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American Roman Catholic prelate David Edward Foley Died at 88
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.
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- American Roman Catholic prelate David Edward Foley Died at 88
- Cathedrals Across America 2018 04 23 Mass Of Christian Burial For Most Rev David Edward Foley
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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. 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.