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Name: KESTENS, Gregorius (Father)
Birth Date: 18.11.1868
Death Date: 5.6.1905
Nationality: Dutch
First Date: 1895
Last Date: 1903
Profession: Mill Hill Fathers - 1st MHF caravan to Uganda; arr. Kampala 6/9/1895; volunteered to help troops during Sudanese mutiny, dep. Kampala for Luba's 2/11/1897, back in Kampala by 3/2/1898; moved to Nagalama Feb 1898; Nsambya, Busoga
Area: Kampala, Nagalama, Nsambya, Busoga, Bukedi
Book Reference: North, BEA
General Information:
North - arr. Bukedi to set up new Mission Sept. 1901; Invalided home with dropsy Aug. 1903
North - Many complaints about his high-handed treatment of natives and officials