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Place of Birth: Liepāja, Latvia
About Jānis Vanags
- Janis Vanags (born 25 May 1958, Liepaja) is a Latvian Lutheran Archbishop.
- Since 1993 he has been the Archbishop of Riga in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia.
- Vanags is seen as conservative on theological or moral issues and opposes women's ordination.
- He also opposes abortion and euthanasia, and encourages homosexual people to be chaste.
- He presided over the agreement of fellowship with the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod of the United States.
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