Bishop(s)
Suffragan Dioceses
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General Information
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Date | Event | From | To |
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Diocese of Riga | |||
22 September 1918 | Erected | Archdiocese of Mohilev
Diocese of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź) | Diocese of Riga (erected) |
9 June 1920 | Territory Added | Diocese of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź) (Courland (within Latvia)) | Diocese of Riga |
Archdiocese of Riga | |||
25 October 1923 | Elevated | Diocese of Riga | Archdiocese of Riga (Without Suffragans) |
1 November 1924 | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Riga | Apostolic Administration of Estonia (erected) |
8 May 1937 | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Riga (Courland and Semigallia) | Diocese of Liepāja (erected) |
8 May 1937 | Elevated | Archdiocese of Riga (became a Metropolitan) | |
2 December 1995 | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Riga (Daugavpils, Kräslava, Dagda, Aglona, Preili, Livani, Varak¡ani, Rëzekne, Ludza, Nautrëni (Rogovka), and Vilaka) | Diocese of Rēzekne-Aglona (erected) |
Year | Catholics | Total Population | Percent Catholic | Diocesan Priests | Religious Priests | Total Priests | Catholics Per Priest | Permanent Deacons | Male Religious | Female Religious | Parishes | Source |
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Archdiocese of Riga | ||||||||||||
1950 | 476,963 | 1,950,502 | 24.5% | 126 | ap1951 | |||||||
1970 | 268,560 | 2,334,000 | 11.5% | 151 | 151 | 1,778 | 178 | ap1971 | ||||
1980 | 245,000 | 2,500,000 | 9.8% | 125 | 10 | 135 | 1,814 | 10 | 178 | ap1981 | ||
1990 | 500,000 | 2,667,000 | 18.7% | 92 | 8 | 100 | 5,000 | 8 | 180 | ap1991 | ||
1999 | 170,000 | 1,435,000 | 11.8% | 19 | 14 | 33 | 5,151 | 1 | 14 | 37 | 57 | ap2000 |
2000 | 170,000 | 1,420,000 | 12.0% | 21 | 14 | 35 | 4,857 | 1 | 14 | 43 | 59 | ap2001 |
2001 | 170,000 | 1,430,000 | 11.9% | 23 | 11 | 34 | 5,000 | 1 | 11 | 42 | 62 | ap2002 |
2002 | 180,000 | 1,400,000 | 12.9% | 26 | 11 | 37 | 4,864 | 1 | 11 | 46 | 66 | ap2003 |
2003 | 200,000 | 1,370,000 | 14.6% | 28 | 11 | 39 | 5,128 | 1 | 11 | 74 | 66 | ap2004 |
2004 | 200,000 | 1,350,000 | 14.8% | 30 | 12 | 42 | 4,761 | 1 | 12 | 68 | 70 | ap2005 |
2010 | 220,000 | 1,230,000 | 17.9% | 35 | 10 | 45 | 4,888 | 1 | 10 | 53 | 73 | ap2011 |
2014 | 222,910 | 1,234,000 | 18.1% | 30 | 13 | 43 | 5,183 | 1 | 14 | 65 | 69 | ap2015 |
2017 | 224,329 | 1,201,975 | 18.7% | 41 | 15 | 56 | 4,005 | 1 | 15 | 59 | 64 | ap2018 |
2020 | 207,560 | 1,182,100 | 17.6% | 46 | 12 | 58 | 3,578 | 3 | 14 | 60 | 65 | ap2021 |
2022 | 202,080 | 1,154,000 | 17.5% | 42 | 14 | 56 | 3,608 | 3 | 15 | 59 | 65 | ap2023 |
Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.
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