Joseph_Anthony_Galante
Joseph Anthony Galante
American Catholic prelate (1938–2019)
Joseph Anthony Galante (July 2, 1938 – May 25, 2019) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church who served as bishop of the Latin Church diocese of Camden in New Jersey from 2004 to 2013.
Joseph Anthony Galante | |
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| Bishop of Camden | |
| Church | |
| Diocese | Camden |
| Appointed | March 23, 2004 |
| Installed | April 30, 2004 |
| Term ended | January 8, 2013 |
| Predecessor | Nicholas Anthony DiMarzio |
| Successor | Dennis J. Sullivan |
| Other post(s) | Bishop Emeritus of Camden (2013–2019) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | May 16, 1964 by John Krol |
| Consecration | December 11, 1992 by Patrick Flores, Francis B. Schulte, and Francis X. DiLorenzo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1938-07-02)July 2, 1938 |
| Died | May 25, 2019(2019-05-25) (aged 80) Somers Point, New Jersey, U.S. |
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| Education | |
| Motto | Have the mind of Jesus |
| Styles of Joseph Anthony Galante | |
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| Reference style | |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
He previously held several positions as a bishop in Texas from 1992 to 2004, after serving in the Roman Curia as undersecretary of the Congregation for Religious from 1986 to 1992.
Early life
Joseph Galante was born on July 2, 1938, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [1] He attended Saint Joseph's Preparatory School in Philadelphia and St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1960.
Galante was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia on May 16, 1964.[2] [1]At the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome, he earned his Doctor of Canon Law degree and at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, he received a Master of Spiritual Theology degree.[2] Galante was named undersecretary of the Congregation for Religious in December 1986.
Bishop in Texas
Galante held three positions in Texas as bishop:
- Auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of San Antonio. Appointed by Pope John Paul II on October 13, 1992, Galante was consecrated as bishop by Archbishop Patrick Flores on December 11, 1992.[1]
- Bishop of the Diocese of Beaumont. Appointed by John Paul II on April 5, 1994, he was installed on May 9, 1994.[1]
- Coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of Dallas. Appointed by John Paul II on November 23, 1999. Galante never served as bishop of Dallas.[1]
Bishop of Camden
Galante was appointed bishop of Camden by John Paul II on March 23, 2004.[2] Galante was installed as bishop on April 30, 2004. On April 2, 2008, Galante announced large-scale mergers and closings of half of the parishes in the Camden diocese.
In September 2008, Follieri pleaded guilty in the Vati-Con scandal to federal conspiracy, wire fraud, and money laundering charges, and received a 4+1⁄2-year prison sentence.[3] The beach house was sold in 2010 for $310,000.[4][5] Galante and Burkle were never charged with any crimes in relation to the scandal.
In January 2011, parishioners of the closed St Mary's Parish in Malaga, New Jersey, re-entered the church and began an around-the-clock vigil that attracted regional and national media attention.[6] In a 2011 letter to Catholics in his diocese, Galante announced that he was suffering from chronic kidney disease caused by diabetes, but indicated that he could continue to serve as bishop of Camden.[7]
Retirement and legacy
In 2012, Galante asked the pope to be allowed to resign for health reasons; he served until his resignation was accepted by Pope Benedict XVI on January 8, 2013.[8] Galante died on May 25, 2019, at Shore Medical Center in Somers Point, New Jersey, from a long illness.[9]
- "Bishop Joseph Anthony Galante". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. 28 October 2022. Retrieved 2022-08-17.
- "Bishop Joseph A. Galante". Diocese of Camden. Archived from the original on October 10, 2017. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
- Fletcher, Juliet. "N. Wildwood condo sale links bishop, accused developer / Galante property buyer had Vatican endorsement", The Press of Atlantic City, July 17, 2008. Accessed May 28, 2013. "When Roman Catholic Bishop Joseph Galante decided to put a North Wildwood townhome up for sale in 2006, the head of the Camden diocese dropped it into conversations he had with a jet-setting Italian developer."
- "Camden bishop to continue to work while being treated for kidney disease". NJ.com. Associated Press. September 30, 2011. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
- Babay, Emily (January 8, 2013). "New bishop 'delighted' to lead Camden diocese". The Philadelphia Inquirer.
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| Preceded by | Bishop of Camden 2004–2013 |
Succeeded by |
| Preceded by – |
Coadjutor Bishop of Dallas 1999–2004 |
Succeeded by – |
| Preceded by | Bishop of Beaumont 1994–1999 |
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