Archdiocese of Riga
Rigen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Riga, Latvia
Latin-rite metropolitan archdiocese covering the Latvian capital, re-established as a diocese in 1918 and elevated to archdiocese on 25 October 1923. Its cathedral is the Cathedral Basilica of St. James in Riga, and its suffragans are Jelgava, Liepaja and Rezekne-Aglona, covering all of Latvia.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1918
- Latin
- Rigen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002749
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 207,560
- Population
- 1,182,100
- Catholic share
- 17.6%
- Extent
- 23,587 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 8.8
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Zbignevs Stankevics
- Born
- 15 February 1955
- Birthplace
- Lejasciema
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral Basilica of St. James, Riga stands in Riga, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Riga
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of JelgavaJelgava
- Diocese of LiepājaLiepāja
- Diocese of Rēzekne-AglonaRēzekne-Aglona
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Formerly the Diocese of Üxküll, the Archdiocese of Riga is a Latin Catholic see with its seat in Riga, the capital city of Latvia; its cathedral is Svētā Jēkaba Katedrāle. As a metropolitan archdiocese it presides over three suffragan dioceses, Jelgava, Liepāja, and Rēzekne-Aglona, which together make up the Ecclesiastical Province of Riga.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].