Roman Catholic Diocese of Willemstad

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Willemstad (Latin: Dioecesis Gulielmopolitana; Dutch: Bisdom Willemstad; Papiamento: Diosesano (di Obispado) di Willemstad) is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Roman Catholic Church in the Caribbean. The diocese encompasses the territory of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Caribbean: the countries (Dutch: 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 cathedra is in the city of Curaçao. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Port of Spain, and a member of the Antilles Episcopal Conference.

Diocese of Willemstad Dioecesis Gulielmopolitana Bisdom Willemstad
Basilica of St. Anne in Willemstad, Curaçao
Location
Country	Aruba (NL) Curaçao (NL) Sint Maarten (NL) Caribbean Netherlands
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 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).