Type: | Bishop |
Francisco Raúl Villalobos Padilla | |
Bishop of Diocese of Saltillo Emeritus | |
Church: | Roman Catholic Church |
See: | Diocese of Saltillo |
Term: | 1975–1999 |
Predecessor: | Luis Guízar y Barragán |
Successor: | José Raúl Vera López |
Ordination: | 2 April 1949 |
Birth Date: | 1 February 1921 |
Birth Place: | Guadalajara, Mexico |
Death Place: | Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico |
Francisco Raúl Villalobos Padilla (1 February 1921 – 3 February 2022) was a Mexican bishop of the Roman Catholic Church.
Villalobos Padilla was born in Guadalajara, and ordained a priest on 2 April 1949. He was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saltillo on 4 May 1971 as well as Titular bishop of Columnata and consecrated on 4 August 1971. He was appointed bishop of Saltillo on 4 October 1975, retiring from the post on 30 December 1999.
He turned 100 in 2021,[1] and died from COVID-19 in Saltillo, Coahuila, on 3 February 2022, at the age of 101.[2] [3]