Archbishop of Coro
Archbishop Victor Hugo Basabe, Archbishop of Coro, was born on December 17, 1961, in Bobures, Zulia, Venezuela, in the Diocese of El Vigia-San Carlos del Zulia. He was ordained a priest for El Vigia-San Carlos del Zulia on August 15, 2000, in Barrio La Inmaculada. On March 11, 2016, he was appointed Bishop of San Felipe. He received episcopal ordination on May 21, 2016, at San Felipe, with José Luis Azuaje Ayala as principal consecrator and Mario del Valle Moronta Rodríguez and Nelson Antonio Martinez Rust as co-consecrators. On October 5, 2018, he was appointed Apostolic Administrator of Barquisimeto. On October 31, 2023, he was appointed Archbishop of Coro. He ceased to hold the office of Apostolic Administrator of Barquisimeto on December 8, 2023. He was installed as Archbishop of Coro on December 15, 2023.