Rafael Palmero Ramos

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.^[1]

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.^[2]

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