Background
Salentin IX was the second son of Count Henry of Isenburg-Grenzau.
archbishop priest prince-elector
Salentin IX was the second son of Count Henry of Isenburg-Grenzau.
In 1565 he obtained office in Saint Gereon in Cologne, and also in that year John died. Archbishop of Cologne and Bishop of Paderborn
On 23 December 1567 he was elected the Archbishop of Cologne. He did not have priestly consecrations as he intended to leave the church and take up rulership of the County of Isenburg-Grenzau in the foreseeable future, a condition which had the support of the cathedral chapter and the Holy Roman Emperor but not Pope Pius V, who demanded a new election was to take place.
However Pius V died in 1572 and his successor, Gregory XIII, confirmed the election the following year.
As the archbishop of Cologne, Salentin used its resources to improve the conditions in Isenburg-Grenzau, and succeeded in obtaining for it the status imperial immediacy in the Bench of Counts of the Wetterau. On 21 April 1574 he was also elected the Bishop of Paderborn and received papal confirmation.
On 9 December he arrived in splendour at Paderborn surrounded by thousands of attendants. During his reign he reorganised the administration and the finances of the dioceses.
He retired from the Bishopric of Paderborn on 5 September 1577 and the Archbishopric of Cologne eight days later.
Later life
Salentin succeeded Count Arnold in Isenburg-Grenzau. Salentin died on 19 March 1610 and was buried in the praemonestrian Rommersdorf.
In 1558 he became a member of the cathedral of Cologne.