Born in Chitaraque on December 2, 1967, son of Víctor Manuel Barón Martínez and Isabel Sáenz Galán, he completed his primary studies at the rural school in Palmichal, high school studies at the San Pedro Claver de Chitaraque cooperative school and the last two years in the Diocesan Minor Seminary of Chiquinquirá. Studies of Philosophy and Theology at the Conciliar Seminary of Tunja, advanced studies of Philosophy and Religious Sciences at the university Santo Tomas, Religious Science and Ethics