Ambrose Rayappan

History
Ordination history of; Ambrose Rayappan
Date
History
Priestly ordination
Date	16 December 1923
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator	Auguste-Siméon Colas
Co-consecrators	Thomas Pothacamury (Pothakamuri) Francis Xavier Muthappa
Date	25 March 1953
Place	Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Pondicherry
Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Ambrose Rayappan as principal consecrator
Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy	1962
Joseph S. Thumma	1970

Styles of
**Ambrose Rayappan**
Styles of; Ambrose Rayappan
Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Monsignor

Archbishop

Ambrose Rayappan
Archbishop; Ambrose Rayappan
Archbishop Emeritus of Pondicherry and Cuddalore
See	Pondicherry and Cuddalore
Appointed	7 August 1953
Installed	25 March 1953
Term ended	17 March 1973
Predecessor	Auguste-Siméon Colas
Successor	Venmani S. Selvanather
Orders
Ordination	16 December 1923
Consecration	25 March 1953; by Auguste-Siméon Colas
Personal details
Born	Ambrose Rayappan; 25 February 1901; Dharapuram
Died	24 November 1999 (aged 98); Pondicherry
Buried	Cathedral Cemetery, Pondicherry
Denomination	Catholic
Motto	Fides Vincit Mundum
Coat of arms

Ambrose Rayappan (25 February 1901 – 24 November 1999) was the tenth and the first indigenous Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Pondicherry and Cuddalore.^[1] He was born at Dharapuram, Tamil Nadu. He was ordained as a priest for the Diocese of Coimbatore on 16 December 1923. He participated in the Second Vatican council as a Council Father.^[2]

On 8 January 1953 he was appointed auxiliary bishop of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, and was consecrated on 25 March 1953 by Auguste-Siméon Colas. He was appointed as coadjutor of the same archdiocese on 7 August 1953. When Mgr. Colas resigned, he succeeded him on 28 November 1955. He resigned his post on 17 March 1973. He was succeeded by Venmani S. Selvanather.

References

^ "Our Bishops". Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pondicherry and Cuddalore. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
^ "Archbishop Ambrose Rayappan". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 5 December 2014.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Danio Bolognini	— TITULAR — Bishop of Sidon 8 January 1953 – 7 August 1953	Succeeded by Romolo Carboni
Preceded by János Mikes	— TITULAR — Bishop of Selymbria 7 August 1953 – 28 November 1955	Succeeded by Miguel Darío Miranda y Gómez
Preceded by Auguste-Siméon Colas	Archbishop of Pondicherry and Cuddalore 28 November 1955 – 17 March 1973	Succeeded by Venmani S. Selvanather

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[1] "Our Bishops". Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pondicherry and Cuddalore. Retrieved 5 December 2014.

[ch-2] "Archbishop Ambrose Rayappan". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 5 December 2014.

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