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.

[1] He was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Mérida on 23 July 1983 and received his episcopal consecration on 17 September 1983[2] from Cardinal José Lebrún Moratinos.

[citation needed] He was appointed Metropolitan Archbishop of Mérida on 31 October 1991[2] and was installed there on 5 December.

[8] Pope Francis named him Apostolic Administrator of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Caracas on 9 July 2018.

[2] On August 24, 2024, he was appointed by Pope Francis as the Pontifical Legate for the 53rd International Eucharistic Congress to be held in Quito, Ecuador.