The Roman Catholic Diocese of Paramaribo (

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: ''Dioecesis Paramariboënsis'';

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: ''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

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* Jacobus Gerardus Schepers (1842–1863) * Johannes Baptista Swinkels, C.SS.R. (1865–1875) *

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, C.SS.R. (1876–1889) *

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, C.SS.R. (1889–1906) *

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, C.SS.R. (1907–1911) *

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, C.SS.R. (1911–1947) *

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, C.SS.R. (1946–1971) *

Aloysius Ferdinandus Zichem Aloysius Ferdinandus Zichem, C.Ss.R., (Paramaribo February 28, 1933 – Paramaribo November 13, 2016) was a Roman Catholic bishop. He was a member of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, more commonly known as the Redemptorists. Ordained t ...

, C.SS.R. (1971–2003) – Bishop Emeritus *

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(2005–2014) – Bishop Emeritus * Karel Choennie (2016 – )

Auxiliary bishop

, 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 Catholic Church in Suriname

Paramaribo Paramaribo (; ; nicknamed Par'bo) is the capital and largest city of Suriname, located on the banks of the Suriname River in the Paramaribo District. Paramaribo has a population of roughly 241,000 people (2012 census), almost half of Suriname's ...

1810s establishments in Suriname Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Port of Spain {{SouthAm-RC-diocese-stub