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Jul 06, 1936 Mangalore, Karnataka, India 87 years old

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About Anthony Fernandes

  • Anthony Fernandes (born 6 July 1936 in Mangalore, Karnataka, India) is the first Bishop of the Diocese of Bareilly, within the Catholic Church in India.
  • Fernandes became bishop on 19 January 1989, the same day the diocese was established. To create the diocese, Pope John Paul II promulgated the bull "Indorum Inter Gentes"; it was created by transferring six districts in Uttar Pradesh out of the Diocese of Lucknow: Bareilly, Nainital, Almora, Pithoragarh, Shahjahanpur and Pilbhit.
  • The church of St.
  • Alphonsus (Alphonsus Maria de Liguori) became the cathedral for the new diocese.
  • The Diocese was made a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Agra. The Pope appointed Fernandes, who at the time was Vicar General of the Diocese of Varanasi, as the Bishop-elect of the newly erected Diocese, by promulgating the Bull "Eodem Animi Pastoralis".

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