Bangalore 3 May 2022 (CCBI): Rev. Dr. Ambrose Pitchaimuthu (56) from the diocese of Chingleput, Tamil Nadu is appointed as the Executive Secretary to the CCBI Commission for Proclamation. He is currently the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Organisations (PMO). The CCBI Executive Committee meeting held on 2 and 3 May decided link the Commission for Proclamation and Pontifical Mission Organisations. According to the statutes of the PMO the Executive Secretary of the Commission for Proclamation of Episcopal Conference is ex-officio the National Director of the PMO.
Fr. Ambrose was born on 3 May, 1966 at Cheyur, Tamilnadu and ordained a priest on 25 March, 1993. He holds a master’s degree in philosophy from the Catholic University, Leuven and a doctorate in philosophy from Angelicum, Rome. He served the as the assistant parish priest in San Thome Cathedral, Chennai and St. Francis Xavier Church, Pallavaram. He was the parish priest of St. Joseph’s Cathedral, Chingelput, Sacred Heart Church, Oragadam and Sagaya Annai Alayam, Padappi. He was superintendent of R. C. Schools and the Director of Jeevan Jothi Institute of Administrative Services (JIAS). He served as Vice-Rector, Registrar, Librarian and professor in Sacred Heart Seminary, Poonamallee. He was the Vicar General of the diocese of Chingleput for seven years.
Rev. Dr. Stephen Alathara
Deputy Secretary General, CCBI