Jānis Cardinal Pujats

Archbishop Emeritus of Riga, Latvia

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Silvia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
14 Nov 1930		Born
29 Mar 1951	20.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Riga, Latvia
8 May 1991	60.4	Appointed	Archbishop of Riga, Latvia
1 Jun 1991	60.5	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Riga, Latvia
21 Feb 1998	67.2	Elevated to Cardinal	In Pectore
21 Feb 2001	70.2	Elevated to Cardinal
21 Feb 2001	70.2	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Silvia
19 Jun 2010	79.5	Retired	Archbishop of Riga, Latvia

MicroData Summary
Jānis Pujats
Jānis Cardinal Pujats
(born 14 Nov 1930)
Archbishop Emeritus of Riga

Consistory - 1998: Created Cardinal (In Pectore)
Consistory - 2001: Published (Previously a Cardinal In Pectore)
Conclave - 2005: Participated
Ad Limina - June 2006: Bishop
Conclave - 2013: Non-Voting (Age)
Conclave - 2025: Non-Voting (Age)

Event Place
Birth Place Nautrani, Archdiocese of Riga
Ordained Bishop Riga, Archdiocese of Riga

Please contact the Cardinal through the Archdiocese of Riga.

a priest for years
a bishop for years
a cardinal for years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Antonijs Springovičs †
Archbishop of Riga
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Francesco Colasuonno †
Titular Archbishop of Truentum
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Jānis Cakuls †
Titular Bishop of Tinista
Bishop Vilhelms Ņukšs †
Titular Bishop of Acci

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Francesco Colasuonno † (1975)
Titular Archbishop of Truentum
Corrado Cardinal Ursi † (1951)
Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}
Archbishop Carlo Confalonieri † (1941)
Titular Archbishop of Nicopolis ad Nestum
Pope Pius XII (1917)
(Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli †)
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
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:
Archbishop Zbigņev Stankevičs (1996)
Bishop Andris Kravalis, I.N.D.V. (1999)
Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Zbigņev Stankevičs (2010)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Jānis Bulis (1991)
Bishop Vilhelms Toms Marija Lapelis, O.P. (2000)
Bishop Eduards Pavlovskis (2011)
Bishop Viktors Stulpins (2013)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Nautrani, Archdiocese of Riga
Ordained Bishop	Riga, Archdiocese of Riga

External Link(s):

VIAF: 305130525
WikiData: Q357419

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 19 Jun 2010
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 128, Number 11,544
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 172, Deceased Cardinals (back)

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