Beat Albrecht von Ramstein explained

Beat Albrecht von Ramstein (1594–1651) was the Prince-Bishop of Basel from 1646 to 1651.[1]

Biography

Beat Albrecht von Ramstein was born in Waldighofen on 14 July 1594.[2]

On 29 November 1646 the cathedral chapter of the Basel Münster elected him as Prince-Bishop of Basel. He was ordained as a priest in 1647. Pope Innocent X confirmed his appointment as Bishop of Basel on 22 August 1650, and he was subsequently consecrated as a bishop by Thomas Henrici, auxiliary bishop of Basel on 1 May 1651.

He died on 25 August 1651.

References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=NB9YAAAAMAAJ&dq=Wilhelm+Rink+von+Baldenstein&pg=PT234 Sprink & Son's Monthly Numismatic Circle, Vol I. (1893), p. 446
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bramst.html Profile on catholic-hierarchy.org