Ambrose Mathalaimuthu


The Most Reverend Ambrose Mathalaimuthu D.D. was Bishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Coimbatore, India.
Born in Nagalur, Tamil Nadu, he was ordained as a priest on 21 December 1951. He was appointed bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tuticorin on 30 August 1971 and was ordained on 9 December 1971. On 6 December 1979, he was appointed bishop of the Coimbatore Diocese, retiring on 10 July 2002, shortly before his 77th birthday.