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. Peter und PaulLeuggernView parish
- St. Peter und PaulAllschwilView parish
- St. Peter und PaulEttingenMass times recorded
- St. Peter und PaulOberägeriView parish
- St. Peter und PaulOberwilView parish
- St. Peter und PaulRamsenView parish
- St. Peter und PaulSulzView parish
- St. Philipp NeriReussbühlView parish
- St. Pius X.MeggenView parish
- St. PolykarpSchwaderlochView parish
- St. RemigiusMettauView parish
- St. RemigiusMetzerlenView parish
- St. RemigiusMünsterlingenView parish
- St. RemigiusSirnachView parish
- St. RupertOberrütiView parish
- St. SebastianWallbachView parish
- St. SebastianWettingenView parish
- St. StefanGrindelView parish
- St. StefanAmriswilView parish
- St. StefanKreuzlingenView parish
- St. StefanSempachView parish
- St. StephanFulenbachView parish
- St. StephanBeromünsterView parish
- St. StephanGüttingenView parish
- St. StephanHasleView parish
- St. StephanTherwilView parish
- St. TheodulMenzbergView parish
- St. TheodulWelschenrohrView parish
- St. Theodul und TheodorLuzernMass times recorded
- St. TheresiaSeonView 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.