Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Corripio and the second or maternal family name is Ahumada.
His Eminence
Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada
Primate Archbishop of Mexico
Diocese Mexico
See Mexico
Appointed 19 July 1977
Term ended 29 September 1994
Predecessor Miguel Darío Miranda y Gómez
Successor Norberto Rivera Carrera
Orders
Ordination 15 October 1942
by Pope Pius XII
Consecration 19 March 1953
by Octaviano Márquez y Toriz
Created Cardinal 30 June 1979
Rank Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born (1919-06-29)June 29, 1919
Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Died 10 April 2008(2008-04-10) (aged 88)
La Noria, Xochimilco, Mexico
Nationality Mexican
Denomination Roman Catholic
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Alma mater Pontifical Gregorian University
Motto Nuestro Vivir es Cristo
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Ernesto Corripio Ahumada
Reference style His Eminence
Spoken style Your Eminence
Informal style Cardinal
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.[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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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Serafín María Armora y González
Bishop of Tampico
1956–1967
Succeeded by
Arturo Antonio Szymanski Ramírez
Preceded by
Fortino Gómez León
Archbishop of Antequera
1967–1976
Succeeded by
Bartolomé Carrasco Briseño
Preceded by
Octaviano Márquez y Tóriz
Archbishop of Puebla de los Angeles
1976–1977
Succeeded by
Rosendo Huesca Pacheco
Preceded by
Miguel Darío Miranda y Gómez
Archbishop of Mexico
1977–1994
Succeeded by
Norberto Rivera Carrera
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