Father Luc Putzeys, Provincial Delegate of the sector of Belgium,
informs you of the return to the Lord of Father
Louis De Winter
on Tuesday the 4th April 2017 at Lier (Belgium)
at the age of 90 years, of which 64 years of missionary life
in Democratic Republic of Congo and in Belgium.
Let us pray for him and for his loved ones.
Milestones of Father Louis De Winter’s life.
Louis De Winter was born on the 11th of April 1926 at Bevel, in the Diocese of Antwerpen. He entered the Spiritual Year in Varsenare on the 22nd of September 1948, studies in Thibar (Tunisia) where he took his Missionary Oath on the 27th of June 1952, before being ordained to the Priesthood on the 5th of April 1953 in Carthage.
| 30/06/1953 | Baudouinville (Congo) |
| 01/05/1954 | Vicaire à Nyunzu (Congo) |
| 03/10/1954 | Petit séminaire de Lusaka (Congo) |
| 16/07/1957 | Supérieur à Lyapenda (Congo) |
| 13/01/1962 | Grande retraite à Villa Cavalletti (Italie) |
| 04/09/1975 | Vicaire à Kabalo (Congo – Kongolo) |
| 06/07/1980 | Session – retraite à Jérusalem (Israël – Palestine) |
| 01/01/1985 | Curé de Kasu à Kabalo (Congo) |
| 30/06/1986 | Curé et responsable à Sola (Congo – Kongolo) |
| 01/10/1993 | Prof. Centre Catéchèse à Kinkungwa (Congo – Kasongo) |
| 17/09/1996 | Session DMA à Jérusalem (Israël – Palestine) |
| 01/01/1999 | Résidence à Bevel (Belgique) |
| 28/04/1999 | Nommé en Belgique |
| 07/09/2005 | Session 70+ à Rome (Italie) |
| 04/04/2017 | Returns to the Father in Lier |