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In September 1993 he was tonsured a monk with the name of Ambrose for St Ambrose of Milan. On 26 September 1993 he was consecrated bishop of Vevey, vicar for the Western-European diocese at the Exaltation of the Cross Cathedral in Geneva, Switzerland. The consecration was performed by Metropolitan [[Vitaly (Ustinov) of New York|Vitaly (Ustinov)]], Archbishop Anthony (Bartoshevich) of Geneva and Western Europe, Archbishop Mark (Arndt) of Berlin and Germany, and Bishop Seraphim of Lesna. On 17 October 2000 he was appointed Bishop of Geneva and Western Europe by the Council of Bishops of the ROCOR. Between 2003 and 2006 he participated in the Committee for Dialog with the Moscow Patriarchate; in May 2006, he was a member of the [[Fourth All-Diaspora Council]] in San Francisco, California. On 19 May 2006, the Council of Bishops of the ROCOR accepted Bishop Ambrose's request to be retired. Bishop Michael was appointed as his successor to the Geneva cathedra.