John Samuel Foley

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John Samuel Foley (born November 5, 1833 in Baltimore , Maryland , † January 5, 1918 ) was an American bishop of the Roman Catholic Church .

John Foley was the son of Matthew and Elizabeth (nee Murphy) Foley, both of whom were from Enniscorthy , County Wexford , Ireland . His older brother was Thomas Foley, Coadjutor Bishop of Chicago (1870–1879). After graduating from ecclesiastical schools in Baltimore, he studied Classical Studies and Philosophy at St. Mary's College. He then studied theology at St. Mary's Seminary until 1853 . Then Francis Patrick Kenrick , the Archbishop of Baltimore, sent him to Rome to the Pontifical Athenaeum to complete his studies in 1857.

Cardinal Costantino Patrizi Naro donated to him on 20 December 1856 in the Lateran Basilica , the ordination . On his return in November 1857 he was pastor of St. Brigid's Church in Baltimore, in 1858 at Saint Paul Catholic Church in Ellicott City in 1858 and then from 1864 curate at St. Peter's Church in Baltimore. In 1865 he was the first pastor of St. Martin's Church. In addition, he took over the management of the House of the Good Shepherd and assisted Archbishop Martin John Spalding in setting up new missions , schools and charitable institutions . Childhood friend Cardinal James Gibbons named him secretary for the Third Plenary Council of Baltimore in 1884 and a co-author of the Baltimore Catechism . In 1886 he was nominated as Bishop of Wilmington , Delaware , but the Congregation for the Dissemination of the Faith rejected him.

Pope Leo XIII. appointed him third Bishop of Detroit , Michigan on August 3, 1888 . James Gibbons , Archbishop of Baltimore, ordained him bishop on November 4, 1888 in Baltimore Cathedral . Co- consecrators were John Loughlin , Bishop of Brooklyn and Edgar Wadhams , Bishop of Ogdensburg . Unlike his predecessors, who were both born in Germany , he was the first bishop to be born in the United States. He set up a theological seminary for Americans of Polish descent. In 1900 Foley wrote a letter for the Detroit Century Box time capsule . With the parish of St. Peter Claver , he founded the first parish for Afro-Americans in 1911 . Before that, their pastoral care took place in chapels and missions. The development of the automotive industry in Detroit tripled the number of Catholics in the diocese. As the number of priests only doubled , there weren't enough to feed the growing population. Despite his popularity and personal charm, he was generally viewed as an ineffective bishop with a dysfunctional administration.

Foley died at the age of 84. In his 30-year tenure, he remains the longest-serving bishop in the history of the Archdiocese of Detroit.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Detroit . In: Catholic Encyclopedia . 
  2. ^ A b Bishop John Samuel Foley . In: Catholic-Hierarchy.org . 
  3. ↑ a b History - 1701 to 2001 . In: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit . Archived from the original on October 13, 2011. Retrieved August 25, 2009. 
  4. ^ Letter written by John Samuel Foley . Detroit Historical Society.
personal data
SURNAME Foley, John Samuel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church
DATE OF BIRTH November 5, 1833
PLACE OF BIRTH Baltimore , Maryland
DATE OF DEATH January 5, 1918