Luis Morgan Casey

Styles of
**Luis Morgan Casey**
Styles of; Luis Morgan Casey
Reference style	His Excellency; The Most Reverend;
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop

His Excellency

Luis Morgan Casey
His Excellency; Luis Morgan Casey
Apostolic Vicar Emeritus of Pando
Appointed	January 18, 1988
Term ended	February 2, 2013
Predecessor	Andrea Bernardo Schierhoff
Successor	Eugenio Coter
Other post(s)	Titular Bishop of Mibiarca (1983–2022)
Previous post(s)	Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz (1983–1988)
Orders
Ordination	April 7, 1962; by Cardinal Joseph Ritter
Consecration	January 28, 1984; by Archbishop Alfio Rapisarda
Personal details
Born	June 23, 1935; Portageville, Missouri, U.S.
Died	July 27, 2022 (aged 87); St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Nationality	American
Denomination	Roman Catholic

Luis Morgan Casey (June 23, 1935 – July 27, 2022) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church bishop who served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of La Paz in Bolivia. He also served as the vicar apostolic to the Catholic mission in the Pando Department in Bolivia.

Biography

Born in Portageville, Missouri, Casey was ordained a priest by Cardinal Joseph Ritter for the Archdiocese of Saint Louis on April 7, 1962.^[1] In 1965, Casey went to Bolivia to serve in an archdiocesan mission at the headwaters of the Amazon River.^[2]

On November 3, 1983, Casey was appointed titular bishop of Mirbiarca and auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of La Paz. He was consecrated in La Paz on January 28, 1984 by Archbishop Alfio Rapisarda, the apostolic nuncio to Bolivia. On January 18, 1988, Casey was appointed vicar apostolic of Pando. Casey retired as vicar apostolic on February 2, 2013, returning to St. Louis.^[3]^[4]^[1]

In 2019, Casey commented on a recent Synod of the Amazon that was held by the Holy See. He criticized the participants for not addressing the deforestation and other environmental damage being inflicted on the Amazon Basin by mining and farming interests.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "Bishop Luis Morgan Casey [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Bishop Casey: Environment was big part of the synod, too". www.archstl.org. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
^ Luis Morgan Casey^{[self-published source]}
^ Apostolic Vicatiate of Pando

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Andrea Bernardo Schierhoff	Apostolic Vicar of Pando 1988–2013	Succeeded by Eugenio Coter
Preceded by José Oscar Barahona Castillo	Titular Bishop of Mibiarca 1983–2022	Succeeded by Sede vacante
Preceded by –	Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz 1984–1988	Succeeded by –