Archdiocese of Riga

Historical Details

• Archdiocese of Riga
  • Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
  • Elevated: 1252
  • Metropolitan See
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Latvia

• Diocese of Üxküll (Uxhall, Ikšķile)
  • Erected: 1185
  • Country: Latvia

• Diocese of Riga
  • Latin Name: Rigensis
  • Name Changed: 1202
  • Country: Latvia

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Past Ordinaries

• St. Meinhard † ( 1186 Appointed - 1196 Died)
• Berthold , O. Cist. † ( 1196 Appointed - 1198 Died)
• Albrecht von Buxhoevden † ( 1198 Appointed - 17 Jan 1229 Died)
• Nikolaus von Nauen † (8 Apr 1231 Appointed - 1253 Died)
• Albert Suerber, O.P. † ( 1253 Appointed - 1273 Died)
• Juan de Luna † (17 May 1274 Appointed - 1286 Died)
• Johannes von Vechten † (10 Jan 1286 Appointed - 1294 Died)
• Johannes von Schwerin † (18 Apr 1295 Appointed - 1300 Died)
• Isarnus Tacconi (Morlane) † (19 Dec 1300 Appointed - 11 Apr 1302 Appointed, Archbishop of Lund)
• Jens Grand † (30 Mar 1302 Appointed - 1304 Resigned)
• Frederic de Fernstein, O.F.M. † (21 Mar 1304 Appointed - 1340 Died)
• Engelbert von Dahlen † (18 Oct 1341 Appointed - 9 Sep 1347 Died)
• Bromhold von Vyffhusen † (17 Mar 1348 Appointed - )
• Siegfried Blomberg † (11 Feb 1370 Appointed - 30 Jun 1374 Died)
• Johannes von Sinten † (23 Oct 1374 Appointed - 24 Sep 1393 Resigned)
• Johann Walenrode † (27 Sep 1393 Appointed - 30 May 1418 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Liège)
• Johannes Abundi † (11 Jul 1418 Appointed - 14 May 1424 Died)
• Henning Scharpenberg † (13 Oct 1424 Appointed - 5 Apr 1448 Died)
• Sylvester Stodewässcher, O.T. † (9 Oct 1448 Appointed - 12 Jul 1479 Died)
• Stefano Grube † (22 Mar 1480 Appointed - 26 Dec 1483 Died)
• Michael Hildebrandi † (4 Jun 1484 Appointed - 5 Feb 1509 Died)
• Jasper Linde † (23 May 1509 Appointed - 29 Jun 1524 Died)
• Johann Blankenfeld † (29 Jun 1524 Succeeded - 9 Sep 1527 Died)
• Thomas Schoning † (18 Jan 1531 Confirmed - 10 Aug 1539 Died)
• Wilhelm von Brandeburg † (10 Aug 1539 Succeeded - 4 Feb 1563 Died)

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Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Üxküll (Uxhall, Ikšķile)
1185	Erected		Diocese of Üxküll (Uxhall, Ikšķile) (erected)
Diocese of Riga
1202	Name Changed	Diocese of Üxküll (Uxhall, Ikšķile)	Diocese of Riga
Archdiocese of Riga
1252	Elevated	Diocese of Riga	Archdiocese of Riga
1540	Suppressed	Archdiocese of Riga (suppressed)

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Affiliated Bishops, Living

• None

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Johannes Abundi † (Archbishop: 11 Jul 1418 to 14 May 1424)
• Johann Blankenfeld † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 11 May 1523; Archbishop: 29 Jun 1524 to 9 Sep 1527)
• Siegfried Blomberg † (Archbishop: 11 Feb 1370 to 30 Jun 1374)
• Wilhelm von Brandeburg † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 17 Nov 1531; Archbishop: 10 Aug 1539 to 4 Feb 1563)
• Albrecht von Buxhoevden † (Bishop: 1198 to 17 Jan 1229)
• Engelbert von Dahlen † (Archbishop: 18 Oct 1341 to 9 Sep 1347)
• Frederic de Fernstein, O.F.M. † (Archbishop: 21 Mar 1304 to 1340)
• Jens Grand † (Archbishop: 30 Mar 1302 to 1304)
• Stefano Grube † (Archbishop: 22 Mar 1480 to 26 Dec 1483)
• Michael Hildebrandi † (Archbishop: 4 Jun 1484 to 5 Feb 1509)
• Jasper Linde † (Archbishop: 23 May 1509 to 29 Jun 1524)
• Juan de Luna † (Archbishop: 17 May 1274 to 1286)
• Nikolaus von Nauen † (Bishop: 8 Apr 1231; Archbishop: 1252 to 1253)
• Henning Scharpenberg † (Archbishop: 13 Oct 1424 to 5 Apr 1448)
• Thomas Schoning † (Archbishop: 18 Jan 1531 to 10 Aug 1539)
• Johannes von Schwerin † (Archbishop: 18 Apr 1295 to 1300)
• Johannes von Sinten † (Archbishop: 23 Oct 1374 to 24 Sep 1393)
• Sylvester Stodewässcher, O.T. † (Archbishop: 9 Oct 1448 to 12 Jul 1479)
• Albert Suerber, O.P. † (Archbishop: 1253 to 1273)
• Isarnus Tacconi (Morlane) † (Archbishop: 19 Dec 1300 to 11 Apr 1302)
• Johannes von Vechten † (Archbishop: 10 Jan 1286 to 1294)
• Bromhold von Vyffhusen † (Archbishop: 17 Mar 1348)
• Johann Walenrode † (Archbishop: 27 Sep 1393 to 30 May 1418)
• Berthold , O. Cist. † (Bishop: 1196 to 1198)
• St. Meinhard † (Bishop: 1186 to 1196)

Source(s)

Diocese of Riga Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 420 Archdiocese of Riga Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 420, and Page 421 Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 223 Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 285

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