List of Archbishops of Riga

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Coat of arms of the Archdiocese of Riga
Location of the diocese in the Teutonic Order
Map of Livonia in the 15th century
Map of the Livonian Confederation for 1260

The Archbishops of Riga shared the power of government of the city of Riga with the council until 1561 and ruled over the Archdiocese of Riga .

Coin finds

They had the right to mint and minted Livonian pennies and marks. The coins found hidden in the Soviet era are now an important historical source, and historical scholarship also has several chronicles ( Heinrich's Livonian Chronicle , Saxo Grammaticus and the Livonian Rhyming Chronicle ) and good archaeological findings.

Bishops of Uexküll and Riga

The series of bishops begins with the first two bishops from Uexküll (Latvia). The first bishop of Riga was Albert von Buxthoeven (1199 to 1229), as we know from coin finds and the Chronicle of Henry of Latvia. Since the founding of Riga in 1201, Albert had his seat in the new city in Livonia (now Latvia ). The Diocese of Riga was subordinated to Visby in Gotland . The four dioceses of Prussia or East Prussia ( Pomesania , Kulmerland , Samland and Warmia ) have been under the Archbishop of Riga since the Archdiocese of Riga was established in 1255.

Bishops of Uexküll

Surname from to additions
Meinhard von Segeberg 1186 1196 also Meinhardus , Bishop of Uexküll
Berthold Schulte 1196 1198 Bishop of Uexkull

Bishops of Riga

Surname from to additions
Albert von Buxthoeven 1198 1229
Nikolaus von Nauen 1229 1253 no coin finds for the period from 1229 to 1418

Archbishops of Riga

Surname from to additions
Albert II. Suerbeer 1253 1273 also Archbishop of Armagh (1240–1246) and Bishop of Lübeck (1247–1253)
John I of Lune 1273 1284
Johann II of Vechta 1285 1294 also de Vacata
Johann III. Count of Schwerin 1294 1300
Isarnus of Fontiano 1300 1302 also Archbishop of Lund (1303-1310) and Archbishop of Salerno (1310)
Jens Grand 1302 1304 also Archbishop of Lund (1289–1303) and Archbishop of Bremen (1310–1327)
Friedrich von Pernstein 1304 1341 also Baro
Engelbert von Dolen 1342 1347
Fromhold von Vifhusen 1348 1369 also Fiefhusen
Siegfried von Blomberg 1370 1374
Johann IV of Zinten 1374 1393
Johannes V. of Wallenrode 1393 1418 also Bishop of Lüttich (1418–1419), nephew of Konrad von Wallenrode
John VI Ambundi 1418 1424
Henning Scharpenberg 1424 1448
New Year's Eve Stodewescher 1448 1479
Stephan Grube 1479 1484
Sedis vacancy 1479 1484
Michael Hildebrand 1484 1509
Jasper Linde 1509 1524 no new pennies because of deflation
John VII. Blankenfeld 1524 1527 also Bishop of Reval (1514-1524) and Bishop of Dorpat , (1518-1527)
no new pennies due to deflation
Thomas Schöning 1528 1539
Wilhelm of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach 1539 1561 From 1561 to 1581, Riga was a Free Imperial City and was thus secularized ,
Wilhelm died in 1563

Archbishops of Riga after re-establishment in 1918

Surname from to additions
Eduard O'Rourke 1918 1920 also first bishop of the Archdiocese of Danzig (1926–1938)
Antonijs Springovičs 1920 1958
Sedis vacancy 1958 1991 means: seat unoccupied
Pēteris Strods 1958 1960 Apostolic Administrator
Julijan's Cardinal Vaivods 1964 1990 Apostolic Administrator
Jānis Cakuls 1990 1991 Apostolic Administrator
Jānis Cardinal Pujats 1991 2010
Zbigņevs Stankevičs 2010

See also

literature

  • Ernst Friedrich Mooyer: Directories of the German bishops since the year 800 AD , Minden 1854, p. 91 .
  • H. Grote: Archbishops of Riga , in "Stammtafeln", Leipzig 1877

Web links

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