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.
- Pfarrverband Allach UntermenzingTown not recordedMass times recorded
- Pfarrverband allershausenTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband AltfraunhofenTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband AltomuensterTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband AltschwabingTown not recordedMass times recorded
- Pfarrverband ampfingTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband Anzing ForstinningTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband aschauTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband Aschheim FeldkirchenTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband AsslingTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband bergkirchen schwabhausenTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband bischofswiesenTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband BockhornTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband Bogenhausen SüdTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband brannenburg flintsbachTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband Bruckberg GuendlkofenTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband buchbachTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband Dachau Hl Kreuz St. PeterTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband DorfenTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband eglingTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband Eichenau AllingTown not recordedMass times recorded
- Pfarrverband eiselfing babenshamTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband Erdinger MoosTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband ErdwegTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband feldkirchen hoehenrain lausTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband flossingTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband FuerstenfeldTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband gaissach reichersbeuernTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband Garching Alz EngelsbergTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband garsTown 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.