Heriberto Correa Yepes (August 6, 1916 – September 9, 2010) was a Colombian
Prelate
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of
Roman Catholic Church
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. He was born in Cedeño,
Colombia
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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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Catholic-Hierarchy
1916 births
2010 deaths
20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Colombia
Roman Catholic bishops of Buenaventura
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