † | Bishop of Würzburg, Germany |
| 20 Apr | | Died | Clemente Ascanio Sandri-Trotti † | Bishop of Fossano, Italy |
| 29 Apr | | Died | Louis de Forbin d'Oppède † | Bishop of Toulon, France |
| 56.6 | Died | Matthäus Ferdinand Sobek von Bilenberg, O.S.B. † | Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic |
| Died | Francisco Verdín y Molina † | Bishop of Michoacán, Michoacán, México |
| 3 May | | Died | Marc Mallier du Houssay † | Bishop of Tarbes, France |
| 4 May | 49.7 | Appointed | Federico Baldeschi Colonna † | Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council |
| 6 May | 70.3 | Confirmed | Jean de Montpezat de Carbon † | Archbishop of Sens, France |
| 60.3 | Confirmed | Joseph de Montpezat de Carbon † | Archbishop of Toulouse, France |
| 32.7 | Appointed | Johann Friedrich Reichsgraf von Waldstein † | Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic |
| 18 May | 86.1 | Died | Francisco Díaz Alarcón y Covarrubias † | Bishop of Córdoba, Spain |
| 19 May | 55.9 | Ordained Priest | Peter Philipp Reichsgraf von Dernbach † | Priest of Bamberg, Germany | Bishop |
| 21 May | 61.4 | Died | Alessandro Pallavicini, O.S.B. † | Bishop of Borgo San Donnino, Italy |
| 22 May | | Died | Denis de La Barde † | Bishop of Saint-Brieuc, France |
| 27 May | 65.4 | Elevated to Cardinal | Mario Alberizzi † | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Tivoli, Italy |
| 64.1 | Appointed | Carlo Carafa della Spina, C.R. † | Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Via | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Aversa, Italy |
| 68.4 | Elevated to Cardinal | Alessandro Crescenzi, C.R.S. † | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Recanati-Loreto, Italy |
| 37.7 | Confirmed | Léonor II de Goyon de Matignon † | Bishop of Lisieux, France |
| 45.7 | Elevated to Cardinal | Philip Thomas Howard of Norfolk, O.P. † | Cardinal, Titular Bishop of Helenopolis in Bithynia |
| 47.7 | Elevated to Cardinal | Galeazzo Marescotti † | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Tivoli, Italy |
| Appointed | Jose Millan de Poblete † | Bishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines | Bishop-Elect |
| 47.8 | Elevated to Cardinal | Bernardino Rocci † | Cardinal, Bishop of Orvieto, Italy |
| 32.2 | Elevated to Cardinal | Fabrizio Spada † | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina |
| 29 May | | Born | Otto Honorius Reichsgraf von Egkh und Hungersbach † | Bratislava | Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc, Czech Republic |
| 1 Jun | 30.9 | Appointed | Savo (Savio) Millini (Mellini) † | Apostolic Nuncio to Spain | Cardinal, Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy |
| 2 Jun | 55.9 | Ordained Bishop | Peter Philipp Reichsgraf von Dernbach † | Bishop of Bamberg, Germany |
| 3 Jun | 57.7 | Died | Lothar Friedrich Reichsfreiherr von Metternich-Burscheid † | Archbishop of Mainz, Germany |
| 8 Jun | 22.9 | Ordained Priest | Gaspar Fuster, C.O. † | Priest of Other | Archbishop of Sassari, Italy |
| 24.0 | Ordained Priest | Louis-Antoine de Noailles † | Priest | Cardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France |
| 17 Jun | 54.5 | Appointed | Orazio Mattei † | Cardinal, Titular Archbishop of Damascus |
| 30.9 | Appointed | Savo (Savio) Millini (Mellini) † | Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia | Cardinal, Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy |
| 64.5 | Appointed | Juan de Sancto Mathía Sáenz de Mañozca y Murillo † | Bishop of Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala, México | Bishop of Guatemala (Santiago de Guatemala), Guatemala |
| Jul | 56.0 | Appointed | Peter Philipp Reichsgraf von Dernbach † | Bishop of Würzburg, Germany | Bishop of Bamberg, Germany |
| 3 Jul | 51.3 | Appointed | Damian Hartard Reichsfreiherr von Leyen-Hohengeroldseck † | Archbishop of Mainz, Germany |
| 12 Jul | 51.3 | Appointed | Damian Hartard Reichsfreiherr von Leyen-Hohengeroldseck † | Bishop of Worms, Germany | Archbishop of Mainz, Germany |
| 15 Jul | 35.5 | Confirmed | Jean-Baptiste-Michel Colbert de Saint-Pouange † | Bishop of Montauban, France | Archbishop of Toulouse, France |
| 68.5 | Installed | Alessandro Crescenzi, C.R.S. † | Cardinal-Priest of S. Prisca | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Recanati-Loreto, Italy |
| Died | Polykarp Wilhelm Reichsgraf von Kuenburg † | Bishop of Gurk, Austria |
| 47.9 | Installed | Bernardino Rocci † | Cardinal-Priest of S. Stefano al Monte Celio | Cardinal, Bishop of Orvieto, Italy |
| 16 Jul | 41.5 | Appointed | Johann Hugo von Orsbeck † | Bishop of Speyer, Germany | Archbishop of Trier, Germany |
| 17 Jul | | Appointed | Ottaviano della Rovere, B. † | Bishop of Fossano, Italy |
| 27 Jul | 69.6 | Appointed | Michel Poncet † | Archbishop of Bourges, France |
| 28 Jul | 49.2 | Appointed | Francesco Buonvisi † | Apostolic Nuncio to Austria | Cardinal, Bishop of Lucca, Italy |
| 1 Aug | | Died | Patrick Duffy † | Bishop of Clogher, Ireland |
| 24 Aug | 38.6 | Ordained Bishop | Manuel Fernández de Santa Cruz y Sahagún † | Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México | Bishop of Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala, México |
| 8 Sep | 42.7 | Ordained Priest | Francesco Martelli † | Priest | Cardinal, Titular Patriarch of Gerusalemme {Jerusalem}, Palestine |
| 9 Sep | 48.7 | Appointed | Juan de Ortega Cano Montañez y Patiño † | Bishop of Guatemala (Santiago de Guatemala), Guatemala | Archbishop of México, Federal District |
| 56.7 | Succeeded | Jacques de Fieux † | Bishop of Toul, France |
| 42.7 | Ordained Bishop | Francesco Martelli † | Titular Archbishop of Corinthus | Cardinal, Titular Patriarch of Gerusalemme {Jerusalem}, Palestine |
| 86.7 | Died | André du Saussay † | Bishop of Toul, France |
| 11 Sep | | Died | Pietro Isimbardi, O. Carm. † | Bishop of Cremona, Italy |
| 12 Sep | 32.2 | Appointed | Hardouin Fortin de la Hoguette † | Bishop of Saint-Brieuc, France | Archbishop of Sens, France |
| 13 Sep | | Born | José Laso de la Vega y Cansino, O.F.M. † | Carmona, Spain | Bishop of Santiago de Cuba |
| 16 Sep | 44.8 | Appointed | Louis Aube de Roquemartine † | Bishop of Grasse, France | Bishop of Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux, France |
| 29 Sep | 38.7 | Installed | Manuel Fernández de Santa Cruz y Sahagún † | Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México | Bishop of Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala, México |
| 13 Oct | 69.8 | Died | Maxmilián Rudolf Schleinitz † | Bishop of Litomĕrice, Czech Republic |
| 19 Oct | 54.7 | Installed | Andrzej Olszowski † | Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland |
| 28 Oct | 35.8 | Ordained Bishop | Jean-Baptiste-Michel Colbert de Saint-Pouange † | Bishop of Montauban, France | Archbishop of Toulouse, France |
| 30 Oct | 63.7 | Appointed | Johann von Goess † | Cardinal, Bishop of Gurk, Austria |
| 34.4 | Appointed | Jaroslav František Ignác von Sternberg (Šternberka) † | Bishop of Litomĕrice, Czech Republic |
| 9 Nov | | Born | Nicolò Maria Lercari † | Taggia | Cardinal, Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus |
| 10 Nov | 58.0 | Died | Leopoldo de' Medici † | Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Cosmedin |
| 11 Nov | 62.9 | Died | Peter Franz Longinus von Kieferberg † | Prefect of Meissen (Meißen) {Lusazia o Lausitz; Sassonia}, Germany |
| 20 Nov | 49.5 | Resigned | Angelo Maria Ranuzzi † | Apostolic Nuncio to Poland | Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy |
| 21 Nov | 60.9 | Died | Cesare Maria Antonio Rasponi † | Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni a Porta Latina |
| 2 Dec | 45.5 | Appointed | Carlo Barberini † | Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Cosmedin | Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith |
| 55.8 | Appointed | Girolamo Casanate † | Cardinal-Deacon of S. Cesareo in Palatio | Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Silvestro in Capite |
| 59.9 | Appointed | Manuel da Natividade, O.F.M. † | Bishop of Angola e Congo, Angola |
| 45.2 | Appointed | Luiz de Sousa † | Cardinal, Archbishop of Lisboa, Portugal |
| 59.9 | Appointed | Antonio de São Dionysio, O.F.M. † | Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde |
| 33.3 | Confirmed | Johann Friedrich Reichsgraf von Waldstein † | Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic |
| 9 Dec | 23.3 | Ordained Priest | Johann Edmund Geduld von Jungenfeld † | Priest of Mainz, Germany | Auxiliary Bishop |
| 11 Dec | | Born | Raniero Felice Simonetti † | Cingoli | Cardinal, Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy |
| 13 Dec | 63.8 | Ordained Priest | Johann von Goess † | Priest of Gurk, Austria | Cardinal, Bishop |
| 16 Dec | 61.0 | Appointed | Gaetano Garimberti, C.R. † | Bishop of Borgo San Donnino, Italy |
| 46.0 | Appointed | Antonio Medina Cachon y Ponce de Leon † | Bishop of Ceuta, Spain | Archbishop of Cartagena (en España) |
| 20 Dec | 61.0 | Ordained Bishop | Gaetano Garimberti, C.R. † | Bishop of Borgo San Donnino, Italy |
| 21 Dec | 66.0 | Died | Peter Walenburch † | Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany |