Metropolitan see München und Freising, Germany
Archdiocese of München und Freising
Monacen(sis) et Frisingen(sis)
Latin Church
The Archdiocese of Munich and Freising is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese in Bavaria, Germany, tracing to the Diocese of Freising founded in 739 and elevated to an archdiocese with the seat in Munich in 1818. It is led by Cardinal Reinhard Marx since 2007, and was previously led by Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI).
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 739
- Catholics
- 1,499,000
- Priests
- 913
- Territory
- 11,998 km²
Parishes and churches
209 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Dompfarrei Zu Unserer Lieben Frau (Frauenkirche) MünchenMünchen · CathedralMass times recorded
- Pfarrei AMTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrei Chinesischsprachige Katholische Gemeinde MünchenMünchenView parish
- Pfarrei Christi Himmelfahrt MünchenMünchenView parish
- Pfarrei Christkoenig MünchenMünchenView parish
- Pfarrei Christus Erlöser MünchenMünchenView parish
- Pfarrei dekanat baumburgTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrei Dekanat EbersbergTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrei Dekanat ErdingTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrei dekanat miesbachTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrei dekanat muehldorfTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrei Dekanat München TruderingTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrei dekanat werdenfelsTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrei englischsprachige katholische gemeinde muenchenTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrei Erscheinung des Herrn MünchenMünchenView parish
- Pfarrei franzoesischsprachige katholische gemeinde muenchenTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrei Heilig Blut MünchenMünchenMass times recorded
- Pfarrei Heilig Geist MünchenMünchenMass times recorded
- Pfarrei Herz Jesu MünchenMünchenView parish
- Pfarrei hl franz von assisiTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrei italienische katholische gemeinde muenchenTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrei italienische katholische gemeinde rosenheimTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrei KiGa St. Benno EmmeringTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrei kita verbund schaeftlarn aufkirchenTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrei koreanische katholische gemeinde muenchenTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrei Kreiskatholikenrat ErdingTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrei kroatische katholische gemeinde muenchenTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrei kroatische katholische gemeinde traunreutTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrei maria himmelfahrt weildorfTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrei maria sieben schmerzen untersteinTown not recordedView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Reinhard Marx
- Born
- 21 September 1953
- Birthplace
- Geseke
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The cathedral
Frauenkirche stands in München und Freising, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Freising Cathedral.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
Bavaria's Archdiocese of Munich and Freising (German: Erzbistum München und Freising, Latin: Archidioecesis Monacensis et Frisingensis) is a Latin Church territory of the Catholic Church in Germany, governed by the Archbishop of Munich and Freising. He administers the see from the co-cathedral in Munich, the Frauenkirche; the much older second co-cathedral is Freising Cathedral.