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
Frits Van Asten
on Wednesday, 22nd October 2025 in Eindhoven (Netherlands)
at the age of 95 years, of which 67 years of missionary life
in Mali, DR Congo and the Netherlands.
Let us pray for him and for his loved ones.
Download here the announcement of Father Frits Van Asten’s death
Milestones in the life of Father Frits Van Asten
Born in:
Someren
on 09/06/1930 | Spiritual Year | Missionary Oath | Priestly
Ordination |
|---|
Diocese:
‘sHertogenbosch | 07/09/1954 | 17/06/1958 | 02/02/1959 |
Citizenship:
Dutch | ‘s-Heerenberg
(Netherlands) | Carthage
(Tunisie) | Rotterdam
(Netherlands) |
Bionotes
| 04/09/1959 | Arrivé à | Ouolessebougou | Mali |
| 01/10/1959 | Apprend Bambara | Falaje CELA | Mali |
| 27/05/1960 | Apprend Minianka | Kutiala, D. Sikasso | Mali |
| 01/07/1963 | Supérieur | Kutiala | Mali |
| 20/10/1964 | | Karangasso | Mali |
| 15/10/1965 | Supérieur | Karangasso | Mali |
| 01/07/1967 | | Kutiala | Mali |
| 20/03/1968 | Ass. Econ. Prov. | Boxtel | Nederland |
| 04/11/1969 | Vicaire: Et. Kiswahili | Kilo, D. Bunia | Zaïre Ituri |
| 17/06/1970 | Collège S. Joseph Eco | Bunia | Zaïre Ituri |
| 07/11/1971 | Vicaire + Ec. Ec. Normal | Kilo | Zaïre Ituri |
| 01/09/1978 | Communauté Karibu | Nijmegen | Nederland |
| 12/08/1983 | Bursar St Charles | Boxtel | Nederland |
| 01/01/1987 | Mission Commission | Boxtel | Nederland |
| 09/06/1987 | Mission Centre Dioc. | Den Bosch | Nederland |
| 01/09/1996 | Residence | Den Bosch | Nederland |
| 01/07/2012 | Residence | Dongen | Nederland |
| 01/09/2013 | Residence H.C.: | Eindhoven | Nederland |
| 22/10/2025 | DCD (95) | Eindhoven | Nederland |