Diocese of Paramaribo

Dioecesis Paramariboënsis

Bisdom Paramaribo
Location
Country Suriname
Ecclesiastical provincePort of Spain
MetropolitanPort of Spain
Statistics
Area163,265 km2 (63,037 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2013)
557,000
135,000 (24,2%)
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteLatin Rite
Established22 November 1817 (206 years ago)
CathedralCathedral Basilica of St. Peter and St. Paul
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopKarel Choennie
Metropolitan ArchbishopJoseph Everard Harris
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Paramaribo (Latin: Dioecesis Paramariboënsis; Dutch: Bisdom Paramaribo) (erected 22 November 1817, as the Prefecture Apostolic of Dutch Guyana-Suriname) is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Port of Spain. It was elevated to an apostolic vicariate on 12 September 1842 and to the Diocese of Paramaribo on 7 May 1958.

Bishops

Ordinaries

  • Paulus Antonius Wennekers (1817-1823)
  • Martinus van der Weijden (1825–1826)
  • Jacobus Grooff (1826–1852), also appointed Vicar Apostolic of Batavia, Dutch East Indies
  • Jacobus Gerardus Schepers (1842–1863)
  • Johannes Baptista Swinkels, C.SS.R. (1865–1875)
  • Johannes Henricus Schaap, C.SS.R. (1876–1889)
  • Wilhelmus Antonius Ferdinand Wulfingh, C.SS.R. (1889–1906)
  • Jacobus Cornelis Meeuwissen, C.SS.R. (1907–1911)
  • Theodorus Antonius Leonardus Maria van Roosmalen, C.SS.R. (1911–1947)
  • Stephanus Joseph Maria Magdalena Kuijpers, C.SS.R. (1946–1971)
  • Aloysius Ferdinandus Zichem, C.SS.R. (1971–2003) – Bishop Emeritus
  • Wilhelmus Adrianus Josephus Maria de Bekker (2005–2014) – Bishop Emeritus
  • Karel Choennie (2016 – )

Auxiliary bishop

  • Diocese of Paramaribo – Suriname official site
  • "Diocese of Paramaribo". Catholic-Hierarchy. Archived from the original on 2005-04-14. Retrieved 2007-02-27.
  • http://catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dpara.html


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