Roman Catholic Diocese of Willemstad

Diocese of Willemstad Dioecesis Gulielmopolitana Bisdom Willemstad
Basilica of St Anne in Willemstad, Curaçao
Location
Country	Curaçao Aruba Caribbean Netherlands Sint Maarten
Ecclesiastical province	Port of Spain
Metropolitan	Port of Spain
Statistics
Area	993 km2 (383 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2008) 295,264 217,851 (73.8%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	1758 (as Apostolic Prefecture of Curaçao) 1842 Apostolic Vicariate of Curaçao 1958 Diocese of Willemstad
Cathedral	Cathedral of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary in Willemstad
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Luigi Antonio Secco
Metropolitan Archbishop	Joseph Everard Harris
Map
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Willemstad (Latin: Dioecesis Gulielmopolitana) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Curaçao in the Caribbean. The diocese encompasses the territory of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Caribbean: the countries (landen) Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten (the southern half of St. Martin) and the islands Bonaire, St. Eustatius, Saba (which are part of the Netherlands). The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Port of Spain, and a member of the Antilles Episcopal Conference.

The diocese of Willemstad was erected in 1752 as the Prefecture Apostolic of Curaçao. It was elevated to an apostolic vicariate on 20 September 1842 and to the Diocese of Willemstad on 28 April 1958. The language spoken in many of the Catholic churches here is Papiamento and English. The diocese has maintained a website in this language and in English. Some priests are members of the Society of the Divine Word (SVD), Order of Preachers (OP), Michaelites (CSMA), and Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB).

Ordinaries

• Petrus Hendricus Josephus van Ewyk, O.P. (1869–1886)
• Ceslaus H. J. Heynen (1886–1887)
• Alphonsus M. H. Joosten (1888–1896)
• Ambrosius Jacobus J. van Baars, O.P. (1897–1910)
• Michael Antonio Maria Vuylsteke, O.P. (1910–1930)
• Pietro Giovanni Umberto Verriet, O.P. (1931–1948)
• Antonio Ludovico van der Veen Zeppenfeldt, O.P. (1948–1956)
• Joannes Maria Michael Holterman, O.P. (1956–1973)
• Wilhelm Michel Ellis (1973–2001)
• Luis Antonio Secco, S.D.B. (2001 - ) (Salesians of Don Bosco)

Catholic Churches and Parishes

shown by church name, neighborhood, town/city

Island of Aruba

1. Brasil: Cristo Rey, Brasil 39, Aruba
2. Dakota: La Birgen di Fatima, Milonstraat 9, Dakota Oranjestad, Aruba
3. St. Ann's Church Noord: Santa Ana, Noord 16.

       Station: Monte Calvario Chapel, Tanki Leendert

1. Oranjestad: Sint Franciscus Kerk, Irausquinplein 3, Aruba

       Station: Cristo Sufriente Chapel (Madiki Chapel), Belgie Straat

1. Paradera: Santa Filomena, Paradera 51, Aruba
2. San Nicolas: Santa Teresita di Niño Hesus, Theresiaplein 8, San Nicolas, Aruba

       Station: Emanuel Chapel, 

1. Santa Cruz: Inmaculada Concepcion, Santa Cruz 41, Aruba
2. Savaneta: Sagrado Curazon di Hesus, Savaneta 338-D, Aruba

       Station: Santa Familia Chapel, Pos Chikito, Aruba,

Island of Curaçao

1. Otrabanda: Santa Ana Minor Basilica, Willemstad
2. Santa Maria: Maria Auxiliadora, Willemstad
3. San Willibrordo: San Willibrordo
4. Pietermaai Cathedral: Reina di Santisimo Rosario (Queen of the Most Holy Rosary) Cathedral, Willemstad
5. Santa Rosa: Santa Rosa de Lima
6. Steenrijk: La Birgen di Altagracia, Willemstad
7. Brievengat: La Birgen di Lourdes,Willemstad
8. Buena Vista: La Birgen Milagrosa
9. Groot Kwartier: La Birgen del Carmen
10. Jandoret: Mama di Bon Conseho, Station: Boca San Michiel: San Miguel Archangel; Souax: La Birgen di Guadalupe
11. Janwe: Sagrado Curazon di Hesus
12. Koraal Specht: Bon Wardador
13. Montagne: San Dominico. Station: Fuik: San Francisco
14. Barber: San José
15. San Mateo: Santa Familia, Willemstad
16. Seru Fortuna: San Martin de Porres
17. Suffisant: La Birgen di Fatima
18. Tera Korà: Spiritu Santo, Kaya Andesit 66, Tera Korà,
19. Westpunt: San Pedro. Lagoen: Station: San Juan Apostle, Pastorie Westpunt,
20. Wishi: Hesús Misericordioso y Santa Teresita, Schottegatweg West. 33, Wishi
21. Zuid-Bonam: San Hudas Tadeo, Ronde Klipweg 61, P.O. Box 3909, Zuid-Bonam
22. San Antonio de Padua, Soto

Island of Bonaire

1. Antriol: La Birgen di Coromoto, Pastorie Antriol, Kaya Korona 126, Bonaire
2. Kralendijk: San Bernardo, Pastorie Kralendijk, Plaza Reina Juliana 2, Bonaire
3. Rincon: San Ludovico Beltran, Pastorie Rincon, Bonaire NA

Island of Sint Maarten (the southern half of St. Martin)

1. Philipsburg: St Martin of Tours
2. Simpson Bay: Mary Star of the Sea
3. South Reward: The Risen Christ

Island of St. Eustatius

1. Oranjestad: St Eustatius Catholic Church

Island of Saba

1. Zion's Hill: Queen of the Holy Rosary Church
2. The Bottom: Sacred Heart Church
3. Windwardside: St Paul's Conversion

References

• Antilles Episcopal Conference,=Roman Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Antilles
• "Diocese of Willemstad". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-27.
• List of Roman Catholic Dioceses in the Caribbean
• Roman Catholicism in the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Caribbean
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Willemstad official site in English

External links

• Saba Tourism Office church page
• Paloma Pictures webpage for Catholic services in Aruba