{{Short description|Catholic diocese in Switzerland}} {{For|the state that ended in 1803|Prince-Bishopric of Basel}} {{Infobox diocese | jurisdiction = Diocese | name = Basel | latin = Diœcesis Basileensis | local = Bistum Basel | image = Solothurn St.-Ursen- Kathedrale.JPG | image_size = 250px | image_alt = | caption = Solothurn Cathedral, the seat of the diocese | coat = Wappen Bistum Basel.png | coat_size = | coat_alt = <!---- Locations ----> | country = {{flag|Switzerland}} | territory = Aargau, Basel-Landschaft, Basel-Stadt, Bern, Jura, Lucerne, Schaffhausen, Solothurn, Thurgau, and Zug | province = <!-- Ecclesiastical province --> | metropolitan = Immediately subject to the Holy See | deaneries = | headquarters = | coordinates = <!---- Statistics ----> | area_km2 = 12,585 | area_sqmi = 4,860 | area_footnotes = | population = 3,462,119 | population_as_of = 2022 | catholics = 1,010,839 | catholics_percent = 29.2 | parishes = 483 | churches = <!-- Number of churches in the diocese --> | congregations = <!-- Number of congregations in the diocese --> | schools = <!-- Number of church supported schools in the diocese --> | members = <!-- Number of members in the diocese --> <!---- Information ----> | denomination = Catholic | sui_iuris_church = Latin Church | rite = Roman Rite | established = 740<br><small>(As Diocese of Basel)</small><br>7 September 1888<br><small>(As Diocese of Basel e Lugano)</small><br>8 March 1971<br><small>(As Diocese of Basel)</small> | dissolved = | cathedral = St. Ursus Cathedral, Solothurn | cocathedral = | patron = <!-- Patron saint(s) of the diocese (or archdiocese) --> | patron_title = <!-- Use to override the default label "Patron saint" --> | priests = 675 <!---- Current leadership ----> | pope = {{Incumbent pope}} <!-- DO NOT CHANGE. This will update the Popes Automatically as they change --> | bishop = Felix Gmür | bishop_title = Bishop | metro_archbishop = <!-- Name of the Metropolitan Archbishop of the Ecclesiastical Province --> | coadjutor = | suffragans = <!-- List most senior first (usually reckoned by date of consecration); use | suffragan = for one --> | auxiliary_bishops = | apostolic_admin = | vicar_general = | episcopal_vicar = | judicial_vicar = | archdeacons = <!-- List most senior first (usually reckoned by date of first collation); use | archdeacon = for one--> | emeritus_bishops = Hansjörg Vogel<br>Denis Theurillat<br>Martin Gächter <!---- Map ----> | map = Bistuemer CH 2006 Basel.svg | map_size = 250px | map_alt = | map_caption = Map of the modern diocese of Basel within Switzerland <!---- Website ----> | website = {{Official website|http://www.bistum-basel.ch/|bistum-basel.ch}} | footnotes = }} The '''Diocese of Basel''' ({{langx|de|Bistum Basel}}; {{langx|la|Diœcesis Basileensis}}) is a Latin Catholic diocese in Switzerland.
Historically, the bishops of Basel were also secular rulers of the Prince-Bishopric of Basel ({{langx|de|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. [[File:Basler - Basler Münster Westfassade.jpg|thumb|250px|left| Basel Minster, the Cathedral of the diocese prior to the reformation]]
==Ordinaries== [[File:Haller-Haus, Solothurn.jpg|thumb|250px|Haller House in Solothurn, residence of the Bishop of Basel]] {{See also|List of Bishops of Basel}} 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== *[http://www.bistum-basel.ch/ Bistum Basel] {{in lang|de|fr}} {{coord missing|Switzerland}} {{Upper Rhenish Circle}} {{Catholicism in Switzerland}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Basel, Diocese (Roman Catholic)}} Category:Bishops of Basel Category:Roman Catholic dioceses in Switzerland Category:Exempt dioceses Category:History of Christianity in Switzerland Diocese (Roman Catholic)