David Edward Foley

David Edward Foley (February 3, 1930 – April 17, 2018) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as the third bishop of the Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama from 1994 to 2005.

Foley was appointed by Pope John Paul II as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Richmond on May 3, 1986.

John Paul II appointed Foley as the third bishop of the Diocese of Birmingham on March 22, 1994.

In 1999, Foley issued a decree prohibiting priests in his diocese, under most circumstances, from celebrating Mass in the ad orientem position.

[citation needed] David Foley died on April 17, 2018, in Birmingham at age 88.