Father Luc Putzeys, Provincial Delegate of the sector of Belgium,
informs you of the return to the Lord of Father
Louis (Lode) De Backer
on Wednesday the 25th April 2018 in Antwerpen (Belgium)
at the age of 97 years, of which 71 years of missionary life
in Burundi, in Congo and in Belgium.
Let us pray for him and for his loved ones.
Milestones of Father Louis De Backer’s life
Louis was born on the 11th June 1920 in Wilrijk, in the Diocese of Antwerpen (Belgium). On the 22nd of September 1943, he entered the Spiritual Year of the Missionaries of Africa in Varsenare (Belgium). He then continued his theological training in Heverlee (Belgium) where he took his Missionary Oath on the 6th April 1947 and was ordained to the priesthood on the 29th March 1948.
| 01/09/1948 | Econome | Heverlee | Belgique |
| 16/06/1950 | | Ijenda,V.Gitega | Burundi |
| 04/04/1951 | | Kibumbu | Burundi |
| 07/06/1952 | | Gitega | Burundi |
| 01/01/1953 | | Rusengo | Burundi |
| 31/08/1957 | | Rutovu | Burundi |
| 01/01/1959 | Grande Retraite | Mours | France |
| 01/01/1961 | Inscrit à | Bukirasazi | Burundi |
| 01/07/1963 | De Rumeza à | Murago,D.Gitega | Burundi |
| 16/03/1964 | | Mpinga | Burundi |
| 20/01/1965 | | Rutovu,D.Bururi | Burundi |
| 03/02/1966 | Vicaire | Bururi Paroisse | Burundi |
| 01/02/1972 | Vicaire | Makamba | Burundi |
| 02/09/1975 | Vicaire | Mabanda | Burundi |
| 01/01/1977 | Supérieur | Mabanda | Burundi |
| 01/06/1979 | Expulsé du Burundi > | | Belgique |
| 01/01/1981 | Vicaire | Mingana,D.Kasongo | Zaïre S.E. |
| 01/07/1983 | Vicaire | Wamaza | Zaïre S.E. |
| 01/01/1985 | Aumônier d’hôpital | Lubumbashi,Kaoze | Zaïre S.E. |
| 23/10/1991 | Troubles:évacué | Brugge | Belgique |
| 30/05/1992 | Nommé en | | Belgique |
| 01/10/1993 | Supérieur+Econome | Brugge | Belgique |
| 01/03/1997 | Résidence | Berchem | Belgique |
| 01/11/2001 | Ministère | Antwerpen,Parochie | Belgique |
| 07/01/2009 | Résidence | Antwerpen,Keizerstr. | Belgique |
| 25/04/2018 | Retour au Père | Antwerpen | Belgique |