Ferdinand de Berlo de Brus
Count Ferdinand de Berlo (1654—1725), lord of Brus and Chokier, was the eleventh bishop of Namur.[1]
Life
Berlo was born in Namur, the son of Jean, Count of Berlo, and Anne-Marguerite-Ursule de Berlo d'Hozémont. After studying Philosophy at Leuven University, and Law in Ingolstadt and Rome, he became a canon of Liège Cathedral. In December 1697, Pope Innocent XII confirmed his appointment as bishop of Namur.[1]
As bishop he had a compendium of the synodal decrees of the diocese published, Decreta et statuta omnium synodorum diocesanarum Namurcensium (Namur, C. G. Albert, 1720).[2]
He died at Chokier Castle on 24 August 1725.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Eugène Coemans, "Berlo, Ferdinand", Biographie Nationale de Belgique, vol. 2 (Brussels, 1868), 269-270.
- ^ Available on Google Books.
