Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Riga explained

Jurisdiction:	Archdiocese
Riga
Latin:	Archidioecesis Rigensis
Local:	Rīgas arhidiecēze
Country:	Latvia
Province:	Riga
Rite:	Latin Rite
Sui Iuris Church:	Latin Church
Cathedral:	Svētā Jēkaba Katedrāle (Cathedral Basilica of St. James)
Area Km2:	23,587
Population:	1,182,100
Population As Of:	2020
Catholics:	207,560
Catholics Percent:	17.6
Auxiliary Bishops:	Andris Kravalis
Emeritus Bishops:	Jānis Pujats (cardinal) Jānis Cakuls (auxiliary)
Map:	Lettonia_-_Arcidiocesi_di_Riga.png

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Riga is an archdiocese administered from the capital city of Riga in Latvia.^[1] ^[2] ^[3] Its cathedral is Svētā Jēkaba Katedrāle. It is a metropolitan archdiocese which also helps to administer three suffragan dioceses in the ecclesiastical province of Riga in Latvia.

History

1186: Established as Diocese of Üxküll
1 October 1188: Designated a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Hamburg-Bremen, Germany^[4]
1202: Renamed as Diocese of Riga
20 January 1255: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Riga^[5]
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 Diocese of Samogitia^[6]
25 October 1923: Promoted as Archdiocese of Riga^[7]
1 November 1924: Lost territory to new Apostolic Administration of Estonia^[8]
8 May 1937: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Riga;^[9] lost territory to new Diocese of Liepāja^[10]
2 December 1995: Lost territory to new Diocese of Rēzekne–Aglona^[11]

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)
Silvester Stodewescher (09 Oct 1448 – 12 Jul 1479)
Michael Hildebrand (4 Jun 1484 – 5 Feb 1509 Died)^[12]
Jasper Linde (23 May 1509 – 29 Jun 1524)

Erected: 22 September 1918

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 –)

http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/riga0.htm GCatholic.org: "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Riga"
http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dr517.html Catholic Hierarchy: "Suppressed Archdiocese of Riga (1252-1540)
http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/driga.html Catholic Hierarchy: "Archdiocese of Riga
Jānis Broks (2002), Katolicisms Latvijā 800 Gados: 1186-1986, Vēsturisks Atskats, p. 40,
Broks, p. 62
Samogitiensis et Rigensis: De finium dioecesanorum commutatione, Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 12 (1920), p. 270
Rigensis: Erectionis in archiepiscopatum, Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 15 (1923), p. 585
Toomas Abiline and Indrek Oper (2006?), St Peter and St Paul's Cathedral in Tallinn, The Apostolic Administration of Estonia, Tallinn, p. 10
Rigensis: Archiepiscopalis ecclesia Rigensis ad metropolitanae ecclesiae gradum et dignitatem evehitur novaque provincia ecclesiastica sub nomine <> in Lettonia constituitur, Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 29 (1937), p. 387
Liepaiensis: A Rigensis archidioecesis territorio pars seiungitur, ex qua nova erigitur dioecesis <> nuncupanda, Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 29 (1937), p. 384
Rezeknensis-Aglonensis: In Lettonia nova conditur dioecesis Rezeknensis-Aglonensis, Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 88 (1996), p. 344
http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bhildm.html Catholic Hierarchy: "Archbishop Michael Hildebrandi"