Bishopric of Regensburg

*Fürstbistum / Hochstift Regensburg*
Prince-Bishopric of Regensburg
	Fürstbistum / Hochstift Regensburg; Prince-Bishopric of Regensburg
	State of the Holy Roman Empire
	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 1803
- Ceded to Bavaria on; Imperial collapse	; January 6, 1806
	1: The Bishopric, the Imperial City and all three Imperial Abbeys were mediatised simultaneously.

*Fürstbistum / Hochstift Regensburg*
Prince-Bishopric of Regensburg
	Fürstbistum / Hochstift Regensburg; Prince-Bishopric of Regensburg
	State of the Holy Roman Empire
	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 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 Bishopric of Regensburg (German: Bistum Regensburg) was a small prince-bishopric (Hochstift) of the Holy Roman Empire. was elevated to the Archbishopric of Regensburg in 1803 after the dissolution of the Archbishopric of Mainz, but became a bishopric again in 1817.

[edit] History

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 united with other territories to form the Archbishopric of Regensburg, with Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg as archbishop. In 1810, this Principality of Regensburg became part of the Kingdom of Bavaria, although he retained archiepiscopal status. The Bavarian Concordat of 1817 after Dalberg's death downgraded the Archdiocese of Regensburg into a suffragen diocese subordinate to the archbishop of Munich and Freising.