Theo Schildermans

Jean-Theodore 'Theo' Schildermans ( Overpelt , May 24 1933 - Kongolo ( Katanga ), January 1 1962 ) was a Catholic missionary in the Belgian Congo .

Theo Schildermans descended from a family with nine children from Overpelt . The father was a miner in the Attic, and came during a work accident in 1954 . On December 20th 1958, his son Theo ordained toLeuven . In 1961 he moved on behalf of the Holy Ghost Fathers to Kongolo in Katanga in the Belgian Congo. He was with several other clerics, including fellow villager Michel Vanduffel , murdered Kongolo on New Years Day 1962 .

Each year, in the Walloon Gentinnes a day to commemorate the victims of the massacre of Kongolo .