Bas Mulder
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Sebastianus "Bas" Adrianus Wilhelmus Rudolfus Mulder (17 July 1931 – 10 April 2020) was a Dutch-Surinamese Roman Catholic priest.
Mulder was born in the Beugen district of the town of Boxmeer in the Netherlands. As a missionary of the Roman Catholic Church, Mulder moved from the Netherlands to Suriname in 1959. After Surinamese independence in 1975, he also received Surinamese nationality.[1] He would live there for 50 years, his entire active life. Mulder was known as a 'youth priest' and as a 'media priest'. He was important for the development of several sports in Suriname and was chairman of the Suriname Volleyball Association. He was also a long-distance runner. During the 1980 Surinamese coup d'état, when no newspapers were published, he wrote critical articles in the church magazine Omhoog.[2]
Mulder stayed in Suriname until 2009 and then returned to the Netherlands. He started living at a priests' community in Boxmeer.[3] Mulder died on 10 April 2020 at the age of 88 due to COVID-19.[4]
References
- ^ De Telegraaf, Martelingen, Showprocessen en de nieuwe vriendjespolitiek, 29 november 1980
- ^ "Pater Bas Mulder is niet meer".
- ^ ""Bas Mulder", een voorbeeld…". 11 April 2020.
- ^ "Pater Bas Mulder overleden aan coronavirus". DWTonline.com.
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