Type: | Bishop |
Honorific Prefix: | Servant Of God |
Jerome Maria Fernandez | |
Bishop Emeritus of Quilon | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Quilon |
Appointed: | 25 September 1937 |
Term Start: | 12 December 1937 |
Retired: | 30 January 1978 |
Predecessor: | Vincent Victor Dereere, O.C.D. |
Successor: | Joseph Gabriel Fernandez |
Ordination: | 24 March 1928 |
Ordained By: | Bishop Aloysius Maria Benziger |
Consecration: | 12 December 1937 |
Consecrated By: | Archbishop Joseph Attipetty |
Birth Name: | Jerome Maria Fernandez |
Birth Date: | 8 September 1901 |
Birth Place: | Koivila, Quilon, India |
Death Date: | 27 Feb 1992 |
Death Place: | Kerala, India |
Buried: | Infant Jesus Cathedral |
Nationality: | Indian |
Religion: | Roman Catholic |
Alma Mater: | St. Aloysius English High School St. Teresa's Major Seminary |
Resting Place Coordinates: | 8.8844° N, 76.5660° E |
Venerated: | Catholic Church |
Saint Title: | Servant of God |
Bishop Name: | Jerome Maria Fernandez |
Relstyle: | Bishop |
Deathstyle: | Servant of God |
Offstyle: | Your Excellency |
Dipstyle: |
Jerome Maria Fernandez was the first Indian bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Quilon, India.[1] He is the founder of the Missionary Sisters of St.Therese of Infant Jesus (MSST).[2] He was declared Servant of God on February 24, 2019 by Kollam Bishop Paul Antony Mullassery at Infant Jesus Cathedral, Thangassery.[3] [4]
Jerome M. Fernandez was born on 8 September 1901 in Koivila, Kollam, Kerala. He studied from St. Aloysius School, St. Raphael's Minor Seminary and St. Teresa's Major Seminary.
On 24 March 1928, Fernandez was ordained a catholic priest for the Roman Catholic diocese of Quilon.
Fernandez was appointed bishop of the Roman catholic diocese of Quilon on 25 September 1937 by Pope Pius XI and consecrated on 12 December 1937 by Archbishop Joseph Attipetty. He took retirement from pastoral services on 30 January 1978. He was succeeded by Joseph Gabriel Fernandez as the 12th Bishop of Quilon.
Fernandez died on 26 February 1992 in Kerala, India.
The proceedings for the canonization was started on 24 February 2019 in Infant Jesus Cathedral, Kollam, Kerala and Bishop Jerome M. Fernandez was declared Servant of God.
Bishop Jerome Institute has been set up in Kerala, India in his memory.[5]