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'{{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = Bishop | honorific_prefix = [[His Excellency]] [[The Most Reverend]] | name = Isidore Fernandes | honorific_suffix = [[Doctor of Divinity|DD]] | title = [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Allahabad|Bishop Emeritus of Allahabad]] | image = Bpisidoreferns.jpg | image_size = | alt = Bishop Isidore Fernandes | caption = Bishop Isidore Fernandes | native_name = | native_name_lang = | church = [[Roman Catholic Church]] | archdiocese = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Agra|Archdiocese of Agra]] | province = | metropolis = | diocese = [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Allahabad]] | see = [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Allahabad|Allahabad]] | appointed = 5 May 1988 | enthroned = 4 August 1988 | term_start = 5 May 1988 | term_end = 31 Jan 2013 | predecessor = Baptist Mudartha | successor = [[Raphy Manjaly]] <!---------- Orders ----------> | ordination = 29 October 1972 | ordained_by = Bishop William Gomes | consecration = 4 August 1988 | consecrated_by = Archbishop Cecil D'sa | cardinal = | created_cardinal_by = | rank = Bishop | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|01|02|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Udupi district|Kalathur]], [[Madras Presidency]], [[British India]] | death_date = | death_place = | buried = | resting_place_coordinates = | nationality = Indian | religion = Roman Catholic | residence = | parents = Casmir Fernandes^{'''(Father)'''}, Lucy Fernandes^{'''(Mother)'''} | previous_post = [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Allahabad|Vicar General of Allahabad]] (1980–1988) | spouse = | children = | occupation = | profession = | education = | alma_mater = [[Papal Seminary]] | signature = | signature_alt = | coat_of_arms = | coat_of_arms_alt = | motto = | other_post = Chairman, Proclamation Commission, [[Conference of Catholic Bishops of India]]^{'''(2007-2011)'''}<ref name=":19">{{Cite web|url=https://ccbi.in/proclamation|title=Proclamation Commission, Conference of Catholic Bishops of India}}</ref> }} {{Infobox bishop styles|name=Isidore Fernandes|dipstyle=[[The Most Reverend]]|offstyle=Your Lordship||deathstyle= |image= |See=[[Roman Catholic Diocese of Allahabad|Allahabad]] }} {{Ordination | ordained deacon by = | date of diaconal ordination = | place of diaconal ordination = | ordained priest by = Bishop William Gomes | date of priestly ordination = 29 October 1972 | place of priestly ordination = | consecrated by = Archbishop Cecil D'sa | co-consecrators = Bishop Baptist Mudartha<br />[[Patrick Paul D'Souza]] | date of consecration = 4 August 1988 | place of consecration = | elevated by = | date of elevation = | sources = | bishop 1 = | consecration date 1 = | bishop 2 = | consecration date 2 = }} '''Isidore Fernandes''' (born 2 January 1947) is an Indian [[prelate]] of the [[Catholic Church]] who served as the tenth Bishop of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Allahabad|Diocese of Allahabad]] from 1988 until 2013.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bfernis.html|title=Bishop Isidore Fernandes [Catholic-Hierarchy]|website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.dioceseofallahabad.org/Former_Prelates.aspx#|title=Former Prelates - Catholic Diocese of Allahabad}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web|url=https://www.udupidiocese.in/bishop/bishops-from-the-diocese/546-bishops-from-the-diocesel|title=Bishops from Diocese of Udupi}}</ref> == Early life == Isidore was born in Kalathur, Udupi on 2 January 1947, to Casmir and Lucy Fernandes.<ref name=":1" /> == Priesthood == Isidore completed his high school studies at St. Mary's High School in [[Shirva, India|Shirva]], [[Udupi]], [[Karnataka]]. He then joined the St. Paul's Minor Seminary in [[Lucknow]] and was then sent to the prestigious [[Papal Seminary]] in [[Pune]], where he studied philosophy and theology. Isidore was [[Holy orders|ordained]] to the [[Priesthood (Catholic Church)|priesthood]] by Most. Rev. William Gomes, the then Bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Poona|Poona]], on 29 October 1972.<ref name="Biography"/> == Episcopate == Fernandes was appointed as bishop <ref name="Biography2" />by [[Pope John Paul II]] on 5 May 1988, and his episcopal ordination took place on 4 Aug 1988, at the hands of Most Rev. Cecil D'Sa, the then Archbishop of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Agra|Agra]]. At the time of his episcopal ordination, Isidore (41), was one of the youngest Catholic bishops in India. On Thursday, 31 January 2013, [[Pope Benedict XVI]] accepted the resignation of Bishop Isidore Fernandes, from the pastoral care of the Diocese of Allahabad, according to Canon Law 401 § 2. He became Honorary Member of Allahabad; no successor was immediately named, but Bishop Ignatius Menezes, Bishop Emeritus of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Ajmer|Ajmer]] was appointed by the Pope to serve as [[Apostolic Administrator]]. ==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="Biography">{{Cite web |url=http://www.dioceseofallahabad.org/ |title=Official website of the Diocese of Allahabad |date=22 May 2010 |publisher=[[Diocese of Allahabad]] |accessdate=22 May 2010}} </ref> <ref name="Biography2">{{Cite web |url=http://www.cbcisite.com/Allahabad.htm |title=Diocese of Allahabad |date=28 May 2010 |publisher=[[Roman Catholic Diocese of Allahabad|Diocese of Allahabad]] |accessdate=28 May 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110413210249/http://www.cbcisite.com/Allahabad.htm |archivedate=13 April 2010 }} </ref> }} ==External links== {{Commons}} *[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bfernis.html Catholic Hierarchy] {{S-start}} {{Succession box| before=[[Baptist Mudartha]] | title=[[Roman Catholic Diocese of Allahabad|Bishop of Allahabad]]| after=[[Raphy Manjaly]] | years=4 August 1988 – 31 January 2013}} {{S-end}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Fernandes, Isidore}} [[Category:1947 births]] [[Category:20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in India]] [[Category:21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in India]] [[Category:Bishops appointed by Pope John Paul II]] [[Category:Christian clergy from Mangalore]] [[Category:Living people]] {{India-RC-bishop-stub}}'