David Edward Foley

Styles of David Edward Foley
Reference style	His Excellency The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop

David Edward Foley (born February 3, 1930) is a retired 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.

In 1999, Bishop Foley issued a decree prohibiting priests in his diocese from celebrating Mass in the pre-Vatican II ad orientem position (literally "to the east", with people and priest facing in the same direction) under most circumstances.^[1] Though the decree never specifically mentioned the Catholic television network, EWTN, which studios are located in the Diocese of Birmingham, both supporters and critics of EWTN agreed that it was directed at Mother Angelica's network.

See also

References

External links

• Roman Catholic Diocese of Birmingham Official Site

Episcopal succession

Roman Catholic Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama
Ordinaries	Bishops Joseph Gregory Vath Raymond James Boland David Edward Foley Robert Joseph Baker
Churches	Cathedral Cathedral of Saint Paul, Birmingham Parishes St. Mary of the Visitation Catholic Church, Huntsville Shrine Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament, Hanceville
Education	High schools Pope John Paul II Catholic High School, Huntsville Holy Family Cristo Rey High School, Birmingham Holy Spirit Catholic School, Tuscaloosa John Carroll Catholic High School, Birmingham Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic School, McClellan Independent school St. Bernard Preparatory School, Cullman
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Richmond
Bishops	Ordinaries Patrick Kelly Richard Vincent Whelan John McGill James Gibbons John Joseph Keane Augustine Van de Vyver Denis J. O'Connell Andrew James Louis Brennan Peter Leo Ireton John Joyce Russell Walter Francis Sullivan Francis X. DiLorenzo Auxiliary Bishops Joseph Howard Hodges Ernest Leo Unterkoefler James Louis Flaherty David Edward Foley
Churches	Cathedral Cathedral of the Sacred Heart Basilica Basilica of Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception, Norfolk Parishes St. Vincent de Paul Church, Newport News Church of the Sacred Heart, Petersburg St. Paul's Church, Portsmouth Church of the Sacred Heart, Richmond St. Peter's Church, Richmond St. Andrew's Church, Roanoke
Education	High Schools Benedictine College Preparatory, Richmond Bishop Sullivan Catholic High School, Virginia Beach Blessed Sacrament Huguenot, Powhatan Holy Cross Regional Catholic School, Lynchburg Peninsula Catholic High School, Newport News Roanoke Catholic School, Roanoke Saint Gertrude High School, Richmond Walsingham Academy, Williamsburg
Priests	Francis Janssens Vincent Stanislaus Waters
Miscellany	Francis J. Parater
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