Prince-bishop
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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
Johann Otto von Gemmingen, Prince-Bishop of Augsburg (1591–1598)
Ecclesiastical lands in the Holy Roman Empire, 1780
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Diocese of Urgell
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The Diocese of Urgell is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Catalonia and covering the whole of the sovereign Principality of Andorra. It covers territories including in the historical C
Prince-bishop
…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. In the West, with the decline of imperial…
Cathedral of Santa Maria d'Urgell, Urgell
Frontal from La Seu d'Urgell or of The Apostles, now conserved at MNAC Barcelona.
Apse from La Seu d'Urgell.