Heriberto Correa Yepes
Heriberto Correa Yepes MXY (born August 6, 1916 in Cedeño, † September 9, 2010 in Medellín , Colombia ) was the Vicar Apostolic of Buenaventura .
Life
Heriberto Correa Yepes joined the religious order of the Misioneros Javerianos de Yarumal in 1928 and was ordained a priest on November 12, 1939 . Correa Yepes worked for the diocesan curia of the Archdiocese of Barranquilla and was a professor at the Seminario Conciliar San Luis Beltran (Barranquilla) , later its prefect. Pope Pius XII appointed him on March 27, 1953 as Apostolic Prefect of Mitú . Correa Yepes was the councilor of the second, third and fourth sessions of the Second Vatican Council . In 1966 he was elected Superior General of the Misioneros Javerianos de Yarumal.
Paul VI appointed him on January 29, 1973 Vicar Apostolic of Buenaventura and Titular Bishop of Casae Nigrae . The Archbishop of Bogotá , Aníbal Cardinal Muñoz Duque , donated him episcopal ordination on March 27 of the same year ; Co-consecrators were Jesús Emilio Jaramillo Monsalve MXY, Vicar Apostolic of Arauca , and Gustavo Posada Peláez MXY, Vicar Apostolic of Istmina .
On November 30, 1996, Pope John Paul II accepted his age-related resignation. He died of a fall in his residence in the Emmaus house in Medellin.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento from July 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
Web links
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Gerardo Valencia Cano MXY |
Apostolic Prefect of Mitú 1953–1967 |
Belarmino Correa Yepes MXY |
| Gerardo Valencia Cano MXY |
Vicar Apostolic of Buenaventura 1973–1996 |
Rigoberto Corredor Bermúdez |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Correa Yepes, Heriberto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Colombian religious, Vicar Apostolic of Buenaventura |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 6, 1916 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cedeño |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 9, 2010 |
| Place of death | Medellin , Colombia |