Diocese of Marawi
Maravien(sis)
Suffragan territorial prelature · Latin Church · Marawi, Philippines
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan territorial prelature
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 20 November 1976
- Latin
- Maravien(sis)
- Patron
- Mary Help of Christians (Maria Auxiliadora)
- Annuario code
- 001000281
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 38,800
- Population
- 1,324,887
- Catholic share
- 2.9%
- Priests
- 9
- Catholics per priest
- 4,311
- Extent
- 4,567 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 8.5
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Edwin de la Peña y Angot
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of Santa Maria Auxiliadora stands in Marawi, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
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.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].