David Edward Foley
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David Edward Foley | |
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Bishop emeritus of Birmingham | |
Archdiocese | Mobile |
Diocese | Birmingham |
Appointed | March 22, 1994 |
Installed | May 13, 1994 |
Term ended | May 10, 2005 |
Predecessor | Raymond James Boland |
Successor | Robert Joseph Baker |
Orders | |
Ordination | May 26, 1956 |
Consecration | June 27, 1986 by Walter Francis Sullivan, John Francis Donoghue, and James Aloysius Hickey |
Personal details | |
Born | Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S. | February 3, 1930
Died | April 17, 2018 Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. | (aged 88)
Previous post(s) | Auxiliary Bishop of Richmond |
Styles of David Edward Foley | |
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Reference style | |
Spoken style | Your Excellency |
Religious style | Bishop |
David Edward Foley (February 3, 1930 – April 17, 2018) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as the third bishop of the Diocese of Birmingham, Alabama.
Biography[]
Foley was ordained a priest for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington on May 26, 1956. He was appointed by Pope John Paul II the Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Richmond in Virginia on May 3, 1986. He was consecrated on June 27, 1986. Pope John Paul II later appointed Bishop Foley the third Bishop of Birmingham in Alabama on March 22, 1994. He was installed as Bishop of Birmingham on May 13, 1994. He retired on May 10, 2005, and was then elected Diocesan Administrator on May 19, 2005.[citation needed]
In 1999, Bishop Foley issued a decree prohibiting priests in his diocese, under most circumstances, from celebrating Mass in the ad orientem position. Though the decree never specifically mentioned the Catholic television network, EWTN, whose studios are located in the Diocese of Birmingham, observers agreed that it was directed at Mother Angelica's network.[1]
See also[]
- Catholic Church hierarchy
- Catholic Church in the United States
- Historical list of the Catholic bishops of the United States
- List of Catholic bishops of the United States
- Lists of patriarchs, archbishops, and bishops
References[]
- ^ "Vatican May Step In on EWTN-Mass Case". National Catholic Register.
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- 1930 births
- 2018 deaths
- 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the United States
- 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in the United States
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Richmond
- Roman Catholic bishops in Alabama
- Religious leaders from Virginia