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. MartinLengnauView parish
- St. MartinAdligenswilView parish
- St. MartinAltishofenView parish
- St. MartinAltnauView parish
- St. MartinArbonView parish
- St. MartinBaarView parish
- St. MartinBasadingenView parish
- St. MartinBlauenView parish
- St. MartinBürenView parish
- St. MartinEgerkingenView parish
- St. MartinEntlebuchView parish
- St. MartinHochdorfView parish
- St. MartinLaupersdorfView parish
- St. MartinLostorfView parish
- St. MartinMaltersView parish
- St. MartinMümliswilView parish
- St. MartinMumpfView parish
- St. MartinNiederwilView parish
- St. MartinOberentfeldenView parish
- St. MartinOltenView parish
- St. MartinPfeffingenView parish
- St. MartinPieterlenView parish
- St. MartinRoggenburgView parish
- St. MartinRohrdorfView parish
- St. MartinRootView parish
- St. MartinThunView parish
- St. MartinWittnauView parish
- St. MartinWorbView parish
- St. MartinWuppenauView parish
- St. MartinZellMass times recorded
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
Explore the ministry of the bishop.
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.