Prince-Bishop

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cleric ecclesiastical title secular ruler sovereign

A Prince-Bishop is a cleric who simultaneously holds both secular princely authority and ecclesiastical episcopal office, ruling a territory as its sovereign.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Prince-Bishop of Montenegro 1
Prince-Bishops 1
Prince-bishop 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cleric ⓘ
ecclesiastical title ⓘ
secular ruler ⓘ
sovereign ⓘ
canBe imperial prince ⓘ
canBeMemberOf Imperial Estates NERFINISHED ⓘ
canHoldSeatIn Imperial Diet NERFINISHED ⓘ
combinesAuthority ecclesiastical authority ⓘ
combinesAuthority secular authority ⓘ
declinedAfter Reformation ⓘ
secularization of church lands ⓘ
derivesEcclesiasticalAuthorityFrom episcopal consecration ⓘ
papal confirmation ⓘ
derivesSecularAuthorityFrom feudal law ⓘ
imperial grant ⓘ
exercisesPowerOver diocese ⓘ
territorial principality ⓘ
existedFrom early Middle Ages ⓘ
governsAs territorial sovereign ⓘ
hasResponsibility judicial authority ⓘ
pastoral care ⓘ
secular administration ⓘ
taxation ⓘ
hasRole bishop ⓘ
prince ⓘ
historicalContext Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
early modern Europe ⓘ
medieval Europe ⓘ
holdsOffice episcopal office ⓘ
princely office ⓘ
isTypeOf prince of the Church ⓘ
prince-prelate ⓘ
languageEquivalent German: Fürstbischof ⓘ
Latin: episcopus princeps ⓘ
largelyAbolishedBy 19th-century secularization ⓘ
legalStatus immediate vassal of the emperor ⓘ
relatedConcept Prince-Abbot NERFINISHED ⓘ
Prince-Archbishop ⓘ
Prince-Provost NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousAffiliation Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholic Church

Latin Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
typicalJurisdiction ecclesiastical principality ⓘ
prince-bishopric ⓘ
wasCommonIn German-speaking lands ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ecclesiastical territories NERFINISHED ⓘ
wieldsPower spiritual power ⓘ
temporal power ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Reichstag → hasMember → Prince-Bishop ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prince-bishops
Prince-Bishop of Paderborn → hasTitle → Prince-Bishop ⓘ
Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro → headOfStateTitle → Prince-Bishop ⓘ
Prince-Bishopric of Verden → highestAuthority → Prince-Bishop ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prince-bishop
Liège florin → politicalContext → Prince-Bishop ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prince-bishopric
Petar II Petrović-Njegoš → positionHeld → Prince-Bishop ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prince-Bishop of Montenegro
Prince-Bishopric of Trent → ruledBy → Prince-Bishop ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prince-Bishops