Bishopric of Cammin

Roman Catholic Diocese of Cammin

Dioecesis Caminensis

Bistum Cammin (in German)
Former Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, now Co-Cathedral in Kamień Pomorski
Coat of arms of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cammin
Coat of arms
Location
Territorymost of ducal Pomerania, Stift territory, parts of eastern Mecklenburg, of the New March, and of the Uckermark
Ecclesiastical provinceexempt
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteLatin Rite
Established14 October 1140
de facto defunct since 1544
1688 former diocese subject to Nordic Missions Vicariate
CathedralCammin in Pomerania: Cathedral of St. John the Baptist
Patron saintSabinus of Spoleto
Faustinus of Brescia
Current leadership
Bishoplast Catholic: Erasmus von Manteuffel
Prince-Bishopric of Cammin
Hochstift Cammina
1248–1650
Coat of arms of Cammin
Coat of arms
Territory (violet) about 1250 
Territory (violet) about 1250 
StatusVassal of Holy Roman Empire
CapitalWolin, see till ~1150
Usedom Abbey, see till 1175
then Cammin, see & chapter
Kolberg, bishop's residence as of 1276
Köslin, Stift government
Common languagesOfficial: German
Unofficial: Pomeranian, Kashubian
Religion
Catholic till 1544, then Lutheran
Governmentelective 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)
 
• 1394–1398
Prince-Bishop John III
• 1479
Prince-Bishop Nicolaus
• 1574–1602
Administrator Casimir
• 1637–1650
Admin. Ernest Bogislaw
Legislaturebishop, chapter and Stift estates
Historical eraHigh Middle Ages to Early modern period
• Cammin Diocese est.
1140
• Bishop gained rule in temporalities near Kolberg
1248
• acquired imperial immediacy
1345,
1417 (conf.)
• joined Upper Saxon Circle
1512
• immediacy confirmed
1521, and 1542
• autonomy waived, Pomeranian fief
1544
• seized by Brandenburg
1650
• merged in Pomerania Province
1653
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Duchy of Pomerania
Province of Pomerania (1653–1815)
Today part ofPoland
  1. [1]

The Bishopric of Cammin (also Kammin, Kamień Pomorski) was both a former Roman Catholic diocese in the Duchy of Pomerania from 1140 to 1544,[2] and a secular territory of the Holy Roman Empire (Prince-Bishopric) in the 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 at the behest of Polish ruler Bolesław III Wrymouth,[3] 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 and suppressed until 1945, when its new incarnation, the Apostolic Administration of Kamień, Lubusz and the Prelature of Piła was re-established, succeeded by the Diocese of Szczecin-Kamień in 1972, elevated to Archdiocese of Szczecin-Kamień in 1992.

From west to east, the diocese bordered the dioceses of Schwerin, Havelberg, Brandenburg, Lubusz, Poznań, Gniezno and Włocławek.

The cathedral complex in Kamień Pomorski is listed as a Historic Monument of Poland.[4]

  1. ^ Gerhard Köbler, Historisches Lexikon der Deutschen Länder: die deutschen Territorien vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart, 7th edition, Munich: C.H.Beck, 2007, p. 113, ISBN 3-406-54986-1.
  2. ^ Diocese of Cammin, Germany Archived 4 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Medley, D. J. (2004). The church and the empire. Kessinger Publishing. p. 152.
  4. ^ Rozporządzenie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 25 sierpnia 2005 r. w sprawie uznania za pomnik historii "Kamień Pomorski - zespół katedralny", Dz. U., 2005, vol. 167, No. 1401