Ruperto Santos

History
Ordination history of; Ruperto Santos
Ordained by
History
Priestly ordination
Ordained by	Jaime Lachica Sin
Date	10 September 1983
Place	Manila Cathedral
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator	Gaudencio Borbon Rosales
Co-consecrators	Ricardo Jamin Vidal; Edward Joseph Adams;
Date	24 June 2010

Styles of
**Ruperto Santos**
Styles of; Ruperto Santos
Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop

The Most Reverend

Ruperto C. Santos

D.D., STL
The Most Reverend; Ruperto C. Santos; D.D., STL
Bishop of Antipolo
	Santos in 2024
Province	Manila
Diocese	Antipolo
Appointed	May 24, 2023
Installed	July 22, 2023
Predecessor	Francisco Mendoza de Leon
Successor	Incumbent
Orders
Ordination	September 10, 1983
Consecration	June 24, 2010
Personal details
Born	October 30, 1957 (age 66); San Rafael, Bulacan
Previous post(s)	Priest, Archdiocese of Manila (1983‍–‍2010); Rector, Pontificio Collegio Filippino in Rome (2000‍–‍2010); Bishop of Balanga (2010‍–‍2023); Acting Rector and Parish Priest, Diocesan Shrine and Parish of St. Nicholas Tolentino, Mariveles, Bataan (2020‍–‍2023);
Education	San Carlos Seminary; Pontificia Universita Gregoriana;
Motto	Ad Seminandum; (Latin for 'To Sow' – Mark 4:3)
Coat of arms

Ruperto "Stude" Cruz Santos (born October 30, 1957) is a Filipino prelate of the Catholic Church. Santos is the fifth and current Bishop of Antipolo. He is the president of the Episcopal Commission for Pastoral Care for Migrants and Itinerant People (ECMI) of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines.

Prior to his installation as fifth Bishop of Antipolo on July 22, 2023, Santos previously served as rector of the Pontificio Collegio Filippino during his 27-year tenure as a priest of Archdiocese of Manila from 2000 to July 8, 2010, and fourth Bishop of Balanga in Bataan from April 1, 2010 to July 22, 2023, succeeding Socrates Villegas who became Archbishop of Lingayen-Dagupan in Pangasinan on November 4, 2009. He was also the acting rector and parish priest of Diocesan Shrine and Parish of St. Nicholas Tolentino, Mariveles, Bataan from June 5, 2020 to June 4, 2023 on his last three years as Bishop of Balanga. With 13 years, 3 months, and 21 days or 4,860 days as Bishop of Balanga, Santos is the longest-serving living bishop of the diocese, and the second longest to serve the position overall after Celso Guevarra since October 4, 2015.^[1]^[2]

^ AsiaNews.it. "Bishops commit to battle against Human Trafficking". www.asianews.it. Retrieved 2022-09-01.
^ "Bishop stresses 'liberating words', hits trolls". CBCPNews. 2017-01-20. Retrieved 2022-09-01.

[1] AsiaNews.it. "Bishops commit to battle against Human Trafficking". www.asianews.it. Retrieved 2022-09-01.

[2] "Bishop stresses 'liberating words', hits trolls". CBCPNews. 2017-01-20. Retrieved 2022-09-01.

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