List of the bishops of Basel
This list shows the bishops of the diocese of Basel in chronological order of the term of office .
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Bishop Adalbero II., Wall painting in Basel Minster , 1202
| from | to | Surname |
|---|---|---|
| approx. 346 | Justinianus Rauricorum | |
| 5th century | Pantalus (legendary) | |
| approx. 615 | Ragnacharius | |
| approx. 740? | Walaus | |
| approx. 751 | Baldobertus | |
| 791 | 805 | Waldo |
| 805 | 823 | Haito |
| 823 | 835 | Udalricus I. |
| 844 | 859 | Wichardus I. |
| 859 | 860 | Fredebert |
| circa 875 | Adalwin | |
| approx. 892 | Rudolf I. | |
| 892 | 895 | Iring |
| 895 | 916 | Adalbero I. |
| 917 | Rudolf II. | |
| circa 917 | Landelous | |
| 917 | 921 | Wilhelm |
| 948 | Wichardus II | |
| 950 | 974 | Rudolf III. |
| circa 984 | Gebizo of Altenburg | |
| 999 | 1025 | Adalbero II |
| 1025 | 1040 | Udalricus II. |
| 1040 | Bruno? | |
| 1041 | 1055 | Theodoric |
| 1055 | 1072 | Berengar |
| 1072 | 1107 | Burkhard von Fenis |
| 1107 | 1122 | Rudolf V of Homburg |
| 1123 | 1133 | Berthold of Neuchâtel |
| 1133 | 1137 | Adalbero III. |
| 1137 | 1164 | Ortlieb von Frohburg |
| 1164 | 1179 | Ludwig II of Frohburg , called Garewart |
| 1179 | 1180 | Hugo von Hasenburg |
| 1180 | 1191 | Heinrich I. von Horburg |
| 1191 | 1213 | Lüthold of Aarburg |
| 1213 | 1215 | Walther von Rötteln |
| 1216 | 1238 | Heinrich II of Thun |
| 1238 | 1248 | Lüthold II of Rötteln (as Lord of Rötteln Lüthold I) |
| 1248 | 1262 | Berthold II von Pfirt ( Scarponnois House ) |
| 1263 | 1274 | Henry III. from Neuchâtel |
| 1274 | 1275 | Peter I. Reich von Reichenstein , Elekt, was elected by the cathedral chapter, but not recognized by the Pope |
| 1275 | 1286 | Heinrich von Isny (then Archbishop of Mainz) |
| 1286 | 1296 | Peter I. Reich of Reichenstein |
| 1297 | 1306 | Peter II of Aspelt (then Archbishop of Mainz) |
| 1306 | 1309 | Otto von Grandson previously Bishop of Toul |
| 1309 | 1325 | Gerhard von Wippingen (1302–1309 Bishop of Lausanne) (at the beginning also the opponent Lüthold von Rötteln , who was elected by the chapter ) |
| 1325 | 1328 | Hartung Münch (elected by the cathedral chapter, but the election was not recognized by the Pope) |
| 1325 | 1328/35 | Johann I von Chalon-Arlay (was appointed by the Pope in 1325, from 1328 Bishop of Langres and administrator of Basel) |
| 1335 | 1365 | Johann II. Shepherd of Münsingen |
| 1365 | 1382 | Johann III. von Vienne from 1378 Obedience of Avignon (1355–1361 Archbishop of Besançon, 1361–1365 Bishop of Metz) |
| 1378/81 | 1385 | Wolfhard von Ehrenfels Roman obedience, 1387 administrator, 1381 bishop, resigned 1385 (1411–1421 Bishop of Lavant) |
| 1382 | 1392 | Werner Schaler Obedience of Avignon, resigned 1392 († 1409) |
| 1382 | 1391 | Imer von Ramstein Roman obedience, resigned 1391, († 1395) |
| 1391 | 1393 | Friedrich von Blankenheim (sale of Kleinbasel ) (1375–1393 Bishop of Strasbourg, 1393–1423 Bishop of Utrecht) |
| 1393 | 1395 | Konrad Münch von Landskron elected by the cathedral chapter, resigned in 1395 († 1402) |
| 1393 | 1399 | Wilhelm von Coudenberghe appointed by the Pope, (1385–1391 and 1399–1401 Bishop of Tournai) |
| 1395/99 | 1418 | Humbert von Neuenburg (also Humbrecht) elected by the cathedral chapter in 1395, confirmed by the Pope in 1399 |
| 1417 | 1418 | Konrad Elye |
| 1418 | 1422 | Hartmann Münch from Münchenstein |
| 1423 | 1436 | Johann IV of Fleckenstein |
| 1437 | 1451 | Friedrich on the Rhine |
| 1451 | 1458 | Arnold von Rotberg |
| 1458 | 1478 | Johann V. von Venningen |
| 1479 | 1502 | Kaspar of the Rhine |
| 1502 | 1527 | Christoph von Utenheim |
| 1527 | 1553 | Philipp von Gundelsheim |
| 1554 | 1575 | Melchior of Lichtenfels |
| 1575 | 1608 | Jakob Christoph Blarer from Wartensee |
| 1608 | 1628 | Wilhelm Rinck von Baldenstein |
| 1628 | 1646 | Johann Heinrich von Ostein |
| 1646 | 1651 | Beatus Albrecht von Ramstein |
| 1651 | 1656 | Johann Franz von Schönau |
| 1656 | 1693 | Johann Konrad I. von Roggenbach |
| 1693 | 1705 | Wilhelm Jakob Rinck von Baldenstein |
| 1705 | 1737 | Johann Konrad II of Reinach-Hirtzbach |
| 1737 | 1743 | Jakob Sigismund von Reinach-Steinbrunn |
| 1744 | 1762 | Josef Wilhelm Rinck von Baldenstein |
| 1762 | 1775 | Simon-Nicolas de Montjoie-Hirsingue (also called by Froberg) |
| 1775 | 1783 | Ludwig von Wangen-Geroldseck |
| 1782 | 1794 | Sigismund von Roggenbach |
| 1794 | 1828 | Franz Xaver of Neveu |
| After the reorganization of the diocese | ||
| 1828 | 1854 | Joseph Anton Salzmann |
| 1854 | 1862 | Karl Arnold-Obrist |
| 1863 | 1885 | Eugène Lachat |
| 1885 | 1888 | Friedrich Fiala |
| 1888 | 1906 | Leonhard Haas |
| 1906 | 1925 | Jakob Stammler |
| 1925 | 1936 | Josephus Ambühl |
| 1937 | 1967 | Francis of Strict |
| 1968 | 1982 | Anton Hänggi |
| 1982 | 1993 | Otto Wüst |
| 1994 | 1995 | Hansjörg Vogel |
| 1995 | 2010 | Kurt Koch |
| 2010 | Felix Gmür | |
literature
- Albert Bruckner , Werner Kundert, Manfred Welti, Peter L. Zaeslin, among others: The old diocese of Basel. (= Helvetia Sacra ). Division I: Archbishoprics and Dioceses. Volume 1: Swiss Cardinals. The Apostolic Legation System in Switzerland. Archbishoprics and dioceses I (Aquileja, Basel, Besançon, Chur) . Bern, 1972. pp. 127-362.
- Marco Jorio , Markus Ries, Urban Fink and Stephan Leimgruber (eds.), Die Bischöfe von Basel 1794–1995 , Freiburg (Switzerland) 1996, ISBN 3727810696
- Josephus Schneller: The Bishops of Basel: A Chronological Nekrolog . Blunschi, Zug, 1830. Digitized
Web links
Commons : Bishops of Basel - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Bishops of Basel Lexicon of the Jura
- Veronika Feller-Vest and Markus Ries: Basel (diocese) - structure, organs and institutions. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .