Osvaldo Padilla

This name uses Philippine naming customs. The middle name or maternal family name is Montecillo and the surname or paternal family name is Padilla.

The Most Reverend Osvaldo Padilla
Apostolic Nuncio emeritus to Korea; Apostolic emeritus to Mongolia
In office	April 2009 – 15 September 2017
Predecessor	Emil Paul Tscherrig
Successor	Alfred Xuereb
Orders
Ordination	22 February 1966
Consecration	17 December 1990 by Pope John Paul II
Personal details
Born	(1942-08-05) August 5, 1942 Sogod, Philippines
Nationality	Filipino
Denomination	Roman Catholic

Osvaldo Montecillo Padilla (born 15 August 1942) is a Philippine prelate of the Catholic Church who spent his career in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. He became an archbishop in 1991 and the position of Apostolic Nuncio to several countries before retiring in 2017.

Biography

He was born on 5 August 1942 in Sogod, Cebu, Philippines.

On 17 December 1990, Pope John Paul II named him titular archbishop of Pia and Apostolic Nuncio to Panama. He received his episcopal consecration on 6 January 1991 from John Paul. In 1994, he was appointed Nuncio to Sri Lanka. On 22 August 1998, he was named Nuncio to Nigeria.

On 31 July 2003, he was appointed Nuncio to Costa Rica, and on 12 April 2008 Nuncio to Korea. On 26 April 2008, he was assigned in addition the position of Nuncio to Mongolia.

He retired on 15 September 2017. In retirement he lives in the Philippines.

He is the elder brother of Archbishop Francisco Padilla, also a Nuncio.

External links

• Archbishop Osvaldo Padilla at Catholic Hierarchy ^{[self-published]}