Prince-Bishopric of Cammin
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Cammin Dioecesis Caminensis Bistum Cammin (German) |
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Then Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Cammin in Pomerania, now Concathedral in Kamień Pomorski
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| Location | |
| Country | Holy Roman Empire |
| Territory | most of ducal Pomerania, Stift territory, parts of eastern Mecklenburg, of the New March, and of the Uckermark |
| Ecclesiastical province | exempt |
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| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 14 October 1140 de facto defunct since 1544 1688 former diocese subject to Nordic Missions Vicariate |
| Cathedral | Cammin in Pomerania: Cathedral of St. John the Baptist |
| Patron saint |
Sabinus of Spoleto Faustinus of Brescia |
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| Bishop | last Catholic: Erasmus von Manteuffel |
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| Hochstift Cammina | ||||||||||
| Vassal of Holy Roman Empire | ||||||||||
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 Territory (violet) about 1250
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| Capital |
Wollin, see till ~1150 Usedom Abbey, see till 1175 then Cammin, see & chapter Kolberg, bishop's residence as of 1276 Köslin, Stift government |
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| Languages | Official: German Unofficial: Pomeranian, Kashubian |
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| Religion | Catholic till 1544, then Lutheran | |||||||||
| Government | elective monarchy, ruled by the prince-bishop or administrator holding the see, elected by the chapter or, exceptionally, appointed by the Pope | |||||||||
| Prince-bishop, administrator, or chapter (in vacancy) |
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| • | 1394–1398 | Prince-Bishop John III | ||||||||
| • | 1479 | Prince-Bishop Nicolaus | ||||||||
| • | 1574–1602 | Administrator Casimir | ||||||||
| • | 1637–1650 | Admin. Ernest Bogislaw | ||||||||
| Legislature | bishop, chapter and Stift estates | |||||||||
| Historical era | High Middle Ages to Early modern period | |||||||||
| • | Cammin Diocese est. | 1140 | ||||||||
| • | Bishop gained rule in temporalities near Kolberg | 1248 | ||||||||
| • | acquired imperial immediacy | 1345, 1417 (conf.) |
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| • | joined Upper Saxon Circle | 1512 | ||||||||
| • | immediacy confirmed | 1521, and 1542 | ||||||||
| • | autonomy waived, Pomeranian fief | 1544 | ||||||||
| • | seized by Brandenburg | 1650 | ||||||||
| • | merged in Pomerania Province | 1653 | ||||||||
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The Bishopric of Cammin (also Kammin, Kamień Pomorski) was both a former Roman Catholic diocese in the Duchy of Pomerania from 1140 to 1544, and a secular territory (Prince-Bishopric) in the Kolberg (Kołobrzeg) area from 1248 to 1650.
The diocese comprised the areas controlled by the House of Pomerania in the 12th century, thus differing from the later territory of the Duchy of Pomerania by the exclusion of the Principality of Rügen and inclusion of Circipania, Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and the northern Uckermark and New March. The diocese was rooted in the Conversion of Pomerania by Otto of Bamberg in 1124 and 1128, and was dissolved during the Protestant Reformation, when the Pomeranian nobility adopted Lutheranism in 1534 and the last pre-reformatory bishop died in 1544. The Catholic diocese was succeeded by the Pomeranian Evangelical Church.
The secular territory of the former diocese continued to exist as a prince-bishopric and principality within the Duchy of Pomerania, and was dissolved in 1650 when it fell to Brandenburg-Prussia, becoming part of Brandenburgian Pomerania. The area of the former principality was administered as Fürstenthum county within the Prussian Province of Pomerania until its division in 1872.
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