| Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
| unknown | | Died | Alberto Badoer † | Bishop of Crema, Italy |
| Born | Pietro Abbondio Battiloro † | Arpino | Bishop of Alife, Italy |
| Appointed | Antonio Bighetti † | Bishop of Patti, Italy |
| Died | Antonio Bighetti † | Bishop of Patti, Italy |
| Appointed | Antonio de León y Becerra † | Bishop of Arequipa, Peru |
| 53.0 | Died | Manoel a Nativitate do Nascimento, O.S.H. † | Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe |
| Appointed | Luís da Silva Teles † | Bishop of Lamego, Portugal | Archbishop of Évora, Portugal |
| 53.0 | Appointed | Lucas Fernández de Piedrahita † | Bishop of Panamá |
| Appointed | Orazio Fortunato † | Bishop of Nardò, Italy |
| Appointed | Domingos de Gusmão, O.P. † | Bishop of Leiria, Portugal | Archbishop of Évora, Portugal |
| Appointed | Nicolas Ladvocat-Billiard † | Bishop of Boulogne (-Sur-Mer), France |
| 60.1 | Resigned | Gilles de La Baume le Blanc de la Valière † | Bishop of Nantes, France | Bishop Emeritus |
| Appointed | José de Lencastre † | Bishop of Miranda, Portugal | Bishop of Leiria, Portugal |
| 44.0 | Appointed | François Letellier † | Bishop of Digne, France |
| Died | Nicolas Pavillon † | Bishop of Alet, France |
| 34.1 | Appointed | Jaime de Palafox y Cardona † | Archbishop of Palermo, Italy | Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain |
| 47.0 | Appointed | François-Placide de Baudry de Piancourt, O.S.B. † | Bishop of Mende, France |
| Succeeded | Charles de Pradel † | Bishop of Montpellier, France |
| Born | Pedro Salazar Góngora † | Motril | Bishop of Córdoba, Spain |
| Appointed | Antônio de Santa Maria † | Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil | Bishop-Elect |
| Died | Antônio de Santa Maria † | Bishop-Elect of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil |
| 59.3 | Appointed | Hyacinthe Serroni, O.P. † | Archbishop of Albi, France |
| Appointed | Marcos de Sobremonte † | Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico) |
| 33.5 | Ordained Priest | Johann Ernst Reichsgraf von Thun † | Priest of Salzburg, Austria | Archbishop |
| 29.0 | Ordained Priest | Michele Carlo Visdomini Cortigiani † | Priest | Bishop of Pistoia-Prato, Italy |
| Appointed | Paolo Ximenes † | Archbishop of Trani, Italy |
| 3 Jan | 32.0 | Ordained Bishop | Johann Franz Christoph Freiherr von Talmberg † | Bishop of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic |
| 10 Jan | 61.0 | Ordained Bishop | Paul Aussem † | Titular Bishop of Halmiros | Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany |
| 17 Jan | 46.1 | Ordained Bishop | Louis Aube de Roquemartine † | Bishop of Grasse, France | Bishop of Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux, France |
| 58.0 | Ordained Bishop | Jacques de Fieux † | Bishop of Toul, France |
| 3 Feb | | Born | Blas Antonio Olóriz † | Barbastro, Spain | Auxiliary Bishop of Monreale, Italy |
| 8 Feb | 49.9 | Appointed | Juan Tomás de Rocaberti, O.P. † | Archbishop of Valencia, Spain |
| 61.2 | Resigned | Verissimo de Lencastre † | Archbishop of Braga, Portugal | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus |
| 47.1 | Appointed | Stanisław Jacek Święcicki † | Bishop of Chelm, Poland |
| Appointed | Nicolás de Ulloa y Hurtado de Mendoza, O.S.A. † | Titular Bishop of Dara | Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina |
| Confirmed | Nicolás de Ulloa y Hurtado de Mendoza, O.S.A. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru | Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina |
| 2 Mar | 55.3 | Died | Sigmund Alphons Reichsgraf von Thun † | Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy |
| 7 Mar | 40.1 | Converted | Varlaam Sheptyskyi † | Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine |
| 8 Mar | | Appointed | John Brenan † | Archbishop of Cashel, Ireland |
| 14 Mar | 39.5 | Ordained Bishop | Léonor II de Goyon de Matignon † | Bishop of Lisieux, France |
| 20 Mar | 67.2 | Appointed | Juan de Escalante Turcios y Mendoza † | Archbishop (Personal Title) of Yucatán (Mérida), Yucatán, México | Bishop |
| 21 Mar | 47.2 | Ordained Bishop | Estevão Brioso de Figueiredo † | Bishop of Olinda, Brazil | Bishop of Funchal, Portugal |
| 3 Apr | 66.9 | Appointed | Francesco Alberti di Poja † | Bishop of Trento, Italy |
| 24 Apr | 66.9 | Confirmed | Francesco Alberti di Poja † | Bishop of Trento, Italy |
| 26 Apr | 67.3 | Appointed | Juan Lozano, O.S.A. † | Archbishop (Personal Title) of Plasencia, Spain | Bishop |
| 29 Apr | 48.7 | Appointed | Paulinus Mayr † | Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy |
| 10 May | 43.3 | Confirmed | Johann Hugo von Orsbeck † | Bishop of Speyer, Germany | Archbishop of Trier, Germany |
| 20 May | | Born | Johann Adam Reichsgraf von Wratislaw von Mitrowitz † | Chotoviny | Bishop of Litomĕrice, Czech Republic |
| Jun | 60.4 | Ordained Bishop | Antonio de Azcona Imberto † | Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| 13 Jun | 47.4 | Ordained Bishop | Gaspar Barata de Mendonça † | Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil | Archbishop Emeritus |
| 14 Jun | 47.5 | Appointed | Melchor de Liñán y Cisneros † | Archbishop of Lima, Peru |
| 18 Jun | 30.5 | Appointed | Charles Le Goux de la Berchère † | Bishop of Lavaur, France | Archbishop of Narbonne, France |
| 39.5 | Appointed | Michel Poncet de la Rivière † | Bishop of Uzés, France |
| 29 Jun | 50.3 | Installed | Juan Tomás de Rocaberti, O.P. † | Archbishop of Valencia, Spain |
| 5 Jul | 25.5 | Appointed | Gilles-Jean-François de Beauvau † | Bishop of Nantes, France |
| 9 Jul | | Born | Juan José de Escalona y Calatayud † | Quer de la Rioja, Spain | Bishop of Michoacán, Michoacán, México |
| 5 Aug | 75.6 | Died | Maciej Bystram † | Auxiliary Bishop of Chelmno (Culma), Poland |
| 9 Aug | 40.6 | Installed | Manuel Fernández de Santa Cruz y Sahagún † | Bishop of Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala, México |
| 18 Aug | 58.6 | Installed | Jacques de Fieux † | Bishop of Toul, France |
| 20 Aug | | Appointed | Francisco de Aguiar y Seijas y Ulloa † | Bishop of Michoacán, Michoacán, México | Archbishop of México, Federal District |
| 21 Aug | 39.6 | Appointed | Bl. Niels Stensen † | Vicar Apostolic of Nordic Missions, Germany |
| 25 Aug | | Born | Jean-Joseph Languet de Gergy † | Dijon | Archbishop of Sens, France |
| 29 Aug | 56.6 | Died | Andrzej Olszowski † | Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland |
| 30 Aug | 65.7 | Appointed | Gregório dos Anjos, C.S.J. † | Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil |
| 60.7 | Appointed | Bernardo de Santa Maria Zuzarte de Andrade, C.R.S.A. † | Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe |
| 4 Sep | | Born | Giovanni Carafa † | Maierà | Bishop of Nicastro, Italy |
| 12 Sep | 57.7 | Died | Camillo Massimo † | Cardinal, Titular Patriarch of Gerusalemme {Jerusalem}, Palestine |
| 13 Sep | 40.7 | Appointed | Diego de Baños y Sotomayor † | Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia | Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela |
| 51.7 | Appointed | Alonso Bernardo de Ríos y Guzmán, O.SS.T. † | Archbishop of Granada, Spain |
| 55.7 | Appointed | Juan Antonio García de Palacios † | Bishop of Santiago de Cuba |
| 67.4 | Appointed | Pietro Vito Ottoboni † | Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere | Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy) |
| 36.2 | Appointed | Juan de Santiago y León Garabito † | Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México |
| 39.7 | Appointed | Bl. Niels Stensen † | Titular Bishop of Titiopolis | Vicar Apostolic of Nordic Missions, Germany |
| 15 Sep | | Born | François-Paul de Neufville de Villeroy † | Versailles | Archbishop of Lyon, France |
| 19 Sep | 39.7 | Ordained Bishop | Bl. Niels Stensen † | Titular Bishop of Titiopolis | Vicar Apostolic of Nordic Missions, Germany |
| 21 Sep | 23.0 | Ordained Priest | Stefano Fogliani † | Priest | Bishop of Modena, Italy |
| 30 Sep | | Born | Laszlo Adam Erdody † | Presbourg | Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia |
| 11 Oct | 52.8 | Appointed | Jan Stanisław Zbaski † | Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland | Bishop of Warmia, Poland |
| Nov | 68.1 | Died | Francisco de Loyola y Vergara, O.S.A. † | Bishop of Concepción, Chile |
| 7 Nov | 43.8 | Ordained Bishop | Johann Hugo von Orsbeck † | Archbishop of Trier, Germany |
| 14 Nov | 61.9 | Ordained Bishop | Diego de Aguilar, O.P. † | Bishop of Cebu, Philippines |
| 18 Nov | | Born | Martín Delgado Cenarro y Lapiedra † | Valmaseda | Bishop of Valladolid, Spain |
| 21 Nov | 40.9 | Ordained Bishop | Diego de Baños y Sotomayor † | Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia | Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela |
| 22 Nov | 44.6 | Appointed | Alonso Vargas y Barca, O.S.A. † | Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras |
| 23 Nov | | Born | Johann Michael Wenzel Reichsgraf von Spaur † | Rottenturm | Auxiliary Bishop of Trento, Italy |
| 5 Dec | | Ordained Bishop | François de Barthélemy de Grammont de Lanta † | Bishop of Saint-Papoul, France |
| 8 Dec | | Born | Francisco Pérez Prado y Cuesta † | Aranda de Duero | Bishop of Teruel, Spain |
| 12 Dec | 51.9 | Appointed | Friedrich von Tietzen † | Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany |
| 51.9 | Appointed | Friedrich von Tietzen † | Titular Bishop of Ioppe | Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany |
| 13 Dec | | Born | Johann Jakob von Mayr † | Dillingen | Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg, Germany |
| 55.9 | Appointed | Andrés de las Navas y Quevedo, O. de M. † | Bishop of León en Nicaragua | Bishop of Guatemala (Santiago de Guatemala), Guatemala |
| 18 Dec | 24.1 | Ordained Priest | Simon Judas Thaddäus Schmidt † | Priest of Freising, Germany | Auxiliary Bishop |
| 24 Dec | 68.0 | Installed | Juan de Escalante Turcios y Mendoza † | Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida), Yucatán, México |
| 25 Dec | | Appointed | Louis-Alphonse de Valbelle † | Bishop of Alet, France | Bishop of Saint-Omer, France |
| 28 Dec | | Born | Amador Merino Malaguilla † | Sigüenza | Bishop of Badajoz, Spain |