| Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
| unknown | 45.0 | Appointed | François-Ignace de Baglion du Saillant † | Bishop of Tréguier, France | Bishop of Poitiers, France |
| Died | Antonio Bottis † | Bishop of Minori, Italy |
| Died | Marcos Bravo de la Serna Manrique † | Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), Chiapas, México |
| 55.0 | Ordained Bishop | Bernardo de Carrasco y Saavedra, O.P. † | Bishop of Santiago de Chile | Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia |
| Died | Gilbert de Clérembault † | Bishop of Poitiers, France |
| 50.0 | Appointed | Jean-Baptiste d'Estampes † | Bishop of Marseille, France |
| Born | Martín de Elizacoechea † | Azpilcueta, Spain | Bishop of Michoacán, Michoacán, México |
| 25.5 | Ordained Priest | André-Hercule de Fleury † | Priest | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Fréjus, France |
| Appointed | Ján Gubasóczy † | Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia | Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary |
| Born | Franciszek Antoni Kobielski † | | Bishop of Luceoria o Łuck, Ukraine |
| Died | Louis-Hercule de Lévis-Ventadour † | Bishop of Mirepoix, France |
| Born | Antonio López Portillo de Guadalupe, O.F.M. † | Guadalajara, México | Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras |
| Born | Ramón Marimón Corbera † | Barcelona | Bishop of Vic, Spain |
| Appointed | Benedetto Milazzi † | Bishop of Ostuni, Italy |
| Appointed | Gaetano Miroballi † | Archbishop of Amalfi, Italy |
| Died | Armand de Monchy d'Hocquincourt † | Bishop of Verdun, France |
| 37.0 | Confirmed | Michel Phélypeaux de La Vrillière † | Archbishop of Bourges, France |
| Died | Stefano Quaranta † | Archbishop of Amalfi, Italy |
| Died | Francesco Rinuccini (Ruccini) † | Bishop of Pistoia-Prato, Italy |
| Born | Francesco Saraceni, O.F.M. † | Conca, Italy | Vicar Apostolic of Shansi {Scian-Si} (Chan-Si), China |
| Appointed | Ondrej Sebestyén † | Bishop of the Titular See | Official of Spiš, Slovakia |
| 67.0 | Died | Antonius Sotomayor, O.S.B. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic |
| Died | Ambrogio Torriano † | Bishop of Como, Italy |
| 31.0 | Appointed | Francisco Zapata Vera y Morales † | Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain | Bishop of Zamora, Spain |
| 31.0 | Appointed | Francisco Zapata Vera y Morales † | Titular Bishop of Dara | Bishop of Zamora, Spain |
| 1 Jan | | Born | Manuel Samaniego Jaca † | Logroño | Archbishop Emeritus of Burgos, Spain |
| 7 Jan | 44.3 | Appointed | Anselm Franz Reichsfreiherr von Ingelheim † | Archbishop of Mainz, Germany |
| 9 Jan | 56.5 | Appointed | Karl Heinrich Reichsfreiherr von Metternich-Winneburg † | Archbishop of Mainz, Germany | Archbishop-Elect |
| 10 Jan | | Born | Sigismund Felix Graf von Schrattenbach † | Neukirchen | Bishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 12 Jan | | Born | Joseph Oswald Reichsgraf von Attems † | Gorizia | Bishop of Lavant, Slovenia |
| 13 Jan | | Born | François-Firmin Trudaine † | Amiens | Bishop of Senlis, France |
| 22 Jan | | Died | Bernard Coignet de Marmiesse † | Bishop of (Saint-Lizier de) Couserans, France |
| 24 Jan | 83.6 | Died | Ulderico Carpegna † | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Todi, Italy |
| 25 Jan | 56.5 | Appointed | Karl Heinrich Reichsfreiherr von Metternich-Winneburg † | Bishop of Worms, Germany | Archbishop-Elect of Mainz, Germany |
| 28 Jan | | Born | Gaspar de Molina y Oviedo, O.S.A. † | Mérida, Spain | Cardinal, Bishop of Málaga, Spain |
| Feb | 45.1 | Appointed | Jules Mascaron † | Bishop of Agen, France |
| 1 Feb | | Born | Francesco Ricci † | Rome | Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria del Popolo |
| 2 Feb | 36.1 | Appointed | Pierre de La Broue † | Bishop of Mirepoix, France |
| 6 Feb | 36.4 | Confirmed | François Bouthillier de Chavigny † | Bishop of Troyes, France | Bishop Emeritus |
| 65.6 | Appointed | Alderano Cibo † | Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Jesi, Italy |
| 70.4 | Appointed | Cesare Facchinetti † | Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina, Italy | Cardinal, Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy |
| 70.4 | Appointed | Cesare Facchinetti † | Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina | Cardinal, Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy |
| 64.1 | Appointed | Lorenzo Raggi † | Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Damaso | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina |
| 7 Feb | | Appointed | Nicolás Ortiz del Puerto y Colmenares Salgado † | Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México |
| 18 Feb | 47.4 | Appointed | Antonio Perez de la Lastra † | Bishop of Gallipoli, Italy |
| 21 Feb | | Born | Carlo Leopoldo Calcagnini † | Ferrara | Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Ara Coeli |
| 22 Feb | 61.5 | Installed | Hyacinthe Serroni, O.P. † | Archbishop of Albi, France |
| 23 Feb | 57.1 | Installed | Andrés de las Navas y Quevedo, O. de M. † | Bishop of León en Nicaragua | Bishop of Guatemala (Santiago de Guatemala), Guatemala |
| 24 Feb | 39.1 | Ordained Priest | Joaquín Canaves, O.S. † | Priest of Other | Bishop of Malta |
| 27.7 | Appointed | Louis-Antoine de Noailles † | Bishop of Cahors, France | Cardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France |
| 45.9 | Ordained Bishop | Alonso Vargas y Barca, O.S.A. † | Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras |
| 26 Feb | | Born | Maciej Aleksander Sołtyk † | Buszcze | Auxiliary Bishop of Chelmno (Culma), Poland |
| Mar | 62.2 | Appointed | Louis d'Anglure de Bourlemont † | Bishop of Fréjus, France | Archbishop of Bordeaux, France |
| 17 Mar | 62.2 | Died | Adolph Gottfried Volusius † | Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany |
| 9 Apr | 36.6 | Ordained Bishop | François Bouthillier de Chavigny † | Bishop of Troyes, France | Bishop Emeritus |
| 10 Apr | 41.2 | Appointed | Johann Ignaz Dlouhovesky † | Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic |
| 41.2 | Appointed | Johann Ignaz Dlouhovesky † | Titular Bishop of Milevum | Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic |
| 30.0 | Appointed | Diego Ibáñez de la Madrid y Bustamente † | Bishop of Trivento, Italy | Bishop of Ceuta, Spain |
| 16 Apr | 30.0 | Ordained Bishop | Diego Ibáñez de la Madrid y Bustamente † | Bishop of Trivento, Italy | Bishop of Ceuta, Spain |
| 2 May | | Died | Ettore Molza † | Bishop of Modena, Italy |
| 8 May | 27.9 | Confirmed | Louis-Antoine de Noailles † | Bishop of Cahors, France | Cardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France |
| 9 May | | Born | Winimar Knippschild, O.S.B. † | Medebach | Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany |
| 27 May | | Born | Leopold Anton Eleutherius von Firmian † | München | Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria |
| 11 Jun | 41.3 | Ordained Bishop | Johann Ignaz Dlouhovesky † | Titular Bishop of Milevum | Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic |
| 12 Jun | | Appointed | Francesco Scannagatta † | Bishop of Avellino-Frigento, Italy |
| 49.4 | Appointed | Jan Stanisław Witwicki † | Bishop of Foreign Diocese | Bishop of Poznań, Poland |
| 15 Jun | 55.4 | Died | Pierre Lambert de la Motte, M.E.P. † | Vicar Apostolic of Cochin {Cocincina}, Viêt Nam |
| 16 Jun | | Died | Giovanni Stefano Sanarica † | Bishop of Conversano, Italy |
| 18 Jun | 28.1 | Ordained Bishop | Louis-Antoine de Noailles † | Bishop of Cahors, France | Cardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France |
| 28 Jun | | Ordained Bishop | Carlo Felice de Matta † | Bishop of San Severo, Italy |
| 2 Jul | | Born | Claude-Ignace-Joseph de Simiane de Gordes † | Carpentras | Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux, France |
| 3 Jul | 69.5 | Died | Juan Lozano, O.S.A. † | Bishop of Plasencia, Spain |
| 6 Jul | | Born | Domingo (Damiano) Polou † | Gandía | Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy |
| 17 Jul | 69.5 | Appointed | Jan Stefan Wydzga † | Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland |
| 21 Jul | | Appointed | Victor-Augustin Méliand (Melrand) † | Bishop of Gap, France | Bishop Emeritus of Alet, France |
| 23 Jul | 45.6 | Ordained Bishop | François-Ignace de Baglion du Saillant † | Bishop of Tréguier, France | Bishop of Poitiers, France |
| 26 Jul | | Born | Lucas Sartorius Reichsfreiherr Delmestri von Schönberg † | Cormons | Bishop of Trieste, Italy |
| 7 Aug | | Born | Benedetto Odescalchi-Erba † | Como | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy |
| 14 Aug | 47.9 | Appointed | Toussaint de Forbin-Janson † | Cardinal, Bishop of Beauvais, France |
| 24 Aug | 27.6 | Ordained Bishop | Gilles-Jean-François de Beauvau † | Bishop of Nantes, France |
| 65.9 | Died | Jean-François-Paul de Gondi de Retz † | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Paris, France |
| 25 Aug | | Born | Jean Baptiste Gillis † | Liege | Auxiliary Bishop of Liège, Belgium |
| 28 Aug | 70.9 | Died | Alfonso Michele Litta † | Cardinal, Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy |
| 29 Aug | | Born | Franz Konrad Reichsgraf von Stadion und Thannhausen † | Arnstein | Bishop of Bamberg, Germany |
| 4 Sep | 69.7 | Resigned | Mario Alberizzi † | Bishop of Tivoli, Italy | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus |
| 50.7 | Appointed | Francisco de Borja † | Bishop of Trujillo, Peru | Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina |
| 51.9 | Appointed | Galeazzo Marescotti † | Archbishop (Personal Title) of Tivoli, Italy | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus |
| 8 Sep | | Ordained Bishop | Nicolás de Ulloa y Hurtado de Mendoza, O.S.A. † | Titular Bishop of Dara | Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina |
| 9 Sep | 57.2 | Confirmed | Karl Heinrich Reichsfreiherr von Metternich-Winneburg † | Archbishop of Mainz, Germany | Archbishop-Elect |
| 57.2 | Confirmed | Karl Heinrich Reichsfreiherr von Metternich-Winneburg † | Bishop of Worms, Germany | Archbishop-Elect of Mainz, Germany |
| 14 Sep | | Died | Gerolamo Miroglio † | Bishop of Casale Monferrato, Italy |
| 25 Sep | 48.0 | Confirmed | Toussaint de Forbin-Janson † | Cardinal, Bishop of Beauvais, France |
| 50.0 | Appointed | Philip Thomas Howard of Norfolk, O.P. † | Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria sopra Minerva | Cardinal, Titular Bishop of Helenopolis in Bithynia |
| 71.8 | Appointed | Johann Eberhard Nidhard (Neidhardt), S.J. † | Cardinal-Priest of S. Croce in Gerusalemme | Cardinal, Titular Archbishop of Edessa in Osrhoëne |
| 26 Sep | 57.2 | Died | Karl Heinrich Reichsfreiherr von Metternich-Winneburg † | Archbishop-Elect of Mainz, Germany |
| 30 Sep | | Born | Pedro Copóns Copóns † | Villafranca del Penedés | Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain |
| 1 Oct | 62.8 | Ordained Bishop | Louis d'Anglure de Bourlemont † | Bishop of Fréjus, France | Archbishop of Bordeaux, France |
| 2 Oct | | Born | Aloysius Foscari † | | Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy |
| 6 Oct | | Born | Gherardo Zandemaria † | Parma | Bishop of Piacenza, Italy |
| 8 Oct | | Born | Francesco Baccari † | Capracotta | Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy |
| 21 Oct | 33.9 | Appointed | Augustyn Michal Stefan Radziejowski † | Bishop of Warmia, Poland | Cardinal, Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland |
| 6 Nov | | Died | Wenzel Wilhelm Reichsgraf von Hofkirchen † | Bishop of Seckau, Austria |
| 10 Nov | 53.9 | Appointed | Franz Emmerich Kaspar Reichsfreiherr von Waldbott von Bassenheim † | Bishop of Worms, Germany | Bishop-Elect |
| 11 Nov | | Born | Giacomo Oddi † | Perugia | Cardinal, Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy |
| 12 Nov | | Born | Thomas Philip Wallrad d'Hénin-Létard d'Alsace-Boussut de Chimay † | Brussels | Cardinal, Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium |
| 24 Nov | 63.9 | Died | Paul Aussem † | Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany |
| 25 Nov | 45.9 | Appointed | Jacques de Bourges, M.E.P. † | Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking {Tonkino Occidentale}, Viêt Nam |
| 27 Nov | 45.9 | Appointed | Jacques de Bourges, M.E.P. † | Titular Bishop of the Titular See | Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking {Tonkino Occidentale}, Viêt Nam |
| Appointed | Carlo Molza, O.S.B. † | Bishop of Modena, Italy |
| Appointed | Nicolás de Ulloa y Hurtado de Mendoza, O.S.A. † | Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina |
| 3 Dec | 45.0 | Ordained Priest | José de Barros Alarcão † | Priest | Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| 10 Dec | 82.2 | Died | Francesco Barberini (Sr.) † | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri) |
| 13 Dec | | Born | Andrés Murillo Velarde † | Granada | Bishop of Pamplona, Spain |
| 23 Dec | | Born | Gioacchino Besozzi, O. Cist. † | Milan | Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Pancrazio |
| 29 Dec | 36.5 | Appointed | Johann Ernst Reichsgraf von Thun † | Bishop of Seckau, Austria | Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria |