Anthony Soter Fernandez
ABOUT ANTHONY SOTER FERNANDEZ
Malaysian religious leader who served as Bishop of the Diocese of Penang and Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur.
He earned his ordination to the priesthood in December of 1966.
He served two terms as president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei.
His Roman Catholic priesthood prohibited him from marrying or having children.
He was appointed to his post as the second Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur by Pope John Paul II in 1983.
