- Victor Galeone
Infobox bishopbiog
name = Bishop Victor Galeonereligion =
Catholic Church
See = St. Augustine
Title = Bishop of St. Augustine
Period =August 21 ,2001 —Present
consecration =August 21 ,2001
Predecessor = Bishop John Joseph Snyder
Successor = incumbent
ordination =December 18 ,1960
date of birth = Birth date and age|1935|9|13|mf=y
place of birth =Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |Victor Benito Galeone (born 1935) is the current Bishop of St. Augustine, Florida. He was ordained and installed as the ninth Bishop of St. Augustine on August 21, 2001.
Early life and family
Bishop Galeone is the son of Angelo and Rita Galeone. He was born in
Philadelphia, PA on Sept. 13, 1935, the fourth of five children. His family moved toBaltimore, MD in 1941. There he attended St. Elizabeth of Hungary School inHighlandtown, Baltimore [http://www.dosafl.com/index.php?page=leadership/bishopvg_bio] .Education
In 1949, he entered the minor seminary of St. Charles College in
Catonsville, Maryland . He also attended St. Mary’s Seminary and University in Baltimore and theNorth American College at theGregorian University inRome .He was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Martin J. O’Connor in the chapel of the North American College in Rome on Dec. 18, 1960. He received his licentiate degree in Sacred Theology from Gregorian University in 1961 and a master’s degree in Education from Loyola College in Baltimore in 1969 [http://www.dosafl.com/index.php?page=leadership/bishopvg_bio] .
Pastoral work
On his return to the United States in 1961, he served as an associate pastor in several parishes of the Archdiocese of Baltimore. He was later a teacher and principal at St. Paul Latin High School where he served from 1962-1969 [http://www.flacathconf.org/aboutus/bishops/galeone.htm] .
Bishop Galeone served two periods as a missionary priest in
Peru under the auspices of the Society of St. James the Apostle from 1970-1975 and again from 1978-1985. Upon returning to the United States, he served as pastor in several parishes in the Baltimore area. From 1989 to 1996, Bishop Galeone served as pastor of St. Thomas More Parish, Baltimore. In 1996, Cardinal William H. Keeler appointed him pastor of St. Agnes Parish, Catonsville, his final assignment with the Archdiocese of Baltimore. In December, 1995, the Holy Father named him a Prelate of Honor (Monsignor ). [http://www.dosafl.com/index.php?page=leadership/bishopvg_bio] , [http://www.flacathconf.org/aboutus/bishops/galeone.htm] .Episcopacy
On June 26, 2001,
Pope John-Paul II appointed Monsignor Galeone Bishop of St. Augustine Florida to fill the vacancy left when Bishop John Snyder retired in December 2000 upon reaching the usual retirement age of 75 [http://www.dosafl.com/index.php?page=leadership/bishopvg_bio] .He was ordained and installed as Bishop August 21, 2001 in the
Cathedral Basilica of St. Augustine . Archbishop John C. Favalora served as the Principal Consecrator with Bishop Snyder and Bishop William F. Malooly serving as Principal Co-Consecrators [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bgaleone.html] .Bishop Galeone is arguably one of the most outspoken
orthodox bishops in the country. He has, on several occasions, strongly condemnedbirth control [http://www.priestsforlife.org/magisterium/bishops/03-07-10galeonemarriage.htm] and politicians who supportabortion [http://www.tldm.org/News7/Galeone.htm] .Bishop Galeone's episcopal motto is Love, Joy, Peace [http://www.flacathconf.org/aboutus/bishops/galeone.htm] .
Trivia
Bishop Galeone's favorite hobbies are fishing and reading [http://www.flacathconf.org/aboutus/bishops/galeone.htm] .
External links
* [http://www.dosafl.com/index.php?page=leadership/bishopvg_bio Official biography including photos, pastoral statements and homilies]
* [http://www.dosafl.com/index.php?page=home Diocese of St. Augustine, Florida]
* [http://www.staugcatholic.org/ The St. Augustine Catholic, Diocesan Magazine]
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title=Bishop of St. Augustine
before=John J. Snyder
after=Incumbent
years=2001–Present
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