Catholicism was introduced in the future Netherlands Antilles as early as
1527, when Spanish priests erected a first church on Curaçao and the islands
afterwards became part of the surrounding Spanish jurisdictions (Coro until
1637, Caracas afterwards)
In 1715 the Benedenwindse Eilanden became a separate Apostolic Prefecture to
which the Bovenwindse Eilanden were formally added in 1827.
In 1842 the Prefecture became an Apostolic Vicariate.
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Vicars Apostolic
1869 - 1886 Petrus Hendricus Josephus van Ewyk,
Titular Bishop of Camachus in Armenia
III 1827 - 1886
1886 - 1887 Ceslaus H. J. Heynen, Titular Bishop
of Assurus in Africa Proconsularis 1836 - 1887
1888 - 1896 Alphonsus M. H. Joosten, Titular
Bishop of Marciana in Licia 1837 - 1896
1897 - 1910 Ambrosius Jacobus J. van Baars,
Titular Bishop of Teuchira in Libia
Pentapolitana 1854 - 1910
1910 - 1930 Michael A. M. Vuylsteke, Titular
Bishop of Charadros in Isauria (?) 1... - 1930
1931 - 1948 Petrus Innocentius Verriet, Titular
Bishop of Eleutherna in Kreta 1875 - 1948
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