Estela Padilla

Estela Padilla is a Filipina Catholic theologian.

Early life and education
Padilla has a Ph.D. in applied theology from La Salle and is studying for a Ph.D. in Organizational Development at the Southeast Asia Interdisciplinary Development Institute.

Career
Padilla is one of the 70 non-bishops appointed to the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops.

Padilla serves as the Executive Secretary of the Office of Theological Concerns at the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences and is a consultant for the CBCP's Commission on Basic Ecclesial Communities.