| Bishops of Münster (Roman Rite) |
 Bishop Felix Genn (74)
(2008.12.19 – ...)
Bishop of Münster (Germany)
Annuntiamus vobis vitam | Born: | 1950.03.06 (Burgbrohl, Germany) | | Ordained Priest: | 1976.07.11 | | Consecrated Bishop: | 1999.05.30 |
| Priest of Trier (Germany) (1976.07.11 – 1999.04.16) Titular Bishop of Uzalis (1999.04.16 – 2003.04.04) Auxiliary Bishop of Trier (Germany) (1999.04.16 – 2003.04.04) Bishop of Essen (Germany) (2003.04.04 – 2008.12.19) Bishop of Münster (Germany) (2008.12.19 – ...) |
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Bishop Reinhard Lettmann
(1980.01.11 – 2008.03.28) Christo tuo venienti occurrentes | Born: | 1933.03.09 (Germany) | | Ordained Priest: | 1959.02.21 | | Consecrated Bishop: | 1973.02.24 | | Died: | 2013.04.16 († 80) |
| Titular Bishop of Rotaria (1973.01.18 – 1980.01.11) Auxiliary Bishop of Münster (Germany) (1973.01.18 – 1980.01.11) Bishop of Münster (Germany) (1980.01.11 – 2008.03.28) |
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Bishop Heinrich Tenhumberg
(1969.07.07 – 1979.09.16) Omnia Christo Regi sub tutela Matris | Born: | 1915.06.04 (Germany) | | Ordained Priest: | 1939.09.23 | | Consecrated Bishop: | 1958.07.20 | | Died: | 1979.09.16 († 64) |
| Titular Bishop of Thuburnica (1958.05.28 – 1969.07.07) Auxiliary Bishop of Münster (Germany) (1958.05.28 – 1969.07.07) Bishop of Münster (Germany) (1969.07.07 – 1979.09.16) |
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Bishop Joseph Höffner (later Cardinal)
(1962.07.09 – 1969.01.06) Justitia et caritas |
Bishop Michael Keller
(1947.07.19 – 1961.11.07) Iter para tutum | Born: | 1896.02.16 (Germany) | | Ordained Priest: | 1921.11.06 | | Consecrated Bishop: | 1947.10.28 | | Died: | 1961.11.07 († 65) |
| Bishop of Münster (Germany) (1947.07.19 – 1961.11.07) |
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Blessed Cardinal Clemens August von Galen
(1933.09.05 – 1946.03.22) Nec laudibus nec timore |
Archbishop Johannes Poggenburg
(1913.07.04 – 1933.01.05) Crux Christi nostra salus | Born: | 1862.05.12 (Germany) | | Ordained Priest: | 1889.06.15 | | Consecrated Bishop: | 1913.10.16 | | Died: | 1933.01.05 († 70) |
| Bishop of Münster (Germany) ([1913.05.07] 1913.07.04 – 1933.01.05) Titular Archbishop of Nicopsis (1930.08.29 – 1933.01.05) |
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Bishop Felix von Hartmann (later Cardinal)
(1911.07.27 – 1912.12.02) Nec temere nec timide | Born: | 1851.12.15 (Münster, Germany) | | Ordained Priest: | 1874.12.19 | | Consecrated Bishop: | 1911.10.26 | | Created Cardinal: | 1914.05.25 | | Died: | 1919.11.11 (Köln, Germany † 67) |
| Bishop of Münster (Germany) (1911.07.27 – 1912.12.02) Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (1912.12.02 – 1919.11.11) Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni a Porta Latina (1914.05.28 – 1919.11.11) |
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Bishop Hermann Jakob Dingelstad
(1889.12.30 – 1911.03.06) Per crucem ad lucem | Born: | 1835.03.02 (Germany) | | Ordained Priest: | 1859.06.22 | | Consecrated Bishop: | 1890.02.24 | | Died: | 1911.03.06 († 76) |
| Bishop of Münster (Germany) ([1889.08.15] 1889.12.30 – 1911.03.06) |
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Bishop Johannes Bernard Brinkmann
(1870.06.27 – 1889.04.13) | Born: | 1813.02.04 (Germany) | | Ordained Priest: | 1839.05.25 | | Consecrated Bishop: | 1870.10.04 | | Died: | 1889.04.13 († 76) |
| Bishop of Münster (Germany) ([1870.04.06] 1870.06.27 – 1889.04.13) |
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Bishop Johann Georg Müller
(1847.10.04 – 1870.01.19) | Born: | 1798.10.15 (Germany) | | Ordained Priest: | 1821.09.09 | | Consecrated Bishop: | 1845.01.12 | | Died: | 1870.01.19 († 71) |
| Titular Bishop of Thaumaci (1844.07.22 – 1847.10.04) Auxiliary Bishop of Trier (Germany) (1844.07.22 – 1847.10.04) Bishop of Münster (Germany) ([1847.07.01] 1847.10.04 – 1870.01.19) |
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Fr. Bernard Georg Kellermann
(1847.03.28 – 1847.03.29) | Born: | 1776.10.11 (Germany) | | Ordained Priest: | 1802.08.02 | | Died: | 1847.03.29 († 70) |
| Bishop of Münster (Germany) ([1846.12.10] 1847.03.28 – 1847.03.29) |
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Bishop Kaspar Max Droste zu Vischering
(1825.12.17 – 1846.08.03) | Born: | 1770.07.09 (Germany) | | Ordained Priest: | 1793.07.13 | | Consecrated Bishop: | 1795.09.06 | | Died: | 1846.08.03 († 76) |
| Titular Bishop of Hiericho (1795.06.01 – 1825.12.17) Auxiliary Bishop of Münster (Germany) (1795.06.01 – 1825.12.17) Bishop of Münster (Germany) ([1825.06.15] 1825.12.17 – 1846.08.03) |
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Bishop Ferdinand Hermann Maria von Lüninck
(1820.08.28 – 1825.03.18) | Born: | 1755.02.15 (Germany) | | Ordained Priest: | 1795.08.06 | | Consecrated Bishop: | 1795.09.06 | | Died: | 1825.03.18 († 70) |
| Bishop of Corvey (Germany) ([1794.12.16] 1795.06.01 – 1820.08.28) Bishop of Münster (Germany) (1820.08.28 – 1825.03.18) |
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Archbishop Maximilian Franz von Österreich
(1784.04.15 – 1801.07.29) | Born: | 1756.12.08 (Austria) | | Ordained Priest: | 1784.12.21 | | Consecrated Bishop: | 1785.05.08 | | Died: | 1801.07.29 († 44) |
| Coadjutor Archbishop of Köln (Germany) ([1780.08.07] 1780.09.29 – 1784.04.15) Coadjutor Bishop of Münster (Germany) ([1780.08.16] 1780.09.29 – 1784.04.15) Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (1784.04.15 – 1801.07.29) Bishop of Münster (Germany) (1784.04.15 – 1801.07.29) |
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Archbishop Maximilian Friedrich von Königsegg
(1762.12.20 – 1784.04.15) | Born: | 1708.05.13 (Germany) | | Ordained Priest: | 1756.03.28 | | Consecrated Bishop: | 1761.08.16 | | Died: | 1784.04.15 († 75) |
| Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) ([1761.04.06] 1761.07.13 – 1784.04.15) Bishop of Münster (Germany) ([1762.09.16] 1762.12.20 – 1784.04.15) |
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Archbishop Clemens August von Bayern
(1719.04.26 – 1761.02.06) | Born: | 1700.08.17 (Brussels, Belgium) | | Ordained Priest: | 1725.03.04 | | Consecrated Bishop: | 1727.11.09 | | Died: | 1761.02.06 († 60) |
| Bishop of Regensburg (Germany) ([1716.03.26] 1716.05.19 – 1719.04.26) Bishop of Münster (Germany) ([1719.03.26] 1719.04.26 – 1761.02.06) Bishop of Paderborn (Germany) ([1719.03.27] 1719.04.30 – 1761.02.06) Coadjutor Archbishop of Köln (Germany) ([1722.05.09] 1722.06.22 – 1723.12.11) Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (1723.12.11 – 1761.02.06) Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) ([1724.02.05] 1724.08.03 – 1761.02.06) Bishop of Osnabrück (Germany) ([1728.11.04] 1728.12.23 – 1761.02.06) |
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Bishop Franz Arnold Reichsfreiherr von Wolf-Metternich zur Gracht
(1707.06.08 – 1718.12.25) | Born: | 1658.05.09 (Germany) | | Ordained Priest: | 1703.08.26 | | Consecrated Bishop: | 1704.03.09 | | Died: | 1718.12.25 († 60) |
| Titular Bishop of Nicopolis (1703.12.17 – 1704.05.21) Coadjutor Bishop of Paderborn (Germany) ([1703.09.15] 1703.12.17 – 1704.05.21) Bishop of Paderborn (Germany) (1704.05.21 – 1718.12.25) Bishop of Münster (Germany) (1707.06.08 – 1718.12.25) |
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Bishop Ferdinand Reichsfreiherr von Fürstenberg
(1678.09.19 – 1683.06.26) | Born: | 1626.10.21 (Germany) | | Ordained Priest: | 1659.12.14 | | Consecrated Bishop: | 1661.06.06 | | Died: | 1683.06.26 († 56) |
| Bishop of Paderborn (Germany) ([1661.04.20] 1661.05.30 – 1683.06.26) Coadjutor Bishop of Münster (Germany) ([1667.07.19] 1668.04.20 – 1678.09.19) Bishop of Münster (Germany) (1678.09.19 – 1683.06.26) Vicar Apostolic of Nordens (Germany) (1680.09.02 – 1683.06.26) |
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Bishop Christoph Bernhard von Galen, O.S.B.
(1651.05.22 – 1678.09.19) |
Archbishop Ferdinand von Bayern (Ferdinand de Bavière)
(1612.02.18 – 1650.09.13) | Born: | 1577.10.07 (Germany) | | Died: | 1650.09.13 († 72) |
| Coadjutor Archbishop of Köln (Germany) ([1595.04.19] 1597.01.04 – 1612.02.17) Coadjutor Bishop of Liège (Belgium) ([1601] 1602.04.29 – 1612.02.17) Coadjutor Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) ([1611.01.02] 1611.05.18 – 1612.02.17) Coadjutor Bishop of Münster (Germany) (1611.08.05 – 1612.02.18) Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (1612.02.17 – 1650.09.13) Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) (1612.02.17 – 1650.09.13 not possessed) Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (1612.02.17 – 1650.09.13) Bishop of Münster (Germany) (1612.02.18 – 1650.09.13) Coadjutor Bishop of Paderborn (Germany) ([1612.02.10] 1612.07.05 – 1618.12.13) Bishop of Paderborn (Germany) (1618.12.13 – 1650.09.13) |
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Archbishop Ernst von Bayern (Ernest de Bavière)
(1585.11.27 – 1612.02.17) | Born: | 1554.12.17 (Germany) | | Ordained Priest: | 1577.06.19 | | Died: | 1612.02.17 († 57) |
| Bishop of Freising (Germany) ([1566.10.18] 1566.12.23 – 1612.02.17) Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) ([1573.03.07] 1573.10.04 – 1612.02.17) Bishop of Liège (Belgium) ([1581.01.30] 1581.04.03 – 1612.02.17) Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) ([1583.06.02] 1583.10.07 – 1612.02.17) Bishop of Münster (Germany) ([1585.05.18] 1585.11.27 – 1612.02.17) |
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Bishop Johann Graf von Hoya zu Stolzenau
(1567.07.25 – 1574.04.05) | Born: | 1529.04.18 (Germany) | | Ordained Priest: | 1567.10.04 | | Consecrated Bishop: | 1567.10.05 | | Died: | 1574.04.05 († 44) |
| Bishop of Osnabrück (Germany) ([1553.10.05] 1554.03.30 – 1574.04.05) Bishop of Münster (Germany) ([1566.10.26] 1567.07.25 – 1574.04.05) Bishop of Paderborn (Germany) ([1568.02.22] 1568.11.06 – 1574.04.05) |
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Bishop Franz Graf von Waldeck
(1532.08.16 – 1553.07.15) | Born: | 1491 | | Ordained Priest: | 1540.12.29 | | Consecrated Bishop: | 1541.01.01 | | Died: | 1553.07.15 († 61) |
| Bishop of Minden (Germany) ([1530.02.10] 1531.01.18 – 1553.04.23) Bishop of Münster (Germany) ([1532.06.01] 1532.08.16 – 1553.07.15) Bishop of Osnabrück (Germany) ([1532.06.11] 1532.08.16 – 1553.07.15) |
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Fr. Erich Herzog von Braunschweig-Grubenhagen
(1532.03.27 – 1532.05.14) | Born: | 1478 (Germany) | | Died: | 1532.05.14 († 53) |
| Bishop of Osnabrück (Germany) ([1508.03.06] 1508.09.06 – 1532.05.14) Bishop of Paderborn (Germany) ([1508.11.17] 1509.04.20 – 1532.05.14) Bishop of Münster (Germany) (1532.03.27 – 1532.05.14) |
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Bishop Erich von Sachsen-Lauenburg
(1508.02.24 – 1522.10.10) | Born: | 1472 | | Died: | 1522.10.10 († 49) |
| Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) (1502.05.21 – 1504) Bishop of Münster (Germany) (1508.02.24 – 1522.10.10) |
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Bishop Konrad Graf von Rietberg
(1497.04.18 – 1508.02.09) | Born: | 1456 | | Died: | 1508.02.09 († 51) |
| Bishop of Osnabrück (Germany) ([1482.07.13] 1482.11.11 – 1508.02.09) Bishop of Münster (Germany) (1497.04.18 – 1508.02.09) |
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Bishop Walram von Moers
(1450.10.14 – 1456.10.03) | Born: | 1393 (Germany) | | Died: | 1456.10.03 († 62) |
| Bishop of Münster (Germany) ([1450.07.15] 1450.10.14 – 1456.10.03) |
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Bishop Heinrich Graf von Moers
(1425.03.14 – 1450.06.02) | Bishop of Münster (Germany) ([1424] 1425.03.14 – 1450.06.02) Apostolic Administrator of Osnabrück (Germany) (1442.01.24 – 1450.06.02) |
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Bishop Ottone di Hoya
(1392.06.10 – 1424.10.04) | Bishop of Münster (Germany) (1392.06.10 – 1424.10.04) Apostolic Administrator of Osnabrück (Germany) (1410.07.15 – 1424.10.04) |
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Bishop Inderico Lupo di Lüdinghausen
(1381.04.28 – 1392.04.09) | Bishop of Münster (Germany) (1381.04.28 – 1392.04.09) |
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Bishop Johann Potho von Pothenstein
(1379.04.09 – 1381) |
Bishop Floris van Wevelinkhoven
(1364.04.24 – 1379.11.07) |
Bishop Jan van Virneburg (Giovanni di Virneburg)
(1363.06.21 – 1364.04.24) |
Bishop Adolf von Mark (later Archbishop)
(1357.11.06 – 1363.06.21) Bishop of Münster (Germany) (1357.11.06 – 1363.06.21) Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (1363.06.21 – 1364.04.15) |
Bishop Ludovico d’Assia
(1310.03.18 – 1357.08.18) | Bishop of Münster (Germany) (1310.03.18 – 1357.08.18) |
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Bishop Ottone di Rietberg
(1301.04.28 – 1306.10.18) | Bishop of Münster (Germany) (1301.04.28 – 1306.10.18) |
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Bishop Everardo di Diest
(1275.04.20 – 1301.04.05) | Bishop of Münster (Germany) (1275.04.20 – 1301.04.05) |
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Bishop Gerardo de la Marca
(1261.01.27 – 1272.08.11) | Bishop of Münster (Germany) (1261.01.27 – 1272.08.11) |
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Bishop Guglielmo di Holte
(1259 – 1260.12.30) | Bishop of Münster (Germany) (1259 – 1260.12.30) |
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Bishop Ottone di Lippe
(1248.11.01 – 1259.06.21) | Bishop of Münster (Germany) (1248.11.01 – 1259.06.21) |
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Bishop Ludolfo di Holte
(1227 – 1248.06.10) | Bishop of Münster (Germany) (1227 – 1248.06.10) |
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Bishop Teodorico di Isenberg
(1218.07.22 – 1226 deposed) Bishop of Münster (Germany) (1218.07.22 – 1226 deposed) |
Bishop Ottone di Oldenburg
(1204 – 1218.03.06) | Bishop of Münster (Germany) (1204 – 1218.03.06) |
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Bishop Ermanno di Katzenelnbogen
(1173 – 1203.06.08) | Bishop of Münster (Germany) (1173 – 1203.06.08) |
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Bishop Ludovico di Wippra
(1169.11.13 – 1173.12.26) | Bishop of Münster (Germany) (1169.11.13 – 1173.12.26) |
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Bishop Federico di Are
(1152 – 1168.12.29) | Bishop of Münster (Germany) (1152 – 1168.12.29) |
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Bishop Werner di Steußlingen
(1132 – 1151.12.07) | Bishop of Münster (Germany) (1132 – 1151.12.07) |
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Bishop Egberto
(1127 – 1132.01.09) | Bishop of Münster (Germany) (1127 – 1132.01.09) |
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Bishop Teodorico di Winzenburg
(1118 – 1127.02.28) | Bishop of Münster (Germany) (1118 – 1127.02.28) |
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Bishop Burcardo di Holte
(1097 – 1118.03.19) | Bishop of Münster (Germany) (1097 – 1118.03.19) |
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Bishop Erpho
(1085 – 1097.11.09) | Bishop of Münster (Germany) (1085 – 1097.11.09) |
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Bishop Federico
(1063 – 1084.04.18) | Bishop of Münster (Germany) (1063 – 1084.04.18) |
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Bishop Rudberto
(1042 – 1063.11.16) | Bishop of Münster (Germany) (1042 – 1063.11.16) |
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Bishop Ermanno
(1032 – 1042.07.22) | Bishop of Münster (Germany) (1032 – 1042.07.22) |
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Bishop Sigfrido di Walbeck
(1022 – 1032.11.27) | Bishop of Münster (Germany) (1022 – 1032.11.27) |
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Bishop Teodorico
(1011 – 1022.01.23) | Bishop of Münster (Germany) (1011 – 1022.01.23) |
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Bishop Suidgero
(993 – 1011.11.19) | Bishop of Münster (Germany) (993 – 1011.11.19) |
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Bishop Dodo
(969 – 993) | Bishop of Münster (Germany) (969 – 993) |
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Bishop Hildebold
(941 – 967.11.17) | Bishop of Münster (Germany) (941 – 967.11.17) |
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Bishop Rumhold
(922 – 941.06.19) | Bishop of Münster (Germany) (922 – 941.06.19) |
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Bishop Nidhard
(899? – 922.05.26) | Bishop of Münster (Germany) (899? – 922.05.26) |
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Bishop Wolfhelm
(882? – 892.07.07) | Bishop of Münster (Germany) (882? – 892.07.07) |
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Bishop Berthold
(871 – 875.03.24) | Bishop of Münster (Germany) (871 – 875.03.24) |
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Saint Bishop Liutbert
(849 – 871.04.27) | Bishop of Münster (Germany) (849 – 871.04.27) Bishop. |
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Bishop Altfried
(839 – 849.04.22) | Bishop of Münster (Germany) (839 – 849.04.22) |
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Bishop Gerfried
(809 – 839.09.12) | Bishop of Münster (Germany) (809 – 839.09.12) |
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Saint Bishop Liudger
(791 – 809.03.26) | Died: | 809.03.26 | | Feast: | 03.26 |
| Bishop of Münster (Germany) (791 – 809.03.26) Bishop. |
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Bishop Christoph Hegge (62)
Bishop Dieter Geerlings (77) (2010.05.31 – 2017.11.24)
Bishop Werner Thissen (85) (later Archbishop) (1999.04.16 – 2002.11.22)
Dom St. Paulus, Münster, Nordrhein-Westfalen 
Basilika St. Ida, Lippetal-Herzfeld, Nordrhein-Westfalen 
