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                                                                    Exhibit 23.2

                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Post-Effective Amendment
No. 1 on Form S-8 to Registration Statement No. 333-52188 of Fifth Third Bancorp
on Form S-4 of our report dated January 14, 2000, incorporated by reference in
the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Fifth Third Bancorp for the year ended
December 31, 1999.

                                                       /s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP

Cincinnati, Ohio

March 12, 2001