What is Fernand Devestel?
{{Infobox person | name = Fernand Devestel | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1930|7|10|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Bruges]], Belgium | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|12|28|1930|7|10|df=y}} | death_place = [[Zelzate]], Belgium | monuments = | residence = | nationality = Belgian | occupation = | known_for = | relatives = | awards = }} '''Fernand Devestel''' (10 July 1930 – 28 December 2022) monastic name '''Waldebert''' was the Superior General of the Congregation of the [[Brothers of Charity]] between 1976 and 2000.<ref name=ref1>{{cite web|url=https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20230104_93814701 |title=Gewezen topman Broeders van Liefde, Waldebert Devestel in Zelzaats rusthuis overleden|work=[[Het Nieuwsblad]]|date=4 January 2023|access-date=4 January 2023|language=nl}}</ref><ref name=ref2>{{cite web|url=https://www.condoleances.be/fernanddevestel|title=Fernand Devestel|work=condoleances.be|date=|access-date=4 January 2023|language=nl|archive-date=4 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230104120244/https://www.condoleances.be/fernanddevestel|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==Biography== Waldebert joined the [[Brothers of Charity]] in 1948. In 1967 he became vicar general and was specially charged with the renewal of the statutes of the congregation. In 1976 he was elected Superior General and led the Brothers of Charity worldwide. He held this position until 2000. [[René Stockman]] succeeded him. Waldebert became afterwards provincial superior for Belgium and the Netherlands and director of the training house for young brothers.<ref name=ref1 /><ref>[[René Stockman|Stockman, René]]; ''Liefde in actie. 200 jaar Broeders van Liefde'', Leuven, 2006 {{in lang|nl}}</ref> Devestel died at residential care center Sint-Jan in [[Zelzate]] on 28 December 2022, at the age of 92.<ref name=ref1 /><ref name=ref2 /> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Devestel, Fernand}} [[Category:Belgian people]] [[Category:1930 births]] [[Category:2022 dea