Antipolo City is a city in the Philippines and was recently made the capital of the province of Rizal. Pasig City in Metro Manila was the previous capital. Most of Antipolo stands on the eastern slopes of the Sierra Madre mountain range and this vantage point gives the city a spectacular view of Metro Manila. Antipolo has numerous spring resorts popular with weekend travellers from the metropolis.
Antipolo church is an appropriate starting point for a tour of the Eastern shores of Laguna, because it is customary to seek the intercession of the Virgin for a safe voyage.
The present church is of post-war vintage built on the site of an earlier church completed in 1632 by Juan de Salazar, S.J., damaged during the Chinese uprising of 1639, and the earthquakes of 1645, 1824, 1863.
The image, made of dark wood, was kept in Quiapo church until a new church in Antipolo was completed in the 1950s.
The Diocese of Antipolo was created on January 24, 1983 and was canonically erected on June 25, 1983 at the Shrine Parish of the Immaculate Conception in Antipolo, Rizal.
Due to frequent flooding in the town of Taytay, and because the population of Antipolo grew considerably around the year 1595, the mission center was transferred from Taytay to Antipolo.
This First Diocesan Synod of Antipolo was finally held on February 22-27, 1993 at the St. Michael Retreat House in Antipolo with 110 representatives attending, representing the clergy, the religious and the laity.
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