# 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 of Einsiedeln [fr] 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-Charles de Rouvroy 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