List of bishops of Metz

The following people were bishops and prince-bishops of the Diocese of Metz:

3rd to 5th century

• Clemens (ca. 280-300 )
• Coelestis
• Felix I.
• Patientive
• Victor I. 344-346
• Victor II
• Simeon 350-380
• Sambatius
• Rufus
• Adelphus
• Firminus
• Legontius
• Auctor approximately 451
• Explecius
• Urbicius
• Bonolius
• Terentius
• Consolinus
• Romanus approximately 486
• Phronimius to 497

6th and 7th centuries

• Grammatius 497? -512
• Agatimber 512? -535
• Hesperius 525-542
• Villicus 542-568
• Peter 568? -578
• Aigulf 590-601
• Arnual 601-609
• Pappolus 609? -614
• Arnulf 614-629 ( Arnulf Inger )
• Goericus 629-643
• Godo 641? -652?
• Chlodulf, son of Arnulf, 652? -693? ( Arnulf Inger )
• Abbo II 696-707

8th and 9th centuries

• Aptatus 707-715
• Felix II 715-716
• Sigibald 716-741
• Chrodegang 742-766 (see Robertiner )
• Angilram 768-791
• Gondulf 819 to 7 September 822
• Drogo 823 to 8 December 855 ( Carolingian )
• Adventius 858 to 31 August 875
• Wala 876 to 12 April 882

10th and 11th centuries

• Robert I. 883 to 2 January 916
• Wigerich 917 to 19 February 927
• Benno von Einsiedeln 927-929
• Adalbero I of Bar 929-962
• Dietrich I. 964 to 7 September 984 (probably from the family of Ezzonen )
• Adalbero II of Upper Lorraine 984 until December 14, 1005
• Dietrich II of Luxembourg 1006 to April 30, 1047
• Adalbero III. of Luxembourg 1047 to November 13, 1072
• Hermann 1073 to May 4, 1090
• Bruno von Calw 1088-1089 ( imperial anti-bishop )
• Burkhard 1090

12th and 13th centuries

• Poppo 1090-1103, brother of Henry II of Laach ( Wigeriche )
• Adalbero IV 1090-1117
• Theoger of Sankt Georgen 1118 to April 29, 1120
• Stephan von Bar 1120 to December 29, 1163 (House Scarponnois )
• Dietrich III. Bar in 1164 to 8 August 1171 ( House Scarponnois )
• Hugh of Clermont, 1171 Elect
• Friedrich von Pluyvoise 1171-1173
• Dietrich IV of Lorraine 1174-1179
• Bertram 1180 to April 6, 1212
• Konrad I von Scharfenberg 1212 to December 12, 1224
• John I of Apremont 1224 to December 10, 1238
• Jakob von Lothringen 1239 to October 24, 1260
• Philip of Flörchingen 1261-1264
• William of Traisnel 1264 to January 4, 1269
• Lorenz von strips Mountain 1270-1279
• John II of Flanders 1280 to October 31, 1282
• Burchard of Avesnes 1282 to November 29, 1296 (House of Avesnes )

14th and 15th centuries

• Gérard de Rhéninghe 1297-1302
• Reginald of Bar 1302-1316 (House Scarponnois )
• Henri de la Tour -du-Pin 1316 to November 24, 1324 (House of La Tour-du- Pin)
• Ludwig I of Poitiers 1325-1327 (House Poitiers - Valentinois )
• Adhemar de Monteil 1327 to May 12, 1361
• Johann III. of Vienne 1361-1365
• Dietrich v. Bayer of Boppard 1365 to January 18, 1384
• Peter of Luxembourg 1384 to July 2, 1387
• Rudolf von Coucy 1388-1415 (House Ghent)
• Conrad II Bayer of Boppard 1415 to April 20, 1459
• Georg von Baden 1459 to October 11, 1484

16th and 17th centuries

• Henri de Lorraine - Vaudémont 1484 to October 28, 1505
• Cardinal Jean de Lorraine 1505-1543
• Nicolas de Lorraine, duc de Mercœur 1543-1548
• Cardinal Jean de Lorraine 1548 to May 19, 1550
• Charles Cardinal de Lorraine - Guise 1550 to May 18, 1551
• Robert ( II ) Cardinal de Lenoncourt 1551 to September 25, 1553
• Konrad 1555
• François de Beaucaire Péguillon 1555-1568
• Louis (I.) Cardinal de Lorraine - Guise 1568 to March 28, 1578 ( 1568 pers title Archbishop )
• Charles Cardinal de Lorraine 1578 to November 24, 1607
• Anne Cardinal de Perusse d' Escars 1608 to April 19, 1612
• Henri de Bourbon, duc de Verneuil 1612-1652 (last Prince Bishop )
• Jules Cardinal Mazarin 1652-1658
• Franz Egon of Fürstenberg 1658-1663
• Wilhelm Egon von Furstenberg 1663-1668
• Georges d' Aubusson de La Feuillade 1669-1697 (since 1668 Archbishop title )

18th century to today

• Henri Charles du Cambout de Coislin 1697-1732
• Claude de Saint Simon 1733-1760
• Louis -Joseph Cardinal 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 spot 1886-1899
• Willibrord Benzlers 1901-1919
• Jean -Baptiste Pelt 1919-1937
• Joseph -Jean Heintz 1938-1958
• Paul Joseph Schmitt 1958-1987
• Pierre Raffin 1987-2013
• Jean -Christophe Lagleize Since 2013

Swell

• Ernst Friedrich Mooyer: lists of German bishops since the year 800 AD Born, Minden 1854, pp. 68-69

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