David Edward Foley
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His Excellency, The Most Reverend David Edward Foley |
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| Bishop Emeritus of Birmingham | |
| Archdiocese | Mobile |
| Diocese | 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 |
| Previous post | Auxiliary Bishop of Richmond |
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Styles of David Edward Foley |
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| 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.
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. 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.
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