Praelatura Maraviensis                                                                                         

Suffragan of Ozamiz
Created: November 20, 1976. Erected: December 8, 1976. Comprises the
City of Marawi, the Civil Province of Lanao del Sur and part of the province
of Lanao del Norte. Titular: Saint Mary.

Bishop
Most Reverend
EDWIN ANGOT DE LA PEÑA, MSP, DD
Born April 3, 1954 in Tambisan, San Juan, Siquijor. Ordained:
April 22, 1981. Installed Prelate of the Prelature of Marawi:
August 12, 2000. Appointed Bishop-Elect of the Pelature:
October 21, 2001. Ordained Bishop: December 27, 2001.
Temporary Bishop’s Residence:
Maglasang Formation House
Bishop’s Residence
Sto. Tomas de Villanueva Parish
Purok 8, Maria Cristina Balo-i
9217 Balo-i, Lanao del Norte

PRESENT STATUS
Bishop......................................................1
Priests:
Diocesan:
Priests incardinated
in the Prelature......................4
Religious: (all Filipinos).................8
Priests belonging to a
Society of Apostolic Life
(all Filipinos) ......................2
Number of Priests presently
serving in the Prelature... 10
Religious Brothers.....................1
Seminarians (College)..............4
Parishes:
With resident pastors....................6
Chaplaincy........................................1
Entrusted to diocesan clergy .....1
Entrusted to Religious &
SAL (Fil-Missioners)...................4
Institutions:
Seminar House................................1
Population................................ 880,612
Catholics......................................40,884
Area ................................. 4,567 sq.kms.

Vicar General: Rt. Msgr. Ramonito S.
Torres
Chancellor: Fr. Jhunryll S. Honoridez
Vicar for Clergy: Rt. Msgr. Ramonito
S. Torres, VG
Finance Officer: Mrs. Susie P. Coyoca

ADMINISTRATIVE SECTION
Prelature Finance Committee:
Chairman: Most Rev. Edwin A.
de la Peña, MSP, DD
Members: Fr. Teresito Soganub; Fr.
Evergisto F. Bernaldez; Fr. Nilo
Tabania; Fr. Primo Fagel, MJ; Ms.
Corazon Mangelen, Mrs. Virginia
Dal, Mrs. Susie Paran-Coyoca

Prelature School Board of Trustees
(Our Lady ofPeace High School)
Board of Directors: Mr. Camilo
Follosco Jr.; Mrs. Aida Glen
Flores; Mrs. Armemia L. Miñales

Prelature Board of Trustees
(San Isidro High School)
President & Chairman of the Board:
Most Rev. Edwin A. dela Peña,
MSP, DD
Members: Rev. Fr. Noel S. Octaviano,
MJ; Rev. Fr. Teofilo M. Lopez Jr.,
MJ; Rt. Msgr. Ramonito Torres;
Ms. Zenaida Benito; Mr. Antonio
Cristobal

PASTORAL SECTION
Prelature Pastoral Coordinator: Rt.
Msgr. Ramonito S. Torres, VG
Youth Ministry Director: Rev. Fr.
Jhunryll S. Honoridez
SAC/JPIC Director: Fr. Cirilo Irinco,
OFM
Prelature Schools’ Superintendent:
Rev. Fr. Rogelio D. Del Rosario, MJ
Catechetical Ministry Director: Most
Rev. Edwin A. dela Peña, MSP, DD
Biblical Apostolate Team: Rt. Msgr.
Ramonito S. Torres, VG; Mrs.
Arlene Francisco; Bro. Mishel
Radaza
SAC/JPIC Director: Rt. Msgr. Ramonito S. Torres, VG

SAC: DUYOG MARAWI
(Prelature of Marawi and
RedemptoristCollaboration)

DUYOG MARAWI Board ofTrustee
Chairman: Most. Rev. Edwin A.
Dela Peña, MSP, DD
President: Rev. Fr. Gary Alvarado,
CSsR
Executive Director: Bro. Reynaldo P.
Barnido, ROCA
Members: Rt. Msgr. Ramonito S.
Torres, VG; Rev. Fr. Ariel Lubi,
CSsR; Rev. Fr. Copernicus Perez,
CSsR; Mrs. Gina Lao Gerona

PARISHES AND PAROCHIAL CLERGY
Cathedral Parish of Santa Maria
Auxiliadora (Founded: 1034, St.
Mary’s Cathedral Parish Rectory,
9700 Marawi City, Lanao del Sur,
P.O. Box 5605, 9200 Iligan City
Lanao del Norte
Pop.: 95,819; Cath.: 5,014
Titular: Our Lady, Mary Help of
Christians, May 24
(Laying in ruins awaiting to be
rebuilt)
Blessed Virgin Mary Chaplaincy, House
No. 060, 5th St., Mindanao State
University Main Campus, 9700
Marawi City, P.O. Box 5606, 9200
Iligan City Lanao del Norte
Titular: Blessed Virgin Mary,
Sept. 8
CSsR Pastoral Team (until Sept.
2018): Rev. Fr. Jerome Abila,
CSsR; Rev. Fr. John Paul Z. Tabasa, CSsR
San Vicente Ferrer Quasi-Parish, Balo-i
Franciscans, 9217 Balo-i, Lanao
del Norte
OFM Pastoral Team: Rev. Fr.
Daniel O. Borromeo, OFM; Rev.
Fr. Francis C. Moneda, OFM
Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage
Parish (F-1952), Catholic Rectory,
9300 Malabang, Lanao del Sur
Pop.: 30,5000; Cath.: 5,000
Titular: Our Lady of Peace &
Good Voyage, Jan. 24
Parish Priest: Rt. Msgr. Ramonito
S. Torres, VG
Associate Pastor: Fr. Rogelio D.
del Rosario, MJ
Pastoral Sisters - Missionaries of
the Assumption: Sr. Etta, MA &
Community
San Isidro Labrador Parish (F-1970),
Parish Rectory, 9302 Balabagan,
Lanao del Sur
Pop.: 30,500; Cath.: 6,000
Titular: San Isidro Labrador, May 15
Team Ministry: Most Rev. Edwin
A. dela Peña, MSP, DD; Rev. Fr.
Teofilo M. Lopez Jr., MJ; Rev. Fr.
Noel Octaviano, MJ
Immaculate Conception Parish (F-1965),
Parish Rectory, 9215 Sultan Naga
Dimaporo, Lanao del Norte
Titular: Immaculate Conception,
Dec. 8
Parish Priest: Fr. Jimmy Cabuntocan, MSP
Santo Tomas De Villanueva Parish
(F-2006), Parish Rectory, Brgy.
Maria Cristina, 9217 Balo-i, Lanao
del Norte
Titular: Santo Tomas de Villanueva, Sept. 17
Parish Administrator: Rev. Fr.
Jhunryll S. Honoridez
(Temporary Cathedral of Mary
elp of Christians)
Cathedral Rector: Rev. Fr. Jhunryll
S. Honoridez

Diocesan Priest For the Prelature
Rev. Fr. Jhunryll S. Honoridez;
Rev. Fr. Evergisto F. Bernaldez
(On Mission to the Diocese of
Parramatta NSW, Australia);
Rev. Fr. Teresito L. Soganub (On
Health and Rehab Leave); Rev.
Fr. Nilo S. Tabania (On sick leave,
Pagadian Diocese)

Priest-on-Loan
Rt. Msgr. Ramonito S. Torres, VG
(Diocese of Dumaguete)

Priests Residing Outside the
Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction of the
Prelature

Fr. Rogelio C. Lood (in the Diocese
of Iligan)

INSTITUTES OF CONSECRATED LIFE/
SOCIETIES OF APOSTOLIC LIFE
MEN
Congregation of the Most Holy
Redeemer (CSsR)
Missionaries of Jesus (MJ)
Mission Society of the Philippines
(MSP)
Regina Rosarii Contemplative Association (ROCA)

EDUCATIONAL CENTERS
High Schools
Our Lady of Peace High School (F-1954),
9300 Malabang, Lanao del Sur
Director: Fr. Rogelio D. del Rosario, MJ
San Isidro High School (F-1965),
9302 Balabagan, Lanao del Sur
Board of Trustee: Mrs. Remedios
Condor; Mrs. Zenaida B. Amanodin
Elementary Schools
Peace Learning Center, 9300 Malabang, Lanao del Sur
Director: Fr. Rogelio D. del Rosario, MJ
San Isidro High School - Elementary
Department, 9302 Balabagan,
Lanao del Sur
Director: Fr. Noel S. Octaviano, MJ
Prep Schools
Peace Learning Center - Malabang,
Malabang, 9300 Lanao del Sur
Director: Rev. Fr. Rogelio D.
Del Rosario, MJ
San Isidro High School - Prep School
Department, 9302 Balabagan,
Lanao del Sur
Director: Fr. Noel S. Octaviano, MJ
Immaculate Conception Peace Learning
Center, 9215 Sultan Naga Dimaporo, Lanao del Norte
Director: Fr. Jimmy Cabuntocan, MSP
Kalilintad Learning Center, 9217
Balo-i, Lanao del Norte
Director: OFM Pastoral Team
Shalom Learning Center, Lot No.
060, Fifth St., Mindanao State
University - Main Campus, 9700
Marawi City
Director: CSsR Pastoral Team

MISCELLANEOUS LISTINGS
St. Mary’s Seminar House, St. Mary’s
Cathedral Compound, 9700 Marawi City
In-charge: Mr. Noel A. Cayoca
Immaculate Conception Formation House,
Brgy. Pikalawag, 9215 Sultan
Naga Dimaporo, Lanao del Norte
In-charge: Fr. Jimmy Cabuntocan,
MSP
NOTE: No updated data received from the Prelature of Marawi.