Father Luc Putzeys, Provincial Delegate of the sector of Belgium,
informs you of the return to the Lord of Father
Frans Verresen
on Friday 9th March 2018 at Varsenare (Belgium)
at the age of 90 years, of which 66 years of missionary life
in D.R. Congo (ex-Zaïre).
Let us pray for him and for his loved ones.
Stepstones of Father Frans Verresen’s life
Frans was born on the 19th August in Antwerpen – Belgium – in the diocese of Antwerpen. He was only 20 when he entered the Spiritual Year in Varsenare on the 22nd September 1947. He then continued his theological training in Heverlee where he took his Missionary Oath on the 21st July 1951 and was ordained to the priesthood on the 12th April 1952.
| 01/09/1952 | Etudes Péd.+Orient. | Louvain | Belgique |
| 22/10/1956 | | Shabunda,Kasongo | Congo |
| 01/01/1957 | Inspect.Enseignement | | Congo |
| 08/10/1959 | Collège | Kasongo | Congo |
| 22/09/1961 | Grande Retraite | Villa Cavalletti | Italia |
| 30/06/1962 | Petit Séminaire | Mungombe | Congo |
| 15/07/1964 | Prof.Latin+His.Egl. | Thy-le-Château | Belgique |
| 13/09/1965 | “Lumen Vitae”: Etudes | Bruxelles | Belgique |
| 01/10/1966 | Centre Catéchétique | Bukavu | Congo S.E. |
| 01/02/1968 | Retraites | Boechout | Belgique |
| 30/06/1968 | Prof.Inst.Don Bosco | Shabunda | Congo S.E. |
| 01/07/1971 | Catéchèse | Shabunda,Paroisse | Congo |
| 01/04/1972 | Sup.Fond.Cent.Catéc. | Itemene,Shabunda | Congo |
| 10/10/1980 | Vicaire | Kakutya | Congo |
| 01/07/1983 | Centre Form.Catéc. | Kinkungwa,D.Kasongo | Zaïre S.E. |
| 31/10/1991 | Troubles,évacué:Recy | Antwerpen,Hartparoc | Belgique |
| 13/05/1992 | Retour au Zaïre S.E. | | Zaïre S.E. |
| 20/05/1992 | Professeur | Kinkungwa,D.Kasongo | Zaïre S.E. |
| 01/10/1993 | Formation Srs.Franc. | Sola,D.Kongolo | Congo |
| 07/03/1997 | Evacué sur | | Belgique |
| 30/08/1997 | Aumônier hôpital | Fomulac,D.Bukavu | Congo S.E. |
| 04/06/1999 | Catéchèse | Katuba,D.Lubumbashi | Congo S.E. |
| 10/09/2003 | Session 70+ | Roma | Italia |
| 12/10/2003 | Catechèse et Vicaire | Lubumbashi,Katuba | Congo |
| 01/07/2006 | Catechèse et Vicaire | Katuba,St.Bernadette | Congo |
| 12/06/2014 | Résidence | Antwerpen | Belgique |
| 01/09/2014 | Résidence | Vasenare,Avondrust | Belgique |
| 01/12/2014 | Nommé PEP (PE 10/14) | | Belgique |
| 09/03/2018 | Retour au Père | Varsenare | Belgique |