Victor Galeone
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His Excellency, The Most Reverend Victor Benito Galeone |
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| Bishop Emeritus of St. Augustine | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Miami |
| Diocese | St. Augustine |
| Appointed | June 26, 2001 |
| Installed | August 21, 2001 |
| Term ended | April 27, 2011 |
| Predecessor | John J. Snyder |
| Successor | Felipe de Jesus Estevez |
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| Ordination | December 18, 1960 |
| Consecration | August 21, 2001 by John Favalora, John J. Snyder, and William Francis Malooly |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
September 13, 1935 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Motto | Love, Joy, Peace |
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Styles of Victor Benito Galeone |
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| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
Victor Benito Galeone (born 1935) is the Bishop Emeritus of St. Augustine, Florida. He was consecrated as the ninth Bishop of St. Augustine on August 21, 2001, and retired on April 27, 2011. He was succeeded as Bishop of St. Augustine by Auxiliary Bishop Felipe de Jesús Estévez of the Archdiocese of Miami, whose appointment by Pope Benedict XVI was announced the same day by Archbishop Pietro Sambi, the Apostolic Nuncio to the U.S. church.
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 to Baltimore, MD in 1941. There he attended St. Elizabeth of Hungary School in Highlandtown, Baltimore.
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 the Pontifical North American College at the Gregorian University in Rome.
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.
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.
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