Herwig Gössl (born 1967) is a German clergyman of the Catholic Church who has served as the Archbishop of Bamberg since 2023.

A native of Munich, he held several appointments in the same archdiocese, including as the vice-rector of its seminary, before becoming an auxiliary bishop in 2014.

After the resignation as archbishop of Ludwig Schick in 2022, Gössl initially led the archdiocese as a diocesan administrator.

[2] When Ludwig Schick resigned from the office of archbishop in November 2022, Gössl was elected diocesan administrator and led the Archdiocese of Bamberg during the resulting vacancy.

Along with a minority of bishops including Stefan Oster, the Bishop of Passau, Gössl rejected a fundamental document prepared by the commission due to disagreements with the wording including on the "tendency to abolish the bipolarity of genders" (German: "die Tendenz, die Bipolarität der Geschlechter aufzuheben").