Bishops of Freising and Archbishops of Munich and Freising

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 (appointed 15 Jan 1448; died 2 Dec 1452)

John IV Tulbeck (appointed Jan 1453; resigned Nov 1473)

Sixtus of Tannberg (appointed 12 Jan 1473; died 14 Jul 1495)

Ruprecht of the Palatinate (appointed 1 Aug 1495; resigned 3 Dec 1498)

Philip of the Palatinate (appointed 1498; died 5 Jan 1541)

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

Leo Lösch of Hilkertshausen (appointed 15 Feb 1552; died 8Apr 1559)

Moritz of Sandizell (appointed 12 Jun 1559; died 18 Oct 1566)

Ernest of Bavaria (appointed 18 Oct 1566; died 17 Feb 1612)

Stephen of Seiboldsdorf (appointed May 1612; died 16 Jan 1618)

Veit Adam of Gepeckh von Arnsbach (appointed 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 (appointed 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 (appointed 18 Apr 1763; resigned 20 Aug 1768)

Louis Joseph Freiherr of Welden on Laupheim and Hohenaltingen (appointed 23 Jan 1768; died 15 Mar 1788)

Maximilian Prokop of Toerring-Jettenbach (appointed 26 May 1788; died 30 Dec 1789)

Joseph Conrad Freiherr of Schroffenberg, C.R.S.A. (appointed 1 Mar 1789; 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; 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)

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)