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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Munich and Freising — known in the German language as Erzbistum München und Freising and in Latin as Archidioecesis Monacensis et Frisingensis — is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Bavaria, Germany. It is led by the prelature of the Archbishop of Munich, administering the see from the mother church in Munich Frauenkirche, also called the Munich Cathedral. The previous cathedral is the Freising cathedral.

The see was canonically erected circa 739 by Saint Boniface as the Diocese of Freising. After the Thirty Years' War the bishop became a prince-bishop. 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 seat at Munich.

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.

• Johann Grünwald † (15 Jan 1448 Appointed - 2 Dec 1452 Died)
• Johann Tulbeck † (Jan 1453 Appointed - Nov 1473 Resigned)
• Sixtus von Tannberg † (12 Jan 1474 Appointed - 14 Jul 1495 Died)
• Ruprecht Pfalzgraf von Rhein † (1 Aug 1495 Appointed - 3 Dec 1498 Resigned)
• Philipp von der Pfalz † ( 1499 Appointed - 5 Jan 1541 Died)
• Heinrich Pfalzgraf von Rhein † (5 Jan 1541 Succeeded - 3 Jan 1552 Died)
• Leo Lösch von Hilkershausen † (15 Feb 1552 Appointed - 8 Apr 1559 Died)
• Moritz von Sandizell † (12 Jun 1559 Appointed - 18 Oct 1566 Resigned)
• Ernst Herzog von Bayern † (18 Oct 1566 Appointed - 17 Feb 1612 Died)
• Stephan von Seiboldsdorf † (7 May 1612 Appointed - 16 Jan 1618 Died)
• Veit Adam Gepeckh von Arnsbach † (12 Feb 1618 Appointed - 8 Dec 1651 Died)
• Albrecht Sigmund Herzog von Bayern † (8 Dec 1651 Succeeded - 5 Nov 1685 Died)
• Joseph Clemens Kajetan Herzog von Bayern † (4 Nov 1685 Succeeded - 29 Sep 1694 Resigned)
• Johann Franz Freiherr von Eckher von Kapfing und Liechteneck † (29 Jan 1695 Appointed - 23 Feb 1727 Died)
• Johann Theodor Herzog von Bayern † (23 Feb 1727 Succeeded - 27 Jan 1763 Died)
• Klemens Wenzeslaus Herzog von Sachsen † (18 Apr 1763 Appointed - 20 Aug 1768 Resigned)
• Ludwig Joseph Freiherr von Welden auf Laubheim und Hohenaltingen † (23 Jan 1769 Appointed - 15 Mar 1788 Died)
• Max Polykarp Reichsgraf von Törring-Jettenbach † (26 May 1788 Appointed - 30 Dec 1789 Died)
• Joseph Konrad Freiherr von Schroffenberg, C.R.S.A. † (1 Mar 1790 Appointed - 4 Apr 1803 Died)
• Joseph Jakob von Heckenstaller † (14 Apr 1803 Appointed - 16 Feb 1818 Resigned)
• Lothar Anselm Freiherr von Gebsattel † (16 Feb 1818 Appointed - 1 Oct 1846 Died)
• Karl August Graf von Reisach † (1 Oct 1846 Succeeded - 19 Jun 1856 Resigned)
• Gregor (Leonhard Andreas) von Scherr, O.S.B. † (6 Jan 1856 Appointed - 24 Oct 1877 Died)
• Antonius von Steichele † (30 Apr 1878 Appointed - 9 Oct 1889 Died)
• Antonius von Thoma † (23 Oct 1889 Appointed - 24 Nov 1897 Died)
• Franz Joseph von Stein † (24 Dec 1897 Appointed - 4 May 1909 Died)
• Franziskus A. von Bettinger † (23 May 1909 Appointed - 12 Apr 1917 Died)
• Michael von Faulhaber † (26 May 1917 Appointed - 12 Jun 1952 Died)
• Joseph Wendel † (9 Aug 1952 Appointed - 31 Dec 1960 Died)
• Julius August Döpfner † (3 Jul 1961 Appointed - 24 Jul 1976 Died)
• Joseph Ratzinger (24 Mar 1977 Appointed - 15 Feb 1982 Resigned)
• Friedrich Wetter (28 Oct 1982 Appointed - 2 Feb 2007 Retired)
• Reinhard Marx (30 Nov 2007 Appointed - )

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

• Archbishopric of Munich
• Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Munich
• Catholic Hierarchy Profile of the Archdiocese of Munich
• Catholic Encyclopedia article (history of the diocese up to Archbishop von Bettinger)