Ösel–Wiek Diocese

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The Ösel–Wiek Diocese was a medieval Roman Catholic bishopric in present-day Estonia, centered on the islands and coastal regions of the Baltic Sea and playing a key role in the Christianization and governance of the area.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman Catholic diocese
medieval bishopric
borderedBy Archbishopric of Riga NERFINISHED
Bishopric of Dorpat NERFINISHED
capital Haapsalu NERFINISHED
confessionalChange Reformation in Livonia NERFINISHED
country Holy Roman Empire
dissolvedInCentury 16th century
dissolvedInYear 1560
establishedInCentury 13th century
establishedInYear 1228
governanceForm ecclesiastical principality
governedBy Bishop of Ösel–Wiek NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Bishopric of Saare-Lääne NERFINISHED
Bishopric of Ösel and Wiek NERFINISHED
hasCathedral Haapsalu Castle cathedral NERFINISHED
hasCoatOfArms arms of the Bishopric of Ösel–Wiek
hasPart coastal areas of western Estonia
island of Saaremaa
hasType territorial principality
historicalEra Middle Ages
historicalRegion Läänemaa NERFINISHED
Saaremaa NERFINISHED
jurisdictionOver Wiek region NERFINISHED
island of Ösel
languageUsed Latin
Middle Low German NERFINISHED
linkedToEvent Livonian Crusade NERFINISHED
Northern Crusades NERFINISHED
locatedIn Baltic region NERFINISHED
Livonia NERFINISHED
present-day Estonia
locatedOn Baltic Sea coast NERFINISHED
originalSeat Leal NERFINISHED
Lihula NERFINISHED
partOf Ecclesiastical State of the Teutonic Order in Livonia NERFINISHED
Livonian Confederation NERFINISHED
playedRoleIn Christianization of Estonia
governance of western Estonia
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
rite Latin Rite
seatMovedTo Haapsalu NERFINISHED
seeAlso Bishopric of Ösel–Wiek NERFINISHED
subordinateTo Papal authority
successor Lutheran diocesan structures in Estonia
temporalPower prince-bishopric

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Ösel hasEtymologicalRelationTo Ösel–Wiek Diocese