Yvon Ambroise (born 30 August 1942) is the Bishop Emeritus of Tuticorin. He was appointed on 1 April 2005 and was consecrated by

Pedro López Quintana Pedro López Quintana (born 27 July 1953) is a Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church who has worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See since 1984. Since becoming an archbishop in 2003, he has been the head of the papal offices in India, ...

on 18 May 2005. Bishops Antony Anandarayar and

Peter Fernando Peter Fernando was a Roman Catholic prelate from India. Early life Bishop Peter Fernando was a Roman Catholic bishop who was born in Idinthakarai, a coastal village of the district of Tirunelveli and a parish of Roman Catholic diocese of Tuticorin ...

acted as co-consecrators. He succeeded Bishop

to become the sixth bishop of Tuticorin. His term ended on 24 February 2019 and he was succeeded by Bishop

Stephen Antony Pillai Stephen Antony Pillai (born 22 June 1952) mononymously known as Stephen is the Indian bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tuticorin. Early life and priestly formation Born in Keezha Manakudy of the Diocese of Kottar in the civil distric ...

. He was born to Ponnu Tambi Ambroise and Antoinette Ambroise in Pondicherry, India. He was ordained a priest at Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Pondicherry by Archbishop

Ambrose Rayappan 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 C ...

Posts Held

He has held the following positions: * 15-05-1968 – Jun. 1969 Assistant Parish Priest at Cuddalore N.T. * Jun. 1969 - Feb. 1970 St.Peter’s Pastoral Institute Poonamallee – Student * Feb. 1970 - May 1971 Asst. Parish Priest at Neyveli * May 1971- Aug. 1972 Diocesan Director of YCS & YCW * Aug. 1972 -Jun. 1974 Parish Priest of Thurinjipoondy * Jun. 1974 -Sep. 1976 Lent to Hyderabad, Andhra * Regional YCS & YCW Chaplain * Sep. 1976 – Higher Studies in Belgium * Jan. 1983 – Asst. Director, Caritas Asia, India * May 1988 – Executive Director of Caritas, India * Jun. 1995 – Sabbatical Year * 25.05.1996 – 20.09.1999 Parish Priest of Quasi Parish T.R.Pattinam * 10.09.1999 – Secretary, Coordinator – Caritas Asia. * 01.04.2005 Nominated Bishop of Tuticorin.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ambroise, Yvon 1942 births Living people 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in India