Bishopric of Regensburg

Prince-Bishopric of Regensburg
Fürstbistum / Hochstift Regensburg
13th century–1803
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Coat of arms
Status Prince-Bishopric
Capital Regensburg Cathedral
Government Prince-Bishopric
Historical era Middle Ages
• Founded by St Boniface
739
• Gained Reichsfreiheit
13th century
• Regensburg Reichsfrei
    as Imperial City
 
1245
• City annexed to Bavaria
1486–96
• City adopted Reformation
1542
• City made permanent
    seat of Reichstag
 
1663–1806
• Mediatised to new
    Archbishopric¹
1803
• Ceded to Bavaria on
    Imperial collapse
 
January 6, 1806
Preceded by		Succeeded by
Duchy of Bavaria
Principality of Regensburg
1: The Bishopric, the Imperial City and all three Imperial Abbeys were mediatised simultaneously.

The Bishopric of Regensburg (German: Bistum Regensburg) was a small prince-bishopric (Hochstift) of the Holy Roman Empire, located in what is now southern Germany. It 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 suffragan diocese subordinate to the archbishop of Munich and Freising.

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See also

Further reading

  • Josef Staber: Kirchengeschichte des Bistums Regensburg. Regensburg 1966 (in German)


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