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 St Pantalus under a Renaissance Portico, by Hans Holbein the Younger.jpg
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

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]

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Early history

YearBishop
ca. 346Justinianus Rauricorum
ca. 615Ragnacharius
ca. 740Walaus
ca. 751Baldebert
 ?-805 Waldo of Reichenau
805–823 Haito
823–835Ulrich I
844–859Wighard
859–860Fredebert
ca. 875Adalwin
ca. 892Rudolf I
892–895Iring
895–916Adalbert I
ca. 917Landeolus
917–921Wilhelm
ca. 930Wighard II
950–974Rudolf II
ca. 984Gebizo von Altenburg

Prince-bishops

YearBishop
999–1025Adalbero II
1021–1025Rudolf III
1025Adalbert III.
1025–1040Ulrich II
1040Bruno ?
1041–1055Theodorich
1055–1072Berengar von Wetterau
1072–1105 Burchard of Basle, or of Hasenburg
1107–1122Rudolf IV von Homburg
1122–1133Berthold von Neuenburg
1133–1137Adalbert IV. von Froburg
1138–1164Ortlieb von Froburg
1164–1179Ludwig Garewart
1180Hugo von Hasenburg
1180–1191Heinrich I von Horburg
1192–1213Leuthold I von Rotheln
1213–1215Walther von Rotheln
1216–1238Heinrich II von Thun
1238–1249Leuthold II von Arburg
1250–1262Berthold II von Pfirt
1262–1274Heinrich III von Neuenburg-Erguel
1275–1286Heinrich IV Knoderer
1286–1296Peter I Reich von Reichenstein
1297–1306 Peter von Aspelt
1306–1309Eudes de Granson
1309–1325Gerhard von Wippingen
1325–1332 Hartung Münch
1332–1335Jean I Arley
1335–1365 Johann II von Munsingen
1365–1382 Jean III de Vienne
1382–1391Imer von Ramstein
 ?-1392-? Friedrich von Blankenheim (also of Strasbourg)
1393–1395Konrad Munch von Landskron
1399–1418Humbrecht von Neuenburg
1418–1423Hartmann II von Munchenstein
1423–1436Johann IV von Fleckenstein
1437–1451Friedrich von der Pfalz
1451–1458Arnold von Rothburg
1458–1478Johann V von Venningen
1479–1502Caspar 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

YearBishop
1828–1854Josef Anton Salzmann
1854–1862Karl Arnold-Obrist
1863–1885Eugen Lachat
1885–1888Friedrich Fiala
1888–1906Leonhard Haas
1906–1925Jakob Stammler
1925–1936Josephus Ambühl
1937–1967Franziskus von Streng
1968–1982Anton Hänggi
1982–1993 Otto Wüst
1994–1995 Hansjörg Vogel
1995–2010 Kurt Koch
since 2011 Felix Gmür

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References

  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.