The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Riga is an archdiocese administered from the capital city of Riga in Latvia.GCatholic.org: "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Riga"
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retrieved January 30, 2016 Its cathedral is Svētā Jēkaba Katedrāle. It is a metropolitan archdiocese which also helps to administer three suffragan dioceses in the

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of Riga in Latvia.

History

* 1186: Established as Diocese of Üxküll * 1 October 1188: Designated a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Hamburg-Bremen,

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* 1202: Renamed as Diocese of Riga * 20 January 1255: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Riga * 1561: Suppressed * 22 September 1918: Restored as Diocese of Riga from territory of

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, Latgale, and

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* 9 June 1920: Added territory of Courland and

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from Diocese of Samogitia * 25 October 1923: Promoted as Archdiocese of Riga * 1 November 1924: Lost territory to new

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* 8 May 1937: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Riga; lost territory to new Diocese of Liepāja * 2 December 1995: Lost territory to new Diocese of Rēzekne–Aglona''Rezeknensis-Aglonensis: In Lettonia nova conditur dioecesis Rezeknensis-Aglonensis'',

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Volume 88
(1996), p. 344

Bishops, Apostolic Administrators and Archbishops of Riga (Roman rite)

Archdiocese of Riga

''Elevated: 1252''
''Suppressed: 1540'' *Albert Suerber, O.P. (1253 – 1273 Died) *Juan de Luna (17 May 1274 – 1286 Died) *Jens Grand (30 Mar 1302 – 1304 Resigned) *Johann Walenrode (27 Sep 1393 – 30 May 1418 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Liège) *Johann Abundi (11 Jul 1418 – 1424 Died) *

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(09 Oct 1448 – 12 Jul 1479) *

Michael Hildebrand Michael Hildebrand (died 5 Feb 1509) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Riga (1484–1509).

(4 Jun 1484 – 5 Feb 1509 Died)Catholic Hierarchy: "Archbishop Michael Hildebrandi"
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(23 May 1509 – 29 Jun 1524)

Diocese of Riga

''Erected: 22 September 1918'' *Bishop Eduard O’Rourke (29 Sep 1918 – 10 Apr 1920) *Bishop Antonijs Springovičs (14 Apr 1920 – 25 Oct 1923) (As Bishop of Riga)

Archdiocese of Riga

''Elevated: 25 October 1923'' *Archbishop Antonijs Springovičs (25 Oct 1923 – 1 Oct 1958) (As Archbishop of Riga) *Bishop Pēteris Strods (1 Oct 1958 – 5 Aug 1960) (Apostolic Administrator) *Cardinal Julijans Vaivods (10 Nov 1964 – 24 May 1990) (Apostolic Administrator) *Bishop

Jānis Cakuls Jānis Cakuls (4 July 1926 – 26 February 2022) was a Latvian Roman Catholic prelate. Cakuls was ordained to the priesthood in 1949. He served as titular bishop of ''Tinista'' and as auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Riga, L ...

(23 May 1990 – 8 May 1991) (Apostolic Administrator) *Cardinal Jānis Pujats (8 May 1991 – 19 Jun 2010) *Archbishop Zbigņevs Stankevičs (19 Jun 2010 – )

Suffragan dioceses

Jelgava Jelgava (; german: Mitau, ; see also other names) is a state city in central Latvia about southwest of Riga with 55,972 inhabitants (2019). It is the largest town in the region of Zemgale (Semigalia). Jelgava was the capital of the united Du ...

Liepāja Liepāja (; liv, Līepõ; see other names) is a state city in western Latvia, located on the Baltic Sea. It is the largest-city in the Kurzeme Region and the third-largest city in the country after Riga and Daugavpils. It is an important ice-f ...

* Rēzekne-Aglona

Sources

GCatholic.org

References

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History

Bishops, Apostolic Administrators and Archbishops of Riga (Roman rite)

Archdiocese of Riga

Diocese of Riga

Archdiocese of Riga

Suffragan dioceses

See also

Sources

References