Bishop Victor Galeone, a former priest of the Archdiocese of Baltimore who served as the ninth bishop of the Diocese of St. Augustine, Fla., died May 29 at St. Martin’s Home for the Aged in Catonsville. He was 87. Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori made the following statement:
“I was saddened to learn of the passing of Bishop Victor Galeone. He was a great priest and bishop. He was deeply loved and respected as a priest and pastor of the Archdiocese of Baltimore. He had a special love and regard for his fellow priests that is remembered to this day. Bishop Galeone went on to serve as Bishop of St. Augustine with single-hearted devotion and love, bringing together people of different cultures and languages with a pastor’s love and care. Whatever form his priestly ministry took, he was always deeply prayerful, spending time each day before the Blessed Sacrament and prayerfully reading Holy Scripture. This good servant of the Lord and the Church will be greatly missed. May he rest in the peace of Christ.”