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. MichelTramelanView parish
- St. NiklausReinachView parish
- St. NiklausSolothurnView parish
- St. NikolausHerznachView parish
- St. NikolausAuwView parish
- St. NikolausBremgartenView parish
- St. NikolausBruggView parish
- St. NikolausDittingenView parish
- St. NikolausDoppleschwandView parish
- St. NikolausErlinsbachView parish
- St. NikolausGeuenseeView parish
- St. NikolausHofstettenView parish
- St. NikolausMarbachView parish
- St. NikolausNiederbuchsitenView parish
- St. NikolausSchneisingenView parish
- St. NikolausWaltenschwilView parish
- St. OswaldWislikofenView parish
- St. OswaldNenzlingenView parish
- St. OswaldUdligenswilView parish
- St. PankratiusHitzkirchView parish
- St. PankratiusOberkirchView parish
- St. PankrazMatzendorfView parish
- St. PankrazBoswilView parish
- St. PantaleonGünsbergView parish
- St. PantaleonSankt PantaleonView parish
- St. PaulRothristView parish
- St. PaulLuzernView parish
- St. PelagiusBischofszellView parish
- St. PeterBrislachView parish
- St. PeterSchaffhausenView 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
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.