Anthony Soter Fernandez

His Eminence Anthony Soter Fernandez
Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus - Kuala Lumpur
Cardinal Anthony during the Consistory presided by Pope Francis in 2016
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Diocese	Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur
See	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Installed	10 November 1983
Term ended	24 May 2003
Predecessor	Dominic Vendargon
Successor	Murphy Nicholas Xavier Pakiam
Other posts	President Emeritus of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei Cardinal-Priest of Sant' Alberto Magno Chaplain, St. Xavier Home for the Elderly, Cheras.
Orders
Ordination	10 December 1966
Consecration	17 February 1978 by Gregory Yong
Created Cardinal	19 November 2016 by Pope Francis
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born	(1932-04-22) 22 April 1932 Sungai Petani, Malaysia
Nationality	Malaysian
Denomination	Catholic Church
Previous post	Bishop of Penang (1977-1983) Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur (1983-2003) President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Malaysia, Singapore & Brunei (1987-1990, 2000-2003) Spiritual Father of College General, Major Seminary, Penang
Motto	Keadilan dan Keamanan (Justice and Peace)
Coat of arms	${{{coat_of_arms_alt}}}$

Ordination history of Anthony Soter Fernandez
Priestly ordination
Date of ordination	29 July 1973
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator	Gregory Yong
Co-consecrators	James Chan Soon Cheong Anthony Lee Kok Hin
Date of consecration	17 February 1978
Cardinalate
Elevated by	Pope Francis
Date of elevation	19 November 2016
Bishops consecrated by Anthony Soter Fernandez as principal consecrator
Murphy Nicholas Xavier Pakiam	4 Oct 1995

Styles of Anthony Soter Fernandez

Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal

Anthony Soter Fernandez (born 22 April 1932) is the first Malaysian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and Archbishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He was appointed on 30 July 1983 by Pope John Paul II, and became the Archdiocese's second Archbishop upon his installation on 10 November 1983. He retired on 24 May 2003 and was succeeded by Murphy Nicholas Xavier Pakiam.^[1]

Fernandez was ordained as a priest on 10 December 1966, and served as president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei from 1987-1990 and 2000-2003.

Fernandez is the former bishop of the Diocese of Penang, where he was bishop from 17 February 1978, until his transfer to Kuala Lumpur.

Fernandez was created a cardinal by Pope Francis in the consistory on 19 November 2016,^[2] and is the first Malaysian to be made a cardinal.^[3]

References

↑ Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur Archived April 30, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.. UCAN Diocesan Profile Series. Retrieved April 28, 2010.
↑ "Pope to create 13 new cardinals, including 3 Americans". Crux. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
↑ Arbee, Awaina (9 Oct 2016). "Pope Francis names Malaysia's first ever cardinal". New Straits Times. Retrieved 21 October 2016.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Gregory Yong Sooi Ngean	3rd Catholic Bishop of Penang 1977–1983	Succeeded by Antony Selvanayagam
Preceded by Dominic Vendargon	2nd Catholic Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur 1983–2003	Succeeded by Murphy Nicholas Xavier Pakiam
Preceded by titular church established	Cardinal Priest of Sant'Alberto Magno 2016-present	Succeeded by incumbent

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