| Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|
| 5 February 1818 to 29 January 1824 | Joseph Graf von Stubenberg | Bishop of Eichstätt; confirmed 6 Apr 1818; died in office |
| 10 March 1824 to 17 January 1842 | Joseph Maria Johann Nepomuk Freiherr von Fraunberg | Bishop of Augsburg; confirmed 24 May 1824; died in office |
| 24 February 1842 to 9 January 1858 | Bonifaz Kaspar von Urban | Auxiliary Bishop of München and Freising, Munich; confirmed 25 May 1842; installed 24 July 1842; died in office |
| 17 June 1858 to 4 January 1875 | Michael von Deinlein | Bishop of Augsburg; confirmed 17 September 1858; installed 10 November 1858; died in office |
| 31 May 1875 to 23 May 1890 | Friedrich von Schreiber | Priest of Augsburg; confirmed 5 July 1875; ordained 5 September 1875; died in office |
| 26 August 1890 to 25 January 1905 | Joseph von Schork | Priest of Würzburg; confirmed 6 May 1891; ordained 24 May 1891; died in office |
| 30 January 1905 to 23 April 1912 | Friedrich Philipp von Abert | Priest of Würzburg; confirmed 27 March 1905; ordained 1 May 1905; died in office |
| 4 May 1912 to 23 January 1943 | Jacobus von Hauck | Priest of Würzburg; confirmed 18 June 1912; died in office |
| 24 January 1943 to 29 March 1955 | Joseph Otto Kolb | Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg; installed 9 May 1943; died in office |
| 16 May 1955 to 30 July 1976 | Josef Schneider | Priest of Bamberg; ordained 13 July 1955; resigned |
| 27 May 1977 to 31 March 1994 | Elmar Maria Kredel | Priest of Bamberg; ordained 2 July 1977; resigned |
| 25 March 1995 to 2 July 2001 | Karl Heinrich Braun | Bishop of Eichstätt; installed 25 May 1995; resigned |
| 28 June 2002 to 1 November 2022 | Ludwig Schick | Auxiliary Bishop of Fulda |
| 9 December 2023 to present | Herwig Gössl | Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg |
