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His Excellency
Eugenio Coter
Vicar Apostolic of Pando
Titular Bishop of Tibiuca
DioceseVicar Apostolic of Pando
AppointedFebruary 2, 2013
InstalledApril 24, 2013
PredecessorLuis Morgan Casey
Other post(s)Titular Bishop of Tibiuca
Orders
OrdinationJune 20, 1981
by Giulio Oggioni
ConsecrationApril 24, 2013
by Luis Morgan Casey
Personal details
Born (1957-07-11) 11 July 1957 (age 67)
Gazzaniga (BG), Italy
NationalityItalian
ResidenceBishop's House, Riberalta, Bolivia
MottoSu misericordia llega a sus fieles
Ordination history of
Eugenio Coter
History
Priestly ordination
Ordained byGiulio Oggioni (Bergamo)
Date20 June 1981
PlaceBergamo, Italy
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecratorLuis Morgan Casey (Pando Ap. Vic. em.)
Co-consecratorsJulio Card. Terrazas Sandoval CSsR (Santa Cruz de la Sierra)
Tito Solari Capellari SDB (Cochabamba)
Date24 April 2013
PlaceRiberalta, Bolivia
Styles of
Eugenio Coter
Spoken styleHis Excellency
Religious styleYour 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 Archdiocese of Cochabamba 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 Riberalta by the bishops Luis Morgan Casey, vicar apostolic emeritus of Pando, cardinal Julio Terrazas Sandoval, archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, and Tito Solari Capellari, archbishop of Cochabamba.

In November, 2015, Coter was appointed President of Caritas Bolivia.

References

  1. http://www.iglesiaviva.net/2015/11/17/aires-nuevos-en-los-servicios-de-la-conferencia-episcopal/ Archived November 25, 2015, at the Wayback Machine (spanish)

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded byAndrew Yeom Soo-jung — TITULAR —
Titular Bishop of Thibiuca
2 February 2013 – present 		Incumbent
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