On January 24, 1983, during his Angelus message,
Pope John Paul II announced the creation of the Diocese of Antipolo, which would encompass the whole province of
Rizal, the entire
Marikina, and part of
Pasig (Barangays Dela Paz, Santolan, Manggahan, Rosario, and Santa Lucia, which altogether formed the Vicariate of Santo Tomas de Villanueva, now belonging to the
Diocese of Pasig). It is an area that was previously known in the
Archdiocese of Manila as the Ecclesiastical District of Eastern Rizal. A
suffragan of the said archdiocese, the diocese was canonically established on June 25, 1983. The first
bishop of Antipolo was Protacio G. Gungon. On December 3, 2001, he was succeeded by
Crisostomo Yalung as the second bishop, followed by Gabriel V. Reyes, former Bishop of
Kalibo in Aklan, as the third bishop. Bishop Reyes was assisted by the then-auxiliary and later coadjutor bishop, Francisco M. De Leon, who was named his successor and fourth bishop effective September 10, 2016. The diocese had its First Diocesan Synod in 1993 held at Saint Michael's Retreat House in Antipolo City. The diocese has experienced some jurisdictional changes since the time the
Diocese of Pasig was created, whereby six parishes within the civil boundaries of Pasig were given to the new local church, together with seven diocesan priests serving in them. On May 23, 2023,
Pope Francis named
Ruperto Santos as the fifth Bishop of Antipolo to succeed
Francisco Mendoza de Leon who reached the retirement age of 75. Santos became the diocese's fifth bishop upon his installation on July 22, 2023. ==Ordinaries==