Hipólito Reyes Larios (August 13, 1946 – August 8, 2021) was a Mexican

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prelate. Reyes served as the first Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orizaba in

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from 2000 until 2007. He was then appointed

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of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Xalapa, based in the

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of Veracruz, from 2007 until his death on August 8, 2021. Reyes Larios was born in the city of ,

, on August 13, 1946, to and Dolores Larios Pastrana. He completed his studies at Seminario Regional de Xalapa. Reyes Larios then completed degrees in

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at the

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and moral theology from the

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. He was ordained a Catholic priest on August 15, 1973. Pope John Paul II appointed Reyes as the first bishop of the newly created Roman Catholic Diocese of Orizaba on April 15, 2000. The bishop was formally ordained on June 13, 2000. He was elevated to Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Xalapa by

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in 2007, a position he held until his death in 2021. Archbishop Hipólito Reyes Larios died from an internal hemorrhage at a hospital in

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on August 8, 2021, at the age of 74. He died days before his 75th birthday, the mandatory retirement age for Catholic bishops and archbishops.

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