Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo

History
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

History
Ordination history of; Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo
Date
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
Juan Maria Leonardi Villasmil
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

His Eminence

Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo
His Eminence; Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo
Cardinal, Metropolitan Archbishop Emeritus of Caracas
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Caracas
See	Caracas
Appointed	9 July 2018 (apostolic administrator)
Installed	17 January 2023
Term ended	28 June 2024
Predecessor	Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino
Successor	Raúl Biord Castillo
Other post(s)	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni Evangelista e Petronio (2016–);
Previous post(s)	Auxiliary Bishop of Mérida (1983–1991); Titular Bishop of Lamida (1983–91); Metropolitan Archbishop of Mérida (1991–2023); Apostolic Administrator of San Cristóbal de Venezuela (1998–99); President of the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference (1999–2006); Vice-President of the Latin American Episcopal Conference (2007–11); Apostolic Administrator of Caracas (2018–2023);
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
Motto	In Nomine Tuo; (In Your name)
Coat of arms

Styles of Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo

Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal

Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo (Spanish pronunciation: [baltaˈsaɾ enˈri.ke ˈporas kaɾˈðoso]; born 10 October 1944) is a Venezuelan prelate of the Catholic Church, who was named Metropolitan Archbishop of Caracas in 2023 after serving as apostolic administrator there for four and a half years. He was auxiliary bishop of Mérida from 1983 to 1991 and then metropolitan archbishop of Mérida from 1991 to 2023. Pope Francis made him a cardinal in 2016.