Eugenio Scarpellini (8 January 1954 – 15 July 2020) was an Italian-born Bolivian

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bishop.

Biography

Scarpellini was born in

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and was ordained to the priesthood in 1974. He served as

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of ''Bida'' and as auxiliary bishop of the

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from 2010 to 2013 and as bishop of the El Alto Diocese from 2013 until his death in 2020, when he died after contracting

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during the

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.Diocese of El Alto
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1954 births 2020 deaths 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Bolivia Italian Roman Catholic bishops in South America Italian expatriates in Bolivia Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Bolivia Roman Catholic bishops of El Alto {{Bolivia-RC-bishop-stub