Apostolic Vicariate of Pando, Bolivia

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Apostolic Vicariate

Name: Pando / Pandoën(sis) (Latin)

Immediately subject to the Holy See

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nuestra Señora del Carmen (July 16), Nuestra Señora del Pilar (October 12)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: October 7

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1942.04.29: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Pando / Pandoën(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of El Beni)

Present Prelates

Vicar Apostolic (2013.02.02 – ...):

Bishop Eugenio Coter (67)

Titular Bishop of Thibiuca

Apostolic Administrator of Reyes (Bolivia)

Ordinaries

Vicars Apostolic of Pando (Roman Rite)

Bishop Eugenio Coter (67)
(2013.02.02 – ...)

Vicar Apostolic of Pando (Bolivia)
Titular Bishop of Thibiuca
Apostolic Administrator of Reyes (Bolivia)

Su misericordia llega a sus fieles

Born:	1957.07.11 (Gazzaniga, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1981.06.20
Consecrated Bishop:	2013.04.24

Priest of Bergamo (Italy) (1981.06.20 – 2013.02.02)

Titular Bishop of Thibiuca (2013.02.02 – ...)

Vicar Apostolic of Pando (Bolivia) (2013.02.02 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Reyes (Bolivia) (2022.07.09 – ...)

Bishop Luis Morgan Casey
(1988.01.18 – 2013.02.02)

Born:	1935.06.23 (Portageville, MO, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1962.04.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1984.01.28
Died:	2022.07.27 (Saint Louis, MO, USA † 87)

Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) (1983.11.03 – 1988.01.18)

Titular Bishop of Mibiarca (1983.11.03 – 2022.07.27)

Vicar Apostolic of Pando (Bolivia) (1988.01.18 – 2013.02.02)

Bishop Andrea Bernardo Schierhoff
(1982.12.17 – 1986.12.01)

Born:	1922.02.10 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1948.04.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1969.01.06
Died:	1986.12.01 († 64)

Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) (1968.11.11 – 1982.12.17)

Titular Bishop of Cerenzia (1968.11.11 – 1986.12.01)

Vicar Apostolic of Pando (Bolivia) (1982.12.17 – 1986.12.01)

Fr. Thomas McBride, M.M.
(Apostolic Administrator 1977 – 1982.12.17)

Fr. Lawrence J. Burns, M.M.
(Apostolic Administrator 1967 – 1977)

Bishop Thomas Patrick Collins, M.M.
(1960.11.15 – 1968)

Born:	1915.01.13 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1942.06.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1961.03.07
Died:	1973.12.07 († 58)

Vicar Apostolic of Pando (Bolivia) (1960.11.15 – 1968)

Titular Bishop of Sufetula (1960.11.15 – 1973.12.07)

Bishop Thomas Joseph Danehy, M.M.
(Apostolic Administrator sede plena 1948.06.15 – 1959.10.09)

Bishop Alonso Manuel Escalante, M.M.
(1943.01.13 – 1960)

Born:	1906.12.24 (Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1931.02.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1943.05.09
Died:	1967.06.14 († 60)

Apostolic Administrator of Pando (Bolivia) (1942 – 1943.01.13)

Vicar Apostolic of Pando (Bolivia) (1943.01.13 – 1960)

Titular Bishop of Sora (1943.01.13 – 1967.06.14)

Fr. Alonso Manuel Escalante, M.M. (later Bishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 1942 – 1943.01.13)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Nuestra Señora del Carmen, Riberalta, El Beni

Reyes (↙), Puerto Maldonado (←), Rio Branco (↖), Porto Velho (↑), Guajará-Mirim (↗), El Beni (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 86,261 km²

Population: 212,077 Catholics (71.5% of 296,640 total)

Pastoral Centres: 6 parishes

Personnel: 16 priests (11 diocesan, 5 religious), 26 religious (7 brothers, 19 sisters), 1 seminarian