Eugenio Coter

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His Excellency Eugenio Coter
Vicar Apostolic of Pando Titular Bishop of Tibiuca
Diocese	Vicar Apostolic of Pando
Appointed	February 2, 2013
Installed	April 24, 2013
Predecessor	Luis Morgan Casey
Other post(s)	Titular Bishop of Tibiuca
Orders
Ordination	June 20, 1981 by Giulio Oggioni
Consecration	April 24, 2013 by Luis Morgan Casey
Personal details
Born	(1957-07-11) 11 July 1957 (age 64) Gazzaniga (BG), Italy
Nationality	Italian
Residence	Bishop's House, Riberalta, Bolivia
Motto	Su misericordia llega a sus fieles

Styles of Eugenio Coter
Spoken style	His Excellency
Religious style	Your Excellency

Eugenio Coter (born July 11, 1957) is a Roman Catholic bishop in the Apostolic Vicariate of Pando, Bolivia.

Diocesan service in Italy and Bolivia[]

He was born in 1957 in Gazzaniga, a village in the province of Bergamo (Italy). He was ordained a priest in the Diocese of Bergamo on June 20, 1981. From 1981 to 1991, Bishop Coter was a priest within the Diocese of Bergamo, serving as associate pastor of Grassobbio and Gandino.

After attending a course at the Missionary Centre (CMU) in Verona, he was sent fidei donum priest in Bolivia in 1991. Serving the he was parochial vicar in Sacaba and Villa Tunari, and then parish priest in Condebamba of Cochabamba (from 1996 to 2000). For the Archdiocese of Cochabamba he was also member and president of the Foundation "San Lucas", legal representative of the "Celim" NGO of the diocese of Bergamo in Bolivia, member of the Diocesan Pastoral Council.

Since 2000 he has been Episcopal Delegate for the Pastoral Social-Caritas of Cochabamba, and since 2012 spiritual director of the Archdiocesan Major Seminary "San Luis" of Cochabamba. He is also president of the Bolivian Blood Donors' Association (ABDS).

Episcopate[]

On February 2, 2013, he was elected Titular Bishop of Tibiuca and Vicar Apostolic of Pando. On April 24, 2013, he was consecrated in the Cathedral Church of by the bishops Luis Morgan Casey, vicar apostolic emeritus of Pando, cardinal Julio Terrazas Sandoval, archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, and , archbishop of Cochabamba.

In November, 2015, Coter was appointed President of Caritas Bolivia.^[1]

References[]

External links[]

• Profile at Catholic-Hierarchy.org