Bishop of Constance

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The Bishop of Constance was the ecclesiastical and often secular ruler overseeing the historic Roman Catholic diocese centered in Constance, a major religious and political authority in the region around Lake Constance.

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Surface form Occurrences
Prince-Bishop of Constance 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic episcopal office
diocesan bishop
prelate of the Holy Roman Empire
associatedWithEvent Council of Constance NERFINISHED
authorityType ecclesiastical authority
secular authority
cathedral Constance Minster NERFINISHED
coatOfArms arms of the Bishopric of Constance
country Holy Roman Empire
governs clergy of the Diocese of Constance
hasRole spiritual leader of the Diocese of Constance
temporal ruler of the Prince-Bishopric of Constance
historicalPeriod Early modern period NERFINISHED
Middle Ages NERFINISHED
jurisdiction Diocese of Constance NERFINISHED
parts of Swabia
parts of present-day Baden-Württemberg
parts of present-day Bavaria
parts of present-day Switzerland
parts of present-day Vorarlberg
languageOfAdministration German
Latin
locatedIn present-day Austria
present-day Germany
present-day Switzerland
region around Lake Constance
memberOf episcopate of the Catholic Church
oversees parishes in the Diocese of Constance
participatedIn Imperial Diet of the Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED
partOf Ecclesiastical principalities of the Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED
politicalStatus Imperial prince
Reichsfürst
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
residence Constance NERFINISHED
rite Latin Rite
secularization German mediatization
see Diocese of Constance NERFINISHED
seeCity Constance NERFINISHED
subordinateTo Holy See NERFINISHED
Pope
successorJurisdiction Diocese of Basel NERFINISHED
Diocese of Chur NERFINISHED
Diocese of Freiburg NERFINISHED
Diocese of St. Gallen NERFINISHED
suppressedAsSecularPrincipality early 19th century
titleHolderOf Prince-Bishopric of Constance NERFINISHED

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Prince-Bishopric of Constance diocesanSee Bishop of Constance
Prince-Bishopric of Constance rulerWas Bishop of Constance
this entity surface form: Prince-Bishop of Constance