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{{Infobox Christian leader<br />
| honorific-prefix = Archbishop <br />
| name = Ambrose Rayappan <br />
| honorific-suffix =<br />
| title = Archbishop Emeritus of Pondicherry and Cuddalore <br />
| image = Ambrose Rayappan.jpg<br />
| alt =<br />
| caption =<br />
| see = Pondicherry and Cuddalore <br />
| appointed = 7 August 1953<br />
| term_start = 25 March 1953<br />
| term_end = 17 March 1973<br />
| predecessor = [[Auguste-Siméon Colas]]<br />
| successor = [[Venmani S. Selvanather]]<br />
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| ordination = 16 December 1923<br />
| ordained_by = <br />
| consecration = 25 March 1953<br />
| consecrated_by = [[Auguste-Siméon Colas]]<br />
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<!---------- Personal details ----------><br />
| birth_name = Ambrose Rayappan <br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1901|02|25}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Dharapuram]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1999|11|24|1901|02|25}}<br />
| death_place = Pondicherry<br />
| buried = [[Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Pondicherry|Cathedral Cemetery]], Pondicherry<br />
| religion = Catholic<br />
| parents =<br />
| motto = Fides Vincit Mundum<br />
| signature =<br />
| signature_alt =<br />
| coat_of_arms = CoA Ambrose Rayappan.svg<br />
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| other =<br />
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'''Ambrose Rayappan''' (25 February 1901 – 24 November 1999) was the tenth and the first indigenous Archbishop of the [[Archdiocese of Pondicherry and Cuddalore]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Our Bishops|url=http://www.pondicherryarchdiocese.org/archdiocese.php?link_id=1|publisher=Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pondicherry and Cuddalore|accessdate=5 December 2014}}</ref> He was born at [[Dharapuram]], Tamil Nadu. He was ordained as a priest for the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Coimbatore|Diocese of Coimbatore]] on 16 December 1923. He participated in the Second Vatican council as a ''Council Father''.<ref name='ch'>{{Catholic-hierarchy|bishop|bray|Archbishop Ambrose Rayappan|5 December 2014}}</ref><br />
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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]].<br />
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[[File:Tomb of Ambrose Rayappan.jpg|thumbnail|left|Tomb of Mgr. Ambrose Rayappan]]<br />
{{Infobox bishop styles<br />
| image = CoA Ambrose Rayappan.svg<br />
| image_size = 250px<br />
| dipstyle = [[The Most Reverend]]<br />
| offstyle = [[Your Excellency]]<br />
| relstyle = [[Monsignor]]<br />
}}<br />
{{Ordination<br />
| date of priestly ordination = 16 December 1923<br />
| place of priestly ordination =<br />
| consecrated by = [[Auguste-Siméon Colas]]<br />
| co-consecrators = [[Thomas Pothacamury (Pothakamuri)]]<br />
[[Francis Xavier Muthappa]] <br />
| date of consecration = 25 March 1953<br />
| place of consecration = Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Pondicherry<br />
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| bishop 1 = [[Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy]]<br />
| consecration date 1 = 1962<br />
| bishop 2 = [[Joseph S. Thumma]]<br />
| consecration date 2 = 1970<br />
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{{s-tul|title=Bishop of Selymbria|years=7 August 1953 – 28 November 1955}}<br />
{{s-aft|after=[[Miguel Darío Miranda y Gómez]]}}<br />
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{{s-ttl|title=Archbishop of Pondicherry and Cuddalore|years=28 November 1955 – 17 March 1973}}<br />
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