Diocese of Basel
Basileen(sis)
Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See · Latin Church · Basel, Switzerland
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.
The see
- Rank
- Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 740
- Latin
- Basileen(sis)
- Patron
- * santa Verena * san Víctor de Soleura * san Urso de Soleura
- Annuario code
- 001000847
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,010,839
- Population
- 3,462,119
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 29.2%
- Priests
- 675
- Catholics per priest
- 1,498
- Extent
- 12,585 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 80
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Felix Gmür
- Born
- 7 June 1966
- Birthplace
- Luzern
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see 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.
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The see's own website · Wikipedia
Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.