Background
Corripio Ahumada, Ernesto was born on June 29, 1919 in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Ordained by Monsignor Luigi Traglia, later Cardinal.
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Ernesto Corripio Ahumada
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Ordained as a priest, Oct 25, 1942, Del Gesu Temple, Rome. Professor of Philosophy and Theology, Seminary of Tampico. Vice Rector, Seminary of Tampico.
Career
Parish priest, Tampico, Tamaulipas, 1945. Bishop of Zapara, 1952-1956. Bishop of Tampico, 1956-1967.
Archbishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, 1967-1976. Attached to the Episcopate of Puebla, 1976-1977. Attached to the Apostolic See, Mexico City, since 1977.
Cardinal, June 30, since 1979.
Religion
Roman Catholic
