Theodore Foley

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Theodore Foley (March 3, 1913 -October 9, 1974)- Servant of God - was a Roman Catholic priest and the superior general of the Congregation of the Passion of Jesus Christ from 1964 - 1974. On May 9, 2008, the cause for beatification and canonization of Father Foley was open in Rome.[1]

[edit] Life

Daniel Bible Foley was born in Springfield, Massachusetts on March 3, 1913. On April 23, 1940, he was ordained to the Roman Catholic priest in Baltimore, Maryland by Archbishop Michael Joseph Curley of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore. He was superior general of the Passionist mens religious order from 1964 until his death on October 9, 1974.[2][3]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Another U.S. Priest Saint? - Catholic Online
  2. ^ Father Theodore Foley, C.P
  3. ^ The Passionists - Compassion - Summer, 2006

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