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Eduardo Herrera Riera

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Eduardo Herrera Riera
Bishop of Carora
Church Catholic Church
Diocese Diocese of Carora
In office 5 July 1994 – 5 December 2003
Predecessor Diocese erected
Successor Ulises Antonio Gutiérrez Reyes
Previous posts Titular Bishop of Ubaza (1970-1994)
Auxiliary Bishop of Barquisimeto (1970-1994)
Bishop of Guanare (1966-1970)
Titular Bishop of Sesta (1965-1966)
Auxiliary Bishop of Cumaná (1965-1966)
Orders
Ordination 8 December 1955
Consecration 25 March 1965
by Luigi Dadaglio
Personal details
Born 7 September 1927
Carora, Lara, United States of Venezuela
Died 27 October 2012 (aged 85)

Eduardo Herrera Riera (7 September 1927 – 27 October 2012) was the Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Carora of Venezuela from 1994 until retirement in 2003.

Ordained to the priesthood in 1955, he was named Auxiliary Bishop of Cumaná in 1965, Bishop of Guanare in 1966 and Auxiliary Bishop of Barquisimeto in 1970.

He retired in 2003.[1]

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