Roman Catholic Diocese of Paramaribo

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Denomination Roman Catholic Pope Francis Country Suriname Metropolitan archbishop Joseph Everard Harris		Rite Latin Rite Area 163,265 km² Bishop Karel Choennie

Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2013)557,000135,000 (24,2%) Established 22 November 1817 (199 years ago) Emeritus Bishops Aloysius Ferdinandus Zichem Bishop Emeritus (1971-2003)Wilhelmus Adrianus Josephus Maria de Bekker Cathedral Saint Peter and Paul Cathedral, Paramaribo Ecclesiastical province Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Port of Spain

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.

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 -

References

Roman Catholic Diocese of Paramaribo Wikipedia

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