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:

The bear miracle — Saint Corbinian of Freising, as a bishop, crossing the Alps on his way to Rome in 710, Jan Polack, oil on pinewood, 1489

Bishops of Freising
Establishment of episcopal organisation in Old Bavaria by Saint Boniface in 739.
  • Erembert (739–747/748; sometimes referred to as Corbinian's half brother[1])
  • 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
Prince-bishop Philip of the Palatinate (portrait around 1525/27)
Prince-bishop Albert Sigismund of Bavaria (1675painting)
  • 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
Cardinal Döpfner at Munich's Corpus Christi procession in 1971

See also

References
  1. Maß, Josef (2005). "Der hl. Bonifatius und das Bistum Freising". Beiträge zur altbayerischen Kirchengeschichte (in German). 48: 9–27.

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, ISBN 978-3-406-37104-2. (Recension)
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