David Edward Foley

David Edward Foley ( born February 3, 1930 in Worcester ) is an emeritus Bishop of Birmingham.

Life

David Edward Foley received on May 26, 1956, ordained priest for the Archdiocese of Washington.

Pope John Paul II appointed him on 3 May 1986 Titular Bishop of octaba and auxiliary bishop in Richmond. The Bishop of Richmond, Walter Francis Sullivan, donated to him on 27 June of the same year the episcopal ordination; Co-consecrators were John Francis Donoghue, Bishop of Charlotte, and James Aloysius Hickey, Archbishop of Washington.

On March 22, 1994, he was appointed Bishop of Birmingham and introduced into the office on 13 May of the same year. On 10 May 2005, Pope Benedict XVI. be pre- attached for reasons of age resignation to.