# 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.

## List of bishops
### 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)