Diocese of Basel

DIOCESE OF BASEL (Dioecesis Basileensis)

Denomination : Roman Catholic
Country : Switzerland

Established : 740
Renamed 1888-1971 as Diocese of Basel-Lugano

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The arms in the 16th/17th century	The arms in a 17th century manuscript
The arms in the Wapen- en Vlaggenboek van Gerrit Hesman (1708)

Arms of Bishops

Burchard d’Hasenberg (1072-1106)
Adalbert von Froburg (1135-1137)
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Peter von Aspelt (1297-1306)
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Konrad Elye (1417-1418)
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Hartmann Münch von Münchenstein (1418-1422)
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Johann IV. von Fleckenstein (1423-1436)
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Friedrich zu Rhein (1437-1451)
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Arnold von Rotberg (1451-1458)
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Johann V. von Venningen (1458-1478)
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Kaspar zu Rhein (1479-1502)
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Christoph von Utenheim (1502-1527)
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Philipp von Gundelsheim (1527-1553)
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Melchior von Lichtenfels (1554-1575)
Jakob Christoph Blarer von Wartensee (1575-1608)
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Wilhelm Rinck von Baldenstein (1608-1628)
Johann Heinrich von Ostein (1628-1646)
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Beatus Albrecht von Ramstein (1646-1651)
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Johann Franz von Schönau (1651-1656)
Basel-roggenbach

Johann Konrad von Roggenbach (1656-1693)
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Wilhelm Jakob Rinck von Baldenstein (1693-1705)
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Johann Konrad II. von Reinach-Hirtzbach (1705-1737)
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Jakob Sigismund von Reinach-Steinbrunn (1737-1743)
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Josef Wilhelm Rinck von Baldenstein (1744-1762)
Simon-Nicolas de Montjoie-Hirsingue (1762-1775)
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Ludwig von Wangen-Geroldseck (1775-1783)
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Sigismund von Roggenbach (1782-1794)
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Franz Xaver von Neveu (1794-1828)
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Joseph Anton Salzmann (1828-1854)
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Karl Arnold-Obrist (1854-1862)
Eugène Amable Jean Claude Lachat (1863-1885)
Friedrich Fiala (1885-1888)
Leonhard Haas (1888-1906)
Jakob Stammler (1906-1925)
Josephus Ambühl (1925-1936)
Franziskus von Streng (1937-1967)
Anton Hänggi (1968-1982)
Otto Wüst (1982-1993)
Hansjörg Vogel (1994-1995)
Kurt Koch (1995-2010)
Felix Gmür (2010- present)

Arms of Auxiliary Bishops

Joseph Candolfi (1983-1996)
Martin Gächter (1987-2014)
Denis Theurillat (2000 - )

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