Anthony Soter Cardinal Fernandez †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Alberto Magno

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Apr 1932		Born
10 Dec 1966	34.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Penang, Malaysia
29 Sep 1977	45.4	Appointed	Bishop of Penang, Malaysia
17 Feb 1978	45.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Penang, Malaysia
2 Jul 1983	51.1	Appointed	Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
24 May 2003	71.0	Resigned	Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
19 Nov 2016	84.5	Elevated to Cardinal
19 Nov 2016	84.5	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Alberto Magno
21 Nov 2016	84.5	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Alberto Magno
28 Oct 2020	88.5	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

MicroData Summary
Anthony Soter Fernandez
Anthony Soter Cardinal Fernandez
(born 22 Apr 1932, died 28 Oct 2020)
Archbishop Emeritus of Kuala Lumpur

Consistory - 2016: Created Cardinal (Non-Voting)
Ad Limina - February 2018: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Sungai Patani
Ordained Bishop Penang, Diocese of Penang
Death Place Cheras

a priest for 53.8 years
a bishop for 42.6 years
a cardinal for 3.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Gregory Yong Sooi Ngean †
Archbishop of Singapore
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop James Chan Soon Cheong †
Bishop of Malacca-Johor
Bishop Anthony Lee Kok Hin
Bishop of Miri

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Gregory Yong Sooi Ngean † (1968)
Archbishop of Singapore
Archbishop Michel Olçomendy, M.E.P. † (1947)
Archbishop of Malacca-Singapore
Bishop Frédéric-Joseph-Marie Provost, M.E.P. † (1929)
Titular Bishop of Macri
Bishop Pierre-Louis Perrichon, M.E.P. † (1921)
Titular Bishop of Corone
Bishop Jean-Claude Bouchut, M.E.P. † (1902)
Titular Bishop of Panemotichus
Bishop Marc Chatagnon, M.E.P. † (1887)
Titular Bishop of Chersonesus in Creta
Bishop Jean-Joseph Fenouil, M.E.P. † (1881)
Titular Bishop of Tenedus
Bishop François-Eugène Lions, M.E.P. † (1872)
Titular Bishop of Basilinopolis
Bishop Eugène-Jean-Claude-Joseph Desflèches, M.E.P. † (1844)
Titular Bishop of Sinitis
Bishop Jacques-Léonard Pérocheau, M.E.P. † (1818)
Titular Bishop of Maxula Prates
Archbishop François de Bovet †
Archbishop of Toulouse

Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Murphy Nicholas Xavier Pakiam (1995)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Antony Selvanayagam (1980)
Archbishop John Lee Hiong Fun-Yit Yaw (1987)
Bishop Cornelius Piong (1993)
Archbishop John Ha Tiong Hock (1998)
Archbishop Nicholas Chia Yeck Joo † (2001)
Bishop Paul Tan Chee Ing, S.J. (2003)
Archbishop Julian Leow Beng Kim (2014)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Sungai Patani
Ordained Bishop	Penang, Diocese of Penang
Death Place	Cheras

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q574007

Source(s):

card: Bollettino, 9 Oct 2016
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 46, Number 3,131
d: CB, 28 Oct 2020
ob/c2/d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 246, Deceased Cardinals (back), Necrology (back)

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