# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jesus-varela
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:45:42.461Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jesus-varela"
name: "Jesus Varela"
slug: "jesus-varela"
description: "Jesus Ybiernas Varela was a Filipino prelate of the Catholic Church. He became the Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Sorsogon on his retirement on April 16, 2003. He was appointed bishop of Sorsogon on November 27, 1980. Prior to that he served as the first ever sitting Bishop of the Diocese of Ozamis. He also served as the Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Zamboanga and titular Bishop of Tatilti."
tagline: "Filipino bishop (1927–2018)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Coat_of_arms_of_Jesus_Yu_Varela_as_Bishop_of_Sorsogon.svg/330px-Coat_of_arms_of_Jesus_Yu_Varela_as_Bishop_of_Sorsogon.svg.png?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1927-12-18"
deathDate: "2018-02-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.02
  momentum:             7.058823529411764
  historical:           7.870194666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Jesus Yu Varela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جيسوس فاريلا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_Varela"
    title: "Jesus Varela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_Valera"
    title: "Jesus Valera"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_Varela"
    title: "Jesus Varela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_Yu_Varela"
    title: "Jesus Yu Varela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_Varela"
    title: "Jesus Varela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1688375"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump