Bishop David Edward Foley †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 Feb 1930		Born
26 May 1956	26.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Washington, District of Columbia, USA
3 May 1986	56.2	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA
3 May 1986	56.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Octaba
27 Jun 1986	56.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Octaba
22 Mar 1994	64.1	Appointed	Bishop of Birmingham, Alabama, USA
13 May 1994	64.2	Installed	Bishop of Birmingham, Alabama, USA
10 May 2005	75.2	Retired	Bishop of Birmingham, Alabama, USA
17 Apr 2018	88.2	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Birmingham, Alabama, USA

MicroData Summary for David Edward Foley
(WikiData: Q1174306)
Bishop David Edward Foley (born 3 Feb 1930, died 17 Apr 2018) Bishop Emeritus of Birmingham

Ad Limina - December 2004: Bishop
Ad Limina - January 2012: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Worcester
Ordained Priest St. Matthew’s, Cathedral, Washington, Archdiocese of Washington, District of Columbia
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Richmond, Diocese of Richmond, Virginia
Death Place St. John Vianney Residence for Priests, Birmingham, Diocese of Birmingham, Alabama
Buried Place (Original) Courtyard, St. Paul, Cathedral, Birmingham, Diocese of Birmingham, Alabama

a priest for 61.8 years
a bishop for 31.8 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Patrick Aloysius O’Boyle †
Archbishop of Washington, District of Columbia
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Walter Francis Sullivan †
Bishop of Richmond, Virginia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John Francis Donoghue †
Bishop of Charlotte, North Carolina
Archbishop James Aloysius Hickey †
Archbishop of Washington, District of Columbia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Walter Francis Sullivan † (1970)
Bishop of Richmond, Virginia
Bishop John Joyce Russell † (1950)
Bishop of Richmond, Virginia
Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Cicognani † (1933)
Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Phrygia
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Event	Place
Birth Place	Worcester
Ordained Priest	St. Matthew’s, Cathedral, Washington, Archdiocese of Washington, District of Columbia
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Richmond, Diocese of Richmond, Virginia
Death Place	St. John Vianney Residence for Priests, Birmingham, Diocese of Birmingham, Alabama
Buried Place (Original)	Courtyard, St. Paul, Cathedral, Birmingham, Diocese of Birmingham, Alabama

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 238, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 98, Number 8,449
c1: CB, 12 May 2022

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