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Roman Catholic Diocese of Basel

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Parishes
  
520

Rite
  
Latin

Bishop
  
Felix Gmür

Cathedral
  
Solothurn Cathedral

Secular priests
  
675

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Area
  
12,585 km²

Country
  
Switzerland

Emeritus bishop
  
Hansjörg Vogel

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Territory
  
Aargau, Basel-Country, Basel-City, Berne, Jura, Lucerne, Schaffhausen, Solothurn, Thurgau, and Zug

Metropolitan
  
Immediately Subject to the Holy See

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2012) 3,096,000 1,094,000 (35.3%)

Auxiliary bishops
  
Denis Theurillat, Martin Gächter

The Diocese of Basel (German: Bistum Basel; Latin: Dioecesis Basileensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese in Switzerland.

Historically, the bishops of Basel were also secular rulers of the Prince-Bishopric of Basel (German: Fürstbistum Basel).

The bishop of Basel has not resided in the city of Basel since 1528. Solothurn is the seat of the Bishop of Basel.

Today the diocese of Basel includes the Swiss cantons of Aargau, Basel-Country, Basel-City, Berne, Jura, Lucerne, Schaffhausen, Solothurn, Thurgau, and Zug.

Ordinaries

  • 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– )

    • For a list of bishops prior to 1583, see: List of Bishops of Basel

    References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Basel Wikipedia
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