Fernand Mertens, R.I.P.

Father Emmanuel Ngona, Provincial of Central Africa
and Father Luc Putzeys, Provincial Delegate of the sector of Belgium,
inform you of the return to the Lord of Father

Fernand Mertens

on Saturday 5th Mai 2018 at St. Francis’ Hospital in Kampala (Uganda)
at the age of 76 years, of which 50 years of missionary life
mainly in D.R. Congo.

Let us pray for him and for his loved ones.

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Milestones of Father Fernand Mertens’s life

Fernand was born on the 3rd April 1942 in Aarschot, in the Diocese of Malines-Brussels, in Belgium. He entered the Spiritual Year in Varsenare on the 1st September 1963, then continued his theological studies in Eastview, Canada, where he took his Missionary Oath on the 16th June 1967. He was ordained to the priesthood on the 29th June 1968 in Heverlee (Belgium).

27/09/1968VicaireDrodro,D.BuniaZaïre Ituri
05/03/1969VicaireJibaZaïre Ituri
01/10/1972VicairePimboZaïre Ituri
01/05/1974Prof.Petit Sémin.FatakiZaïre Ituri
01/09/1982Etudes à Lumen VitaeBruxelles,LinthoutBelgique
04/03/1985VicaireDrodro,D.BuniaZaïre Ituri
27/09/1989Session-RetraiteJérusalemIsraël / Palestine
01/09/1992Stage langue swahiliBukavuZaïre Ituri
01/01/1993VicaireKalemie,Christ-RoiZaïre Ituri
01/07/1993VicaireMongbwalu,D.BuniaZaïre Ituri
01/09/1996VicaireBadiya,D.BuniaZaïre Ituri
13/12/1996Evacué par Kampala->Belgique
01/03/1997Travaille à DictionnaireBelgique
01/07/1997Nommé (P.E. 97/7)Congo S.E.
25/08/1997Formation,1re EtapeRuziziCongo S.E.
07/05/2001Nommé Itu (P.E.01/6)ISR BuniaCongo/Ituri
01/12/2002Professeur ISRBuniaCongo/Ituri
17/05/2003EvacuéBelgique*
01/06/2003Temps SabbatiqueLumkoSouth Africa
01/04/2005MinistèreBurhibaCongo
01/10/2006ProfesseurBunia,I.S.R.Congo
08/09/2011Session 60+RomaItalia
2012MinistèreMahagiCongo
05/05/2018Retour au PèreKampalaOuganda

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