David Edward Foley

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David Edward Foley (born 3 February, 1930) was ordained a priest for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington on May 26, 1956.

Styles of
David Edward Foley
Reference style The Most Reverend
Spoken style Your Excellency
Religious style Monsignor
Posthumous style not applicable


He was appointed by Pope John Paul II to be the Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Richmond in Virginia on May 3, 1986. He was ordained to the episcopacy on June 27, 1986. Pope John Paul II later appointed Bishop Foley to be the Third Bishop of Birmingham in Alabama on March 22, 1994. He was installed Bishop of Birmingham on May 13, 1994. He retired on May 10, 2005, and was then elected Diocesan Administrator on May 19, 2005.

Preceded by
Raymond James Boland		 Bishop of Birmingham in Alabama
1994–2005		 Succeeded by
Robert Joseph Baker

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