Diocese of Paramaribo

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DIOCESE OF PARAMARIBO (Dioecesis Paramariboënsis)

Country : Suriname
Denomination : Roman Catholic

Established : 1817 as Apostolic Prefecture of Dutch Guyana-Suriname
Elevated 1842 to Apostolic Vicariate of Dutch Guyana-Suriname
Elevated 1958 to Diocese of Paramaribo

Origin/meaning

The diocese does not use arms, but the above logo.

Arms of Vicars

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Martinus van der Weijden (Feb-Oct 1826)
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Jacobus Grooff (1826-1842)
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Jacobus Gerardus Schepers (1843-1852), Administrator
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Jacobus Grooff (1846–1852)
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Jacobus Gerardus Schepers (1843–1863)
Johannes Baptist Swinkels (1865–1875)
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Johannes Henricus Schaap (1876–1889)
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Wilhelmus Antonius Ferdinand Wulfingh (1889–1906)
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Jacobus Cornelis Meeuwissen (1907–1911)
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Theodorus Antonius Leonardus Maria van Roosmalen (1911–1947)
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Stephanus Joseph Maria Magdalena Kuijpers (1946–1958)