Simião Purificação Fernandes

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Simião Purificação Fernandes is the auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Goa and Daman in India since 2024.

Priesthood

Fernandes was ordained a priest on 10 May 1993 and became priest of the Archdiocese of Goa and Daman. He worked mainly as a parish priest, but was also a lecturer at the patriarchal seminary in Rachol (2005–2018) and director of the archdiocesan Pastoral Institute of St. Pius X (2018–2024).[1]

Episcopate

On 6 April 2024, Pope Francis appointed him Auxiliary Bishop of Goa and Daman with the titular see of Saldae.[1]

On 17 June 2024, he was ordained a bishop by Cardinal Filipe Neri Ferrão. The co-consecrators were bishops Theodore Mascarenhas and Aleixo das Neves Dias.[2]

References

  1. 1.[1.2]"Rinunce e nomine". press.vatican.va. Retrieved 2026-03-14.
  2. 2."Episcopal Ordination of Fr. Simiao Fernandes in Goa: A Historic Celebration". Catholic Connnect. Retrieved 2026-03-14.