Suffragan diocese Willemstad, Aruba
Diocese of Willemstad
Gulielmopolitan(us)
Latin Church
Latin-rite diocese covering the Dutch Caribbean (Curacao, Aruba, Bonaire, Sint Maarten, St. Eustatius and Saba), erected 28 April 1958 from a vicariate apostolic dating to 1842, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Port of Spain. Its seat is the Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Cathedral in Willemstad. The see has been vacant since 7 January 2025, with Archbishop Charles Jason Gordon serving as apostolic administrator.
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- Established
- 1958
- Catholics
- 247,320
- Priests
- 52
- Territory
- 993 km²
Parishes and churches
39 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- San WillibrordoWillibrordusView parish
- Santa AnaNoorView parish
- Santa Famnilaia San MateowijkTown not recordedView parish
- Santa FilomenaParaderaView parish
- Santa Rosa de LimaSta. RosaView parish
- Santa Teresita di Niño JesúsSan NicolasView parish
- Spiritu SantuTera KòráView parish
- St. Paul's Conversion ChurchWindward SideView parish
- The Risen ChristSouth RewardView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Apostolic Administrator of Willemstad
- Charles Jason Gordon
- Born
- 17 March 1959
- Birthplace
- Port of Spain
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The cathedral
Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Cathedral, Willemstad stands in Willemstad, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
Catholics of the Dutch Caribbean belong to the Diocese of Willemstad (Latin: Dioecesis Gulielmopolitana; Dutch: Bisdom Willemstad; Papiamento: Diosesano (di Obispado) di Willemstad), a Latin Church see whose territory is the Caribbean portion of the Kingdom of the Netherlands: the countries (Dutch: landen) Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten (the southern half of St. Martin), together with the islands Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba, which are part of the Netherlands. The cathedra stands in the city of Curaçao.