Honorific-Prefix: | The Rt Revd |
Graham Foley | |
Bishop of Reading | |
Diocese: | Diocese of Oxford |
Term: | 1982–1989 |
Predecessor: | Eric Wild |
Successor: | John Bone |
Other Post: | Area bishop of Reading (1984–1989) Honorary assistant bishop in York (1989–2007) |
Ordination: | (deacon); 1951 (priest) |
Consecration: | 1982 |
Birth Date: | 13 June 1923 |
Birth Place: | Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire, England |
Religion: | Anglican |
Parents: | Theodore & Cessan Page |
Spouse: | Florence Redman (m. 1944) |
Children: | 2 sons; 2 daughters |
Alma Mater: | King's College London |
Ronald Graham Gregory Foley (13 June 1923 – 30 July 2017)[1] was an Anglican clergyman who was Bishop of Reading from 1982[2] to 1989 and the first area bishop under Oxford diocese's 1984 area scheme.[3]
Foley was educated at Wakefield Grammar, King Edward VI Aston[4] and King's College London. Ordained in 1951, he began his career with a curacy at South Shore, Blackpool[5] 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 Elizabeth II. In retirement he has served the Church as an honorary assistant bishop within the Diocese of York[6] – he lives in the diocese 'til his death, but his commission as a bishop there reportedly ended in 2007. Foley died in July 2017 at the age of 94.[7]