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Metropolitan see Riga, Latvia

Archdiocese of Riga

Rigen(sis)

Latin Church

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.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral Basilica of St. James, Riga, in Riga, Latvia.

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Established
1918
Catholics
207,560
Priests
56
Territory
23,587 km²

Parishes and churches

69 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Archbishop
Zbignevs Stankevics
Born
15 February 1955
Birthplace
Lejasciema

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The cathedral

Cathedral Basilica of St. James, Riga stands in Riga, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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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.

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