The Roman Catholic Diocese of Iligan (Lat: ''Dioecesis Iliganensis'') is a

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of the

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of the

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in the

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comprising 25 parishes in Iligan City and twelve municipalities located at the northern half of the Province of Lanao del Norte.

History

Erected on February 17, 1971, as a territorial prelature out of the newly elevated Diocese of Ozamiz, it was subdivided on November 20, 1976, to form the new

Territorial Prelature of Marawi The Territorial Prelature of Marawi ( la, Praelatura Territorialis Maraviensis) is a Roman Catholic territorial prelature under the Archdiocese of Ozamiz in the Philippines. It comprises parishes in the minority Catholic community of Marawi, inc ...

. On November 15, 1982, the prelature nullius was elevated to a full diocese and is a suffragan first to the

Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Cagayana'') is an archdiocese of the Catholic Church in the Philippines. It is a metropolitan see on the island of Mindanao, which comprises the civil provinces of Misami ...

and then later to the Archdiocese of Ozamiz after its elevation on January 24, 1983. The current bishop is Jose Rapadas III, appointed in 2019. Bishop Rapadas was a diocesan clergyman from the

Diocese of Ipil The Diocese of Ipil ( la, Dioecesis Ipil-ensis) is a Roman Catholic Diocese located in the municipality of Ipil in the Ecclesiastical province of Zamboanga in the Philippines. It is an ecclesiastical territory in the province of Zamboanga Sibug ...

in the province of Zamboanga Sibugay. He is the fifth bishop of the Diocese

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