Bishop Thomas Fernando †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Tiruchirapalli, India

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 May 1913		Born
18 Mar 1939	25.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Tuticorin, India
25 Jun 1950	37.1	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Tuticorin, India
25 Jun 1950	37.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Abitinae
1 Oct 1950	37.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Abitinae
26 Jun 1953	40.1	Succeeded	Bishop of Tuticorin, India
23 Nov 1970	57.5	Appointed	Bishop of Tiruchirapalli, India
6 Oct 1990	77.4	Retired	Bishop of Tiruchirapalli, India
4 Jul 2006	93.1	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Tiruchirapalli, India

MicroData Summary for Thomas Fernando
(WikiData: Q62016702)
Bishop Thomas Fernando (born 9 May 1913, died 4 Jul 2006) Bishop Emeritus of Tiruchirapalli

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Idinthakarai
Ordained Bishop Tuticorin, Diocese of Tuticorin

a priest for 67.2 years
a bishop for 55.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Francis Tiburtius Roche, S.J. †
Bishop of Tuticorin
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop James Mendonça †
Bishop of Trichinopoly
Bishop Joseph Mark Gopu †
Titular Bishop of Gilba

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Francis Tiburtius Roche, S.J. † (1923)
Bishop of Tuticorin
Bishop Ange-Auguste Faisandier, S.J. † (1909)
Bishop of Trichinopoly
Archbishop Hermann Jürgens (Juergens), S.J. † (1907)
Archbishop of Bombay
Archbishop Brice Meuleman, S.J. † (1902)
Archbishop of Calcutta
Bishop Godefroid Pelckmans, O.F.M. Cap. † (1893)
Bishop of Lahore
Archbishop Emmanuel Alfonso van den Bosch, O.F.M. Cap. † (1891)
Archbishop of Agra
Archbishop Andrea Aiuti † (1887)
Titular Archbishop of Achrida
Archbishop George Porter, S.J. † (1887)
Archbishop of Bombay
Archbishop Antonio Agliardi † (1884)
Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Palaestina
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Royappan Antony Muthu † (1971)
Bishop Ambrose Mathalaimuthu † (1971)
Archbishop Casimir Gnanadickam, S.J. † (1985)
Archbishop Peter Fernando † (1996)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Idinthakarai
Ordained Bishop	Tuticorin, Diocese of Tuticorin

Source(s):

d: CB
c4: CB, 15 Jul 2012
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1950, Number 81
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 187, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 96, Number 8,208

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