 Archbishop Herwig Gössl (58) (2023.12.09 – ...)Metropolitan Archbishop of Bamberg (Germany)Tu solus DominusBorn:1967.02.22 (München, Germany)Ordained Priest:1993.06.26Consecrated Bishop:2014.03.15Priest of Bamberg (Germany) (1993.06.26 – 2014.01.24)Titular Bishop of Balecium (2014.01.24 – 2023.12.09)Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg (Germany) (2014.01.24 – 2023.12.09)Metropolitan Archbishop of Bamberg (Germany) (2023.12.09 – ...) |
 Archbishop Ludwig Schick (75) (2002.06.28 – 2022.11.01)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bamberg (Germany)Sapientia nobis a DeoBorn:1949.09.22 (Marburg, Germany)Ordained Priest:1975.06.15Consecrated Bishop:1998.07.12Priest of Fulda (Germany) (1975.06.15 – 1998.05.20)Titular Bishop of Auzia (1998.05.20 – 2002.06.28)Auxiliary Bishop of Fulda (Germany) (1998.05.20 – 2002.06.28)Metropolitan Archbishop of Bamberg (Germany) (2002.06.28 – 2022.11.01) |
| Archbishop Karl Heinrich Braun (94) (1995.03.25 – 2001.07.02)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bamberg (Germany)Videbunt in quem transfixeruntBorn:1930.12.13 (Kempten, Germany)Ordained Priest:1958.10.10Consecrated Bishop:1984.06.16Priest of Augsburg (Germany) (1958.10.10 – 1984.04.17)Bishop of Eichstätt (Germany) (1984.04.17 – 1995.03.25)Metropolitan Archbishop of Bamberg (Germany) (1995.03.25 – 2001.07.02) |
| Archbishop Elmar Maria Kredel (1977.05.27 – 1994.03.31)Pro Christo legatione fungimurBorn:1922.02.24 (Germany)Ordained Priest:1950.07.30Consecrated Bishop:1977.07.02Died:2008.06.10 (†86)Metropolitan Archbishop of Bamberg (Germany) (1977.05.27 – 1994.03.31)Military Vicar of Germany (Germany) (1978.05.22 – 1986.07.21)Military Ordinary of Germany (Germany) (1986.07.21 – 1990.11.30) |
| Archbishop Josef Schneider (1955.05.16 – 1976.07.30)In spe fortitudo NostraBorn:1906.02.05 (Germany)Ordained Priest:1931.10.25Consecrated Bishop:1955.07.13Died:1998.01.18 (†91)Metropolitan Archbishop of Bamberg (Germany) (1955.05.16 – 1976.07.30) |
| Archbishop Joseph Otto Kolb (1943.01.24 – 1955.03.29)Redemptori RedemptisqueBorn:1881.08.19 (Germany)Ordained Priest:1905.07.30Consecrated Bishop:1935.10.13Died:1955.03.29 (†73)Titular Bishop of Velicia (1935.08.10 – 1943.01.24)Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg (Germany) (1935.08.10 – 1943.01.24)Metropolitan Archbishop of Bamberg (Germany) (1943.01.24 – 1955.03.29) |
| Archbishop Johann Jacobus von Hauck (1912.06.18 – 1943.01.23)Omnia Ex CaritateBorn:1861.12.22 (Germany)Ordained Priest:1884.08.03Consecrated Bishop:1912.07.25Died:1943.01.23 (†81)Metropolitan Archbishop of Bamberg (Germany) ([1912.05.04] 1912.06.18 – 1943.01.23)Apostolic Administrator of Würzburg (Germany) (1920.06.07 – 1924.11.30) |
| Archbishop Friedrich Philipp von Abert (1905.03.27 – 1912.04.23)Caritate fortiter et suaviterBorn:1852.05.01 (Germany)Ordained Priest:1875.02.20Consecrated Bishop:1905.05.01Died:1912.04.23 (†59)Metropolitan Archbishop of Bamberg (Germany) ([1905.01.30] 1905.03.27 – 1912.04.23) |
| Archbishop Joseph von Schork (1891.05.06 – 1905.01.25)Born:1829.12.07 (Germany)Ordained Priest:1854.08.02Consecrated Bishop:1891.05.24Died:1905.01.25 (†75)Metropolitan Archbishop of Bamberg (Germany) ([1890.08.26] 1891.05.06 – 1905.01.25) |
| Archbishop Friedrich von Schreiber (1875.07.05 – 1890.05.23)Born:1819.05.23 (Germany)Ordained Priest:1843.06.10Consecrated Bishop:1875.09.05Died:1890.05.23 (†71)Metropolitan Archbishop of Bamberg (Germany) ([1875.05.31] 1875.07.05 – 1890.05.23) |
| Archbishop Michael von Deinlein (1858.09.17 – 1875.01.04)Born:1800.10.26 (Germany)Ordained Priest:1824.11.18Consecrated Bishop:1853.11.20Died:1875.01.04 (†74)Titular Bishop of Adramyttium (1853.06.27 – 1856.07.13)Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg (Germany) ([1853.04.17] 1853.06.27 – 1856.07.13)Bishop of Augsburg (Germany) ([1856.01.12] 1856.07.13 – 1858.06.17)Metropolitan Archbishop of Bamberg (Germany) ([1858.06.17] 1858.09.17 – 1875.01.04) |
| Archbishop Bonifaz Kaspar von Urban (1842.05.25 – 1858.01.09)Born:1773.01.06 (Germany)Ordained Priest:1796.03.26Consecrated Bishop:1835.03.22Died:1858.01.09 (†85)Titular Bishop of Tænarum (1834.12.19 – 1842.05.25)Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg (Germany) (1834.12.19 – 1842.05.25)Metropolitan Archbishop of Bamberg (Germany) ([1842.02.24] 1842.05.25 – 1858.01.09) |
| Archbishop Joseph Maria Johann Nepomuk von Fraunberg (1824.05.24 – 1842.01.17)Born:1768.08.10 (Germany)Ordained Priest:1791.12.21Consecrated Bishop:1821.11.11Died:1842.01.17 (†73)Bishop of Augsburg (Germany) ([1819.12.06] 1821.06.27 – 1824.05.24)Metropolitan Archbishop of Bamberg (Germany) ([1824.03.04] 1824.05.24 – 1842.01.17) |
| Archbishop Joseph Graf von Stubenberg (1818.04.06 – 1824.01.29)Born:1740.11.08 (Germany)Ordained Priest:1762.04.29Consecrated Bishop:1791.11.13Died:1824.01.29 (†83)Bishop of Eichstätt (Germany) ([1790.09.21] 1791.04.11 – 1818.04.06)Metropolitan Archbishop of Bamberg (Germany) ([1818.02.05] 1818.04.06 – 1824.01.29)Apostolic Administrator of Eichstätt (Germany) (1818.11.13 – 1824.01.29) |
| Bishops of Bamberg (Roman Rite) |
| Bishop Georg Karl Ignaz von Fechenbach zu Laudenbach (1805.09.18 – 1808.04.09)Born:1749.02.20 (Germany)Ordained Priest:1779.02.18Consecrated Bishop:1795.06.21Died:1808.04.09 (†59)Bishop of Würzburg (Germany) ([1795.03.12] 1795.06.01 – 1800.03.26)Coadjutor Bishop of Bamberg (Germany) (1800.03.26 – 1805.09.18)Bishop of Bamberg (Germany) (1805.09.18 – 1808.04.09) |
| Bishop Christoph Franz von Buseck (1794.06.01 – 1805.09.28)Born:1724.12.28 (Germany)Ordained Priest:1794.04.24Consecrated Bishop:1795.08.16Died:1805.09.28 (†80)Bishop of Bamberg (Germany) ([1794.04.07] 1794.06.01 – 1805.09.28) |
| Bishop Franz Ludwig Reichsfreiherr von Erthal (1779.07.12 – 1795.02.14)Born:1730.09.16 (Germany)Ordained Priest:1779.05Consecrated Bishop:1779.09.19Died:1795.02.14 (†64)Bishop of Bamberg (Germany) ([1779.04.12] 1779.07.12 – 1795.02.14)Apostolic Administrator of Würzburg (Germany) ([1779.03.18] 1779.07.12 – 1795.02.14) |
| Bishop Adam Friedrich Reichsgraf von Seinsheim (1757.05.23 – 1779.02.18)Born:1708.02.16 (Germany)Ordained Priest:1753.09.29Consecrated Bishop:1755.06.15Died:1779.02.18 (†71)Bishop of Würzburg (Germany) ([1755.01.07] 1755.03.17 – 1757.05.23)Bishop of Bamberg (Germany) ([1757.04.21] 1757.05.23 – 1779.02.18)Apostolic Administrator of Würzburg (Germany) (1757.05.23 – 1779.02.18) |
| Bishop Franz Konrad Reichsgraf von Stadion und Thannhausen (1753.09.26 – 1757.03.06)Born:1679.08.29 (Germany)Ordained Priest:1724.02.02Consecrated Bishop:1753.11.04Died:1757.03.06 (†77)Bishop of Bamberg (Germany) ([1753.07.23] 1753.09.26 – 1757.03.06) |
| Bishop Johann Philipp Anton Reichsfreiherr von Franckenstein (1746.12.19 – 1753.06.03)Born:1695.03.27 (Germany)Ordained Priest:1736.09.22Consecrated Bishop:1747.06.25Died:1753.06.03 (†58)Bishop of Bamberg (Germany) ([1746.09.26] 1746.12.19 – 1753.06.03) |
| Bishop Friedrich Karl Reichsgraf von Schönborn (Apostolic Administrator 1729.08.03 – 1746.07.26) |
| Bishop Friedrich Karl Reichsgraf von Schönborn (1729.01.30 – 1729.08.03)Born:1674.03.03 (Germany)Ordained Priest:1728.06.10Consecrated Bishop:1728.06.20Died:1746.07.26 (†72)Titular Bishop of Arcadiopolis (1710.05.19 – 1729.01.30)Coadjutor Bishop of Bamberg (Germany) ([1708.12.13] 1710.05.19 – 1729.01.30)Bishop of Bamberg (Germany) (1729.01.30 – 1729.08.03)Bishop of Würzburg (Germany) ([1729.05.18] 1729.08.03 – 1746.07.26)Apostolic Administrator of Bamberg (Germany) (1729.08.03 – 1746.07.26) |
| Archbishop Lothar Franz Reichsgraf von Schönborn (1694.01.04 – 1729.01.30)Born:1655.10.04 (Germany)Ordained Priest:1695.11.01Consecrated Bishop:1695.11.06Died:1729.01.30 (†73)Bishop of Bamberg (Germany) ([1693.11.16] 1694.01.04 – 1729.01.30)Coadjutor Archbishop of Mainz (Germany) ([1694.09.03] 1694.10.11 – 1695.03.30)Metropolitan Archbishop of Mainz (Germany) (1695.03.30 – 1729.01.30) |
| Bishop Marquard Sebastian Reichsgraf von Schenk von Stauffenberg (1686.09.02 – 1693.10.09)Born:1644.05.14 (Germany)Ordained Priest:1687.04.06Consecrated Bishop:1687.04.06Died:1693.10.09 (†49)Bishop of Bamberg (Germany) ([1683.06.10] 1686.09.02 – 1693.10.09) |
| Bishop Peter Philipp Reichsgraf von Dernbach (1675.01.28 – 1683.04.24)Born:1619.07.01 (Germany)Ordained Priest:1675.05.19Consecrated Bishop:1675.06.02Died:1683.04.24 (†63)Bishop of Bamberg (Germany) ([1672.03.22] 1675.01.28 – 1683.04.24)Bishop of Würzburg (Germany) ([1675.07] 1676.02.24 – 1683.04.24) |
| Bishop Philipp Valentin Albrecht Reichritter Voit von Rieneck (1658.01.14 – 1672.02.03)Born:1612.01.10 (Germany)Consecrated Bishop:1661.07.17Died:1672.02.03 (†60)Bishop of Bamberg (Germany) ([1653.02.13] 1658.01.14 – 1672.02.03) |
| Fr. Melchior Otto Reichsritter von Voit von Salzburg (1643.05.05 – 1653.01.04)Born:1603.06.19 (Germany)Died:1653.01.04 (†49)Bishop of Bamberg (Germany) ([1642.08.25] 1643.05.05 – 1653.01.04) |
| Bishop Franz Graf von Hatzfeld (1633.10.31 – 1642.07.30)Born:1596.09.13 (Germany)Consecrated Bishop:1637.04.12Died:1642.07.30 (†45)Bishop of Würzburg (Germany) ([1631.08.07] 1632.01.03 – 1642.07.30)Bishop of Bamberg (Germany) ([1633.08.04] 1633.10.31 – 1642.07.30) |
| Bishop Johann Georg Fuchs von Dornheim (1623.02.13 – 1633.03.29)Born:1586.04.23 (Germany)Died:1633.03.29 (†46)Bishop of Bamberg (Germany) (1623.02.13 – 1633.03.29) |
| Bishop Johann Gottfried von Aschhausen (1609.11.04 – 1622.12.29)Born:1575.08.12 (Germany)Ordained Priest:1601.12.22Consecrated Bishop:1610.02.02Died:1622.12.29 (†47)Bishop of Bamberg (Germany) ([1609.07.21] 1609.11.04 – 1622.12.29)Bishop of Würzburg (Germany) ([1617.10.05] 1618.02.10 – 1622.12.29) |
| Deacon Johann Philipp von Gebsattel (1599.07.19 – 1609.06.26)Born:1555.05.13 (Germany)Died:1609.06.26 (†54)Bishop of Bamberg (Germany) ([1599.02.04] 1599.07.19 – 1609.06.26) |
| Bishop Neidhart von Thüngen (1593.06.06 – 1598.12.26)Born:1545.05.01 (Germany)Ordained Priest:1596Consecrated Bishop:1597.11.11Died:1598.12.26 (†53)Bishop of Bamberg (Germany) ([1591.12.14] 1593.06.06 – 1598.12.26) |
| Bishop Ernst von Mengersdorf (1583.11.21 – 1591.10.21)Born:1554.10.23 (Germany)Consecrated Bishop:1584.05.20Died:1591.10.21 (†36)Bishop of Bamberg (Germany) ([1583.09.02] 1583.11.21 – 1591.10.21) |
| Fr. Martin von Eyb (1581.03.15 – 1583.08.26)Born:1543.03 (Germany)Died:1594.08.27 (†51)Bishop of Bamberg (Germany) ([1580.10.11] 1581.03.15 – 1583.08.26) |
| Fr. Johann Georg Zobel von Giebelstadt (1578.01.29 – 1580.09.07)Bishop of Bamberg (Germany) ([1577.08.20] 1578.01.29 – 1580.09.07) |
| Bishop Veit von Würtzburg (1561.11.19 – 1577.07.08)Born:1519.06.15 (Germany)Ordained Priest:1566.04.13Consecrated Bishop:1566.04.28Died:1577.07.08 (†58)Bishop of Bamberg (Germany) ([1561.04.22] 1561.11.19 – 1577.07.08) |
| Bishop Georg Fuchs von Rügheim (1556.05.22 – 1561.03.22)Born:1519.02.06 (Germany)Ordained Priest:1557.11.14Consecrated Bishop:1557.11.28Died:1561.03.22 (†42)Coadjutor Bishop of Bamberg (Germany) ([1554.08.25] 1555.05.26 – 1556.05.22)Bishop of Bamberg (Germany) (1556.05.22 – 1561.03.22) |
| Bishop Weigand von Redwitz (1523.01.07 – 1556.05.20)Born:1476 (Germany)Consecrated Bishop:1523.08.30Died:1556.05.20 (†79)Bishop of Bamberg (Germany) ([1522.06.18] 1523.01.07 – 1556.05.20) |
| Bishop Georg Schenk von Limpurg (1505.04.18 – 1522.05.31)Born:1470 (Germany)Consecrated Bishop:1505.10.20Died:1522.05.31 (†51)Bishop of Bamberg (Germany) ([1505.02.13] 1505.04.18 – 1522.05.31) |
| Fr. Georg Marshalk von Ebenth (1503.12.11 – 1505.01.30)Bishop of Bamberg (Germany) ([1503.09.19] 1503.12.11 – 1505.01.30) |
| Fr. Veit Truchseß von Pommersfelden (1501.05.07 – 1503.09.07)Bishop of Bamberg (Germany) ([1501.04.03] 1501.05.07 – 1503.09.07) |
| Bishop Heinrich Groß von Trockau (1487.03.28 – 1501.03.30)Born: (Germany)Consecrated Bishop:1487.07.15Died:1501.03.30Bishop of Bamberg (Germany) ([1487.02.01] 1487.03.28 – 1501.03.30) |
| Bishop Philipp von Henneberg (1475.04.12 – 1487.01.26)Born: (Germany)Consecrated Bishop:1475.08.20Died:1487.01.26Bishop of Bamberg (Germany) ([1475.02.10] 1475.04.12 – 1487.01.26) |
| Bishop Georg von Schaumberg (1459.07.13 – 1475.02.04)Born: (Germany)Consecrated Bishop:1460.03Died:1475.02.04Bishop of Bamberg (Germany) ([1459.05.18] 1459.07.13 – 1475.02.04) |
| Bishop Anton von Rotenhan (1431.11.09 – 1459.05.05)Born:1391 (Germany)Consecrated Bishop:1432.08.24Died:1459.05.05 (†67)Bishop of Bamberg (Germany) ([1431.09] 1431.11.09 – 1459.05.05) |
| Bishop Friedrich von Aufsess (1421.09.21 – 1431)Born:1370Consecrated Bishop:1422.01.07Died:1440.02.26 (†69)Bishop of Bamberg (Germany) (1421.09.21 – 1431) |
| Bishop Albrecht von Wertheim (1399.03.14 – 1421.05.19)Consecrated Bishop:1400.02.09Died:1421.05.19Bishop of Bamberg (Germany) (1399.03.14 – 1421.05.19) |
| Bishop Lamprecht von Brunn (1374.04.28 – 1398) |
| Bishop Ludwig von Meissen (later Archbishop) (1366.06.05 – 1374.04.28)Bishop of Bamberg (Germany) (1366.06.05 – 1374.04.28)Metropolitan Archbishop of Mainz (Germany) (1374.04.28 – 1381.04.28)Metropolitan Archbishop of Magdeburg (Germany) (1381.04.28 – 1382.02.17) |
| Bishop Friedrich von Truhendingen (1364.01.10 – 1366.05.19)Bishop of Bamberg (Germany) (1364.01.10 – 1366.05.19) |
| Bishop Leopold of Bebenburg (1353.04.15 – 1363.10.22)Bishop of Bamberg (Germany) (1353.04.15 – 1363.10.22) |
| Bishop Friedrich von Hohenlohe (1344.10.20 – 1352.12.26)Bishop of Bamberg (Germany) (1344.10.20 – 1352.12.26) |
| Bishop Leopold von Egloffstein (1336.04.24 – 1344.06.27)Bishop of Bamberg (Germany) (1336.04.24 – 1344.06.27) |
| Bishop Werntho Schenk von Reicheneck (1329.05.08 – 1335.04.08)Bishop of Bamberg (Germany) (1329.05.08 – 1335.04.08) |
| Bishop Johannes (1328.04.26 – ?)Bishop of Bamberg (Germany) (1328.04.26 – ?) |
| Bishop Heinrich von Sternberg, O.P. (1324.07.04 – 1328.04.01)Bishop of Bamberg (Germany) (1324.07.04 – 1328.04.01) |
| Bishop Johann von Schlackenwert (1322.06.16 – 1323.12.23) |
| Bishop Wulfing von Stubenberg, O.P. (1304.01.31 – 1319.03.14)Bishop of Bamberg (Germany) (1304.01.31 – 1319.03.14) |
| Bishop Leopold von Grundlach (1297.03.21 – 1303.08.22)Bishop of Bamberg (Germany) (1297.03.21 – 1303.08.22) |
| Bishop Arnold von Solms (1286.05.15 – 1296.07.19)Bishop of Bamberg (Germany) (1286.05.15 – 1296.07.19) |
| Bishop Berthold von Leiningen (1259.01.11 – 1285.05.17)Bishop of Bamberg (Germany) (1259.01.11 – 1285.05.17) |
| Bishop Heinrich von Bilversheim, O.F.M. (1245.10.02 – 1257.09.17)Bishop of Bamberg (Germany) (1245.10.02 – 1257.09.17) |
| Bishop Poppo von Andechs (1238 – 1242 deposed)Bishop of Bamberg (Germany) (1238 – 1242 deposed) |
| Bishop Siegfried von Öttingen (1237 – 1238.11.19)Bishop of Bamberg (Germany) (1237 – 1238.11.19) |
| Bishop Eckbert von Andechs (1203.12.22 – 1237.06.05)Bishop of Bamberg (Germany) (1203.12.22 – 1237.06.05) |
| Bishop Konrad von Ergersheim (1202 – 1203.02.19)Bishop of Bamberg (Germany) (1202 – 1203.02.19) |
| Bishop Thimo von Lyskirch (1196.06 – 1202.10.16)Bishop of Bamberg (Germany) (1196.06 – 1202.10.16) |
| Bishop Otto von Andechs (1177 – 1196.05.02)Bishop of Bamberg (Germany) (1177 – 1196.05.02) |
| Bishop Hermann von Aurach (1172 – 1177.06.12)Bishop of Bamberg (Germany) (1172 – 1177.06.12) |
| Bishop Eberhard von Otelingen (1146 – 1172.07.15)Bishop of Bamberg (Germany) (1146 – 1172.07.15) |
| Bishop Egilbert (1139.10.20 – 1146.05.29)Bishop of Bamberg (Germany) (1139.10.20 – 1146.05.29) |
| Saint Bishop Otto von Mistelbach (1103.02 – 1139.06.30)Bishop of Bamberg (Germany) (1103.02 – 1139.06.30)Bishop. |
| Bishop Rupprecht (1075 – 1102.06.11)Bishop of Bamberg (Germany) (1075 – 1102.06.11) |
| Bishop Hermann von Formbach (1065 – ?)Bishop of Bamberg (Germany) (1065 – ?) |
| Bishop Günther (1057 – 1065.07.23)Bishop of Bamberg (Germany) (1057 – 1065.07.23) |
| Bishop Adalbero von Eppenstein (Adalbert di Carinzia) (1054 – 1057.02.14)Bishop of Bamberg (Germany) (1054 – 1057.02.14) |
| Bishop Hartwig von Bogen (1047 – 1053.11.06)Bishop of Bamberg (Germany) (1047 – 1053.11.06) |
| Bishop Suidger von Morsleben (later Pope Clement II) (1040 – 1046.12.24)Born:1005 (Hornburg, Germany)Ordained Priest:Consecrated Bishop:1040.12.28Elected as Supreme Pontiff:1046.12.24Installed as Supreme Pontiff:1046.12.25Died:1047.10.09 (Pesaro, Italy †41)Bishop of Bamberg (Germany) (1040 – 1046.12.24)Supreme Pontiff (1046.12.24 [1046.12.25] – 1047.10.09) |
| Bishop Eberhard von Abenberg (1007 – 1040.08.13)Born:973?Died:1040.08.13 (†66)Bishop of Bamberg (Germany) (1007 – 1040.08.13) |