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since 1471, who remarked, "What does it matter to us that there is a Bishop of Lebus or who he is, so long as he is a good honest man who is useful to the lordship and its territories? For in any case, whether he likes it or not, he must do whatever a
Margrave of Brandenburg pleases in reasonable
755:. After this, tensions arose between the claims of Polish and Magdeburg representatives for influence in the diocese. Since the bishops of Lebus generally supported Polish interests, some time after 1276 they moved the seat of the see east of the Oder to Göritz (
763:("New March"). Despite the Polish loss of the region, the Diocese remained a suffragan of the Polish Archdiocese of Gniezno, and several Polish bishops were still appointed, and under Bohemian (Czech) rule (1373–1415) also several
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died, he was the last
Catholic bishop in northern Germany. When the Lutheran administrator Johann Horneburg died, the lordship was formally incorporated into Brandenburg. In 1598, the Church formally suppressed the diocese.
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permanently lost the Lubusz Land to the archbishopric of
Magdeburg and the Ascanian margraviate of Brandenburg. Bolesław sold half of the land to Archbishopic of Magdeburg; the other half was captured by Ascanian nobles.
797:— was reconciled with Bishop Henry Bentsch: the episcopal possessions were returned and the seat also returned to Lebus, where a new cathedral was built. The castle and lordship of Lebus were also left to the bishop.
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ordered the governor of the Prince-bishopric — Erich von Wulkow — to capture the episcopal possessions and to destroy the cathedral in Göritz. Bishop
Stephen fled to Poland.
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rather than to a German archdiocese; this kept Poland independent from the Holy Roman Empire throughout the
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564:(6 Apr 1524 Confirmed - 25 Oct 1550 Died). He was the last Catholic bishop in north Germany.
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to Brandenburg. In the same year, the brothers captured the castle of
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Henry of Bancz (Bantsch) (7 Jan 1353 Appointed – 30 Aug 1365 Died)
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on the castle hill in Lubusz. The cathedral was later destroyed.
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1009:(ADB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 182 f.
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was built on the castle hill in Lubusz and was dedicated to St
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Friedrich Sesselmann (1 Dec 1455 Confirmed – 21 Sep 1483 Died)
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Piotr von Burgsdorff (9 Jan 1437 Appointed – 29 Jun 1439 Died)
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The status of the bishop during this period is summarised by
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The Sacrament House in St. Mary's Cathedral in Fürstenwalde
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Jan Kietlicz (3 Dec 1382 Confirmed – 2 Sep 1392 Appointed,
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1089:(April 2006), Sammlergilde St. Gabriel e. V. (ed.), cf.
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Jan von Deher (16 Oct 1443 Appointed – 28 Jul 1455 Died)
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With the extinction of the Brandenburg branch of the
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Wilhelm I of Nysa (7 Mar 1252 Appointed – 1273 Died)
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884:. In 1518, the lordship also acquired the town of
878:. The castle was then expanded into an episcopal
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344:was founded, directly subordinate to the
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1061:(in Polish). Kraków. 1999. p. 409.
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174:Diocese of Lebus before the Reformation
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