List of the bishops of Metz
The following people were bishops and prince-bishops of the diocese of Metz :
3rd to 5th century
- Clemens (approx. 280-300)
- Coelestis
- Felix I.
- Patiens
- Victor I. 344-346
- Victor II.
- Simeon 350-380
- Sambatius
- Rufus
- Adelphus
- Firminus
- Legontius
- Auctor about 451
- Explecius
- Urbicius
- Bonolius
- Terentius
- Consolinus
- Romanus ca.486
- Phronimius to 497
6th and 7th centuries
- Grammatius 497? -512
- Agatimber 512? -535
- Hesperius 525-542
- Villicus 542-568
- Peter 568? -578
- Aigulf 590-601
- Arnual 601-609
- Pappolus 609? -614
- Arnulf 614–629 ( Arnulfinger )
- Goericus 629-643
- Godo 641? –652?
- Chlodulf , son of Arnulf, 652? –693? ( Arnulfinger )
- Abbo II. 696-707
8th and 9th centuries
- Aptatus 707-715
- Felix II. 715-716
- Sigibald 716-741
- Chrodegang 742–766 (see Robertiner )
- Angilram 768-791
- Gondulf 819 until September 7th 822
- Drogo 823 until December 8, 855 ( Carolingian )
- Adventius 858 to August 31, 875
- Wala 876 to April 12, 882
10th and 11th centuries
- Robert I. 883 to January 2, 916
- Wigerich 917 until February 19, 927
- Benno von Einsiedeln 927–929
- Adalbero I. from bar 929 to 962
- Dietrich I. 964 to September 7, 984 (probably from the Ezzone family )
- Adalbero II of Upper Lorraine from 984 to December 14, 1005
- Dietrich II of Luxembourg 1006 to April 30, 1047
- Adalbero III. from Luxembourg 1047 to November 13th 1072
- Hermann 1073 to May 4, 1090
- Bruno von Calw 1088-1089 (imperial counter-bishop)
- Celeb 1090
12th and 13th centuries
- Poppo 1090–1103, brother of Heinrich II. Von Laach ( Wigeriche )
- Adalbero IV. 1090-1117
- Theoger von Sankt Georgen 1118 to April 29, 1120
- Stephan von Bar 1120 to December 29, 1163 ( House Scarponnois )
- Dietrich III. from Bar 1164 to August 8th 1171 ( House Scarponnois )
- Hugo von Clermont , 1171 Elect
- Friedrich von Pluyvoise 1171–1173
- Dietrich IV of Lorraine 1174–1179
- Bertram 1180 to April 6, 1212
- Konrad I von Scharfenberg 1212 to December 12, 1224
- John I of Apremont 1224 to December 10, 1238
- Jacob of Lorraine 1239 to October 24, 1260
- Philipp von Flörchingen 1261–1264
- Wilhelm von Traisnel 1264 to January 4, 1269
- Lorenz von Leistenberg 1270-1279
- John II of Flanders 1280 to October 31, 1282
- Burchard of Avesnes 1282 to November 29, 1296 ( House Avesnes )
14th and 15th centuries
- Gérard de Rhéninghe 1297-1302
- Reginald von Bar 1302-1316 ( Scarponnois House )
- Henri de la Tour-du-Pin 1316 to November 24, 1324 ( La Tour-du-Pin house )
- Louis I of Poitiers 1325-1327 ( House of Poitiers-Valentinois )
- Adhémar de Monteil 1327 to May 12, 1361
- Johann III. from Vienne 1361-1365
- Dietrich V. Bayer von Boppard 1365 to January 18, 1384
- Peter of Luxembourg 1384 to July 2, 1387
- Rudolf von Coucy 1388-1415 ( Ghent House )
- Konrad II. Bayer von Boppard 1415 to April 20, 1459
- Georg von Baden 1459 to October 11, 1484
16th and 17th centuries
- Henri de Lorraine-Vaudémont 1484 to October 28, 1505
- Jean Cardinal de Lorraine 1505-1543
- Nicolas de Lorraine, duc de Mercœur 1543–1548
- Jean Cardinal de Lorraine 1548 to May 19, 1550
- Cardinal Charles de Lorraine-Guise 1550 to May 18, 1551
- Robert II Cardinal de Lénoncourt 1551 to September 25, 1553
- Konrad 1555
- François de Beaucaire de Péguillon 1555–1568
- Louis (I) Cardinal de Lorraine-Guise 1568 to March 28, 1578 (from 1568 personal title Archbishop)
- Cardinal Charles of Lorraine 1578 to November 24, 1607
- Anne Cardinal de Perusse d'Escars 1608 until April 19, 1612
- Henri de Bourbon, duc de Verneuil 1612–1652 (last prince-bishop)
- Jules Cardinal Mazarin 1652-1658
- Franz Egon von Fürstenberg 1658–1663
- Wilhelm Egon von Fürstenberg 1663–1668
- Georges d'Aubusson de La Feuillade 1669–1697 (since 1668 title archbishop)
18th century until today
- Henri-Charles du Cambout de Coislin 1697-1732
- Claude de Saint Simon 1733-1760
- Cardinal Louis-Joseph de Montmorency-Laval 1760–1802
- Nicolas Francin 1792-1802
- Pierre-François Bienaymé 1802-1806
- Gaspard-André Jauffret 1806–1823
- Jacques-François Besson 1824–1842
- Paul Dupont of the Lodge 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 since 2013
literature
- Hans-Walter Herrmann (Ed.): The old diocese of Metz, L´ancien diocèse de Metz, presentations at a colloquium in Waldfischbach-Burgalben, Saarbrücken 1993.
- Ernst Friedrich Mooyer: Directories of the German bishops since the year 800 AD. Geb. Minden 1854, pp. 68–69