people from (the town-councillors in 1511, and the peasants in 1524); after retiring from office became a noted humanist. Abolition Together with the secularisation of the archbishopric in 1803, the bishopric also lost its territorial function. In 1808 the diocese was abolished after the last bishop waived his rights. Temporarily under the rule of the Ordinariate of the Bishopric of Freising, the Austrian parts returned to Salzburg and were added to the Bishopric of Brixen in 1817/18, the rest becoming a regular part of the newly renamed Archbishopric of Munich-Freising. List of Bishops of Chiemsee (1216 - 1808) Notes References External links Diocese of Chiemsee at catholic-hierarchy.org Titular Episcopal See of Chiemsee at gcatholic.org Article about the Bishopric of Chiemsee at Historisches Lexikon Bayerns (German) Former Roman Catholic dioceses in Germany Roman Catholic dioceses in the Holy Roman Empire Catholic titular sees in Europe States and territories established in 1216 States and territories disestablished in 1803 Former states and territories of Bavaria