Diocese of Paramaribo Dioecesis Paramariboënsis Bisdom Paramaribo | |
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Location | |
Country | ![]() |
Ecclesiastical province | Port of Spain |
Metropolitan | Port of Spain |
Statistics | |
Area | 163,265 km2 (63,037 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2013) 557,000 135,000 (24,2%) |
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Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 22 November 1817 (206 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral Basilica of St. Peter and St. Paul |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Karel Choennie |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Joseph Everard Harris |
Website | |
Website of the Diocese |
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.