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| honorific-prefix = [[His Eminence]]
| name             = Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada
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| title            = [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]], [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mexico|Primate Archbishop of Mexico]]
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| diocese          = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mexico|Mexico]]
| see              = Mexico
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| appointed        = 19 July 1977
| term_end         = 29 September 1994
| predecessor      = [[Miguel Darío Miranda y Gómez]]
| successor        = [[Norberto Rivera Carrera]]
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| ordination       = 15 October 1942
| ordained_by      = [[Pope Pius XII]]
| consecration     = 19 March 1953
| consecrated_by   = [[Octaviano Márquez y Toriz]]
| cardinal         = 30 June 1979
| created_cardinal_by =Pope John Paul II
| rank             = Cardinal-Priest
| previous_post    = {{unbulleted list|[[Roman Catholic Diocese of Tampico|Bishop of Tampico]] (1956–1967)}}{{unbulleted list|[[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca|Archbishop of Antequera]] (1967–1977)}}{{unbulleted list|[[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles|Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles]] (1977–1994)}}
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| birth_place      = [[Tampico, Tamaulipas|Tampico]], [[Tamaulipas]], [[Mexico]]
| death_date       = {{Death date and age|2008|04|10|1919|06|29|df=yes}}
| death_place      = La Noria, [[Xochimilco]], [[Mexico]]
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| alma_mater       = [[Pontifical Gregorian University]]
| motto            = Nuestro Vivir es Cristo
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| See           = Mexico City ([[emeritus]])
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'''Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada''' (June 29, 1919 – April 10, 2008) was a [[cardinal (Catholicism)|cardinal]] of the [[Roman Catholic Church]].  He was [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mexico|Archbishop of Mexico]] in [[Mexico City]] (1977–1994) and was [[primate (bishop)|Primate]] of [[Mexico]]. In the [[Papal consistory|consistory]] of June 30, 1979, in [[Vatican City]] [[Pope John Paul II]] created him [[cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal Priest]] of the [[titular church]] of ''[[Blessed Virgin Mary|Mary Immaculate of Tiburtino]]''.
==Life==
Corripio y Ahumada was [[ordained]] to the [[Priesthood (Catholic Church)|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 [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Tampico|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 [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Antequera|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, and lost the right to participate in a conclave when he reached 80 in 1999.<ref>[http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios-c.htm#Corripio The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church – Biographies<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
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]].
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcorripio.html Catholic Hierarchy Profile of Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada]
*[http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/497293.html El Universal Obituary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140425225241/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/497293.html |date=2014-04-25 }} {{in lang|es}}
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title=[[Roman Catholic Diocese of Tampico|Bishop of Tampico]]|
before=[[Serafín María Armora y González]]|
after=[[Arturo Antonio Szymanski Ramírez]]|
years=1956–1967|
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title=[[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca|Archbishop of Antequera]]|
before=[[Fortino Gómez León]]|
after=[[Bartolomé Carrasco Briseño]]|
years=1967–1976|
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title=[[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles|Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles]]|
before=[[Octaviano Márquez y Tóriz]]|
after=[[Rosendo Huesca Pacheco]]|
years=1976–1977|
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title=[[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mexico|Archbishop of Mexico]]|
before=[[Miguel Darío Miranda y Gómez]]|
after=[[Norberto Rivera Carrera]]|
years=1977–1994|
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