Roman Catholic Diocese of Paramaribo
Diocese of Paramaribo Dioecesis Paramariboënsis Bisdom Paramaribo | |
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Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul | |
Location | |
Country | Suriname |
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%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 22 November 1817 (199 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral Basilica of St Peter ad St Paul |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Karel Choennie |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Joseph Everard Harris |
Emeritus Bishops |
Aloysius Ferdinandus Zichem Bishop Emeritus (1971-2003) Wilhelmus Adrianus Josephus Maria de Bekker |
Website | |
Website of the Diocese |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of 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.
Ordinaries
- Martinus van der Weijden (1826 - 1826)
- Jacobus Grooff (1842 - 1852)
- Jacobus Gerardus Schepers (1843 - 1863)
- Johannes Baptist 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 -
External links and references
- 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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