Bishopric of Puy

Bishopric of Pettino

Central Europe

Bishopric of Policastro

Bishopric of Perugia-Città della Pieve

Bishopric of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello

Mecklenburg-Güstrow

Bishop of Wollongong

Bishopric of Quimper

Bishopric of Mâcon

Bishopric of Saint-Brieuc

Bishopric of Molfetta

Bishopric of Rodez

Bishopric of Ramsbury

The Bishopric of Ratzeburg (German: Bistum Ratzeburg), centered on Ratzeburg in Northern Germany, was originally a suffragan to the Archdiocese of Hamburg, which transformed into the Archdiocese of Bremen in 1072.

Bishopric of Saint-Die

Bishopric of Ortona

Bishopric of Moldavia and Bukovina

Bishopric of Poitiers

Bishopric of Nancy and Toul

Bishopric of Melfi and Rapolla

Bishopric of Pergola

Bishopric of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla

Bishopric of Orléans

Bishopric of Reval

Bishopric of Mondovì

Bishopric of Southwell and Nottingham

Bishopric of Osnabrueck

Bishopric of Spires

Bishop of Siponto

Prince-Bishopric of Regensburg

Bishopric of Minden

Prince-Bishopric of Speyer

The Prince-Bishopric of Naumburg-Zeitz (German: Bistum Naumburg-Zeitz; Latin: Citizensis, then Naumburgensis or Nuemburgensis) was a medieval diocese in the central German area between Leipzig in the east and Erfurt in the west. The seat of the bishop was Zeitz Cathedral in Zeitz from 968 and 1029 and Naumburg Cathedral in Naumburg between 1029 and 1615. It was dissolved in the wake of the Reformation. The Bishopric of Zeitz-Naumburg encompassed the four archdeaconries of Naumburg, Zeitz, Altenburg and "trans Muldam" (comprising the sub-districts (Unterbezirke) of Lichtenstein, Glauchau, Hartenstein and Lößnitz).

Founded by Charlemagne

Fürstbistum / Hochstift Regensburg

Bishopric of Nanterre

Bishopric of Sardica

Bishopric of Prague

Bishopric of Perugia

Bishopric of Osel-Wiek

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Bishopric of Pisa

The Bishop of Wolverhampton is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Lichfield, in the Province of Canterbury, England. The title takes its name after the city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands. The Bishop of Wolverhampton has particular episcopal oversight of the parishes in the Archdeaconries of Lichfield and Walsall. The bishops suffragan of Wolverhampton have been area bishops since the Lichfield area scheme was erected in 1992.

Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Imperial collapse

Partitioned andsecularised to

Bishopric of Plestia

Bishopric of Riez

Bishopric of Ratisbon

Bishopric of Ribe

Bishopric of Merseburg
Hochstift Merseburg

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Bishopric of Rieti

Bishop of Wolverhampton

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Bishopric of Prussia

Bishopric of Nuoro

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Minden

Bishopric of Siena

Bishopric of Segorbe-Castellón

Bishopric of San Marco Argentano-Scalea

Bishopric of Ruvo

The Bishopric of Samland (German: Bistum Samland) was a bishopric in Samland (Sambia) in medieval Prussia. It was founded as a Roman Catholic diocese in 1243 by papal legate William of Modena. Its seat was Königsberg, until 1523 the episcopal residence was in Fischhausen. The bishopric became Lutheran in the 16th century during the Protestant Reformation. It was dissolved and merged into the Bishopric of Pomesania after 1577.

Bishopric of Oria

Bishopric of Otranto

Bishopric of Sinigaglia

Bishopric of Nardò

Bishopric of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno

Bishopric of Olomouc

Bishopric of Ramsbury and Sonning

Metz, Bishopric
France

Bishopric of Mérida

seat of Reichstag

Bishopric of Pomesania

Bishopric of Saint-Flour

Bishopric of Paderborn

The Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe was the Ordinary of the Church of Ireland diocese of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe, which was in the Province of Cashel until 1833, then afterwards in the Province of Dublin.

Bishopric of Sabina-Poggio Mirteto

Bishopric of Srijem

Bishopric of Reggio

Bishopric of Pamiers

Principality

Margraviate of Brandenburg

Bishopric of San Marco

Bishopric of Prato

Bishopric of Quimper-Cornouailles and Léon

City adopted Reformation

Bishopric of Ras

Bishopric of San Miniato

Became exclave of

Bishopric of Pinerolo

The Bishopric of Metz was a prince-bishopric of the Holy Roman Empire. It was one of the Three Bishoprics that were annexed by France in 1552.The Bishops of Metz had already ruled over a significant amount of territories within the former Kingdom of Lotharingia, which by the 870 Treaty of Meerssen became a part of East Francia.

Bishopric of Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux

The Bishopric of Minden was a Roman Catholic diocese (German: Bistum Minden) and a state, Prince-bishopric of Minden (German: Hochstift Minden), of the Holy Roman Empire. Its capital was Minden which is in modern-day Germany.

Bishopric of Sambia

Map of part of the Lower Rhenish–Westphalian Circle in

Bishopric of Sassari

Bishopric of Saint-Brieuc and Tréguier

Ceded to Metz diocese

Bishopric of Périgueux

Bishopric of Sessa Aurunca

destroyed bishopric

Incorporated by Saxony

Duchy of Saxony

Bishopric of Odense

Founded by St Boniface

Bishopric of Orange

Vassal

Bishopric of Piacenza

Bishopric of Siguenza

Prince-Bishopric of Minden

The Bishopric of Speyer, or Prince-Bishopric of Speyer (formerly known as Spires in English), was an ecclesiastical principality in what are today the German states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Baden-Württemberg. It was secularized in 1803. The prince-bishop resided in Speyer, a Free Imperial City, until the 14th century when he moved his residence to Uddenheim (Philippsburg), then in 1723 to Bruchsal, in large part due to the tense relationship between successive prince-bishops and the civic authorities of the Free City, officially Protestant since the Reformation. The prince-provostry of Wissemburg in Alsace was ruled by the prince-bishop of Speyer in a personal union relationship.

Europe

Bishopric of Ripatransone

Bishopric of Nocera Inferiore-Sarno

Bishopric of Sarno

The Three Bishoprics of Metz, Toul and Verdun, about 1648

Bishopric of Salamanca

Bishopric of Potenza

Bishopric of Montepulciano-Chiusi-Pienza

Bishopric of Noto

Bishopric of Penne e Pescara

Bishopric of Piacenza-Bobbio

Gained Reichsfreiheit

Bishopric of Sovana

Brandenburg-Prussia

Bishopric of Mirepoix

Bishopric of Pistoia and Prato

Bishopric of Rouen

Bishopric of St-Malo

Bishopric of Osnabrück

Middle Ages

Bishopric of Montpellier

Bishop of Osimo-Cingoli

Bishopric of Perpignan

The Bishopric of Reval was created in Duchy of Estonia by Valdemar II of Denmark in 1240. Contradictory to canon law Valdemar II reserved the right to appoint the bishops of Reval to himself and his successor kings of Denmark. The decision to simply nominate the see of Reval was unique in the whole Catholic Church at the time and was disputed by bishops and the Pope.

Early modern France

Bishopric of Modena-Nonantola

Bishopric of Penne and Atri

Bishopric of St-Papoul

Bishopric of Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux

Regensburg Cathedral

Principauté épiscopale de Metz

Bishopric of Orvieto-Todi

Bishopric of Sassina

Bishopric of Perigueux

Bishopric of Salzburg

Prince-bishopric

Bishopric of Piazza Armerina

Bishopric of Saint-Lizier

Bishopric of Senigallia

Bishopric of Saint-Pol-de-Léon

Bishopric of Salona

Bishopric of Sovana-Pitigliano

Bishop of Liege

Bishopric of Padova

Bishopric of Narbonne

Bishopric of San Marino

Holy Roman Empire

Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe

Bishopric of Pescia

Bishop of Osimo

Bishopric of Patti

Bishopric of Oviedo

Bishopric of Moray

Bishopric of Nardo-Gallipoli

France, Germany

Bishopric of Pistoia

Bishopric of Oxford

The Bishopric of Speyer, or Prince-Bishopric of Speyer (formerly known as Spires in English), was an ecclesiastical principality in what are today the German states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Baden-Württemberg. It was secularized in 1803.

Bishopric of Pesaro

Bishopric of Nocera dei Pagani

Bishopric of Riga

Bishopric of Orvieto

Archbishopric¹

Bishopric of Saeben

Bishopric of Oloron

Bishopric of Pescara-Penne

Bishopric of Passau

Bishopric of Nocera Inferiore

Bishopric of Nimes

Bishopric of Sens

Bishopric of Osnabruck

recognises annexation

Bishopric of Reggio Emilia

Bishopric of Płock

Bishopric of Rossano

Speyer

Bishopric of Nepi

Duchy of Bavaria

Bishopric of Servia

Bishopric of Squillace

Bishoprics of Merseburg, Naumburg and Zeitz about 1250

Bishopric of Roermond

Bishopric of Speyer

Bishopric of Oradea

Bishop of Siracusa

Bishopric of Salerno

Bishopric of San Severo

The Bishopric of Regensburg (German: Bistum Regensburg) was a small prince-bishopric (Hochstift) of the Holy Roman Empire, located in what is now southern Germany. It was elevated to the Archbishopric of Regensburg in 1803 after the dissolution of the Archbishopric of Mainz, but became a bishopric again in 1817.

Bishopric of Rosemarkie

Bishopric of Ravenna

Bishopric of Monopoli

Bishopric of Melfi-Rapolla

Bishopric of Muro

Bishopric of Saint Asaph

Bishopric of Mileto-Nicotera-Tropea

Bishopric of Soissons

Bishopric of San Benedetto del Tronto-Ripatransone-Montalto

Bishopric of Paris

Bishopric of Quimper-et-Léon

Bishopric of Saint-Pol-de-Leon

Hochstift Minden

Bishopric of Sabina

Henry (the Lion) defeated

Lost territory to France
France and Baden

Bishopric of Perpignan-Elne

Bishopric of Padua

Bishopric of Norwich

Bishopric of Munster

The Prince-Bishopric of Naumburg-Zeitz (German: Bistum Naumburg-Zeitz; Latin: Citizensis, then Naumburgensis or Nuemburgensis) was a medieval diocese in the central German area between Leipzig in the east and Erfurt in the west. The seat of the bishop was Zeitz Cathedral in Zeitz from 968 and 1029 and Naumburg Cathedral in Naumburg between 1029 and 1615. It was dissolved in the wake of the Reformation.

Principauté épiscopale de Metz (fr)

The Prince-Bishopric of Ratzeburg shown within Mecklenburg c. 1250
Roman Catholic, Lutheran after 1554

Bishopric of Quimper-et-Leon

Bishopric of Modena

Bishopric of Ratzeburg

Bishopric of Novara

Bishopric of Sigüenza

Bishopric of Savona

Bishopric of Siponto

Bishopric of Montepulciano

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Bishopric of Ruvo e Bitonto

Bishopric established

Bishopric of Molfetta-Ruvo-Giovinazzo-Terlizzi

Bishopric of Saint Andrews

Ratzeburg

Ceded to Westphalia

Prince-Bishopric of Metz

Bishopric of Sisteron

Bishop of Wollin

Bishopric of Nevers

Bishopric of Saint-Pons-de-Thomieres

Bishopric of Nottingham

Bishopric of Sigueenza

Bishopric of Melfi-Rapolla-Venosa

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annexed by France

Bishopric of Portalegre-Castelo Branco

Hochstift Ratzeburg

Bishopric of Agrigento

Bishopric of Pitinum

Margraviate of Baden

Merseburg

The Bishop of Limerick is an episcopal title which takes its name after the city of Limerick in the Province of Munster, Ireland. In the Roman Catholic Church it still continues as a separate title, but in the Church of Ireland it has been united with other bishoprics.

Bishopric of Milan

Bishopric of Nîmes

Bishopric of Nancy-Toul

Bishopric of San Marino-Montefeltro

Bishopric of Parma

Bishopric of Montauban

the 10th century

Bishopric of Nimes, Uzes and Ales

Bishopric of Muenster

Bishopric of Salisbury

Mont-Tonnerre

Bishop of Limburg

Bishopric of Ragusa

Udenheim

Fürstbistum Metz (de)

Bishopric of Noyon-Tournai

City made permanent

ensued by break-up of

Bishopric of Newcastle

Prince-Bishopric of Merseburg

Bishop of Lille

Bishopric of Naumburg

Speyer became

Bishopric of Pavia

Bishopric of Muro-Lucano

Bishopric of Narni

Bishopric of Pontremoli

Bishopric of Samogitia

Bishopric of Málaga

Bishopric of Pozzuoli

Bishopric of Seckau

Bishopric of Nîmes, Uzès and Alès

Bishopric of Nice

Bishopric of Saint-Malo

Bishopric of Nardo

Bishopric of Santander

Elective monarchy, ruled by the bishop or administrator holding the episcopal see, elected by the chapter or, exceptionally, appointed by the Pope
Pagan Wends

Bishopric of Saint-Omer

Bishopric of Pontoise

Bishopric of Palencia

Bishopric of Schwerin

Bishopric of Penne-Atri

Bishopric of Oristano

Bishopric of Portalegre

Bishopric of Nicastro

Bishopric of Mondovi

Bishopric of Saint-Etienne

Bishopric of Noyon

Bishopric of Olena

Bishop of Sipontum

Fürstbistum Speyer

Bishopric of Segorbe-Castellon

Bishopric of Metz

Bishopric of Orkney

-Diocese refounded

Bishopric of Saint-Brieuc and Treguier

Bishopric of Ross

Bishopric of Saragossa

Bishopric of Puy-en-Velay

Germany

confirmed

(also: Fürstbistum Ratzeburg)

Gained territory

The Bishopric of Reval was created in Duchy of Estonia by Valdemar II of Denmark in 1240. Contradictory to canon law Valdemar II reserved the right to appoint the bishops of Reval to himself and his successor kings of Denmark. The decision to simply nominate the see of Reval was unique in the whole Catholic Church at the time and was disputed by bishops and the Pope. During the era, the election of bishops was never established in Reval and the royal rights to the bishopric and to nominate the bishops was even included in the treaty when the territories of the Duchy of Estonia were sold to Teutonic Order in 1346.Until 1374 the see was suffragan to the Archbishop of Lund after which it was transferred to the Archbishopric of Riga.The Bishopric of Reval came to an end during the Protestant Reformation in the Livonian Confederation. The last titular bishop of the see was Magnus, Duke of Holstein younger brother of Frederick II of Denmark who had bought Bishopric of Ösel-Wiek on the eve of the Livonian War. Magnus landed on Ösel (Saaremaa) in 1560 and soon after the bishop of Reval also resigned his bishopric to Magnus' hands. Magnus' attempt to gain control of the Toompea Castle in Reval was prevented by Gotthard Kettler, the master of Livonian Order. In 1561 Eric XIV of Sweden took control over Reval and after the Livonian war it became the capital city of Swedish Estonia.

Bishopric of Soissons, Laon and Saint-Quentin

Bishopric of Rieux

Bishopric of Nola

Bishopric of Rapolla

Bishopric of Namur

the Duchy of Saxony
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Fürstbistum Metz

Bishopric of Saintes

Bishopric of Rome

Bishopric of Ogliastra

Bishopric of Perugia-Citta della Pieve

Bishopric of Sion

Secularised to

Bishopric of Osimo

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Bishopric of Osel–Wiek

Turned Protestant

Bishopric of Montefeltro

Bishopric of Nancy

Bishopric of Rennes

Bishopric of Saint-Claude

Principality of Regensburg

The Bishopric of Metz was a prince-bishopric of the Holy Roman Empire. It was one of the Three Bishoprics that were annexed by France in 1552.The Bishops of Metz had already ruled over a significant amount of territories within the former Kingdom of Lotharingia, which by the 870 Treaty of Meerssen became a part of East Francia. They had to struggle for their independence from the Dukes of Lorraine, acquired the lands of the Counts of Metz, but had to face the rise of their capital Metz to the status of an Imperial City in 1189. In 1234 the unrest of the Metz citizens forced the bishops to move their residence to Vic-sur-Seille.In 1357 Emperor Charles IV of Luxembourg again confirmed the bishopric's Imperial immediacy. From the accession of Henri of Lorraine-Vaudémont in 1484 however, the diocese was ruled by bishops from the House of Lorraine, who by their close relations with the House of Valois brought Metz unter the influence of the French crown. By the 1552 Treaty of Chambord, an alliance of revolting Protestant Imperial princes led by Elector Maurice of Saxony promised the overlordship over the Three Bishoprics of Metz, Toul and Verdun to King Henry II of France. Metz was occupied by Henry's troops and annexed by the French crown, finally acknowledged by the Empire in the 1648 Peace of Westphalia.

Bishopric of Quimper-Cornouailles and Leon

Bishopric of Olmütz

Bishopric of Patras

Bishopric of Montecorvino

Bishopric of Spoleto-Norcia

Bishopric of Muro Lucano

Established

Bishopric of Regensburg

State of the Holy Roman Empire

Bishopric of Senez

Electorate of Saxony

Bishopric of Orleans

The Prince-Bishopric of Speyer circa 1700

Bishopric of Setubal

Bishopric of Samland

Bishopric of Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges

Bishopric of St-Omer

Bishopric of Saint-Pons-de-Thomières

Bishopric of Saint-Dié

Bishopric of Sekkau

Bishopric of Sansepolcro

Bishopric of Sabina–Poggio Mirteto

Bishopric of Osimo e Cingoli

Bishopric of Nevers and Laon

Bishopric of Naumburg-Zeitz

Elective principality

Bishopric of Monreale

County of Metz

Bishop of Limerick

Bishopric of Saluzzo

Bishopric of Nantes

Bishopric of Sipontum

Bishopric of Peterborough

Bishopric of Ozieri

Metz Imperial City

Bishopric of Nepi-Sutri

established

Rhine Basin

Bishopric of Mileto

Bishopric of Penne

Bishopric of Sovana and Pitigliano

Bishopric of Reims

Imperial Free City

Bishopric of Moulins

as Imperial City

Bishopric of Rossano-Cariati

Bishopric of Rochester

The Bishopric of Merseburg was an episcopal see on the eastern border of the medieval Duchy of Saxony with its centre in Merseburg, where Merseburg Cathedral was constructed.

Bishopric of Sarlat

Ceded to Bavaria on

Bishopric of Osma-Sorio

Bishopric of Ossory

Bishopric of Nardò-Gallipoli

Bishopric of Siracusa

Bishopric of Merida

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Bishopric of Sarsina

Bishopric of Saint-Papoul

Duchy of Franconia

Bishopric of Rimini

Prince-Bishopric of Ratzeburg

Bishopric of Savona-Noli

Bishopric of Miranda

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Bishopric of Plock

Bishopric of Spoleto

Regensburg Reichsfrei
Theocracy

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City annexed to Bavaria

Bishopric of Saint-Étienne

The Bishopric of Merseburg was an episcopal see on the eastern border of the medieval Duchy of Saxony with its centre in Merseburg, where Merseburg Cathedral was constructed. The see was founded in 967 by Emperor Otto I at the same time in the same manner as those of Meissen and Zeitz (from 1029: Naumburg), all suffragan dioceses of the Archbishopric of Magdeburg as part of a plan to bind the adjacent Slavic ("Wendish") lands in the Saxon Eastern March beyond the Saale River more closely to the Holy Roman Empire.The prince-bishopric was re-established by King Henry II of Germany in 1004. It then covered a considerable small territory stretching from the Saale up to the Mulde River and the Margraviate of Meissen in the east.

Bishopric of Saint-Pons

Bishopric of Nocera de' Pagani

Saxo-Bavarian Duke

Bishopric of Melfi e Rapolla

Bishopric of Sorrento

Bishopric of Osma

Bishopric of Senlis

Bishopric of Setúbal

Bishopric of Southwell

Bishopric of Oesel-Wiek

Bishopric of Münster

Bishopric of St-Lizier

Bishopric of Oldenburg

Bishopric of Agen

Bishopric of Mende

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Regensburg, Bishopric

Bishopric of Montefiascone

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Diocese founded

Bishopric of Melfi

Mediatised to new

Possessed Hamelin

Bishopric of Sofia