Archdiocese of Munich and Freising, Germany 🇩🇪
Celebrations
History
- 739: Established as Diocese of Freising (Deutsch) / Frisingen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Passau and Abbacy nullius of Stift Sankt Peter Salzburg)
- 798.04.20: Became suffragan of Salzburg
- 1803: Suppressed (to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Salzburg and Diocese of Brixen)
- 1818.04.01: Restored as Metropolitan Archdiocese of München und Freising (Deutsch) / Munich and Freising (English) / Monaco e Frisinga (Italiano) / Monacen(sis) et Frisingen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Salzburg, from the suppressed Diocese of Chiemsee and with suffragan sees Augsburg and Regensburg)
- 1821: Gained suffragan see Passau
- 1914.02.09: Gained territory from Diocese of Augsburg
Contact Info
Address: PF 33 03 60, 80063 München, Germany
Phone: (089) 2137-0
Papal Visits
Present Prelates
Ordinaries
Metropolitan Archbishops of München und Freising (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||||
Cardinal-Priest of S. Corbiniano | ||||||||||||
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Cardinal-Priest of S. Stefano al Monte Celio
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Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (later Pope Benedict XVI) | ||||||||||||
Cardinal Julius Döpfner | ||||||||||||
Cardinal Joseph Wendel
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Cardinal Michael von Faulhaber
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Cardinal Franziskus von Bettinger
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Archbishop Franz Joseph von Stein
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Archbishop Antonius von Thoma
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Archbishop Antonius von Steichele
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Archbishop Gregor von Scherr, O.S.B.
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Cardinal Karl August Graf von Reisach
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Archbishop Lothar Anselm von Gebsattel
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Bishops of Freising (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||||
Fr. Joseph Jakob von Heckenstaller
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Bishop Joseph Konrad von Schroffenberg, C.R.S.A.
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Bishop Max Polykarp Reichsgraf von Törring-Jettenbach
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Bishop Ludwig Joseph von Welden auf Laubheim und Hohenaltingen
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Archbishop Klemens Wenzeslaus von Sachsen
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Cardinal Johann Theodor Herzog von Bayern (Jean-Théodore de Bavière) | ||||||||||||
Bishop Johann Franz Freiherr von Eckher von Kapfing und Liechteneck
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Archbishop-elect Joseph Clemens von Bayern (Joseph-Clément de Bavière) | ||||||||||||
Bishop Johann Kaspar Kühner
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Fr. Albrecht Sigmund Herzog von Bayern
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Bishop Veit Adam Gepeckh von Arnsbach
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Bishop Stephan von Seiboldsdorf
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Archbishop Ernst von Bayern (Ernest de Bavière)
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Bishop Moritz von Sandizell
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Bishop Leo Lösch von Hilkershausen
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Bishop Heinrich Pfalzgraf von Rhein
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Bishop Philipp von der Pfalz
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Fr. Ruprecht Pfalzgraf von Rhein
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Bishop Sixtus von Tannberg
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Bishop Johannes Tulbeck
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Pseudocardinal Johann Grünwalder | ||||||||||||
Bishop Heinrich Schlick Bishop of Freising (Germany) (1443.09.11 – 1448.01.15) | ||||||||||||
Bishop Nikodemus della Scala
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Bishop Hermann Graf von Cilli
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Bishop Konrad von Hebenstreit
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Bishop Berthold von Wehingen
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Bishop Leopold von Sturmberg
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Bishop Johannes Hake
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Bishop Konrad von Klingenberg
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Bishop Konrad Sendlinger
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Bishop Gottfried von Hexenagger
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Bishop Emicho Wildgraf
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Bishop Friedrich von Montalban
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Bishop Konrad Wildgraf
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Bishop Konrad von Tölz und Hohenburg
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Bishop Gerold von Waldeck
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Bishop Otto Graf von Berg
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Bishop Albert von Hartshausen
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Blessed Bishop Otto von Österreich, O. Cist. | ||||||||||||
Bishop Heinrich I Graf von Tengling
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Bishop Meginward
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Bishop Ellenhard Graf von Tirol
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Bishop Nitker
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Bishop Egilbert
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Bishop Gottschalk
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Bishop Abraham
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Saint Bishop Lantbert
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Bishop Wolfram
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Bishop Dracholf
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Bishop Uto
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Bishop Waldo
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Bishop Arnold, O.S.B.
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Bishop Anno
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Bishop Erchanbert
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Bishop Hitto, O.S.B.
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Bishop Atto
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Bishop Arbeo
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Bishop Joseph
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Bishop Ermbert
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Saint Bishop Korbinian (Corbinian)
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Former Prelates
- Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Karl August Graf von Reisach (later Cardinal) (1841.07.12 – 1846.10.01)
- Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop-elect Johann Theodor Herzog von Bayern (Jean-Théodore de Bavière) (later Cardinal) (1726.04.12 – 1727.02.23)
- Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop-elect Joseph Clemens von Bayern (Joseph-Clément de Bavière) (later Archbishop) (1685.10.06 – 1685.11.04)
- Coadjutor Bishop: Fr. Albrecht Sigmund Herzog von Bayern (1642.03.03 – 1651.12.08)
- Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Heinrich Pfalzgraf von Rhein (1540.08.26 – 1541.01.05)
- Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Franz Josef Dietl (1998.12.22 – 2010.01.05)
- Auxiliary Bishop:Â
Bishop Bernhard Haßlberger (78) (1994.05.31 – 2023.04.09)
- Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Engelbert Siebler (1986.02.27 – 2012.07.31)
- Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Franz Xaver Schwarzenböck (1972.01.03 – 1998.12.22)
- Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Heinrich von Soden-Fraunhofen (1972.01.03 – 1993.07.13)
- Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Mathias Dionys Albert Paul Defregger (1968.07.03 – 1990.04.06)
- Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Ernst Tewes, C.O. (1968.07.03 – 1984.07.31)
- Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Johannes Baptist Neuhäusler (1947.02.08 – 1973.12.14)
- Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Anton Scharnagl (1943.04.10 – 1955.01.19)
- Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Johann Baptist Schauer (1928.07.13 – 1942.09.15)
- Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Michael Buchberger (later Archbishop) (1923.11.13 – 1927.12.19)
- Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Alois Hartl (1921.06.13 – 1923.07.22)
- Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Johann Baptist von Neudecker (1911.03.08 – 1926.10.15)
- Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Franz Ignaz von Streber (1821.09.24 – 1841.04.26)
- Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Johann Nepomuk von Wolf (1788.12.15 – 1802.12.30)
- Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Ernest Johann Nepomuk Reichsgraf von Herberstein (1767.02.16 – 1785.02.14)
- Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Franz Ignaz Albert von Werdenstein (1756.09.20 – 1766.09.09)
- Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Johann Ferdinand Joseph von Boedigkeim (1730.11.22 – 1756.04.28)
- Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Johann Sigmund Zeller von und zu Leibersdorf (1692.10.06 – 1729.12.30)
- Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Simon Judas Thaddäus Schmidt (1687.05.10 – 1691.02.07)
- Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Johann Fiernhammer (1640.01.30 – 1663.02.19)
- Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Bartholomäus Scholl (1581.05.10 – 1629.01.20)
- Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Sebastian Haidlauf (1569.06.06 – 1580)
- Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Oswald Fischer (1548.06.13 – 1569)
- Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Peter Stoll, O.P. (1529.03.15 – 1548.01.09)
- Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Augustin Mair, C.R.S.A. (1523.06.08 – 1527.03)
- Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Konrad Mair (1517.07.21 – 1522)
- Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Mathias Schach, O. Cart. (1495.11.19 – 1515.11.05)
- Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Ulrich Pramberger, O.F.M. (1484.03.29 – 1494.12.22)
- Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Erasmus Perchinger, O.F.M. (1482.11.06 – 1483.09.26)
- Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Johannes Berger, O.E.S.A. (1475.06.07 – 1481.05.26)
- Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Johannes Frey, O.F.M. (1457.08.19 – 1474.04.08)
- Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Albertus, O.F.M. (1415 – 1442)
Special Churches
- Cathedral:
Dom zu Unserer Lieben Frau, München, Bayern
- Co-Cathedral:
Dom Mariä Geburt, Ss. Korbinian, Lantpert, Nonnosus und Sigismund, Freising, Bayern
- Former Cathedral:
Stiftskirche Ss. Petrus und Johannes der Täufer, Berchtesgaden, Bayern
- Minor Basilica:
Basilika Mariä Himmelfahrt, Tuntenhausen, Bayern
- Minor Basilica:
Basilika Mariä Himmelfahrt und Hl. Kreuz, Scheyern, Bayern
- Minor Basilica:
Münster-Basilika Ss. Martin und Kastulus, Landshut An Der Isar, Bayern
- Minor Basilica:
Münster-Basilika Unserer Lieben Frau Himmelfahrt, Ettal, Bayern
- Former Cathedral (now ruined):
Domkirche SS. Salvator, Sixtus und Sebastian, Herrenwörth, Bayern
- Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)
- Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025
Statistics (2022.12.31)
Area: 12,082 km²
Population: 1,770,760 Catholics (45.9% of 3,854,586 total)
Pastoral Centres: 745 parishes, 46 missions
Personnel: 913 priests (580 diocesan, 333 religious), 290 deacons, 1,762 religious (433 brothers, 1,329 sisters), 20 seminarians