Bishopric of Regensburg
| Prince-Bishopric of Regensburg | |||||
| Fürstbistum / Hochstift Regensburg | |||||
| State of the Holy Roman Empire | |||||
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| Capital | Regensburg Cathedral | ||||
| Government | Theocracy | ||||
| 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 | |||
| 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.
Famous prince-bishops
- Saint Wolfgang (972–994)
- Saint Albertus Magnus (1260–1262)
- Joseph Clemens of Bavaria (1685–1716)
- Clemens August of Bavaria (1716–1719)
See also
Further reading
- Josef Staber: Kirchengeschichte des Bistums Regensburg. Regensburg 1966 (in German)
External links
- Official website (German)
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