Father Luc Putzeys, Provincial Delegate of the sector of Belgium,
informs you of the return to the Lord of Father
Edgard Declercq
on Monday 20th March 2017 at Advondrust – Varsenare (Belgium
at the age of 93 years of which 67 years of missionary life
in Congo et in Belgium.
Let us pray for him and for his loved ones.
Milestones of Father Edgard Declercq’s life
Edgard Declercq was born on the 17th of February 1924 in Roeselare, in the Diocese of Brugge, in Belgium. He entered the Spiritual Year on the 22nd of September 1945 at Varsenare, went on with his studies in Heverlée where he took his Missionary Oath on the 21st of July 1949 and was ordained to the priesthood on the 8th of April 1950.
| 01/09/1950 | Studies Canon Law (Rome) |
| 01/09/1952 | Professor at Heverlee (BE) |
| 24/05/1958 | Departure for Kasongo Parish (Zaïre S-E) |
| 05/09/1961 | Mutesa Seminary (ZA SE) |
| 01/09/1962 | Superior of Kasongo (ZA SE) |
| 11/07/1964 | Rebellion, evacuated to Bukavu (ZA SE) |
| 15/08/1964 | Return to Kasongo (ZA SE) |
| 18/09/1965 | Long retreat at Villa Cavaletti |
| 01/11/1965 | Superior at Kasongo (ZA SE) |
| 21/03/1967 | Ass. Parish Priest at Mingana (ZA SE) |
| 30/06/1969 | Superior at Mingana (ZA SE) |
| 15/05/1972 | Re-opening of Kipaka (ZA SE) – Superior |
| 01/10/1976 | Ass. Parish Priest at Kampene (ZA SE) |
| 26/09/1979 | Session-retreat at Jérusalem (Israël-Palestine) |
| 01/01/1981 | Superior at Kampene (ZA SE) |
| 10/09/1988 | Ass. Parish Priest at Kibangula (ZA SE) |
| 01/05/1989 | Ass. then Parish Priest et Wamaza (ZA SE) |
| 1990-1995 | Several medical returns |
| 01/10/1995 | In charge of Maison St Paul in Bukavu (ZA SE) |
| 04/03/1997 | Ass. Parish Priest at Wamaza (ZA SE) |
| 30/04/1999 | Refugee at Bukavu (ZA SE) |
| 15/09/1999 | Session 70+ in Rome |
| 03/11/1999 | Résidence in Varsenare (BE) |
| 20/03/2017 | Return to the Father in Varsenare (BE) |