Rufino Jiao Santos
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His Eminence Rufino J. Cardinal Santos |
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| Cardinal-Archbishop of Manila | |
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| Province | Manila |
| See | Manila |
| Installed | February 10, 1953 |
| Term ended | September 3, 1973 |
| Predecessor | Gabriel M. Reyes |
| Successor | Jaime Sin |
| Other posts | Archdiocese of Manila Military Ordinariate (1951-53) |
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| Ordination | October 25, 1931 |
| Consecration | October 24, 1947 |
| Created Cardinal | March 28, 1960 by Pope John XXIII |
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| Birth name | Rufino Jiao Santos |
| Born | August 26, 1908 Guagua, Pampanga, Philippine Islands |
| Died | September 3, 1973 (aged 65) Manila, Philippines |
| Buried | Crypt at the Manila Cathedral |
| Nationality | Filipino |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Parents | Gaudencio Santos Rosalia Jiao |
| Motto | Caritas in Dilectione "Love in Love" |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Manila |
Rufino Jiao Santos (August 26, 1908 - September 3, 1973) was the 29th Archbishop of Manila from February 10, 1953 until his death on September 3, 1973, and was the first Filipino elevated to the Cardinalate.
Born in Barangay Sto. Niño, Guagua, Pampanga, Santos was the fourth of seven children of Gaudencio Santos, an overseer of farmland near Mount Arayat, and Rosalia Jiao. Rufino's three elder brothers were Manuel, Emiliano and Quirino; his three sisters were Clara, Jovita, and Exequiela. Santos, nicknamed "Pinong", grew up in a house located 30 metere from what is now the Immaculate Conception Parish. He was active in church activities as acolyte, and was later a choir member of the Manila Cathedral School. Two factors influenced his priestly vocation: his stint as an altar server, and the encouragement of Father Jose Tahon, Manila Cathedral's parish priest.
He entered San Carlos Seminary on July 25, 1921, and earned a Baccalaureate in Canon Law in 1929 and a Doctorate in Sacred Theology in July 1931 at Pontificia Universita Gregoriana. In 1927, the 19-year-old Santos and Leopoldo A. Arcaira, 24—both outstanding students of San Carlos Seminary—were the first recipients of the scholarships at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, Italy.
Pinong was granted a Papal dispensation to be ordained below the canonical age of 24. On Oct. 25, 1931, two months shy of his 23rd birthday, Rufino J. Santos was ordained priest at the Basilica of Saint John Lateran in Rome. He then served as assistant parish priest in Imus, Cavite and as parish priest in Marilao, Bulacan.
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