Julijans Vaivods
Julijans Cardinal Vaivods ( born August 18, 1895 in Vārkava at Preiļi, Vitebsk, now Latvia, † 24 May 1990 in Riga) was the Apostolic Administrator of Riga.
Life
Julijans Vaivods received his philosophical and theological education in Saint Petersburg and Riga. He received on 7 April 1918, the sacrament of Holy Orders by the Bishop in Mogilev ( Belarus ) January Feliks Cieplak and then worked as a chaplain in Liepāja as well as diocesan chancellor and diocesan judges. From 1944 to 1958, and from 1962 to 1964, he served as Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Riga management. From 1958 to 1960 he had to do forced labor as a political prisoner. In 1962 he was Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Riga.
In 1964 Julijans Vaivods participate in a special papal invitation to the Second Vatican Council. In the same year he was named Pope Paul VI. Titular Bishop of Macriana Maior and appointed him as Apostolic Administrator of the Archdiocese of Riga and Liepaja diocese. He received his episcopal consecration on November 18, 1964 Cardinal Paolo Marella in Rome. Co-consecrators were the auxiliary bishop in Riga, Jazeps Rancans and the Apostolic Administrator of Minsk, Boleslas Sloskans.
Pope John Paul II took him on 2 February 1983 as a cardinal priest with the titular church of Santi Quattro Coronati on the College of Cardinals. He was the first cardinal from Latvia. In the 1980s Cardinal Vaivods took part in several synods in the Vatican. He died on 24 May 1990 in Riga and was buried in the Cathedral of Aglona. At the time of his death he was the oldest cardinal of the world.
Writings
In Latvian
- Homīlijas visa gada svētdienām, Liepaja, 1953 ( new edition of Rigas metropolijas Kurija Riga 1992)
- ISAS mācības visa gada svētdienām un galvenajām svētku dienām, Liepaja, 1954 (new edition Rigas metropolijas Kurija Riga 1993)