The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Riga is an archdiocese administered from the capital city of Riga in Latvia. 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 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 Diocese of Samogitia 25 October 1923: Promoted as Archdiocese of Riga 1 November 1924: Lost territory to new Apostolic Administration of Estonia 8 May 1937: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Riga; lost territory to new Diocese of Liepāja 2 December 1995: Lost territory to new Diocese of Rēzekne–Aglona
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, 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) Jasper Linde (23 May 1509 – 29 Jun 1524)
Diocese of Riga
Erected: 22 September 1918
Bishop 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 – )