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DIOCESE OF PARAMARIBO

Denomination : Roman Catholic

Origin/meaning

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

Arms of Bishops

The diocese was established in 1560, but the first bishop died before being ordained, so the official first bishop was ordained in 1569. The diocese was abolished in 1798 and re-established in 1962.

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Bishop Jacobus Grooff (1842–1852)
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Bishop Jacobus Gerardus Schepers (1843–1863)
Bishop Johannes Baptist Swinkels, C.SS.R. (1865–1875)
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Bishop Johannes Henricus Schaap, C.SS.R. (1876–1889)
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Bishop Wilhelmus Antonius Ferdinand Wulfingh, C.SS.R. (1889–1906)
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Bishop Jacobus Cornelis Meeuwissen, C.SS.R. (1907–1911)
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Bishop Theodorus Antonius Leonardus Maria van Roosmalen, C.SS.R. (1911–1947)
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Bishop Stephanus Joseph Maria Magdalena Kuijpers, C.SS.R. (1946–1971)
No arms

Bishop Aloysius Ferdinandus Zichem, C.SS.R. (1971–2003)
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Bishop Wilhelmus Adrianus Josephus Maria de Bekker (2005–2014)
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Bishop Karel Choennie (2016 – )