The following people were bishops, prince-bishops or

archbishop In Christian denominations, an archbishop is a bishop of higher rank or office. In most cases, such as the Catholic Church, there are many archbishops who either have jurisdiction over an ecclesiastical province in addition to their own archdi ...

s of Freising or Munich and Freising in Bavaria: Corbinian polack

Bishops of Freising

* St. Corbinian (724–730); founded the Benedictine abbey in Freising, although the diocese was not organized until 739) : Establishment of episcopal organisation in Old Bavaria by

Saint Boniface Boniface, OSB ( la, Bonifatius; 675 – 5 June 754) was an English Benedictines, Benedictine monk and leading figure in the Anglo-Saxon mission to the Germanic parts of the Frankish Empire during the eighth century. He organised significant ...

in 739. * Erembert (739–747/748; sometimes referred to as Corbinian's half brother) * Joseph of Freising, also known as

Joseph of Verona Joseph of Freising (died 17 January 764), also known as Joseph of Verona, was Bishop of Freising from 747 or 748 until his death. Life There is no direct evidence of Joseph's place of origin, or place of birth. It is sometimes claimed that he was ...

(747/748–764) * Arbeo (764–783/784) * Atto (783/784–810/811) * Hitto (810/811–834/835) * Erchanbert (835/836–854) *

Anno Anno may refer to: People * Anno of Saint Gall (died 954), Anti-Abbot of St. Gall * Anno II (Archbishop of Cologne) ( 1010–1075), Archbishop of Cologne from 1056 to 1075 *Anno (surname) *Anno Birkin (1980–2001), English musician *Hideaki Anno ...

(854/855–875) *

Arnold Arnold may refer to: People * Arnold (given name), a masculine given name * Arnold (surname), a German and English surname Places Australia * Arnold, Victoria, a small town in the Australian state of Victoria Canada * Arnold, Nova Scotia Uni ...

(875–883) * Waldo (883/884–903/906) * Utto (904/906–907) * Dracholf (907–926) *

Wolfram Wolfram may refer to: * Wolfram (name) * Wolfram, an alternative name for the chemical element tungsten * Wolfram Research, a software company known for the symbolic computation program Mathematica ** Wolfram Language, the programming language use ...

(926–937) * St. Lantpert (937/938–957) * Abraham (956/957–993/994) * Gottschalk of Hagenau (994–1005) * Egilbert of Moosburg (1005–1039) * Nitker (1039–1052) * Ellenhard, Count of Meran (1052–1078) * Meginward, Count of Scheyarn (1078–1098) * Henry I of Freising, also known as Henry I of Ebersdorf (1098–1137) * Otto I (1137–1158) * Albert I of Harthausen (1158–1184) * Otto II (1184–1220) * Gerold of Waldeck (1220–1230) *

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(1230–1258) * Conrad II Wildgraf of Dhaun (1258–1278/1279) * Frederick of Montalban (1279–1282) : Elevation to a ''

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'' i.e. Prince-Bishopric in 1294

Prince-bishops of Freising

* Waldgrave Emicho (1282–1311) * Gottfried of Hexenagger (1311–1314) * Conrad III the Sendlinger (1314–1322) * John I Wulfing (1323–1324) * Conrad IV of Klingenberg (1324–1340) * John II Hake (1340–1349) * Albert II of Hohenberg (1349–1359) *

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(1359–1377) * Leopold of Sturmberg (1377–1381) *

Berthold of Wehingen Berthold or Berchtold is a Germanic given name and surname. It is derived from two elements, ''berht'' meaning "bright" and ''wald'' meaning "(to) rule". It may refer to: *Bertholdt Hoover, a fictional character in the anime/manga series ''Attack o ...

(1381–1410) * Conrad V of Hebenstreit (1411–1412) *

Hermann of Cilli Hermann of Cilli (1383–13 December 1421), also known as Armand de Cilli, or ''Herniosus mit dem Bruche'' ("Herniosus with the hernia"), was born in Celje, Cilli, the illegitimate son, although later legitimated, of Count Hermann II, Count of Ce ...

(1412–1421) * Nicodemus of Scala (1421/1422–1443) * Henry II of Schlick (1443–1448) * John III Grünwald (elected 15 Jan 1448; died 2 Dec 1452) * John IV Tulbeck (elected Jan 1453; resigned Nov 1473) * Sixtus of Tannberg (elected 12 Jan 1473; died 14 Jul 1495) * Ruprecht of the Palatinate (elected 1 Aug 1495; resigned 3 Dec 1498) * Philip of the Palatinate (elected 1498; died 5 Jan 1541) * Henry II of the Palatinate (succeeded 5 Jan 1541; died 3 Jan 1552) * Leo Lösch of Hilkertshausen (elected 15 Feb 1552; died 8Apr 1559) * Moritz of Sandizell (elected 12 Jun 1559; died 18 Oct 1566) * Ernest of Bavaria (elected 18 Oct 1566; died 17 Feb 1612) *

Stephen of Seiboldsdorf Stephen or Steven is a common English first name. It is particularly significant to Christians, as it belonged to Saint Stephen ( grc-gre, Στέφανος ), an early disciple and deacon who, according to the Book of Acts, was stoned to death; h ...

(elected May 1612; died 16 Jan 1618) * Veit Adam of Gepeckh von Arnsbach (elected 12 Feb 1618; died 8 Dec 1651) * Albert Sigismund of Bavaria (1651/1652–1685) * Joseph Clemens of Bavaria (succeeded 4 Nov 1685; resigned 29 Sep 1694) *

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(elected 29 Jan 1694/1695; died 23 Feb 1727) * Cardinal John Theodore, Duke of Bavaria (succeeded 23 Feb 1727; died 27 Jan 1763) * Clemens Wenceslaus, Duke of Saxony (elected 18 Apr 1763; resigned 20 Aug 1768) * Louis Joseph Freiherr of Welden on Laupheim and Hohenaltingen (electected 23 Jan 1768; died 15 Mar 1788) *

Maximilian Prokop of Toerring-Jettenbach Maximilian, Maximillian or Maximiliaan (Maximilien in French) is a male given name. The name " Max" is considered a shortening of "Maximilian" as well as of several other names. List of people Monarchs *Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (1459� ...

elected 26 May 1788; died 30 Dec 1789) * Joseph Conrad Freiherr of Schroffenberg, C.R.S.A. (elected 1 Mar 1790; died 4 Apr 1803). After his death, the temporal authority of the bishop was mediatised and abolished by the Elector of Bavaria. : '' Sede vacante as a result of the secularisation under Napoleonic rule (1803–1821)'' * Joseph James of Heckenstaller, priest, vicar capitular (appointed 14 Apr 1803); was also named first a vicar general and, later, a papal delegate as "vicar capitular apostolic", but never raised to the episcopacy; resigned 16 Feb 1818. The episcopal functions were exercised by auxiliary bishop, Johann Nepomuk Wolf. : Elevation to an

archdiocese In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...

in 1817/1821

Archbishops of Munich and Freising

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*Lothar Anselm Freiherr von Gebsattel (appointed 16 February 1818; confirmed soon, but at first only apostolic administrator; archbishop 1 November 1821; died 1 October 1846) * Karl August Cardinal Graf von Reisach (succeeded 1 October 1846; cardinal 17 December 1855; resigned 19 June 1856) * Gregor (Leonhard Andreas) von Scherr, O.S.B. (appointed 6 January 1856; died 24 October 1877) *

Antonius von Steichele Antonius von Steichele (22 January 1816 – 9 October 1889) was Bishop, and later Archbishop of the Archdiocese of München und Freising from 1878 until 1889. Biography Born 22 January 1816 in Mertingen, he was ordained on 28 August 1838, aged 2 ...

(appointed 30 April 1878; died 9 October 1889) *

Antonius von Thoma Antonius von Thoma (1 March 1829 – 24 November 1897) was Bishop and later Archbishop of the Archdiocese of München und Freising from 1889 until his death in 1897. Biography Thoma was ordained a priest on 29 June 1853 in the Archdiocese of Mü ...

(appointed 23 October 1889; died 24 November 1897) * Franz Joseph von Stein (appointed 24 December 1897; died 4 May 1909) * Franziskus Cardinal von Bettinger (appointed 23 May 1909; cardinal 25 May 1914; died 12 April 1917) *

Michael Cardinal von Faulhaber Michael Cardinal (Catholic Church), Cardinal ''Ritter'' von Faulhaber (5 March 1869 – 12 June 1952) was a German Catholic prelate who served as Archdiocese of Munich and Freising, Archbishop of Munich for 35 years, from 1917 to his death in 19 ...

(appointed 26 May 1917; cardinal 7 March 1921; died 12 June 1952) * Joseph Cardinal Wendel (appointed 9 August 1952; cardinal 12 January 1953; died 31 December 1960) * Julius August Cardinal Döpfner (appointed 3 July 1961, already a cardinal; died 24 July 1976) *

Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger Pope Benedict XVI ( la, Benedictus XVI; it, Benedetto XVI; german: link=no, Benedikt XVI.; born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, , on 16 April 1927) is a retired prelate of the Catholic church who served as the head of the Church and the soverei ...

(appointed 24 March 1977; cardinal 27 June 1977; resigned 15 February 1982), subsequently Pope Benedict XVI * Friedrich Cardinal Wetter (appointed 28 October 1982; cardinal 25 May 1985; retired 2 February 2007) *

Reinhard Cardinal Marx Reinhard Marx (born 21 September 1953) is a German cardinal of the Catholic Church. He serves as the Archbishop of Munich and Freising. Pope Benedict XVI elevated Marx to the cardinalate in a consistory in 2010. Biography Born in Geseke, Nort ...

(appointed 30 November 2007; cardinal 20 November 2010)

References

Sources

* Alois Weissthanner (ed.): ''Die Regesten der Bischöfe von Freising''. Vol. I: 739–1184. Continued and completed by Gertrud Thoma and Martin Ott (= registers of Bavarian history), C.H.Beck. Munich, 2009, .
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