List of the bishops of Osnabrück

The following persons were bishops of the Diocese of Osnabrück , from the 11th century to 1802 as bishops also regents of the bishopric of Osnabrück .

Term of office	Surname	Photo / illustration
783 until April 20, 804/805	Wiho I. (also: Wicho I.), previously head of the newly founded mission district Osnabrück
805 to April 12, 829	Meginhard
829-845	Goswin
847 to April 11, 860	Gauzbert
860 to Feb. 1, 887	Egbert
887 to May 11, 906	Egilmar
906-918	Bernhard I.
918 to 14 May 949	Dodo I.
949 to Nov. 7, 967	Drogo
967 to March 31, 978	Ludolf
978 to April 12, 996	Dodo II.
978-980	Kuno ( counter-bishop )
996 to Nov. 27, 998	Günther
998 to Feb. 17, 1003	Wodilulf
1003 to June 18, 1022	Dietmar
1023 to 10 Dec 1027	Meginher
1028 to 10 Dec. 1036	Gozmar
1036 to April 19, 1052	Alberich
1052-3. Dec 1067	Benno I. (Werner)
1068 to July 27, 1088	Benno II. (Bernhard)
1088-1093	Markward
1093 to April 21, 1101	Wicho II.
1101 to July 13, 1109	Johann I.
1109 to Jan. 1, 1119	Gottschalk from Diepholz
1119-1137	Diethard
1119-1125	Konrad (opposing bishop)
1137 to June 28, 1141	Udo
1141 to June 15, 1173	Philipp von Katzenelnbogen
1141	Wezel (counter bishop)
1173-1190	Arnold von Altena
1190-1216	Gerhard I of Oldenburg-Wildeshausen
1216-1224	Adolf of Tecklenburg
1224-1226	Engelbert I. von Isenberg
1226-1227	Otto I.
1227-1239	Konrad I of Velber
1239-1250	Engelbert I. von Isenberg
1251-1258	Bruno von Isenberg
1259-1264	Baldwin of proboscis (Rusle)
1265-1269	Widukind from Waldeck
1270-1297	Konrad II of Rietberg
1297-1308	Ludwig von Ravensberg
1309-1320	Engelbert II of Weyhe
1321-1349	Gottfried von Arnsberg
1350-1366	Johann II. Hoet
1366-1376	Melchior of Braunschweig-Grubenhagen
1376-1402	Dietrich von Horne
1402-1410	Heinrich I of Schaumburg-Holstein (resignation 1404)
1410-1424	Otto II.
1424-1437	Johann III. from Diepholz
1437-1442	Erich II. Von Hoya as Erich I ( administrator )
1442-1450	Heinrich von Moers ( administrator )
1450-1454	Albrecht von Hoya ( administrator )
1454-1455	Rudolf von Diepholz
1455-1482	Conrad III. from Diepholz
1482-1508	Conrad IV of Rietberg
1508-1532	Erich von Braunschweig-Grubenhagen
1532-1553	Franz von Waldeck
1553-1574	Johann IV. , As Johann III. Bishop of Münster and as Johann II. Administrator of Paderborn
1574-1585	Heinrich von Sachsen-Lauenburg , also Heinrich III. from Bremen
1585	Wilhelm von Schencking
1585-1591	Bernhard von Waldeck
1591-1623	Philipp Sigismund of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel
1623-1625	Vain Friedrich von Hohenzollern
1625-1661	Franz Wilhelm von Wartenberg
After the death of Prince-Bishop Franz Wilhelm, the "perpetual surrender" was in effect, according to which a Catholic and a Lutheran bishop from the house of Braunschweig-Lüneburg should be elected alternately .
1662-1698	Ernst August I, Duke of Braunschweig and Lüneburg (Lutheran Prince-Bishop)
1698-1715	Karl Joseph of Lorraine (Catholic Prince-Bishop)
1716-1728	Ernst August II, Duke of Braunschweig and Lüneburg (Lutheran Prince-Bishop)
1728-1761	Clemens August I of Bavaria (Catholic Prince-Bishop)
1764-1802	Friedrich, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg, Prince of Great Britain (Lutheran and last Prince-Bishop)
1803-1827	Karl von Gruben (senior auxiliary bishop)
1830-1855	Carl Anton Lüpke (leading auxiliary bishop)
United with Hildesheim 1855–1857 under Eduard Jakob Wedekin
1857-1866	Paulus Melchers (later Archbishop of Cologne and Cardinal )
1866-1878	Johann Heinrich Beckmann
Sedi vacancy 1878–1882
1882-1898	Bernhard Höting
1899-1914	Hubertus Voss
1914-1955	Wilhelm Berning
March 27, 1957	Francis Demann
1957-1987	Helmut Hermann Wittler
1987-1995	Ludwig Averkamp (later Archbishop of Hamburg )
since 1995	Franz-Josef Bode