Alphonse de Berghes
Alphonse or Alfons, Count de Berghes – Glymes (1624 – 7 June 1689) was Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium. He was appointed 7th Archbishop in 1670.
Family
Alphonse was born in
Career
In 1631 he entered the court of pages of the Infanta Isabella of Spain. He entered the state of Clerus because of his weakness and poor health, however his father had foreseen a military career. He was provot in Nivelles and Canon of Tournai. in 1646 he received the tonsure of Jacobus Boonen, and was ordained priest by Mgr Villain of Tournay in 1650.[1] In 1656 he was almoner of the royal governor and became in 1663 grand almoner and chaplain of King Felipe IV of Spain.[2] He was ordained in 1671 as 7th Archbishop of Mechelen. In 1683 he ordained Humbertus Guilielmus de Precipiano as bishop. He was buried in the St. Rumbold's Cathedral, his grave sculpted by Jacob de Maeyer.
See also
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels
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