David Edward Foley

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

His Excellency, The Most Reverend

David Edward Foley
His Excellency, The Most Reverend; David Edward Foley
Bishop of Birmingham
Diocese	Diocese of 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	February 3, 1930; Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	April 17, 2018 (aged 88); Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
Previous post(s)	Auxiliary Bishop of Richmond

David Edward Foley (February 3, 1930 – April 17, 2018) was an American

bishop of the Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama from 1994 to 2005. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Richmond

Biography

Foley was appointed by

auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Richmond on May 3, 1986. Foley was consecrated on June 27, 1986, by Bishop Walter Sullivan

John Paul II appointed Foley as the third bishop of the Diocese of Birmingham on March 22, 1994. He was installed on May 13, 1994.

In 1999, 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, which has its studios located in the diocese, observers agreed that it was directed at Mother Angelica's network.^[1]

On May 10, 2005, Pope Benedict VI accepted Foley's resignation as bishop of Birmingham. He was elected

diocesan administrator on May 19, 2005.^{[citation needed}

David Foley died on April 17, 2018, in Birmingham at age 88.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Raymond James Boland	Bishop of Birmingham 1994–2005	Succeeded by Robert Joseph Baker
Preceded by -	Auxiliary Bishop of Richmond 1986–1994	Succeeded by -

v t e Roman Catholic Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama
Ordinaries	Bishops Joseph Gregory Vath Raymond James Boland David Edward Foley Robert Joseph Baker Steven John Raica
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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v t e 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 Barry Christopher Knestout Auxiliary bishops Joseph Howard Hodges Ernest Leo Unterkoefler James Louis Flaherty David Edward Foley
Churches	Cathedral Cathedral of the Sacred Heart Basilica Basilica of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception, Norfolk Basilica of St. Andrew, Roanoke 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. Bede's Church, Williamsburg St. Stephen, Martyr, Chesapeake
Education	High schools Benedictine College Preparatory, Richmond Blessed Sacrament Huguenot, Powhatan Catholic High School, Virginia Beach 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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