Roman Catholic Diocese of Paramaribo
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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 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
- Diocese of Paramaribo – Suriname official site
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- http://catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dpara.html