03/09/2026
๐๏ธ Remembering Pater (Fr.) Nicolaas Joannes de Lepper, MSC
Pater (Fr.) Nicolaas Joannes de Lepper, MSC, also referred to as Nicolaas or Nicolas de Lepper, was a Dutch Missionary of the Sacred Heart (Missionaris van het Heilig Hart / MSC).
He was one of the pioneering MSC Parish Priests of San Nicolas de Tolentino Parish Mainit in Mainit, Surigao del Norte, and his ministry forms part of the early history and Catholic heritage of Mainit.
According to genealogical records:
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Born: around 1880, Netherlands
๐ฏ๏ธ Died: 5 October 1936 in Manila, Philippines, at the age of 56. โ 5 October 1936
โฐ๏ธ Buried: 7 Oct ober 1936 in Manila, Philippines. โ 7 October 1936
๐จโ๐ฉโ๐ฆ Parents: Gerardus Martinus de Lepper and Johanna Maria van Poppel. Gerardus Martinus de Lepper โ Johanna Maria van Poppel โ
๐ Genealogical source: Nicolaas Joannes de Lepper โ GenealogieOnline source records
Fr. de Lepper belonged to a generation of missionaries who left their homeland to serve communities thousands of kilometers away. His life and ministry became part of the story of San Nicolas de Tolentino Parish in Mainit, where the early MSC missionaries helped establish and strengthen the Catholic faith among the people.
Today, this photograph gives us a glimpse of the priest behind a name found in historical recordsโa missionary whose story is now part of Mainit's ecclesiastical heritage.
A face from the past.
A missionary remembered.
A legacy worth preserving.
๐๏ธ May the memory of Pater Nicolaas Joannes de Lepper, MSC, and the pioneering Missionaries of the Sacred Heart continue to inspire generations of Mainitnon Catholics.
๐- https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-waterschoot/I9865.php
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