Jesus Yu Varela (December 18, 1927 – February 23, 2018) was a Filipino prelate of the Catholic Church.
He was born on December 18, 1927, in Bacolod, the son of Vicente Varela, a judge from Bago within the same province of Negros Occidental.
Varela was ordained on March 17, 1956 in Cebu City, where his father last served as a Provincial Judge.
He joined the Society of Jesus, following in the footsteps of his older brother Mariano, who was a Jesuit priest.
The latest in the family to join the religious service is his nephew Richard Varela of the Salesian Order.