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Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On January 1, 2021 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Rev. Vincent Goulmy, of the diocese of Roermond National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in the Netherlands for a five-year period (1/1 /2021-31/12/2025).
The new National Director was born in Amsterdam, and is 58 years old and has been a priest for 34. After primary school in Heerlen and the preparatory year in Liège, he continued his studies in Belgium. He studied philosophy in Kerkrade, the Netherlands (1980-1985), then he deepened his biblical studies of theology in Louvain (2001-2003), where he is attending a master's in theological research. He is currently Episcopal Vicar for missions, parish priest of several parishes in Brunssum, chaplain of the French military stationed in Brunssum. He is a member of the National Council of Missio Holland and is President of the missionary office of the diocese of Roermond. (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 15/4/2021)
