| Type: | Bishop |
| Honorific-Prefix: | The Most Reverend |
| Walter J. Schoenherr | |
| Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit | |
| Church: | Catholic Church |
| See: | Titular See of Timidana |
| Appointed: | March 8, 1968 |
| Term: | May 1, 1968 – March 7, 1995 |
| Ordination: | October 27, 1945 |
| Ordained By: | Edward Mooney |
| Consecration: | March 8, 1968 |
| Consecrated By: | John Francis Dearden |
| Birth Date: | February 28, 1920 |
| Birth Place: | Center Line, Michigan |
| Death Place: | Livonia, Michigan |
Walter Joseph Schoenherr (February 28, 1920 – April 27, 2007) was an American bishop of the Catholic Church. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Detroit from 1968 until 1995.
Born in Center Line, Michigan, Schoenherr was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Detroit on October 27, 1945. On March 8, 1968, Pope Paul VI appointed him as the Titular Bishop of Timidana and Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit. He was consecrated a bishop by Archbishop John Dearden on May 1, 1968. The principal co-consecrators were Bishop Alexander M. Zaleski of Lansing and Detroit auxiliary bishop Joseph M. Breitenbeck. Schoenherr continued to serve as an auxiliary bishop until his resignation was accepted by Pope John Paul II on March 7, 1995. He died April 27, 2007, at the age of 87.[1] [2]