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Zbigņevs Stankevičs (Polish: Zbigniew Stankiewicz; born 15 February 1955) was appointed metropolitan archbishop of Riga on 19 June 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI. He previously served as Spiritual Director and Director of the Seminary Institute of Religious Sciences in Riga.Stankevičs was born in Lejasciems into a family of Polish descent. In 1978 he obtained the Diploma in Engineering at the Riga Polytechnical Institute.
