Talk:Roman Catholic Diocese of Chur

Merger proposal
I propose to merge Prince-Bishopric of Chur to Roman Catholic Diocese of Chur because of the reason written below --Süd-Russisches (talk) 04:07, 30 May 2021 (UTC);
 * In Prince-Bishopric of Chur there is a sentence The historical State must be distinguished from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Chur which still exists.. But in Prince-Bishopric of Chur the bishops before 1170 are also written. It indicate the it is hard to distinguish Prince-Bishopric of Chur from Roman Catholic Diocese of Chur.

*Oppose. Please read the article Hochstift. As with nearly all the other prince-bishoprics and dioceses of the Holy Roman Empire, the Prince-Bishopric of Chur and the diocese of the same name, while run by the same individual, were two distinct entities in all respects, including territorially (dioceses were generally considerably larger than the prince-bishoprics of the same name). The administrative structures of prince-bishoprics and dioceses has nothing in common. This is like proposing the merger of State of New York and Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York!!! --Lubiesque (talk) 11:34, 30 May 2021 (UTC)

Certainly de:Hochstift and de:Bistum are different, and in German Wikipedia some Hochstift articles exist separately with Bistum articles. (For example, de:Hochstift Würzburg and de:Bistum Würzburg)

But de:Hochstift Chur is just a redirect to de:Bistum Chur.

This indicates that the description of Hochstift Chur (Prince-Bishopric of Chur) is sufficient to be described in Bistum Chur (Roman Catholic Diocese of Chur) and that Hochstift Chur does not need to be a separate article.

Because German Wikipedia which has the most detailed content, is in this state, the English Wikipedia should be the same.

In addition, the Bishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York is not the Governor of State of New York.

Thank you !!! --Süd-Russisches (talk) 23:09, 30 May 2021 (UTC)(addition --Süd-Russisches (talk) 23:26, 30 May 2021 (UTC))
 * Your argument about the word Bistum is faulty and based on a peculiar German language confusion. Confusedly, the Germans use the word Bistum to denote both a bishopric (prince-bishopric) and a diocese. They seem to have a long-standing aversion to the word Diözese. While in English and French we invariably use the word Diocese, Diocèse to refer to the territorial subdivision of the Catholic Church headed by a bishop, the German, following an ancient tradition, avoid the word Diözese and call those Bistum instead. Make a Google search with Bistum Aachen, Bistum Görlitz, Bistum Dresden-Meissen for instance and you will see what I mean. More accurately, these should be called Diözese Aachen, Diözese Görlitz, etc. But you don't like the word Diözese, right?
 * The Austrians have it right and do say Diözese Salzburg, Diözese Linz, Diözese Innsbruck, Diözese Graz-Seckau, etc. The Austrians do it right, so why not do like they do!
 * Saying that since the German Wikipedia has the most detailed content, the English Wikipedia should be the same is ludicrous to say the least...That's no the way it works on Wikipedia.--Lubiesque (talk) 11:59, 3 June 2021 (UTC)

Hello Lubiesque !!!

Lubiesque seems to be misunderstanding.

I am neither a German speaker nor an English speaker, but a Japanese speaker.

Only in English Wikipedia both articles about Roman Catholic Diocese of Chur and Prince-Bishopric of Chur exist. In Japanese Wikipedia only article corresponding to Prince-Bishopric of Chur exists. And in other language wikipedia (including German Wikipedia) except Japanese Wikipedia only article corresponding to Roman Catholic Diocese of Chur exists.

I just want to remedy this somewhat confusing situation.

Therefore, the problems of Diözese and Bistum pointed out by Lubiesque are not related to this proposal.

In German Wikipedia, some de:Hochstift articles are separated from de:Bistum articles (for example there are de:Bistum Würzburg and de:Hochstift Würzburg).

We should pay attention to the fact that the independent article of de:Hochstift Chur does not exist.

That is what I wrote above.

Lubiesque wrote that Austrians are correct, unlike Germans, but Austrians and Swiss are also reading and editing German Wikipedia.

So, this situation should also be considered to reflect the views of Austrians and Swiss.

Thank you !!! --Süd-Russisches (talk) 15:27, 3 June 2021 (UTC)
 * I think it's time to point out this: the English-language Wikipedia has distinct articles for all the Holy Roman Empire prince-bishoprics and the corresponding dioceses. On the German Wikipedia, there are also dictinct articles in the overwhelming majority of cases, if not in all cases. The situation of Chur is not different to warrant a merger. If you ask for a merger in the case of Chur, you logically must ask for the merger of the other 35 or 40-odd prince-bishoprics and corresponding dioceses.--Lubiesque (talk) 15:50, 3 June 2021 (UTC)


 * We should pay attention to the fact that the independent article of de:Hochstift Chur does not exist. So because the German Wikipedia happens not to have a separate article on the Prince-Bishopric of Chur, we shouldn't have one, right?--Lubiesque (talk) 16:01, 3 June 2021 (UTC)


 * Oppose The prince-bishopric and the diocese articles cover different time periods (1170-1803 vs 451-present) and cover different geographical areas. Much of the modern diocese covers land that was never part of the prince-bishopric. By the same token, the prince-bishopric was a political entity that was involved in Imperial politics and sent troops to places that are not part of the diocese. The articles may need some cleaning up to avoid including a lot of detail which is irrelevant to that particular article. Additionally, some mention of the other entity will be needed to to provide context, but each article should focus on the particular time and place of that entity. Finally, what any other language Wikipedia chooses to do is irrelevant.Tobyc75 (talk) 17:24, 3 June 2021 (UTC)

Hello Tobyc75 !!!

Comparing the two maps shown in Prince-Bishopric_of_Chur, the area of Prince-Bishopric of Chur seems to be smaller than the Roman Catholic Diocese of Chur. It seems to be related to that the content of Prince-Bishopric of Chur is less than the content of Roman Catholic Diocese of Chur at the time when Prince-Bishopric_of_Chur existed. In this situation, it would be misleading to separate Prince-Bishopric_of_Chur from Roman Catholic Diocese of Chur.

Thank you !!!--Süd-Russisches (talk) 15:31, 5 June 2021 (UTC)

Hello Lubiesque !!!

Lubiesque wrote that the English-language Wikipedia has distinct articles for all the Holy Roman Empire prince-bishoprics.

But it is not true.

For example Bishopric of Halberstadt written in Prince-bishop is a redirect to Roman Catholic Diocese of Halberstadt.

Thank you !!!--Süd-Russisches (talk) 15:47, 5 June 2021 (UTC)


 * In my view, the only possible argument for merging both articles might be that they are both rather short (and contain in part the same or similiar information), and that in other cases only one article covers both institutions (but hopefully in separate sections). However, I agree that the more correct way is to generally distinguish them, as it results in most cases in two articles. Besides the arguments of generally lacking geographical congruence (which should be further detailed in the article on the Prince-Bishopric_of_Chur!) the main differentiator is of a legal nature: a Diocese is a canonical institution created by the Pope; a Prince-Bishopric was a feudal fiefdom (Zepterlehen) created and granted by the Holy Roman Emperor, according to the Concordat of Worms of 1122. While one is a Roman-catholic church parish, the other was a State of the Holy Roman Empire. Thus, the comparison between a bishop and a governor is indeed quite correct, the prince-bishops were subject to two different legal bases and two jurisdictions, they had a double function, an ecclesiastical and a secular one. Therefore there is no objective reason to merge the articles. --Equord (talk) 16:44, 6 July 2021 (UTC)
 * In the coming days I will start adding some material to the Prince-Bishopric of Chur article using mostly the excellent (German/French/Italian) Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse, and some other material in German (that I have to machine translate...) Actually, the article as it stands needs to be entirely rewritten--Lubiesque (talk) 19:17, 6 July 2021 (UTC)