Born - né - nacido - nato
- geborà: 28/05/23
1st Profession - 1re profession
- 1a profesión -1a professione - 1. Gelübde:
24/09/45
Ordained - ordination -ordinación
-ordinazione -Priesterweihe 09/07/50
+at -à -in -in -in: Dudelange
(LW)
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Joseph Bettendorf was born at Colmar-Berg in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
on May 28, 1923. He did his high school studies at Clairefontaine, and
his novitiate at Brugelette where he made his first vows on September 24,
1945. He did his theolgical studies at Louvain and was ordained on July
9, 1950. A year later he went to the Congo where he ministered first at
Lowa and then Kisangani until the tragic events of 1964 at which time he
returned to Luxemborug. In 1966 he began serving as chaplain at the retreat
center and vicar of the parish at Dudelange. He served in these capacitied
with great love and dedeication until the time of his death on January
19, 1998.
