| Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
| unknown | | Died | Giovanni Battista Alfieri † | Bishop of Fano, Italy |
| 15.4 | Ordained Priest | Antonio Baistrocchi, O. Carm. † | Priest of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel | Vicar Apostolic of Great Moghul (Mughals), India |
| Appointed | Bernardino Belluzzi † | Bishop of Monte Feltre, Italy |
| Appointed | Antonio del Rjos Colminarez † | Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy |
| Born | François du Verdier † | Limousin | Bishop of Angoulême, France |
| Appointed | Domingos de Gusmão, O.P. † | Archbishop of Évora, Portugal |
| Appointed | Sancho Pardo de Andrade de Figueroa y Cárdenas † | Bishop of Quito, Ecuador |
| Born | Marcello Passari † | Ariano | Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Ara Coeli |
| 36.0 | Appointed | Michel Phélypeaux de La Vrillière † | Archbishop of Bourges, France |
| Died | Diogo de Sousa † | Archbishop of Évora, Portugal |
| Born | John Talbot Stonor † | | Vicar Apostolic of Midland District, England, Great Britain |
| 39.0 | Appointed | Henri-Félix de Tassy † | Bishop of Chalons-sur-Saône, France |
| Born | José Gabriel Zapata Illescas † | Toledo | Bishop of Zamora, Spain |
| 1 Jan | 26.6 | Ordained Priest | Edme Bélot, M.E.P. † | Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères | Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking {Tonkino Occidentale}, Viêt Nam |
| 2 Jan | | Born | Carlos Bermudez de Castro † | Puebla, México | Archbishop of Manila, Philippines |
| 10 Jan | | Appointed | Orazio Fortunato † | Bishop of Nardò, Italy |
| 16 Jan | 43.0 | Ordained Bishop | Luis Manuel Fernández de Portocarrero-Bocanegra y Moscoso-Osorio † | Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain |
| 48.0 | Ordained Bishop | François-Placide de Baudry de Piancourt, O.S.B. † | Bishop of Mende, France |
| 23 Jan | 66.1 | Ordained Bishop | Gregório dos Anjos, C.S.J. † | Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil |
| 26 Jan | | Died | Tomás de Monterroso, O.P. † | Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México |
| 18 Feb | 48.2 | Installed | Melchor de Liñán y Cisneros † | Archbishop of Lima, Peru |
| 20 Feb | | Ordained Bishop | Jean-Baptiste de Beaumanoir de Lavardin † | Bishop of Rennes, France |
| 5 Mar | 22.4 | Ordained Priest | Angelo Acerno † | Priest | Bishop of Muro Lucano, Italy |
| 27.2 | Ordained Priest | Vitus Seipel † | Priest of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic | Auxiliary Bishop |
| 14 Mar | 54.2 | Appointed | Bernardo de Carrasco y Saavedra, O.P. † | Bishop of Santiago de Chile | Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia |
| 17 Mar | | Born | Zdenko Georg Chrzepíczky von Modliskovic † | Sedlec | Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic |
| 21 Mar | | Born | Pedro Manuel Dávila Cárdenas † | Mombeltrán | Bishop of Plasencia, Spain |
| Born | Juan Leandro Gómez de Parada Valdez y Mendoza † | Guadalajara | Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México |
| 28 Mar | | Appointed | Maurizio Bertone, C.R.S. † | Bishop of Fossano, Italy |
| 9 Apr | 27.0 | Ordained Priest | Aleksander Mikolaj Horain † | Priest | Bishop Emeritus of Samogizia o Tels (Zmudz), Lithuania |
| 25.1 | Ordained Priest | Vidal Marin Fernandez † | Priest | Bishop of Ceuta, Spain |
| 12 Apr | 31.3 | Ordained Bishop | Charles Le Goux de la Berchère † | Bishop of Lavaur, France | Archbishop of Narbonne, France |
| 13 Apr | | Born | Francisco Salgado Quirago † | Madrid | Bishop of Guadix, Spain |
| 18 Apr | 58.3 | Died | Buonaccorso Buonacorsi † | Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria della Scala |
| 51.9 | Appointed | Angelo Maria Ranuzzi † | Archbishop (Personal Title) of Fano, Italy | Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy |
| 28 Apr | | Born | Agapito Mosca † | Pesaro | Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Agata de’ Goti |
| 30 Apr | 29.3 | Died | Sigismondo Chigi † | Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giorgio in Velabro |
| 8 May | 40.4 | Ordained Bishop | Michel Poncet de la Rivière † | Bishop of Uzés, France |
| 15 May | 45.4 | Ordained Bishop | François Letellier † | Bishop of Digne, France |
| 22 May | 36.9 | Ordained Bishop | Juan de Santiago y León Garabito † | Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México |
| 23 May | 56.4 | Appointed | Paolo Savelli † | Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giorgio in Velabro | Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Cosmedin |
| 24 May | | Born | Juan García Abadiano † | Segovia, Spain | Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela |
| 4 Jun | 35.4 | Ordained Bishop | Michel Cassagnet de Tilladet † | Bishop of Mâcon, France |
| 52.8 | Ordained Priest | Hermann Werner Reichsfreiherr von Wolf-Metternich zu Gracht † | Priest of Paderborn, Germany | Bishop |
| 6 Jun | 38.3 | Appointed | Marcantonio Barbarigo † | Archbishop of Corfù, Greece | Cardinal, Bishop of Montefiascone, Italy |
| 30.4 | Confirmed | André Colbert † | Bishop of Auxerre, France |
| 26 Jun | 38.3 | Ordained Bishop | Marcantonio Barbarigo † | Archbishop of Corfù, Greece | Cardinal, Bishop of Montefiascone, Italy |
| 15 Jul | | Died | Antoine-Benoît de Clermont-Tonnerre † | Bishop of Fréjus, France |
| 24 Jul | 30.6 | Ordained Bishop | André Colbert † | Bishop of Auxerre, France |
| 26 Jul | 24.7 | Ordained Priest | Nicola Centomani † | Priest | Bishop of Monopoli, Italy |
| 5 Aug | | Died | Gianfrancesco Morosini † | Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy |
| 11 Aug | | Appointed | Alvise Sagredo † | Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy |
| 23 Aug | 74.6 | Died | Nicolas Franch † | Auxiliary Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium |
| 5 Sep | 50.0 | Confirmed | Paulinus Mayr † | Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy |
| 19 Sep | 64.7 | Died | Neri Corsini † | Cardinal, Bishop of Arezzo, Italy |
| 51.9 | Succeeded | Ferdinand Reichsfreiherr von Fürstenberg † | Bishop of Münster, Germany | Bishop of Paderborn, Germany |
| 71.9 | Died | Christoph Bernhard von Galen † | Bishop of Münster, Germany |
| 20 Sep | 21.1 | Ordained Priest | Johann Konrad Reichsfreiherr von Reinach-Hirzbach † | Priest of Basel, Switzerland | Bishop |
| 5 Oct | | Died | Juan de Dios Aguinao † | Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia |
| 9 Oct | 61.1 | Confirmed | Hyacinthe Serroni, O.P. † | Archbishop of Albi, France |
| 17 Oct | 36.1 | Appointed | François Bouthillier de Chavigny † | Bishop of Troyes, France | Bishop Emeritus |
| 18 Oct | 31.8 | Installed | Charles Le Goux de la Berchère † | Bishop of Lavaur, France | Archbishop of Narbonne, France |
| 21 Oct | | Died | Claude Joly † | Bishop of Agen, France |
| 23 Oct | 50.1 | Ordained Bishop | Paulinus Mayr † | Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy |
| 3 Nov | 68.4 | Ordained Bishop | Francesco Alberti di Poja † | Bishop of Trento, Italy |
| 5 Nov | | Born | José Botelho de Matos † | Lisboa, Portugal | Archbishop Emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil |
| 7 Nov | | Appointed | Giorgio Trivulzio † | Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom, Hungary |
| Appointed | Giorgio Trivulzio † | Titular Bishop of Azotus | Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom, Hungary |
| 9 Nov | | Died | Nicolas Sévin † | Bishop of Cahors, France |
| 20 Nov | 56.9 | Ordained Bishop | Juan Antonio García de Palacios † | Bishop of Santiago de Cuba |
| 25 Nov | 41.6 | Appointed | François Deydier, M.E.P. † | Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Tonking {Tonkino Orientale}, Viêt Nam |
| 41.6 | Appointed | François Deydier, M.E.P. † | Titular Bishop of Ascalon | Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Tonking {Tonkino Orientale}, Viêt Nam |
| 30 Nov | 56.9 | Ordained Bishop | Andrés de las Navas y Quevedo, O. de M. † | Bishop of León en Nicaragua | Bishop of Guatemala (Santiago de Guatemala), Guatemala |
| 6 Dec | 54.7 | Died | Damian Hartard Reichsfreiherr von Leyen-Hohengeroldseck † | Archbishop of Mainz, Germany |
| 17 Dec | 22.9 | Ordained Priest | Daniel Joseph Mayer † | Priest of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic | Archbishop |
| 20 Dec | 15.0 | Ordained Priest | José de Talavera Gómez de Eugenio, O.S.H. † | Priest of Orden de San Jerónimo | Bishop of Valladolid, Spain |
| 27 Dec | | Born | Franciszek Ignacy Wysocki † | Zukowo | Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Chelmno (Culma), Poland |