| Tenure |
Incumbent |
Notes |
| 9 May 1802 to 13 August 1809 |
Marc Antoine Berdolet |
Installed 25 July 1802; died in office |
| 1825 |
Diocese abolished |
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| 1931 |
Diocese re-established |
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| 30 January 1931 to 5 October 1937 |
Joseph Vogt |
Ordained 19 March 1931; installed 25 March 1931; died in office |
| 7 September 1943 to 19 May 1954 |
Johannes Joseph van der Velden |
Priest of Köln Cologne; ordained 10 October 1943; died in office |
| 30 August 1954 to 13 December 1974 |
Johannes Pohlschneider |
Priest of Münster; ordained 18 November 1954; retired |
| 9 September 1975 to 23 January 1994 |
Klaus Hemmerle |
Priest of Freiburg im Breisgau; Ordained 8 November 1975; died in office |
| 12 December 1994 to present |
Heinrich Mussinghoff |
Priest of Münster; Ordained 11 February 1995 |
| Tenure |
Incumbent |
Notes |
| 2006 to present |
Johannes Bündgens |
Ordained 20 May 2006 |
| 2003 to present |
Karl Borsch |
Ordained 17 January 2004 |
| 1987 to 2006 |
Karl Reger |
Ordained 7 February 1987, retired 15 March 2006 |
| 1981 to 1986 |
Augustus Peters |
Ordained 6 April 1981, died 3 May 1986 |
| 1978 to 1980 |
Maximilian Goffart |
Ordained 18 February 1978, died 17 July 1980 |
| 1970 to 2003 |
Ernst Franz Gerd Werner Dicke |
Ordained 11 April 1970, retired 21 November 2003 |
| 1961 to 1979 |
Joseph Ludwig Buchkremer |
Ordained 21 December 1961, retired 4 October 1979 |
| 1938 to 1969 |
Friedrich Hünermann |
Ordained 3 December 1938, died 15 February 1969 |
| 1931 to 1943 |
Hermann Joseph Sträter |
Ordained 16 October 1931, became Apostolic Administrator 15 May 1938, died 16 March 1943 |