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This archbishopric was a substantial Ecclesiastical Principality of the Holy Roman Empire. It included lands near Mainz on the both the left and right banks of the Rhine , as well as territory along the Main above Frankfurt (including the district of Aschaffenburg ), and territory around Erfurt in Thuringia . The Archbishop was also, traditionally, one of the Imperial Prince-Elector s, the Arch-chancellor of Germany , and presiding officer of the Electoral College technically from 1251 and permanently from 1263 until 1803 . In 1802 , Mainz lost its archiepiscopal character. In the secularizations that accompanied the '' Reichsdeputationshauptschluss '' of 1803 , the seat of the Elector, Karl Theodor Von Dalberg , was moved to Regensburg , and the Electorate lost its left bank territories to France , its right bank areas along the Main below Frankfurt to Hesse-Darmstadt and the Nassau princes, and Erfurt to Prussia . Dalberg retained the Aschaffenberg area however, and when the Holy Roman Empire finally came to an end in 1806 , this became the core of Dalberg's new Grand Duchy Of Frankfurt . Dalberg resigned in 1813 and in 1815 the Congress Of Vienna divided his territories between the King of Bavaria , the Elector of Hesse-Kassel , the Grand Duke of Hesse-Darmstadt and the Free City of Frankfurt . The modern Diocese Of Mainz was founded in 1802, within the territory of France and in 1814 its jurisdiction was extended over the territory of Hesse-Darmstadt . Since then the has had two Cardinals and via various Concordat s was allowed to retain the mediæval tradition of the Cathedral chapter electing a successor to the Bishop . Another specialty: Aside from Rome, the See of Mainz is the only other see referred to as a "Holy See", although this usage became rather less common. BISHOPS OF MOGUNTIACUM, 80-745
ARCHBISHOPS OF MAINZ, 745-1251
ARCHBISHOPS-ELECTORS OF MAINZ, 1251-1803
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