Diocesan Curia,
Fairmount Hills Subdivsion,
Daang Bakal Rd., 1870 Antipolo City,
Rizal, Philippines
Phone: (02)584-9518
Fax :661-9087
Email:
[email protected];
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Pope Francis appointed Bishop Ruperto C. Santos, DD, of Balanga as new bishop of Antipolo on May 24, 2023.
Bishop Santos was born on Oct. 30, 1957, in San Rafael, Bulacan, in the diocese of Malolos. He attended philosophy and theology courses at the San Carlos Seminary and was ordained a priest on Sept. 10, 1983, for the archdiocese of Manila.
After ordination, he first served as deputy parish priest of the Immaculate Conception in Metro Manila, chaplain of the Pasig Catholic College in Metro Manila (1983-1986), and parish priest in Maybugna (1986). He was awarded a licentiate in history from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome (1987-1990), and went on to hold the offices of professor of Church history at the San Carlos Seminary of Manila (1990-1995), and superior and subsequently rector of the Pontifical Filipino College in Rome.
He was appointed bishop of Balanga on April 1, 2010.
