Father Jozef de Bekker, Provincial Delegate of the sector of the Netherlands,
informs you of the return to the Lord of Father
Piet Horsten
on Saturday the 31st March 2018 at Heythuysen (The Netherlands)
at the age of 81 years, of which 57 years of missionary life
in Great Britain, Italy, Tunisia and the Netherlands.
Let us pray for him and for his loved ones.
Footsteps of Father Piet Horsten’s life
Piet was born on May 6, 1936 in Bergen op Zoom, in the diocese of Breda, in the Netherlands. He entered the spiritual year of the Missionaries of Africa on September 7, 1956 in ‘s-Heerenberg, then left for Carthage, Tunisia, where he continued his theological studies and pronounced his Missionary Oath on June 27, 1960. He was ordained a priest a few months later, on February 2, 1961 in Veghel, in the Netherlands.
| 01/09/1961 | Etudes | Nijmegen | Nederland |
| 01/12/1968 | Etudes | London | Great Britain |
| 25/06/1970 | Etudes | Nijmegen | Nederland |
| 30/08/1971 | Professeur | Totteridge | Great Britain |
| 18/06/1976 | Rédaction de Thèse | London,Holland Vi.R. | Great Britain |
| 01/01/1977 | Secrétaire Formation | Roma,M.G. | Italia |
| 01/06/1984 | | Tunis,IBLA | Tunisie |
| 01/09/1986 | Délégué au Chapitre | Roma,M.G. | Italia |
| 01/08/1987 | Responsable IBLA | Tunis,D.Tunis | Tunisie |
| 30/07/1991 | Elu Cons.Rég.Maghreb | Tunis,D.Tunis | Tunisie |
| 18/02/1992 | Séjour à Roma,M.G. | Roma,M.G. | Italia |
| 30/05/1992 | Consultant | Roma,M.G. | Italia |
| 17/05/1998 | Cons.Jurid.Chapitre | Roma,M.G. | Italia |
| 01/09/2008 | Professeur | Pisai, Roma | Italia |
| 01/12/2011 | Nommé (PE 10/11) | Castelfranco | Italia |
| 11/09/2013 | Residence | Dongen | Nederland |
| 12/06/2014 | Residence | Heythuysen | Nederland |
| 31/03/2018 | Retour au Père | Heythuysen | Nederland |