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Roman Catholic Diocese of Basel

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

For the state that ended in 1803, see Prince-Bishopric of Basel.

Diocese of Basel

Diœcesis Basileensis

Bistum Basel

  Switzerland

Aargau, Basel-Landschaft, Basel-Stadt, Bern, Jura, Lucerne, Schaffhausen, Solothurn, Thurgau, and Zug

Immediately Subject to the Holy See

12,585 km2 (4,859 sq mi)

(as of 2022)
3,462,119
1,010,839 (29.2%)

483

Catholic

Latin Church

Roman Rite

740
(As Diocese of Basel)
7 September 1888
(As Diocese of Basel e Lugano)
8 March 1971
(As Diocese of Basel)

St. Ursus Cathedral, Solothurn

675

Francis

Felix Gmür

Hansjörg Vogel
Denis Theurillat
Martin Gächter

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-Landschaft, Basel-Stadt, Bern, Jura, Lucerne, Schaffhausen, Solothurn, Thurgau, and Zug.

(1576–1608)

Jakob Christoph Blarer von Wartensee

(1609–1628)

Wilhelm Rinck von Balderstein

(1629–1646)

Johann Heinrich von Ostein

(1646–1651)

Beat Albrecht von Ramstein

(1651–1656)

Johann Franz Reichsritter von Schönau

(1657–1693)

Johann Konrad von Roggenbach

(1693–1705)

Wilhelm Jakob Rink von Baldenstein

(1705–1737)

Johann Konrad Reichsfreiherr von Reinach-Hirzbach

(1737–1743)

Jakob Sigismund von Reinach-Steinbrunn

(1744–1762)

Josef Wilhelm Rinck von Baldenstein

(1762–1775)

Simon Nikolaus Euseb Reichsgraf von Montjoye-Hirsingen

(1775–1782)

Friedrich Ludwig Franz Reichsfreiherr von Wangen zu Geroldseck

(1782–1792)

Franz Joseph Sigismund von Roggenbach

(1792–1828)

Franz Xaver Freiherr von Neveu

(1828–1854)

Josef Anton Salzmann

(1854–1862)

Karl Arnold-Obrist

C.Pp.S. (1863–1884)

Eugène Lachat

(1885–1888)

Friedrich Xaver Odo Fiala

(1888–1906)

Leonhard Haas

(1906–1925)

Jakobus von Stammler

(1925–1936)

Joseph Ambühl

(1936–1967)

Franz von Streng

(1967–1982)

Anton Hänggi

(1982–1993)

Otto Wüst

(1994–1995)

Hansjörg Vogel

(1995–2010)

Kurt Koch

(2010– )

Felix Gmür

(in German and French)

Bistum Basel