Father Jozef de Bekker, Provincial Delegate of the sector of the Netherlands,
informs you of the return to the Lord of Father
Peter van den Heuvel
on Monday the 21st of January, 2019 at Heythuysen (Netherlands)
at the age of 83 years, of which 58 years of missionary life
in Uganda and in the Netherlands.
Let us pray for him and for his loved ones.
Download here the announcement of Father Peter van den Heuvel’s death
Milestones in the life of Father Peter van den Heuvel
Peter was born on October 6, 1935 in Nistelrode, in the diocese of `s Hertogenbosch, in the Netherlands. He was admitted to the novitiate of the White Fathers in ‘s-Heerenberg on September 7, 1956. After this time of spiritual formation, he continued his theological training in Totteridge, north of London, where he took his missionary oath on July 13, 1960. It was in his native diocese, in Veghel, that he was ordained a priest on February 2, 1961.
| 20/12/1961 | Apprend la langue | Mushanga, Diocèse Mbarara | Uganda |
| 23/06/1962 | Makiro | Uganda | |
| 30/06/1966 | Fondation | Nyarushanje, Diocèse Kabale | Uganda |
| 21/07/1968 | Curate | Nyakibale,Diocèse Kabale | Uganda |
| 03/05/1972 | Superior | Nyakibale,Diocèse Kabale | Uganda |
| 09/10/1973 | Nyarushanje | Uganda | |
| 01/02/1975 | Parish Priest | Nyarushanje,D.Kabale | Uganda |
| 08/03/1978 | Session-Retraite | Jérusalem | Israël /Palestine |
| 10/01/1989 | Curate | Usuk,D.Soroti | Uganda |
| 01/11/1999 | Curate | Acumet,D.Soroti | Uganda |
| 30/04/2003 | Session 60+ | Roma | Italie |
| 01/01/2004 | Parish Priest | Katakwi | Uganda |
| 01/11/2004 | Curate | Katakwi | Uganda |
| 01/09/2018 | Residence | Heythuysen | Netherlands |
| 21/01/2019 | Returns to the Father | Heythuysen | Netherlands |