Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See Basel, Switzerland
Diocese of Basel
Basileen(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Basel is a Latin Church diocese in Switzerland, with its episcopal seat at the St. Ursus Cathedral in Solothurn. It is an exempt diocese immediately subject to the Holy See, covering ten German- and French-speaking cantons. The bishop since 2010 is Felix Gmür.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 740
- Catholics
- 1,010,839
- Priests
- 675
- Territory
- 12,585 km²
Parishes and churches
511 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- St. LaurentiusRodersdorfView parish
- St. LaurentiusTriengenView parish
- St. LaurentiusWelfensbergView parish
- St. LeodegarMöhlinView parish
- St. LeodegarBirmenstorfView parish
- St. LeodegarOberlunkhofenView parish
- St. LeodegarSchupfartView parish
- St. LeodegarWohlenschwilView parish
- St. Leodegar im HofLuzernView parish
- St. LeonhardWohlenMass times recorded
- St. LukasBärschwilView parish
- St. LuziaAeschView parish
- St. MargarethaRickenbachView parish
- St. MargarithaBallwilView parish
- St. MargarithaBreitenbachMass times recorded
- St. MariaIttenthalView parish
- St. MariaBiberistView parish
- St. MariaBielView parish
- St. MariaEmmenbrückeView parish
- St. MariaMetzerlen-MariasteinView parish
- St. MariaSchaffhausenView parish
- St. MariaStrengelbachView parish
- St. MariaThayngenView parish
- St. MariaWindischView parish
- St. MariaWürenlosMass times recorded
- St. Maria in der AuLuzernView parish
- St. MarienBaselView parish
- St. MarienBernView parish
- St. MarienThunView parish
- St. MarkusSchönholzerswilenView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Felix Gmür
- Born
- 7 June 1966
- Birthplace
- Luzern
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The cathedral
St. Ursus Cathedral stands in Basel, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
Basel is the seat of a Latin Catholic diocese in Switzerland (German: Bistum Basel; Latin: Diœcesis Basileensis). In earlier centuries its bishops were also secular rulers of the Prince-Bishopric of Basel (German: Fürstbistum Basel). The diocese today covers the Swiss cantons of Aargau, Basel-Landschaft, Basel-Stadt, Bern, Jura, Lucerne, Schaffhausen, Solothurn, Thurgau, and Zug.