Diocese of Schwerin

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The Diocese of Schwerin was a historical Roman Catholic bishopric in northern Germany centered on the city of Schwerin.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman Catholic diocese
historical bishopric
borderedBy Diocese of Brandenburg
Diocese of Havelberg
Diocese of Lübeck
Diocese of Ratzeburg
cathedralCity Schwerin
centralCity Schwerin
churchSuiIuris Latin Church worldwide
surface form: Latin Church
country Holy Roman Empire
denomination Catholic
ecclesiasticalProvince Archdiocese of Hamburg
surface form: Archdiocese of Hamburg-Bremen
establishedInCentury 12th century
governedBy Bishop of Schwerin
hasCathedral Schwerin Cathedral
hasType territorial diocese
historicalRegion Mecklenburg
Northern Germany
historicalSignificance medieval ecclesiastical principality in northern Germany
jurisdictionType diocese
languageOfLiturgy Latin
locatedIn Mecklenburg
Schwerin
northern Germany
partOf Western Christianity
surface form: Western Church
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
rite Latin Rite
status suppressed
successorJurisdiction Diocese of Schwerin self-linksurface differs
surface form: Apostolic Administration of Schwerin

Roman Catholic Diocese of Osnabrück
surface form: Diocese of Osnabrück
suppressedDuring Lutheran Reformation
surface form: Protestant Reformation
suppressedInCentury 16th century
territoryIncludes city of Schwerin
parts of Mecklenburg

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Ecclesiastical province of Hamburg hasJurisdictionOver Diocese of Schwerin
this entity surface form: Diocese of Ratzeburg
Diocese of Schwerin successorJurisdiction Diocese of Schwerin self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Apostolic Administration of Schwerin