John Patrick Foley

John Patrick Cardinal Foley (l.) With Yaroslav Ternovskiy (2009)

Cardinal coat of arms

John Patrick Cardinal Foley OESSH (born November 11, 1935 in Darby , Pennsylvania , USA ; † December 11, 2011 there ) was a Curia Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church . As President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, he was Chief Communications Officer of the Holy See for over 20 years and known as the "Voice of the Vatican". From 2007 to 2011 he was Cardinal Grand Master of the Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem .

Life

After studying Catholic theology and journalism , Foley received the sacrament of ordination on May 19, 1962 through John Joseph Cardinal Krol in Philadelphia . In the following years he was active in pastoral care and eventually became director of the church newspaper The Catholic Standard & Times for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia . In 1976 Foley was made an honorary papal prelate .

Pope John Paul II appointed him Titular Archbishop of Neapolis in Proconsulari on April 5, 1984 and appointed him President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications . The episcopal ordination donated to him on May 8, 1984 also John Joseph Cardinal Krol; Co- consecrators were Martin Nicholas Lohmuller , Auxiliary Bishop in Philadelphia , and Thomas Jerome Welsh , Bishop of Allentown .

After the death of John Paul II on April 2, 2005, as with all heads of the Vatican dicasteries , his office was initially extinguished in accordance with the Codex iuris canonici . Pope Benedict XVI however, confirmed him at the beginning of his pontificate in this function. On June 27, 2007 Benedict XVI released him. as President of the Council for Social Communications and appointed him Pro- Grand Master of the Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem .

On November 24, 2007, Benedict XVI took him. as a cardinal deacon with the title deaconry San Sebastiano al Palatino in the college of cardinals . On December 22, 2007, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him. cardinal-grand master of the grave knights. After the resignation of John Patrick Cardinal Foley, who resigned for health reasons, on February 10, 2011 as Grand Master of the Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, Giuseppe De Andrea and the Governor General of the Order, Agostino Borromeo , were appointed as Papal Assessor for the meantime. Benedict XVI. accepted on August 29, 2011 Cardinal Foley's resignation from the office of Cardinal Grand Master of the Order of the Holy Sepulcher for health reasons and appointed the previous Archbishop of Baltimore , Edwin Frederick O'Brien , as his successor.

The Grand Master of the Order of Malta , Fra ' Matthew Festing , awarded Cardinal Foley the insignia of the Grand Cross of Honor and Devotion on April 22, 2010 in Rome; Foley had been chaplain of the Order of Malta since 2002.

honors and awards

Prices

1984: St. Francis de Sales Award of the Catholic Press Association
1985: The Journalism Alumni Award of Columbia University , New York
1990: The Sourin Award of the Catholic Philopatrian Literary Institute of Philadelphia
1996: The President's Medal of Holy Family College, Philadelphia
1997: The Barry Award of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia
1997: The Shield of Loyola Award of Saint Joseph's University
2009: Living Stones Award from the Holy Land Christian Ecumenical Foundation (HCEF)
2011: Gabriel Award from the Catholic Academy of Communication Arts Professionals for his life's work in the media sector

Honorary doctorates

1985: Honorary Doctorate from Saint Joseph's University , Philadelphia
1990: Honorary Doctorate from Allentown College of St. Francis de Sales
1996: Honorary Doctorate from the Catholic University of America , Washington DC
1998: Honorary Doctorate from Regis University , Denver
1998: Honorary doctorate from John Cabot University , Rome
2007: Honorary Doctorate from the University of Portland (Oregon)
2011: Honorary doctorate from the University of Bethlehem

medal

country	Abbreviation	medal	year
Sweden Sweden		Grand Cross of the North Star Order	1991
Vatican city Vatican city		Collar Knight of the Order of Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem	1991
	OESSH	Commander with star of the Order of Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem	1996
Chile		Grand Cross of the Order of Bernardo O'Higgins	1996
Argentina Argentina		Grand Cross of the Order of the Liberator San Martin	2003
Sovereign Order of Malta		Chaplain with Grand Cross of the Sovereign Order of Malta	2003
Sovereign Order of Malta		Honor and Devotion Grand Cross Bailli of the Sovereign Order of Malta	2010

Memberships

Memberships in the Roman Curia

Cardinal John Patrick Foley was a member of the following congregations and commissions of the Roman Curia :

Congregation for Divine Worship and the Order of the Sacraments (since 2008)
Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples (since 2008)

literature

God in the global village. Archbishop John Patrick Foley in conversation with Ulrich Bobinger. Sankt-Ulrich-Verlag, Augsburg 2000, ISBN 3-929246-53-8 .

Web links

Literature by and about John Patrick Foley in the catalog of the German National Library
Foley, John Patrick. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed August 21, 2016.
Entry on John Patrick Foley on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on December 21, 2016.

Individual evidence

^ Cardinal John Foley loses his battle with leukemia. WPVI-TV, December 11, 2011, archived from the original on February 23, 2014 ; accessed on September 14, 2019 (English).
↑ ^a ^b : Cardinal John P. Foley, American Voice of the Vatican, Dies at 76th New York Times , December 11, 2011, accessed September 14, 2019 .
↑ “Newsletter 22” (PDF; 4.0 MB), Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem , February 24, 2011
^ Rinuncia del Gran Maestro dell'Ordine Equestre del Santo Sepolcro di Gerusalemme e Nomina del Pro-Gran Maestro del medesimo Ordine Equestre. In: Holy See Press Office: Daily Bulletin of August 29, 2011.
↑ HCEF to Honor Archbishop Pietro Sambi with “Path of Peace Award” , HCEF, August 5, 2009
↑ US media prize for Cardinal Foley , katweb.at, June 26, 2011
^ Bethlehem University Awards Honorary Doctorate to Cardinal John Patrick Foley. Bethlehem University May 6, 2011, archived from the original October 18, 2011 ; accessed on December 24, 2015 .

predecessor	Office	successor
Andrzej Maria Deskur	President of the Pontifical Commission / Council for Social Communications 1984–2007	Claudio Maria Celli
Carlo Cardinal Furno	Cardinal Grand Master of the Order of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem 2007–2011	Edwin Frederick Cardinal O'Brien

personal data
SURNAME	Foley, John Patrick
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Foley, Cardinal John Patrick (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American, Roman Catholic theologian and cardinal
DATE OF BIRTH	November 11, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH	Darby , Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH	December 11, 2011
Place of death	Darby , Pennsylvania

[1] Cardinal John Foley loses his battle with leukemia. WPVI-TV, December 11, 2011, archived from the original on February 23, 2014 ; accessed on September 14, 2019 (English).

[njt-2] : Cardinal John P. Foley, American Voice of the Vatican, Dies at 76th New York Times , December 11, 2011, accessed September 14, 2019 .

[3] “Newsletter 22” (PDF; 4.0 MB), Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem , February 24, 2011

[4] Rinuncia del Gran Maestro dell'Ordine Equestre del Santo Sepolcro di Gerusalemme e Nomina del Pro-Gran Maestro del medesimo Ordine Equestre. In: Holy See Press Office: Daily Bulletin of August 29, 2011.

[5] HCEF to Honor Archbishop Pietro Sambi with “Path of Peace Award” , HCEF, August 5, 2009

[6] US media prize for Cardinal Foley , katweb.at, June 26, 2011

[7] Bethlehem University Awards Honorary Doctorate to Cardinal John Patrick Foley. Bethlehem University May 6, 2011, archived from the original October 18, 2011 ; accessed on December 24, 2015 .