Archdiocese of Bremen

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The Archdiocese of Bremen was a medieval Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in northern Germany that later evolved into the secular Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen within the Holy Roman Empire.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman Catholic archdiocese
former Catholic ecclesiastical territory
medieval diocese
borderedBy North Sea region
linked to: North Sea coast
capital Bremen
category Former Roman Catholic dioceses in Germany
History of Bremen
linked to: Free City of Bremen

Prince-archbishoprics of the Holy Roman Empire
country Holy Roman Empire
denomination Latin Church
elevatedToArchdiocese 845
establishedAsDiocese 787
establishedInCentury 8th century
evolvedInto Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen
existedDuring Early modern period
Middle Ages
governmentForm ecclesiastical principality
hadJurisdictionOver clergy in its territory
hadMetropolitanStatus yes
hadSecularAuthority yes
hadSpiritualAuthority yes
hadStatus Imperial Estate
historicalReligion Western Christianity
languageOfAdministration Latin
locatedIn Bremen
Northern Germany
locatedInHistoricalRegion Saxony
locatedInPresentDay Germany
metropolitanFor parts of Northern Europe
officeHolderTitle Archbishop of Bremen
partOf Holy Roman Empire
playedRoleIn Christianization of Northern Germany
regionType ecclesiastical principality
religion Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
representedIn Imperial Diet of the Holy Roman Empire
linked to: Imperial Diet
rite Roman Rite
see Bremen Cathedral
subordinateTo Papacy
successorState Duchy of Bremen
suppressedOrEndedInCentury 17th century
typeOf Prince-Archbishopric
wasPrinceBishopric yes

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Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen predecessor Archdiocese of Bremen
Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen hadDiocese Diocese of Bremen
linked to: Archdiocese of Bremen
Roman Catholic Diocese of Bremen successor Archdiocese of Hamburg-Bremen
linked to: Archdiocese of Bremen
Diocese of Schleswig subordinateTo Archdiocese of Bremen
mission of Saint Willehad associatedWith Archdiocese of Hamburg-Bremen
linked to: Archdiocese of Bremen
Saint Willehad associatedWith Diocese of Bremen
linked to: Archdiocese of Bremen
Saint Willehad patronage Diocese of Bremen
linked to: Archdiocese of Bremen
Archdiocese of Hamburg historicPredecessor Medieval Archdiocese of Hamburg-Bremen
linked to: Archdiocese of Bremen
Prince-Archbishop of Bremen appliesToJurisdiction Archdiocese of Bremen
John III of Bremen hasJurisdiction Archdiocese of Bremen