Nationality Indian Diocese Kollam | Name Stanley Roman | |
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Holy Mass by Rt. Rev. Dr. Stanley Roman in RRC, Marian Convention 13th Aug, 2017
Stanley Roman (born 4 June 1941) became the 13th bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Quilon, India in 2001, and the education chairman of the Kerala Catholic Bishops' Council.
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Biography
Stanley Roman was born on 4 June 1941 at Punalur in Kollam district. He is the 10th of the eleven children of Roman Fernandez and Elizabeth (7 boys and 4 girls).
After Bishop Roman's primary education at St. John’s L.P. School and Government U.P. School, Akkara at Punalur, he joined St. Raphael’s Minor Seminary at Kollam, where he was later to be Vice Rector, for religious studies and simultaneously completed his schooling from St. Aloysius School, Kollam.
In 1959, he commenced philosophy studies at St. Joseph’s Pontifical Seminary, Aluva. After 2 years, he was chosen to pursue priestly studies at the Pontifical Urban University, Rome, where he received a Master's Degree in Philosophy and Theology. He was ordained priest by Cardinal Agagiani, the Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples at St. Peter’s Basilica, Rome on 16 December 1966.
When Father Roman returned to Quilon, he was initially appointed as the Prefect of St.Raphael's Seminary. He continued his studies and received a Master of Arts, English Language and Literature from the University of Kerala. He then joined Fatima Mata National College, Kollam as an English instructor and the bursar, and later became its principal. After holding various posts in the Diocese, he was appointed the First Rector of Carmel Giri Major Seminary, Latin rite, when St. Joseph’s Pontifical Seminary was re-organized on the basis of rites.
He was nominated as the 13th Bishop of Quilon on 29 October 2001, while he was serving as the Rector of Carmelgiri Seminary. Dr. Roman was consecrated on 16 December 2001. In 2004, Bishop Roman founded the Pradhibhodayam education program, for scholastically gifted, but financially challenged members of the Diocese. In 2007, Bishop Roman inaugurated Jagat Jyoti Mandir (House of the Light of the Universe), which is a Christian church incorporating Hindu cultural elements.