Francisco Mendoza de Leon
Francisco Mendoza de Leon, D.D., is the incumbent bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Antipolo.Biography
Francisco Mendoza de Leon was ordained a priest on June 28, 1975 by Manila Cardinal-Archbishop Jaime Lachica Sin.
On June 27, 2007, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him Auxiliary Bishop of Antipolo and Titular Bishop of Boseta. He was consecrated on September 1, 2007 by Gaudencio Borbon Rosales, the Cardinal-Archbishop of Manila; the co-consecrators were Socrates Buenaventura Villegas, Bishop of Balanga, and Gabriel Villaruz Reyes, Bishop of Antipolo.
On November 22, 2015, Pope Francis, appointed him Coadjutor Bishop of Antipolo after serving as auxiliary bishop for almost eight years. He succeeded Reyes as Bishop of Antipolo on September 10, 2016 upon the latter's retirement.
