Diego Padrón

His Eminence

Diego Rafael Padrón Sánchez
His Eminence; Diego Rafael Padrón Sánchez
Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Cumaná
	Padrón in 2013
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Cumaná
See	Cumaná
Appointed	27 March 2002
Installed	25 May 2002
Term ended	24 May 2018
Predecessor	Alfredo José Rodríguez Figueroa
Successor	Jesús Andoni González de Zárate Salas
Other post(s)	Cardinal Priest of San Gaetano (2023–)
Previous post(s)	Titular Bishop of Gisipa (1990–94); Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas (1990-94); Bishop of Maturín (1994–2002); President of the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference (2012–18); Apostolic Administrator of Barcelona (2014);
Orders
Ordination	4 August 1963; by José Alí Lebrún Moratinos
Consecration	27 May 1990; by José Alí Lebrún Moratinos
Created cardinal	30 September 2023; by Pope Francis
Rank	Cardinal Priest
Personal details
Born	Diego Rafael Padrón Sánchez; 17 May 1939; Montalbán, Venezuela
Alma mater	Pontifical Gregorian University
Coat of arms

Diego Rafael Padrón Sánchez (born 17 May 1939) is a Venezuelan prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the Archbishop of Cumaná from 2002 to 2018. Padrón was president of the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference from 2012 to 2018.

Pope Francis made him a cardinal on 30 September 2023.