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Prince-bishop logo #10101) Ecclesiastical title 2) Type of Bishop
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Prince-bishop

Prince-bishop logo #21000 A prince-bishop is a bishop who is a territorial Prince of the Church on account of one or more secular principalities, usually pre-existent titles of nobility held concurrently with their inherent clerical office. Thus the principality ruled politically by a prince-bishop could wholly or largely overlap with his diocesan jurisdiction, but not nec...
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