Rafael Palmero Ramos (27 July 1936 – 8 March 2021) was a Spanish Roman Catholic prelate.

Biography

He was auxiliary bishop of Toledo between 1987 and 1996, bishop of Palencia between 1996 and 2006 and of Orihuela-Alicante between 2006 and 2012.

Rafael Palmero Ramos

He was infected with COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain in January 2021 after an outbreak at the priests' residence in Alicante, from which he recovered, but it aggravated his cancer and he died on 8 March 2021.

Rafael Palmero Ramos

References

1936 births

2021 deaths

21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Spain

People from the Province of Zamora

University of Granada alumni

Bishops appointed by Pope John Paul II

Bishops appointed by Pope Benedict XVI

Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain

Deaths from cancer in Spain

Rafael Palmero Ramos