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Apostolic Vicariate of Pando

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Parishes
  
6

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Country
  
Bolivia

Emeritus bishop
  
Luis Morgan Casey

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Area
  
86,261 km²

Bishop
  
Eugenio Coter

Apostolic Vicariate of Pando

Metropolitan
  
Immediately subject to the Holy See

Population- Total- Catholics
  
(as of 2010)208,867187,981 (90%)

Established
  
29 April 1942 (74 years ago)

The Roman Catholic Vicariate Apostolic of Pando (Latin: Apostolicus Vicariatus Pandoënsis) is an apostolic vicariate located in the city of Riberalta in Bolivia.

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History

  • April 29, 1942: Established as Vicariate Apostolic of Pando from the Apostolic Vicariate of El Beni

    • Ordinaries

  • Bishop Alfonso Manuel Escalante y Escalante, M.M. † (1943.01.13 - 1960.11.15)
  • Bishop Thomas Patrick Collins, M.M. † (1960.11.15 - 1982.12.17)
  • Bishop Andrea Bernardo Schierhoff † (1982.12.17 - 1986.12.01)
  • Bishop Luis Morgan Casey (1988.01.18 - 2013.02.02)
  • Bishop Eugenio Coter (2013.02.02 – present)

    • References

    Apostolic Vicariate of Pando Wikipedia
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