Eugenio Dal Corso was born in Lugo di Valpantena di Grezzana near Verona on 16 May 1939 as the second of six children to Rodolfo Dal Corso and Teresa Bellorio; he was given the name "Eugenio" to honor Pope Pius XII who was elected pope two months earlier.

[2][1] Dal Corso began his career as a missionary in the city of Laferrere in Buenos Aires Province in January 1975, where he helped educate new priests.

[3] Pope John Paul II appointed Dal Corso the Coadjutor Bishop of Saurimo on 15 December 1995.

[4] He received his episcopal consecration on 3 March 1996 from Archbishop Félix del Blanco Prieto, with Bishops Andrea Veggio and Pedro Marcos Ribeiro da Costa serving as the principal co-consecrators.

[8] After retiring as bishop he remained in Angola, serving as parish priest for Santa Josefina Bakhita pastoral center in Caiundo, a small community in the province of Kuando Kubango.