History

• 1185: Established as Diocese of Üxküll from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Hamburg, Germany

• 1202: Renamed as Diocese of Riga

• 1252: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Riga

• 1540: Suppressed

• 1918.09.22: Restored as Diocese of Riga

• 1923.10.25: Promoted as Archdiocese of Riga

• 1937.05.08: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Riga

Leadership

• Archbishops of Bialystok (Roman rite)

• * Cardinal Jānis Pujats (since 1991.05.08)

• * Bishop Janis Cakuls (Apostolic Administrator 1990.05.23 – 1991.05.08)

• * Cardinal Julijans Vaivods (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)

• Bishops of Riga (Roman rite)

• * Archbishop Antonijs Spingovics (1920.04.14 – 1923.10.25)

• * Bishop Edward O'Rourke (1918.09.29 – 1920.04.10)

Suffragan Dioceses

• Jelgava

• Liepāja

• Rēzekne–Aglona

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Latvia

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