The following people were

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s, prince-bishops or

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s of

Freising Freising () is a university town in Bavaria, Germany, and the capital of the Freising ''Landkreis'' (district), with a population of about 50,000. Location Freising is the oldest town between Regensburg and Bolzano, and is located on the Is ...

or Munich and Freising in

Bavaria Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan ...

Bishops of Freising

* St. Corbinian (724–730); founded the

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abbey in Freising, although the diocese was not organized until 739) : Establishment of episcopal organisation in

Old Bavaria Altbayern ( Bavarian: ''Oidbayern'', also written Altbaiern, English: "Old Bavaria") is the territory and people of the three oldest parts of the Free State of Bavaria, which were earlier known as Kurbayern (English: "Electoral Bavaria") after the ...

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in 739. *

Erembert Erembert is traditionally seen as the second bishop of the Diocese of Freising in Bavaria. Tradition used to consider him a half brother of the founder, Saint Corbinian (a Frank), though recent research argues he hailed from the Freising area. He ...

(739–747/748; sometimes referred to as Corbinian's half brother) *

Joseph of Freising 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 ...

, also known as Joseph of Verona (747/748–764) *

Arbeo Arbeo (also Aribo or Arbo) of Freising (723 or earlier near Meran – 4 May 784) was an early medieval author and Bishop of Freising from 764. Arbeo probably was a scion of the Huosi noble dynasty in the stem duchy of Bavaria. He may have bee ...

(764–783/784) * Atto (783/784–810/811) * Hitto (810/811–834/835) *

Erchanbert Erchempert ( la, Erchempertus) was a Benedictine monk of the Abbey of Monte Cassino in Italy in the final quarter of the ninth century. He chronicled a history of the Lombard Principality of Benevento The Duchy of Benevento (after 774, Principa ...

(835/836–854) * Anno (854/855–875) * Arnold (875–883) *

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(883/884–903/906) *

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(904/906–907) * Dracholf (907–926) * Wolfram (926–937) * St. Lantpert (937/938–957) *

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(956/957–993/994) *

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(994–1005) *

Egilbert of Moosburg Egilbert (or Engelbert) (died 1101), called of Rothenburg, was the Archbishop of Trier from 1079 until his death. He was a partisan of the Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV during the Investiture Controversy, and was rewarded in 1100 with the dignity ...

(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 Otto I (23 November 912 – 7 May 973), traditionally known as Otto the Great (german: Otto der Große, it, Ottone il Grande), was East Francia, East Frankish king from 936 and Holy Roman Emperor from 962 until his death in 973. He was the olde ...

(1137–1158) * Albert I of Harthausen (1158–1184) *

Otto II Otto II (955 – 7 December 983), called the Red (''der Rote''), was Holy Roman Emperor from 973 until his death in 983. A member of the Ottonian dynasty, Otto II was the youngest and sole surviving son of Otto the Great and Adelaide of Italy. ...

(1184–1220) * Gerold of Waldeck (1220–1230) * Conrad I of Tölz and Hohenburg (1230–1258) * Conrad II Wildgraf of Dhaun (1258–1278/1279) *

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(1279–1282) : Elevation to a ''

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'' i.e. Prince-Bishopric in 1294

Prince-bishops of Freising

* Waldgrave Emicho (1282–1311) *

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(1311–1314) *

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(1314–1322) * John I Wulfing (1323–1324) * Conrad IV of Klingenberg (1324–1340) *

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(1340–1349) * Albert II of Hohenberg (1349–1359) * Paul of Jägerndorf (1359–1377) *

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(1377–1381) * Berthold of Wehingen (1381–1410) * Conrad V of Hebenstreit (1411–1412) * Hermann of Cilli (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 John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second ...

(elected Jan 1453; resigned Nov 1473) *

Sixtus of Tannberg Sixtus of Tannberg (died: 14 July 1495 in Frankenthal) was from 1470 to 1474 Bishop of Gurk and from 1474 to 1495 Prince-Bishop of Freising. Life Sixtus was a son of Johann Tannberg of Aurolzmünster and Ursula von Rohr, a sister of Archbish ...

(elected 12 Jan 1473; died 14 Jul 1495) * Ruprecht of the Palatinate (elected 1 Aug 1495; resigned 3 Dec 1498) *

Philip of the Palatinate Philip of the Palatinate (german: Philipp von der Pfalz; 5 July 1480 in Heidelberg – 5 January 1541 in Freising) was Prince-Bishop of Freising (1498–1541) and Naumburg (1517–1541). He was a member of the house of Wittelsbach, and the son ...

(elected 1498; died 5 Jan 1541) * Henry II of the Palatinate (succeeded 5 Jan 1541; died 3 Jan 1552) *

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(elected 15 Feb 1552; died 8Apr 1559) * Moritz of Sandizell (elected 12 Jun 1559; died 18 Oct 1566) *

Ernest of Bavaria Ernest of Bavaria (german: Ernst von Bayern) (17 December 1554 – 17 February 1612) was Prince-elector-archbishop of the Archbishopric of Cologne from 1583 to 1612 as successor of the expelled Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg. He was also bishop ...

(elected 18 Oct 1566; died 17 Feb 1612) * Stephen of Seiboldsdorf (elected May 1612; died 16 Jan 1618) * Veit Adam of Gepeckh von Arnsbach (elected 12 Feb 1618; died 8 Dec 1651) *

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(1651/1652–1685) *

Joseph Clemens of Bavaria Joseph Clemens of Bavaria (german: Joseph Clemens von Bayern) (5 December 1671 – 12 November 1723) was a member of the Wittelsbach dynasty of Bavaria and Archbishop-Elector of Cologne from 1688 to 1723. Biography The third son of Ferdinand ...

(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) *

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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

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. : ''

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as a result of the

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under Napoleonic rule (1803–1821)'' * Joseph James of Heckenstaller, priest,

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(appointed 14 Apr 1803); was also named first a

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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,

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. : Elevation to an

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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 Munich and Freising, Archdiocese of München und Freising from 1889 until his death in 1897. Biography Thoma was ordained a priest on 29 J ...

(appointed 23 October 1889; died 24 November 1897) *

Franz Joseph von Stein Franz Joseph von Stein (4 April 1832 – 4 May 1909) was Archbishop of München und Freising from 1897 until 1909. Biography Born 4 April 1832, Amorbach, on 10 August 1855, aged 23, he was ordained a priest of Würzburg, Germany and consecrated ...

(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 '' Ritter'' von Faulhaber (5 March 1869 – 12 June 1952) was a German Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Munich for 35 years, from 1917 to his death in 1952. Created Cardinal in 1921, von Faulhaber criticized the Weim ...

(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 sovereign ...

(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 (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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