Apostolic Vicariate of Pando
Apostolic Vicariate of Pando Apostolicus Vicariatus Pandoënsis Vicariato Apostólico de Pando | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Bolivia |
| Ecclesiastical province | Immediatelyexemptto theHoly 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 (82 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel inRiberalta |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Apostolic Vicar | Eugenio Coter |
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TheVicariate Apostolic of Pando(Latin:Apostolicus Vicariatus Pandoënsis) is aLatin Churchmissionary ecclesiastical territory orapostolic vicariateof theCatholic ChurchinBolivia.Itscathedrais located in theepiscopal seeofRiberalta.
History
[edit]- April 29, 1942: Established as Vicariate Apostolic of Pando from theApostolic Vicariate of El Beni
Apostolic Vicars
[edit]- BishopAlfonso Manuel Escalante y Escalante,M.M.† (1943.01.13 – 1960.11.15)
- BishopThomas Patrick Collins,M.M. † (1960.11.15 – 1968.11)
- BishopAndrea Bernardo Schierhoff† (1982.12.17 – 1986.12.01)
- BishopLuis Morgan Casey† (1988.01.18 – 2013.02.02)
- BishopEugenio Coter(2013.02.02 – present)
See also
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| Province of Cochabamba | |
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| Province of La Paz | |
| Province of Santa Cruz de la Sierra | |
| Province of Sucre | |
| Sui iurisjurisdictions | |
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