Editing Basilan (section)

====Catholicism====
The Jesuit mission established in 1637 was replaced by a parish when Basilan was reassigned to the [[Order of Augustinian Recollects]] in 1850. The Jesuits regained Isabela Parish from 1860 to 1880, and then lost it again to the Recollects, who administered the parish until 1920, at which time Isabela de Basilan was turned over to [[diocesan priest]]s until 1930. From 1930 through 1950, the Jesuits returned to Isabela, finally relinquishing their long-held outpost to the [[Claretians|Claretian]] Fathers, who took over from 1951 to 1974.

The Isabela Parish burned to the ground in 1962{{Clarify|date=May 2011}} and was rebuilt in 1964 under the aegis of Basilan's first bishop, José María Querexeta, a Spaniard. The [[Isabela Cathedral|cathedral]] was consecrated to Santa Isabel in 1970, and diocesan priests have since administered the same from 1974 to the present. The [[Isabela Cathedral|cathedral]] figured prominently in the news, suffering one destructive explosion in a triple bomb blast on April 13, 2010.

The [[Territorial Prelature of Isabela|Prelature of Isabela de Basilan]] was created on October 12, 1963, and comprises all territories constituting the civil jurisdiction of Basilan Province, including Isabela.  Its titular patron is [[Elizabeth of Portugal|Santa Isabel de Portugal]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cbcponline.net/isabela/ |title=The Prelature of Isabela de Basilan |publisher=Cbcponline.net |access-date=October 5, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100513033430/http://www.cbcponline.net/isabela/ |archive-date=May 13, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Bishop Querexeta was succeeded by Bishop Rómulo T. de la Cruz, Basilan's first Filipino bishop, on February 16, 1989, who served until January 10, 2002, when the present bishop, Martin S. Jumoad took over.