Gerhard von Wippingen

Gerhard von Wippingen (c. 1262–1325) was a cleric from the Vuippens nobility near Fribourg, whose uncle Otton de Grandson brought him to the English court. After serving Edward I on diplomatic missions, he became bishop of Lausanne in 1302 and bishop of Basel by papal appointment in 1309.

He ruled the see from Delémont, prosecuting beguines in Basel in 1320 and losing the lordship of Pfirt to Habsburg in 1324. He died on 17 March 1325 and was buried in Basel Minster.