Cardinal Santos' 'galero' to be raised at Manila Cathedral
Published Aug 19, 2018 01:57 pm
By Leslie Ann Aquino
In commemoration of Manila Archbishop Rufino Cardinal Santos’ 45th death anniversary, his “galero” hat will be raised at the Manila Cathedral in Intramuros, Manila next month.
Manila Archbishop Rufino Cardinal Santos (Photo via Wikipedia / MANILA BULLETIN)
“We would like to honor him and the many people, who worked with him in rebuilding the Manila Cathedral 60 years ago,” the Manila Cathedral said in a Facebook post.
To note, the hat of a Cardinal is traditionally hung at his cathedral upon his death.
At present visitors of the cathedral will only see one red hat hanging from the central dome of the cathedral-basilica. The galero hat belongs to the late Jaime Cardinal Sin.
The hat of Santos used to hang in the cathedral but it already fell some years back.
“It was hung. It fell. When it fell, it was placed in a museum,” Lingayen Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas said in a text message.
The prelate served as Manila Auxiliary prelate during the time of Cardinal Sin, the successor of Santos.
Weeks before the scheduled raising of his hat, Santos’ “galero” was discovered tucked away in a dark corner of the stock room of the Archdiocesan Museum of Manila.
“It was found still with its original box with the label of the maker Tanfani and Bertarelli in Rome,” the Manila Cathedral announced.
Born in a family of seven children from Guagua, Pampanga, Santos entered the Manila Cathedral Parochial School at the age of 9 and later enrolled at San Carlos Seminary in Manila with the aid of scholarship.
In 1927 he went to Rome where he received his Doctor of Sacred Theology degree from the Pontifical Gregorian University. Four years after, he was ordained a priest in the Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome.
He returned to the Philippines in 1932 as assistant parish priest in lmus, Cavite. Then as parish priest of Marilao, he became known as the popular “Padre Pinong.”
On the same year, Archbishop Michael J. O'Doherty made him his assistant. He was also named vice chancellor of the archdiocese, superintendent of religious instruction in 1934 and secretary-treasurer of the archdiocese in 1939.
He became an auxiliary bishop of Manila in 1947, and in 1953 installed as Archbishop of Manila. He received the red hat from Pope John XXIII in 1960 and became the first Filipino Cardinal.
According to the Manila Cathedral, among the projects he undertook as archbishop was the organization of Catholic Charities (now known as Caritas Manila), Radio Veritas, the new buildings of San Carlos Seminary and Guadalupe Minor Seminary in Makati, the reconstruction of St. Paul Hospital (now the Cardinal Santos Medical Center), Pope Pius XII Center, the Collegio Filippino in Rome, and the crowning jewel of his leadership, the reconstruction of the postwar Manila Cathedral.
The historic raising of Cardinal Santos’ “galero” will be held on September 3, Monday at 6 p.m. with a Eucharistic celebration to be presided by Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle.
Manila Archbishop Rufino Cardinal Santos (Photo via Wikipedia / MANILA BULLETIN)
“We would like to honor him and the many people, who worked with him in rebuilding the Manila Cathedral 60 years ago,” the Manila Cathedral said in a Facebook post.
To note, the hat of a Cardinal is traditionally hung at his cathedral upon his death.
At present visitors of the cathedral will only see one red hat hanging from the central dome of the cathedral-basilica. The galero hat belongs to the late Jaime Cardinal Sin.
The hat of Santos used to hang in the cathedral but it already fell some years back.
“It was hung. It fell. When it fell, it was placed in a museum,” Lingayen Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas said in a text message.
The prelate served as Manila Auxiliary prelate during the time of Cardinal Sin, the successor of Santos.
Weeks before the scheduled raising of his hat, Santos’ “galero” was discovered tucked away in a dark corner of the stock room of the Archdiocesan Museum of Manila.
“It was found still with its original box with the label of the maker Tanfani and Bertarelli in Rome,” the Manila Cathedral announced.
Born in a family of seven children from Guagua, Pampanga, Santos entered the Manila Cathedral Parochial School at the age of 9 and later enrolled at San Carlos Seminary in Manila with the aid of scholarship.
In 1927 he went to Rome where he received his Doctor of Sacred Theology degree from the Pontifical Gregorian University. Four years after, he was ordained a priest in the Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome.
He returned to the Philippines in 1932 as assistant parish priest in lmus, Cavite. Then as parish priest of Marilao, he became known as the popular “Padre Pinong.”
On the same year, Archbishop Michael J. O'Doherty made him his assistant. He was also named vice chancellor of the archdiocese, superintendent of religious instruction in 1934 and secretary-treasurer of the archdiocese in 1939.
He became an auxiliary bishop of Manila in 1947, and in 1953 installed as Archbishop of Manila. He received the red hat from Pope John XXIII in 1960 and became the first Filipino Cardinal.
According to the Manila Cathedral, among the projects he undertook as archbishop was the organization of Catholic Charities (now known as Caritas Manila), Radio Veritas, the new buildings of San Carlos Seminary and Guadalupe Minor Seminary in Makati, the reconstruction of St. Paul Hospital (now the Cardinal Santos Medical Center), Pope Pius XII Center, the Collegio Filippino in Rome, and the crowning jewel of his leadership, the reconstruction of the postwar Manila Cathedral.
The historic raising of Cardinal Santos’ “galero” will be held on September 3, Monday at 6 p.m. with a Eucharistic celebration to be presided by Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle.