Structure
All bishops of Chiemsee were selected by the Archbishops, for the archbishop and the bishops formed some of the most important supporters of the archbishops. The bishops usually served as auxiliary bishops or fulfilled other duties for the archbishops. Locally the real power in the bishopric rested in the archdeacons who, supported by the Dukes of Bavaria, prevented the bishops from residing in the bishopric. Therefore the Bishops never became prince-bishops of the Empire, unlike most other ecclesiarchs. Thus the bishopric should not be considered as a state of the Holy Roman Empire, but as a territory within the state of the archbishopric. According to this, the bishops held a seat in the archbishoprics diet.
At first, the monastery of Frauenchiemsee was presumed to be the seat of the bishopry, but instead, the monastery church of the nearby Benectine Abbey of Herrenchiemsee was decided to be the bishops cathedral. In fact, the seat of the bishopric was the so-called Chiemseehof in the city of Salzburg. This building nowadays is used by the parliament and the government of the State of Salzburg.
The bishopric was very small, consisting of 10 parishes when it was created and 11 in 1804, the most of being located as exclaves in the vicinity of St. Johann in Tirol.
The most famous bishop was Berthold Pürstinger (1508 - 1525) who twice used his influence to save innocent people from the bishops (the town-councillors in 1511, and peasants in 1524), and after retiring from office became a noted humanist.
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