Archbishop Ambrose Rayappan †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, India

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Feb 1901		Born
16 Dec 1923	22.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Coimbatore, India
8 Jan 1953	51.8	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, India
8 Jan 1953	51.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Sidon
25 Mar 1953	52.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Sidon
7 Aug 1953	52.4	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, India
7 Aug 1953	52.4	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Selymbria
28 Nov 1955	54.7	Succeeded	Archbishop of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, India
17 Mar 1973	72.0	Resigned	Archbishop of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, India
24 Nov 1999	98.7	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, India

MicroData Summary for Ambrose Rayappan
(WikiData: Q18609879)
Archbishop Ambrose Rayappan (born 25 Feb 1901, died 24 Nov 1999) Archbishop Emeritus of Pondicherry and Cuddalore

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Dharapuram, Diocese of Coimbatore
Ordained Bishop Saint Francis Xavier, Cathedral, Bangalore, Diocese of Bangalore

a priest for 75.9 years
a bishop for 46.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Auguste-Siméon Colas, M.E.P. †
Archbishop of Pondicherry
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Thomas Pothacamury (Pothakamuri) †
Bishop of Bangalore
Bishop Francis Xavier Muthappa †
Bishop of Coimbatore

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Auguste-Siméon Colas, M.E.P. † (1930)
Archbishop of Pondicherry
Archbishop Élie-Jean-Joseph Morel, M.E.P. † (1909)
Titular Archbishop of Cotrada
Bishop Hugues-Madelain Bottero, M.E.P. † (1899)
Bishop of Kumbakonam
Archbishop Joseph-Adolphe Gandy, M.E.P. † (1883)
Archbishop of Pondicherry
Bishop François-Jean-Marie Laouënan, M.E.P. † (1868)
Titular Bishop of Flaviopolis
Bishop Etienne-Louis Charbonnaux, M.E.P. † (1845)
Titular Bishop of Iasus
Bishop Clément Bonnand, M.E.P. † (1833)
Titular Bishop of Druzipara
Bishop Louis-Charles-Auguste Hébert, M.E.P. † (1811)
Titular Bishop of Halicarnassus
Bishop Paolo Antonio Roviglia, O.C.D. † (1808)
Titular Bishop of Sura
Bishop Antonio Ramazzini, O.C.D. † (1795)
Titular Bishop of Antiphellus
Bishop Luigi Pianazzi, O.C.D. † (1785)
Titular Bishop of Usula
Bishop Pierre Brigot, M.E.P. † (1757)
Titular Bishop of Thabraca
Bishop Juan de La Fuente Yepes † (1755)
Bishop of Nueva Segovia
Bishop Manuel de Matos, O.F.M. Disc. † (1754)
Bishop of Nueva Caceres
Archbishop Manuel José Rubio y Salinas † (1749)
Archbishop of México, Federal District
Bishop Domingo Pantaleón Álvarez de Abreu † (1738)
Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles)
Bishop Pedro Manuel Dávila y Cárdenas † (1731)
Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}
Bishop Julián Domínguez y Toledo † (1728)
Bishop of Valladolid
Bishop Silvestre García Escalona † (1702)
Bishop of Salamanca
Patriarch Pedro Portocarrero y Guzmán † (1691)
Patriarch of West Indies
Luis Manuel Cardinal Fernández de Portocarrero-Bocanegra y Moscoso-Osorio † (1678)
Archbishop of Toledo
Archbishop Jaime de Palafox y Cardona † (1677)
Archbishop of Palermo
Carlo Cardinal Pio di Savoia † (1655)
Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono
Giambattista Cardinal Spada † (1643)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Susanna
Marcantonio Cardinal Franciotti † (1637)
Bishop of Lucca
Antonio (Marcello) Cardinal Barberini (Sr.), O.F.M. Cap. † (1625)
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Onofrio
Bishop Laudivio Zacchia † (1605)
Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone
Pietro Cardinal Aldobrandini † (1604)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Clement VIII (1592)
(Ippolito Aldobrandini (Sr.) †)
Alfonso Cardinal Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) † (1564)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Francesco Cardinal Pisani † (1527)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Alessandro Cardinal Farnese † (1519)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Leo X (1513)
(Giovanni de’ Medici †)
Raffaele Cardinal Sansoni Riario † (1504)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Julius II (1481)
(Giuliano della Rovere †)
Pope Sixtus IV (1471)
(Francesco della Rovere, O.F.M. †)
Guillaume Cardinal d’Estouteville, O.S.B. †
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

Ordained Priest:
Archbishop Savarinathan Michael Augustine † (1961)
Principal Consecrator of:
Duraisamy Simon Cardinal Lourdusamy † (1962)
Bishop Joseph S. Thumma † (1970)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Manuel Visuvasam † (1972)
Bishop Michael Bosco Duraisamy † (1974)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Dharapuram, Diocese of Coimbatore
Ordained Bishop	Saint Francis Xavier, Cathedral, Bangalore, Diocese of Bangalore

Source(s):

c2+: CB
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 158, Necrology (back)
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 11, Number 536, Ascendance
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 14, Number 723, Ascendance
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1953, Number 22

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