Joseph A. Galante
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His Excellency, The Most Reverend Joseph Anthony Galante |
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| Bishop Emeritus of Camden | |
| Church | Roman Catholic |
| Archdiocese | Newark |
| Diocese | Camden |
| Appointed | March 23, 2004 |
| Installed | April 30, 2004 |
| Term ended | January 8, 2013 |
| Predecessor | Nicholas Anthony DiMarzio |
| Successor | Dennis J. Sullivan |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | May 16, 1964 |
| Consecration | December 11, 1992 by Patrick Flores, Francis B. Schulte, and Francis X. DiLorenzo |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
July 2, 1938 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, |
| Previous post |
Bishop of Beaumont Coadjutor Bishop of Dallas |
| Motto | Have the mind of Jesus |
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Styles of Joseph Anthony Galante |
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| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
Joseph Anthony Galante (born July 2, 1938) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Bishop of Camden, New Jersey, from 2004 to 2013.
Born in Philadelphia, Galante attended Saint Joseph's Preparatory School in Philadelphia, St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood, where he received his BA in 1960, and the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome where he earned his doctorate in canon law in 1968. Galante was ordained to the priesthood on May 16, 1964.
Galante served as Bishop of Beaumont, Texas, from 1994 to 1999 and Coadjutor Bishop of Dallas from 1999 to 2004. He was appointed Bishop of Camden in 2004.
In a 2011 letter to Catholics in his diocese, he announced that he was suffering from chronic kidney disease caused by diabetes, but indicated that he could continue to serve as Bishop of Camden. In 2012 he asked to be allowed to resign for health reasons, and he served until his resignation was accepted by Pope Benedict XVI on January 8, 2013.
On April 2, 2008, Galante announced large scale mergers and closings of half of the parishes in the Camden diocese.
In January 2011, parishioners of the closed St Mary's Church in Malaga, New Jersey, re-entered the church and began an around-the-clock vigil that attracted regional and national media attention.
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