Roman Catholic Diocese of Paramaribo
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Paramaribo
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.
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 - )
External links and References
* [http://www.geocities.com/bisdomnet/ Diocese of Paramaribo - Suriname] "official site"
*cite web|title = Diocese of Paramaribo|work=Catholic-Hierarchy|url =http://www.geocities.com/bisdomnet/|accessdate=2007-02-27
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