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.
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.
Rizal is bordered by Metro Manila to the east, the province of Bulacan to the north, Quezon to the east and Laguna to the south.
Rizal is a mountainous province perched on the western slopes of the southern portion of the Sierra Madre mountain range.
This consisted of the towns of Antipolo, Bosoboso, Cainta and Taytay from the Province of Tondo; and the towns of Morong, Baras, Tanay, Pililla, Angono, Binangonan and Jalajala from the Province of La Laguna, with the capital at Morong.
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