Diocese of Antipolo
Antipolen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Antipolo, Philippines
The Diocese of Antipolo is a Latin Church diocese comprising the Province of Rizal and Marikina City, Philippines, erected in 1983 and suffragan to Manila. Its current bishop is Ruperto C. Santos, installed in 2023; it is one of the largest local churches in the country by Catholic population.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 24 January 1983
- Latin
- Antipolen(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage
- Annuario code
- 001000703
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 3,026,699
- Population
- 3,728,586
- Catholic share
- 81.2%
- Priests
- 95
- Catholics per priest
- 31,860
- Extent
- 1,828 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1,656
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Ruperto Cruz Santos
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral-Parish of the Immaculate Conception stands in Antipolo, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Manila
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Manila.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of CubaoCubao
- Diocese of ImusImus
- Diocese of KalookanKalookan
- Diocese of MalolosMalolos
- Archdiocese of ManilaManila
- Diocese of NovalichesNovaliches
- Diocese of ParañaqueParañaque
- Diocese of PasigPasig
- Diocese of San PabloSan Pablo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Comprising the Province of Rizal and the city of Marikina in Metro Manila, the Diocese of Antipolo (Latin: Dioecesis Antipolensis, Filipino: Diyosesis ng Antipolo, Spanish: Diócesis de Antipolo) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in the Philippines. By Catholic population it presently ranks among the largest local churches in the country.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].