Nationality Latvian | Denomination Roman Catholic Church | |
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Born 17 August 1950 (age 66)
Briģi parish, Latvia ( 1950-08-17 ) Motto PRO CHRISTO ET ECCLESIA Diocese Roman Catholic Diocese of Rēzekne-Aglona | ||
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Jānis Bulis (born 17 August 1950 in Briģi parish, Ludza Municipality) is a Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rēzekne-Aglona.
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Biography
Jānis Bulis was born on 17 August 1950 in Brigis parish, Ludza Municipality, Latvia. After his secondary education, in 1972 he entered in the Riga's Metropolitan Roman Catholic Theological Seminary, in which he finished in 1977 and the same year, on 22 May, was then ordained to the priesthood at St. James's Cathedral, Riga by Cardinal Julijans Vaivods. First Bulis' religious services occurred on 5 June 1977 at Holy Trinity Church, Brigis. On 8 May 1991 Bulis was nominated bishop, being consecrated in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Liepāja on 24 June of the same year. On 7 December 1995 Bulis was appointed bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rēzekne-Aglona, and on 6 January 1996 he was installed as its diocesan bishop.
Devotional service before became bishop
Awards
Order of the Three Stars II degree (2012)