Father Luc Putzeys, Provincial Delegate of the sector of Belgium,
informs you of the return to the Lord of Father
Antoon (Toon) Vanden Avenne
on Tuesday January 15th, 2019, at Bruges (Belgium)
at the age of 92 years, of which 67 years of missionary life
in Rwanda, DR Congo and in Belgium.
Let us pray for him and for his loved ones.
Download here the announcement of Father Toon Vanden Avenne’s death.
The main stages of Father Antoon Vanden Avenne’s life
Antoon was born on May 12, 1926 in Iseghem, in the diocese of Bruges, Belgium. He entered the novitiate of the White Fathers in Varsenare on September 22, 1947, after which he continued his theological training in Heverlee, Belgium, where he took his missionary oath on July 21, 1951 and was ordained a priest on April 12, 1952.
| 01/09/1952 | | Heverlee | Belgique |
| 01/03/1953 | | Boechout | Belgique |
| 01/05/1955 | | Nyange,Nyundo | Rwanda |
| 15/08/1959 | | Birambo | Rwanda |
| 15/02/1961 | | Kigali | Rwanda |
| 05/10/1961 | | Kabgayi | Rwanda |
| 21/09/1963 | Grande Retraite | Villa Cavalletti | |
| 25/11/1963 | | Rwankuba,D.Kabgayi | Rwanda |
| 08/08/1964 | Supérieur | Rulindo | Rwanda |
| 16/01/1967 | Expulsé du Rwanda | | Belgique |
| 20/02/1967 | Econome | Boechout | Belgique |
| 30/08/1971 | Vicaire | Mweso,D.Goma | DR Congo S.E. |
| 01/01/1974 | Dir.Ec.Agr. | Mweso | DR Congo |
| 15/07/1975 | | Berchem | Belgique |
| 03/06/1981 | Session-Retraite | Jérusalem | Israël / Palestine |
| 01/01/1982 | Supérieur+Econ. | Berchem | Belgique |
| 01/03/1990 | Procureur | Antwerpen,Keizer | Belgique |
| 01/01/2004 | Procureur et Econome | Antwerpen,Keizer | Belgique |
| 01/07/2017 | Résidence | Antwerpen,Keizer | Belgique |
| 20/12/2017 | Résidence | Avondrust, Varsenare | Belgique |
| 15/01/2019 | Retour auprès du Père | Brugge | Belgique |