Fr João Camilo Fernandes was a native of Ponda, Goa. He worked in the following Churches: Sao Bartolomeu, Chorao, Goa, Sao Bras, Santo Estevao, Bicholim, Santa Cruz and Santa Inez, Piedade and Nagoa. He was the notary of the Patriarcal Curia in Panjim. he was also Dean of the Piedade Deanery and then Dean of the Old Goa Deanery.