Deacon Eugene "Gene" Beil was ordained to the diaconate on October 7, 2017 in the Diocese of St. Petersburg by Bishop Gregory Parkes.
Deacon Gene met his wife, Margaret while he was a law student at the University of Akron in Ohio. They were married at Annunciation Parish in Akron in 1982 and have four children.
In his course of diaconate formation, Deacon Gene obtained a Masters degree in Theology from St. Leo University in 2017. Margaret attended all the classes with him and also obtained a Master’s degree.