List of Filipino cardinals

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.

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.