 the archbishop of cologne is an archbishop of the catholic church in western north rhine-westphalia and northern rhineland-palatinate in germany and was ex officio one of the electors of the holy roman empire, the elector of cologne, from 1356 to 1801. since the early days of the catholic church, there have been ninety-four bishops and archbishops of cologne. seven of these ninety-four retired by resignation, including four resignations which were in response to impeachment. eight of the bishops and archbishops were coadjutor bishops before they took office. seven individuals were appointed as coadjutors freely by the pope. one of the ninety-four moved to the curia, where he became a cardinal. additionally, six of the archbishops of cologne were chairmen of the german bishops' conference. == bishops and archbishops of cologne == ===bishops of colonia agrippina, 88â784=== all names before maternus ii are to be approached with considerable skepticism, as little contemporary evidence is available. maternus was present at a council in rome in 313. the bishops between severinus and charentius are also apocryphal. domitianus was the bishop of maastricht (mosa traiectum). the given dates of office before gunther are also conjectural, at best. *maternus i c. 88â128 *paulinus *marcellinus *aquilinus *levoldus c. 248â285 *maternus ii c. 285â315 *euphrates c. 315â348 *severinus c. 348â403 *ebergisil i ? c. 403â440 *solatius c. 440â470 *sunnovaeus c. 470â500 *domitianus fl. c. 535 *charentinus fl. c. 570 *eberigisil ii ? c. 580â600 ? *remedius c. 600 ? â611 ? *solatius c. 611 ? â622 *cunibert c. 623â663 *bodatus c. 663â674 *stephen 674â680 *adelwin 680â695 *giso 695â708 *anno i 708â710 *faramund 710â713 *agilolf 713â717 *reginfried 718â747 *hildegar 750â753 *bertholm 753â763 *rikulf 763â784 ===archbishops of cologne, 784â1238=== *hildebold 784â818 *hadbold 818â842 *hildwin 842â849 *gÃ¼nther 850â864 *hugo welf 864 *wilbert 870â889 *hermann i 890â924 *wigfried 924â953 *bruno i 953â965 *volkmar 965â969 *gero 969â976 *warin 976â984 *ebergar 984â999 *heribert 999â1021 *pilgrim 1021â1036 *hermann ii 1036â1056 *[[anno 
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