List of Cologne cathedral prods

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The following people were provost at Cologne Cathedral

middle Ages

Surname from to
Wigger of Verden 1013
Aquilinus before 1018
Arzelinus exp. 1061
Herimannus first. 1081 last. 1091
Arnold first. 1104 last. 1106
John exp. 1112
Henricus 1118 1126
Arnoldus 1127 1149
Galterus exp. 1154
Adilhelmus exp. 1158
Herimannus first. 1164 1167
Bruno von Berg 1168 1191
Adolf von Altena 1192 1193
Ludewicus only. 1197 1199
Engelbert von Berg 1199 1216
Dietrich von Altena 1216 1218
Conradus 1218 last. 1229
Konrad von Hochstaden 1234 1238
Konrad von Büren
Engelbert von Falkenburg 1257 1261
Konrad von Berg 1274
Conradus only. 1288 last. 1293
Heinrich von Virneburg 1304
Wilhelm von Schleiden first. 1351 last. 1361
Engelbert von der Mark 1364
Dietrich von der Mark exp. 1373
Otto von Lippe only. 1374 last. 1385
Simon of Solms exp. 1389
Johann von Straubing-Holland 1389 1418?
Erich von Hoya exp. 1450 1452
Gottfried von Sayn 1452 n.1460
Salentin of Isenburg 1462 1466
Philip of the Palatinate 1467 1489

1501 until secularization

Surname from to
Georg von Sayn-Wittgenstein I. November 12, 1482 December 9, 1510
Unoccupied (vacancy) from December 9, 1510 to December 7, 1511
Bernhard of Saxe-Lauenburg December 7, 1511 January 5, 1524
Hermann von Neuenahr January 19, 1524 October 2, 1530
Georg of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel November 28, 1530 December 4, 1566
Georg von Sayn-Wittgenstein II. January 31, 1567 June 23, 1583 (deposed)
Philipp Duke of Bavaria October 15, 1583 May 18, 1598
Ferdinand Duke of Bavaria after May 18, 1598 March 12, 1612
Vain Friedrich von Hohenzollern after March 12, 1612 September 19, 1625
Erich von Limburg-Styrum after September 19, 1625 August 25, 1630
Unoccupied (vacancy) from August 25, 1630 to 1646
Francis of Lorraine 1646 August 10, 1661
Berthold von Königsegg-Rothenfels October 17, 1661 February 23, 1663
Franz Wilhelm Egon von Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg after February 23, 1663 April 1, 1682
Otto Ludwig von Manderscheid-Falkenstein June 27, 1682 after February 12, 1684
Felix Egon von Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg after February 12, 1684 March 5, 1686
Franz Bernhard of Nassau-Hadamar June 5, 1686 September 15, 1695
Christian August of Saxony-Zeitz November 4, 1695 August 23, 1725
Johann Moritz Gustav von Manderscheid-Blankenheim after August 23, 1725 October 26, 1763
Franz Christoph Anton von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen November 10, 1763 January 23, 1767
Joseph Karl Truchseß from Waldburg-Zeil-Wurzach February 26, 1767 January 9, 1786
Franz Wilhelm von Öttingen February 13, 1786 January 14, 1798
In 1798 the provost's office was abolished by the cathedral chapter.

1825 to the present

Surname from to
From 1825 to 1918 the cathedral provost was appointed by the King of Prussia.
Martin Wilhelm Fonck 1825 1830
Karl Adalbert von Beyer 1830 1842
Anton Gottfried Claessen 1843 1847
Nicholas Munich 1863 1881
Franz Carl Berlage 1886 1917
Arnold Middendorf 1917 1930
Since 1919 the provost has been elected by the cathedral chapter.
Joseph Heinrich Peter Vogt 1930 1931
Otto Paschen 1931 1947
Hermann Joseph Hecker 1960
Carl Gielen 1960 1978
Heinz Werner Ketzer 1978 1984
Hubert Henze 1984 1985
Bernard Henrichs 1985 2004
Norbert Feldhoff 2004 2015
Gerd Bachner 2015 2020
Guido Assmann 2020

See also

Portal: Cologne Cathedral  - Overview of Wikipedia content on the subject of Cologne Cathedral

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hermann Heinrich Roth: The Cologne Cathedral Chapter from 1501 to its extinction in 1803 ; in: Erich Kuphal (Ed.): The Cologne Cathedral. Festschrift to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its completion on October 15, 1880 . Publications of the Cologne History Association e. V. , Vol. 5, Cologne 1930; P. 259f