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The Reichs Council of The Nobility of Germany
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The Reichs College of Princes and Counts of The Holy Roman Empire
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The Reichs College of Princes and
Counts of The Holy Roman Empire
1489-2008
Imperial Council of Princes and
Counts of Germany and Europe
Imperial Ecclesiastical Nobility
of The Holy Roman Empire
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(Above)
The Armorial Bearings of The Papacy
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(Above)
His Holiness Pope Benedictus XVI ,
Prince of Holy Roman Empire ,
Supreme Prelate of The Holy Roman
Empire of The German Nation .
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THE IMPERIAL ROLL OF HONOUR OF
THE NOBILITY OF THE HOLY ROMAN
EMPIRE OF THE GERMAN NATION,
A REGISTER OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL,
AND SECULAR MEMBERS, NOBLE
FAMILIES & TITLES OF THE HOLY ROMAN
EMPIRE WITHIN THE HOLY ROMAN CHURCH
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THE SUPREME IMPERIAL PRELATE
OF THE HOLY ROMAM EMPIRE
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His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI , Bishop of Rome,
Vicar of Jesus Christ, Successor of the Prince
of the Apostles, Supreme Pontiff of the Church
Universal, Patriarch of the West, Primate of
Italy, Archbishop and Metropolitan of the Roman
Province, Sovereign of the State of Vatican City,
Servant of the Servants of God, Supreme Prelate
of The Holy Roman Empire of The German Nation,
Chief Vicar of The Holy Roman Empire,
Prince of The Holy Roman Empire, etc..
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THE IMPERIAL ECCLESIASTICAL
PRINCES OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE
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His Eminence Cardinal Joachim Meisner ,
Pro-Tempore Imperial Prince Elector of Cologne ,
Prince Archbishop of Cologne.
( Pro-Tempore Prince Elector of The Holy Roman Empire )
His Grace Archbishop Alois Kothgasser of Salzburg ,
Pro tempore Imperial Prince Elector of Salzburg ,
Archbishop of Salzburg .
( Pro-Tempore Prince Elector of The Holy Roman Empire )
His Eminence Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone,
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati,
Cardinal Secretary of State.
( Prince of The Holy Roman Empire )
His Eminence Cardinal Angelo Sodano,
Cardinal Bishop of Ostia,
Dean of the College of Cardinals.
( Prince of The Holy Roman Empire )
His Eminence Cardinal Silvano Piovanelli ,
Archbishop of Florence .
( Pro-Tempore Prince of The Holy Roman Empire )
His Eminence Cardinal Giacomo Biffi ,
Archbishop of Bologne .
( Pro-Tempore Prince of The Holy Roman Empire )
The Rt.Rev. Amedee Grab ,
Bishop of Chur .
( Pro-Tempore Prince of The Holy Roman Empire )
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THE IMPERIAL ECCLESIASTICAL
COUNTS OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE
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His Excellency Mons. Giovanni Maria Sartori ,
Archbishop of Trento .
( Pro-Tempore Count of The Holy Roman Empire )
His Excellency Mons. Wilhelm Emil Egger ,
Bishop of Bressanone and Bolzano .
( Pro-Tempore Count of The Holy Roman Empire )
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The Holy Roman Empire's Imperial Diet:
Electoral Votes in 1792 ,
Ecclesiastical Bench of the Council of Princes
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The Ecclesiastical Bench of the Council
of Princes was composed of clerical
representatives. It held a total of 37 votes
(30 votes + seven votes held by Electors).
The votes were cast in the following order.
Franz I, Erzherzog von Osterreich
(1) Osterreich (1792-1806)
(2) Burgundy (1792-1806)
(3) Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg
(3a) Colloredo , Hieronymus von
(1772-1803)
(4) Prince-Archbishop of Besancon
Maximilian-Franz ,
Erzherzog von Osterreich (2 votes)
(5) Grand-Master of the
Teutonic Order (1780-1801)
(5a) Prince-Bishop of Munster
(1784-1801)
Erthal , Franz-Ludwig von
(2 votes)
(6) Prince-Bishop of Bamberg
(1779-1795)
(7) Prince-Bishop of Wurzburg
(1779-1795)
(8) Prince-Bishop of Worms
(8a) Erthal , Friedrich-Karl-Josef von
(1774-1801)
(9) Prince-Bishop of Eichstadt
(9a) Stubenberg , Josef von
(1790-1802)
(10) Prince-Bishop of Speyer
(10a) Limburg-Vehlen-Styrum,
Damian-August-Philipp zu
(1770-1797)
(11) Prince-Bishop of Strasbourg
(11a) Rohan-Guemene , Louis-Rene de
(1779-1801)
(12) Prince-Bishop of Konstanz
(12a) Rodt , Maximilian-Christoph von
(1775-1800)
Sachsen , Klemens-Wenzel ,
Herzog zu (3 votes)
(13) Prince-Bishop of Augsburg
(1768-1803)
(29) Prior of Ellwangen
(1787-1803)
(33) Prince-Abbot of Prum
Furstenburg , Franz-Egon von (2 votes)
(14) Prince-Bishop of Hildesheim
(1789-1802)
(15) Prince-Bishop of Paderborn
(1789-1802)
Schroffenberg-Mos ,
Josef-Konrad von (3 votes)
(16) Prince-Bishop of Freising
(1790-1803)
(17) Prince-Bishop of Regensburg
(1789-1803)
(31) Prince-Prior of Berchtesgaden
(1780-1803)
(18) Prince-Bishop of Passau
(18a) Auersperg ,
Josef-Franz-Anton von (1783-1795)
(19) Prince-Bishop of Trent
(19a) Thun-Hohenstein ,
Emanuel-Maria-Peter-Vigilius von
(1776-1800)
(20) Prince-Bishop of Brixen
(20a) Lodrun , Franz-Karl von
(1791-1803)
(21) Prince-Bishop of Basel
(21a) Roggenbach , Josef von
(1783-1794)
(23) Prince-Bishop of Onsabruck
(23a) York , Frederick-Augustus,
Duke of [ House of Hanover ]
(1764-1802)
(24) Prince-Bishop of Liege
(24a) Honsbrock ,
Cesar-Constantin-Francois de
(1784-1792)
(25) Prince-Bishop of Lubeck
(25a) Holstein-Gottorp ,
Peter-Friedrich-Ludwig ,
Herzog zu (1785-1802)
(26) Prince-Bishop of Chur
(26a) Rost , Franz-Dionysius,
Reichsfreiherr von (1777-1794)
(27) Prince-Bishop of Fulda
(created 1752)
(27a) Herstall ,
Adalbert III von (1788-1802)
(28) Prince-Abbot of Kempten
(28a) Neuenstein ,
Rupprecht III von (1785-1793)
(30) Grand-Master of the
Knights of St. John (Malta)
(31) Rohan-Polduc ,
Emanuel de (1775-1797)
(32) Prince-Prior of Weissenburg
(34) Prince-Abbot of Stablo
[Stavelot and Malmedy]
(34a) Thys , Celestin
(1786-1794)
(35) Prince-Bishop of Corvey
(created 1783)
(35a) Brabeck ,
Theodor von (1776-1794)
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The thirty-sixth and thirty-seventh votes
in the Council of Princes were held by
Prince-Abbots and Princess-Abbesses in the
Colleges of the Prelates of Swabia and the
Rhine. They were collective votes cast in
the following order:
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College of the Prelates of Swabia
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(1) Salmannsweiler
(2) Abbot of Weingarten
(2a) Ritter , Anselm
(1784-1803)
(3) Ochsenhausen
(4) Elchingen
(5) Irsee
(6) Ursberg
(7) Prince-Abbot of Kaiserheim
(7a) Muller ,
Franz-Xavier (1783-1803)
(8) Roggenburg
(9) Roth
(10) Weissenau
(11) Schussenried
(12) Marchtal
(13) Petershausen
(14) Wettenhausen
(15) Zwiefalten
(16) Gengenbach
(17) Neresheim
(18) Princess-Abbess of Heggbach
(18a) Kurz , Juliana
(1773-1792)
(19) Princess-Abbess of Gutenzell
(19a) Erolzheim , Justina von
(1776-1803)
(20) Princess-Abbess of Rottenmunster
(20a) Maier , Maia-Juliana (-1803)
(21) Princess-Abbess of Baindt
(21a) Markdorf ,
Bernharda von (1768-1802)
(22) Abbess of Soflingen
(23) Abbess of Sankt
Jorgen zu Isny
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College of the Prelates of the Rhine
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(1) Kaiserheim
(2) Koblenz
(3) Alsace and Burgundy
(4) Odenheim und Bruchsal
(5) Prince-Abbot of
Werden und Helmstadt
(5a) Birnbaum, Bernhard II
(1780-1797)
(6) Sankt Ulrich und Sankt
Afra in Augsburg
(7) Sankt Georg zu Isny
(8) Abbot of St. Kornelimunster
(8a) Plettenberg-Engsfeld ,
Mattias-Ludwig von (1764-1803)
(9) Abbot of Sankt
Emmeran zu Regensburg
(9a) Steiglehner ,
Colestin II (1791-1803)
(10) Abbess of Essen
(10a) Sachsen , Maria-Kunigunde ,
Herzogin zu (1776-1803)
(11) Princess-Abbess of Buchau
(11a) Stadion,
Maria-Maximiliana zu (1775-1803)
(12) Abbess of Quedlinburg
(12a) Sweden ,
Sophie-Albertine of
(1787-1803)
(13) Abbess of Herford
(13a) Brandenburg-Swedt,
Friedricke zu (1764-1803)
(14) Gernrode
(15) Abbess of Niedermunster
in Regensburg
(15a) Konigfeld,
Maria-Franziska-Xaveria von
(1789-1793)
(16) Abbess of Obermunster in Regensburg
(16a) Neuenstein-Hubacker ,
Maria-Josefa von (1775-1803)
(17) Burtscheid
(18) Princess-Abbess of Gandersheim
(18a) Braunschweig-Wolfenbuttel ,
Augusta-Dorothea zu (1777-1802)
(19) Abbess of Thorn
(19a) Sachsen , Maria-Kunigunde,
Herzogin zu (1776-1803)
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HIS HOLINESS POPE JOHN PAUL II, 1920-2005,
May God Bless Our Holy Father in Christ.
Karol Józef Wojtyła , known as John Paul II since his October 1978 election to the Papacy, was born in Wadowice, a small city 50 kilometres from Cracow, on May 18, 1920. He was the second of two sons born to Karol Wojtyła and Emilia Kaczorowska. His mother died in 1929. His eldest brother Edmund, a doctor, died in 1932 and his father, a non-commissioned army officer died in 1941.
He made his First Holy Communion at age 9 and was confirmed at 18. Upon graduation from Marcin Wadowita high school in Wadowice, he enrolled in Cracow's Jagiellonian University in 1938 and in a school for drama. The Nazi occupation forces closed the university in 1939 and young Karol had to work in a quarry (1940-1944) and then in the Solvay chemical factory to earn his living and to avoid being deported to Germany. In 1942, aware of his call to the priesthood, he began courses in the clandestine seminary of Cracow, run by Cardinal Adam Stefan Sapieha, archbishop of Cracow. At the same time, Karol Wojtyła was one of the pioneers of the "Rhapsodic Theatre," also clandestine. After the Second World War, he continued his studies in the major seminary of Cracow, once it had re-opened, and in the faculty of theology of the Jagiellonian University, until his priestly ordination in Cracow on November 1, 1946. Soon after, Cardinal Sapieha sent him to Rome where he worked under the guidance of the French Dominican, Garrigou-Lagrange. He finished his doctorate in theology in 1948 with a thesis on the topic of faith in the works of St. John of the Cross. At that time, during his vacations, he exercised his pastoral ministry among the Polish immigrants of France, Belgium and Holland.
In 1948 he returned to Poland and was vicar of various parishes in Cracow as well as chaplain for the university students until 1951, when he took up again his studies on philosophy and theology. In 1953 he defended a thesis on "evaluation of the possibility of founding a Catholic ethic on the ethical system of Max Scheler" at Lublin Catholic University. Later he became professor of moral theology and social ethics in the major seminary of Cracow and in the Faculty of Theology of Lublin. On July 4, 1958, he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Cracow by Pope Pius XII, and was consecrated September 28, 1958, in Wawel Cathedral, Cracow, by Archbishop Baziak. On January 13, 1964, he was nominated Archbishop of Cracow by Pope Paul VI, who made him a cardinal June 26, 1967. Besides taking part in Vatican Council II with an important contribution to the elaboration of the Constitution Gaudium et spes, Cardinal Wojtyła participated in all the assemblies of the Synod of Bishops. Since the start of his Pontificate on October 16, 1978, Pope John Paul II has completed 104 pastoral visits outside of Italy and 146 within Italy . As Bishop of Rome he has visited 317 of the 333 parishes .
His principal documents include 14 encyclicals , 15 apostolic exhortations , 11 apostolic constitutions and 45 apostolic letters. The Pope has also published five books : "Crossing the Threshold of Hope" (October 1994); "Gift and Mystery: On the 50th Anniversary of My Priestly Ordination" (November 1996); "Roman Triptych - Meditations", a book of poems (March 2003); "Rise, Let Us Be On Our Way" (May 2004) and "Memory and Identity" (pubblication spring 2005). John Paul II has presided at 147 beatification ceremonies ( 1,338 Blesseds proclaimed ) and 51 canonization ceremonies ( 482 Saints ) during his pontificate. He has held 9 consistories in which he created 231 (+ 1 in pectore) cardinals . He has also convened six plenary meetings of the College of Cardinals . From 1978 to today the Holy Father has presided at 15 Synods of Bishops : six ordinary (1980, 1983, 1987, 1990, 1994, 2001), one extraordinary (1985) and eight special (1980, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998[2] and 1999). No other Pope has encountered so many individuals like John Paul II: to date, more than 17,600,000 pilgrims have participated in the General Audiences held on Wednesdays (more than 1,160). Such figure is without counting all other special audiences and religious ceremonies held [more than 8 million pilgrims during the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000 alone] and the millions of faithful met during pastoral visits made in Italy and throughout the world. It must also be remembered the numerous government personalities encountered during 38 official visits and in the 738 audiences and meetings held with Heads of State , and even the 246 audiences and meetings with Prime Ministers.
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"CHRISTUS VINCIT, CHRISTUS REGNAT, CHRISTUS IMPERIT."
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