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Earl Kenneth Fernandes (born September 21, 1972) is a Roman Catholic prelate who has served as bishop of the Diocese of Columbus in Ohio since 2022. Fernandes is the first Indian-American bishop in the United States and the first person of color to serve as the bishop of Columbus.
The Bishop of the Anglican Church in Singapore is the divinely appointed spiritual, pastoral and executive head of the Diocese of Singapore. He is recognised as The Bishop of Singapore and serves the church and the nation as the Chief Shepherd (pastor), under the divine purpose of God.
A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance and administration of dioceses. The role or office of the bishop is called episcopacy.
The Most Reverend Earl K. Fernandes was ordained and installed as the 13th Bishop of the Diocese of Columbus on May 31, 2022. He was serving as pastor of St. Ignatius of Loyola Church in Cincinnati, Ohio from 2019 until his ordination and installation.
Apr 2, 2022 · 1:29. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Columbus has a new bishop — the first person of color in that role and the Catholic Church's first Indian-American bishop. On Saturday morning, the Vatican...
History. Former Bishops. The Diocese of Columbus was established in 1868. Bishop Sylvester Horton Rosecrans, D.D. (1868-1878) Bishop John Ambrose Watterson, D.D. (1880-1899) Bishop Henry Moeller, D.D. (1900-1903) Bishop James Joseph Hartley, D.D. (1904-1944) Bishop Michael Joseph Ready, D.D. (1945-1957)
It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Cincinnati. The mother church of the Diocese of Columbus is St. Joseph Cathedral in Columbus. The diocese was erected on March 3, 1868, by Pope Pius IX. The current bishop of Columbus is Earl K. Fernandes .
