Anthony Soter Fernandez was born on 22 April 1932 in Sungai Petani, Kedah, Malaysia.

[2] He received his episcopal consecration on 17 February 1978[1] from Gregory Yong, Archbishop of Singapore.

Pope John Paul II appointed him the second Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur on 30 July 1983[3] and he was installed there on 10 November 1983.

[1] He served as president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei from 1987–1990 and 2000–2003.

[6][7] Fernandez died on 28 October 2020 at the Little Sisters of the Poor St. Francis Xavier Home in Cheras.