List of bishops of Freising and archbishops of Munich and Freising

The following people were bishops, prince-bishops or archbishops of Freising or Munich and Freising in Bavaria:



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 in 739.


 * Erembert (739–747/748; sometimes referred to as Corbinian's half brother )
 * Joseph of Freising, also known as Joseph of Verona (747/748–764)
 * Arbeo (764–783/784)
 * Atto (783/784–810/811)
 * Hitto (810/811–834/835)
 * Erchanbert (835/836–854)
 * Anno (854/855–875)
 * Arnold (875–883)
 * Waldo (883/884–903/906)
 * Utto (904/906–907)
 * Dracholf (907–926)
 * Wolfram (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)
 * Conrad I of Tölz and Hohenburg (1230–1258)
 * Conrad II Wildgraf of Dhaun (1258–1278/1279)
 * Frederick of Montalban (1279–1282)


 * Elevation to a Hochstift 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)
 * Paul of Jägerndorf (1359–1377)
 * Leopold of Sturmberg (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 (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 (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)
 * John Francis Eckher of Kapfing and Liechteneck (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 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 1817/1821

Archbishops of Munich and Freising

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