Diocese of Regensburg

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Fürstbistum / Hochstift Regensburg
Prince-Bishopric of Regensburg
State of the Holy Roman Empire
← Duchy of Bavaria
 13th century – 1803 Archbishopric of Regensburg →

Coat of arms of Regensburg, Bishopric

Coat of arms
Capital Regensburg Cathedral
Government Theocracy
Historical era Middle Ages
 - Founded by St Boniface 739
 - Gained Reichsfreiheit 13th century
 - Regensburg Reichsfrei
    as Imperial City		  
1245
 - City annexed to Bavaria 1486–96
 - City adopted Reformation 1542
 - City made permanent
    seat of Reichstag		  
1663–1806
 - Mediatised to new
    Archbishopric¹		  
1803
 - Ceded to Bavaria on
    Imperial collapse		  
January 6, 1806
1: The Bishopric, the Imperial City and all three Imperial Abbeys were mediatised simultaneously.

The Diocese of Regensburg (Latin: Dioecesis Ratisbonensis) is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church seated in Regensburg. Its district covers parts of northeastern Bavaria; it is subordinate to the archbishop of Munich and Freising. The diocese has 1.3 million Catholics, constituting 81% of its population. The current bishop is Gerhard Ludwig Müller; the main church is Saint Peter in Regensburg.

The diocese was founded in 739 by Saint Boniface; it was originally subordinate to the archbishop of Salzburg. In the 13th century, the Bishopric of Regensburg became a state of the Holy Roman Empire. By the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss of 1803, the Bishopric was incorporated into the new Archbishopric of Regensburg. In 1810, the state became part of Bavaria. The Bavarian Concordat of 1817 reorganized the diocese and made it subordinate to the archbishop of Munich and Freising.

Main article: Bishop of Regensburg


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Banner of the Holy Roman Emperor Holy Roman Empire — Bavarian Circle (1500–1806)
Ecclesiastical Bench Berchtesgaden | Freising | Niedermünster | Obermünster | Passau | Regensburg | Salzburg | St. Emmeram
Secular Bench Bavaria | Breitenegg | Ehrenfels | Haag | Hohenwaldeck | Leuchtenberg | Neuburg | Ortenburg | Regensburg | Störnstein | Sulzbach | Sulzbürg-Pyrbaum
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