Bishopric of Regensburg

Infobox Former Country
native_name = "Fürstbistum / Hochstift Regensburg"
conventional_long_name = Prince-Bishopric of Regensburg
common_name = Regensburg, Bishopric
continent = Europe
region = Central Europe
country = Germany
era = Middle Ages
status = Vassal
empire = Holy Roman Empire
government_type = Theocracy
year_start = 13th century
year_end = 1803
event_pre = Founded by St Boniface
date_pre = 739
event_start = Gained "Reichsfreiheit"
date_start =
event1 = Regensburg "Reichsfrei"
spaces|4as Imperial City
date_event1 =
1245
event2 = City annexed to Bavaria
date_event2 = 1486–96
event3 = City adopted Reformation
date_event3 = 1542
event4 = City made permanent
spaces|4seat of Reichstag
date_event4 =
1663–1806
event_end = Mediatised to new
spaces|4Archbishopric¹
date_end =
1803
event_post = Ceded to Bavaria on
spaces|4Imperial collapse
date_post =
January 6 1806
p1 = Duchy of Bavaria
image_p1 =
s1 = Principality of Regensburg
image_s1 =

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capital = Regensburg Cathedral
footnotes = 1: The Bishopric, the Imperial City and all three Imperial Abbeys were mediatised simultaneously.

The Bishopric of Regensburg ( _de. Bistum Regensburg) was a small prince-bishopric ("Hochstift") of the Holy Roman Empire. was elevated to the Archbishopric of Regensburg in 1803 after the dissolution of the Archbishopric of Mainz, but became a bishopric again in 1817.

History

The diocese was founded in 739 by Saint Boniface; it was originally subordinate to the archbishop of Salzburg. In the 13th century, the Bishopric of Regensburg became a state of the Holy Roman Empire. By the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss of 1803, the bishopric was united with other territories to form the Archbishopric of Regensburg, with Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg as archbishop. In 1810, this Principality of Regensburg became part of the Kingdom of Bavaria, although he retained archiepiscopal status. The Bavarian Concordat of 1817 after Dalberg's death downgraded the Archdiocese of Regensburg into a suffragen diocese subordinate to the archbishop of Munich and Freising.

Famous prince-bishops

* Saint Wolfgang (972-994)
* Saint Albertus Magnus (1260-1262)
* Joseph Clemens of Bavaria (1685-1716)
* Clemens August of Bavaria (1716-1719)

ee also

*Roman Catholic Diocese of Regensburg

References

* [http://www.bistum-regensburg.de Official website]