# 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 organised 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 (764–784)
* Atto (784–811)
* Hitto (811–835)
* 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 (957–993)
* Gottschalk of Hagenau (993–1006)
* Egilbert of Moosburg (1006–1039)
* 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 (1138–1158)
* 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)
* Frederick of Montalban (1280–1282)
    Elevation to a Hochstift i.e. Prince-Bishopric in 1294

## Prince-bishops of Freising

* Emicho of Wittelsbach (1283–1311)
* 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 of Hebenstreit (1411–1412)
* Hermann of Cilli (1412–1421)
* Nicodemus della Scala [it] (1421–1443)
* Henry II of Schlick (1443–1448)
* John III Grünwald (elected 15 January 1448; died 2 December 1452)
* Johann Tulbeck (elected January 1453; resigned November 1473)
* Sixtus of Tannberg (elected 12 January 1474; died 14 July 1495)
* Ruprecht of the Palatinate (elected 1 August 1495; resigned 3 December 1498)
* Philip of the Palatinate (elected 1498; died 5 January 1541)
* Henry of the Palatinate (succeeded 5 January 1541; died 3 January 1552)
* Leo Lösch of Hilkertshausen (elected 15 February 1552; died 8 April 1559)
* Moritz von Sandizell (elected 12 June 1559; died 18 October 1566)
* Ernest of Bavaria (elected 18 October 1566; died 17 February 1612)
* Stephan of Seiboldsdorf (elected 7 May 1612; died 18 January 1618)
* Veit Adam of Gepeckh von Arnsbach (elected 12 February 1618; died 8 December 1651)
* Albert Sigismund of Bavaria (8 December 1651 – 5 November 1685)
* Joseph Clemens of Bavaria (succeeded 5 November 1685 – 29 September 1694)
* Johann Francis Eckher of Kapfing and Liechteneck (elected 29 January 1695; died 23 February 1727)
* Johann Theodor of Bavaria (succeeded 23 February 1727; died 27 January 1763)
* Clemens Wenceslaus of Saxony (elected 18 April 1763; resigned 20 August 1768)
* Louis Joseph of Welden on Laupheim and Hohenaltingen (elected 23 January 1768; died 15 March 1788)
* Maximilian Prokop of Toerring-Jettenbach elected 26 May 1788; died 30 December 1789)
* Joseph Conrad of Schroffenberg-Mös, C.R.S.A. (elected 1 March 1790; died 4 April 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 April 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 February 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 von Gebsattel [de] (appointed 5 February 1818; confirmed soon, but at first only apostolic administrator; archbishop 1 November 1821; died 1 October 1846)
* Karl-August von Reisach (succeeded 1 October 1846; cardinal 17 December 1855; resigned 19 June 1856)
* Gregor 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 von Bettinger (appointed 23 May 1909; cardinal 25 May 1914; died 12 April 1917)
* Michael von Faulhaber (appointed 26 May 1917; cardinal 7 March 1921; died 12 June 1952)
* Joseph Wendel (appointed 9 August 1952; cardinal 12 January 1953; died 31 December 1960)
* Julius Döpfner (appointed 3 July 1961, already a cardinal; died 24 July 1976)
* Joseph Ratzinger (appointed 24 March 1977; cardinal 27 June 1977; resigned 15 February 1982), subsequently Pope Benedict XVI
* Friedrich Wetter (appointed 28 October 1982; cardinal 25 May 1985; retired 2 February 2007)
* Reinhard Marx (appointed 30 November 2007; cardinal 20 November 2010)