Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Paderborn - Ordinaries

Ordinaries

• Dietrich Graf von Moers † (13 Apr 1415 Appointed - 24 Jan 1446 Resigned)
• Simon zur Lippe † (21 Feb 1463 Appointed - 7 Mar 1498 Died)
• Hermann Landgraf von Hessen † (7 Mar 1498 Succeeded - 19 Oct 1508 Died)
• Erich Herzog von Braunschweig-Grubenhagen † (17 Nov 1508 Appointed - 14 May 1532 Died)
• Rembert von Kerssenbrock † (26 Mar 1547 Appointed - 12 Feb 1568 Died)
• Johann Graf von Hoya zu Stolzenau † (22 Feb 1568 Appointed - 5 Apr 1574 Died)
• Salentin VII of Isenburg-Grenzau † (21 Apr 1574 Appointed - 5 Sep 1577 Resigned)
• Henry IV of Saxe-Lauenburg † ( 1577 Appointed - 3 May 1585 Died)
• Dietrich von Fürstenberg † (5 Jun 1585 Appointed - 4 Dec 1618 Died)
• Ferdinand of Bavaria † (13 Dec 1618 Succeeded - 13 Sep 1650 Died)
• Dietrich Adolf von Reck † (3 Nov 1650 Appointed - 30 Jan 1661 Died)
• Ferdinand Reichsfreiherr von Fürstenberg † (20 Apr 1661 Appointed - 26 Jun 1683 Died)
• Hermann Werner Reichsfreiherr von Wolf-Metternich zu Gracht † (15 Sep 1683 Appointed - 21 May 1704 Died)
• Franz Arnold Reichsfreiherr von Wolf-Metternich zur Gracht † (21 May 1704 Succeeded - 25 Dec 1718 Died)
• Clemens August of Bavaria † (27 Mar 1719 Appointed - 6 Feb 1761 Died)
• Wilhelm Anton Freiherr von der Asseburg zu Hinnenburg † (25 Jan 1763 Appointed - 26 Dec 1782 Died)
• Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Westphalen † (26 Dec 1782 Succeeded - 6 Jan 1789 Died)
• Franz Egon Freiherr von Fürstenberg † (6 Jan 1789 Succeeded - 11 Aug 1825 Died)
• Friedrich Klemens Freiherr von Ledebur † (10 Nov 1825 Appointed - 30 Aug 1841 Died)
• Richard Kornelius Dammers † (27 Nov 1841 Appointed - 11 Oct 1844 Died)
• Johann Franz Drepper † (11 Jan 1845 Appointed - 5 Nov 1855 Died)
• Konrad Martin † (29 Jan 1856 Appointed - 16 Jul 1879 Died)
• Franz Kaspar Drobe † (24 Mar 1882 Appointed - 7 Mar 1891 Died)
• Hubert Theophil Simar † (25 Jun 1891 Appointed - 24 Oct 1899 Appointed, Archbishop of Köln {Cologne})
• Wilhelm Schneider † (10 May 1900 Appointed - 31 Aug 1909 Died)
• Karl Joseph Schulte † (30 Nov 1909 Appointed - 8 Mar 1920 Appointed, Archbishop of Köln {Cologne})
• Kaspar Klein † (30 Apr 1920 Appointed - 26 Jan 1941 Died)
• Lorenz Jaeger † (29 May 1941 Appointed - 30 Jun 1973 Retired)
• Johannes Joachim Degenhardt † (15 Mar 1974 Appointed - 25 Jul 2002 Died)
• Hans-Josef Becker (3 Jul 2003 Appointed - )