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.
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
Elevated: 1252
Supressed: 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)
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)
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 - )
Jelgava
Liepāja
Rēzekne-Aglona
