- Source: Roman Catholic Diocese of Paramaribo
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
"Diocese of Paramaribo". Catholic-Hierarchy. Archived from the original on 2005-04-14. Retrieved 2007-02-27.
http://catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dpara.html
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Paramaribo
- List of Catholic dioceses (structured view)
- Saint Peter and Paul Cathedral, Paramaribo
- Aloysius Ferdinandus Zichem
- Catholic Church in Suriname
- List of Roman Catholic Dioceses in South America
- List of Roman Catholic dioceses in the Caribbean
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Port of Spain
- List of museums in Suriname
- List of Catholic dioceses (alphabetical)
