Bishop of Machiques
Bishop Nava Rojas was born on 8 December 1963 in Maracaibo, in the archdiocese of the same name. He was awarded a licentiate in theology and a licentiate in pedagogy in Caracas. He was ordained a priest on 22 July 1989, and incardinated into the diocese of Cabimas. He has held the following offices: parish priest of Saint Anthony of Padua, Nuestra Señora de Altagracia, and Santo Niño Jesús in Cabimas, head of vocational pastoral care, deputy administrative director and professor at the Caracas Major Seminary, diocesan bursar and head of diocesan missionary pastoral care, parish priest of Saint Anthony of Padua in El Consejo de Ziruma, head of the Convenio ME, professor at the Maracaibo Major Seminary and vicar general. He was appointed bishop of Machiques on 19 October 2019, and received episcopal ordination on the following 14 December.