Around 1487, he succeeded his friend Busso von Alvensleben as Electoral Brandenburg Councilor until the establishment of the Viadrina University in Frankfurt (Oder) in 1506, of which he became the first chancellor.

In 1502, he had a decisive influence on the reform of the city constitution of Frankfurt (Oder) and in 1514, helped bring about the treaty between the Polish king Sigismund I and Elector Joachim I.

The sandstone epitaph contains the inscription: "Sub hoc saxo latent sepulti sineres Reve[re]ndi in Christo Patris et Domini Theodorici de Bulco Episcopi Lubucensis, qui obiit prima Octobris anno salutis 1523, cuius anima requiescat in pace Amen."

Buried under this stone are the bones of the reverend Father Christo and Herr Theodor von Bülow, Bishop of Lebus, who died on the first of October in the year of salvation 1523; his soul may rest in peace.

For the Siegesallee in Berlin, the sculptor Johannes Götz designed a marble bust of Bülow as a side figure to the central statue of Elector Joachim I in memorial group 19, unveiled on 28 August 1900.

A relief on the other side of the bust refers to a praying child in front of you Portrait of Mary on von Bülow's resistance to the Reformation.