| Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
| unknown | 31.2 | Installed | Louis d'Aquin † | Bishop of Sées, France |
| Appointed | Juan de Argüelles, O.S.A. † | Bishop of Panamá | Bishop-Elect of Arequipa, Peru |
| 72.0 | Appointed | Juan de Ortega Cano Montañez y Patiño † | Archbishop of México, Federal District |
| Appointed | Manuel de Escalante Colombres y Mendoza † | Bishop of Durango, Durango, México | Bishop of Michoacán, Michoacán, México |
| Appointed | Antonio Gaudiosi † | Bishop of Bova, Italy |
| Appointed | Diego Ladrón de Guevara † | Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga, Peru | Bishop of Quito, Ecuador |
| Born | Antoine-René de La Roche de Fontenille † | Paris | Bishop of Meaux, France |
| Appointed | Baltasar de Mendoza y Sandoval † | Bishop of Segovia, Spain |
| Died | Manuel de Moura Manuel † | Bishop of Miranda, Portugal |
| Appointed | Bartolomé de Ocampo y Mata † | Bishop of Plasencia, Spain |
| Appointed | James O'Shiel, O.F.M. † | Bishop of Down and Connor, Ireland |
| Born | Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † | Salas de los Infantes | Apostolic Administrator of Toledo, Spain |
| Appointed | Mikołaj Stanisław Święcicki † | Bishop of Poznań, Poland |
| Ordained Bishop | Charles-Nicolas Taffoureau de Fontaine † | Bishop of Alet, France |
| Appointed | Mikołaj Michał Wyżycki † | Bishop of Chelm, Poland |
| 5 Jan | 47.8 | Installed | Fabrizio Paolucci † | Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo | Cardinal, Prefect of the Roman Curia - Other |
| 21 Jan | | Born | Benito Marín, O.S.B. † | Calahorra | Bishop of Jaén, Spain |
| 22 Jan | | Born | Joseph Ignaz Philipp Landgraf von Hessen-Darmstadt † | Brussels | Bishop of Augsburg, Germany |
| 1 Feb | 62.0 | Died | Manuel Fernández de Santa Cruz y Sahagún † | Bishop of Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala, México |
| 2 Feb | | Born | Hugh MacDonald † | Morar, Inverness | Vicar Apostolic of Highland District, Scotland, Great Britain |
| 3 Feb | 41.7 | Appointed | Antonio Folch y Cardona, O.F.M. † | Archbishop of Valencia, Spain |
| 9 Feb | 47.0 | Appointed | Johann Philipp Reichsfreiherr von Greifenclau zu Vollraths † | Bishop of Würzburg, Germany |
| 1 Mar | 55.7 | Installed | Francisco de la Puebla González † | Bishop of Santiago de Chile |
| 9 Mar | 48.2 | Died | Manuel Plácido de Quirós de Porras, O.S.B. † | Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México |
| Apr | | Appointed | Roland-François de Kerhoent de Coetenfao † | Bishop of Avranches, France |
| 4 Apr | 26.4 | Ordained Priest | Ferdinand Oesterhoff, O. Cist. † | Priest of Order of Cistercians | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Münster, Germany |
| 11 Apr | 35.2 | Appointed | Teodor Andrzej Potocki † | Bishop of Chelmno (Culma), Poland | Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland |
| 41.7 | Appointed | Pedro de los Reyes Ríos de la Madrid, O.S.B. † | Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras | Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida), Yucatán, México |
| 18 Apr | 29.5 | Ordained Priest | Gaetano Iovone † | Priest | Bishop of Alife, Italy |
| 19 Apr | | Born | Andrés Licht Barrera † | Sevilla | Bishop Emeritus of Guadix, Spain |
| 20 Apr | 69.2 | Resigned | Pierre-Daniel Huet † | Bishop of Avranches, France | Bishop Emeritus |
| 24 Apr | | Born | José de Peralta Barrionuevo y Rocha Benavídez, O.P. † | Lima, Peru | Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia |
| 6 May | 60.2 | Died | Henri de Barillon † | Bishop of Luçon, France |
| 17 May | | Born | Asensio Sales † | Valencia | Bishop of Barcelona, Spain |
| 18 May | 48.0 | Appointed | Giuseppe Archinto † | Cardinal, Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy |
| 45.9 | Confirmed | André-Hercule de Fleury † | Bishop of Fréjus, France | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus |
| 63.3 | Confirmed | Gottfried Freiherr Kapaun von Swoykow † | Bishop of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic |
| 22 May | 27.5 | Appointed | Joseph Clemens von Bayern von Wittelsbach † | Bishop of Regensburg, Germany | Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany |
| 24 May | | Born | Adam Ignacy Komorowski † | Trzeszozanica | Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland |
| 25 May | 51.3 | Confirmed | Andrzej Chryzostom Załuski † | Bishop of Warmia, Poland |
| 26 May | | Died | Miguel de Fuentes y Altossano † | Bishop of Lugo, Spain |
| 31 May | 35.3 | Ordained Bishop | Teodor Andrzej Potocki † | Bishop of Chelmno (Culma), Poland | Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland |
| 1 Jun | 50.4 | Appointed | Diego Gorospe de Irala, O.P. † | Bishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines |
| 47.3 | Confirmed | Johann Philipp Reichsfreiherr von Greifenclau zu Vollraths † | Bishop of Würzburg, Germany |
| 3 Jun | 42.0 | Installed | Antonio Folch y Cardona, O.F.M. † | Archbishop of Valencia, Spain |
| 6 Jun | 55.4 | Appointed | Jean-François de Valderies de Lescure † | Bishop of Luçon, France |
| 13 Jun | 72.3 | Died | Juan Tomás de Rocaberti, O.P. † | Archbishop of Valencia, Spain |
| 18 Jun | | Born | Juan Manuel Escobar Carrera † | León | Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain |
| 28 Jun | 63.4 | Ordained Bishop | Gottfried Freiherr Kapaun von Swoykow † | Bishop of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic |
| 41.9 | Ordained Bishop | Pedro de los Reyes Ríos de la Madrid, O.S.B. † | Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras | Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida), Yucatán, México |
| 5 Jul | 47.4 | Ordained Bishop | Johann Philipp Reichsfreiherr von Greifenclau zu Vollraths † | Bishop of Würzburg, Germany |
| 9 Jul | 78.7 | Died | Jean Antoine Blavier, O.F.M. Conv. † | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Liège, Belgium |
| 13 Jul | | Born | Franz Joseph Anton von Hahn † | Würzburg | Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany |
| 14 Jul | | Born | Philipp Ludwig Reichsgraf von Sinzendorf † | Paris, France | Cardinal, Bishop of Wrocław, Poland |
| 1 Aug | 23.3 | Ordained Priest | Joseph Heinrich von Braitenbücher † | Priest of Wien, Austria | Auxiliary Bishop |
| 13 Aug | 46.6 | Appointed | Stefan Antonin Mdzewski, O.P. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland |
| 14 Aug | 48.9 | Appointed | Johann Peter von Quentell † | Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany |
| 20 Aug | 76.6 | Died | Jan (Kazimierz) Małachowski † | Bishop of Kraków, Poland |
| 21 Aug | | Born | Giovanni Bragadino (Bragadin) † | | Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy |
| 6 Sep | 25.1 | Ordained Priest | Johann Anton Reichsfreiherr von Freyberg-Hopferau † | Priest of Augsburg, Germany | Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany |
| 21 Sep | 55.7 | Ordained Bishop | Miguel Bayot, O.F.M. † | Bishop of Cebu, Philippines |
| 29 Sep | | Born | Michele M. Capece Galeota † | Sorrento | Archbishop of Capua, Italy |
| 5 Oct | 55.8 | Confirmed | Jean-François de Valderies de Lescure † | Bishop of Luçon, France |
| 22 Oct | 23.4 | Ordained Priest | Sigismund Graf Kollonitsch † | Priest | Cardinal, Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria |
| 5 Nov | 50.0 | Appointed | Antonio da Penha de Franca, O.A.D. † | Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe |
| 8 Nov | 55.8 | Ordained Bishop | Jean-François de Valderies de Lescure † | Bishop of Luçon, France |
| 14 Nov | 48.5 | Elevated to Cardinal | Giuseppe Archinto † | Cardinal, Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy |
| 42.3 | Elevated to Cardinal | Marcello d'Aste † | Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio to Germany |
| 72.9 | Elevated to Cardinal | Niccolò Radulovich † | Cardinal, Archbishop of Chieti, Italy |
| 60.2 | Elevated to Cardinal | Sperello Sperelli † | In Pectore | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus |
| 22 Nov | 46.4 | Ordained Bishop | André-Hercule de Fleury † | Bishop of Fréjus, France | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus |
| 24 Nov | 60.3 | Elevated to Cardinal | Sperello Sperelli † | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Terni, Italy |
| 25 Nov | | Born | Bonaventure Bauyn † | Dijon | Bishop of Uzés, France |
| 29 Nov | | Ordained Bishop | Roland-François de Kerhoent de Coetenfao † | Bishop of Avranches, France |
| Appointed | Miguel Juan de Taverner y Rubí † | Bishop of Gerona, Spain | Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain |
| 31 Dec | 57.2 | Died | Giulio Della Rosa † | Bishop of Borgo San Donnino, Italy |