Heriberto Correa Yepes Explained

Type:Bishop
Heriberto Correa Yepes
Titular Bishop of Casae Nigrae
Church:Roman Catholic Church
See:Titular See of Casae Nigrae
Term:1973 - 2010 (his death)
Predecessor:Michael Patrick Olatunji Fagun
Successor:Present
Ordination:November 12, 1939
Birth Date:August 6, 1916
Birth Place:Cedeño, Colombia
Death Place:Medellín, Colombia
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Heriberto Correa Yepes (August 6, 1916  - September 9, 2010) was a Colombian Prelate of Roman Catholic Church. He was born in Cedeño, Colombia and was ordained a priest on November 12, 1939, from the religious order of Misioneros Javerianos de Yarumal. He was appointed as prefect to the Apostolic Vicariate of Mitú, Colombia on March 27, 1953, and he resigned sometime in 1967. He was appointed to Vicar Apostolic of Buenaventura Diocese (Colombia) along with Titular bishop of Casae Nigrae on January 29, 1973, and then ordained bishop on March 27, 1973. He retired as Vicar Apostolic on November 30, 1996.

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