Johann von der Leyen [SEP] position held
der Leyen as coadjutor archbishop on 22 October 1555. He became archbishop upon the death of his predecessor on 13 February 1556. He was enthroned as archbishop on 25 April 1556.
Johann von der Leyen was a proponent of the "reservatum ecclesiasticum" provisions of the Peace of Augsburg. He opposed the efforts of Kaspar Olevianus to bring the Reformation to the Archbishopric of Trier. In 1560, he encouraged the Jesuits to take control of the philosophy and theology faculties of the University of Trier. He oversaw the establishment of a
Helmstadt 1430–38
- Jakob von Sierk 1439–56
- Johann II of Baden 1456–1503
- Jakob von Baden 1503–11
- Richard von Greiffenklau zu Vollrads 1511–31
- Johann von Metzenhausen 1531–40
- Johann Ludwig von Hagen 1540–47
- John of Isenburg-Grenzau 1547–56
- Johann von der Leyen 1556–67
- Jakob von Eltz-Rübenach 1567–81
- Johann von Schönenberg 1581–99
- Lothar von Metternich 1599–1623
- Philipp Christoph von Sötern 1623–52
- Karl Kaspar von der Leyen-Hohengeroldseck 1652–76
- Johann Hugo von Orsbeck