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Bishops Of Basel ...
The beginning of the succession of bishops of Basel is shrouded in legend. The first, St. Pantalus, eludes historical documentation. He is supposed to have been martyred at Cologne with Saint Ursula, who is herself difficult to locate historically.Scott B. Montgomery, ''St. Ursula and the Eleven Thousand Virgins of Cologne: Relics, Reliquaries and the Visual Culture of Group Sanctity in Late Medieval Europe'' (Peter Lang, 2010) ''passim''. Early history Prince-bishops Modern diocese See also * Timeline of Basel References {{Reflist Bishop of Basel Bishops of Basel The beginning of the succession of bishops of Basel is shrouded in legend. The first, St. Pantalus, eludes historical documentation. He is supposed to have been martyred at Cologne with Saint Ursula Saint Ursula ( Latin for 'little femal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Pantalus Under A Renaissance Portico, By Hans Holbein The Younger
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Johann Heinrich Von Ostheim
Johann Heinrich von Ostein (1579–1646) was the Prince-Bishop of Basel The Prince-Bishopric of Basel (german: Hochstift Basel, Fürstbistum Basel, Bistum Basel) was an ecclesiastical principality within the Holy Roman Empire, ruled from 1032 by prince-bishops with their seat at Basel, and from 1528 until 1792 at ... from 1628 to 1646. References Prince-Bishops of Basel 1646 deaths 1579 births {{europe-RC-bishop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hansjörg Vogel
Hansjörg Vogel (born 16 March 1951 in Bern) is a Swiss theologian who was from 1994 until his resignation in 1995 the Roman Catholic bishop of the Basel. Life On 28 November 1976, he received his priestly ordination. After his election as bishop of Basel and the confirmation by the Pope John Paul II, he was nominated as bishop on 4 April 1994. The episcopal consecration was given by his predecessor in office, Otto Wüst. On 2 June 1995, he resigned from his office after it became known that he would soon be a father. He then married the woman who was the mother of his child. He worked from 1996 to 1998 as a project manager at Refugee Services of the Swiss Labor Assistance and was a scientific assistant at the Red Cross The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is a Humanitarianism, humanitarian movement with approximately 97 million Volunteering, volunteers, members and staff worldwide. It was founded to protect human life and health, to ensure re ... Swiss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otto Wüst
Otto is a masculine German given name and a surname. It originates as an Old High German short form (variants ''Audo'', '' Odo'', '' Udo'') of Germanic names beginning in ''aud-'', an element meaning "wealth, prosperity". The name is recorded from the 7th century ( Odo, son of Uro, courtier of Sigebert III). It was the name of three 10th-century German kings, the first of whom was Otto I the Great, the first Holy Roman Emperor, founder of the Ottonian dynasty. The Gothic form of the prefix was ''auda-'' (as in e.g. '' Audaþius''), the Anglo-Saxon form was ''ead-'' (as in e.g. ''Eadmund''), and the Old Norse form was '' auð-''. The given name Otis arose from an English surname, which was in turn derived from ''Ode'', a variant form of ''Odo, Otto''. Due to Otto von Bismarck, the given name ''Otto'' was strongly associated with the German Empire in the later 19th century. It was comparatively frequently given in the United States (presumably in German American families) duri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franz Xaver Von Neveu
Franz Xaver ''Freiherr'' von Neveu (1749–1828) was the last Prince-Bishop of Basel, reigning from 1794 to 1803. After the Prince-Bishopric of Basel was mediatised to the Margraviate of Baden in 1803, Neveu remained Bishop of Basel, though without exercising temporal power, until his death in 1828. Biography Franz Xaver von Neveu was born in Birseck Castle on 26 February 1749, the son of Franz Karl Ignaz ''Freiherr'' von Neveu and his wife Maria Sophia Reuttner von Weyl. Article on German Wikipedia He served as a page in the court of Simon Nikolaus Euseb von Montjoye-Hirsingen, Prince Bishop of Basel, at Porrentruy, and then spent 1762-69 studying at the Jesuit gymnasium in Porrentruy. In 1769, he began his studies at the University of Strasbourg. At Strasbourg, he was ordained as a priest on 15 March 1777. In 1789, he became a canon (''Domizellar'') of Basel Münster. He became a member of the cathedral chapter on 28 January 1792. The French Revolution spread into th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franz Joseph Sigismund Von Roggenbach
Franz Joseph Sigismund von Roggenbach (1726–1794) was the Prince-Bishop of Basel from 1782 to 1794. Biography Franz Joseph Sigismund von Roggenbach was born in Zwingen on 14 December 1726, the son of Franz Josef Konrad von Roggenbach and his wife Maria Anna Eva Blarer von Wartensee. Article on German Wikipedia He was educated at the Jesuit gymnasium in Porrentruy. He became a canon of Basel Münster in 1742, and then became its capitulary in 1750. On 25 November 1782 the cathedral chapter of Basel Münster unanimously elected Roggenbach to be the new Prince-Bishop of Basel, with Pope Pius VI confirming his appointment on 18 July 1783. He was consecrated as a bishop by Raymond de Durfort, Archbishop of Besançon, on 29 September 1783. Shortly after Roggenbach's election, revolutionary activity began in the prince-bishopric, encouraged by Roggenbach's auxiliary bishop, Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Gobel, a supporter of the sans-culottes. The French Revolution eventually spread ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friedrich Ludwig Franz Von Wangen Zu Geroldseck
Friedrich Ludwig Franz '' Reichsfreiherr'' von Wangen zu Geroldseck (1727–1782) was the Prince-Bishop of Basel from 1775 to 1782. Biography Friedrich Ludwig Franz '' Reichsfreiherr'' von Wangen zu Geroldseck was born in Wilwisheim on 12 May 1727. He was ordained as a priest on 15 March 1766. On 29 May 1775 the cathedral chapter of Basel Münster elected him to be the new Prince-Bishop of Basel, with Pope Pius VI confirming his appointment on 13 November 1775. He was consecrated as bishop by Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Gobel Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Gobel (1 September 1727 – 13 April 1794) was a French Catholic cleric and politician of the Revolution. He was executed during the Reign of Terror. Biography Gobel was born in the town of Thann in Alsace to a lawyer t ..., auxiliary bishop of Basel, on 3 March 1776. He died on 11 November 1782. References External link 1727 births 1782 deaths Prince-Bishops of Basel {{europe-RC-bishop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Nikolaus Euseb Von Montjoye-Hirsingen
Simon Nikolaus Euseb ''Reichsgraf'' von Montjoye-Hirsingen (1693–1775) was the Prince-Bishop of Basel from 1762 to 1775. Biography Simon Nikolaus Euseb von Montjoye-Hirsingen was born in Hirsingen, Alsace, on 22 September 1693, the son of Franz Ignaz von Montjoye-Hirsingen, a brigadier in the French Army. The family also sometimes used Froburg as its family name. He was educated at the Jesuit gymnasium in Porrentruy, then spent 1712 studying in Strasbourg. From 1713 to 1717, he studied at the ''Collegium Germanicum'' in Rome. He was ordained as a priest on 22 December 1731. He spent 1741-62 as provost of Enschingen. On 26 October 1762 the cathedral chapter of Basel Münster elected him to be the new Prince-Bishop of Basel, with Pope Clement XIII confirming his appointment on 21 March 1763. He was consecrated as a bishop by Cardinal de Choiseul on 10 July 1763. Bishop von Montjoye-Hirsingen was a supporter of the Physiocrats Physiocracy (; from the Greek for "gov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josef Wilhelm Rinck Von Baldenstein
Georg Josef Wilhelm Aloys Rinck von Baldenstein (1704–1762) was the Prince-Bishop of Basel from 1744 to 1762. Biography Josef Wilhelm Rinck von Baldenstein was born in Saignelégier on 9 February 1704. He was ordained as a priest on 31 March 1736. On 22 January 1744 the cathedral chapter of Basel Münster elected him to be the new Prince-Bishop of Basel, with Pope Benedict XIV confirming his appointment on 13 April 1744. He was consecrated as a bishop A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ... on 22 November 1744. He died on 13 September 1762. References 1704 births 1762 deaths Prince-Bishops of Basel {{europe-RC-bishop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jakob Sigismund Von Reinach-Steinbrunn
Jakob Sigismund von Reinach-Steinbrunn (1683–1743) was the Prince-Bishop of Basel from 1737 to 1743. Biography Jakob Sigismund von Reinach- Steinbrunn was born in Obersteinbrunn, the son of Johann Jakob Kaspar Sigmund ''Freiherr'' von Reinach-Steinbrunn (d. 1693) and his wife Maria Salome Lucia von Pfirt (d. 1721). Article on German Wikipedia From 1703 to 1705, he attended the Jesuit gymnasium in Porrentruy. He then studied Christian theology at the ''Collegium Germanicum'' in Rome. He became a canon in 1707, and was ordained as a priest on 18 September 1717. He became the provost of Basel Münster in 1726. On 4 June 1737 the cathedral chapter of Basel Münster elected him to be the new Prince-Bishop of Basel, with Pope Clement XII confirming his appointment on 30 September 1737. He was consecrated as a bishop A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Konrad Von Reinach-Hirtzbach
Johann Konrad von Reinach-Hirtzbach (1657–1737) was the Prince-Bishop of Basel from 1705 to 1737. Biography Johann Konrad von Reinach- Hirtzbach was born in Michelbach-le-Haut on 28 August 1657, the son of Hans Diebold ''Freiherr'' von Reinach-Hirtzbach (d. 1702) and his wife Anna Maria Eva von '' Freiin'' von Reinach-Steinbrunnborn (d. 1702). Article on German Wikipedia He was educated at the Jesuit high school in Porrentruy from 1673 to 1678. He was ordained as a priest on 20 September 1678. He was then sent to the ''Collegium Germanicum'' in Rome, where he studied theology and philosophy. He was made a canon in 1681, and in 1704, he became the dean of Basel Münster. On 11 July 1705 the cathedral chapter of Basel Münster elected him to be the new Prince-Bishop of Basel, with Pope Clement XI confirming this appointment on 5 September 1705. He was subsequently consecrated as a bishop by Vincenzo Bichi. Johann Konrad is generally considered the first absolutist ruler ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilhelm Jakob Rink Von Baldenstein
Wilhelm Jakob Rink von Baldenstein (1624–1705) was the Prince-Bishop of Basel from 1693 to 1705. Biography Wilhelm Jakob Rink von Baldenstein was born in Birseck Castle on 10 January 1624. On 3 August 1688 the cathedral chapter of Basel Münster elected him to be coadjutor bishop of Basel. On 27 September 1690 Pope Alexander VIII confirmed this appointment and also named Baldenstein titular bishop of Curium at the same time. He was consecrated as a bishop by Franz Christoph Rinck von Balderstein, auxiliary bishop of Eichstätt Eichstätt () is a town in the federal state of Bavaria, Germany, and capital of the district of Eichstätt. It is located on the Altmühl river and has a population of around 13,000. Eichstätt is also the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese ..., on 26 August 1691. He succeeded as Prince-Bishop of Basel upon the death of Bishop Johann Konrad von Roggenbach on 13 July 1693. He died on 4 June 1705. References 1624 births 1705 d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |