| Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
| unknown | | Died | Ettore Algaria † | Bishop of Patti, Italy |
| Died | Juan de Argüelles, O.S.A. † | Bishop-Elect of Arequipa, Peru |
| Born | Jean-Baptiste-Marie Bron † | Lyon | Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon, France |
| Born | Tomás de Azpuru de Mellá † | Zaragoza | Archbishop of Valencia, Spain |
| 23.0 | Ordained Priest | Gian Alberto De' Grandi † | Priest of Chioggia, Italy | Bishop |
| Died | Domenico Antonio Gagliano † | Bishop of Lettere-Gragnano, Italy |
| Born | Pierre Chapelle de Jumilhac de Cubjac † | Périgord | Bishop of Lectoure, France |
| 26.6 | Ordained Priest | Karl Joseph Reichsgraf von Kuenburg † | Priest of Salzburg, Austria | Bishop of Chiemsee, Germany |
| Died | Pedro de Lencastre † | Bishop of Elvas, Portugal |
| Born | Henri-Gaston de Lévis-Leran † | Leran | Bishop of Pamiers, France |
| Born | Joseph de Saint-André de Marnays de Vercel † | Paris | Bishop of (Saint-Lizier de) Couserans, France |
| Died | Leonardo Marsili † | Archbishop of Siena, Italy |
| 39.6 | Appointed | João de Mendonça † | Bishop of Guarda, Portugal |
| 78.0 | Died | Juan Queipo de Llano y Valdés † | Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia |
| Appointed | Andrea de Robertis † | Bishop of Policastro, Italy |
| 62.0 | Ordained Bishop | Felipe Ignacio Trujillo y Guerrero † | Bishop of Michoacán, Michoacán, México |
| Died | Stefan Wierzbowski † | Auxiliary Bishop of Warmia, Poland |
| 1 Jan | 83.2 | Died | Gianfrancesco Negroni † | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Faenza, Italy |
| 63.3 | Died | St. Giuseppe Maria Tomasi di Lampedusa, C.R. † | Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Silvestro e Martino ai Monti |
| 15 Jan | | Born | Johann Anton Reichsfreiherr von Wolframsdorf † | Egmating | Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany |
| 18 Jan | 44.0 | Appointed | Raymund Ferdinand Graf von Rabatta † | Bishop of Passau, Germany |
| 22 Jan | 35.5 | Ordained Deacon | Pier Luigi Carafa (Jr.) † | Deacon | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri) |
| 23 Jan | 47.1 | Appointed | Louis-François-Gabriel de Hennin-Liétard † | Bishop of Alès (Alais), France | Archbishop of Embrun, France |
| 30 Jan | 74.2 | Elevated to Cardinal | Manuel Arias y Porres, O.S.H. † | Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain |
| 55.8 | Installed | Giovanni Battista (Giambattista) Bussi † | Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Ara Coeli | Cardinal, Bishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy |
| 57.3 | Installed | Agostino Cusani † | Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria del Popolo | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Pavia, Italy |
| 33.5 | Elevated to Cardinal | Benedetto Odescalchi-Erba † | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy |
| 51.3 | Elevated to Cardinal | Melchior de Polignac † | Cardinal, Archbishop of Auch, France |
| 36.4 | Elevated to Cardinal | Damian Hugo Philipp von Schönborn Bushein † | In Pectore | Cardinal, Bishop |
| 66.8 | Elevated to Cardinal | Benito de Sala y de Caramany, O.S.B. † | Cardinal, Bishop of Barcelona, Spain |
| 2 Feb | 69.1 | Died | Francisco de San José, O.F.M. † | Bishop of Málaga, Spain |
| 8 Feb | 29.8 | Appointed | Georg Xaver Marotti † | Coadjutor Bishop of Pedena, Austria | Bishop |
| 16 Feb | | Born | Francisco de Solís Folch de Cardona † | Salamanca | Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain |
| 19 Feb | 35.6 | Ordained Priest | Pier Luigi Carafa (Jr.) † | Priest | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri) |
| 21 Feb | | Died | Charles-Antoine de la Garde de Chambonas † | Bishop of Viviers (Aps), France |
| 24 Feb | | Born | Antoine-Joseph des Laurents † | Avignon | Bishop of Saint-Malo, France |
| 26 Feb | 52.0 | Ordained Deacon | Curzio Origo † | Deacon | Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Eustachio |
| Mar | 23.1 | Ordained Priest | Jakob Ernst Graf von Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn † | Priest of Salzburg, Austria | Archbishop |
| 13 Mar | 80.0 | Died | Pierre-Jean-François Percin de Montgaillard † | Bishop of Saint-Pons-de-Thomières, France |
| 16 Mar | | Born | José Patricio de la Cuesta Velarde † | Tudanza | Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain |
| 17 Mar | 36.5 | Died | Johann Leopold Freiherr von Gudenus † | Auxiliary Bishop of Worms, Germany |
| 24 Mar | 81.5 | Died | Toussaint de Forbin-Janson † | Cardinal, Bishop of Beauvais, France |
| 27 Mar | 35.7 | Appointed | Pier Luigi Carafa (Jr.) † | Titular Archbishop of Larissa in Thessalia | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri) |
| 31 Mar | | Born | Antoni Kazimierz Ostrowski † | Ostrów | Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland |
| Apr | 29.3 | Appointed | Jean-Louis Berton des Balbes de Crillon † | Bishop of Saint-Pons-de-Thomières, France | Archbishop of Narbonne, France |
| 1 Apr | 30.5 | Appointed | François-Honoré de Beauvillier de Saint-Aignan † | Bishop of Beauvais, France | Bishop Emeritus |
| 23.3 | Ordained Deacon | Jan Aleksander Lipski † | Deacon | Cardinal, Bishop of Luceoria o Łuck, Ukraine |
| 27.1 | Ordained Priest | Franz Bernardin Verbeck, O.F.M. Conv. † | Priest of Order of Friars Minor Conventual | Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany |
| 3 Apr | | Born | Isidro Rodríguez Lorenzo, O.S.Bas. † | Móstoles, Spain | Archbishop Emeritus of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
| 5 Apr | 72.8 | Died | Otto Wilhelm Reichsgraf von Bronckhorst zu Gronsfeld, S.J. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany |
| 20 Apr | | Born | Edmond Bennetat, M.E.P. † | Troyes, France | Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking {Tonkino Occidentale}, Viêt Nam |
| 22 Apr | 39.3 | Appointed | Nicolas de Malezieu † | Bishop of Lavaur, France |
| 59.3 | Appointed | Martin de Ratabon † | Bishop of Viviers (Aps), France | Bishop Emeritus |
| 5 May | | Born | Isidro Carvajal Lancaster † | Toledo | Bishop of Cuenca, Spain |
| 22 May | 65.3 | Appointed | Pedro Aguado, C.R.M. † | Bishop of Pamplona, Spain |
| 54.7 | Appointed | Bartolomé Cernuda Rico y Piñeros † | Bishop of Plasencia, Spain |
| 49.4 | Appointed | Pedro de Fajardo, O.SS.T. † | Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| 67.4 | Appointed | Jan Franciszek Kurdwanowski, S.J. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Warmia, Poland |
| 30.1 | Appointed | Georg Xaver Marotti † | Titular Bishop of Dardanus | Bishop of Pedena, Austria |
| 30.1 | Confirmed | Georg Xaver Marotti † | Coadjutor Bishop of Pedena, Austria | Bishop |
| 45.5 | Appointed | Luis Salcedo Azcona † | Bishop of Coria, Spain | Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain |
| Appointed | Jan Feliks Szaniawski † | Auxiliary Bishop of Chelm, Poland | Bishop |
| 33.0 | Confirmed | Krzysztof Andrzej Jan Szembek † | Bishop of Chelm, Poland | Bishop of Warmia, Poland |
| 62.4 | Appointed | Felipe Ignacio Trujillo y Guerrero † | Bishop of Michoacán, Michoacán, México |
| 24 May | | Born | Josef Maria Reichsgraf von Thun und Hohenstein † | Trento | Bishop of Passau, Germany |
| 26 May | 46.0 | Appointed | Giorgio Spínola † | Apostolic Nuncio to Austria | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina |
| 30 May | | Born | Francisco Garrido de la Vega † | San Martín de Berducido | Bishop of Córdoba, Spain |
| 5 Jun | | Ordained Bishop | Charles-François de Laval de Montmorency † | Bishop of Ypres (Ieper), Belgium |
| 6 Jun | 30.1 | Ordained Bishop | Georg Xaver Marotti † | Titular Bishop of Dardanus | Bishop of Pedena, Austria |
| 17 Jun | | Born | Antonio Eugenio Visconti † | Milan | Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Croce in Gerusalemme |
| 22 Jun | 49.8 | Appointed | Louis-François Du Plessis de Mornay, O.F.M. Cap. † | Coadjutor Bishop of Québec, Québec, Canada | Bishop Emeritus |
| 23 Jun | 52.8 | Died | Matthäus Joseph Ignaz Vitzki † | Prefect of Meissen (Meißen) {Lusazia o Lausitz; Sassonia}, Germany |
| 24 Jun | 22.9 | Ordained Priest | Mondilio (Mundillus) Orsini, C.O. † | Priest of Confederation of Oratorians of St. Philip Neri | Archbishop Emeritus of Capua, Italy |
| 2 Jul | 65.4 | Ordained Bishop | Pedro Aguado, C.R.M. † | Bishop of Pamplona, Spain |
| 3 Jul | 47.5 | Ordained Bishop | Louis-François-Gabriel de Hennin-Liétard † | Bishop of Alès (Alais), France | Archbishop of Embrun, France |
| 6 Jul | | Born | Antonio Manuel Hartalejo López, O. de M. † | Ciempozuelos | Bishop of Vic, Spain |
| 16 Jul | 23.2 | Professed | João da Madre de Deus Seixas da Fonseca Borges, O.S.B. † | Member of Order of Saint Benedict | Titular Bishop of Areopolis |
| 21 Jul | | Appointed | Jacques des Maretz † | Archbishop of Auch, France |
| 27 Jul | 48.7 | Appointed | Réné-François Beauvau de Rivau † | Archbishop of Toulouse, France | Archbishop of Narbonne, France |
| 2 Aug | 58.6 | Died | Arthus de Lionne † | Vicar Apostolic of Se-Ciuen, China |
| 6 Aug | 34.8 | Ordained Priest | José Botelho de Matos † | Priest | Archbishop Emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil |
| 10 Aug | | Died | Giovanni M. Visconti, B. † | Bishop of Novara, Italy |
| 13 Aug | 55.0 | Ordained Bishop | Bartolomé Cernuda Rico y Piñeros † | Bishop of Plasencia, Spain |
| 17 Aug | | Born | Antoine de Malvin de Montazet † | Quissac | Archbishop of Lyon, France |
| 20 Aug | 45.7 | Ordained Bishop | Luis Salcedo Azcona † | Bishop of Coria, Spain | Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain |
| 26 Aug | | Died | Charles-François de Laval de Montmorency † | Bishop of Ypres (Ieper), Belgium |
| 30 Aug | 73.6 | Appointed | Joaquín Canaves, O.S. † | Bishop of Malta |
| 52.9 | Installed | Gianantonio Davia † | Cardinal-Priest of S. Callisto | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Rimini, Italy |
| 1 Sep | | Born | Pierre Brigot, M.E.P. † | Sully-sur-Loire, France | Vicar Apostolic of Verapoly, India |
| 44.7 | Appointed | Alonso del Pozo y Silva † | Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina | Archbishop Emeritus of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia |
| 10 Sep | 73.7 | Ordained Bishop | Joaquín Canaves, O.S. † | Bishop of Malta |
| 14 Sep | | Born | Toussaint Duvernin † | Vic-le-Comte | Auxiliary Bishop of Strasbourg, France |
| 15 Sep | | Appointed | Luke Fagan † | Bishop of Meath, Ireland | Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland |
| 17 Sep | | Born | Tomás Azpuru Ximénez † | Zaragoza | Archbishop of Valencia, Spain |
| 18 Sep | 39.7 | Confirmed | Nicolas de Malezieu † | Bishop of Lavaur, France |
| 44.6 | Confirmed | Raymund Ferdinand Graf von Rabatta † | Bishop of Passau, Germany |
| 59.7 | Confirmed | Martin de Ratabon † | Bishop of Viviers (Aps), France | Bishop Emeritus |
| 19 Sep | 82.8 | Died | Louis Aube de Roquemartine † | Bishop of Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux, France |
| 20 Sep | | Appointed | Francis Burke † | Coadjutor Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland | Archbishop |
| Resigned | Jacques des Maretz † | Bishop of Riez, France | Archbishop of Auch, France |
| Appointed | Malachy Dulany † | Bishop of Ossory, Ireland |
| 44.7 | Appointed | Matthew Pritchard, O.F.M. † | Vicar Apostolic of Western District, England, Great Britain | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus |
| 44.7 | Appointed | Matthew Pritchard, O.F.M. † | Titular Bishop of Myra | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Western District, England, Great Britain |
| 22 Sep | | Born | Vicente da Gamal Leao † | Espinhal | Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| 23 Sep | | Died | Victor-Augustin Méliand (Melrand) † | Bishop Emeritus of Alet, France |
| 23.4 | Ordained Priest | Christoph Nebel † | Priest of Mainz, Germany | Auxiliary Bishop |
| 30.0 | Ordained Priest | Johann Franz Anton Reichsfreiherr von Sirgenstein † | Priest of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany | Auxiliary Bishop |
| 26 Sep | | Born | Dominique de La Rochefoucauld † | Saint-Chély-d'Apcher | Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France |
| 1 Oct | 31.0 | Ordained Bishop | François-Honoré de Beauvillier de Saint-Aignan † | Bishop of Beauvais, France | Bishop Emeritus |
| 6 Oct | 70.8 | Died | Armand de Montmorin de Saint-Hérem † | Archbishop of Vienne, France |
| 14 Oct | 65.8 | Died | Michele Carlo Visdomini Cortigiani † | Bishop of Pistoia-Prato, Italy |
| 15 Oct | 29.8 | Ordained Bishop | Jean-Louis Berton des Balbes de Crillon † | Bishop of Saint-Pons-de-Thomières, France | Archbishop of Narbonne, France |
| Born | Girolamo Spínola † | Genoa | Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina |
| 22 Oct | 39.8 | Ordained Bishop | Nicolas de Malezieu † | Bishop of Lavaur, France |
| 31 Oct | | Succeeded | Francis Burke † | Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland |
| 87.8 | Died | James Lynch † | Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland |
| 27 Nov | | Appointed | Louis-Baltasar Phélypeaux d'Herbault † | Bishop of Riez, France |
| 1 Dec | | Born | Manuel de Abad e Illanar, O. Praem. † | Valladolid, Spain | Bishop of Arequipa, Peru |
| 9 Dec | 58.5 | Appointed | Juan Bautista Alvarez de Toledo, O.F.M. † | Bishop of Guatemala (Santiago de Guatemala), Guatemala | Bishop Emeritus of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México |
| 10 Dec | | Died | Juan Victores de Velasco, O.S.B. † | Bishop of Trujillo, Peru |
| 11 Dec | 61.1 | Appointed | Sancho Antonio Belunza Corcuera † | Bishop of Ceuta, Spain | Bishop of Coria, Spain |
| 68.9 | Appointed | Andrés Capero Agramunt, O. Carm. † | Bishop of Lugo, Spain |
| 70.9 | Appointed | Manuel de Santo Tomás Mendoza, O.P. † | Bishop of Málaga, Spain |
| 44.9 | Confirmed | Alonso del Pozo y Silva † | Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina | Archbishop Emeritus of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia |
| 14 Dec | | Ordained Bishop | Louis-Baltasar Phélypeaux d'Herbault † | Bishop of Riez, France |