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Most Reverend Dr. Devadass Ambrose Mariadoss | |
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Bishop Emeritus of Thanjavur | |
Province | Pondicherry and Cuddalore |
Diocese | Thanjavur |
Installed | 24 September 1997 |
Term ended | 4 February 2023 |
Predecessor | Packiam Arokiaswamy |
Successor | Sagayaraj Thamburaj[1] |
Orders | |
Ordination | 5 August 1974 by Rajarethinam Arokiasamy Sundaram |
Consecration | 24 September 1997 by Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy |
Personal details | |
Born | Devadass Ambrose 6 October 1947 |
Died | 26 May 2024 Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India | (aged 76)
Nationality | Indian |
Denomination | Catholic |
Residence | Bishop's House |
Parents | Mariadoss, Ranjitham |
Occupation | Bishop of Thanjavur |
Alma mater | St. Paul's Seminary; St. Peter's Seminary; Pontifical Biblical Institute; Catholic University of Paris |
Motto | The Lord is My Shepherd |
Devadass Ambrose Mariadoss[2] (6 October 1947 – 26 May 2024)[3] was an Indian Catholic bishop who served in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Thanjavur.
Mariadoss was born on 6 October 1947 to Mariadoss and Ranjitham, a Catholic family from Ammapet in Thanjavur District of Tamil Nadu state.[4] After finishing his basic education at Appavu Thevar High School at Ukkadai, he joined St. Mary's Minor Seminary to become a diocesan priest when the diocese was in desperate need of native priests. He was then sent to Sri Pushpam College, Poondi, along with F. Antonysamy, the present bishop of Kumbakonam to do a pre-university course for his secular UG degree. After finishing his secular studies, he was sent to St. Paul's Seminary, Trichy for his priestly formation and for his philosophical (B.ph) and theological studies (B.Th.). Eventually, he was ordained a priest on 5 August 1974 by Bishop Arokiasamy Sundaram, the first Bishop of Thanjavur. Mariadoss died on 26 May 2024, at the age of 76.[5]
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