Apostolic Vicariate of Pando

Apostolic Vicariate of Pando Apostolicus Vicariatus Pandoënsis Vicariato Apostólico de Pando
Location
Country	Bolivia
Ecclesiastical province	Immediately exempt to the Holy See
Statistics
Area	86,261 km2 (33,306 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2010) 208,867 187,981 (90%)
Parishes	6
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	29 April 1942 (81 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Riberalta
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Apostolic Vicar	Eugenio Coter
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The Vicariate Apostolic of Pando (Latin: Apostolicus Vicariatus Pandoënsis) is a Latin Church missionary ecclesiastical territory or apostolic vicariate of the Catholic Church in Bolivia. Its cathedra is located in the episcopal see of Riberalta.

History

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

Apostolic Vicars

• Bishop Alfonso Manuel Escalante y Escalante, M.M. † (1943.01.13 – 1960.11.15)
• Bishop Thomas Patrick Collins, M.M. † (1960.11.15 – 1968.11)
• 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)

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Bolivia

External links

• GCatholic.org