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


History

* 1186: Established as Diocese of Ikšķile, Üxküll * 1 October 1188: Designated a suffragan of the Archbishopric of Bremen, Metropolitan Archdiocese of Hamburg-Bremen, Germany * 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 Vidzeme, Latgale, and Estonia * 9 June 1920: Added territory of Courland and Zemgale from Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kaunas, Diocese of Samogitia * 25 October 1923: Promoted as Archdiocese of Riga * 1 November 1924: Lost territory to new Apostolic Administrator, Apostolic Administration of Roman Catholicism in Estonia, Estonia * 8 May 1937: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Riga; lost territory to new Roman Catholic Diocese of Liepāja, Diocese of Liepāja * 2 December 1995: Lost territory to new Roman Catholic Diocese of Rēzekne-Aglona, Diocese of Rēzekne–Aglona''Rezeknensis-Aglonensis: In Lettonia nova conditur dioecesis Rezeknensis-Aglonensis'', Acta Apostolicae Sedis
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, Roman Catholic Diocese of Liège, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Liège) *Johann Abundi (11 Jul 1418 – 1424 Died) *Silvester Stodewescher (09 Oct 1448 – 12 Jul 1479) *Michael Hildebrand (4 Jun 1484 – 5 Feb 1509 Died)Catholic Hierarchy: "Archbishop Michael Hildebrandi"
retrieved January 30, 2016 *Jasper Linde (23 May 1509 – 29 Jun 1524)


Diocese of Riga

''Erected: 22 September 1918'' *Bishop Edward O'Rourke, 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 (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

* Roman Catholic Diocese of Jelgava, Jelgava * Roman Catholic Diocese of Liepāja, Liepāja * Roman Catholic Diocese of Rēzekne-Aglona, Rēzekne-Aglona


See also

*Roman Catholicism in Latvia *Concordat of 1922


Sources


GCatholic.org



References

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