Joseph (Jos) Leys, R.I.P. Posted on 16/10/2019 by Vitus Danaa Abobo Society of the Missionaries of AfricaFather Luc Putzeys, Provincial Delegate of the sector of Belgium,informs you of the return to the Lord of FatherJoseph (Jos) Leys on Tuesday 15h October 2019 at Zelzate (Belgium)at the age of 85 years, of which 61 years of missionary life inCongo and Belgium.Let us pray for him and for his loved ones.Download here the announcement of Father Joseph Leys’s deathMilestones in the life of Father Joseph LeysBorn in Genton 11/07/1934Spiritual YearMissionary OathPriesthood ordinationin the diocese of Gent 08/09/195405/07/1958 02/02/1959 Nationality: Belgian Varsenare Heverlee Heverlee30/12/1959Professeur Petit SéminaireLusakaCongo21/09/1960 MakutanoCongo07/02/1962 LumonoCongo29/05/1962 LyapendaCongo10/12/1962Prof.Petit Sémin.KapuloCongo01/07/1963Prof.Petit Sémin.BaudouinvilleCongo31/08/1963 MateoCongo14/03/1965 LusakaCongo01/07/1968Prof.P.Sém.KapuloBaudouinvilleCongo29/09/1975Grande RetraiteVilla CavallettiItalia01/10/1976VicaireKatuba, Dioc. LubumbashiCongo14/11/1977VicaireKala, Dioc. KalemieCongo01/07/1982Curé+ResponsableLyapenda, Dioc. KalemieCongo01/05/1991CuréKala, Dioc. KalemieCongo25/09/1991Session-RetraiteJérusalemIsraël / Palestine01/05/1992VicaireKirungu, Dioc. Kalemie-KCongo23/03/1993Aum.Légion de MarieDoy.Sud MobaCongo01/01/1999CuréKirungu/KapuloCongo13/09/2001nommé Econome Provincial Congo01/09/2002Session DMAJérusalemIsraël / Palestine01/07/2003AumônierFomulac, Dioc. BukavuCongo06/05/2007Congé+Etudes Belgique26/05/2008Nommé (PE 07/08) EUR Belgique01/11/2008RésidenceVarsenare, KasteelBelgique01/07/2009RésidenceVarsenare, AvondrustBelgique01/05/2012RésidenceZelzateBelgique15/10/2019Retour auprès du PèreZelzateBelgiqueRelated Posts:Turbulence and Re-definition in the Society…Formation in the Society (PE nr. 1087 - 2018/01)Documentary videos on Human Trafficking in Africa150th Anniversary: Father Maurice Bellière (PE nr.…Charles de FoucauldLiving celibacy with integrity (restricted to M.Afr.)