Prince-Bishop of Regensburg

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The Prince-Bishop of Regensburg was the ecclesiastical and secular ruler who combined the office of Catholic bishop of Regensburg with princely authority within the Holy Roman Empire.

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Prince-Bishop of Regensburg canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ecclesiastical office
prince-bishopric office
secular princely office
appliesToJurisdiction Diocese of Regensburg
Prince-Bishopric of Regensburg
appointedBy Pope
churchProvince Ecclesiastical province of Salzburg
combinesRole ecclesiastical ruler
secular ruler
confession Roman Catholic
confirmedBy Pope
country Holy Roman Empire
diocese Diocese of Regensburg
dissolutionCause secularization in Bavaria
dissolutionContext German mediatization
dissolvedIn early 19th century
electedBy cathedral chapter of Regensburg
existedFrom medieval period
governmentForm theocratic monarchy
grantedImperialImmediacy yes
hadSeatIn College of Princes
hadVoteIn Imperial Diet of the Holy Roman Empire
linked to: Imperial Diet
hasCapital Regensburg
heldFiscalAuthority yes
heldJudicialAuthority yes
heldMilitaryAuthority limited territorial forces
heldSpiritualAuthorityOver Diocese of Regensburg
heldTemporalAuthorityOver territory of the Prince-Bishopric of Regensburg
heldTitle Prince of the Holy Roman Empire
historicalRegion Bavaria
isATypeOf imperial estate
imperial prince-bishop
languageOfAdministration German
Latin
locatedIn Upper Palatinate
linked to: Oberpfalz
officeHolderRole bishop of Regensburg
imperial prince
partOf Prince-Bishopric of Regensburg
positionHeldIn Holy Roman Empire
religion Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
residence Episcopal palace in Regensburg
seat Regensburg Cathedral
subordinateTo Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire
linked to: Holy Roman Emperor

Pope in spiritual matters
successorOffice Bishop of Regensburg
successorPoliticalEntity Kingdom of Bavaria
typeOfJurisdiction ecclesiastical principality
imperial state
usedTitleInLatin Princeps-Episcopus Ratisbonensis

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Prince-Bishopric of Regensburg temporalAuthorityHeldBy Prince-Bishop of Regensburg
Prince-Bishopric of Regensburg spiritualAuthorityHeldBy Prince-Bishop of Regensburg
Prince-Bishopric of Regensburg sovereign Prince-Bishop of Regensburg
Clemens Wenceslaus of Saxony positionHeld Prince-Bishop of Regensburg
Philip William of Bavaria nobleTitle Prince-Bishop of Regensburg
cathedral chapter of Regensburg associatedWithOffice Prince-Bishop of Regensburg