List of bishops of Osnabrück

The Bishop of Osnabrück is the ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Osnabrück, the current incumbent is Franz-Josef Hermann Bode. Theodor Kettmann is his auxiliary bishop.

Early bishops

 * Wiho I. ( Wicho I) 783 to 1. April 809
 * Meginhard 810 to 12. April 829
 * Goswin 829–845
 * Gosbert 845 to 11. April 860
 * Eckbert 860 to 1. February 887
 * Egilmar 887 to 11. May 906
 * Bernhard I. 906–918
 * Dodo I. 918 to 14. May 949
 * Drogo 949 to 7. November 967
 * Ludolf 967 to 31. March 978
 * Dodo II. 978 to 12. April 996
 * Kuno 978–980 (counter-bishop)
 * Günther 996 to 27. November 1000
 * Wodilulf 998 to 17. February 1003
 * Dietmar 1003 to 18. June 1022
 * Meginher 1023 to 10. December 1027
 * Gozmar 1028 to 10. December 1036
 * Alberich 1036 to 19. April 1052
 * Benno I. (Werner) 1052–03. December 1067
 * Benno II (Bernhard) 1068 to 27 July 1088
 * Marquard 1088–1093
 * Wicho II. 1093 to 21. April 1101
 * Johann I. 1101 to 13. July 1109
 * Gottschalk von Diepholz 1109 to 1. January 1119
 * Diethard 1119–1137
 * Konrad 1119–1125 (counter-bishop)
 * Udo von Steinfurt 1137 to 28. June 1141
 * Philipp von Katzenelnbogen 1141 to 15. June 1173
 * Wezel 1141 (counter-bishop)
 * Arnold von Altena 1173–1190
 * Gerhard I. von Oldenburg-Wildeshausen 1190–1216
 * Adolf von Tecklenburg 1216–1224

Prince-bishops
Prince-Bishops of Osnabrück include:
 * 1224–1226: Engelbert I von Isenberg
 * 1206–1227: Otto I
 * 1227–1239: Konrad I von Velber
 * 1239–1250: Engelbert I von Isenberg
 * 1251–1258: Bruno von Isenberg
 * 1259–1264: Balduin von Rüssel
 * 1265–1269: Widukind von Waldeck
 * 1270–1297: Konrad von Rietberg
 * 1297–1308: Ludwig von Ravensberg
 * 1309–1320: Engelbert II von Weyhe
 * 1321–1349: Gottfried von Arnsberg
 * 1350–1366: Johann II Hoet
 * 1366–1376: Melchior von Braunschweig-Grubenhagen
 * 1376–1402: Dietrich of Horne
 * 1402–1410: Henry I of Schauenburg-Holstein
 * 1410–1424: Otto von Hoya
 * 1424–1437: Johann III von Diepholz
 * 1437–1442: Erich von Hoya
 * 1442–1450: Heinrich von Moers
 * 1450–1454: Albert von Hoya
 * 1454–1455: Rudolf von Diepholz
 * 1455–1482: Konrad III von Diepholz
 * 1482–1508: Konrad IV von Rietberg
 * 1508–1532: Eric of Brunswick-Grubenhagen
 * 1532–1553: Franz von Waldeck (Lutheran after 1543)
 * 1553–1574: Johann II von Hoya (Catholic)
 * 1574–1585: Henry II of Saxe-Lauenburg (Lutheran)
 * 1585–1591: Bernhard von Waldeck (Lutheran)
 * 1591–1623: Philip Sigismund of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (Lutheran)
 * 1623–1625: Eitel Frederick von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (Catholic)
 * 1625–1634: Franz Wilhelm von Wartenberg (Catholic)
 * 1634–1648: Gustav Gustavsson af Vasaborg (Lutheran)
 * 1648–1661: Franz Wilhelm von Wartenberg (Catholic)
 * 1662–1698: Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Lutheran)
 * 1698–1715: Charles Joseph of Lorraine (Catholic)
 * 1715–1728: Ernest Augustus, Duke of York and Albany (Lutheran)
 * 1728–1761: Klemens August of Bavaria (Catholic)
 * 1764–1802: Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (Lutheran), last Prince-Bishop

The prince-bishopric was mediatized in 1803 to the Electorate of Hanover. For Catholic bishops after the mediatization, see Roman Catholic Diocese of Osnabrück.

Modern bishops

 * Paul Ludolf Melchers (1857-1866)
 * Johannes Heinrich Beckmann (1866-1878)
 * Johann Bernard Höting (1882-1898)
 * Heinrich Hubert Aloysius Voß (1899-1914)
 * Hermann Wilhelm Berning (1914-1955)
 * Gerhard Franz Demann (March 3, 1957)
 * Helmut Hermann Wittler (1957-1987)
 * Ludwig Averkamp (1987-1994)
 * Franz-Josef Bode (1995-2023)