Episcopal Conference of Latvia
Latvian Bishops' Conference is the national Roman Catholic Bishops' Conference in Latvia. It is headquartered in Riga and is a member of the Council of European Episcopal Conferences and the Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Community. It was founded as coordinator of the Latvian bishops on 15 November 1997, and held its inaugural meeting on 29 June 1998, starting off with a Pontifical High Mass in the Basilica of the Assumption in Aglona. Its first president 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 Art. 447 ff of 1983. Other members are:
