Society of the Missionaries of Africa
Father Jozef de Bekker, Provincial Delegate of the Sector of the Netherlands,
informs you of the return to the Lord of Father
Adriaan van de Laak
on Saturday October 31st, 2020 at the Caring Center of Horn (Netherlands)
at the age of 99 years, of which 75 years of missionary life
in DR Congo and in the Netherlands.
Let us pray for him and for his loved ones.
Milestones in the life of Father Adriaan van de Laak
| Born in Oisterwijck on 10/09/1921 | Spiritual Year | Missionary Oath | Priesthood ordination |
| in the diocese of ‘s Herstogenboch | 01/10/1941 | 21/09/1945 | 22/04/1946 |
| Nationality: Dutch | Maison-Carrée (Algeria) | Heverlee (Belgium) | Heverlee (Belgium) |
| 20/12/1946 | Bobandana, Kivu | Congo | |
| 01/03/1947 | Mungombe, Kivu | Congo | |
| 22/08/1948 | Kamituga | Congo | |
| 06/09/1950 | Kabare | Congo | |
| 10/09/1951 | Baraka | Congo | |
| 20/11/1954 | Shabunda | Congo | |
| 01/01/1957 | Grande Retraite | Mours | France |
| 01/01/1958 | Baraka | Congo | |
| 02/02/1961 | Prison | Bukavu | Congo |
| 11/02/1961 | Expulsé-> | Rumonge | Burundi |
| 14/08/1961 | Lulingu, Diocèse de Kasongo | RD Congo | |
| 15/02/1962 | Moyo | RD Congo | |
| 30/06/1962 | Mingana | RD Congo | |
| 07/08/1964 | Evacué à | Bukavu | RD Congo |
| 01/07/1965 | Supérieur Procure Kasongo | Bukavu | RD Congo |
| 01/01/1966 | Kalima | RD Congo | |
| 01/07/1966 | Vicaire | Kigulube | RD Congo |
| 01/08/1967 | Evacué >00.02.68 | Nederland | |
| 01/10/1975 | Vicaire | Shabunda | RD Congo |
| 01/10/1976 | Vicaire | Lulingu | RD Congo |
| 01/01/1981 | Econome Diocésain adjoint | Bukavu,Procure | RD Congo |
| 01/06/1981 | Katana Fomulac | RD Congo | |
| 01/01/1982 | Resp.+Aumônier | Fomulac, Diocèse Bukavu | RD Congo |
| 25/09/1991 | Session-Retraite | Jérusalem | Israël / Palestine |
| 15/12/1993 | Plus Responsable | RD Congo | |
| 09/07/1995 | Retour Province | Vaassen | Nederland |
| 30/10/1995 | Nommé Ned. P.E.95/10 | Nederland | |
| 15/09/1999 | Session +70 | Roma | Italia |
| 01/09/2002 | Residence | Dongen | Nederland |
| 01/10/2006 | Residence | Heythuysen | Nederland |
| 01/10/2018 | Horn | Nederland | |
| 31/10/2020 | Retour auprès du Père | Horn (près de Heythuysen) | Nederland |