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| Archdiocese of Munich and Freising Archidioecesis Monacensis et Frisingensis Erzbistum München und Freising | |
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 Frauenkirche, Munich | |
 Coat of arms | |
| Location | |
| Country |  Germany |
| Ecclesiastical province | Munich and Freising |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 11,998 km (4,632 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2022) 3,855,000 1,499,000 (38.9%) |
| Parishes | 747 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 739 |
| Cathedral | Frauenkirche |
| Co-cathedral | Freising Cathedral |
| Patron saint | St. Corbinian |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop | Reinhard Marx Archbishop of Munich and Freising |
| Auxiliary Bishops | Wolfgang Bischof, Rupert zu Stolberg-Stolberg |
| Bishops emeritus | Friedrich Wetter, Bernhard Haßlberger |
| Map | |
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| Website | |
| erzbistum-muenchen-und-freising.de | |
The Archdiocese of Munich and Freising (German: Erzbistum München und Freising, Latin: Archidioecesis Monacensis et Frisingensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Bavaria, Germany. It is governed by the Archbishop of Munich and Freising, who administers the see from the co-cathedral in Munich, the Frauenkirche. The other, much older co-cathedral is Freising Cathedral.
The see was canonically erected in about 739 by Saint Boniface as the Diocese of Freising, and later became a prince-bishopric. The diocese was dissolved in 1803 following the collapse of the Holy Roman Empire, although a titular bishop ruled until April 1, 1818, when Pope Pius VII elevated the diocese to an archdiocese with its new seat in Munich, rather than Freising.
The archdiocese is divided into forty deaneries with 758 parishes. Its suffragan bishops are the Bishop of Augsburg, the Bishop of Passau, and the Bishop of Regensburg.
The most famous archbishop was Joseph Ratzinger, who was elected as Pope Benedict XVI.
The residence of the Archbishops of Munich and Freising is the Palais Holnstein in Munich.
See also
References
- "Archdiocese of München und Freising {Munich}" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
- "Metropolitan Archdiocese of München und Freising" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
External links
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Munich (in German)
- Catholic Encyclopedia article (history of the diocese up to Archbishop von Bettinger)
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| Deaneries (Region Munich) | | |
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| Deaneries (Region South) | ||
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| Province of Bamberg | |
| Province of Berlin | |
| Province of Cologne | |
| Province of Freiburg | |
| Province of Hamburg | |
| Province of Munich and Freising | |
| Province of Paderborn | |
| Sui iuris jurisdictions | |
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