Roman Catholic Diocese of Paramaribo
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Paramaribo 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
- Martinus van der Weijden
- Jacobus Grooff, appointed Vicar Apostolic of Batavia
- Jacobus Gerardus Schepers
- Johannes Baptist Swinkels, C.SS.R.
- Johannes Henricus Schaap, C.SS.R.
- Wilhelmus Antonius Ferdinand Wulfingh, C.SS.R.
- Jacobus Cornelis Meeuwissen, C.SS.R.
- Theodorus Antonius Leonardus Maria van Roosmalen, C.SS.R.
- Stephanus Joseph Maria Magdalena Kuijpers, C.SS.R.
- Aloysius Ferdinandus Zichem, C.SS.R. – Bishop Emeritus
- Wilhelmus Adrianus Josephus Maria de Bekker – Bishop Emeritus
- Karel Choennie
- Aloysius Ferdinandus Zichem, C.SS.R., appointed Bishop here
