Apostolic Administrator of Guarenas
Msgr. Carlos Márquez Delima was born in Caracas on 29 December 1961. He graduated in aquaculture and fisheries from Malaspina College, British Columbia, Canada. He was ordained a priest on 25 July 2003. He obtained a diploma in dogmatic theology, and in pastoral ministry and catechetics, and a licentiate in religious pedagogy from the Catholic University of Caracas. He has been in charge of pastoral formation in the Seminary of Caracas and professor of English in the seminary (1998-2000), director of the archdiocesan secretariat for catechesis (since 2000), parish priest of San Lucas, in El Llanito (2003-2004), of María Madre del Redentor, in Los Naranjos (2004-2006), and of El Buen Pastor, in Bello Campo (since 2006), head of adult vocations (2006-2017), founder and director of the archdiocesan School for the Permanent Diaconate (since 2008), episcopal vicar for the Permanent Diaconate and episcopal vicar for catechesis and lay formation (since 2018). Since 2020 he has served as vicar general.