Diego Rafael Padrón Sánchez (born 17 May 1939) is a Venezuelan prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the Archbishop of Cumaná from 2002 to 2018.

[2] He received his episcopal consecration on 27 May 1990[1] from Cardinal José Alí Lebrún Moratinos, Archbishop of Caracas.

[1] Padrón served two three-year terms as president of the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference from 2012 to 2018.

[4] On 7 July 2017, he condemned what he say the brutal attacks against opposition deputies at the Venezuelan National Assembly a few days earlier.

[7] On 9 July 2023, Pope Francis announced he planned to make him a cardinal at a consistory scheduled for 30 September.