Hermes was ordained a priest in 1960 and consecrated a bishop in 1990. He served as bishop of Cristalândia until retirement in 2009. Hermes was born in Shallow Water, Kansas, United States on 25 May 1933. He died at the age of 84 on 3 January 2018, at the General Hospital in Palmas, Tocantins.A morte de Dom Heriberto Hermes (in Portuguese)
