Bishopric Willemstad
| Bishopric Willemstad | |
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| Country | Kingdom of the Netherlands |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Port of Spain |
| Diocesan bishop | Luigi Antonio Secco SDS |
| Vicar General | Gregorio Redoblado |
| surface | 993 km² |
| Parishes | 31 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Residents | 306.200 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics | 225,000 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| proportion of | 73.5% |
| Diocesan priest | 42 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 10 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 4,327 |
| Friars | 16 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 40 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Papiamentu , Dutch and English |
| cathedral | Cathedral Queen of the Holy Rosary |
| Website | diocesewillemstad.com |
The Diocese of Willemstad ( Latin : Dioecesis Gulielmopolitana ) is a Roman Catholic diocese based in Willemstad on Curaçao . It includes the states of Aruba , Curaçao and Sint Maarten as well as the Caribbean Netherlands ( Bonaire , Saba and Sint Eustatius ).
history
In 1752, the Apostolic Prefecture of Curaçao was established by Pope Benedict XIV from cessions of territory from the Diocese of Caracas . The Apostolic Prefecture of Curaçao was founded on September 20, 1842 by Pope Gregory XVI. raised to the apostolic vicariate .
On April 28, 1958, the Vicariate Apostolic Curacao was by Pope Pius XII. raised to the diocese and renamed the diocese of Willemstad . The diocese of Willemstad was directly subordinate to the Holy See ( immediately ). On July 29, 1968, the Diocese of Willemstad was by Pope Paul VI. Subordinated to the Archdiocese of Port of Spain as a suffragan with the Apostolic Constitution Si quis mente .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Curacao
- Martinus Johannes Niewindt , 1824–1842
Vicars Apostolic of Curacao
- Martinus Johannes Niewindt, 1842–1860
- Johannes Kistemaker , 1860–1866
- Petrus Hendricus Josephus van Ewyk OP , 1869–1886
- Ceslaus Heynen OP, 1886-1887
- Alphonsus Joosten OP, 1888-1896
- Ambrosius Jacobus van Baars , OP, 1897–1910
- Michael Antonio Maria Vuylsteke OP, 1910–1930
- Pietro Giovanni Umberto betrayed OP, 1931–1948
- Antonio Ludovico Van der Veen Zeppenfeldt OP, 1948–1956
- Johannes Maria Michael Holterman OP, 1956-1958
Bishops of Willemstad
- Joannes Maria Michael Holterman OP, 1958–1973
- Wilhelm Michel Ellis , 1973-2001
- Luigi Antonio Secco SDB , since 2001
See also
Web links
- Homepage of the Diocese of Willemstad (English)
- Entry on the Diocese of Willemstad on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Paul VI: Const. Apost. Si quis mente , AAS 61 (1969), n.1, p. 24f.