The Territorial Prelature of Marawi is a Roman Catholic territorial prelature under the Ecclesiastical province

Ecclesiastical Province

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 of Ozamis

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ozamis

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 in the Philippines comprising parishes in the minority Catholic community of Marawi City and four (4) municipalities of Lanao Provinces with significant Catholic population (Malabang

Malabang, Lanao del Sur

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 and Balabagan

Balabagan, Lanao del Sur

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 municipalities of Lanao del Sur

Lanao del Sur

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 and Karomatan

Sultan Naga Dimaporo, Lanao del Norte

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 and Baloi

Baloi, Lanao del Norte

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 municipalities of Lanao del Norte

Lanao del Norte

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History

• November 20, 1976: Established as the Territorial Prelature of Marawi from the Territorial Prelature of Iligan

Leadership

• Prelates of Marawi (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Edwin de la Peña y Angot, M.S.P. (October 22, 2001 – Present)
  • Bishop Bienvenido Solon Tudtud (April 25, 1977 – June 26, 1987)