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 (1901-02-25)25 February 1901 Dharapuram
Died	24 November 1999(1999-11-24) (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. 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.

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.

Tomb of Mgr. Ambrose Rayappan

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

Ordination history of Ambrose Rayappan
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
Episcopal succession Bishops consecrated by Ambrose Rayappan as principal consecrator Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy 1962 Joseph S. Thumma 1970