Archdiocese of Riga
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Riga, formerly the Diocese of Üxküll, is a Catholic 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.
History
- 1186: Established as Diocese of Üxküll
- 1 October 1188: Designated a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bremen
- 1202: Renamed as Diocese of Riga
- 20 January 1255: Promoted as Archdiocese of Riga
- 1561: Suppressed
- 1582-1798 : Part of the Diocese of Inflanty
- 22 September 1918: Restored as Diocese of Riga from the Archdiocese of Mohilev in the 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
''Later suppressed''Diocese of Riga
Erected: 22 September 1918- Bishop Eduard O’Rourke
- Bishop Antonijs Springovičs
Archdiocese of Riga
Elevated: 25 October 1923- Archbishop Antonijs Springovičs
- Bishop Pēteris Strods
- Cardinal Julijans Vaivods
- Bishop John IV Cakuls
- Cardinal John V Pujats
- Archbishop Zbigņevs Stankevičs