Father Juan Carlos came to Corsicana on July 1st, 2019, and was installed as Pastor by Bishop Edward Burns on June 6th, 2021. Fr. Juan Carlos is originally from Colombia and is the oldest child of Luis Ovidio Marín and Myrian Cortés from Pereira. He has two younger siblings, David and Juliana. Both of them live in Bogotá.
Fr. Juan Carlos was born on March 19th, 1982 (the solemnity of St. Joseph) in the growing city of Pereira, Colombia. He was baptized on May 1 of the same year (the optional memorial of St. Joseph the Worker). He graduated from St. Thomas Aquinas School and later acquired a Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering from the Andes University in Bogotá. He was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Dallas on May 31st, 2014 (the feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary).