Imbued with the foundations of the Church, as he understood them, he moved mountains of work, also as priest in charge of several parishes. In 1982, again at St. Michael, he was consecrated to the episcopacy, shortly afterwards succeeding Bishop Van Brakel as the Regionary Bishop for the Province of the Netherlands. As the years passed by, he preached his meditative and mystical approach, undoubtedly fed from his early years in the Church. Being Regionary took its toll; the hardest task the balancing of spirituality with being a manager of the Province. After his retirement as Regionary, his approach became even more meditative. In this manner he inspired many with his meditative lectures, given at Church Congresses and on other occasions. To many he was able to transfer some of his warmth, some of his concern for those around him. He would almost always ask after one’s personal situation and ever lent a listening ear for the well and woe in the parishes. Every day, while he was still able to do this, in his meditation he would dedicate a good thought to each and every parish and to those whom he knew to be in difficult circumstances.

His last years were for the greater part spent in the building up of the parish in Maastricht. Despite his age and the physical limitations he was beginning to experience, he worked exceptionally hard at this. Always from the viewpoint that the spiritual work must continue: If this parish were to be closed, it would be exceptionally difficult to reopen and blow new life into it. Besides, he felt himself completely at home with his "family in Limburg", where his meditative approach fell on fertile soil. Unfortunately he was unable to attend on the physical plane, the crown piece of his work in Maastricht, the ordination to the priesthood of Theo Werink. No doubt he was present to give his blessing to Theo from the unseen world.

In contrast to his warmth as a person, as a bishop he would quite emphatically dot the i’s and cross the t’s. As Regionary and also later, he would come into action when something happened or was said that did not concur with his vision of the spiritual life or the welfare of the Church. As many experienced first hand, manoeuvring around him was not one of the options open to one in such a case! On the other hand, he was the epitome of loyalty: As a member of the clergy in Amersfoort, where the author is Priest in Charge, he always allowed the author to make his own decisions as regards matters of the parish, even when he disagreed (which he would by no uncertain means make clear…).

Until the very end, he was always interested in others and enjoyed company. After giving him the Unction in Extremis, we said farewell to each other. Even under these conditions, he did not forget to emphatically ask the author, with tremendous warmth, to pass his greetings on to all those, whom he had wished he had sufficient time to pass on personally. Only afterwards he would come to realise that seeing all the visitors at the hospital was perhaps a bit much for him, but at least he had been able to enjoy their company!

Our gratefulness to Bishop Ludovicus will remain in our memory for a long time. Undoubtedly he is continuing his spiritual work in the unseen world, where he can serve many as a brother in Christ.