Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo

His Eminence
Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo
Cardinal, Archbishop of Mérida
Church Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese Mérida
See Mérida
Appointed 30 October 1991
Predecessor Miguel Antonio Salas Salas
Other posts Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni Evangelista e Petronio (2016-)
Orders
Ordination 30 July 1967
by Miguel Antonio Salas Salas
Consecration 17 September 1983
by José Lebrún Moratinos
Created cardinal 19 November 2016
by Pope Francis
Rank Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born (1944-10-10) 10 October 1944
Caracas, Venezuela
Previous post
Motto "In Nomine Tuo"
(In Your name)
Coat of arms
Ordination history of
Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo
History
Priestly ordination
Date 30 July 1967
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator José Alí Lebrún Moratinos
Co-consecrators Miguel Antonio Salas Salas, CIM
Domingo Roa Peréz
Date 17 September 1983
Cardinalate
Elevated by Pope Francis
Date 19 November 2016
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo as principal consecrator
Juan Maria Leonardi Villasmil 8 April 1994
Jesús Alfonso Guerrero Contreras, OFM Cap. 20 January 1996
Ramiro Diaz Sánchez, OMI 26 April 1997
Luis Alfonso Márquez Molina, CIM 12 January 2002
Ramon José Viloria Pinzon, SOD 7 February 2004
Alfredo Enrique Torres Rondón 13 September 2012
Raúl Biord Castillo 8 February 2014
Juan de Dios Peña Rojas 4 July 2015
Styles of
Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo
Reference style His Eminence
Spoken style Your Eminence
Informal style Cardinal

Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo (born 10 October 1944) is a Venezuelan Roman Catholic cardinal and the current Archbishop of Mérida. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1967 and later consecrated to the episcopate in 1983 while Pope Francis created him a cardinal on 19 November 2016.

He is the Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni Evangelista e Petronio.

Life

Monsignor Porras.

Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo was born on 10 October 1944 in Caracas.

He was ordained to the priesthood on 30 July 1967. He was appointed as the Auxiliary Bishop of Mérida on 23 July 1983 and received his episcopal consecration on 17 September 1983 from Cardinal José Lebrún Moratinos. He was later appointed the Archbishop of Mérida on 31 October 1991 and replaced Miguel Antonio Salas Salas who had ordained him as a priest. In June 2009 he and other Venezuelan bishops visited Pope Benedict XVI for their "ad limina" visit.

Pope Francis on 9 October 2016 announced that he would create him a cardinal on 19 November 2016.

Francis made him a member of the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life on 23 December 2017.[1]

Pope Francis named him Apostolic Administrator of the Archdiocese of Caracas on 9 July 2018.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Resignations and Appointments, 23.12.2017" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 23 December 2017. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "Venezuela. Papa accetta rinuncia arcivescovo di Caracas, card. Urosa Savino". Vatican News (in Italian). 9 July 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  • "Porras Cardozo Card. Baltazar Enrique". Holy See Press Office. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  • "Mons. Porras: Ser cardenal es un llamado a trabajar más por la paz en Venezuela". ACI Prensa (in Spanish). 9 October 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  • Catholic Hierarchy
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Miguel Antonio Salas Salas, CIM		 Archbishop of Merida
1991-present		 Incumbent
Preceded by
Giacomo Biffi		 Cardinal Priest of Santi Giovanni Evangelista e Petronio
2016-present
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