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 |
| 1527–1553 | 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
editReferences
edit- ^ Christian Müller and Stephan Kemperdick, Maryan Ainsworth; et al., Hans Holbein the Younger: The Basel Years, 1515–1532 (Munich: Prestel, 2006).
- ^ 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.