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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

Esri
The address the register holds for St. Ursus Cathedral, in Basel, Switzerland.

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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.

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.