Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Munich and Freising

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Archdiocese of Munich and Freising Archidioecesis Monacensis et Frisingensis Erzbistum München und Freising

Frauenkirche, Munich
Coat of arms
Location
Country	Germany
Ecclesiastical province	Munich and Freising
Statistics
Area	11,998 km² (4,632 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2022) 3,855,000 1,499,000 (38.9%)
Parishes	747
Information
Denomination	Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	739
Cathedral	Frauenkirche
Co-cathedral	Freising Cathedral
Patron saint	St. Corbinian
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Reinhard Marx Archbishop of Munich and Freising
Auxiliary Bishops	Wolfgang Bischof, Rupert zu Stolberg-Stolberg
Bishops emeritus	Friedrich Wetter, Bernhard Haßlberger
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Website
erzbistum-muenchen-und-freising.de

The Archdiocese of Munich and Freising (German: Erzbistum München und Freising, Latin: Archidioecesis Monacensis et Frisingensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Bavaria, Germany.^[1]^[2] It is governed by the Archbishop of Munich and Freising, who administers the see from the co-cathedral in Munich, the Frauenkirche. The other, much older co-cathedral is Freising Cathedral.

The see was canonically erected in about 739 by Saint Boniface as the Diocese of Freising, and later became a prince-bishopric. The diocese was dissolved in 1803 following the collapse of the Holy Roman Empire, although a titular bishop ruled until April 1, 1818, when Pope Pius VII elevated the diocese to an archdiocese with its new seat in Munich, rather than Freising.

The archdiocese is divided into forty deaneries with 758 parishes. Its suffragan bishops are the Bishop of Augsburg, the Bishop of Passau, and the Bishop of Regensburg.

The most famous archbishop was Joseph Ratzinger, who was elected as Pope Benedict XVI.

The residence of the Archbishops of Munich and Freising is the Palais Holnstein in Munich.

References

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^ "Archdiocese of München und Freising {Munich}" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
^ "Metropolitan Archdiocese of München und Freising" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016

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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Munich (in German)
Catholic Encyclopedia article (history of the diocese up to Archbishop von Bettinger)

v t e Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Munich and Freising
Deaneries (Region Munich)	Munich-Bogenhausen Munich-Feldmoching Munich-Forstenried Munich-Freimann Munich-Giesing Munich-Innenstadt Munich-Laim Munich-Nymphenburg Munich-Pasing Munich-Perlach Munich-Trudering Ottobrunn
Deaneries (Region North)	Dachau Dorfen Ebersberg Erding Freising Fürstenfeldbruck Geisenhausen Indersdorf Landshut Moosburg Mühldorf Scheyern Waldkraiburg Weihenstephan
Deaneries (Region South)	Bad Aibling Bad Tölz Baumburg Berchtesgadener Land Chiemsee Inntal Miesbach Rosenheim Rottenbuch Werdenfels Traunstein Wasserburg Wolfratshausen
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v t e Hierarchy of the Catholic Church in Germany
Archdioceses	Bamberg Berlin Freiburg im Breisgau Hamburg Cologne Munich and Freising Paderborn
Dioceses	Eichstätt Speyer Würzburg Dresden-Meissen Görlitz Mainz Rottenburg-Stuttgart Hildesheim Osnabrück Aachen Essen Limburg Münster Trier Augsburg Passau Regensburg Erfurt Fulda Magdeburg
Other	Ordinary of the Bundeswehr Ukrainian Apostolic Exarch of Germany and Scandinavia
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v t e Catholic dioceses in Germany
Province of Bamberg	Archdiocese of Bamberg Diocese of Eichstätt Diocese of Speyer Diocese of Würzburg
Province of Berlin	Archdiocese of Berlin Diocese of Dresden-Meissen Diocese of Görlitz
Province of Cologne	Archdiocese of Cologne Diocese of Aachen Diocese of Essen Diocese of Limburg Diocese of Münster Diocese of Trier
Province of Freiburg	Archdiocese of Freiburg Diocese of Mainz Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart
Province of Hamburg	Archdiocese of Hamburg Diocese of Hildesheim Diocese of Osnabrück
Province of Munich and Freising	Archdiocese of Munich and Freising Diocese of Augsburg Diocese of Passau Diocese of Regensburg
Province of Paderborn	Archdiocese of Paderborn Diocese of Erfurt Diocese of Fulda Diocese of Magdeburg
Sui iuris jurisdictions	Military Ordinariate of Germany Apostolic Exarchate in Germany and Scandinavia for the Ukrainians
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