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| type = [[Bishop in the Catholic Church|Bishop]]<br />
| honorific_prefix = [[The Most Reverend]]<br />
| name = Ferdinand Fonseca<br />
| honorific_suffix = [[D.D.]]<br />
| title = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bombay|Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bombay]]<br />
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| church = [[Roman Catholic Church]]<br />
| archdiocese = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bombay|Archdiocese of Bombay]]<br />
| province = [[Bombay]]<br />
| metropolis = [[Bombay]]<br />
| diocese = <br />
| see = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bombay|Bombay]] ([[emeritus]])<br />
| term_start = 2 December 2000<br />
| term_end = 02 October 2015<br />
| predecessor = <br />
| successor = [[Agnelo Rufino Gracias|Bishop Agnelo Rufino Gracias]]<br />
| opposed = <br />
| other_post = Titular Bishop of Aquae in Mauretania.<sup>'''''(1980-2015)'''''</sup><br />
<!---------- Orders ----------><br />
| ordination = 5 December 1954<br />
| ordained_by = <br />
| consecration = 29 June 1980<br />
| consecrated_by = [[Simon Pimenta|Archbishop Simon Pimenta]]<br />
| cardinal = <br />
| created_cardinal_by = <br />
| rank = [[File:Prelate-Bishop.svg|35px]] [[Hierarchy of the Catholic Church|Bishop-Priest]]<br />
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| birth_name = Ferdinand Joseph Fonseca<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1925|12|02|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = Umerkhadi, [[Bombay]].<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|2015|10|02|1925|12|02|df=y}}<br />
| death_place = [[Holy Family Hospital, Mumbai|Holy Family Hospital]] [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]<br />
| buried = St Peter's Cemetery, Haines Road. Mumbai<br />
| resting_place_coordinates = {{Coord|18.9927|N|72.8210|E|}}<br />
| nationality = {{flagicon|India}} Indian<br />
| religion = [[Roman Catholic]]<br />
| residence = [[Mumbai]], [[India]]<br />
| parents = Jose Fonseca<sup>'''(Father)'''</sup><br>Julia Fonseca<sup>'''(Mother)'''</sup><br />
| previous_post = [[Titular bishop|Titular Bishop]] of Aquæ in Mauretania.<sup>'''''(1980-2015)'''''</sup><br>[[Auxiliary bishop|Auxiliary Bishop]] of Bombay.<sup>'''''(1980-200)'''''</sup><br />
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| children = <br />
| occupation = <br />
| profession = <br />
| education = <br />
| alma_mater = [[St. Joseph's High School, Umerkhadi]].<br>[[St. Xavier's College, Mumbai|St Xavier's College]].<br>St Pius X Seminary Mumbai.<br />
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{{Infobox bishop styles<br />
|bishop name = Ferdinand Joseph Fonseca<br />
|dipstyle= [[Bishop]]<br />
|offstyle= Your Excellency<br />
|relstyle= The Most Reverend<br />
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'''Ferdinand Joseph Fonseca''' (December 2, 1925 &ndash; October 2, 2015) was a [[Roman Catholic]] [[bishop]].<br />
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Ordained to the priesthood in 1954, Fonseca was named auxiliary bishop for the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bombay]], [[India]] in 1980 and retired in 2000.<ref>[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bfonseca.html Ferdinand Joseph Fonseca]</ref><br />
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