Father Luc Putzeys, Provincial Delegate of the sector of Belgium,
informs you of the return to the Lord of Father
René Van Gansbeke
on Wednesday 23rd January 2019 at St John’s Hospital in Bruges (Belgium)
at the age of 90 years, of which 64 years of missionary life
in (DR) Congo and in Belgium.
Let us pray for him and for his loved ones.
Download here the announcement of Father René Van Gansbeke’s death
Milestones in the life of Father René Van Gansbeke
René was born on October 19, 1930 in Horebeke, in the diocese of Ghent, Belgium. He was accepted into the novitiate of the White Fathers of Varsenare on September 21, 1952. He then continued his theological training at Heverlee where he took his missionary oath on July 7, 1956 and received priestly ordination on April 21, 1957.
| 01/06/1957 | | Thy-le-Château | Belgique |
| 01/01/1960 | Service Militaire | Louvain | Belgique |
| 01/06/1960 | | | Congo |
| 01/01/1963 | | Walungu | Congo |
| 15/07/1963 | | Burhale | Congo |
| 01/08/1964 | | Ciherano | Congo |
| 01/07/1965 | | Mbagira | Congo |
| 01/09/1967 | Evénements, va à | Goma | Congo |
| 01/09/1968 | | Mbagira | Congo |
| 01/07/1969 | Curé | Kashofu | Congo |
| 18/09/1971 | Grande Retraite | Villa Cavalletti | Italie |
| 01/01/1981 | Supérieur | Ciherano | Zaïre |
| 01/07/1983 | Vicaire | Mbagira | Zaïre |
| 01/12/1985 | | Kashofu | Zaïre |
| 01/03/1986 | | Ciherano | Zaïre |
| 28/09/1986 | Session-Retraite | Jérusalem | Israël / Palestine |
| 14/01/1987 | Vicaire | Pweto, D.Kilwa-Kasengo | Zaïre |
| 01/09/1994 | Vicaire | Lubuye, D.Kalemie | Zaïre |
| 01/10/1994 | Conseiller | Kalemie | Zaïre |
| 01/09/1997 | Resp. de la communauté | | Zaïre |
| 01/10/1997 | Elu Conseil Régional | | Zaïre |
| 15/09/1998 | Session DMA | Jérusalem | Israël / Palestine |
| 23/11/2000 | Curé+Resposable | Lubuye | RDC |
| 01/01/2002 | Ministère | Centre Neema | RDC |
| 01/11/2008 | Résidence | Deftinge | Belgique |
| 22/11/2008 | Nommé (PE 10/08) PEP | | Belgique |
| 01/11/2010 | Accueil | Bruxelles,Linthout | Belgique |
| 18/01/2016 | Résidence | Varsenare,Kasteel | Belgique |
| 15/03/2018 | Résidence | Varsenare,Avondrust | Belgique |
| 23/01/2019 | Retour auprès du Père | Varsenare,Avondrust | Belgique |