Tulio Luis Ramírez Padilla

Tulio Luis Ramírez Padilla (28 February 1960 – 12 August 2026) was a Venezuelan Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Guarenas from 2020 until his death in 2026. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Caracas and as titular bishop of Ausuccura from 2012 to 2020.

Early life and education Ramírez Padilla was born in Caracas, Venezuela, on 28 February 1960. He studied philosophy at the Interdiocesan Major Seminary of Caracas and theology at the Seminario Mayor San Ildefonso de Toledo in Toledo, Spain. He subsequently obtained a licentiate in canon law from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.

Episcopate On 4 April 2012, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Ramírez Padilla auxiliary bishop of Caracas and titular bishop of Ausuccura.

During his episcopate in Guarenas, Ramírez Padilla was particularly associated with the cause for the beatification of Venezuelan physician José Gregorio Hernández. He served as vice-postulator of the cause and was also credited by the Diocese of Guarenas with promoting the approval of the canonical coronation of the diocese's patroness.

Death Ramírez Padilla died on 12 August 2026, at the age of 66. L'Osservatore Romano reported that he died in the morning at a hospital in Caracas, where he had been hospitalized earlier that month because of a serious illness.

His funeral was scheduled for 14 August, at a church in Guatire, within the Diocese of Guarenas.