Archbishop Joseph Alexander Fernandes †

Deceased

Archbishop of Delhi, India

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 Apr 1889		Born
19 Dec 1914	25.6	Ordained Priest	Priest
24 Jan 1949	59.7	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Calcutta, India
24 Jan 1949	59.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Aphnaeum
1 May 1949	60.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Aphnaeum
12 Apr 1951	62.0	Appointed	Archbishop of Delhi and Simla, India
16 Sep 1967	78.4	Died	Archbishop of Delhi, India

MicroData Summary
Joseph Alexander Fernandes
Archbishop Joseph Alexander Fernandes
(born 12 Apr 1889, died 16 Sep 1967)
Archbishop of Delhi

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 Bangalore, Diocese of Mysore
Ordained Bishop Calcutta, Archdiocese of Calcutta

a priest for 52.7 years
a bishop for 18.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Ferdinand Périer, S.J. †
Archbishop of Calcutta
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Oscar Sevrin, S.J. †
Bishop of Ranchi
Bishop Thomas Pothacamury (Pothakamuri) †
Bishop of Bangalore

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Ferdinand Périer, S.J. † (1921)
Archbishop of Calcutta
Archbishop Pietro Pisani † (1919)
Titular Archbishop of Constantia in Scythia
Willem Marinus Cardinal van Rossum, C.Ss.R. † (1918)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
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 Andrew Alexis D’Souza † (1949)
Archbishop Joseph Bartholomew Evangelisti, O.F.M. Cap. † (1952)
Bishop John Burke † (1959)
Archbishop Angelo Innocent Fernandes † (1959)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q13539243

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1949, Number 28
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 52, Number 3,717

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