List of bishops of Metz

• Clement of Metz (c. 280–300) • Celestius • Felix I • Patient • Victor I 344–346 • Victor II • Simeon • Sambace • Rufus of Metz • Adelphus • Firmin • Legonce • Auctor c. 451 • Expiece • Urbice of Metz • Bonole • Terence • Consolin • Romanus c. 486 • Phronimius to 497 • Grammatius 497?–512 ==From 500 to 1000==

• Agatimber 512?–535 • Hesperius 525–542 • Villicus 542–568 • Peter 568?–578 • Aigulf or Agilulf 590 or 591–601 • Gondulf 591-??? (he was probably only a chorbishop). • Arnoald or Arnual or Arnoldus 601–609 or 611 • Pappolus 609?–614 • Arnulf 614–629 (Arnulfing) • Goericus 629–644 • Godo 641?–652? • Chlodulf, son of Arnulf, 652?–693? (Arnulfing) • Albo 696–707 • Aptatus 707-715 • Felix II 715–716 • Sigibald 716–741 • Chrodegang 742–766 • Angilram 768–791 • Gundulf 819 to 7 September 822 • Drogo 823–8 December 855 • Adventius 858 to 31 August 875 • Wala 876 to 12 April 882 • Robert I 883 to 2 January 916 • Wigerich 917 to 19 February 927 • 927–929 • Adalbero I of Bar 929 to 26 April 962 • Dietrich I 964 to 7 September 984 • Adalbero II of Upper Lorraine 984 to 14 December 1005 ==Prince-bishops (c. 1000 to 1648)==

• Dietrich II of Luxembourg 1006 to 30 April 1047 • Adalbero III of Luxembourg 1047 to 13 November 1072 • Hermann 1073 to 4 May 1090 • Walo 1085, imperial anti-bishop in opposition to Hermann • 1085–1088, imperial anti-bishop in opposition to Hermann • Bouchard 1090 • Poppo of Luxembourg 1090–1103 • Adalbero IV 1090–1117 • Theoger of Saint George 1118 to 29 April 1120 • Etienne de Bar 1120 to 29 December 1163 • Dietrich III of Bar 1164 to 8 August 1171 • Hugo of Clermont 1171 • Friedrich of Pluyvoise 1171–1173 • Dietrich IV of Lorraine 1173–1179 • Bertram 1180 to 6 April 1212 (1178-1179 archbishop of Bremen) • Conrad III of Scharfenberg 1212 to 24 March 1224 • Johann of Aspremont 1224 to 10 December 1238 • Jacob of Lorraine 1239 to 24 October 1260 • Philip of Lorraine-Florenges 1261–1264 • Wilhelm of Traisnel 1264 to 4 January 1269 • Lorenz of Leistenberg 1270–1279 • John of Flanders 1280 to 31 October 1282 • Burkhard of Avesnes-Hennegau 1282 to 29 November 1296 • Gerhard of Rehlingen 1297 to 30 June 1302 • Reginald of Bar 1302–1316 • Henri, Dauphin of Viennois 1316 to 24 November 1324 • Louis of Poitiers-Valentinois 1325–1327 • Ademar of Monteil 1327 to 12 May 1361 • Johann III of Vienne 1361–1365 • Dietrich V Bayer of Boppard 1365 to 18 January 1384 • Peter of Luxemburg 1384 to 2 July 1387 • Rudolf of Coucy 1388–1415 • Conrad II Bayer of Boppard 1416 to 20 April 1459 • George of Baden 1459 to 11 October 1484 • Henri of Lorraine-Vaudemont 1484 to 28 October 1505 • John, Cardinal of Lorraine 1505–1543 • Nicholas, Duke of Mercœur 1543–1548 • John, Cardinal of Lorraine 1548 to 19 May 1550 • Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine 1550 to 18 May 1551 • Robert de Lenoncourt 1551 to 25 September 1553 • François Beaucaire de Péguillon 1555–1568 • Louis I, Cardinal of Guise 1568 to 28 March 1578 • Charles III de Lorraine-Vaudémont 1578 to 24 November 1607 • Anne d'Escars de Givry 1608 to 19 April 1612 • Henri de Bourbon, duc de Verneuil 1612–1652 ==1652–present==

• Jules Mazarin 1652–1658 • Franz Egon of Fürstenberg 1658–1663 • Wilhelm Egon von Fürstenberg 1663–1668 • Georges d'Aubusson de la Feuillade 1669–1697 • Henri Charles du Cambout de Coislin 1697–1732 • Claude-Charles de Rouvroy 1733–1760 • Louis-Jean 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 Fleck 1886–1899 • Willibrord Benzler 1901–1919 • Jean-Baptiste Pelt 1919–1937 • Joseph-Jean Heintz 1938–1958 • Paul-Joseph Schmitt 1958–1987 • Pierre Raffin 1987–2013 • Jean-Christophe Lagleize 2013–2021 • Philippe Ballot 2022– present ==Notes==