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{{Short description|Indian Roman Catholic bishop (1947–2023)}}
{{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 = BpIjjuFerns.jpg
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| alt = Bishop Isidore Fernandes
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| church = [[Roman Catholic Church]]
| archdiocese = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Agra|Archdiocese of Agra]]
| province =
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| 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 January 2013
| predecessor = [[Baptist Mudartha]]
| successor = [[Raphy Manjaly]]

| ordination = 29 October 1972
| ordained_by = [[William Gomes]]
| consecration = 4 August 1988
| consecrated_by = [[Cecil DeSa]]
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| rank = Bishop
| birth_date = {{birth date|1947|01|02|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Udupi district|Kalathur]], [[Madras Presidency]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2023|04|26|1947|01|02|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Prayagraj]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], India
| buried = St. Joseph's Cathedral, Allahabad
| resting_place_coordinates = 25.4575°N 81.8444°E
| 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)
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| alma_mater = [[Papal Seminary]]
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| 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>
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|dipstyle=[[The Most Reverend]]
|offstyle=Your Lordship
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| ordained priest by = William Gomes
| date of priestly ordination = 29 October 1972
| place of priestly ordination =
| consecrated by = Cecil DeSa
| co-consecrators = [[Baptist Mudartha]]<br />[[Patrick Paul D'Souza]]
| date of consecration = 4 August 1988
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'''Isidore Fernandes''' (2 January 1947 – 26 April 2023) was 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" /> His paternal Uncle was [[Bishop Anthony Fernandes| Anthony Fernandes]], the first Bishop of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Bareilly|Diocese of Bareilly]]

== 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 [[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 bishop <ref name="Biography2" />by [[Pope John Paul II]] on 5 May 1988, and his episcopal ordination took place on 4 August 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 was one of the youngest Catholic bishops in India at age 41.

On Thursday, 31 January 2013, [[Pope Benedict XVI]] accepted the resignation of Bishop Isidore Fernandes, from the pastoral care of the Diocese of Allahabad.

== Death ==
Fernandes died from a heart attack on 26 April 2023, at the age of 76. He was a priest for 50 years and a bishop for 34 years.<ref>[https://ccbi.in/bishop-isidore-fernandes-passes-away/#:~:text=Bangalore%2026%20April%202023%20(CCBI,.%20Joseph%20Regional%20Seminary%2C%20Allahabad. Bishop Isidore Fernandes Passes Away]</ref>

==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=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110413210249/http://www.cbcisite.com/Allahabad.htm
|archivedate=13 April 2011 }}
</ref>
}}

==External links==
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*[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bfernis.html Catholic Hierarchy]

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