Diocese of Basel Diœcesis Basileensis Bistum Basel
Solothurn Cathedral, the seat of the diocese
Coat of arms
Location
Country	Switzerland
Territory	Aargau,Basel-Landschaft,Basel-Stadt,Bern,Jura,Lucerne,Schaffhausen,Solothurn,Thurgau, andZug
Metropolitan	Immediately subject to the Holy See
Statistics
Area	12,585 km2 (4,859 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2022) 3,462,119 1,010,839 (29.2%)
Parishes	483
Information
Denomination	Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	740 (As Diocese of Basel) 7 September 1888 (As Diocese of Basel e Lugano) 8 March 1971 (As Diocese of Basel)
Cathedral	St. Ursus Cathedral,Solothurn
Secular priests	675
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	Felix Gmür
Bishops emeritus	Hansjörg Vogel Denis Theurillat Martin Gächter
Map
Map of the modern diocese of Basel within Switzerland
Website
bistum-basel.ch

TheDiocese of Basel (German:Bistum Basel;Latin:Diœcesis Basileensis) is aLatinCatholicdiocese inSwitzerland.

Historically, thebishops of Basel were also secular rulers of thePrince-Bishopric of Basel (German:Fürstbistum Basel). Today the diocese of Basel includes the Swisscantons ofAargau,Basel-Landschaft,Basel-Stadt,Bern,Jura,Lucerne,Schaffhausen,Solothurn,Thurgau, andZug.

The bishops of Basel have not resided in the city ofBasel 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– )

• Bistum Basel(in German and French)

• Bishops of Basel
• Roman Catholic dioceses in Switzerland
• Exempt dioceses
• History of Christianity in Switzerland
• Basel

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