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Julijans Vaivods (18 August 1895 in Vārkava Latgale Vitebsk Governorate – 24 May 1990 in Riga Soviet Union) was the Apostolic Administrator of Riga and of Liepāja from 10 November 1964 to his death and Cardinal Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati from 1983 to his death. He was the first Latvian cardinal and also the oldest living cardinal at age 94.Julijans Vaivods studied at the Saint Petersburg Roman Catholic Theological Academy Russia.

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