Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo
| His Eminence Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo | |
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| Cardinal, Archbishop of Mérida | |
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| 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 |
10 October 1944 Caracas, Venezuela |
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| Motto |
"In Nomine Tuo" (In Your name) |
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| Ordination history of Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo | |
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Priestly ordination | |
| Date of ordination | 30 July 1967 |
Episcopal consecration | |
| Principal consecrator | José Alí Lebrún Moratinos |
| Co-consecrators |
Miguel Antonio Salas Salas, CIM Domingo Roa Peréz |
| Date of consecration | 17 September 1983 |
Cardinalate | |
| Elevated by | Pope Francis |
| Date of elevation | 19 November 2016 |
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 | |
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| 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
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 as such received his episcopal consecration on 17 September 1983 from Cardinal José Lebrún Moratinos. He was later appointed as 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 - in his Angelus address on 9 October 2016 - announced that he would create him as a cardinal on 19 November 2016.
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| 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 | |