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
Population................................ 880,612
Catholics ......................................40,884
Area ................................. 4,567 sq.kms.
Bishop ......................................................1
Priests:
Diocesan Priests incardinated
in the Prelature ...........................2
Religious: (all Filipinos) .................4
Priests belonging to a
Society of Apostolic Life
(all Filipinos) ...........................2
Number of Priests presently
serving in the Prelature ......7
Seminarians:
College ...............................................2
Theology ............................................1
Parishes:
With resident pastors ....................5
Chaplaincy ........................................1
Entrusted to diocesan clergy .....1
Entrusted to Religious & SAL ......4
Institutions:
Seminar House ................................1

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
Members: Rev. Fr. Ariel T. Bulan,
MJ; Rev. Fr. Teofilo M. Lopez Jr.,
MJ; Mrs. Remia Secheco; Mrs.
Remedios Condor
Corporate Secretary: Rt. Msgr.
Ramonito S. Torres, VG

ADMINISTRATIVE SECTION
Prelature Finance Committee:
Chairman: Most Rev. Edwin A.
de la Peña, MSP, DD
Members: Rt. Msgr. Ramonito S.
Torres, VG, Mrs. Susie P. Coyoca

Prelature School Board of Trustees
OUR LADY OF PEACE HIGH SCHOOL
President and Chairman: Most Rev.
Edwin A. de la Peña, MSP, DD
Members: Rev. Fr. Ariel T. Bulan, MJ;
Rev. Fr. Teofilo M. Lopez Jr., MJ;
Mrs. Artemia Meñales; Mrs. Aida
Flores
Corporate Secretary: Rt. Msgr.
Ramonito S. Torres, VG
SAN ISIDRO HIGH SCHOOL
President and Chairman: Most Rev.
Edwin A. de la Peña, MSP, DD
Members: Rev. Fr. Ariel T. Bulan,
MJ; Rev. Fr. Teofilo M. Lopez Jr.,
MJ; Mrs. Remia Secheco; Mrs.
Remedios Condor
Corporate Secretary: Rt. Msgr.
Ramonito S. Torres, VG

PASTORAL SECTION
Prelature Pastoral Coordinator: Rt.
Msgr. Ramonito S. Torres, VG
Youth Ministry Director: Rev. Fr.
Jhunryll S. Honoridez
SAC/JPIC Director: Rt. Msgr. Ramonito
S. Torres, VG
Prelature Schools’ Superintendent:
Rev. Fr. Ariel T. Bulan, MJ
Catechetical Ministry Director: Most
Rev. Edwin A. de la Peña, MSP,
DD
Family and Life Apostolate Director:
Most Rev. Edwin A. de la Peña,
MSP, DD
Vocation Director: Most Rev. Edwin
A. de la Peña, MSP, DD
Biblical Apostolate Team: Rev. Fr.
Teofilo M. Lopez Jr., MJ; Rt. Msgr.
Ramonito S. Torres, VG; Mrs.
Arlene Francisco; Mr. Mishel
Radaza

PARISHES AND PAROCHIAL CLERGY
CATHEDRAL PARISH OF SANTA MARIA
AUXILLADORA, 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,
September 8
Chaplain: Rt. Msgr. Ramonito S.
Torres, VG
SAN VICENTE FERRED QUASI PARISH, Balo-I
Franciscans, 9217 Balo-I, Lanao
del Norte.
Titular: San Vicente Ferrer, April 5
Parish Priest: Rev. Fr. Benjamin A.
Tigullo Jr., OFM
Parochial Vicar: Rev. Fr. Benigno
P. Flores Jr., OFM
OUR LADY OF PEACE AND GOOD VOYAGE
PARISH (F-1952), Parish Rectory,
9300 Malabang, Lanao del Sur
Pop.: 30,500; Cath.: 5,000
Titular: Our Lady of Peace and
Good Voyage, January 24
Parish Priest: Rev. Fr. Teofilo M.
Lopez Jr., MJ
Resident Priest: Rev. Fr. Ariel T.
Bulan, MJ
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
Parish Priest: Most Rev. Edwin A.
de la Peña, MSP, DD
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION PARISH (F-1965),
Parish Rectory, 9215 Sultan Naga
Dimaporo, Lanao del Norte
Titular: Our Lady of the Immaculate
Conception, December 8
Parish Priest: Rev. Fr. Agustino C.
Jugadora, MSP
SANTO TOMAS DE VILLANUEVA PARISH
(F-2006), Parish Rectory, Brgy.
Maria Cristina, Balo-I, Lanao del
Norte
Titular: Santo Tomas de Villanueva,
September 17
Parish Priest: Rev. Fr. Jhunryll S.
Honoridez
(Temporary Cathedral of Mary
Help of Christians)
Cathedral Rector: Rev. Fr. Jhunryll
S. Honoridez

DIOCESAN PRIESTS FOR THE PRELATURE
OF MARAWI
Rev. Fr. Jhunryll S. Honoridez;
Rev. Fr. Evergisto F. Bernaldez
(On Mission to the Diocese of
Parramatta NSW, Australia)

PRIEST ON-LOAN
Rt. Msgr. Ramonito S. Torres, VG
(Diocese of Dumaguete)

INSTITUTES OF CONSECRATED LIFE /
SOCIETIES OF APOSTOLIC LIFE
Missionaries of Jesus (MJ)
Mission Society of the Philippines
(MSP)
Order of Friars Minor (OFM)

EDUCATIONAL CENTERS
High Schools
OUR LADY OF PEACE HIGH SCHOOL (F-1954),
9300 Malabang, Lanao del Sur
Director: Rev. Fr. Ariel T. Bulan, MJ
Academic Coordinator: Mrs. Evangeline
G. Tan
SAN ISIDRO HIGH SCHOOL (F-1965), 9302
Balabagan, Lanao del Sur
Director: Rev. Fr. Ariel T. Bulan, MJ
Principal: Mrs. Lorna L. Glimada
Elementary Schools
PEACE LEARNING CENTER, 9300 Malabang,
Lanao del Sur
Director: Rev. Fr. Ariel T. Bulan, MJ
SAN ISIDRO HIGH SCHOOL - ELEMENTARY
DEPT., 9302 Balabagan, Lanao del
Sur
Director: Rev. Fr. Ariel T. Bulan, MJ
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION PEACE LEARNING
CENTER, 9215 Sultan Naga Dimaporo,
Lanao del Norte
Director: Rev. Fr. Agustino C.
Jugadora, MSP
Principal: Mrs. Catherine Beduya-
Abellana
Prep Schools
PEACE LEARNING CENTER - MALABANG,
9300 Malabang, Lanao del Sur
Director: Rev. Fr. Ariel T. Bulan, MJ
SAN ISIDRO HIGH SCHOOL - PREP SCHOOL
DEPARTMENT, 9302 Balabagan,
Lanao del Sur
Director: Rev. Fr. Ariel T. Bulan, MJ
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION PEACE LEARNING
CENTER, 9215 Sultan Naga Dimaporo,
Lanao del Norte
Director: Rev. Fr. Agustino C.
Jugadora, MSP
KALILINTAD LEARNING CENTER, 9217
Balo-I, Lanao del Norte
Director: Rev. Fr. Benigno P.
Flores Jr., OFM
SHALOM LEARNING CENTER, Lot No.
060, Fifth St., Mindanao State
University - Main Campus, 9700
Marawi City
Chairman of the Board of Trustees:
Most Rev. Edwin A. de la Peña,
MSP, DD
Teacher: Mrs. Arlene Francisco

MISELLANEOUS LISTINGS
BALAY BAKWITANAN (Temporary Bishop’s
Residence), Maglasang Formation
House, Sto. Tomas de Villanueva
Parish, Purok 8, Maria Cristina,
Balo-I, 9217 Lanao del Norte
In-charge: Mr. Noel A. Coyoca
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION FORMATION
HOUSE, Brgy. Pigkalawag, Sultan
Naga Dimaporo, Lanao del Norte
In-charge: Rev. Fr. Agustino C.
Jugadora, MSP

† NECROLOGY †
Most Rev. Bienvenido S. Tudtud,
DD; Rev. Fr. Martin Dempsey,
MSSC; Rev. Fr. Rufus Halley,
MSSC; Rev. Fr. Nilo Tabaña; Rev.
Fr. Teresito Suganob