Bishopric of Basel
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Bishopric of Basel may refer to either the Roman Catholic diocese in Switzerland (German: Bistum Basel, Latin: Dioecesis Basileensis) or to the historic prince-bishopric (German: Fürstbistum Basel), a secular state in which the bishop governed parts of Switzerland and France until late in the 1700s. The bishop of Basel has not resided in the city of Basel since 1528.
Today the diocese of Basel includes the Swiss cantons of Aargau, Basel-Country, Basel-City, Berne, Jura, Lucerne, Schaffhausen, Solothurn, Thurgau, and Zug.
[edit] History
Basel itself became episcopal seat in ca. 740, continuing the 4th century diocese of Augusta Raurica.
Prior to the Reformation, the bishop resided in Basel, from 1528 in Porrentruy, and since 1828 in Solothurn.
From 999 to 1802, the Bishop was not only diocesan Ordinary but also a Prince-Bishop, ranking as an ecclesiastical Reichsfurst of the Holy Roman Empire. Following the Imperial Reform of 1495, the prince-bishopric was part of the Upper Rhenish Circle of the Imperial Circle Estates.
[edit] List of Bishops of Basel
Year | Bishop |
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ca. 346 | Justinianus Rauricorum |
ca. 615 | Ragnacharius |
ca. 740 | Walaus |
ca. 751 | Baldebert |
?-805 | Waldo |
805-823 | Hatto |
823-835 | Ulrich I |
844-859 | Wighard |
859-860 | Fredebert |
ca. 875 | Adalwin |
ca. 892 | Rudolf I |
892-895 | Iring |
895-916 | Adalbert I |
ca. 917 | Landeolus |
917-921 | Wilhelm |
ca. 930 | Wighard II |
950-974 | Rudolf II |
ca. 984 | Gebizo von Altenburg |
999-1025 | Adalbero II |
1021-1025 | Rudolf III |
1025 | Adalbert III. |
1025-1040 | Ulrich II |
1040 | Bruno ? |
1041-1055 | Theodorich |
1055-1072 | Berengar |
1072-1105 | Burchard von Hasenburg |
1107-1122 | Rudolf IV von Homburg |
1122-1133 | Berthold von Neuenburg |
1133-1137 | Adalbert IV. von Froburg |
1138-1164 | Ortlieb von Froburg |
1164-1179 | Ludwig Garewart |
1180 | Hugo von Hasenburg |
1180-1191 | Heinrich I von Horburg |
1192-1213 | Leuthold I von Rotheln |
1213-1215 | Walther von Rotheln |
1216-1238 | Heinrich II von Thun |
1238-1249 | Leuthold II von Arburg |
1250-1262 | Berthold II von Pfirt |
1262-1274 | Heinrich III von Neuenburg-Erguel |
1275-1286 | Heinrich IV Knoderer |
1286-1296 | Peter I Reich von Reichenstein |
1297-1306 | Peter von Aspelt |
1306-1309 | Eudes de Granson |
1309-1325 | Gerhard von Wippingen |
1325-1332 | Hartmann I Munch |
1332-1335 | Jean I Arley |
1335-1365 | Johann II von Munsingen |
1365-1382 | Jean III de Vienne |
1382-1391 | Imer von Ramstein |
?-1392-? | Friedrich von Blankenheim |
1393-1395 | Konrad Munch von Landskron |
1399-1418 | Humbrecht von Neuenburg |
1418-1423 | Hartmann II von Munchenstein |
1423-1436 | Johann IV von Fleckenstein |
1437-1451 | Friedrich von der Pfalz |
1451-1458 | Arnold von Rothburg |
1458-1478 | Johann V von Venningen |
1479-1502 | Caspar von Mühlhausen |
1502-1527 | Christoph von Utenheim |
1527-1533 | Philipp von Gundelsheim |
1554-1575 | Melchior von Lichtenfels |
1575-1608 | Christoph Blarer von Wartensee |
1608-1628 | Wilhelm Rink von Baldenstein |
1628-1646 | Johann Heinrich von Ostheim |
1646-1651 | Beatus Albrecht von Ramstein |
1651-1656 | Johann Franz von Schonau-Zell |
1656-1693 | Johann Konrad I von Roggenbach |
1693-1705 | Wilhelm Jakob Rink von Baldenstein |
1705-1737 | Johann Konrad II von Reinach-Hirtzbach |
1737-1743 | Jakob Sigismund von Reinach-Steinbrunn |
1744-1762 | Josef Wilhelm Rink von Baldenstein |
1762-1775 | Simon Nikolas von Froburg |
1775-1782 | Ludwig von Wangen-Geroldseck |
1782-1794 | Sigismund von Roggenbach |
1794-1828 | Franz Xaver von Neveu |
1828-1854 | Josef Anton Salzmann |
1854-1862 | Karl Arnold-Obrist |
1863-1885 | Eugen Lachat |
1885-1888 | Friedrich Fiala |
1888-1906 | Leonhard Haas |
1906-1925 | Jakob Stammler |
1925-1936 | Josephus Ambühl |
1937-1967 | Franziskus von Streng |
1968-1982 | Anton Hänggi |
1982-1993 | Otto Wüst |
1994-1995 | Hansjörg Vogel |
Since 1995 | Kurt Koch |
[edit] External links
- Bistum Basel in German and French.