List of Bishops of Hildesheim
Prince-Bishops of Hildesheim between 1235 and 1803
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This is the list of Prince-Bishops of Diocese and Prince-Bishopric of Hildesheim

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

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

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

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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