Metropolitan Archdiocese of Köln, Germany

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2014.07.11 – ...):	Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki (68) Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Maria Vianney
Auxiliary Bishop (2012.02.24 – ...):	Bishop Dominik Schwaderlapp (57) Titular Bishop of Frigento
Auxiliary Bishop (2013.06.14 – ...):	Bishop Ansgar Puff (68) Titular Bishop of Gordus
Auxiliary Bishop (2015.12.11 – ...):	Bishop Rolf Steinhäuser (72) Titular Bishop of Thuburnica

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Köln (Roman Rite)

Bishop Rolf Steinhäuser (72)
(Apostolic Administrator sede plena 2021.10.12 – 2022.03.02)

Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki (68)
(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)

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:	1910.03.09
Created Cardinal:	1921.03.07
Died:	1941.03.11 (Köln, Germany † 69)

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)

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)

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 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1859.05.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1892.02.25
Died:	1902.05.24 († 66)

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)

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)

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 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1798.05.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1827.10.28
Died:	1845.10.19 († 72)

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 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1799.12.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1825.06.11
Died:	1835.08.02 († 70)

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 (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 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1756.03.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1761.08.16
Died:	1784.04.15 († 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 († 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 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1706.12.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1707.05.01
Died:	1723.12.11 († 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)

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 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1651.09.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1651.10.08
Died:	1688.06.03 († 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)

Archbishop Ferdinand von Bayern (Ferdinand de Bavière)
(1612.02.17 – 1650.09.13)

Born:	1577.10.07 (Germany)
Died:	1650.09.13 († 72)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Köln (Germany) ([1595.04.19] 1597.01.04 – 1612.02.17)

Coadjutor Bishop of Liège (Belgium) ([1601] 1602.04.29 – 1612.02.17)

Coadjutor Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) ([1611.01.02] 1611.05.18 – 1612.02.17)

Coadjutor Bishop of Münster (Germany) (1611.08.05 – 1612.02.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (1612.02.17 – 1650.09.13)

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

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (1612.02.17 – 1650.09.13)

Bishop of Münster (Germany) (1612.02.18 – 1650.09.13)

Coadjutor Bishop of Paderborn (Germany) ([1612.02.10] 1612.07.05 – 1618.12.13)

Bishop of Paderborn (Germany) (1618.12.13 – 1650.09.13)

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

Born:	1554.12.17 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1577.06.19
Died:	1612.02.17 († 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)

Ordained Priest:	1414.09.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1415.02.03
Died:	1463.02.13

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)

Died:

1414.04.09

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

Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Joseph Höffner (later Cardinal) (1969.01.06 – 1969.02.24)
Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Johannes von Geissel (later Cardinal) (1841.09.24 – 1845.10.19)
Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop-elect Maximilian Franz von Österreich (1780.09.29 – 1784.04.15)
Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop-elect Clemens August von Bayern (1722.06.22 – 1723.12.11)
Coadjutor Archbishop: Cardinal Wilhelm Egon von Fürstenberg (1687 – 1688)
Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop-elect Maximilian Heinrich von Bayern (Maximilien-Henri de Bavière) (1642.05.17 – 1650.09.13)
Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Ferdinand von Bayern (Ferdinand de Bavière) (1597.01.04 – 1612.02.17)
Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop-elect Adolf von Schaumberg (1535.08.27 – 1547.09.17)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Heiner Koch (70) (later Archbishop) (2006.03.17 – 2013.01.18)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Rainer Maria Woelki (68) (later Cardinal) (2003.02.24 – 2011.07.02)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Manfred Melzer (1995.06.09 – 2015.06.05)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Friedhelm Hofmann (82) (1992.07.25 – 2004.06.25)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Norbert Trelle (82) (1992.03.25 – 2005.11.29)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Walter Theodor Jansen (1983.05.19 – 1994.06.15)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Josef Plöger (1975.05.09 – 1991.04.15)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Klaus Dick (1975.03.17 – 2003.02.24)
Auxiliary Bishop: Fr. Peter Nettekoven (1975.03.17 – 1975.04.23)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Hubert Luthe (1969.10.28 – 1991.12.18)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Augustinus Frotz (1962.08.07 – 1983.05.30)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Johann Wilhelm Cleven (1950.11.18 – 1983.07.27)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Joseph Ferche (1947.03.27 – 1965.09.23)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Wilhelm Stockums (1932.02.09 – 1956.08.05)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Josef Hammels (1924.01.14 – 1944.01.03)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Joseph Stoffels (1922.11.11 – 1923.10.17)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Hermann Joseph Sträter (1922.06.19 – 1931.10.16)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Franz Rudolf Bornewasser (later Archbishop) (1921.04.23 – 1922.03.12)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Peter Joseph Lausberg (1914.05.01 – 1922.08.30)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Joseph Müller (1903.04.30 – 1921.03.21)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Hermann Joseph Schmitz (1893.08.25 – 1899.08.21)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Anton Hubert Fischer (later Cardinal) (1889.02.14 – 1903.02.14)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Johann Anton Friedrich Baudri (1849.09.28 – 1893.06.29)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Anton Gottfried Claessen (1844.07.25 – 1847.09.29)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Karl Adalbert von Beyer, O. Praem. (1826.07.03 – 1842.04.21)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Karl Klemens von Gruben (1801.07.26 – 1827.07.04)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Klemens August Maria von Merle (1797.07.24 – 1810.01.04)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Karl Aloys von Königsegg und Rothenfels (1770.03.12 – 1796.02.24)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Franz Kaspar von Franken-Siersdorf (1724.06.12 – 1770.02.06)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Johannes Werner von Veyder (1703.11.12 – 1723.10.30)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Godefroid-Udalric de la Margelle (1696.12.03 – 1703.05)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Johann Peter Burmann (1694.09.13 – 1696.02.01)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Johann Heinrich von Anethan (1680.02.06 – 1693.06.18)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Paul Aussem (1676.10.19 – 1679.11.24)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Peter Walenburch (1670 – 1675.12.21)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Adrian Walenburch (1661.08.08 – 1669.09.12)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Richard Pauli-Stravius (1641.10.21 – 1654.01.24)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Georgius Pauli-Stravius (1640.03.26 – 1661.02.07)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Gereon Otto von Gutmann zu Sobernheim (1616.07.13 – 1638.09.25)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Theodor Riphaen (1606.08.30 – 1616.01.14)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Johann Nopel (1601.09.10 – 1605.01.06)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Laurentius Fabritius (1588.03.23 – 1600.07.22)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Theobald Craschel (1574.05.05 – 1587.07.31)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Johann Pennarius, O.F.M. (1557.10.06 – 1563.09.11)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Johann Nopel (1539.10.29 – 1556.07.06)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Quirin Op dem Veld von Willich (1521.10.25 – 1537.11.09)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Arnald de Arceto, O.E.S.A. (1517.04.20 – ?)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Jean Bourgeois (1506 – ?)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Théodore Wichwael, O.E.S.A. (1504.08.02 – 1519.03.03)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Johann Spenner, O.F.M. (1482.11.04 – 1503.12.05)
Auxiliary Bishop: Fr. Heinrich Unkel, O.F.M. (1481 – 1482.01.22)