Fidelis Lionel Emmanuel Fernando

Right Reverend Dr. Fidelis Lionel Emmanuel Fernando (, ; born 20 May 1948) 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.

Early life and ministry Fernando was born in 1948 to Xavier Bastian Fernando- an engineer- and Gnanasourubi Fernando in Jaffna. The family were devout Catholics, and part of the Sri Lankan Bharatha community descended from immigrants from Vembar, Tamil Nadu. He became part of the St. John Berchman's Society of Altar Servers at St. Lucia's Cathedral, and joined the St. Aloysius Seminary after completing his Ordinary Level exams, where he was a contemporary of Malcolm Ranjith. Fernando then functioned, at various times, as Regional Bishop of Negombo and as Chairman of the Episcopal Commission for Ecumenism and Inter-religious Dialogue.