List of Roman Catholic Bishops for Germany

The list of Roman Catholic bishops for Germany includes all living bishops of the Federal Republic of Germany , including the German curia bishops .

Bishops in the German dioceses

		Episcopal ordination taking office	Titular Bishop's Seat	Others
	Church province Bamberg
	Archdiocese of Bamberg
archbishop	Ludwig Schick	06/12/1998 09/21/2002
Auxiliary bishop	Herwig Gössl	03/15/2014	Balecium
Archbishop em.	Karl Braun	06/16/1984 05/28/1995		em. 2001
	Diocese of Eichstätt
bishop	Gregor Maria Hanke OSB	12/02/2006
	Diocese of Speyer
bishop	Karl-Heinz Wiesemann	08/09/2002 02/03/2008
Auxiliary bishop	Otto Georgens	March 24, 1995	Gubaliana
	Diocese of Würzburg
bishop	Franz Jung	06/10/2018
Auxiliary bishop	Ulrich Boom	January 25, 2009	Sullectum
Bishop em.	Friedhelm Hofmann	13.09.1992 19.09.2004		em. 09/18/2017
Auxiliary bishop em.	Helmut Bauer	10/14/1988	Velefi	em. 03/18/2008
	Church Province of Berlin
	Archdiocese of Berlin
archbishop	Heiner Koch	05/07/2006 09/19/2015
Auxiliary bishop	Matthias Heinrich	04/19/2009	Thibaris
Auxiliary bishop em.	Wolfgang Weider	03/25/1982	Uzita	em. 04/19/2009
	Diocese of Dresden-Meißen
bishop	Heinrich Timmerevers	09/02/2001 08/27/2016
Bishop em.	Joachim Reinelt	02/20/1988		em. 02/20/2012
	Diocese of Görlitz
bishop	Wolfgang Ipolt	08/28/2011
	Upper Rhine church province
	Archdiocese of Freiburg
archbishop	Stephan Burger	06/29/2014
Auxiliary bishop	Peter Birkhofer	April 15, 2018	Villamagna in Tripolitania
Auxiliary bishop	Christian Würtz	06/30/2019	Titular diocese of Germania in Dacia
Archbishop em.	Robert Zollitsch	07/20/2003		em. 09/17/2013
Auxiliary bishop em.	Bernd Uhl	05/01/2001	Malliana	em. February 19, 2018
Auxiliary bishop em.	Rainer Klug	06/29/2000	Ala Miliaria	em. 11/21/2013
Auxiliary bishop em.	Paul Wehrle	07/05/1981	Nova Germania	em. 07/30/2012
	Diocese of Mainz
bishop	Peter Kohlgraf	08/27/2017
Auxiliary bishop	Udo Bentz	09/20/2015	Sita
Auxiliary bishop em.	Francis Eisenbach	04/24/1988	Sigus	em. 04/16/2002
	Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart
bishop	Gebhard Fürst	07.09.2000
Bishop em.	Walter Kasper	04/04/1989		on March 16, 1999
Auxiliary bishop	Thomas Maria Renz	06/22/1997	Arugula
Auxiliary bishop	Matthäus Karrer	05/28/2017	Tunnuna
Auxiliary bishop	Gerhard Schneider	07/13/2019	Titular diocese of Abbir Germaniciana
Auxiliary bishop em.	Franz Josef Kuhnle	11/27/1976	Sorres	em. 07/11/1990
Auxiliary bishop em.	Johannes Kreidler	06/06/1991	Edistiana	em. 02.03.2017
	Church Province of Hamburg
	Archdiocese of Hamburg
archbishop	Stefan Heße	03/14/2015
Auxiliary bishop	Horst Eberlein	03/25/2017	Tisedi
Archbishop em.	Werner Thissen	05/24/1999 01/25/2003		em. 03/21/2014
Auxiliary bishop em.	Norbert Werbs	03/25/1981	Amaura	em. 05/20/2015
Auxiliary bishop em.	Hans-Jochen Jaschke	01/08/1989	Tisili	em. 10/08/2016
	Diocese of Hildesheim
bishop	Heiner Wilmer	09/01/2018
Auxiliary bishop	Nikolaus Schwerdtfeger	09/23/1995	Fussala
Auxiliary bishop	Heinz-Günter Bongartz	02/26/2011	Bonusta
Bishop em.	Norbert Trelle	05/01/1992 02/11/2006		em. 09.09.2017
Auxiliary bishop em.	Hans-Georg Koitz	10/25/1992	Cantanus	em. 05/01/2010
	Diocese of Osnabrück
bishop	Franz-Josef Bode	01.09.1991 26.11.1995		Deputy Chairman of the German Bishops' Conference
Auxiliary bishop	Johannes Wübbe	09/01/2013	Ros Cré
Auxiliary bishop em.	Theodor Kettmann	02/18/1979	Busiris	em. 11/30/2011
	Church Province of Cologne
	Archdiocese of Cologne
archbishop	Rainer Maria Cardinal Woelki	03/30/2003 09/20/2014		Cardinal 02/18/2012
Auxiliary bishop	Dominik Schwaderlapp	03/25/2012	Frequentium
Auxiliary bishop	Ansgar Puff	09/21/2013	Gordus
Auxiliary bishop	Rolf Steinhäuser	10/01/2016	Thuburnica
Auxiliary bishop em.	Klaus Dick	May 19, 1975	Guzabeta	em. 02/27/2003
	Diocese of Aachen
bishop	Helmut This	05.06.2011 12.11.2016
Auxiliary bishop	Karl Borsch	01/17/2004	Crepedula
Auxiliary bishop	Johannes Bündgens	05/20/2006	Árd Carna
Bishop em.	Heinrich Mussinghoff	02/11/1995		em. 12/08/2015
Auxiliary bishop em.	Karl Reger	02/07/1987	Árd Sratha	em. 03/15/2006
Auxiliary bishop em.	Gerd Dicke	04/11/1970	Iria Flavia	em. 11/21/2003
	Diocese of Essen
bishop	Franz-Josef Overbeck	09/01/2007 12/20/2009		also military bishop since February 24, 2011
Auxiliary bishop	Ludger Schepers	09/19/2008	Neapolis in Proconsulari
Auxiliary bishop	Wilhelm Zimmermann	06/29/2014	Benda
Auxiliary bishop em.	Franz supply	01/17/1996	Vicus aterii	em. 03/14/2014
Auxiliary bishop em.	Franz Grave	05/03/1988	Tingaria	em. 06/27/2008
	Diocese of Limburg
bishop	Georg Bätzing	09/18/2016		Chairman of the German Bishops' Conference 2020–
Auxiliary bishop	Thomas Löhr	08/30/2009	Diana
Bishop em.	Franz Kamphaus	05/03/1982		em. 02/02/2007
Bishop em.	Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst	01/18/2004 01/20/2008		on leave 23.10.2013 em. 03/26/2014
Auxiliary bishop em.	Gerhard Pieschl	10/23/1977	Misenum	em. 06/15/2009
	Diocese of Münster
bishop	Felix Genn	30.05.1999 29.03.2009
Auxiliary bishop	Christoph Hegge	08/29/2010	Sicilibba
Auxiliary bishop	Wilfried Theising	08/29/2010	Mina
Auxiliary bishop	Stefan Zekorn	02/13/2011	Aquae Albae
Auxiliary bishop	Rolf Lohmann	07/08/2017	Brat
Auxiliary bishop em.	Dieter Geerlings	08/29/2010	Tacapae	em. 11/24/2017
Auxiliary bishop em.	Heinrich Janssen	09/21/1986	Aquae Sirenses	em. 05/31/2010
	Diocese of Trier
bishop	Stephan Ackermann	14.05.2006 24.05.2009
Auxiliary bishop	Robert Brahm	02/08/2004	Mimiana
Auxiliary bishop	Jörg Michael Peters	02/08/2004	Forum Traiani
Auxiliary bishop	Franz Josef Gebert	09/03/2017	Vegesela in Byzacena
Auxiliary bishop em.	Alfred Kleinermeilert	06/11/1968	Pausulae	em. 04/01/2003
	Church Province of Munich
	Archdiocese of Munich and Freising
archbishop	Reinhard Cardinal Marx	21.09.1996 02.02.2008		Cardinal November 20, 2010 Chairman of the German Bishops 'Conference 2014–2020 President of the Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Community Member of the Council of Cardinals
Auxiliary bishop	Bernhard Haßlberger	06/29/1994	Octaba
Auxiliary bishop	Wolfgang Bishop	02/28/2010	Nebbi
Auxiliary bishop	Rupert Graf zu Stolberg	December 10, 2016	Sassura
Archbishop em.	Friedrich Cardinal Weather	06/29/1968		Cardinal May 25th, 1985, em. 02/02/2007
Auxiliary bishop em.	Franz Dietl	02/07/1999	Sebarga	em. 05/01/2010
	Diocese of Augsburg
bishop	Bertram Meier	06/06/2020
Auxiliary bishop	Anton Losinger	07/16/2000	Vazi-Sarra
Auxiliary bishop	Florian Woerner	07/28/2012	Hierpiniana
Bishop em.	Konrad Zdarsa	23.06.2007 23.10.2010		em. 04/07/2019
Bishop em.	Walter Mixa	03/23/1996 10/01/2005	.	em. 05/08/2010
Auxiliary bishop em.	Josef Grünwald	03/18/1995	Fronta	em. 04/10/2011
	Diocese of Passau
bishop	Stefan Oster SDB	05/24/2014
Bishop em.	Wilhelm Schraml	03.08.1986 23.02.2002		em. 10/01/2012
	Diocese of Regensburg
bishop	Rudolf Voderholzer	01/26/2013
Auxiliary bishop	Reinhard Pappenberger	03/25/2007	Aptuca
Auxiliary bishop	Josef Graf	06/07/2015	Inis Cathaig
	Church province of Paderborn
	Archdiocese of Paderborn
archbishop	Hans-Josef Becker	01/23/2000 09/20/2003
Auxiliary bishop	Matthias King	12/05/2004	Elicroca
Auxiliary bishop	Hubert Berenbrinker	06/15/2008	Panatoria
Auxiliary bishop	Dominicus Meier OSB	09/27/2015	Castro di Sardegna
Auxiliary bishop em.	Manfred Grothe	12/05/2004	Hippo diarrhytus	Apostolic Administrator in the Diocese of Limburg from March 26, 2014 to September 18, 2016; retired as auxiliary bishop on July 15, 2015
	Diocese of Erfurt
bishop	Ulrich Neymeyr	04/21/2003 11/22/2014
Auxiliary bishop	Reinhard Hauke	11/26/2005	Flumenepiscense
Bishop em.	Joachim Wanke	26.11.1980 17.01.1981		em. 10/01/2012
	Diocese of Fulda
bishop	Michael Gerber	08.09.2013 31.03.2019
Auxiliary bishop	Karlheinz Diez	09/26/2004	Villa Regis
Bishop em.	Heinz Josef Algermissen	09/21/1996 09/23/2001		em. 06/05/2018
	Diocese of Magdeburg
bishop	Gerhard Feige	09/11/1999 04/16/2005
Bishop em.	Leo Nowak	March 24, 1990		em. 03/17/2004

Apostolic Exarchate Germany and Scandinavia

		Episcopal ordination taking office	Titular Bishop's Seat	Others
Apostolic Exarch	Petro Kryk	02/03/2001	Castra Martis

Bishops of German citizenship abroad

		Episcopal ordination	Bishopric / Titular Bishop's Seat	Others
Archbishop em.	Karl Hesse	08/15/1978	Rabaul
bishop	Wilhelm cuttings	December 21, 2014	Ciudad del Este	Oblate missionary
bishop	Clemens Pickel	06/07/1998	St. Clement in Saratov	Chairman of the Russian Bishops' Conference
Auxiliary bishop	Athanasius Schneider	06/02/2006	Celerina	Auxiliary Bishop in Astana (Nur-Sultan since 2019)
Apostolic Vicar	Lucio Alfert	05/21/1986	Pilcomayo
Bishop em.	Bernhard Hombach	04/22/1995	Granada
bishop	Reinhold Nann	08/15/2017	Prelate of the Territorial Prelature of Caravelí
Auxiliary bishop	Adolf Bittschi	08/08/2008	Nigizubi	Auxiliary Bishop in Sucre (Bolivia)
bishop	Johannes Bahlmann	05/09/2009	Obidos
bishop	Norbert Strotmann	01/06/1993	Chosica
Bishop em.	Gerhard Schwenzer	December 07, 1975	Oslo
Bishop em.	Martin Lammers	04.10.1979	Obidos
Bishop em.	Rodolfo Wirz	December 21, 1985	Maldonado-Punta del Este
Bishop em.	Josef Haring	01/19/2000	Limoeiro do Norte

German Curia Bishops

		Episcopal ordination taking office	Titular Bishop's Seat	Others
bishop	Josef Clemens	01/06/2004	Segermes	em. as secretary of the Pontifical Lay Council on September 1, 2016
archbishop	Martin Krebs	11/16/2008	Taborenta	Apostolic Nuncio in Uruguay
archbishop	Gerhard Ludwig Cardinal Müller	11/24/2002 07/02/2012		em. as prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on July 2nd, 2017
archbishop	Georg Gänswein	01/06/2013	Urbs Salvia	Prefect of the Prefecture of the Papal House
Bishop em.	Walter Cardinal Kasper	06/17/1989 03/16/1999		Cardinal 02/21/2001 em. as President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity 01.07.2010
archbishop	Walter Cardinal Brandmüller	09/13/2010	Caesarea	Cardinal 20.11.2010 em. as President of the Pontifical Committee for the Study of History December 3, 2009
archbishop	Paul Josef Cardinal Cordes	01.02.1976 02.12.1995	Naissus	Cardinal 11/24/2007 em. as President of the Pontifical Council "Cor Unum" 07.10.2010
archbishop	Erwin Josef Ender	04/02/1990 11/25/2003	Germania in Numidia	em. as Apostolic Nuncio October 15, 2007
archbishop	Karl Josef Cardinal Rauber	01/06/1983 02/22/2003	Iubaltiana	em. as Apostolic Nuncio 24.07.2009 Cardinal 14.02.2015
Pope em.	Benedict XVI.	28.05.1977 19.04.2005		Cardinal 27.06.1977 em. as Summus Pontifex 02/28/2013

List of all living Roman Catholic bishops of German nationality (according to the corresponding hierarchical / liturgical order of precedence)

**All living German bishops according to the order of precedence** (em. Pope - cardinals according to date of appointment and cardinal class - archbishops according to date of ordination / date of appointment - em. Archbishops according to date of ordination / date of appointment - bishops according to date of ordination / date of appointment - em. Bishops according to date of ordination / date of appointment - consecration date / Appointment date - em. Auxiliary bishops according to the consecration date / appointment date)
rank	Surname	Episcopal ordination	Date of birth	Assumption of office	associated diocese	Diocese / titular bishop seat	Remarks
Pope em.	Benedict XVI. - Joseph Ratzinger	05/28/1977	04/16/1927	Archbishop of Munich and Freising: May 28, 1977 Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith: 1983 Pope: April 19, 2005	Diocese of Rome	Diocese of Rome (formerly Archdiocese of Munich and Freising)	Cardinal 27.06.1977 em. 02/28/2013
Archbishop em. Cardinal priest	Friedrich Cardinal Weather	06/29/1968	02/20/1928	1983	Archdiocese of Munich and Freising		Cardinal May 25th, 1985, em. 2007
Bishop em. Cardinal priest	Walter Cardinal Kasper	06/17/1989	03/05/1933				Cardinal 02/21/2001; former President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
Archbishop Cardinal Priest	Reinhard Cardinal Marx	09/21/1996	09/21/1953	2008	Archdiocese of Munich and Freising		Cardinal 11/20/2010 Chairman of the German Bishops' Conference
Archbishop Cardinal Priest	Rainer Maria Cardinal Woelki	03/30/2003	08/18/1956	2015	Archdiocese of Cologne		Cardinal 02/18/2012
Archbishop Cardinal Deacon	Paul Josef Cardinal Cordes	02/01/1976	09/05/1934			Naissus	Cardinal 11/27/2007; former President of the Pontifical Council "Cor Unum"
Archbishop Cardinal Deacon	Walter Cardinal Brandmüller	09/13/2010	01/05/1929			Caesarea	Cardinal 09/20/2010
Archbishop Cardinal Deacon	Gerhard Ludwig Cardinal Müller	11/24/2002	December 31, 1947	2013			em. Bishop of Regensburg former Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
Archbishop Cardinal Deacon	Karl Josef Cardinal Rauber	01/06/1983	04/11/1934			Iubaltiana	former President of the Papal Diplomatic Academy Apostolic Nuncio in Switzerland and Liechtenstein (March 16, 1993 to April 25, 1997) Apostolic Nuncio in Hungary and Moldova (April 25, 1997 to February 22, 2003). Apostolic Nuncio in Belgium and Luxembourg
archbishop	Erwin Josef Ender	04/02/1990	07.09.1937	04/02/1990			Apostolic Nuncio em. 10/15/2007
archbishop	Ludwig Schick	06/12/1998	09/22/1949	09/21/2002	Archdiocese of Bamberg
archbishop	Nuncio Nikola Eterovic	07/10/1999	01/20/1951	09/21/2013	Apostolic Nunciature Berlin	Siscia	former nuncio in Ukraine
archbishop	Hans-Josef Becker	01/23/2000	06/08/1948	09/20/2003	Archdiocese of Paderborn
archbishop	Heiner Koch	05/07/2006	06/13/1954	09/19/2015	Archdiocese of Berlin
archbishop	Martin Krebs	11/16/2008	11/02/1956	11/16/2008		Taborenta	Apostolic Nuncio in New Zealand, the Cook Islands, Kiribati, Palau, Micronesia and Tonga
archbishop	Georg Gänswein	01/06/2013	07/30/1956	01/06/2013		Urbs Salvia	Prefect of the Prefecture of the Papal House
archbishop	Stephan Burger	06/29/2014	04/29/1962	06/29/2014	Archdiocese of Freiburg
archbishop	Stefan Heße	03/14/2015	08/07/1966	03/14/2015	Archdiocese of Hamburg
Archbishop em.	Karl Hesse	08/15/1978	08/15/1936	08/15/1978	Archdiocese of Rabaul
Archbishop em.	Karl Braun	06/16/1984	12/13/1930	05/28/1995	Archdiocese of Bamberg		em. 2001
Archbishop em.	Jean-Claude Perisset	01/06/1997	04/13/1939	10/15/2007	Apostolic Nunciature Berlin	Justiniania Prima	em. 2013
Archbishop em.	Werner Thissen	05/24/1999	December 3rd, 1938	01/25/2003	Archdiocese of Hamburg		em. 03/21/2014
Archbishop em.	Robert Zollitsch	07/20/2003	08/09/1938	07/20/2003	Archdiocese of Freiburg		em. 09/17/2013
bishop	Franz-Josef Bode	09/01/1991	02/16/1951	11/26/1995	Diocese of Osnabrück
bishop	Norbert Strotmann	01/06/1993	08/14/1946	00.00.1997	Diocese of Choisica
bishop	Clemens Pickel	06/07/1998	08/17/1961	06/07/1998	Bishop of St. Clement in Saratov	Chairman of the Russian Bishops' Conference
bishop	Felix Genn	05/30/1999	03/06/1950	03/29/2009	Diocese of Münster
bishop	Gerhard Feige	09/11/1999	11/19/1951	04/16/2005	Diocese of Magdeburg
bishop	Gebhard Fürst	07.09.2000	12/02/1948	07.09.2000	Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart
bishop	Heinrich Timmerevers	09/02/2001	08/25/1952	08/27/2016	Diocese of Dresden-Meißen
bishop	Karl-Heinz Wiesemann	09/08/2002	08/01/1960	03/02/2008	Diocese of Speyer
bishop	Ulrich Neymeyr	04/21/2003	08/12/1957	11/22/2014	Diocese of Erfurt
bishop	Josef Clemens	01/06/2004	06/20/1947	01/06/2004		Segermes	Secretary of the Pontifical Lay Council
bishop	Stephan Ackermann	05/14/2006	03/20/1963	05/24/2009	Diocese of Trier
bishop	Gregor Maria Hanke OSB	12/02/2006	07/02/1954	12/02/2006	Diocese of Eichstätt
bishop	Franz-Josef Overbeck	09/01/2007	06/19/1964	December 20, 2009	Diocese of Essen
bishop	Johannes Bahlmann	05/09/2009	December 10, 1960	11/09/2011	Diocese of Obidos
bishop	Wolfgang Ipolt	08/28/2011	03/17/1954	08/28/2011	Diocese of Görlitz
bishop	Rudolf Voderholzer	01/26/2013	10/09/1959	01/26/2013	Diocese of Regensburg
bishop	Stefan Oster SDB	05/24/2014	06/03/1965	05/24/2014	Diocese of Passau
bishop	Helmut This	06/05/2011	05/15/1962	11/12/2016	Diocese of Aachen
bishop	Michael Gerber	09/08/2013	January 15, 1970	March 31, 2019	Diocese of Fulda
bishop	Wilhelm Steckling OMI	December 21, 2014	04/23/1947	December 21, 2014	Diocese of Ciudad del Este
bishop	Georg Bätzing	09/18/2016	04/13/1961	09/18/2016	Diocese of Limburg
bishop	Reinhold Nann	08/15/2017	08/25/1960	08/15/2017	Prelate of Caraveli
bishop	Peter Kohlgraf	08/27/2017	03/21/1967	08/27/2017	Diocese of Mainz
bishop	Franz Jung	06/10/2018	06/04/1966	06/10/2018	Diocese of Würzburg
bishop	Heiner Wilmer	09/01/2018	04/09/1961	09/01/2018	Diocese of Hildesheim
bishop	Bertram Meier	06/06/2020	07/20/1960	06/06/2020	Diocese of Augsburg
Bishop em.	Gerhard Schwenzer	December 07, 1975	10/01/1938	06/02/1981	Diocese of Oslo		em. 07/29/2005
Bishop em.	Martin Lammers	04.10.1979	12/22/1939	04.10.1979	Territorial prelature of Obidos		em. 28/01/2009
Bishop em.	Joachim Wanke	11/26/1980	05/04/1941	01/17/1981	Diocese of Erfurt		em. 10/01/2012
Bishop em.	Franz Kamphaus	05/03/1982	02/02/1932	05/03/1982	Diocese of Limburg		em. 02/02/2007
Bishop em.	Rodolfo Pedro Wirz Kraemer	December 21, 1985	04/19/1942	December 21, 1985	Diocese of Maldonado-Punta del Este		em. June 15, 2018
Bishop em.	Wilhelm Schraml	03/08/1986	06/26/1935	02/23/2002	Diocese of Passau		em. 10/01/2012
Bishop em.	Joachim Reinelt	02/20/1988	10/21/1936	02/20/1988	Diocese of Dresden-Meißen		em. 02/20/2012
Bishop em.	Leo Nowak	March 24, 1990	03/17/1929	March 24, 1990	Diocese of Magdeburg		em. 03/17/2004
Bishop em.	Norbert Trelle	05/01/1992	09/05/1942	02/11/2006	Diocese of Hildesheim		em. 09.09.2017, 2011–2017 Deputy Chairman of the German Bishops' Conference
Bishop em.	Friedhelm Hofmann	09/13/1992	05/12/1942	09/19/2004	Diocese of Würzburg		em. 09/18/2017
Bishop em.	Heinrich Mussinghoff	02/11/1995	October 29, 1940	02/11/1995	Diocese of Aachen		em. 12/08/2015
Bishop em.	Bernhard Hombach	04/22/1995	09/12/1933	02/07/2004	Diocese of granada		em. 04/11/2010
Bishop em.	Walter Mixa	03/23/1996	04/25/1941	10/01/2005	Diocese of Augsburg		em. 05/08/2010
Bishop em.	Heinz Josef Algermissen	09/21/1996	02/15/1943	09/23/2001	Diocese of Fulda		em. 06/05/2018
Bishop em.	Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst	January 18, 2004	11/20/1959	January 20, 2008	Diocese of Limburg		on leave from October 23, 2013; em. 03/26/2014
Bishop em.	Konrad Zdarsa	06/23/2007	06/07/1944	23/10/2010	Diocese of Augsburg		From 2007 to 2010 Bishop of Görlitz em. 04/07/2019
Auxiliary bishop	Bernhard Haßlberger	06/29/1994	10/30/1946	06/29/1994	Archdiocese of Munich and Freising	Octaba
Auxiliary bishop	Otto Georgens	March 24, 1995	12/02/1950	March 24, 1995	Diocese of Speyer	Gubaliana
Auxiliary bishop	Thomas Maria Renz	06/22/1997	December 09, 1957	06/22/1997	Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart	Arugula
Auxiliary bishop	Anton Losinger	07/16/2000	07/27/1957	07/16/2000	Diocese of Augsburg	Vazi-Sarra
Auxiliary bishop	Karl Borsch	01/17/2004	08/01/1959	01/17/2004	Diocese of Aachen	Crepedula
Auxiliary bishop	Robert Brahm	02/08/2004	08/25/1956	02/08/2004	Diocese of Trier	Mimiana
Auxiliary bishop	Jörg Michael Peters	02/08/2004	04/17/1960	02/08/2004	Diocese of Trier	Forum Traiani
Auxiliary bishop	Karlheinz Diez	09/26/2004	02/20/1954	09/26/2004	Diocese of Fulda	Villa Regis
Auxiliary bishop	Matthias King	12/05/2004	03/11/1959	12/05/2004	Archdiocese of Paderborn	Elicroca
Auxiliary bishop	Reinhard Hauke	11/26/2005	11/06/1953	11/26/2005	Diocese of Erfurt	Flumenepiscense
Auxiliary bishop	Nikolaus Schwerdtfeger	02/12/2006	10/01/1948	02/12/2006	Diocese of Hildesheim	Fussala	from 09.09.2017 also diocesan administrator of the diocese of Hildesheim
Auxiliary bishop	Athanasius Schneider	06/02/2006	04/07/1961	02/05/2011	Archdiocese of Astana	Celerina
Auxiliary bishop	Johannes Bündgens	05/20/2006	04/02/1956	05/20/2006	Diocese of Aachen	Árd Carna
Auxiliary bishop	Reinhard Pappenberger	03/25/2007	06/30/1958	03/25/2007	Diocese of Regensburg	Aptuca
Auxiliary bishop	Hubert Berenbrinker	06/15/2008	06/07/1950	06/15/2008	Archdiocese of Paderborn	Panatoria
Auxiliary bishop	Ludger Schepers	09/19/2008	04/18/1953	09/19/2008	Diocese of Essen	Neapolis in Proconsulari
Auxiliary bishop	Ulrich Boom	January 25, 2009	09/25/1947	January 25, 2009	Diocese of Würzburg	Sullectum
Auxiliary bishop	Matthias Heinrich	04/19/2009	06/26/1954	04/19/2009	Archdiocese of Berlin	Thibaris
Auxiliary bishop	Thomas Löhr	08/30/2009	02/29/1952	08/30/2009	Diocese of Limburg	Diana
Auxiliary bishop	Wolfgang Bishop	02/28/2010	11/06/1960	02/28/2010	Archdiocese of Munich and Freising	Nebbi
Auxiliary bishop	Christoph Hegge	08/29/2010	08/15/1962	08/29/2010	Diocese of Münster	Sicilibba
Auxiliary bishop	Wilfried Theising	08/29/2010	09/20/1962	08/29/2010	Diocese of Münster	Mina
Auxiliary bishop	Stefan Zekorn	02/13/2011	10/03/1959	02/13/2011	Diocese of Münster	Aquae Albae
Auxiliary bishop	Heinz-Günter Bongartz	02/26/2011	05.03.1955	02/26/2011	Diocese of Hildesheim	Bonusta
Auxiliary bishop	Adolf Bittschi	08/08/2011	December 01, 1950	08/08/2011	Archdiocese of Sucre	Nigizubi
Auxiliary bishop	Dominikus Schwaderlapp	03/25/2012	05/04/1967	03/25/2012	Archdiocese of Cologne	Frequentium
Auxiliary bishop	Florian Woerner	07/28/2012	02/05/1970	07/28/2012	Diocese of Augsburg	Hierpiniana
Auxiliary bishop	Johannes Wübbe	09/01/2013	02/23/1966	09/01/2013	Diocese of Osnabrück	Ros Cré
Auxiliary bishop	Ansgar Puff	09/21/2013	01/08/1956	09/21/2013	Archdiocese of Cologne	Gordus
Auxiliary bishop	Herwig Gössl	03/15/2014	02/22/1967	03/15/2014	Archdiocese of Bamberg	Balecium
Auxiliary bishop	Wilhelm Zimmermann	06/29/2014	06/16/1948	06/29/2014	Diocese of Essen	Benda
Auxiliary bishop	Josef Graf	06/07/2015	06/30/1957	06/07/2015	Diocese of Regensburg	Inis Cathaig
Auxiliary bishop	Udo Bentz	09/20/2015	03/03/1967	09/20/2015	Diocese of Mainz	Sita
Auxiliary bishop	Dominicus Meier OSB	09/27/2015	07/10/1959	09/27/2015	Archdiocese of Paderborn	Castro di Sardegna	Abbot em. the Abbey of Königsmünster
Auxiliary bishop	Rolf Steinhäuser	10/01/2016	05/12/1952	10/01/2016	Archdiocese of Cologne	Thuburnica
Auxiliary bishop	Rupert Graf zu Stolberg	December 10, 2016	07/29/1970	December 10, 2016	Archdiocese of Munich and Freising	Sassura
Auxiliary bishop	Horst Eberlein	03/25/2017	10/25/1950	03/25/2017	Archdiocese of Hamburg	Tisedi
Auxiliary bishop	Matthäus Karrer	05/28/2017	08/02/1968	05/28/2017	Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart	Tunnuna
Auxiliary bishop	Rolf Lohmann	07/08/2017	02/21/1963	07/08/2017	Diocese of Münster	Brat
Auxiliary bishop	Franz Josef Gebert	09/03/2017	02/21/1949	09/03/2017	Diocese of Trier	Vegesela in Byzacena
Auxiliary bishop	Peter Birkhofer	April 15, 2018	06/11/1964	April 15, 2018	Archdiocese of Freiburg	Villamagna in Tripolitana
Auxiliary bishop	Christian Würtz	06/30/2019	05/31/1971	06/30/2019	Archdiocese of Freiburg	Germania in Dacia
Auxiliary bishop	Gerhard Schneider	07/13/2019	01/22/1969	07/13/2019	Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart	Abbir Germaniciana
Auxiliary bishop em.	Alfred Kleinermeilert	06/11/1968	March 31, 1928	06/11/1968	Diocese of Trier	Pausulae	em. 04/01/2003
Auxiliary bishop em.	Gerd Dicke	04/11/1970	03/28/1928	04/11/1970	Diocese of Aachen	Iria Flavia	em. 11/21/2003
Auxiliary bishop em.	Klaus Dick	May 19, 1975	02/27/1928	May 19, 1975	Archdiocese of Cologne	Guzabeta	em. 02/27/2003
Auxiliary bishop em.	Franz Josef Kuhnle	11/27/1976	04/27/1926	11/27/1976	Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart	Sorres	em. 07/11/1990
Auxiliary bishop em.	Gerhard Pieschl	10/23/1977	01/23/1934	10/23/1977	Diocese of Limburg	Misenum	em. 06/15/2009
Auxiliary bishop em.	Theodor Kettmann	02/18/1979	11/27/1938	02/18/1979	Diocese of Osnabrück	Busiris	em. 11/30/2011
Auxiliary bishop em.	Norbert Werbs	03/25/1981	05/20/1940	03/25/1981	Archdiocese of Hamburg	Amaura	em. 05/20/2015
Auxiliary bishop em.	Paul Wehrle	07/05/1981	06/07/1940	07/05/1981	Archdiocese of Freiburg	Nova Germania	em. 07/30/2012
Auxiliary bishop em.	Wolfgang Weider	03/25/1982	October 29, 1932	03/25/1982	Archdiocese of Berlin	Uzita	em. 04/19/2009
Auxiliary bishop em.	Heinrich Janssen	09/21/1986	10/13/1932	09/21/1986	Diocese of Münster	Aquae Sirenses	em. 05/31/2010
Auxiliary bishop em.	Karl Reger	02/07/1987	07.09.1930	02/07/1987	Diocese of Aachen	Árd Sratha	em. 03/15/2006
Auxiliary bishop em.	Francis Eisenbach	04/24/1988	05/01/1943	04/24/1988	Diocese of Mainz	Sigus	em. 04/16/2002
Auxiliary bishop em.	Franz Grave	05/03/1988	11/25/1932	05/03/1988	Diocese of Essen	Tingaria	em. 06/27/2008
Auxiliary bishop em.	Helmut Bauer	10/14/1988	03/18/1933	10/14/1988	Diocese of Würzburg	Velefi	em. 03/18/2008
Auxiliary bishop em.	Hans-Jochen Jaschke	01/08/1989	09/29/1941	01/08/1989	Archdiocese of Hamburg	Tisili	em. October 8, 2016
Auxiliary bishop em.	Johannes Kreidler	06/06/1991	05/31/1946	06/06/1991	Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart	Edistiana	em. 2.3.2017
Auxiliary bishop em.	Hans-Georg Koitz	10/25/1992	04/04/1935	10/25/1992	Diocese of Hildesheim	Cantanus	em. 05/01/2010
Auxiliary bishop em.	Josef Grünwald	03/18/1995	08/22/1936	03/18/1995	Diocese of Augsburg	Fronta	em. 04/10/2011
Auxiliary bishop em.	Franz supply	01/17/1996	07/09/1937	01/17/1996	Diocese of Essen	Vicus aterii	em. 03/14/2014
Auxiliary bishop em.	Franz Dietl	02/07/1999	03/20/1934	02/07/1999	Archdiocese of Munich and Freising	Sebarga	em. 05/01/2010
Auxiliary bishop em.	Bernd Uhl	05/01/2001	11/23/1946	05/01/2001	Archdiocese of Freiburg	Malliana	em. February 19, 2018
Auxiliary bishop em.	Rainer Klug	12/05/2004	12/13/1938	06/29/2000	Archdiocese of Freiburg	Ala Miliaria	em. 11/21/2013
Auxiliary bishop em.	Manfred Grothe	12/05/2004	04/04/1939	12/05/2004	Archdiocese of Paderborn	Hippo diarrhytus	Apostolic Administrator in the Diocese of Limburg from March 26, 2014 to September 18, 2016; retired as auxiliary bishop on July 15, 2015
Auxiliary bishop em.	Dieter Geerlings	08/29/2010	07/15/1947	08/29/2010	Diocese of Münster	Tacapae	em. 11/24/2017
Apostolic Exarch	Petro Kryk	02/03/2001	04/25/1945	02/03/2001	Apostolic Exarchate of the Apostolic Exarchy for Catholic Ukrainians of the Byzantine Rite in Germany and Scandinavia
Apostolic Vicar	Bishop Lucio Alfert	05/21/1986	11/18/1941	05/21/1986	Apostolic Vicariate of Pilcomayo	Tubyza