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John Pommers
Latvian politician and archbishop
Archbishop John (Latvian: Аrhibīskaps Jānis, Russian: Архиепископ Иоанн, secular name Jānis Pommers or Ivan Andreyevich Pommer, Russian: Иван Андреевич Поммер; 6 (18) January 1876 – 29 September (12 October) 1934) was the first Latvian Archbishop of the Latvian Orthodox Church,[1] serving from 1921 to his assassination in 1934. He was also involved in politics, and was the leader of the Party of the Orthodox.[2]