Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Köln

Germany Germany

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Köln (Deutsch) / Cologne (English) / Colonia (Italiano) / Colonien(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Aachen, Essen, Limburg, Münster, Trier

Neighbouring Dioceses: Aachen (←), Essen (↑), Paderborn (→), Limburg (↘), Trier (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Website:

Celebrations

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: September 27

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

Contact Info

Address: Marzellenstr. 32, 50668 Köln, Germany

Phone: (0221) 1642-0

Papal Visits

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2014.07.11 – ...):Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki (69)Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki (69)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Maria Vianney

Auxiliary Bishop (2012.02.24 – ...):Bishop Dominik Schwaderlapp (59)Bishop Dominik Schwaderlapp (59)

Titular Bishop of Frigento

Auxiliary Bishop (2013.06.14 – ...):Bishop Ansgar Puff (70)Bishop Ansgar Puff (70)

Titular Bishop of Gordus

Auxiliary Bishop (2015.12.11 – ...):Bishop Rolf Steinhäuser (74)Bishop Rolf Steinhäuser (74)

Titular Bishop of Thuburnica

Monsignors (405)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Köln (Roman Rite)

Bishop Rolf Steinhäuser (74)Bishop Rolf Steinhäuser (74)
(Apostolic Administrator sede plena 2021.10.12 – 2022.03.02)

Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki (69)Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki (69)
(2014.07.11 – ...)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Maria Vianney
Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany)

Nos sumus testes

Born:1956.08.18 (Köln, Germany)
Ordained Priest:1985.06.14
Consecrated Bishop:2003.03.30
Created Cardinal:2012.02.18

Priest of Köln (Germany) (1985.06.14 – 2003.02.24)

Chaplain of His Holiness (1999.11.21 – 2003.02.24)

Titular Bishop of Scampa (2003.02.24 – 2011.07.02)

Auxiliary Bishop of Köln (Germany) (2003.02.24 – 2011.07.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Berlin (Germany) (2011.07.02 – 2014.07.11)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Maria Vianney (2012.02.18 [2012.06.30] – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (2014.07.11 – ...)

Cardinal Joachim Meisner
(1988.12.20 – 2014.02.28)

Spes nostra firma

Born:1933.12.25 (Breslau-Lissa, Germany)
Ordained Priest:1962.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:1975.05.17
Created Cardinal:1983.02.02
Died:2017.07.05 (Bad Füssing, Germany † 83)

Priest of Erfurt–Meiningen (Germany) (1962.12.22 – 1975.03.17)

Titular Bishop of Vina (1975.03.17 – 1980.04.22)

Auxiliary Bishop of Erfurt–Meiningen (Germany) (1975.03.17 – 1980.04.22)

Bishop of Berlin (Germany) (1980.04.22 – 1988.12.20)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pudenziana (1983.02.02 – 2017.07.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (1988.12.20 – 2014.02.28)

Member of Council of Cardinals for the Study of Organisational and Economic Problems of the Apostolic See (1995.11.06 – 2014.02.24)

Cardinal Joseph Höffner
(1969.02.24 – 1987.09.14)

Justitia et caritas

Born:1906.12.24 (Horhausen, Germany)
Ordained Priest:1932.10.30
Consecrated Bishop:1962.09.14
Created Cardinal:1969.04.28
Died:1987.10.16 (Köln, Germany † 80)

Priest of Trier (Germany) (1932.10.30 – 1962.07.09)

Bishop of Münster (Germany) (1962.07.09 – 1969.01.06)

Titular Archbishop of Aquileia (1969.01.06 – 1969.02.24)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (1969.01.06 – 1969.02.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (1969.02.24 – 1987.09.14)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Andrea della Valle (1969.04.30 – 1987.10.16)

President of German Episcopal Conference (1976 – 1987.10.16)

Cardinal Joseph Frings
(1942.05.01 – 1969.02.10)

Pro hominibus constitutus

Born:1887.02.06 (Neuss, Germany)
Ordained Priest:1910.08.10
Consecrated Bishop:1942.06.21
Created Cardinal:1946.02.18
Died:1978.12.17 (Köln, Germany † 91)

Priest of Köln (Germany) (1910.08.10 – 1942.05.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (1942.05.01 – 1969.02.10)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni a Porta Latina (1946.02.22 – 1978.12.17)

President of German Episcopal Conference (1958 – 1966)

Cardinal Karl Joseph Schulte
(1920.03.08 – 1941.03.11)

In obsequium Christi

Born:1871.09.14 (Haus Valbert, Germany)
Ordained Priest:1895.03.22
Consecrated Bishop:1910.03.19
Created Cardinal:1921.03.07
Died:1941.03.11 (Köln, Germany † 69)

Priest of Paderborn (Germany) (1895.03.22 – 1909.11.30)

Bishop of Paderborn (Germany) (1909.11.30 – 1920.03.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (1920.03.08 – 1941.03.11)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Quattro Coronati (1921.03.10 – 1941.03.11)

Cardinal Felix von Hartmann
(1912.12.02 – 1919.11.11)

Nec temere nec timide

Born:1851.12.15 (Münster, Germany)
Ordained Priest:1874.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:1911.10.26
Created Cardinal:1914.05.25
Died:1919.11.11 (Köln, Germany † 67)

Priest of Münster (Germany) (1874.12.19 – 1911.07.27)

Bishop of Münster (Germany) (1911.07.27 – 1912.12.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (1912.12.02 – 1919.11.11)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni a Porta Latina (1914.05.28 – 1919.11.11)

Cardinal Anton Hubert Fischer
(1903.02.14 – 1912.07.30)

Omnibus prodesse obesse nimini

Born:1840.05.30 (Jülich, Germany)
Ordained Priest:1863.09.02
Consecrated Bishop:1889.05.01
Created Cardinal:1903.06.22
Died:1912.07.30 (Bad Neuenahr, Germany † 72)

Priest of Köln (Germany) (1863.09.02 – 1889.02.14)

Titular Bishop of Iuliopolis (1889.02.14 – 1903.02.14)

Auxiliary Bishop of Köln (Germany) (1889.02.14 – 1903.02.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (1903.02.14 – 1912.07.30)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo (1903.06.25 – 1912.07.30)

Archbishop Hubert Theophil Simar
(1899.12.14 – 1902.05.24)

Born:1835.12.14 (Eupen, Germany)
Ordained Priest:1859.05.02
Consecrated Bishop:1892.02.25
Died:1902.05.24 († 66)

Priest of Köln (Germany) (1859.05.02 – 1891.12.17)

Bishop of Paderborn (Germany) ([1891.06.25] 1891.12.17 – 1899.12.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) ([1899.10.24] 1899.12.14 – 1902.05.24)

Cardinal Philipp Krementz
(1885.06.30 – 1899.05.06)

Caritas urget

Born:1819.12.01 (Koblenz, Germany)
Ordained Priest:1842.08.27
Consecrated Bishop:1868.05.03
Created Cardinal:1893.01.16
Died:1899.05.06 (Köln, Germany † 79)

Priest of Trier (Germany) (1842.08.27 – 1867.12.20)

Bishop of Warmia (Poland) (1867.12.20 – 1885.06.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (1885.06.30 – 1899.05.06)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Crisogono (1893.01.19 – 1899.05.06)

Archbishop Paul Melchers, S.J. (later Cardinal)
(1866.01.08 – 1885.07.03)

Born:1813.01.06 (Münster, Germany)
Ordained Priest:1841.06.05
Consecrated Bishop:1858.04.20
Created Cardinal:1885.07.27
Died:1895.12.14 (Roma, Italy † 82)

Bishop of Osnabrück (Germany) (1857.08.03 – 1866.01.08)

Pro-Vicar Apostolic of Nordic Missions (Germany) (1857.08.03 – 1866.01.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (1866.01.08 – 1885.07.03)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Stefano al Monte Celio (1885.07.30 – 1895.12.14)

Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals (1889.12.30 – 1891)

Cardinal Johannes von Geissel
(1845.10.19 – 1864.09.08)

Quæ cæsaris cæsari-sed et quæ Dei Deo

Born:1796.02.05 (Gimmeldingen, Germany)
Ordained Priest:1818.08.22
Consecrated Bishop:1837.08.13
Created Cardinal:1850.09.30
Died:1864.09.08 (Köln, Germany † 68)

Priest of Speyer (Germany) (1818.08.22 – 1837.05.19)

Bishop of Speyer (Germany) ([1836.09.20] 1837.05.19 – 1841.09.24)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (1841.09.24 – 1845.10.19)

Titular Archbishop of Iconium (1842.05.23 – 1845.10.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (1845.10.19 – 1864.09.08)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Panisperna (1857.03.19 – 1864.09.08)

Archbishop Clemens August Droste zu Vischering
(1836.02.01 – 1845.10.19)

Born:1773.01.21 (Vorheim, Germany)
Ordained Priest:1798.05.14
Consecrated Bishop:1827.10.28
Died:1845.10.19 († 72)

Priest of Münster (Germany) (1798.05.14 – 1827.04.09)

Titular Bishop of Calama (1827.04.09 – 1836.02.01)

Auxiliary Bishop of Münster (Germany) (1827.04.09 – 1836.02.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) ([1835.12.01] 1836.02.01 – 1845.10.19)

Archbishop Ferdinand August von Spiegel
(1824.12.24 – 1835.08.02)

Born:1764.12.25 (Canstein, Germany)
Ordained Priest:1799.12.06
Consecrated Bishop:1825.06.11
Died:1835.08.02 († 70)

Priest of Köln (Germany) (1799.12.06 – 1824.12.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (1824.12.24 – 1835.08.02)

Archbishop Maximilian Franz von Österreich
(1784.04.15 – 1801.07.29)

Born:1756.12.08 (Wien, Austria)
Ordained Priest:1784.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:1785.05.08
Died:1801.07.29 († 44)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Köln (Germany) ([1780.08.07] 1780.09.29 – 1784.04.15)

Coadjutor Bishop of Münster (Germany) ([1780.08.16] 1780.09.29 – 1784.04.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (1784.04.15 – 1801.07.29)

Bishop of Münster (Germany) (1784.04.15 – 1801.07.29)

Archbishop Maximilian Friedrich von Königsegg
(1761.07.13 – 1784.04.15)

Born:1708.05.13 (Köln, Germany)
Ordained Priest:1756.03.28
Consecrated Bishop:1761.08.16
Died:1784.04.15 (Wien, Austria † 75)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) ([1761.04.06] 1761.07.13 – 1784.04.15)

Bishop of Münster (Germany) ([1762.09.16] 1762.12.20 – 1784.04.15)

Archbishop Clemens August von Bayern
(1723.12.11 – 1761.02.06)

Born:1700.08.17 (Brussels, Belgium)
Ordained Priest:1725.03.04
Consecrated Bishop:1727.11.09
Died:1761.02.06 (Koblenz, Germany † 60)

Bishop of Regensburg (Germany) ([1716.03.26] 1716.05.19 – 1719.04.26)

Bishop of Münster (Germany) ([1719.03.26] 1719.04.26 – 1761.02.06)

Bishop of Paderborn (Germany) ([1719.03.27] 1719.04.30 – 1761.02.06)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Köln (Germany) ([1722.05.09] 1722.06.22 – 1723.12.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (1723.12.11 – 1761.02.06)

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) ([1724.02.05] 1724.08.03 – 1761.02.06)

Bishop of Osnabrück (Germany) ([1728.11.04] 1728.12.23 – 1761.02.06)

Archbishop Joseph Clemens von Bayern (Joseph-Clément de Bavière)
(1688.09.20 – 1723.12.11)

Candore et constantia

Born:1671.12.05 (München, Germany)
Ordained Priest:1706.12.24
Consecrated Bishop:1707.05.01
Died:1723.12.11 (Bonn, Germany † 52)

Coadjutor Bishop of Regensburg (Germany) ([1683] 1683.07.09 – 1685.11.04)

Coadjutor Bishop of Freising (Germany) ([1684.11.27] 1685.10.06 – 1685.11.04)

Bishop of Freising (Germany) (1685.11.04 – 1694.09.29)

Bishop of Regensburg (Germany) (1685.11.04 – 1694.09.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) ([1688.07.19] 1688.09.20 – 1723.12.11)

Prince-Provost of Berchtesgaden (Germany) (1688.09.20 – 1723.12.11)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (1694.04.04 – 1723.12.11)

Coadjutor Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) ([1694.01.18] 1694.06.01 – 1702.08.13)

Bishop of Regensburg (Germany) (1699.05.22 – 1716)

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) (1702.08.13 – 1723.12.11)

Archbishop Maximilian Heinrich von Bayern (Maximilien-Henri de Bavière)
(1650.09.13 – 1688.06.03)

Born:1621.10.08 (München, Germany)
Ordained Priest:1651.09.27
Consecrated Bishop:1651.10.29
Died:1688.06.03 (Bonn, Germany † 66)

Coadjutor Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) ([1633.01.18] 1633.11.23 – 1650.09.13)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Köln (Germany) ([1642.02.10] 1642.05.17 – 1650.09.13)

Coadjutor Bishop of Liège (Belgium) ([1649.10.19] 1650.07.09 – 1650.09.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (1650.09.13 – 1688.06.03)

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) (1650.09.13 – 1688.06.03)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (1650.09.13 – 1688.06.03)

Prince-Provost of Berchtesgaden (Germany) (1650.09.13 – 1688.06.03)

Mr. Ferdinand von Bayern (Ferdinand de Bavière)
(1612.02.17 – 1650.09.13 not possessed)

Born:1577.10.07 (München, Germany)
Died:1650.09.13 (Arnsberg, Germany † 72)

Prince-Provost of Berchtesgaden (Germany) (1594 – 1650.09.13 not possessed)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Köln (Germany) ([1595.04.19] 1597.01.04 – 1612.02.17 not possessed)

Coadjutor Bishop of Liège (Belgium) ([1601] 1602.04.29 – 1612.02.17 not possessed)

Coadjutor Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) ([1611.01.02] 1611.05.18 – 1612.02.17 not possessed)

Coadjutor Bishop of Münster (Germany) (1611.08.05 – 1612.02.18 not possessed)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (1612.02.17 – 1650.09.13 not possessed)

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) (1612.02.17 – 1650.09.13 not possessed)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (1612.02.17 – 1650.09.13 not possessed)

Bishop of Münster (Germany) (1612.02.18 – 1650.09.13 not possessed)

Coadjutor Bishop of Paderborn (Germany) ([1612.02.10] 1612.07.05 – 1618.12.13 not possessed)

Bishop of Paderborn (Germany) (1618.12.13 – 1650.09.13 not possessed)

Archbishop Ernst von Bayern (Ernest de Bavière)
(1583.10.07 – 1612.02.17)

Born:1554.12.17 (München, Germany)
Ordained Priest:1577.06.19
Died:1612.02.17 (Arnsberg, Germany † 57)

Bishop of Freising (Germany) ([1566.10.18] 1566.12.23 – 1612.02.17)

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) ([1573.03.07] 1573.10.04 – 1612.02.17)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) ([1581.01.30] 1581.04.03 – 1612.02.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) ([1583.06.02] 1583.10.07 – 1612.02.17)

Bishop of Münster (Germany) ([1585.05.18] 1585.11.27 – 1612.02.17)

Fr. Gebhard von Waldburg
(1580.02.29 – 1583.04.01)

Born:1547.11.11 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:1578.03.19
Died:1601.05.31 († 53)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) ([1577.12.05] 1580.02.29 – 1583.04.01)

Fr. Salentin von Isenburg
(1573.12.09 – 1577.09.13)

Born:1532
Died:1610.03.19 († 77)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) ([1567.12.23] 1573.12.09 – 1577.09.13)

Bishop of Paderborn (Germany) ([1574.04.21] 1574.09.04 – 1577.09.05)

Fr. Friedrich von Wied
(1562.11.19 – 1567.11.25)

Died:1568.12.23

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (1562.11.19 – 1567.11.25)

Fr. Gebhard von Mansfeld
(1560.01.31 – 1562.11.02)

Died:1562.11.02

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) ([1558.07.26] 1560.01.31 – 1562.11.02)

Fr. Anton von Schaumberg
(1557.10.06 – 1558.06.18)

Died:1558.06.18

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) ([1556.10.26] 1557.10.06 – 1558.06.18)

Archbishop Adolf von Schaumberg
(1547.09.17 – 1556.09.20)

Born:1511
Ordained Priest:1547.05.03
Consecrated Bishop:1548.04.18
Died:1556.09.20 († 44)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Köln (Germany) ([1533.12.17] 1535.08.27 – 1547.09.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (1547.09.17 – 1556.09.20)

Archbishop Hermann von Wied
(1515.06.13 – 1546.04.16)

Born:1477.01.14 (Germany)
Consecrated Bishop:1518
Died:1552.08.15 († 75)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) ([1515.03.14] 1515.06.13 – 1546.04.16)

Archbishop Philipp von Daun
(1509.01.31 – 1515.02.12)

Consecrated Bishop:1509.11.14
Died:1515.02.12

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) ([1508.11.13] 1509.01.31 – 1515.02.12)

Archbishop Hermann von Hessen
(1480.11.15 – 1508.10.19)

Born:1449
Consecrated Bishop:1487.03.04
Died:1508.10.19 († 58)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) ([1480.08.11] 1480.11.15 – 1508.10.19)

Coadjutor Bishop of Paderborn (Germany) ([1495.03.19] 1496.04.04 – 1498.03.07)

Bishop of Paderborn (Germany) (1498.03.07 – 1508.10.19)

Archbishop Ruprecht von der Pfalz
(1464.05.25 – 1480.07.16)

Born:1427.02.27
Consecrated Bishop:1468.04.10
Died:1480.07.16 († 53)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) ([1463.03.30] 1464.05.25 – 1480.07.16)

Archbishop Dietrich von Mörs
(1447.12.04 – 1463.02.13)

Born:1385?
Ordained Priest:1414.09.22
Consecrated Bishop:1415.02.03
Died:1463.02.13 († 77)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) ([1414.04.24] 1414.08.30 – 1446.01.24)

Apostolic Administrator of Paderborn (Germany) (1415.04.13 – 1446.01.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (1447.12.04 – 1463.02.13)

Apostolic Administrator of Paderborn (Germany) (1447.12.04 – 1463.02.13)

Archbishop Dietrich von Mörs
(1414.08.30 – 1446.01.24)

(see above)

Archbishop Friedrich von Saarwerden
(1370.11.13 – 1414.04.09)

Born:1348?
Died:1414.04.09 († 65)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (1370.11.13 – 1414.04.09)

Archbishop Engelbert von Mark
(1364.04.15 – 1368.08.26)

Died:1368.08.26

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (1364.04.15 – 1368.08.26)

Archbishop Adolf von Mark
(1363.06.21 – 1364.04.15)

Bishop of Münster (Germany) (1357.11.06 – 1363.06.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (1363.06.21 – 1364.04.15)

Archbishop Wilhelm von Gennep
(1349.12.18 – 1362.09.15)

Died:1362.09.15

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (1349.12.18 – 1362.09.15)

Archbishop Walram von Jülich
(1332.01.27 – 1349.08.14)

Died:1349.08.14

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (1332.01.27 – 1349.08.14)

Archbishop Heinrich von Virneburg
(1306.01 – 1332.01.06)

Died:1332.01.06

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (1306.01 – 1332.01.06)

Archbishop Wigbold von Holte
(1297.08.22 – 1304.03.26)

Died:1304.03.26

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (1297.08.22 – 1304.03.26)

Archbishop Siegfrid von Westerburg
(1275.03.23 – 1297.04.07)

Died:1297.04.07

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (1275.03.23 – 1297.04.07)

Archbishop Engelbert von Falkenburg
(1262.12.31 – 1274.11.17)

Died:1274.11.17

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (1262.12.31 – 1274.11.17)

Archbishop Konrad von Hochstaden
(1238? – 1261.09.28)

Died:1261.09.28

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (1238? – 1261.09.28)

Archbishop Heinrich von Müllenark
(1225.11.15 – 1238.03.27)

Died:1238.03.27

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (1225.11.15 – 1238.03.27)

Saint Archbishop Engelbert von Berg
(1216.02.29 – 1225.11.07)

Died:1225.11.07 🩸
Feast:11.07

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (1216.02.29 – 1225.11.07)

Archbishop. Martyr.

Archbishop Dietrich von Hengebach
(1208.12.22 – 1212.03.27 deposed)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (1208.12.22 – 1212.03.27 deposed)

Archbishop Bruno von Sayn
(1205.12.23 – 1208.11.02)

Died:1208.11.02

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (1205.12.23 – 1208.11.02)

Archbishop Adolf von Altena
(1193.11.21 – 1205.03.13 deposed)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (1193.11.21 – 1205.03.13 deposed)

Archbishop Bruno von Berg
(1191 – 1193)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (1191 – 1193)

Archbishop Philipp von Heinsberg
(1167 – 1191.08.13)

Died:1191.08.13

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (1167 – 1191.08.13)

Archbishop Rainald von Dassel
(1159.02 – 1167.08.14)

Died:1167.08.14

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (1159.02 – 1167.08.14)

Archbishop Friedrich von Berg
(1156.06 – 1158.12.15)

Died:1158.12.15

Bishop of Utrecht (Netherlands) (1150 – 1151)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (1156.06 – 1158.12.15)

Archbishop Arnold von Wied
(1151.04.15 – 1156.05.14)

Died:1156.05.14

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (1151.04.15 – 1156.05.14)

Archbishop Hugo von Sponheim
(1137.06 – 1137.06.30)

Died:1137.06.30

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (1137.06 – 1137.06.30)

Archbishop Arnold von Merxheim
(1137 – 1151.04.03)

Died:1151.04.03

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (1137 – 1151.04.03)

Archbishop Bruno von Berg
(1131.12.25 – 1137.05.30)

Died:1137.05.30

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (1131.12.25 – 1137.05.30)

Archbishop Friedrich von Schwarzenburg
(1100 – 1131.10.25)

Died:1131.10.25

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (1100 – 1131.10.25)

Archbishop Hermann von Hochstaden
(1089.06 – 1099.11.21)

Died:1099.11.21

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (1089.06 – 1099.11.21)

Archbishop Sigewin
(1079 – 1089.05.31)

Died:1089.05.31

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (1079 – 1089.05.31)

Archbishop Hildolf
(1076.03.06 – 1079.07.19)

Died:1079.07.19

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (1076.03.06 – 1079.07.19)

Saint Archbishop Anno
(1056 – 1075.12.04)

Born:1010
Consecrated Bishop:1056.03.03
Died:1075.12.04 († 64)
Feast:12.04

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (1056 – 1075.12.04)

Archbishop.

Archbishop Hermann
(1036 – 1056.02.11)

Died:1056.02.11

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (1036 – 1056.02.11)

Archbishop Pilgrim
(1021 – 1036.08.25)

Died:1036.08.25

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (1021 – 1036.08.25)

Saint Archbishop Heribert
(999.07.09 – 1021.03.16)

Born:970? (Worms, Germany)
Died:1021.03.16 (Köln, Germany † 50)
Feast:03.16

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (999.07.09 – 1021.03.16)

Archbishop.

Archbishop Everger
(985 – 999.06.11)

Died:999.06.11

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (985 – 999.06.11)

Archbishop Warin
(976 – 984)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (976 – 984)

Archbishop Gero
(969 – 976.06.28)

Died:976.06.28

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (969 – 976.06.28)

Archbishop Folcmar
(965 – 969.07.18)

Died:969.07.18

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (965 – 969.07.18)

Saint Archbishop Bruno von Sachsen
(953.08.30 – 965.10.11)

Died:965.10.11
Feast:10.11

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (953.08.30 – 965.10.11)

Archbishop.

Archbishop Wichfrid
(925 – 953.07.09)

Died:953.07.09

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (925 – 953.07.09)

Archbishop Hermann
(890 – 925.04.11)

Died:925.04.11

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (890 – 925.04.11)

Archbishop Willibert
(870.01.07 – 889.09.11)

Died:889.09.11

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (870.01.07 – 889.09.11)

Archbishop Gunthar
(850.04.20 – 864.10.30 deposed)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (850.04.20 – 864.10.30 deposed)

Archbishop Hilduin
(842 – 848?)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (842 – 848?)

Abbot nullius of San Colombano (Italy) (850 – 859)

Archbishop Liutbert
(842 – 842)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (842 – 842)

Archbishop Hadebald
(819 – 842)

Died:842

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (819 – 842)

Archbishop Hildebold
(795 – 819.09.03)

Died:819.09.03

Bishop of Köln (Germany) (785 – 795)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (795 – 819.09.03)

Bishops of Köln (Roman Rite)

Bishop Hildebold (later Archbishop)
(785 – 795)

(see above)

Bishop Ricolf
(763 – 785)

Bishop of Köln (Germany) (763 – 785)

Bishop Berthelmus
(753 – 763)

Bishop of Köln (Germany) (753 – 763)

Bishop Hildegar
(753 – 753)

Bishop of Köln (Germany) (753 – 753)

Saint Bishop Agilolf von Köln
(746 – 751)

Died:751
Feast:03.31

Bishop of Köln (Germany) (746 – 751)

Bishop.

Bishop Reginfrid
(737 – 743)

Bishop of Köln (Germany) (737 – 743)

Bishop Alduin
(721 – 737)

Bishop of Köln (Germany) (721 – 737)

Bishop Faramundus
(716 – 723)

Bishop of Köln (Germany) (716 – 723)

Bishop Anno
(711 – 715)

Bishop of Köln (Germany) (711 – 715)

Bishop Gislo
(692 – 711)

Bishop of Köln (Germany) (692 – 711)

Bishop Adelvino
(680 – 695)

Bishop of Köln (Germany) (680 – 695)

Bishop Stephan
(674 – 680)

Bishop of Köln (Germany) (674 – 680)

Bishop Botandus
(663? – 674)

Bishop of Köln (Germany) (663? – 674)

Saint Bishop Kunibert von Köln
(625 – 663.11.12)

Died:663.11.12
Feast:11.12

Bishop of Köln (Germany) (625 – 663.11.12)

Bishop.

Bishop Sunnoveus
(? – ?)

Bishop of Köln (Germany) (? – ?)

Bishop Solatius
(? – 614)

Bishop of Köln (Germany) (? – 614)

Bishop Remedius
(600? – 611?)

Bishop of Köln (Germany) (600? – 611?)

Saint Bishop Everigisil von Köln
(? – 590)

Died:🩸
Feast:10.24

Bishop of Köln (Germany) (? – 590)

Bishop. Martyr.

Bishop Carentinus
(565 – 567)

Bishop of Köln (Germany) (565 – 567)

Saint Bishop Severin von Köln
(346.05.12? – 403.10.23)

Died:403.10.23
Feast:10.23

Bishop of Köln (Germany) (346.05.12? – 403.10.23)

Bishop.

Bishop Euphrates
(343? – 346.05.12)

Bishop of Köln (Germany) (343? – 346.05.12)

Saint Bishop Maternus von Köln
(313 – 315)

Died:328
Feast:09.14

Bishop of Trier (Germany) (300? – 313)

Bishop of Köln (Germany) (313 – 315)

Bishop of Tongeren (Belgium) (315 – 328)

Bishop.

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Aachen (←), Essen (↑), Paderborn (→), Limburg (↘), Trier (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 6,181 km²

Population: 1,904,400 Catholics (34.5% of 5,521,841 total)

Pastoral Centres: 509 parishes, 455 missions

Personnel: 840 priests (690 diocesan, 150 religious), 256 deacons, 1,224 religious (202 brothers, 1,022 sisters), 40 seminarians

Population

Pastoral Centres

Priests

Deacons

Religious

Seminarians

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