Jan de Groef

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Jan de Groef MAfr (born January 7, 1948 in Beigem , Flemish Brabant , Belgium ) is Bishop of Bethlehem in South Africa .

Life

Jan de Groef joined the religious order of the Society of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) and studied Catholic theology in London . He made his profession on January 13, 1979, and was ordained a priest on July 7, 1979 in Beigem near Grimbergen .

He first worked as a missionary in Malawi . From 1981 to 1989 he was Order Superior in Phuthaditjhaba and Bohlokong in the South African diocese of Bethlehem and pastor in Bethlehem ( Province of Free State ). From 1990 to 1994 he was involved in missionary education in Belgium. In 1995 he learned the Bantu language isiZulu in Mtubatuba , KwaZulu-Natal Province . Then he was pastor in Siyabuswa in the Archdiocese of Pretoria .

After completing his postgraduate studies in spirituality in Paris and Le Châtelard , from 1999 he taught missionaries in Bobo-Dioulasso in the West African state of Burkina Faso . In 2003 he was again appointed pastor in the Siyabuswa parish in the Archdiocese of Pretoria. From 2006 he held management positions in Cedara in KwaZulu-Natal.

Pope Benedict XVI appointed him Bishop of the Diocese of Bethlehem on December 31, 2008 ; he succeeds Hubert Bucher , whose resignation Benedict XVI. accepted on the same day. On March 28, 2009, Jabulani Adatus Nxumalo , Archbishop of Bloemfontein , ordained him bishop with the assistance of James Patrick Green , Apostolic Nuncio of South Africa, and his predecessor Hubert Bucher.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "South Africa / D: into retirement"

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predecessor Office successor
Hubert Bucher Bishop of Bethlehem
since 2009 		...
personal data
SURNAME Groef, Jan de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Groef, Jan de MAfr
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian chaplain, Bishop of Bethlehem in South Africa
DATE OF BIRTH January 7, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Beigem , Flemish Brabant, Belgium