| St James' Cathedral | |
|---|---|
| The Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint James the Greater | |
Svētā Jēkaba katedrāle | |
.jpg) The façade of St. James's Cathedral | |
  St James' Cathedral | |
| 56°57′3″N 24°6′17″E / 56.95083°N 24.10472°E | |
| Location | Riga, Jēkaba iela 9 |
| Country | Latvia |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Previous denomination | Roman Catholic (1225-1552; 1582-1621) Lutheran (1552-1582; 1621-1923) |
| Website | Cathedral Website |
| History | |
| Status | Cathedral & Parish church |
| Dedication | St James the Greater |
| Consecrated | 1225 |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | State Protected Cultural Monument |
| Designated | 18 December 1998 |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Style | Brick Gothic |
| Years built | 1212-1225 |
| Groundbreaking | 13th century |
| Specifications | |
| Length | 50 m (164 ft 1 in) |
| Width | 24 m (78 ft 9 in) |
| Number of spires | 1 |
| Spire height | 91.64 m (300 ft 8 in) |
| Materials | Red bricks |
| Administration | |
| Archdiocese | Riga |
| Parish | Svētā Jēkaba |
| Clergy | |
| Archbishop | Zbigņevs Stankevičs |
St James's Cathedral (Latvian: Svētā Jēkaba katedrāle, German: Jakobskirche) is the Roman Catholic cathedral of Riga in Latvia. The cathedral is dedicated to Saint James the Greater. The building is part of the Old Riga UNESCO World Heritage Site and lies directly opposite the House of the Livonian Noble Corporation, the meeting place of Latvia's parliament the Saeima.
The church is sometimes misleadingly called St. Jacob's. The confusion arises because English, unlike most languages, uses different names for the Old Testament name Jacob and the New Testament name James.