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 SauerlachTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband schaeftlarnTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband schnaitseeTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband schoenbergTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband schweitenkirchenTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband seeonTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband siegsdorfTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband St. Clemens St. Vinzenz MünchenMünchenView parish
- Pfarrverband St. Wolfgang bei DorfenTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband SteinhoeringTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband SteinzellTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband tachertingTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband TaufkirchenTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband Taufkirchen VilsTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband tegernsee egern kreuthTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband teisendorfTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband tittmoningTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband trostbergTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband TruderingTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband tuntenhausen schoenauTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband VaterstettenTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband Vier Brunnen OttobrunnTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband waakirchen schaftlachTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband waging am seeTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband waldkraiburgTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband WartenbergTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband WestendTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband weyarnTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrverband zollingTown 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.