Rite Latin Rite Bishop Luigi Antonio Secco | Denomination Roman Catholic Area 993 km² | |
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Country Aruba, NL Curaçao, NL Sint Maarten, NL Caribbean Netherlands(i.e. Bonaire, Saba, & Sint Eustatius), NL Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2008)295,264217,851 (73.8%) Established 1758 (as Apostolic Prefecture of Curaçao)1842 Apostolic Vicariate of Curaçao1958 Diocese of Willemstad Ecclesiastical province Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Port of Spain | ||
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Willemstad (Latin: Dioecesis Gulielmopolitana; Dutch: Bisdom Willemstad) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Curaçao in the Caribbean. The diocese encompasses the territory of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Caribbean: the countries (landen) Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten (the southern half of St. Martin) and the islands Bonaire, St. Eustatius, Saba (which are part of the Netherlands). The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Port of Spain, and a member of the Antilles Episcopal Conference.
Contents
- Ordinaries
- Catholic Churches and Parishes
- Island of Aruba
- Island of Curaao
- Island of Bonaire
- Island of Sint Maarten the southern half of St Martin
- Island of St Eustatius
- Island of Saba
- References
The diocese of Willemstad was erected in 1752 as the Prefecture Apostolic of Curaçao. It was elevated to an apostolic vicariate on 20 September 1842 and to the Diocese of Willemstad on 28 April 1958. The language spoken in many of the Catholic churches here is Papiamento and English. The diocese has maintained a website in this language and in English. Some priests are members of the Society of the Divine Word (SVD), Order of Preachers (OP), Michaelites (CSMA), and Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB).
Ordinaries
Catholic Churches and Parishes
shown by church name, neighborhood, town/city
Island of Aruba
- Brasil: Cristo Rey, Brasil 39, Aruba
- Dakota: La Birgen di Fatima, Milonstraat 9, Dakota Oranjestad, Aruba
- St. Ann's Church Noord: Santa Ana, Noord 16.
- Oranjestad: Sint Franciscus Kerk, Irausquinplein 3, Aruba
- Paradera: Santa Filomena, Paradera 51, Aruba
- San Nicolas: Santa Teresita di Niño Hesus, Theresiaplein 8, San Nicolas, Aruba
- Santa Cruz: Inmaculada Concepcion, Santa Cruz 41, Aruba
- Savaneta: Sagrado Curazon di Hesus, Savaneta 338-D, Aruba
Island of Curaçao
- Otrabanda: Santa Ana Minor Basilica, Willemstad
- Santa Maria: Maria Auxiliadora, Willemstad
- San Willibrordo: San Willibrordo
- Pietermaai Cathedral: Reina di Santisimo Rosario (Queen of the Most Holy Rosary) Cathedral, Willemstad
- Santa Rosa: Santa Rosa de Lima
- Steenrijk: La Birgen di Altagracia, Willemstad
- Brievengat: La Birgen di Lourdes,Willemstad
- Buena Vista: La Birgen Milagrosa
- Groot Kwartier: La Birgen del Carmen
- Jandoret: Mama di Bon Conseho, Station: Boca San Michiel: San Miguel Archangel; Souax: La Birgen di Guadalupe
- Janwe: Sagrado Curazon di Hesus
- Koraal Specht: Bon Wardador
- Montagne: San Dominico. Station: Fuik: San Francisco
- Barber: San José
- San Mateo: Santa Familia, Willemstad
- Seru Fortuna: San Martin de Porres
- Suffisant: La Birgen di Fatima
- Tera Korà: Spiritu Santo, Kaya Andesit 66, Tera Korà,
- Westpunt: San Pedro. Lagoen: Station: San Juan Apostle, Pastorie Westpunt,
- Wishi: Hesús Misericordioso y Santa Teresita, Schottegatweg West. 33, Wishi
- Zuid-Bonam: San Hudas Tadeo, Ronde Klipweg 61, P.O. Box 3909, Zuid-Bonam
- San Antonio de Padua, Soto
Island of Bonaire
- Antriol: La Birgen di Coromoto, Pastorie Antriol, Kaya Korona 126, Bonaire
- Kralendijk: San Bernardo, Pastorie Kralendijk, Plaza Reina Juliana 2, Bonaire
- Rincon: San Ludovico Beltran, Pastorie Rincon, Bonaire NA
Island of Sint Maarten (the southern half of St. Martin)
- Philipsburg: St Martin of Tours
- Simpson Bay: Mary Star of the Sea
- South Reward: The Risen Christ
Island of St. Eustatius
- Oranjestad: St Eustatius Catholic Church
Island of Saba
- Zion's Hill: Queen of the Holy Rosary Church
- The Bottom: Sacred Heart Church
- Windwardside: St Paul's Conversion