Fr. Edward J. Bayer grew up in the Shrine of the Little Flower in Baltimore, where he attended the parish school through fifth grade. He studied for the priesthood at St. Charles High School in Catonsville, St. Charles College in Catonsville, St. Mary’s Seminary and University in Roland Park and the Pontifical North American College in Rome. He was ordained December 16, 1956 in Rome.
Fr. Bayer earned a doctorate in moral theology from the Gregorian University in Rome.
He was the pastor of St. Lawrence from 1973-1975.
He passed away February 18, 2010.