Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada explained

Type:Cardinal
Honorific-Prefix:His Eminence
Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada
Cardinal, Primate Archbishop of Mexico
Diocese:Mexico
See:Mexico
Appointed:19 July 1977
Term End:29 September 1994
Predecessor:Miguel Darío Miranda y Gómez
Successor:Norberto Rivera Carrera
Ordination:15 October 1942
Ordained By:Pope Pius XII
Consecration:19 March 1953
Consecrated By:Octaviano Márquez y Toriz
Cardinal:30 June 1979
Created Cardinal By:Pope John Paul II
Rank:Cardinal-Priest
Birth Date:29 June 1919
Birth Place:Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Death Place:La Noria, Xochimilco, Mexico
Religion:Roman Catholic
Alma Mater:Pontifical Gregorian University
Motto:Nuestro Vivir es Cristo
Signature:Corripio Signat0001.jpg
Coat Of Arms:Coat of Arms of Ernesto Corripio.svg
Cardinal Name:Ernesto Corripio Ahumada
Dipstyle:His Eminence
Offstyle:Your Eminence
See:Mexico City (emeritus)

Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada (June 29, 1919 – April 10, 2008) was a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was Archbishop of Mexico in Mexico City (1977–1994) and was Primate of Mexico. In the consistory of June 30, 1979, in Vatican City Pope John Paul II created him Cardinal Priest of the titular church of Mary Immaculate of Tiburtino.

Life

Corripio y Ahumada was ordained to the priesthood on October 15, 1942. He served as a diocesan priest in his hometown of Tampico for ten years. On December 27, 1952, Pope Pius XII appointed him auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Tampico. On March 19, 1953, he was consecrated titular bishop of Zapara. On February 25, 1956, he became Bishop of the diocese.

Pope Paul VI elevated Corripio y Ahumada on July 25, 1967, to Archbishop of Antequera in the state of Oaxaca. On March 11, 1976, he was transferred to become Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Puebla de los Angeles in the state of Puebla. The Pope transferred Corripio y Ahumada once again on July 19, 1977, to the post of Archbishop of Mexico.

Upon assuming the papal throne, Pope John Paul II appointed Corripio y Ahumada a member of the College of Cardinals. He was a member of various departments of the Roman Curia while serving his archdiocese.

He retired on September 29, 1994, and lost the right to participate in a conclave when he reached 80 in 1999.[1]

He died on April 10, 2008, in his house in La Noria, Xochimilco in Mexico City, after complications related to deep thrombosis in his left arm. He is buried in the crypt of Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios-c.htm#Corripio The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church – Biographies