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.
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).
| 27/09/1968 | Vicaire | Drodro,D.Bunia | Zaïre Ituri |
| 05/03/1969 | Vicaire | Jiba | Zaïre Ituri |
| 01/10/1972 | Vicaire | Pimbo | Zaïre Ituri |
| 01/05/1974 | Prof.Petit Sémin. | Fataki | Zaïre Ituri |
| 01/09/1982 | Etudes à Lumen Vitae | Bruxelles,Linthout | Belgique |
| 04/03/1985 | Vicaire | Drodro,D.Bunia | Zaïre Ituri |
| 27/09/1989 | Session-Retraite | Jérusalem | Israël / Palestine |
| 01/09/1992 | Stage langue swahili | Bukavu | Zaïre Ituri |
| 01/01/1993 | Vicaire | Kalemie,Christ-Roi | Zaïre Ituri |
| 01/07/1993 | Vicaire | Mongbwalu,D.Bunia | Zaïre Ituri |
| 01/09/1996 | Vicaire | Badiya,D.Bunia | Zaïre Ituri |
| 13/12/1996 | Evacué par Kampala-> | | Belgique |
| 01/03/1997 | Travaille à Dictionnaire | | Belgique |
| 01/07/1997 | Nommé (P.E. 97/7) | | Congo S.E. |
| 25/08/1997 | Formation,1re Etape | Ruzizi | Congo S.E. |
| 07/05/2001 | Nommé Itu (P.E.01/6) | ISR Bunia | Congo/Ituri |
| 01/12/2002 | Professeur ISR | Bunia | Congo/Ituri |
| 17/05/2003 | Evacué | | Belgique* |
| 01/06/2003 | Temps Sabbatique | Lumko | South Africa |
| 01/04/2005 | Ministère | Burhiba | Congo |
| 01/10/2006 | Professeur | Bunia,I.S.R. | Congo |
| 08/09/2011 | Session 60+ | Roma | Italia |
| 2012 | Ministère | Mahagi | Congo |
| 05/05/2018 | Retour au Père | Kampala | Ouganda |