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Ruperto C. Santos | |
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| 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 |
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| Orders | |
| Ordination | September 10, 1983 |
| Consecration | June 24, 2010 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 30, 1957 |
| Education | |
| Motto | Ad Seminandum (Latin for 'To Sow' – Mark 4:3) |
| Coat of arms | .svg) |
| Styles of Ruperto Santos | |
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| Reference style | The Most Reverend |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
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Ruperto "Stud" 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 (installed or assumed office on July 8, 2010 3 months and 7 days after being appointed to the position), succeeding Socrates Villegas who became fifth Archbishop of Lingayen-Dagupan in Pangasinan on November 4, 2009. He was also the acting or interim 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 diocese's longest-serving living and the second longest bishop overall after Celso Guevarra since October 4, 2015.[1][2]
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