Bishopric of

Samland - one of the four diocese (Diocese of Chelmno next, and pomezańskiej Warmia) in Prussia. Was founde d in 1249 and was part of the metropolis of Riga. Seat of the Bis hop - Konigsberg and Rybaki (German Fischhausen now Primorsk). Di ocesan cathedral was the cathedral of Königsberg after secularization in 1525, practically ceased to exist, and the title of bishops sambijskich been used by the bishops of Warmia (to 1773). Bishopric of Samland officially abolished in 1821 by Pope Pius VII, and its territory was incorporated into the Diocese of Warmia - Warmia diocese now covered the whole area of East Prussia.