Bishop Victor Galeone
Bishop Victor Galeone was ordained December 18, 1960 and has served in the Archdiocese of Baltimore as associate-pastor, pastor, high school teacher and principal. He was also a missionary in Peru for 11 years. His last assignment in Baltimore was pastor of St. Agnes Catholic Church in Catonsville, Maryland and Archdiocesan Director for the Society of the Propagation of the Faith. He received his S.T.L from Gregorian University in Rome in 1961 and his M.Ed. from Loyola College in Baltimore in 1969. From 1961 to 1963 he served as Associate Pastor at St. Bernadine Church. From 1963 to 1970 he served as teacher and principal (1967-69) at St. Paul Latin High School and Day Seminary. From 1970 to 1975, Bishop Galeone performed missionary work in the Andes of Peru for the Society of St. James,the Apostle. Upon returning to the Baltimore area, he was assigned as associate pastor at St. Williams of York Church. In 1978, he returned to Peru to perform missionary work near the border of Ecuador where he remained until 1984. From 1985 to 1989, he was pastor at St. Bernard Church. Following this, he was pastor at St. Thomas Moore Church until 1996. And from 1996 to 2001 he served as Pastor to St. Agnes Church. Bishop Galeone's hobbies include fishing and reading.
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Father Antonio Leon
Father Antonio Leon was born in Cordova, Spain (Southern Spain) in 1932. He entered the Minor Seminary in his diocese at a very young age where he studied Humanities and Philosophy with the Jesuits. He studied Theology at Cathohlic University of Madrid where he obtained his B.A. degree. Fr. Leon was ordained in Madrid on June 24, 1957. At the petition of Archbishop Joseph P. Hurley, Bishop of St. Augustine, Father came to the Diocese of St. Augustine in 1959. After taking courses in English at Georgetown University in Washington D.C., he was assigned to the teaching staff of Bishop Barry High School and Notre Dame Acadamy in St. Petersburg, Florida which was then part of our diocese. After teaching for five years and being principal for two years at the two schools, he was appointed paster of St. Monica's Church in Palatka and St. John the Baptist in Crescent City. Later he was sent to Flagler County where he started the parishes of Santa Maria del Mar, Flagler Beach and Elizabeth Ann Seton of Palm Coast. He remained there as pastor for eight years. Father has pursued further studies at Catholic University of America, Washington D.C., for a Masters Degree in History. He has also taken continuing education courses at S. Vincent de Paul Regional Seminary in Boynton Beach where he served part time as Spiritual Director. He also studied at the North America College in Rome where he obtained his Masters in Divinity. Father Leon has been serving as pastor of Immaculate Conception since June 10, 1974.
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Father Warren Keene
Father Warren Keene was born in Miami, Florida, January 6, 1939 and moved to Palatka with his family in 1951. After completing a B.A. at Rollins College and graduate studies at Florida State University, he worked for ten years as an organic chemist in an environmental protection laboratory. He then entered teh seminary and was ordained in 1981 for the Diocese of Gibraltar. He has received the S.T.B., M.A., S.T.L. and J.C.D. degrees from the Pontifical University of S. Thomas Aquinas in Rome. He served as Chancellor and Judicial Vicar in the Diocese of Gibraltar before returning to Florida in 1990. Father Keene has served at Immaculate Conception since August, 1992.
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Fr. Edward Murphy Bio to be added shortly
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