Cardinal Diego P. Sánchez
Former President of the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference (CEV)
He studied at the Minor Seminary of Valencia and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from the Santa Rosa de Lima Interdiocesan Seminary, located in Caracas. He holds a degree in Biblical Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University of Rome, with a Diploma in Biblical Oriental Sciences from the «Franciscanum» Institute of Jerusalem, Israel. He also studied Group Dynamics and Youth Ministry at the Central de Juventudes, Bogotá, Colombia. He was elected as president of the Episcopal Conference of Venezuela by the bishops of Venezuela between 2012 and 2015.