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Suffragan territorial prelature Marawi, Philippines

Diocese of Marawi

Maravien(sis)

Marawi is a Latin Church territorial prelature covering Lanao del Sur in Mindanao, erected in 1976. Its former cathedral, Santa Maria Auxiliadora in Marawi City, was damaged during the 2017 Marawi siege, and the prelate is Bishop Edwin de la Pena.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral of Santa Maria Auxiliadora, in Marawi, Philippines.

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Established
1976
Catholics
38,800
Priests
9
Territory
4,567 km²

Parishes and churches

5 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Edwin de la Peña y Angot

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The cathedral

Cathedral of Santa Maria Auxiliadora stands in Marawi, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

Officially the Prelature of Saint Mary in Marawi, the Territorial Prelature of Marawi (Latin: Praelatura Territorialis Maraviensis) is a Catholic territorial prelature in the Philippines under the Archdiocese of Ozamis. It gathers the parishes of Marawi's minority Catholic community, including one at Mindanao State University, along with four municipalities of the Lanao Provinces where Catholics are present in significant numbers: Malabang and Balabagan in Lanao del Sur, and Sultan Naga Dimaporo and Balo-i in Lanao del Norte.