# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/fidelis-lionel-emmanuel-fernando
# Generated: 2026-08-16T07:07:17.235Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/fidelis-lionel-emmanuel-fernando"
name: "Fidelis Lionel Emmanuel Fernando"
slug: "fidelis-lionel-emmanuel-fernando"
description: "Right Reverend Dr. Fidelis Lionel Emmanuel Fernando is a Sri Lankan priest and current Roman Catholic Bishop of Mannar. He is the first Bishop appointed from among the Bharatha community of Sri Lanka."
tagline: "Sri Lankan Roman Catholic bishop"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1948-05-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.270158666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Fidelis Fernando"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidelis_Lionel_Emmanuel_Fernando"
    title: "Fidelis Lionel Emmanuel Fernando"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidelis_Fernando"
    title: "Fidelis Fernando"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Fidelis_Lionel_Emmanuel_Fernando"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidelis_Fernando"
    title: "Fidelis Fernando"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B8%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%87%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B5%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A3%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8B"
    title: "பிடெலிஸ் லயனல் இம்மானுவேல் பெர்னாண்டோ"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1411270"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump