The Archdiocese of Munich and Freising (german: Erzbistum München und Freising, la, Archidioecesis Monacensis et Frisingensis) is an ecclesiastical territory or

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of the

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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 ...

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of Munich and Freising, who administers the see from the co-cathedral in

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by popu ...

, the Frauenkirche, which is never called in German Munich Cathedral. The other, much older co-cathedral is

Freising Cathedral Freising Cathedral, also called Saint Mary and Corbinian Cathedral (German: Mariendom), is a romanesque basilica in Freising, Bavaria. It is the co-cathedral of the Catholic Archdiocese of Munich and Freising. Freising Cathedral is also known fo ...

. The see was canonically erected in about 739 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 ...

as the Diocese 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 ...

and later became a prince-bishopric. The diocese was dissolved in 1803 following the collapse of the

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, although a titular bishop ruled until April 1, 1818, when

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elevated the diocese to an archdiocese with its new seat in Munich, rather than Freising. The archdiocese is divided into forty deaneries with 758

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es. Its

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bishops are the

Bishop of Augsburg Diocese of Augsburg is a diocese of the Catholic Church in Germany. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Munich.Bishop of Passau The Diocese of Passau is a Roman Catholic diocese in Germany that is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising.Bishop of Regensburg The Bishops of Regensburg (Ratisbon) are bishops of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany.

. The most famous archbishop was Joseph Ratzinger, who was elected as

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. The residence of the Archbishops of Munich and Freising is the Palais Holnstein in Munich.

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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Munich

(history of the diocese up to Archbishop von Bettinger) {{DEFAULTSORT:Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of Munich And Freising

Christianity in Munich Dioceses established in the 8th century Bavarian Circle 739 establishments 8th-century establishments in Germany Roman Catholic ecclesiastical provinces in Germany

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