List of Bishops of Hildesheim
Prince-Bishops of Hildesheim between 1235 and 1803

List of Bishops of Hildesheim

Section Title: Prince-Bishops of Hildesheim between 1235 and 1803
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Name	From	To	-	Remarks

Conrad II of Reisenberg	1221	1246	imperially recognised as bishop of princely rank in 1235

Henry I of Rusteberg	1247	1257

John I of Brakel	1257	1260

Otto I of Braunschweig-Lüneburg	1260	1279	-

Siegfried II of Querfurt	1279	1310

Heinrich II of Woldenberg	1310	1318

Otto II of Woldenberg	1318	1331

Henry III of Brunswick and Lunenburg	1331	1363	-

Erich I of Schauenburg	1332	1349

Johann II Schadland	1363	1365	Bishop of Culm 1359–1363; Prince-Bishop of Worms 1365–1370; Prince-Bishop of Augsburg 1371–1372; Administrator of the Prince-Bishopric of Constance 1371–1372

Gerhard of Berg	1365	1398	-	Prince-Bishop of Verden 1363–1365

John III of Hoya	1398	1424	Prince-Bishop of Paderborn 1394–1399

Magnus of Saxe-Lauenburg	1424	1452	-	Prince-Bishop of Cammin 1410–1424

Bernhard III of Brunschwick and Lunenburg	1452	1458	Prince of Lunenburg 1457–1464

Ernst I of Schauenburg	1458	1471

Henning of Haus	1471	1481

Berthold II of Landsberg	1481	1502	-	Prince-Bishop of Verden 1470–1502

Eric II of Saxe-Lauenburg	1503	1504	Prince-Bishop of Münster 1508–1522

John IV of Saxe-Lauenburg	1504	1527

Balthasar Merklin	1527	1531	Prince-Bishop of Constance 1530–1531

Otto III of Schauenburg	1531	1537	Stadthagen StMartini Grabmal.JPG	Count of Schauenburg and Holstein-Pinneberg 1544–1576

Valentin of Teutleben	1537	1551

Frederick of Denmark	1551	1556	not consecrated for being Lutheran; also Bishop of Schleswig 1551–1556

Burkhard of Oberg	1557	1573	-

Ernest II of Bavaria	1573	1612	-	Prince-Bishop of Freising 1566–1612; Prince-Bishop of Liège 1581–1612; Prince-Abbot of Stablo-Malmedy 1581–1612; Elector-Archbishop of Cologne 1583–1612; Prince-Bishop of Münster 1584–1612

Ferdinand of Bavaria	1612	1650	-	Administrator only, due to lack of canonical qualification; Administrator of the Berchtesgaden Provostry 1594–1650; Elector of Cologne and Administrator of the Archdiocese of Cologne 1612–1650; Administrator of the Prince-Bishopric of Liège 1612–1650; Administrator of the Prince-Bishopric of Münster 1612–1650; Administrator of the Imperial Abbey of Stablo-Malmedy 1612–1650; Administrator of the Prince-Bishopric of Paderborn 1618–1650

Maximilian Henry of Bavaria	1650	1688	-	Elector-Archbishop of Cologne 1650–1688; Prince-Bishop of Liège 1650–1688; Prince-Provost of Berchtesgaden 1650–1688; Prince-Abbot of Stablo-Malmedy 1657; Prince-Bishop of Münster 1683–1688

Jobst Edmund of Brabeck	1688	1702	Letmathe-Brabeck1-Bubo.JPG

Joseph Clemens of Bavaria	1702	1723	-	Prince-Bishop of Regensburg 1685–1716; Elector-Archbishop of Cologne 1688–1723; Prince-Bishop of Freising 1685–1694; Prince-Bishop of Liège 1694–1723; Prince-Provost of Berchtesgaden 1688–1723

Clemens August of Bavaria	1723	1761	1700 Clemens-August.JPG	Prince-Bishop of Regensburg 1716–1719; Elector-Archbishop of Cologne 1723–1761; Prince-Bishop of Münster 1719–1761; Prince-Bishop of Paderborn 1719–1761; Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück 1728–1761

Sede vacante	1761	1763

Friedrich Wilhelm of Westphalia	1763	1789	-	Prince-Bishop of Paderborn 1782–1789

Franz Egon of Fürstenberg	1789	1825	-	Prince-Bishop of Paderborn 1789–1803

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