# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/janis-vanags
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:48:45.128Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/janis-vanags"
name: "Jānis Vanags"
slug: "janis-vanags"
description: "Jānis Vanags is a Latvian retired Lutheran bishop. He was Archbishop of Riga in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia from 1993 until his retirement in 2025."
tagline: "Latvian Lutheran archbishop (born 1958)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/J%C4%81nis_Vanags_2015.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1958-05-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             7.377049180327869
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Jānis Vanags"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%B3"
    title: "جانيس فاناجس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janis_Vanags"
    title: "Janis Vanags"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C4%81nis_Vanags"
    title: "Jānis Vanags"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C4%81nis_Vanags"
    title: "Jānis Vanags"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C4%81nis_Vanags"
    title: "Jānis Vanags"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C4%81nis_Vanags"
    title: "Jānis Vanags"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C4%81nis_Vanags_(arhib%C4%ABskaps)"
    title: "Jānis Vanags (arhibīskaps)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C4%81nis_Vanags"
    title: "Jānis Vanags"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B3%D1%81%2C_%D0%AF%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81_(%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%85%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BF)"
    title: "Ванагс, Янис (архиепископ)"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump