List of bishops of Metz explained

This is a list of bishops of the Roman Catholic diocese of Metz, which now lies in eastern France.

To 500

• Clement of Metz (c. 280–300)
• Celestius
• Felix I
• Patient
• Victor I 344–346
• Victor II
• Simeon
• Sambace
• Rufus of Metz
• Adelphus
• Firmin
• Legonce
• Auctor c. 451
• Expiece
• Urbice of Metz
• Bonole
• Terence
• Consolin
• Romanus c. 486
• Phronimius to 497
• Grammatius 497?–512

From 500 to 1000

• Agatimber 512?–535
• Hesperius 525–542
• Villicus 542–568
• Peter 568?–578
• Aigulf or Agilulf 590 or 591-601
• Gondulf 591-??? (he was probably only a chorbishop^[1]).
• Arnoald or Arnual or Arnoldus 601–609 or 611
• Pappolus 609?–614
• Arnulf 614–629 (Arnulfing)
• Goericus 629-644
• Godo 641?–652?
• Chlodulf, son of Arnulf, 652?–693? (Arnulfing)
• Albo^[2] 696-707
• Aptatus 707-715
• Felix II 715-716
• Sigibald 716-741
• Chrodegang 742–766
• Angilram 768–791
• Gundulf 819 to 7 September 822
• Drogo 823–8 December 855
• Adventius 858 to 31 August 875
• Wala 876 to 12 April 882
• Robert I 883 to 2 January 916
• Wigerich 917 to 19 February 927
• 927–929
• Adalbero I of Bar^[3] 929 to 26 April 962
• Dietrich I 964 to 7 September 984
• Adalbero II of Upper Lorraine^[4] 984 to 14 December 1005

Prince-bishops (c. 1000 to 1648)

• Dietrich II of Luxembourg 1006 to 30 April 1047
• Adalbero III of Luxembourg 1047 to 13 November 1072
• Hermann 1073 to 4 May 1090
• Bruno of Calw 1088–1089
• Bouchard 1090
• Poppo of Luxembourg 1090–1103
• Adalbero IV 1090–1117
• Theoger of Saint George 1118 to 29 April 1120
• Etienne de Bar 1120 to 29 December 1163
• Dietrich III of Bar 1164 to 8 August 1171
• Hugo of Clermont 1171
• Friedrich of Pluyvoise 1171–1173
• Dietrich IV of Lorraine^[5] 1173–1179
• Bertram 1180 to 6 April 1212 (1178-1179 archbishop of Bremen)
• Conrad III of Scharfenberg 1212 to 24 March 1224
• Johann of Aspremont 1224 to 10 December 1238
• Jacob of Lorraine^[6] 1239 to 24 October 1260
• Philip of Lorraine-Florenges 1261–1264
• Wilhelm of Traisnel 1264 to 4 January 1269
• Lorenz of Leistenberg 1270–1279
• John of Flanders^[7] 1280 to 31 October 1282
• Burkhard of Avesnes-Hennegau^[8] 1282 to 29 November 1296
• Gerhard of Rehlingen^[9] 1297 to 30 June 1302
• Reginald of Bar 1302–1316
• Henri, Dauphin of Viennois 1316 to 24 November 1324
• Louis of Poitiers-Valentinois^[10] 1325–1327
• Ademar of Monteil 1327 to 12 May 1361
• Johann III of Vienne 1361–1365
• Dietrich V Bayer of Boppard 1365 to 18 January 1384
• Peter of Luxemburg 1384 to 2 July 1387
• Rudolf of Coucy 1388–1415
• Conrad II Bayer of Boppard 1416 to 20 April 1459
• George of Baden 1459 to 11 October 1484
• Henri of Lorraine-Vaudemont 1484 to 28 October 1505
• John, Cardinal of Lorraine^[11] 1505–1543
• Nicholas, Duke of Mercœur 1543–1548
• John, Cardinal of Lorraine 1548 to 19 May 1550
• Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine 1550 to 18 May 1551
• Robert de Lenoncourt^[12] 1551 to 25 September 1553
• François Beaucaire de Péguillon 1555–1568
• Louis I, Cardinal of Guise^[13] 1568 to 28 March 1578
• Charles III de Lorraine-Vaudémont^[14] 1578 to 24 November 1607
• Anne d'Escars de Givry^[15] 1608 to 19 April 1612
• Henri de Bourbon, duc de Verneuil 1612–1652

1652–present

• Jules Mazarin^[16] 1652–1658
• Franz Egon of Fürstenberg 1658–1663
• Wilhelm Egon von Fürstenberg^[17] 1663–1668
• Georges d'Aubusson de la Feuillade 1669–1697
• Henri Charles du Cambout de Coislin 1697–1732
• Claude de Saint Simon 1733–1760
• Louis-Jean de Montmorency-Laval^[18] 1760–1802
• Nicolas Francin 1792–1802
• Pierre-François Bienaymé 1802–1806
• Gaspard-André Jauffret 1806–1823
• Jacques-François Besson 1824–1842
• Paul Dupont des Loges 1843–1886
• François Fleck 1886–1899
• Willibrord Benzler 1901–1919
• Jean-Baptiste Pelt 1919–1937
• Joseph-Jean Heintz 1938–1958
• Paul-Joseph Schmitt 1958–1987
• Pierre Raffin 1987-2013
• Jean-Christophe Lagleize 2013–2021
• Philippe Ballot 2022– present

Notes

1. Dissertations sur l'histoire ecclesiastique et civile de Paris p59 Jean Lebeuf 1741
2. ? Abbo II of Metz.
3. Son of Wigeric of Lotharingia.
4. Son of Frederick I, Duke of Upper Lorraine.
5. Thierry, son of Matthias I, Duke of Lorraine.
6. Son of Frederick II, Duke of Lorraine.
7. Son of Guy of Dampierre; also Bishop of Liège.
8. Bouchard d'Avesnes.
9. Gérard de Rhéninghe.
10. Also Bishop of Langres and Bishop of Viviers.
11. http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1518-ii.htm The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary - Consistory of May 28, 1518
12. http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1538-ii.htm#Lenoncourt The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary - Consistory of December 20, 1538
13. http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1553.htm#Guise The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary - Consistory of December 22, 1553
14. http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1589.htm#Lorraine
15. http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1596.htm#Escars The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary - Consistory of June 5, 1596
16. http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1641.htm#Mazarin The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary - Consistory of December 16, 1641
17. http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1686.htm#Furstenberg The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary - Consistory of September 2, 1686
18. http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1789.htm#Laval The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary - Consistory of Consistory March 30, 1789