List of Filipino cardinals

The Philippines has produced ten cardinals.

The population of Catholics in the Philippines constitutes the country's largest religious denomination, as well as one of the largest Catholic populations among countries of the world. The Catholic faith was introduced to the Philippines by Spanish colonists in the sixteenth century. Some 400 years later, in 1960, Rufino J. Santos, the Archbishop of Manila, became the first Filipino cardinal. Since then, a total of ten Filipinos have been raised to the rank of cardinal.

On May 1, 2020, Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect for the Section of First Evangelization of the Dicastery for Evangelization, was promoted to the rank of cardinal-bishop. He is the first Filipino to hold the highest rank of a cardinal in the Catholic Church.[1]

On October 6, 2024, Pope Francis named Pablo Virgilio David, Bishop of Kalookan, as the tenth Filipino Cardinal. He was elevated to the College of Cardinals in a consistory on December 8, 2024. He was the first filipino cardinal from any diocese in the Philippines.

Currently there are three active Filipino cardinals, Luis Antonio Tagle, current Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, Jose Advincula, current Archbishop of Manila, and Pablo Virgilio David, current Bishop of Kalookan.

List of Filipino cardinals

No.	Cardinal	Episcopal see / Dicastery	Created to the Cardinalate	Titular church	Conclaves participated	Coat of arms
1	Rufino Jiao Santos	Manila	March 31, 1960 by John XXIII[2]	Cardinal Priest of S. Maria ai Monti	1963
2	Julio Rosales y Ras	Cebu	April 28, 1969 by Paul VI[3]	Cardinal Priest of Sacro Cuore di Gesù agonizzante a Vitinia	August 1978 October 1978
3	Jaime Lachica Sin	Manila	May 24, 1976 by Paul VI[4]	Cardinal Priest of S. Maria ai Monti
4	Ricardo Jamin Vidal	Cebu	May 25, 1985 by John Paul II[5]	Cardinal Priest of Ss. Pietro e Paolo a Via Ostiense	2005
5	José Tomás Sánchez	Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy	June 6, 1991 by John Paul II[6] Elevated as Cardinal-Priest on February 26, 2002 by John Paul II	Cardinal-Priest of S. Pio V a Villa Carpegna[a][7]	[b]
6	Gaudencio Borbon Rosales	Manila	March 24, 2006 by Benedict XVI[8]	Cardinal Priest of Santissimo Nome di Maria in Via Latina	[b]
7	Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle	Manila (2012–2020) Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples (2019–2022) Pro-Prefect for the Section of First Evangelization of the Dicastery for Evangelization (2022–present)	November 24, 2012, by Benedict XVI[9] Elevated as Cardinal-Bishop on May 1, 2020 by Francis	Cardinal Bishop of San Felice da Cantalice a Centocelle[c][d][10][11][12]	2013
8	Orlando Beltran Quevedo	Cotabato	22 February 2014 by Francis[13]	Cardinal Priest of Santa Maria Regina Mundi a Torre Spaccata	[b]
9.	Jose Fuerte Advincula	Capiz (November 2020–June 2021) Manila (June 2021–present)	November 28, 2020 by Francis[14]	Cardinal Priest of San Vigilio	[e]
10.	Pablo Virgilio Siongco David	Kalookan	December 7, 2024 by Francis[15]	Cardinal-Priest of Trasfigurazione di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo	[f]

List by age

No.	Cardinal	Date of Birth	Date of Death	Age
1	Gaudencio Borbon Rosales	August 10, 1932 Batangas City		92 years, 162 days
2	José Tomás Sánchez	March 17, 1920 Pandan, Catanduanes	March 9, 2012 Manila	91 years, 359 days
3	Ricardo Jamin Vidal	February 6, 1931 Mogpog, Marinduque	October 18, 2017 Cebu	86 years, 254 days
4	Orlando Beltran Quevedo	11 March 1939 Laoag, Ilocos Norte		85 years, 314 days
5	Jaime Lachica Sin	August 31, 1928 New Washington, Aklan	June 21, 2005 San Juan	76 years, 294 days
6	Julio Rosales y Ras	September 18, 1906 Calbayog, Samar	June 2, 1983 Cebu	76 years, 257 days
7	Jose Fuerte Advincula	March 30, 1952 Dumalag, Capiz		72 years, 295 days
8	Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle	June 21, 1957 Imus, Cavite		67 years, 212 days
9	Pablo Virgilio Siongco David	March 2, 1959 Betis, Guagua, Pampanga		65 years, 7 months, 5 days
10	Rufino Jiao Santos	August 26, 1908 Guagua, Pampanga	September 3, 1973 Manila	65 years, 8 days

Timeline of living cardinals

From	To	Number of living cardinals
		-	Total	Change
March 28, 1960 (Rufino J. Santos elevated to cardinal)	April 28, 1969 (Julio Rosales elevated to cardinal)	1 cardinal (Cardinal Santos)	1	1
April 28, 1969 (Julio Rosales elevated to Cardinal)	September 3, 1973 (Death of Cardinal Santos)	2 cardinals (Cardinal Santos & Cardinal J. Rosales)	2	1
September 3, 1973 (Death of Cardinal Santos)	May 24, 1976 (Jaime Sin elevated to Cardinal)	1 cardinal (Cardinal J. Rosales)	1	1
May 24, 1976 (Jaime Sin elevated to Cardinal)	June 2, 1983 (Death of Cardinal J. Rosales)	2 cardinals (Cardinal J. Rosales & Cardinal Sin	2	1
June 2, 1983 (Death of Cardinal J. Rosales)	May 25, 1985 (Ricardo Vidal elevated to Cardinal)	1 cardinal (Cardinal Sin)	1	1
May 25, 1985 (Ricardo Vidal elevated to Cardinal)	June 28, 1991 (Jose Sanchez elevated to Cardinal)	2 cardinals (Cardinal Sin & Cardinal Vidal)	2	1
June 28, 1991 (Jose Tomas Sanchez elevated to Cardinal)	June 21, 2005 (Death of Cardinal Sin)	3 cardinals (Cardinals Sin, Vidal & Sanchez)	3	1
June 21, 2005 (Death of Cardinal Sin)	March 24, 2006 (Gaudencio Rosales elevated to Cardinal)	2 cardinals (Cardinals Vidal & Sanchez)	2	1
March 24, 2006 (Gaudencio Rosales elevated to Cardinal)	March 9, 2012 (Death of Cardinal Sanchez)	3 cardinals (Cardinals Vidal, Sanchez & G. Rosales)	3	1
March 9, 2012 (Death of Cardinal Sanchez)	November 24, 2012 (Luis Antonio Tagle elevated to Cardinal)	2 cardinals (Cardinals Vidal & G. Rosales)	2	1
November 24, 2012 (Luis Antonio Tagle elevated to Cardinal)	February 22, 2014 (Orlando Quevedo elevated to Cardinal)	3 cardinals (Cardinals Vidal, G. Rosales & Tagle)	3	1
February 22, 2014 (Orlando Quevedo elevated to Cardinal)	October 18, 2017 (Death of Cardinal Vidal)	4 cardinals (Cardinals Vidal, G. Rosales, Tagle & Quevedo)	4	1
October 18, 2017 (Death of Cardinal Vidal)	November 28, 2020 (Jose Advincula elevated to Cardinal)	3 cardinals (Cardinals G. Rosales, Tagle & Quevedo)	3	1
November 28, 2020 (Jose Advincula elevated to Cardinal)	December 7, 2024 (Pablo Virgilio David elevated to Cardinal)	4 cardinals (Cardinals G. Rosales, Tagle, Quevedo & Advincula)	4	1
December 7, 2024 (Pablo Virgilio David elevated to Cardinal)	Present	5 cardinals (Cardinals G. Rosales, Tagle, Quevedo, Advincula, David)	5	1

See also

• List of Roman Catholic dioceses in the Philippines
• Catholic Church hierarchy
• Catholic Church in the Philippines

Notes

1. raised pro hac vice and Cardinal Priest in 2002
2. Did not participate in any conclave during his cardinalate
3. Originally created Cardinal Priest in 24 November 2012, opted for the rank on 1 May 2020
4. Raised from the rank of cardinal priest on May 1, 2019 through a rescript issued by Pope Francis
5. no conclave participated yet
6. no conclave participated yet

References

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