Anthony Fernandes

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{{short description|Prelate of the Catholic Church (1936–2023)}}

{{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}}

{{Infobox Christian leader

| type = Bishop

| honorific_prefix = His Excellency The Most Reverend

| name = Anthony Fernandes

| honorific_suffix = DD

| title = Bishop Emeritus of Bareilly

| image = Bp-Antony-Fernandes.jpg

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| alt = Bishop Anthony Fernandes

| caption = Bishop Anthony Fernandes

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| church = Roman Catholic Church

| archdiocese = Archdiocese of Agra

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| diocese = Roman Catholic Diocese of Bareilly

| see = Bareilly

| appointed = 19 January 1989

| enthroned = 29 March 1989

| term_start = 19 January 1989

| term_end = 11 July 2014

| predecessor = None

| successor = Ignatius D'Souza

| ordination = 2 December 1964

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| consecration = 29 March 1989

| consecrated_by = {{ubl| Cecil D'Sa | Patrick Paul D'Souza | Isidore Fernandes}}

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| rank = Bishop

| birth_date = {{birth date|1936|07|06|df=y}}

| birth_place = Kalathur (Mangalore), Madras Presidency, British India

| death_date = {{death date and age|2023|02|03|1936|07|06|df=y}}

| death_place = Delhi, India

| buried = Clergy Cemetery, Harunagla

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| nationality = Indian

| religion = Roman Catholic

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| parents = David Fernandes^(Father), Bridgit Fernandes^(Mother){{Cite web|url=https://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay?newsID=1046460|title=Bishop emeritus of Bareilly Anthony Fernandes passes away}}

| previous_post = Vical General of Varanasi

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| motto = Witness to the Light

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{{Infobox bishop styles

|name=Anthony Fernandes

| dipstyle=

• His Excellency
• The Most Reverend

| offstyle=Your Excellency

| relstyle=Bishop

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{{Ordination

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| date of priestly ordination = 2 December 1964

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| date of consecration = 29 March 1989

| place of consecration = St Alphonsus Cathedral, Bareilly

| consecrated by = {{ubl| Cecil D'sa | Patrick Paul D'Souza | Isidore Fernandes}}

}}

Anthony Fernandes (6 July 1936 – 3 February 2023) was an Indian prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the first bishop of the Diocese of Bareilly from 1989 until his retirement in 2014.{{Cite web|url=https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bfernant.html|title=Bishop Anthony Fernandes [Catholic-Hierarchy]|website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org}}{{Cite web|url=https://bareillydiocese.org/History.php|title=History - Catholic Diocese of Bareilly}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.catholicdiocese-lucknow.com/history.php|title=History - Catholic Diocese of Lucknow}}{{Cite web|url=https://bareillydiocese.org/Former%20Bishop.php|title=Bareilly Diocese}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/bare0.htm|title=Diocese of Bareilly, India|website=GCatholic|access-date=8 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190708105240/http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/bare0.htm|archive-date=8 July 2019|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.apostolicnunciatureindia.com/DiocesesofIndiaDispFull.aspx?DID=204|title=Apostolic Nunciature, India & Nepal|website=Apostolicnunciatureindia.com|access-date=8 July 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.udupidiocese.in/bishop/bishops-from-the-diocese/546-bishops-from-the-diocesel|title=Bishops from Diocese of Udupi}}{{Cite web|url=http://directory.ucanews.com/previous/bishop-anthony-fernandes/2037|title=Bishop Bishop Anthony Fernandes {{!}} Bishop of Bareilly Diocese Bishop Anthony Fernandes {{!}} Ucanews|website=directory.ucanews.com|access-date=29 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180829175425/http://directory.ucanews.com/previous/bishop-anthony-fernandes/2037|archive-date=29 August 2018|url-status=dead}}