Diocese of Worms

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Roman Catholic diocese prince-bishopric

The Diocese of Worms was a historic Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in present-day Germany, centered on the city of Worms and overseen by a bishop who later held princely status within the Holy Roman Empire.

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman Catholic diocese ⓘ
prince-bishopric ⓘ
bishopHeldTitle Prince-Bishop of Worms NERFINISHED ⓘ
borderedBy Diocese of Mainz NERFINISHED ⓘ
Diocese of Speyer NERFINISHED ⓘ
Diocese of Würzburg NERFINISHED ⓘ
cathedralDedication Saint Peter NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
episcopalSee Worms Cathedral NERFINISHED ⓘ
establishedBefore 614 ⓘ
establishedInCentury 4th century ⓘ
existedDuring Early modern period ⓘ
Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ
governedBy Bishop of Worms NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentForm Prince-bishopric within the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
hadChapter Cathedral chapter of Worms NERFINISHED ⓘ
hadJurisdictionOver clergy in its territory ⓘ
parishes in and around Worms ⓘ
hadSecularization yes ⓘ
hasCapital Worms NERFINISHED ⓘ
heldImperialImmediateStatus yes ⓘ
historicalRegion Palatinate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rhine Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfLiturgy Latin ⓘ
locatedIn Germany ⓘ
Rhineland-Palatinate ⓘ
Upper Rhine region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Worms NERFINISHED ⓘ
metropolitanSee Archdiocese of Mainz NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableCathedral Cathedral of St Peter, Worms GENERATED ⓘ
partOf Ecclesiastical province of Mainz NERFINISHED ⓘ
region Rhenish Franconia NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
rite Latin Rite ⓘ
secularAuthorityType Prince-bishop ⓘ
secularizedDuring French Revolutionary Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ
secularizedUnder French rule on the left bank of the Rhine ⓘ
successorEcclesiasticalJurisdiction Archdiocese of Freiburg NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roman Catholic Diocese of Mainz NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roman Catholic Diocese of Speyer NERFINISHED ⓘ
suppressedBy Concordat of 1801 NERFINISHED ⓘ
suppressedInYear 1801 ⓘ
territoryTransferredTo Diocese of Freiburg NERFINISHED ⓘ
Diocese of Mainz NERFINISHED ⓘ
Diocese of Speyer NERFINISHED ⓘ
wasImperialEstate yes ⓘ
wasPartOf German church provinces ⓘ

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

Prince-Bishopric of Worms → diocese → Diocese of Worms ⓘ
Council of Worms (1076) response by Henry IV → tookPlaceInDiocese → Diocese of Worms ⓘ
subject surface form: Council of Worms (1076)