Roman Catholic Diocese of Paramaribo

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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.

[edit] 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 (2004 - )

[edit] External links and References

• Diocese of Paramaribo - Suriname official site
• Diocese of Paramaribo. Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved on 2007-02-27.