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) Wilhelmus Adrianus Josephus Maria de Bekker (2004–2014) Karel Choennie (2015 – )
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