List of bishops of Metz

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 ).
 * 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 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
 * Benno (bishop of Metz) 927–929
 * Adalbero I of Bar 929 to 26 April 962
 * Dietrich I 964 to 7 September 984
 * Adalbero II of Upper Lorraine 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 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 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 1280 to 31 October 1282
 * Burkhard of Avesnes-Hennegau 1282 to 29 November 1296
 * Gerhard of Rehlingen 1297 to 30 June 1302
 * Reginald of Bar 1302–1316
 * Henri, Dauphin of Viennois 1316 to 24 November 1324
 * Louis of Poitiers-Valentinois 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 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 1551 to 25 September 1553
 * François Beaucaire de Péguillon 1555–1568
 * Louis I, Cardinal of Guise 1568 to 28 March 1578
 * Charles III de Lorraine-Vaudémont 1578 to 24 November 1607
 * Anne d'Escars de Givry 1608 to 19 April 1612
 * Henri de Bourbon, duc de Verneuil 1612–1652

1652–present

 * Jules Mazarin 1652–1658
 * Franz Egon of Fürstenberg 1658–1663
 * Wilhelm Egon von Fürstenberg 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 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