Peter Fernando was a Roman Catholic prelate from India.
Early life
Bishop Peter Fernando was a
Roman Catholic
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bishop who was born in Idinthakarai, a coastal village of the district of Tirunelveli and a parish of Roman Catholic diocese of Tuticorin on 22 March 1939. He was ordained a priest for the diocese of Tuticorin on 31 May 1971.
Episcopal Ministry
On 23 February 1996, Bishop Peter Fernando was appointed coadjutor bishop of the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Tuticorin
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tuticorin ( la, Tuticoren(sis)) is a unit (or 'particular Church') of the Catholic Church in the city of Tuticorin, part of the Ecclesiastical province of Madurai in India.
History
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, India and was ordained bishop on 29 May 1996; he succeeded Bishop Siluvaimathu Teresanathan Amalnather and served as diocesan bishop of the Tuticorin Diocese from 1999 to 2004.
He was appointed as the apostolic administrator of the diocese of Trichy.
He then served as archbishop of the
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madurai
The Archdiocese of Madurai ( la, Madhuraien(sis)) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archdiocese of the Catholic Church. Its episcopal see the city of Madurai, India.
History
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from 2003 to 2014.
He died on 31 December 2016.
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Bishop Peter Fernando
1939 births
2016 deaths
21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops in India
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