Bishop Jānis Cakuls †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Riga, Latvia

Titular Bishop of Tinista

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Jul 1926		Born
18 Sep 1949	23.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Riga, Latvia
9 Nov 1982	56.3	Appointed	Coadjutor Apostolic Administrator of Riga, Latvia
9 Nov 1982	56.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tinista
9 Nov 1982	56.3	Appointed	Coadjutor Apostolic Administrator of Liepāja, Latvia
11 Dec 1982	56.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tinista
23 May 1990	63.8	Succeeded	Apostolic Administrator of Riga, Latvia
23 May 1990	63.8	Succeeded	Apostolic Administrator of Liepāja, Latvia
8 May 1991	64.8	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Riga, Latvia
18 Jun 1993	66.9	Resigned	Auxiliary Bishop of Riga, Latvia
26 Feb 2022	95.6	Died	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Riga, Latvia

MicroData Summary
Jānis Cakuls
Bishop Jānis Cakuls
(born 4 Jul 1926, died 26 Feb 2022)
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Riga

Event Place
Birth Place Rudzati
Ordained Bishop Riga, Archdiocese of Riga
Death Place Riga, Archdiocese of Riga

a priest for 72.4 years
a bishop for 39.2 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Pēteris Strods †
Titular Bishop of Stadia
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Julijans Vaivods †
Titular Bishop of Macriana Maior
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Kazimirs Dulbinskis †
Titular Bishop of Gerara
Bishop Valerians Zondaks †
Titular Bishop of Tabaicara

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Julijans Vaivods † (1964)
Titular Bishop of Macriana Maior
Paolo Cardinal Marella † (1933)
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Andrea delle Fratte
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Ordained Priest:
Father Aleksandr Kan, S.J. (1988)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Vilhelms Ņukšs † (1987)
Jānis Cardinal Pujats (1991)
Bishop Jānis Bulis (1991)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/297279
VIAF: 77451134
WikiData: Q1717933

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 121
ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 126
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 80, Number 6,528
d: CB, 28 Feb 2022

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