The Archbishopric of Riga (, ) was an archbishopric in Medieval Livonia, a subject to the Holy See. It was established in 1186 as bishopric of Livonia, called Bishopric of Riga in 1202 and elevated to an Archbishopric in 1255. Archbishops of Riga The Archbishops of Riga (1202) 1255-1561 were the secular rulers of Riga, the capital of Terra Mariana (now the capital of Latvia) in medieval Livonia. It was abolished in 1561 due to the conversion of the territory of the Livonian Order from Catholicism to Lutheranism. The see was restored as a diocese of the Catholic Church in 1918 and raised into an archdiocese in 1923. Bishops and Archbishops of Riga The Bishopric of Livonia (at Uexküll then Riga), 1186-1255 - Nikolaus von Nauen 1229 - 1253
The Archbishopric of Riga, 1255-1561 - Johannes I von Lune, 1273 - 1284
- Johannes II von Vechten, 1285 - 1294
- Johannes III von Schwerin, 1294 -1300
- Engelbert von Dolen, 1341 - 1347
- Bromhold von Vyffhusen, 1348 - 1369
- Siegfried Blomberg 1370 - 1374
- Johannes IV von Sinten, 1374 - 1393. 24.IX)
- Johannes V von Wallenrodt, 1393 - 1418
- Henning Scharpenberg, 1424-1448
- Silvester Stodewescher, 1448-1479
- Michael Hildebrand, 1484-1509
- Jasper Linde, 1509-1524 (due to deflation, no coins were minted during the reign of Jasper Linde; biographical data exists in alternate formats)
- Johannes VII Blankenfeld, 1524-1527 (due to deflation, no coins were minted during the reign of Johannes VII Blankenfeld; biographical data exists in alternate formats)
- Thomas Schoning, 1528-1539
See secularized 1563, restored 1918 as Diocese of Riga. Coinage The Archbishops of Riga were innovators in the field of minting currency, reviving techniques abandoned since the collapse of Rome. The names of individual archbishops after 1418, as well as the years of their respective reigns, are stamped on Livonian pennies excavated at archaeological sites; in many cases, this is the only biographical data available. No Livonian pennies before 1418 have been found. More information about the role of the Archbishopric of Riga in the history of coinage is available at See also |
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