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Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Riga

Latvia

Continent: East Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese

Suffragan Sees: Jelgava, Liepāja, Rēzekne – Aglona

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History

1185: Established as Diocese of Üxküll / Uxhall (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Hamburg)
1202: Renamed as Diocese of Riga / Rigen(sis) (Latin)
1252: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Riga / Rigen(sis) (Latin)
1540: Suppressed
1918.09.22: Restored as Diocese of Riga / Rigen(sis) (Latin)
1923.10.25: Promoted as Archdiocese of Riga / Rigen(sis) (Latin)
1937.05.08: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Riga / Rigen(sis) (Latin)

Special Churches

Cathedral, World Heritage Church (Minor): Svētā Jēkaba Katedrāle, Rīga

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop: Cardinal Jānis Pujats (79) (1991.05.08 – ...)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Riga (Roman Rite)

Cardinal Jānis Pujats (79)
(1991.05.08 – ...)

Ad Jesum per Mariam

Born:	1930.11.14 (Latvia)
Ordained Priest:	1951.03.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1991.06.01
Created Cardinal in pecore:	1998.02.21
Revealed as Cardinal:	2001.02.21

Metropolitan Archbishop of Riga (Latvia) (1991.05.08 – ...)

President of Latvijas Biskapu Konference (1998 – ...)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Silvia (2001.02.21 [2001.10.14] – ...)

Bishop Janis Cakuls (83)
(Apostolic Administrator 1990.05.23 – 1991.05.08)

Cardinal Julijans Vaivodos
(Apostolic Administrator 1964.11.10 – 1990.05.24)

Bishop Peters Strods
(Apostolic Administrator 1958.10.01 – 1960.08.05)

Archbishop Antonijs Spingovics
(1923.10.25 – 1958.10.01)

Born:	1876.11.01
Ordained Priest:	1901.06.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1920.08.22
Died:	1958.10.01 († 81)

Bishop of Riga (Latvia) (1920.04.14 – 1923.10.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Riga (Latvia) (1923.10.25 – 1958.10.01)

Bishops of Riga (Roman Rite)

Bishop Antonijs Spingovics (later Archbishop)
(1920.04.14 – 1923.10.25)

(see above)

Bishop Eduard Graf O’Rourke
(1918.09.29 – 1920.04.10)

Born:	1876.10.26
Ordained Priest:	1907.10.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1918.12.15
Died:	1943.06.27 († 66)

Bishop of Riga (Latvia) (1918.09.29 – 1920.04.10)

Titular Bishop of Canea (1920.04.10 – 1922.04.21)

Apostolic Administrator of Gdańsk (Poland) (1922.04.21 – 1925.12.30)

Titular Bishop of Pergamum (1922.12.21 – 1925.12.30)

Bishop of Gdańsk (Poland) (1925.12.30 – 1938.06.13)

Titular Bishop of Sophene (1938.06.13 – 1943.06.27)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Janis Cakuls (83) (1991.05.08 – 1993.06.18)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Vilhelms Nukšs (1987.11.23 – 1993.02.27)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Valerians Zondaks (1972.10.28 – 1986.09.27)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Kazimirs Dulbinskis (1946.07.19 – 1991.10.17)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Peters Strods (1946.07.19 – 1960.08.05)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Jazeps Rancans (1923.10.29 – 1969.12.05)
Coadjutor Apostolic Administrator: Bishop Janis Cakuls (83) (1982.11.09 – 1990.05.23)

as of 2010.03.13

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