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The Bishopric of Regensburg was a small prince-bishop
Prince-Bishop

A Prince-Bishop is a bishop who is a territorial Prince of the Church on account of one or more secular principalities, usually pre-existent titles of nobility held concurrently with their inherent clerical office....
ric (Hochstift) of the Holy Roman Empire
Holy Roman Empire

The Holy Roman Empire was a union of territories in Central Europe during the Middle Ages and the Early modern Europe under a Holy Roman Emperor....
. was elevated to the Archbishopric of Regensburg
Archbishopric of Regensburg

The Principality of Regensburg was a principality within the Holy Roman Empire and the Confederation of the Rhine which existed between 1803 and 1810....
 in 1803 after the dissolution of the Archbishopric of Mainz
Archbishopric of Mainz

The Archbishopric of Mainz or Electorate of Mainz was an influential ecclesiastic and secular prince-bishopric in the Holy Roman Empire between 780?82 and 1802....
, but became a bishopric again in 1817.

diocese was founded in 739 by Saint Boniface
Saint Boniface

Saint Boniface , the Apostle of the Germans, born Winfrid or Wynfrith at Crediton in the kingdom of Wessex , was a missionary who propagated Christianity in the Frankish Empire during the 8th century....
; 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
Holy Roman Empire

The Holy Roman Empire was a union of territories in Central Europe during the Middle Ages and the Early modern Europe under a Holy Roman Emperor....
. 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
Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg

Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg was Archbishopric of Mainz, Prince-Elector#High Offices of the Holy Roman Empire, Principality of Regensburg, primate of the Confederation of the Rhine and Grand Duchy of Frankfurt....
 as archbishop.






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The Bishopric of Regensburg was a small prince-bishop
Prince-Bishop

A Prince-Bishop is a bishop who is a territorial Prince of the Church on account of one or more secular principalities, usually pre-existent titles of nobility held concurrently with their inherent clerical office....
ric (Hochstift) of the Holy Roman Empire
Holy Roman Empire

The Holy Roman Empire was a union of territories in Central Europe during the Middle Ages and the Early modern Europe under a Holy Roman Emperor....
. was elevated to the Archbishopric of Regensburg
Archbishopric of Regensburg

The Principality of Regensburg was a principality within the Holy Roman Empire and the Confederation of the Rhine which existed between 1803 and 1810....
 in 1803 after the dissolution of the Archbishopric of Mainz
Archbishopric of Mainz

The Archbishopric of Mainz or Electorate of Mainz was an influential ecclesiastic and secular prince-bishopric in the Holy Roman Empire between 780?82 and 1802....
, but became a bishopric again in 1817.

History

The diocese was founded in 739 by Saint Boniface
Saint Boniface

Saint Boniface , the Apostle of the Germans, born Winfrid or Wynfrith at Crediton in the kingdom of Wessex , was a missionary who propagated Christianity in the Frankish Empire during the 8th century....
; 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
Holy Roman Empire

The Holy Roman Empire was a union of territories in Central Europe during the Middle Ages and the Early modern Europe under a Holy Roman Emperor....
. 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
Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg

Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg was Archbishopric of Mainz, Prince-Elector#High Offices of the Holy Roman Empire, Principality of Regensburg, primate of the Confederation of the Rhine and Grand Duchy of Frankfurt....
 as archbishop. In 1810, this Principality of Regensburg became part of the Kingdom of Bavaria
Kingdom of Bavaria

The Kingdom of Bavaria was a Germany state that existed from 1806–1918. Elector Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria of the House of Wittelsbach became the first King of Bavaria in 1806....
, although he retained archiepiscopal status. The Bavarian Concordat of 1817 after Dalberg's death downgraded the Archdiocese of Regensburg into a suffragen diocese subordinate to the archbishop of Munich and Freising.

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    Wolfgang of Regensburg

    Saint Wolfgang or Saint Wolfgang of Regensburg was bishop of Regensburg in Bavaria from Christmas 972 until his death. He is a saint of the Roman Catholic church ....
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    Albertus Magnus

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    Joseph Clemens of Bavaria

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See also

  • Roman Catholic Diocese of Regensburg