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 GeisenhausenTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband Gelting FinsingTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband Glonnauer LandTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband gmund bad wiesseeTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband GrafingTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband grosskarolinenfeldTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband GräfelfingTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband HaarTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband HarlachingTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband hausham agathariedTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband heufeld weihenlindenTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband HoehenkirchenTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband hoergertshausenTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband HolzlandTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband ilmmuensterTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband Im WürmtalTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband IndersdorfTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband irschenbergTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband IsarvorstadtTown not recordedMass times recorded
- Pfarrverband IsenTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband KarlsfeldTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband kirchanschoeringTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband Kirchheim HeimstettenTown not recordedMass times recorded
- Pfarrverband koenigsdorf beuerbergTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband kraiburgTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband kranzbergTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband langenbach oberhummelTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband Maisacher LandTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband MammendorfTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband Maria Königin der EngelTown 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.