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Diocese of Antipolo

Antipolen(sis)

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 shareof the people living within its bounds
81.2%
Priests
95
Catholics per priest
31,860
Extent
1,828 km²
Catholics per km²
1,656

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:

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.

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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.