Diocese of Basel

DIOCESE OF BASEL (Dioecesis Basileensis)

Denomination : Roman Catholic
Country : Switzerland

Established : 740
Renamed 1888-1971 as Diocese of Basel-Lugano

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The arms in the 16th/17th century	The arms in a 17th century manuscript
The arms in the Wapen- en Vlaggenboek van Gerrit Hesman (1708)

Arms of Bishops

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  Burchard d’Hasenberg (1072-1106)

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  Adalbert von Froburg (1135-1137)

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  Peter von Aspelt (1297-1306)

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  Konrad Elye (1417-1418)

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  Hartmann Münch von Münchenstein (1418-1422)

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  Johann IV. von Fleckenstein (1423-1436)

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  Friedrich zu Rhein (1437-1451)

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  Arnold von Rotberg (1451-1458)

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  Johann V. von Venningen (1458-1478)

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  Kaspar zu Rhein (1479-1502)

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  Christoph von Utenheim (1502-1527)

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  Philipp von Gundelsheim (1527-1553)

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  Melchior von Lichtenfels (1554-1575)

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  Jakob Christoph Blarer von Wartensee (1575-1608)

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  Wilhelm Rinck von Baldenstein (1608-1628)

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  Johann Heinrich von Ostein (1628-1646)

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  Beatus Albrecht von Ramstein (1646-1651)

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  Johann Franz von Schönau (1651-1656)

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  Johann Konrad von Roggenbach (1656-1693)

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  Wilhelm Jakob Rinck von Baldenstein (1693-1705)

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  Johann Konrad II. von Reinach-Hirtzbach (1705-1737)

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  Jakob Sigismund von Reinach-Steinbrunn (1737-1743)

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  Josef Wilhelm Rinck von Baldenstein (1744-1762)

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  Simon-Nicolas de Montjoie-Hirsingue (1762-1775)

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  Ludwig von Wangen-Geroldseck (1775-1783)

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  Sigismund von Roggenbach (1782-1794)

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  Franz Xaver von Neveu (1794-1828)

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  Joseph Anton Salzmann (1828-1854)

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  Karl Arnold-Obrist (1854-1862)

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  Eugène Amable Jean Claude Lachat (1863-1885)

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  Friedrich Fiala (1885-1888)

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  Leonhard Haas (1888-1906)

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  Jakob Stammler (1906-1925)

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  Josephus Ambühl (1925-1936)

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  Franziskus von Streng (1937-1967)

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  Anton Hänggi (1968-1982)

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  Otto Wüst (1982-1993)

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  Hansjörg Vogel (1994-1995)

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  Kurt Koch (1995-2010)

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  Felix Gmür (2010- present)

Arms of Auxiliary Bishops

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  Joseph Candolfi (1983-1996)

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  Martin Gächter (1987-2014)

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  Denis Theurillat (2000 - )

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