The Diocese of Basel (German: Bistum Basel; Latin: Diœcesis Basileensis) is a Latin Catholic diocese in Switzerland.
Historically, the bishops of Basel were also secular rulers of the Prince-Bishopric of Basel (German: Fürstbistum Basel). Today the diocese of Basel includes the Swiss cantons of Aargau, Basel-Landschaft, Basel-Stadt, Bern, Jura, Lucerne, Schaffhausen, Solothurn, Thurgau, and Zug.
Ordinaries
The bishops of Basel have not resided in the city of Basel since 1528. Solothurn is the seat of the Bishop.
- Jakob Christoph Blarer von Wartensee (1576–1608)
- Wilhelm Rinck von Balderstein (1609–1628)
- Johann Heinrich von Ostein (1629–1646)
- Beat Albrecht von Ramstein (1646–1651)
- Johann Franz Reichsritter von Schönau (1651–1656)
- Johann Konrad von Roggenbach (1657–1693)
- Wilhelm Jakob Rink von Baldenstein (1693–1705)
- Johann Konrad Reichsfreiherr von Reinach-Hirzbach (1705–1737)
- Jakob Sigismund von Reinach-Steinbrunn (1737–1743)
- Josef Wilhelm Rinck von Baldenstein (1744–1762)
- Simon Nikolaus Euseb Reichsgraf von Montjoye-Hirsingen (1762–1775)
- Friedrich Ludwig Franz Reichsfreiherr von Wangen zu Geroldseck (1775–1782)
- Franz Joseph Sigismund von Roggenbach (1782–1792)
- Franz Xaver Freiherr von Neveu (1792–1828)
- Josef Anton Salzmann (1828–1854)
- Karl Arnold-Obrist (1854–1862)
- Eugène Lachat C.Pp.S. (1863–1884)
- Friedrich Xaver Odo Fiala (1885–1888)
- Leonhard Haas (1888–1906)
- Jakobus von Stammler (1906–1925)
- Joseph Ambühl (1925–1936)
- Franz von Streng (1936–1967)
- Anton Hänggi (1967–1982)
- Otto Wüst (1982–1993)
- Hansjörg Vogel (1994–1995)
- Kurt Koch (1995–2010)
- Felix Gmür (2010– )
External links
- Bistum Basel (in German and French)
