Diocese of Worms

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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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Diocese of Worms canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman Catholic diocese ⓘ
prince-bishopric ⓘ
bishopHeldTitle Prince-Bishop of Worms ⓘ
borderedBy Diocese of Mainz ⓘ
Diocese of Speyer ⓘ
Diocese of Würzburg ⓘ
cathedralDedication Saint Peter ⓘ
linked to: Apostle Peter
country Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
episcopalSee Worms Cathedral ⓘ
establishedBefore 614 ⓘ
establishedInCentury 4th century ⓘ
existedDuring Early modern period ⓘ
Middle Ages ⓘ
governedBy Bishop of Worms ⓘ
governmentForm Prince-bishopric within the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
hadChapter Cathedral chapter of Worms ⓘ
hadJurisdictionOver clergy in its territory ⓘ
parishes in and around Worms ⓘ
hadSecularization yes ⓘ
hasCapital Worms ⓘ
heldImperialImmediateStatus yes ⓘ
historicalRegion Palatinate ⓘ
linked to: Palatinate region

Rhine Valley ⓘ
languageOfLiturgy Latin ⓘ
locatedIn Germany ⓘ
Rhineland-Palatinate ⓘ
Upper Rhine region ⓘ
Worms ⓘ
metropolitanSee Archdiocese of Mainz ⓘ
notableCathedral Cathedral of St Peter, Worms ⓘ
partOf Ecclesiastical province of Mainz ⓘ
region Rhenish Franconia ⓘ
religion Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
rite Latin Rite ⓘ
secularAuthorityType Prince-bishop ⓘ
secularizedDuring French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ
secularizedUnder French rule on the left bank of the Rhine ⓘ
successorEcclesiasticalJurisdiction Archdiocese of Freiburg ⓘ
Roman Catholic Diocese of Mainz ⓘ
Roman Catholic Diocese of Speyer ⓘ
suppressedBy Concordat of 1801 ⓘ
suppressedInYear 1801 ⓘ
territoryTransferredTo Diocese of Freiburg ⓘ
Diocese of Mainz ⓘ
Diocese of Speyer ⓘ
wasImperialEstate yes ⓘ
wasPartOf German church provinces ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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) → tookPlaceInDiocese → Diocese of Worms ⓘ
Wormser Dom → formerDiocese → Diocese of Worms ⓘ
Cathedral of St Peter → formerDiocese → Diocese of Worms ⓘ