List of bishops of Osnabrück explained

The Bishop of Osnabrück is the ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Osnabrück, the current incumbent is Franz-Josef Hermann Bode. Theodor Kettmann is his auxiliary bishop.

List of bishops

Early bishops

• Wiho I. (Wicho I) 783 to 1. April 809
• Meginhard 810 to 12. April 829
• Goswin 829–845
• Gosbert 845 to 11. April 860
• Eckbert 860 to 1. February 887
• Egilmar 887 to 11. May 906
• Bernhard I. 906–918
• Dodo I. 918 to 14. May 949
• Drogo 949 to 7. November 967
• Ludolf 967 to 31. March 978
• Dodo II. 978 to 12. April 996
  • Kuno 978–980 (counter-bishop)
• Günther 996 to 27. November 1000
• Wodilulf 998 to 17. February 1003
• Dietmar 1003 to 18. June 1022
• Meginher 1023 to 10. December 1027
• Gozmar 1028 to 10. December 1036
• Alberich 1036 to 19. April 1052
• Benno I. (Werner) 1052–03. December 1067
• Benno II (Bernhard) 1068 to 27 July 1088
• Marquard 1088–1093
• Wicho II. 1093 to 21. April 1101
• Johann I. 1101 to 13. July 1109
• Gottschalk von Diepholz 1109 to 1. January 1119
• Diethard 1119–1137
  • Konrad 1119–1125 (counter-bishop)
• Udo von Steinfurt 1137 to 28. June 1141
• Philipp von Katzenelnbogen 1141 to 15. June 1173
  • Wezel 1141 (counter-bishop)
• Arnold von Altena 1173–1190
• Gerhard I. von Oldenburg-Wildeshausen 1190–1216
• Adolf von Tecklenburg 1216–1224

Prince-bishops

Prince-Bishops of Osnabrück include:

• 1224–1226: Engelbert I von Isenberg
• 1206–1227: Otto I
• 1227–1239: Konrad I von Velber
• 1239–1250: Engelbert I von Isenberg
• 1251–1258: Bruno von Isenberg
• 1259–1264: Balduin von Rüssel
• 1265–1269: Widukind von Waldeck
• 1270–1297: Konrad von Rietberg
• 1297–1308: Ludwig von Ravensberg
• 1309–1320: Engelbert II von Weyhe
• 1321–1349: Gottfried von Arnsberg
• 1350–1366: Johann II Hoet
• 1366–1376: Melchior von Braunschweig-Grubenhagen
• 1376–1402: Dietrich of Horne
• 1402–1410: Henry I of Schauenburg-Holstein
• 1410–1424: Otto von Hoya
• 1424–1437: Johann III von Diepholz
• 1437–1442: Erich von Hoya
• 1442–1450: Heinrich von Moers
• 1450–1454: Albert von Hoya
• 1454–1455: Rudolf von Diepholz
• 1455–1482: Konrad III von Diepholz
• 1482–1508: Konrad IV von Rietberg
• 1508–1532: Eric of Brunswick-Grubenhagen
• 1532–1553: Franz von Waldeck (Lutheran after 1543)
• 1553–1574: Johann II von Hoya (Catholic)
• 1574–1585: Henry II of Saxe-Lauenburg (Lutheran)
• 1585–1591: Bernhard von Waldeck (Lutheran)
• 1591–1623: Philip Sigismund of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (Lutheran)
• 1623–1625: Eitel Frederick von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (Catholic)
• 1625–1634: Franz Wilhelm von Wartenberg (Catholic)
• 1634–1648: Gustav Gustavsson af Vasaborg (Lutheran)
• 1648–1661: Franz Wilhelm von Wartenberg (Catholic)
• 1662–1698: Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Lutheran)
• 1698–1715: Charles Joseph of Lorraine (Catholic)
• 1715–1728: Ernest Augustus, Duke of York and Albany (Lutheran)
• 1728–1761: Klemens August of Bavaria (Catholic)
• 1764–1802: Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (Lutheran), last Prince-Bishop

The prince-bishopric was mediatized in 1803 to the Electorate of Hanover. For Catholic bishops after the mediatization, see Roman Catholic Diocese of Osnabrück.

Modern bishops

• Paul Ludolf Melchers (1857-1866)
• Johannes Heinrich Beckmann (1866-1878)
• Johann Bernard Höting (1882-1898)
• Heinrich Hubert Aloysius Voß (1899-1914)
• Hermann Wilhelm Berning (1914-1955)
• Gerhard Franz Demann (March 3, 1957)
• Helmut Hermann Wittler (1957-1987)
• Ludwig Averkamp (1987-1994)
• Franz-Josef Bode (1995-2023)

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