Thomas Patrick Roger Foley
The Right Reverend Thomas P. Foley | |
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Baltimore, Maryland | |
Died | February 19, 1879 Chicago, Illinois | (aged 56)
Thomas Patrick Roger Foley (March 6, 1822 – February 19, 1879) was a
Life
Born in
Chicago
On November 19, 1869, Foley was appointed Coadjutor Bishop and Administrator of
Foley was in Champaign, Illinois, to administer confirmation when, in October 1871, the diocese lost nearly a million dollars in church property in the Great Chicago Fire.[4] He quickly set about rebuilding. On November 21. 1875, Foley dedicated the new Cathedral of the Holy Name, designed by Patrick Keely.[5]
Bishop Foley invited the Franciscans, Vincentians, Servites, Viatorians, and Resurrectionists to establish parishes and schools. In 1876, disagreements with Mother Mary Alfred Moes of the Sisters of St. Francis of Mary Immaculate of Joliet led to her relocating to Minnesota, where she founded St. Mary's Hospital, which later led to the establishment of the Mayo Clinic.[6]
At his request, the Diocese of Peoria was established in 1877. Also in 1877, Foley named John McMullen as his vicar general. McMullen would manage the diocese as administrator upon Foley's death, and later became the first bishop of the Diocese of Davenport.
After nine years as Bishop and administrator of Chicago, Foley died in office on February 19, 1879 before he could succeed as Bishop of Chicago. Bishop Duggan resigned the following year.
Notes
- ^ Thomas Patrick Roger Foley
- ^ "Bishop Thomas Foley Papers", Archdiocese of Chicago Archives
- ^ Old St. Mary's Catholic Church
- ^ Avella, Steven M., "Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago",Encyclopedia of Chicago, 2005, Chicago Historical Society
- ^ Holy Name Cathedral, history
- ^ "History of Mayo Clinic Hospital, Saint Marys Campus", Mayo Clinic