Roman Catholic Diocese of Paramaribo
Roman Catholic diocese in Suriname
Diocese of Paramaribo Dioecesis Paramariboënsis Bisdom Paramaribo | |
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Location | |
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Ecclesiastical province | Port of Spain |
Metropolitan | Port of Spain |
Statistics | |
Area | 163,265 km2 (63,037 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2013) 557,000 135,000 (24,2%) |
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Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 22 November 1817 (206 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral Basilica of St. Peter and St. Paul |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Karel Choennie |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Joseph 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
- Aloysius Ferdinandus Zichem, C.SS.R. (1969-1971), appointed Bishop here
External links and references
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- 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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