Prince-Bishopric of Augsburg
The Prince-Bishopric of Augsburg was one of the prince-bishoprics of the Holy Roman Empire, and belonged to the Swabian Circle. It should not be confused with the larger diocese of Augsburg, over which the prince-bishop exercised only spiritual authority.
Territory of the Prince-Bishopric
Bishop Friedrich von Zollern (1486–1505)
Reading of the Confessio Augustana by Emperor Charles V at the Diet of Augsburg, 1530
The Prince-Bishopric and the Diocese of Augsburg
A prince-bishop is a bishop who is also the civil ruler of some secular principality and sovereignty, as opposed to Prince of the Church itself, a title associated with cardinals. Since 1951, the sole extant prince-bishop has been the Bishop of Urgell, Catalonia, who has remained ex officio one of two co-princes of Andorra, along with the French president.
Johann Otto von Gemmingen, Prince-Bishop of Augsburg (1591–1598)
Ecclesiastical lands in the Holy Roman Empire, 1780