Jānis Cakuls (4 July 1926 – 26 February 2022) was a Latvian

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prelate. Cakuls was ordained to the priesthood in 1949. He served as

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of ''Tinista'' and as

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of the

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, until 1993 when he resigned. Cakuls died in

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on 26 February 2022, at the age of 95.

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