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Jānis Pujats
Jānis Pujats (born 14 November 1930) is the archbishop emeritus of Riga, Latvia, and a Cardinal.
Biography.
Pujats was born in Nautrēni parish in Latgale. He attended the Theological Seminary in Riga until it was closed by the Soviet Union in 1951. Two months later, he was ordained in a secret ceremony by Archbishop Antonijs Springovičs. During the pontificate of Pope Paul VI, he implemented the Pope's liturgical reform and published the first missal in Latvian. Jānis Pujats was made Archbishop of
was Cardinal Jānis Pujats, then archbishop of Riga.
The statutes, structure and functioning of the Bishops' Conference are based on the documents of the Second Vatican Council enshrined in the Code of Canon Law (CIC) Art. 447 ff of 1983. Other members are:
- Zbigņevs Stankevičs, archbishop of Riga
- Jānis Pujats, retired archbishop of Riga
- Jānis Cakuls, retired Auxiliary Bishop of Riga
- Vilhelms Lapelis, Bishop Emeritus (retired) of Liepāja
- Edvards Pavlovskis, bishop of Jelgava