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Former St. Monica Priest Killed in Fond du Lac County Bike Accident
Fr. Vic Capriolo served locally from 1982-1988.
A former priest at in Whitefish Bay was killed Wednesday while riding a bicycle in Fond du Lac County.
Fr. Vic Capriolo served St. Monica from 1982 – 1988, according to the Archdiocese of Milwaukee.
According to the Associated Press, Capriolo was crossing the Highway 151 bypass on the Prairie Trail when he was hit by a car driven by a 74-year-old woman. Capriolo, 67, died at the scene.
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In a statement, Archbishop Jerome E. Listecki said. “I was deeply saddened and shocked to learn about the tragic accident that took the life of Fr. Victor Capriolo last night in Fond du Lac. Fr. Vic had a passion for Catholic social teaching and an insatiable love for the Gospel. His parishioners and the people of Fond du Lac knew him as someone who would do anything to support the poor and the disenfranchised. We ask everyone to keep his family, friends and the parishioners of Holy Family Parish in their prayers.”
Capriolo also served in Wauwatosa at from 1992 to 1998 and at St. Joseph Parish in Grafton.
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