Anthony Fernandes
Anthony Fernandes is the first Bishop of the Diocese of Bareilly, within the Catholic Church in India. Fernandes became bishop on 19 January 1989, the same day the diocese was established.
To create the diocese, Pope John Paul II promulgated the bull "Indorum Inter Gentes"; it was created by transferring six districts in Uttar Pradesh out of the Diocese of Lucknow: Bareilly, Nainital, Almora, Pithoragarh, Shahjahanpur and Pilbhit. The church of St. Alphonsus became the cathedral for the new diocese. The Diocese was made a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Agra.
The Pope appointed Fernandes, who at the time was Vicar General of the Diocese of Varanasi, as the Bishop-elect of the newly erected Diocese, by promulgating the Bull "Eodem Animi Pastoralis"
