Father Luc Putzeys, Provincial Delegate of the sector of Belgium,
informs you of the return to the Lord of Father
Jean-Pierre Pickard
on Friday the 29th September 2017 at Evere (Belgium)
at the age of 91 years, of which 67 years of missionary life
in Portugal, Mozambique, Malawi and Belgium.
Let us pray for him and for his loved ones.
Milestones of Father Jean-Pierre Pickard’s life
Jean-Pierre was born on the 18th September 1926 in Schaerbeek (Brussels), in the Diocese of Mechelen-Brussels. He joined the Spiritual Year on the 21st September 1946 at Varsenare (Belgium) and then went on studying theology in Heverlee (Belgium) where he took his Missionary Oath on the 22nd July 1950 and was ordained to the priesthood on the 24th March 1951.
| 13/11/1951 | Animation | Lisboa | Portugal |
| 01/05/1953 | Curate | Manga | Moçambique |
| 26/01/1954 | Seminary | Zobue | Moçambique |
| 18/07/1954 | Diocesan treasurer | Manga | Moçambique |
| 01/01/1956 | Language: Chiseua | Murraça | Moçambique |
| 01/01/1957 | Curate, then superior | Charré | Moçambique |
| 09/09/1958 | Bursar in the Seminary | Zobue | Moçambique |
| 11/01/1964 | Long Retreat | Villa Cavalletti | Italy |
| 01/04/1964 | Révision langue | Lundo, D.Beira | Moçambique |
| 27/07/1964 | Curate | Manga | Moçambique |
| 31/12/1964 | Curate | Munhava | Moçambique |
| 01/01/1968 | Superior | Munhava | Moçambique |
| 25/05/1971 | Expelled from Mozambique | | |
| 01/03/1972 | Language course | Katete,D.Mzuzu | Malawi |
| 01/05/1972 | Curate | Rumphi,D.Mzuzu | Malawi |
| 15/05/1973 | Bishop’s House, Curate | Lilongwe,D.Lilongwe | Malawi |
| 01/01/1975 | Parish Priest Bishop’s House | Lilongwe | Malawi |
| 01/01/1977 | i/c Chilinde, Parish Priest | Lilongwe,Sacr.Heart | Malawi |
| 01/09/1984 | Session-Retreat | Jérusalem | Israël / Palestine |
| 01/01/1987 | i/c Chilinde | Lilongwe,Chilinde | Malawi |
| 10/11/1992 | Parish Priest Bishop’s House | Lilongwe,Kawale | Malawi |
| 01/10/1995 | Sabbatical | | Belgium |
| 08/05/1996 | Session 3e Age | Roma | Italy |
| 01/11/1996 | Responsible | Bruxelles,Linthout | Belgium |
| 01/12/1996 | Appointed (P.E.96/10) | | Belgium |
| 01/11/2003 | Ministry | Bruxelles,Linthout | Belgium |
| 07/09/2005 | Session 70+ | Roma | Italy |
| 29/09/2017 | Return to the Father | Evere | Belgium |