25 Years for Fr Hans Vos

Fr Hans Vos has celebrated the 25th anniversary of his ordination. Fr Vos was earlier married, and then widowed, with three children, whom he raised to adulthood. Following a calling to the priesthood, which was accepted by Bishop Reginald Orsmond, he studied at St John Vianney Seminary in Pretoria for four years. Fr Vos served as a deacon at Rosebank parish in Johannesburg, before being ordained a priest on
September 8, 1993. He was then transferred to St Patrick’s church in Benoni, where he was parish priest for five years. Next he moved to St Philip Benezi in Meyerton, where he served as parish priest for 17 years. Fr Vos retired to the priests’ home in Craighall, Johannesburg, in 2017.


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