Bishopric of Basel

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Map of the modern diocese of Basel within Switzerland
Map of the modern diocese of Basel within Switzerland

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
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

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