List of bishops of Basel

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St Pantalus under a Renaissance Portico (1519–21), a design for a stained glass window by Hans Holbein the Younger later incorporated into the organ shutters at Basel Cathedral: the legendary first bishop of Basel is depicted holding a palm branch symbolizing his martyrdom[1]

The beginning of the succession of bishops of Basel is shrouded in legend. The first, St. Pantalus, eludes historical documentation. He is supposed to have been martyred at Cologne with Saint Ursula, who is herself difficult to locate historically.[2]

Early history[edit]

Year Bishop
ca. 346 Justinianus Rauricorum
ca. 615 Ragnacharius
ca. 740 Walaus
ca. 751 Baldebert
?-805 Waldo of Reichenau
805–823 Haito
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

Prince-bishops[edit]

Year Bishop
999–1025 Adalbero II
1021–1025 Rudolf III
1025 Adalbert III.
1025–1040 Ulrich II
1040 Bruno ?
1041–1055 Theodorich
1055–1072 Berengar von Wetterau
1072–1105 Burchard of Basle, or of 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 Hartung Münch
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 (also of Strasbourg)
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 Philippe von Gundelsheim
1554–1575 Melchior von Lichtenfels
1575–1608 Jakob Christoph Blarer von Wartensee
1608–1628 Wilhelm Rink von Baldenstein
1628–1646 Johann Heinrich von Ostheim
1646–1651 Beat Albrecht von Ramstein
1651–1656 Johann Franz von Schönau-Zell
1656–1693 Johann Konrad von Roggenbach
1693–1705 Wilhelm Jakob Rink von Baldenstein
1705–1737 Johann Konrad von Reinach-Hirtzbach
1737–1743 Jakob Sigismund von Reinach-Steinbrunn
1744–1762 Josef Wilhelm Rinck von Baldenstein
1762–1775 Simon Nikolaus Euseb von Montjoye-Hirsingen
1775–1782 Friedrich Ludwig Franz von Wangen zu Geroldseck
1782–1794 Franz Joseph Sigismund von Roggenbach
1794–1828 Franz Xaver von Neveu

Modern diocese[edit]

Year Bishop
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
1995–2010 Kurt Koch
since 2011 Felix Gmür

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Christian Müller and Stephan Kemperdick, Maryan Ainsworth; et al., Hans Holbein the Younger: The Basel Years, 1515–1532 (Munich: Prestel, 2006).
  2. ^ Scott B. Montgomery, St. Ursula and the Eleven Thousand Virgins of Cologne: Relics, Reliquaries and the Visual Culture of Group Sanctity in Late Medieval Europe (Peter Lang, 2010) passim.