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Prince-Bishop
Sign in to saveAlso known as Prince-Archbishop, Prince-bishopric, Bishopric, Prince Bishopric, Ksiazebiskup, Prince bishop, Vladika, Prince Bishops
thumb|right|200px|Johann Otto von Gemmingen, Prince-Bishop of Augsburg (1591–1598)
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- Overview
- History
- Holy Roman Empire
- State of the Teutonic Order
- Kingdom of Poland and Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
- England
- Durham
- Other English Prince-bishoprics
- France
- Portugal
- Montenegro
- Contemporary
- Modern informal usage
- See also
- References
- Sources
- External links
thumb|right|200px|Johann Otto von Gemmingen, Prince-Bishop of Augsburg (1591–1598)
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.
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