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On this website you can find all there is about the diocese as well as its activities. In the menu English there is information about the structure of how everything is organized. Our gallery also contains video clips of our activities.

On January 1st the activities of ‘Yepi Yu Kerki' were launched. These are part of the Stewardship program, which focuses on increasing donations to the church. Take care of our church, join, and donate. You can do an automatic transfer to our account 64.95.338 at De Surinaamsche Bank (DSB) with the description: Support funds Roman Catholic diocese.

+Monsignor Wilhelmus de Bekker          Bishop of Paramaribo

God bless you, and enjoy!

 

 


 

Monsignor Wilhelmus de Bekker

 

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Address: Henck Arronstraat 12
Telephone Bishop’s house: (597) 47 33 06
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Email :

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Curriculum Vitae
A> Personal Particulars
Family name:

Given names:

Date of birth:

Place of birth:

Country:

Nationality:

de Bekker

Wilhelmus, Adrianus, Josephus, Maria

27 April, 1939

Helmond

Holland

Dutch

Baptized:
27 April, 1939
First Communion:
10 June, 1946
Confirmation:
Rotterdam, St. Ignatius and Laurentius, Mgr. J. Huijbers
Deacon Consecration   : Heerlen, St. Martinus Church, 10 November, 1984, by Mgr.

Aloysius Zichem
Ordination: Paramaribo, H.H. Petrus and Paulus, 25 May, 1985,

by Mgr. Aloysius Zichem
Decoration: Paramaribo, 26 April, 1998, Member of the Order of

Orange-Nassau
Paramaribo, 24 November, 1998, Companion of the Order of the Yellow                     

Star
B> Schooling
1946 - 1952     :
Elementary School, Helmond and Rotterdam, Holland
1952 - 1955     :
HBS (3 years) St. Montfort College Rotterdam
1955 - 1959     : Teacher training college, Teacher's certificate and Religion diploma A,

St. Thomas Morus, Rotterdam
1959 - 1960     : Teacher training college, teaching certificate en Religion diploma B,

St. Thomas Morus, Rotterdam
1960    :
LO diploma Handicraft, Den Haag
1961    :
Diploma translator Russian (military service)
1962 - 1968     :
Gymnasium–A. evening classes (no diploma)
1968    :
Collogicum doctum Catholic University of Nijmegen
1968 - 1974     :
Master's degree Cultural Antropology
: Master's degree Social Antropology
: 1st level qualification Social Studies
1976    :
Post-academic schooling: Landbouw Hogeschool Wageningen, Cooperations in Agriculture and Loans
: Post-academic schooling: Tropics Institute Amsterdam Credit and Cooperations in non–Western communities
: Post-academic diploma Catholic University Nijmegen
1983 - 1985     :
Theological studies, Paramaribo
1984    :
Missiologie, capita: Catholic University Nijmegen
Various            :
Various seminars and workshops
C. Work and Responsibilities
May – July 1959          : Temporary teacher, elementary school Rotterdam,

Katendrecht
September – December 1960   : Temporary teacher, elementary school Rotterdam – South
December 1960 – September 1962      :
Military service, Sergeant, translator Russian
September 1962 – August 1965           : Teacher (permanent position), elementary school

Rotterdam
: Part-time Handicraft teacher, Teacher training college St. Thomas Morus, Rotterdam
1965 - 1968     :
Teacher (permanent position), Elementary School Heerlen
1968 – 1971    : Part-time gym teacher, Elementary School

Nijmegen
February 1972 – August 1972 : Teacher Elementary School Willemstad Curacao

(internship Cultural Anthropology study)
1972 – 1976    :
Teacher Social Studies, lower general secondary education
1976    :
Research on education situation in the interior of Suriname
16 August 1977–30 September 1987   :
Consultant–inspector for Catholic Education in Suriname, particularly for the interior education sector
1 October 1987 – 1 September 2001   : Director of the Pater Ahlbrinck Stichting

(PAS)
1 September 1986 – 28 February 1987            : Part-time pastor at the St.

Alfonsus Parish in Paramaribo
March 1987 – January 2005     : Full-time pastor at the St. Alfonsus Parish in

Paramaribo
1 July 1995 – 9 August 2003    :
vicar-general of the Diocese Paramaribo
11 August 2003 – 12 November 2004             :
Diocesan Administrator of the Diocese Paramaribo
1980 – 1987    :
Member of the State Committee for Interior Education
1980 – 1987    :
Member of the Board of the Pater Ahlbrinck Stichting (PAS)
1985 – 1992    :
Member of the Diocesan Catechetical Committee
1986 – 1996    :
Member of the Diocesan Liturgical Committee
1991 – 1997    :
Member of the Board of the Association Forum of NGOs
November 1995           :
Member of the delegation of the Holy See on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of Suriname’s independence
1994 – 1995    :
Priest in the National Council of Marriage Encounter Suriname
1995 – January 2005    :
Member / Chairman of the Council of Management
1995 – January 2005    : Member / Chairman of Curia
1997    :
Co-founder of the Marriage Encounter Suriname Foundation
1998    :
Co-founder of the Day-care for Senior and Safe Living Foundation- De Mantel
1998 – January 2005    :
Advisor of the Council of the Day-care for Senior and Safe Living Foundation- De Mantel
1998 – 2001              :
Member of the Committee for Humanitarian Assistance
2003 – January 2005:
Vice chairman of the Christian Churches Committee (CCK)
2003 >>>present      :
Member of the Inter Religious Council in Suriname (IRIS)