Bishopric
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What is a Bishopric?
Bishoprics are counties that are ruled by a bishop.
How do Bishoprics differ from Counties?
- Only males with a finished ecclestial education can be made a bishop
- Creating a bishopric doesn't reduce your badboy-points, it gives you a one-time piety-bonus of between 150 and 300 piety. If you give an existing bishop another county or make him an archbishop (= give him a duketitle) then you will get a BB-reduction.
- Archbishops have no demesne-limits, so they won't create sub-vassals (though if there are already feudal counties in their ducal domain when the title is granted, they will inherit those secular feudal vassals)
- Bishops get a loyalty bonus if you have positive piety, which means that bishops are less likely to revolt
- You can't lose a bishopric through inheritance, a normal vassal can be inherited by someone from outside your realm, a bishopric can't be inherited
- If a bishop becomes Pope and he is your direct vassal then you will get all his titles back
Inheritance in a Bishopric
When a bishop dies, the game will automatically will appoint a new bishop. That new bishop can come from:
a) The Papal court
b) The court of the Papal Controller
c) The court of the bishopric
d) The game creates a randomly new character to fill the see
Regardless of where the new Bishop comes from, the Bishopric will always remain part of your realm. See Point 5 above.
Note on Inheritance
It is worth noting however that you can lose a Bishop and his lands if he inherits lands elsewhere e.g. if you are King of England and you end up with the King of Scotland's first son in your court and you appoint him Bishop of Oxford, when the King of Scotland dies his son will inherit and take the County of Oxford with him. In other words, the Bishopric cannot be inherited, but the Bishop can inherit other lands and take the Bishopric lands with him. This is a very rare occurrence but worth knowing about.
