Bishop Ambrose Mathalaimuthu †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Coimbatore, India

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Jul 1925		Born
21 Dec 1951	26.4	Ordained Priest	Priest
30 Aug 1971	46.1	Appointed	Bishop of Tuticorin, India
9 Dec 1971	46.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Tuticorin, India
6 Dec 1979	54.3	Appointed	Bishop of Coimbatore, India
10 Jul 2002	76.9	Retired	Bishop of Coimbatore, India
15 Nov 2009	84.3	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Coimbatore, India

MicroData Summary for Ambrose Mathalaimuthu
(WikiData: Q459283)
Bishop Ambrose Mathalaimuthu (born 20 Jul 1925, died 15 Nov 2009) Bishop Emeritus of Coimbatore

Event Place
Birth Place Nagalur
Ordained Bishop Sacred Hearts, Cathedral, Tuticorin, Diocese of Tuticorin

a priest for 57.9 years
a bishop for 37.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Justin Diraviam †
Archbishop of Madurai
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Thomas Fernando †
Bishop of Tiruchirapalli
Archbishop Packiam Arokiaswamy †
Archbishop of Bangalore

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Justin Diraviam † (1967)
Archbishop of Madurai
Archbishop James Robert Knox † (1953)
Archbishop of Melbourne
Celso Benigno Luigi Cardinal Costantini † (1921)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo
Pietro Cardinal La Fontaine † (1906)
Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}
Pietro Cardinal Respighi † (1891)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Thomas Aquinas Lephonse (2002)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Siluvaimathu Teresanathan Amalnather † (1981)
Bishop Lawrence Pius Dorairaj (1999)
Bishop Singaroyan Sebastianappan (2000)
Bishop Amalraj Arulappan (2006)

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 200, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 21, Number 1,150

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