Father Jozef de Bekker, Provincial Delegate of the sector of the Netherlands,
informs you of the return to the Lord of Father
Jan Rademaker
on Thursday 31st January 2019 at Heythuysen (Netherlands)
at the age of 88 years, of which 61 years of missionary life
in DR Congo (Zaire), Burundi and the Netherlands.
Let us pray for him and for his loved ones.
Download here the announcement of Father Jan Rademaker’s death
Milestones in the life of Father Jan Rademaker
Jan was born on July 27, 1930 in `s-Heerenberg, in the diocese of Utrecht, in the Netherlands. He was admitted to the novitiate of the White Fathers in his hometown on September 7, 1953. He then continued his theological training at the scholasticate in Heverlee, Belgium, where he took his missionary oath on July 6, 1957 and received priestly ordination on April 6, 1958.
| 20/09/1958 | Vicaire | Shabunda | Congo |
| 01/01/1962 | Vicaire | Shabunda | Congo |
| 01/04/1962 | Vicaire | Mingana | Congo |
| 01/01/1963 | Vicaire | Wamaza | Congo |
| 01/08/1964 | Evacué:Rébellion, à | Rukago,D.Ngozi | Burundi |
| 01/01/1965 | Vicaire | Bagira, Bukavu | Zaïre S.E. |
| 01/04/1965 | Vicaire | Shabunda | Zaïre S.E. |
| 12/09/1970 | Grande Retraite | Villa Cavalletti | Zaïre S.E. |
| 01/11/1973 | Vicaire | Lulingu | Zaïre S.E. |
| 01/10/1976 | Vicaire | Wamaza | Zaïre S.E. |
| 01/06/1979 | Supérieur | Wamaza | Zaïre S.E. |
| 29/09/1982 | Session-Retraite | Jérusalem | Israël / Palestine |
| 01/02/1983 | Vicaire | Lulingu,D.Kasongo | Zaïre S.E. |
| 29/09/1995 | Vicaire | Kipaka,D.Kasongo | Zaïre S.E. |
| 08/05/1996 | Session Vers 3e Age | Roma | Italie |
| 25/05/1999 | Réfugié à Kasongo-> | Bukavu | Congo S.E. |
| 18/03/2000 | Econome | Katoy,N.D.d’A.D.Goma | Congo S.E. |
| 01/11/2000 | Econome | Goma,Maison Lavigeri | Congo S.E. |
| 01/10/2006 | Retour Province | Heythuysen | Nederland |
| 05/06/2007 | Nommé (PE 7/07) | | Nederland |
| 31/01/2019 | Retour auprès du Père | Heythuysen | Nederland |