The plaza was given its current name in 1961, following the elevation of Rufino Santos to the College of Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church as the first Filipino cardinal.
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo was to lead the event by unveiling a historical marker and a 6-foot statue of Santos (sculpted by Edillardo Paras) and donated by Cesar L. Villanueva's wife, Arlyn Sicangco-Villanueva, president of Holy Angel University in Angeles City, Pampanga.
Santos | Vilma Santos | Juan Manuel Santos | Santos FC | Santos, São Paulo | Rufino Tamayo | Alberto Santos-Dumont | Judy Ann Santos | Daniel Santos | Sergio Santos | Junior dos Santos | Graciano dos Santos Neves | Enrique Santos Discépolo | Daniel Santos (singer) | Boaventura de Sousa Santos | Arwind Santos | Todos Santos | Santos Dumont Airport | Santos Cardona | Museo Rufino Tamayo | Matt Santos | Lulu Santos | José Luis Alonso de Santos | José Eduardo dos Santos | Fernando Santos | Ary dos Santos | Todos Santos Cuchumatán | Silvio Santos | Sergio Claudio dos Santos | Santos (São Paulo) |