Edgard Declercq, R.I.P.

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.

01/09/1950Studies Canon Law (Rome)
01/09/1952Professor at Heverlee (BE)
24/05/1958Departure for Kasongo Parish (Zaïre S-E) 
05/09/1961Mutesa Seminary (ZA SE)
01/09/1962Superior of Kasongo (ZA SE)
11/07/1964Rebellion, evacuated to Bukavu (ZA SE)
15/08/1964Return to Kasongo (ZA SE)
18/09/1965Long retreat at Villa Cavaletti
01/11/1965Superior at Kasongo (ZA SE)
21/03/1967Ass. Parish Priest at Mingana (ZA SE)
30/06/1969Superior at Mingana (ZA SE)
15/05/1972Re-opening of Kipaka (ZA SE) – Superior
01/10/1976Ass. Parish Priest at Kampene (ZA SE)
26/09/1979Session-retreat at Jérusalem (Israël-Palestine)
01/01/1981Superior at Kampene (ZA SE)
10/09/1988Ass. Parish Priest at Kibangula (ZA SE)
01/05/1989Ass. then Parish Priest et Wamaza (ZA SE)
1990-1995Several medical returns
01/10/1995In charge of Maison St Paul in Bukavu (ZA SE)
04/03/1997Ass. Parish Priest at Wamaza (ZA SE)
30/04/1999Refugee at Bukavu (ZA SE)
15/09/1999Session 70+ in Rome
03/11/1999Résidence in Varsenare (BE)
20/03/2017Return to the Father in Varsenare (BE)

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