Diocese Diocese of Oxford Name Graham Foley Successor John Bone | Predecessor Eric Wild In office 1982–1989 | |
Other posts Area bishop of Reading (1984–1989)
Honorary assistant bishop in York (1989–2007) Ordination c. 1950 (deacon); 1951 (priest) | ||
Ronald Graham Gregory Foley (born 13 June 1923) was Bishop of Reading from 1982 to 1989 and the first area bishop under Oxford diocese's 1984 area scheme.
Foley was educated at King Edward VI Aston and King's College London. Ordained in 1951, he began his career with a curacy at South Shore, Blackpool after which he was Vicar of St Luke, Blackburn. In 1960, he became Director of Education for the Diocese of Durham followed by a decade at Leeds Parish Church and his final appointment (before his elevation to the Episcopate) was as a Chaplain to The Queen. In retirement he has served the Church as an honorary assistant bishop within the Diocese of York – he still lives in the diocese, but his commission as a bishop there reportedly ended in 2007.