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 Maria TadingTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband Mariahilf St. Franziskus MünchenMünchenView parish
- Pfarrverband massenhausenTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband mauernTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband MenzingTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband MilbertshofenTown not recordedMass times recorded
- Pfarrverband MittersendlingTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband MoosachTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband muensingTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband München WestTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband NeustiftTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband oberes inntalTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband oberes leitzachtalTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband oberes prientalTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband ObergiesingTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband Obersendling WaldfriedhofTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband obertaufkirchenTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband obingTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband OdelzhausenTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband palling freutsmoosTown not recordedMass times recorded
- Pfarrverband partenkirchen farchant oberauTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband PasingTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband peiting hohenpeissenbergTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband Petershausen Vierkirchen WeichsTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband pfaffenhofenTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband raublingTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband Reichenkirchen Maria ThalheimTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband rohrdorfTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband rottTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband saaldorf surheimTown 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.