Bishopric of Basel

{{histinfo|More narrative, in place of the long list of Basel bishops.|date=July 2008}} [[Image:Bistuemer CH 2006 Basel.svg|thumb|400px|Map of the modern diocese of Basel within Switzerland]] The '''Diocese of Basel''' is a [[Roman Catholic]] [[diocese]] in [[Switzerland]] (German: ''Bistum Basel'', Latin: ''Dioecesis Basileensis'') . 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-Country]], [[Basel-City]], [[Canton of Berne|Berne]], [[Canton of Jura|Jura]], [[Canton of Lucerne|Lucerne]], [[Canton of Schaffhausen|Schaffhausen]], [[Canton of Solothurn|Solothurn]], [[Canton of Thurgau|Thurgau]], and [[Canton of Zug|Zug]]. ==Ordinaries== [[Image:Haller-Haus, Solothurn.jpg|thumb|250px|Haller House in [[Solothurn]], residence of the Bishop of Basel.]] *[[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 Rinck von Balderstein]] (1693–1705) *[[Johann Konrad Reichsfreiherr von Reinach-Hirzbach]] (1705–1737) *[[Jakob Sigismund von Reinach-Steinbrunn]] (1737–1743) *[[Joseph Wilhelm Rinck von Balderstein]] (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– ) For a list of bishops prior to 1583, see: [[List of Bishops of Basel]] ==External links== *[http://www.bistum-basel.ch/ Bistum Basel] {{de icon}} {{fr icon}} {{Upper Rhenish Circle}} {{coord missing|Switzerland}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Basel, Diocese (Roman Catholic)}}