Type: | Bishop |
Honorific Prefix: | The Most Reverend |
Ferdinand Fonseca | |
Honorific Suffix: | D.D. |
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bombay | |
Church: | Roman Catholic Church |
Archdiocese: | Archdiocese of Bombay |
Province: | Bombay |
Metropolis: | Bombay |
See: | Bombay (emeritus) |
Term Start: | 2 December 2000 |
Term End: | 02 October 2015 |
Successor: | Bishop Agnelo Rufino Gracias |
Other Post: | Titular Bishop of Aquae in Mauretania.(1980-2015) |
Ordination: | 5 December 1954 |
Consecration: | 29 June 1980 |
Consecrated By: | Archbishop Simon Pimenta |
Rank: | Bishop-Priest |
Birth Name: | Ferdinand Joseph Fonseca |
Birth Date: | 2 December 1925 |
Birth Place: | Umerkhadi, Bombay. |
Death Place: | Holy Family Hospital Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
Buried: | St Peter's Cemetery, Haines Road. Mumbai |
Nationality: | Indian |
Religion: | Roman Catholic |
Residence: | Mumbai, India |
Parents: | Jose Fonseca(Father) Julia Fonseca(Mother) |
Previous Post: | Titular Bishop of AquƦ in Mauretania.(1980-2015) Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay.(1980-200) |
Alma Mater: | St. Joseph's High School, Umerkhadi. St Xavier's College. St Pius X Seminary Mumbai. |
Bishop Name: | Ferdinand Joseph Fonseca |
Dipstyle: | Bishop |
Offstyle: | Your Excellency |
Relstyle: | The Most Reverend |
Ferdinand Joseph Fonseca (December 2, 1925 - October 2, 2015) was a Roman Catholic bishop.
Ordained to the priesthood in 1954, Fonseca was named auxiliary bishop for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bombay, India in 1980 and retired in 2000.[1]