Karel Choennie

The Most Reverend Lord

Karel Choennie
The Most Reverend Lord; Karel Choennie
	Choennie (2018)
Church	Saint Peter and Paul Cathedral
Archdiocese	Port of Spain
Diocese	Paramaribo
Appointed	11 November 2015
Predecessor	Wilhelmus de Bekker
Orders
Ordination	3 August 1985
Consecration	24 January 2016; by Wilhelmus de Bekker
Personal details
Born	Karel Martinus Choennie; 20 December 1958 (age 65); Surinam
Nationality	Suriname
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Motto	Diliges dominum et proximum
Coat of arms

Karel Martinus Choennie (born 20 December 1958) is a Surinamese Roman Catholic bishop. As of 2016, he is the current Bishop of Paramaribo. He is the first bishop in Suriname of Indian descent.^[1]

^ "Bisschop van Paramaribo luidt 1e Kerstdag Suriname in". Waterkant (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 January 2022.

[1] "Bisschop van Paramaribo luidt 1e Kerstdag Suriname in". Waterkant (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 January 2022.

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