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.

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
 * http://catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dpara.html
 * http://catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dpara.html