Bishopric of Erkelenz

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The Bishopric of Erkelenz was a historical ecclesiastical territory in the Low Countries where Middle Dutch served as the primary vernacular language.

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Bishopric of Erkelenz canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf church jurisdiction
ecclesiastical principality
former Catholic diocese
historical polity
capital Erkelenz
church Latin Church worldwide
surface form: Latin Church
country Low Countries
denomination Catholicism
governmentType prince-bishopric
theocratic monarchy
hasTerritorialCenter Erkelenz
historicalLanguageFamily West Germanic languages
historicalPeriod Early modern period
Middle Ages
historicalRegion Low Countries
isHistoric true
language Middle Dutch
locatedIn Low Countries
Western Europe
historical Netherlands
locatedInPresentDay Germany
North Rhine-Westphalia
namedAfter Erkelenz
officialLanguage Latin
partOf Holy Roman Empire
primaryVernacular Middle Dutch
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
religiousTradition Western Christianity
rite Roman Rite
rulerTitle bishop
status defunct
territorialType ecclesiastical territory
usedScript Latin alphabet
vernacularLanguage Middle Dutch

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Middle Dutch spokenIn Bishopric of Erkelenz