List of the auxiliary bishops of Cologne
Like many other bishoprics, the Archdiocese of Cologne originally had only one auxiliary bishop . Since 1889, the number of auxiliary bishops increased to two due to the growing number of Catholics and the age of the archbishop and the already incumbent auxiliary bishop, and then to four in the following decades. The tendency is again to reduce the number. This is also the case in the Archdiocese of Cologne, where there are only three auxiliary bishops today.
List of the auxiliary bishops active in Cologne
| Surname | from | to | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albertus Magnus OP | 1273 | 1280 | Bishop of Regensburg until 1262. |
| Hermann of Cologne OFM | 1283 | 1302 | |
| Heinrich Jonghen OCarm | 1298 | 1312 | |
| Johann von Konstanz OP | 1308 | 1321 | |
| Hermann of Cologne | 1322 | 1327 | |
| Kuno OCist | 1326 | ||
| Johann Strote OP | 1327 | 1350 | |
| Johannes Kaiode OSA | 1352 | 1354 | |
| Rudolf | 1352/1359 | 1364 | |
| Volkard | 1353 | ||
| Johannes von Sieberg OCist | 1354 | 1356 | |
| Peter from Zeric | 1357 | ||
| Everhard von Westerheim (Westrem) OP | 1362 | 1392 | |
| Everhard from Muisgen OCarm | 1364 | 1392 | |
| Simon from Speyer OCarm | |||
| Konrad von Arnsberg OCarm | 1399 | 1433 | |
| Johann von Ahlen OSA | 1404 | ||
| Wilhelm | 1434 | ||
| Johann Schleeter OFM | 1435 | 1457 | |
| Hilger de Burgis OCarm | around 1437 | ||
| Heinrich von Rübenach OP | 1469 | 1480 | |
| Arnold von Unkel OFM | 1481 | 1482 | |
| Johannes Welmecher OFM | 1482 | 1483 | |
| Johann donor OFM | 1482 | 1503 | |
| Dietrich Wichwael OSA | 1504 | 1519 | |
| Quirin op dem Veld von Willich | 1519 | 1525 | |
| Johann Nopel the Elder | 1556 | ||
| Eberhard Billick OCarm | 1556 | 1557 | |
| Johann Pennarius OFM | 1557 | 1563 | |
| Theobald Craschel | 1574 | 1587 | |
| Laurentius Fabritius | 1588 | 1600 | |
| Johann Nopel the Younger | 1602 | 1604 | |
| Theodor Riphan | 1607 | 1616 | |
| Otto Gereon von Gutmann zu Sobernheim | 1616 | 1638 | |
| Georg Pauli-Stravius | 1640 | 1661 | |
| Adrian van Walenburch | 1661 | 1669 | |
| Peter van Walenburch | 1670 | 1675 | |
| Paul from Aussem | 1676 | 1679 | |
| Johann Heinrich von Anethan | 1680 | 1693 | |
| Johann Peter von Burmann | 1694 | 1696 | |
| Gottfried Ulrich de la Margelle et d'Eysden | 1697 | 1703 | |
| Johann Werner von Veyder | 1703 | 1723 | |
| Franz Kaspar von Franken-Siersdorf | 1723 | 1770 | |
| Karl Aloys von Königsegg-Aulendorf | 1770 | 1796 | |
| Clemens August von Merle | 1797 | 1810 | |
| Karl Klemens von Gruben | 1801 | 1824 | |
| Karl Adalbert von Beyer OPraem | 1827 | 1842 | former Premonstratensian Abbot at Hamborn |
| Anton Gottfried Claessen | 1844 | 1847 | |
| Johann Anton Friedrich Baudri | 1849 | 1893 | |
| Antonius Fischer | 1889 | 1902 | 1902–1912 Archbishop of Cologne |
| Hermann Joseph Schmitz | 1893 | 1899 | |
| Joseph Müller | 1903 | 1921 | |
| Peter Joseph Lausberg | 1914 | 1922 | |
| Franz Rudolf Bornewasser | 1921 | 1922 | 1922–1951 Bishop of Trier |
| Hermann Joseph Strater | 1922 | 1931 | 1931–1943 Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Aachen |
| Joseph Stoffels | 1922 | 1923 | |
| Joseph Mutton | 1924 | 1944 | |
| Wilhelm Stockums | 1932 | 1956 | |
| Joseph Ferche | 1947 | 1965 | was previously auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Breslau |
| Wilhelm Cleven | 1950 | 1969 | |
| Augustine Frotz | 1962 | 1983 | |
| Vitus Chang SVD | 1982 | Bishop of Sinyang in China, who had lived in the Archdiocese of Cologne since the 1960s after his escape and was repeatedly active as auxiliary bishop | |
| Hubert Luthe | 1969 | 1991 | 1991–2002 Bishop of Essen |
| Peter Nettekoven | 1975 | appointed March 25, 1975, died a few days before episcopal ordination | |
| Klaus Dick | 1975 | 2003 | |
| Josef Plöger | 1975 | 1991 | |
| Franz Hoenen SVD | 1978 | 1997 | Mission bishop in Africa, who has lived in the Archdiocese of Cologne since 1978 and has often represented Cologne's auxiliary bishops at confirmations |
| Walter Jansen | 1983 | 1994 | |
| Norbert Trelle | 1992 | 2005 | 2005–2017 Bishop of Hildesheim |
| Friedhelm Hofmann | 1992 | 2004 | 2004–2017 Bishop of Würzburg |
| Manfred Melzer | 1995 | 2015 | |
| Rainer Maria Woelki | 2003 | 2011 | 2011–2014 Archbishop of Berlin, since July 11, 2014 Archbishop of Cologne |
| Heiner Koch | 2006 | 2013 | Bishop of Dresden-Meißen since March 2013, Archbishop of Berlin since September 19, 2015 |
| Dominik Schwaderlapp | 2012 | ||
| Ansgar Puff | 2013 | ||
| Rolf Steinhäuser | 2015 |
See also
- List of the Roman Catholic titular dioceses
- List of Cologne Vicars General
- List of Cologne officials
- List of Roman Catholic Dioceses
- List of Cologne Canons
- List of Cologne cathedral prods
- List of Cologne Cathedral Dean
- Cologne bishops
literature
- Handbook of the Archdiocese of Cologne. Cologne 1866, pp. 12–19 ( limited preview in Google book search).
- Peter Stegt: The Auxiliary Bishops and Vicars General of the Diocese of Cologne between 1510 and 1690. Bautz, Nordhausen 2004, ISBN 3-88309-225-8
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Auxiliary Bishops in Cologne archbishopric -köln.de, accessed on June 22, 2012