Bishop Devadass Ambrose Mariadoss †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Tanjore, India

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 Oct 1947		Born
5 Aug 1974	26.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Tanjore, India
28 Jun 1997	49.7	Appointed	Bishop of Tanjore, India
24 Sep 1997	49.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Tanjore, India
14 Jul 2018	70.7	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Tiruchirapalli, India
15 Aug 2021	73.8	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Tiruchirapalli, India
4 Feb 2023	75.3	Retired	Bishop of Tanjore, India
26 May 2024	76.6	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Tanjore, India

MicroData Summary
Devadass Ambrose Mariadoss
Bishop Devadass Ambrose Mariadoss
(born 8 Oct 1947, died 26 May 2024)
Bishop Emeritus of Tanjore

Ad Limina - June 2011: Bishop
Ad Limina - September 2019: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Ammapet
Ordained Bishop Sacred Heart, Cathedral, Tanjore, Diocese of Tanjore
Death Place Our Lady of Health, Hospital, Thanjavur, Diocese of Tanjore

a priest for 49.8 years
a bishop for 26.6 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Rajarethinam Arokiasamy Sundaram †
Bishop of Tanjore
Principal Consecrator:
Duraisamy Simon Cardinal Lourdusamy †
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria delle Grazie alle Fornaci fuori Porta Cavalleggeri
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Savarinathan Michael Augustine †
Archbishop of Pondicherry and Cuddalore
Archbishop Packiam Arokiaswamy †
Bishop Emeritus of Tanjore

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Duraisamy Simon Cardinal Lourdusamy † (1962)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria delle Grazie alle Fornaci fuori Porta Cavalleggeri
Archbishop Ambrose Rayappan † (1953)
Archbishop of Pondicherry and Cuddalore
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)

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Antonisamy Francis (2008)
Bishop Savarimuthu Arokiaraj (2021)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1206625

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 150, Number 13,149
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 218, Deceased Cardinals (back)
aadm: CB, 14 Jul 2018
r: Bollettino, 4 Feb 2023
c1: CB, 25 Apr 2024
d: CB, 26 May 2024

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